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Show : .v.. . r v i ., v A' 1 5 i j .. .. J ' i I- ti; I . - . : . ) : - V i ;,. ,,v f VA' ' ' 1 I I V '1 V - I ' - : ' t I ' .--i . -i r " J r i . ;.v?...n,v ... , y j K i ! -j . - . VJ' x s HIGH POINT SCORER, Joe Gardiner, left, jets I to the hoop for two of his 24 points in the Uintah 4 win over Murray. Gardiner started the game for the first time in his varsity career. Also in the picture is Ron Ellis, Uintah, 34. ' Joe Gsirdisier seores 24 in farsf sterling assignrBierafl Uintah High School's 6'5" center Joe 'rardiner wasn't a starter on the Vernal unior High 9th grade team in 1977. Hien he was a sophomore he didn't ilay on the varsity team like ::ophomores, Burke Buckalew, Ron ;':iiis, Derrin Gardiner and Cla-k Mc-;,'!lellan Mc-;,'!lellan did. He saw little action on the jarsity team as a junior and after years ;;f riding the bench Joe Gardiner :icame a starter for the Uintah Ute jarsity team, Friday, against Murray r ; nd he produced. Joe Gardiner took full advantage of : !iis first game as a starter by exploding " or 24 points. He fired in ten field goals ind hit 4 out of 7 free throws. Gardiner it the first field goal of the game for Jintah and added one more two-pointer a the first quarter. Murray cut Uin- ah s lead to seven points early in the ourth quarter. He hit three field goals n a row and put in three charity tosses or a 12 point Uintah lead. The Utes rent on to win the game with Murray . iy the score of 79 to 71. 1 "It felt good for once. This is the first We in my life I have felt good," stated Voe Gardiner. "The game against Mur-' Mur-' ay was my first starting assignment. Ve should have blown them off the oor." ,k The Utes' leading scorer last season knd the number one point gainer in a iumber of Uintah games this season, verrin Gardiner, was held to two points n the first half, but he massacred the Spartan defenders with 16 points in the second half. Murray scored the first six points of (he third quarter to cut Uintah's lead to Jne point, but Ron Ellis put in a field joal and then Uintah's Derrin Gardiner pipped in three two-pointers in a row jnd tossed in a free throw to give the IJtes an eight-point lead. Gardiner add-:?d add-:?d two more field goals and another free Jirow for a total of 12 points in the third tuarter. The Spartans narrowed Uin- ah's lead to four points with 57 seconds i eft in the game, but the Utes blanked ! Murray in the final minute, 8-0, behind : our points by Derrin Gardiner, three y Joe Gardiner and one by Ron Ellis. "It was a great game," said Derrin lardiner. "I was going to try to stuff it n the fastbreaks, but coach would have een mad." Reporters are always asking loopsters, coaches and referees questions ques-tions about the basketball game, but c isually fail to ask the manager his opi-jiipn. opi-jiipn. "We (Uintah) played good even ith Burke Buckalew hurt and Brent labrum out," stated Uintah Manager, jCevin Campbell. "Staying on top of 0 hem was the key to the win." t,; The Utes' Clark McClellan turned in a ine game from the foul line as he con- 1 lerted 10 out of 13 charity tosses. "Mur-g "Mur-g ay would get within one or two points nd we would pull it out with extreme kill and individual spunk," remarked uard, Clark McClellan. Burke Buckalew, who missed the game with Judge Memorial due to a sprained ankle, took part in the game with Murray, "I had a hard time moving mov-ing around. Mostly I just passed the ball. I will be ready for Tooele," said Burke Buckalew. When asked to comment on the game against Murray, Ron Moore, Uintah's head hoop coach, remarked, "Joe Gardiner Gar-diner came off the bench in the game with Judge Memorial and scored ten points. He is improving with every game. He did a super job in the game with Murray on the boards. He hit ten field goals and did a great job from the foul line. I tho ght Derrin Gardiner did a great job in the second half. Ron Ellis did a good job for us by taking the ball inside and on the boards. Clark McClellan Mc-Clellan gives us 100 percent every time on the floor. He hit some key foul shots." Moore added, "We couldn't let Murray Mur-ray play their style of basketball. If you let Murray take charge they can beat you on any given night. We have to get away from throwing the ball away and not bringing it down the floor under control. con-trol. We can't force the passes. If we haven't got the pass, we have to bring it down." Uintah High School's coach during the 1978-79 season, Kerry Rupp, who is the head coach at Murray High School, stated, "It's nice to come back and see everyone in Vernal, but it would have been nicer if we (Murray) had won." f- . - - f .. .. . , - t S . , " : f . - : , : f - ..'"' i ! ( ; i - -1 ' l if u ' I : 1 1 ; . ! j f . -a.. ..J S Jj lH ' I . : . . .'f ,; . j . ' ' f -- i J :.: . i :V. ' --v i t k' 1 . i. "OH, I'M TOO LATE" is what Murray's Dave McBride, 10, right, appears to be saying as Burke Buckalew, Uintah, left, fires the ball into the air. |
