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Show Utes annihilate Spartans 62 to 6 The Uintah Utes jumped out to a 56-0 lead due to eight pins, a superior decision deci-sion and a regular decision in the first ten matches and went on to annihilate the Murray Spartans in Vernal, 62 to 6, January 30. The meet with Murray was rescheduled two times because of the white stuff known as snow. Uintah was four points short of its all time record of 66 points, which was scored against the Murray Spartans in Vernal on January 26, 1978. The Utes toppled the Spartans in 1978 by the score of 66 to 6. Uintah scored 64 points against Cyprus in 1978 and against Lehi in 1976. Brett Brown, 98, put the first fall in the Utes' pin collection when he dropped drop-ped Murray's Moody in the first round after only 39 seconds of wrestling action. ac-tion. Ron Horrocks, 105, picked up Uintah's Uin-tah's second win in a row when he thumped Holman, 13 to 1. Horrocks gained the takedown in the first round for a 2-0 lead, and added a reversal, a two-point near fall for a 6-0 advantgage in the second. Horrocks had Holman's shoulder blades in a dangerous position in the third round as he pocketed two two-point near falls and a three-point near fall. The Utes became pin happy in the next eight matches as they won seven of the eight bouts by placing their opponents' op-ponents' shoulder blades flat against the mat. Foston Olivers, 112, pocketed six near falls in the three rounds and finally put Spencer away for good when he pinned the Murray tussler with 47 seconds left in the third round. Jeff Good, 119, and Cory McNeill, 126, added pins to Uintah's Uin-tah's fall collection. Good dropped Bird flat against the mat for a pin with 1:04 left in the second round. McNeill pinned Vawdrey at the 42 second mark of the third round. The Utes failed to gain a pin in the 132 pound encounter as Allen Huber, Uintah, Uin-tah, blanked Donaldson for a 5-0 decision deci-sion win. Huber jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first round due to a takedown and added an escape and takedown in the second round. Uintah pocketed four pins in a row for a 56 to 0 lead going into the 185 pound encounter. Matt Hacking, Uintah, 138, pinned Menlove at the 1:55 mark of the first round. Randy Smuin, 145, pinned Scharman of Murray with one second left in the third round. Kay Smuin, 155, dropped Smith with a fall at the 1:31 mark of the second round. Billy Bedell, 167, floored Kabela for a pin with 24 seconds remaining in the second round. Another pin was acquired in the 185 pound match for five falls in a row, but the pin was gained by Murray and not Uintah as Art Daley was pinned by Murray's Brown, with ten seconds left in the second round. Ken Cobbs, heavyweight, wasted little lit-tle time in nabbing the ten pin in the meet and the ninth fall for the Uintah Utes as he flattened Smith against the mat for a pin in only 46 seconds in the first round, which made the final score, Uintah, 62 and Murray, 6. |