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Show - AvVr ' - . t - J v r '. ' d i 7 V ! ,V ' 1 I kCw ; 'V ) 'l.'s f) ill i ) ;:; : V; rr ? c .v-i x' V (J y h I . J f I I r W d5 ' ' j - i y ' -" j : AN ENCOUNTER in the air is staged by Uintah Utes, Jeff Drollinger, Brian McNamara and Doug Bowen, left to right. Also in the picture are: K.C. Johnson, 14; Mike Weldon, 33 and Roger Walker, 21. ;j ' ' ":; " - ... -: .,. ' i. . ') " C :i . . . - -'7 i , O i: 1- I X- 5"' ' ' " ' , ' ' ' ' Ct ... I. J A CHASE for the basketball takes place as Clark Emery, left and Neldon Seitz, right, rush toward the escaping object. Also in the picture is Roger Walker, right. The White team thumped the Red crew, Thursday, in the annual Uintah scrimmage. i rfi !v V A. r""" i""" -'- I' ""Vil? f '-s'' "-" " ."Trim ii mi m.i., n,,,, . . ' i yO If - ' - 'tc ) I ... ' M TWO THIRTY-TWOS, Jeff Drollinger, left and Doug Bowen clash near the hoop during action in last week's scrimmage. UBB?Sh Whitfe crew downs ' The Red-White Uintah scrimmage game was tied at 30-30 after two quarters of action at Uintah High School, Thursday, but the White crew turned on their offensive and defensive power as they outscored the Reds, 36 to 12 in the second half to win the encounter en-counter by the score of 66 to 42. Both teams had problems scoring points in the first three minutes of the game. Paul Hacking hit one out of two free throws to give the Whites a 1-0 lead. Randy McNamara added an off balanced field goal with about five minutes left in the first quarter for a 3-0 advantage. A few seconds later Cary Hamilton connected on two free throws to cut the White lead to one point at 3-2. Gary Galley popped in a free throw, but Mike Johnson swished the net with a two pointer and tied up the game at 4-4. McNamara scored on a driving layup and Roger Walker hit an outside bomb to enable the Whites to take an 8-4 lead. However, the Reds came right back with a free throw by Hamilton and two charity tosses by Brian McNamara to cut the White's lead to one point at 8-7. Hamilton missed his second free throw, nabbed the rebound, passed the ball to McNamara who was fouled. Outside bomber, Walker struck again to give the Whites a three point lead, but Paul Nelson reduced the lead to one point with two free throws. The two teams traded baskets and Walker added add-ed a free throw for a 13-11 lead. Turner popped in one free throw for a three point advantage. The White team's Neldon Seitz stole the ball from the Reds, made a long pass and Walker made a great save as he was being fouled foul-ed by Nelson. Walker hit two free throws with one second left in the first quarter to give the Whites a 16 to 11 advantage. ad-vantage. Johnson put in a two pointer for the Reds, but Jeff Drollinger connected on a tip-in and an outside shot to increase the White team's lead to seven points. Field goals by Johnson and Doug Bowen cut the White's lead, twice, to five points, but Randy McNamara put in a field goal and Walker struck for two free throws. The Whites had a five point lead late in the second quarter at 26-21 but the Reds outscored their opponent, 9 to 4, to tie up the game at 30-30. A field goal and two free throws by Hamilton reduced the White lead to three points and Brian McNamara connected on a two pointer to cut the lead to one point at 28-27. Drollinger popped a shot through the net for a three point lead, but Devin Wright struck for a two pointer and K.C. Johnson converted the first of two free throws with eight seconds left to tie up the game at 30-30. Johnson failed to give the Reds the lead in the ball game when he missed his second shot. The Whites nabbed the rebound on the missed miss-ed shot, but the Reds stole the ball. However, the Whites blocked a shot close to the hoop at the buzzer. It was a hot time in the old town late in the second quarter for the Reds, but it was a cold time in the old town for the same crew in the third quarter as they scored only five points as compared to 16 by the Whites. A double pump shot by Galley and a field goal by Walker gave the Whites a four point lead of 34 to 30. Brian McNamara connected on a field goal to reduce the lead to two points, but the Whites added two more two pointers for a 40-32 lead. Hamilton hit one out of two free throws. Galen Turner and Drollinger Droll-inger hit the jackpot for field goals to give the Whites a 44-33 lead. Galley popped pop-ped in a shot to make the score 46 to 35 in favor of the Whites at the end of the third quarter. The Whites went on a ten point eruption erup-tion on two field goals by Drollinger, a three point play by Hacking and a two pointer plus a free throw for Walker, which increased the White lead to 20 points at 56-36. The Whites outscored the Reds, 10-1. The Whites outscored the Reds in the rest of the game, 10-6 and won the encounter by the score of 66 to 42. The Whites scored six of the ten points in the final minute. Walker hit a field goal and Galley connected on two free throws. The Whites stole the ball from the Reds and Turner fired in a two pointer at the buzzer. Walker was the top scorer for the Whites with 18 points. He hit 6 out of 9 free throws and popped in six field goals. Drollinger scored 14 points on seven field goals and Randy McNamara added ten points. McNamara hit 2 out of 6 free throws and scored four field goals. Also scoring points for the Whites were: Galley, 9; Turner, 6; Mike Weldon, 5; and Hacking Hack-ing 4. The Whites put in 25 field goals and hit 16 out of 35 free throws. The top scorer for the Red team was Brian McNamara at 12 points. McNamara was 4 for 4 from the foul line and popped in four field goals. Hamilton scored ten points. Hamilton hit 6 out of 7 free throws and tossed in two field goals. Also scoring points for the Reds were: Mike Johnson, 7; Bowen, 5; Wright, 4; K.C. Johnson, 2 and Nelson, 2. The Reds put in 13 field goals and hit 16 out of 26 free throws. When asked to comment on the scrimmage, Uintah head basketball coach, Gary Weight, remarked, "I was excited with the attitude and enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. I don't know if our offense looked that bad or if our defense looked that good. We have time to improve on our offense. Walker and Galley stood out m the game. GaUeylookedo offens.ve rebounds, going and jumping ability. WaLH good leadership in runrOnS and he hit a j ump, tweWe foot jump shots and tb? 2 ' we have got to have to 2? offense. Drollinger has the ahiL Ve one of the finest offens vep withasofttouchSuSnun,ps battlmgforstarttSa, juniors are pushing Seniors " ' A lot The top scorer in the gamp guard, Walker at 18 poin? the way we practiced. Je PZ defense in practice and we loolL mtJus game. Our defense We, were hustling all the wwTj well and had good teamwoM Walker. . Randy McNamara scored the J held goal m the game on an offtj ed shot. "It was kind of like 1 ,T5 shot because I thought they werel J to block it and I threw it upyC ;i went in," said McNamara "It was good to have that ganJ that we could get rid of our cAi i j jitters," said Galley. "I needtoworJ my shooting and we need to work on J free throws." . c 1 "7" - . . J ft IV: U f L ill ' j i v THE BASKETBALL is grabbed by the Utes' K.C. Johnson, left and also battling for the ball are two other Uintah Utes. Uintah will open its season at home, Friday against the Union Cougars. |
