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Show SPORTS FLASHBACKS Certs nip Utfes by one poinv in region hoop encountfer basketball story follows as it was printed in the Venial Express on Jan. 31. I2- V1XTAH LOSES 11EAHT-hKEAKEK 11EAHT-hKEAKEK TO UNION HIGH BY 38-37 SCORE Union HitJh School cast the one point spell upon the I'intah basketball team idee again. The final score 38-37 left no doubt in the mind of the fans that Union can be counted on to come through when placed in a squeeze. The game itself was spotty with the quint from I'intah taking the worst this season. I'nion, on the other hand, sparkled with beautiful floor play and Per drives, especially during the first half Lamb of I'nion was outstanding with tcp scoring honors as he chalked up 15 points. Lee Wilkins produced the best for I'intah w ith 11. : The visiting Cougars took an early with some quick baskets by Sickell and Lamb. Then Benson made V beautiful drives. The score had - "v skyrocketed to 11-3 with only 3'-. minutes gone in the game. Cold and ragged Uintah lightened up their defense a little during the next four minutes and the first quarter ended 15-5 for I'nion. With the second quarter just under way, two technical fouls were called on some rabid Uintah fans for unsportsmanlike un-sportsmanlike conduct regarding the decision of the officials, Wardle and Anderson. (The officials did an excellent ex-cellent job in the tension-fought contest.) con-test.) For 3' j minutes in the second quarter it was "Even Steven." Each team scored five points. Then Lamb, Nickell and Benson went on another spree to boast the score to 26-11. With ten seconds left in the second quarter Gary MeCarrell pitched in a charity toss for the Utes. However, Lamb did him one better with a fraction of a second left by dumping in a field goal. The score at the half was 28-12 for Union. With a lead of 16 points Union felt they had the game on ice but they reckoned without Uintah's Wilkins. Aided by McCarrel and Floyd Tullis, Wilkins went on a spree that couldn't be stopped. Lee tanked four beautiful field goals and the Cougars could only growl, "Can't someone stop him?" McCarrel produced 5 points and Tullus helped with two foul shots. In this eight minutes Union was cold as the proverbial cucumber. Lamb and Bodily came through with the only baskets for a total of four points. The score at the end of the third period read 32-27 for Union. Hansen of Union started the fourth period without a field goal. Then Nickell raised it to 36-27 with two charity tosses. Duane Slaugh then came through with his only counters of the evening to move Uintah to 29. McCarrel fouled out with five minutes yet to play. Donnie Barr and Lee Wilkins each pushed in a goal to bring the score to 36-33. Then Union moved out to 38, but John Hacking contered with 2. Then Barr came through with the final Uintah basket to make the score 38-37. Utes had a change to tie game with only seconds to go. The tension was too " great for Tullis and he missed the free throw toss. The game ended with the ball being pushed and pushed toward the Utes' basket, but the ball remained stubborn. Union triumphed over Uintah in the first basketball game between the two schools. But like every other loyal Ute I say, "It'll be different when we meet them on their court." (Sports Editors Note: It wasn't different in the winning department in Roosevelt as Union High School won by the score of 41-34.) A basketball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on December 11, 1952. UTES LOSE FIRST GAME, 58-37 Uintah High School's basketball team was defeated 58 to 37 in their first game of the season in Spanish Fork last Friday. This Friday the team takes on Moab here and at the same time enters t ' T " "" " f f '.--- "1 Z . t, - ' i , I; ' : ' t ; I r v M ; 1 : ' . t ' ., , 1 - r - f ' : . ' V- ( , 1':- .' : -..,-- -r y- i - ..... . , . . . s . " " ' ' , , v J y V' . - "" ' .' t i .' .' v MIKE ROSS WINS as he returns to first base before the slow ' moving baseball arrives. Getting ready to capture the baseball is Emery's Patterson, right. Union has a record of 6 wins and 2 losses. the Rangely Tournament with half of their team. Saturday, the whole team will be in Rangely to complete the tournament games. The Utes played good ball during the first half of the Spanish Fork game, but fell down in the second half. Score at the end of the first quarter was Uintah over Spanish Fork 10 to 8. By the end of the first half Spanish Fork had gained a 25 to 19 lead over Uintah High. The third quarter score gave Spanish Fork a 43 to 29 advantage over the Utes. Foul shots missed by Ute players were the deciding factor in defeating them. Out of 35 shots, they scored only 13 times compared with 16 scoring shots of 22 for Spanish Fork. Uintah High School, Charley Wells, had 4 points; Floyd Tullus, 11 points; Jesse Johnson, 6 points: John Hacking, 8 points; Dennis Lee, 5 points and Terry Anderson, 2 points. Another basketball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on Dec. 18, 1952. Uintah High School's basketball team won one game ana lost iwo omers Dy only one point last weeked. Friday the Utes split their team to play and lost two games, one at Vernal with Moab and one with Kremmling, Colorado at a tournament in Rangely. The Moab-Vernal Moab-Vernal score was 39-38. The winning game for the Utes was with Waldon, Colo. They topped them 66 to 35. High scorer for Uintah during the Moab game was John Hacking with 11 points. Other points made were Jesse Johnson, 6; Dennis Lee, 2; Terry Anderson, An-derson, 2; Flovd Tullus, 8 and Charley Wells, 9. A basketball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on Dec. 25, 1952. UTES TOP RANGELY, 54 -tO Uintah High School's basketball team won over Rangely last Thursday, 54-40, but lost out to Spanish Fork Dons Saturday night 65 to 58 in pre-season games at Vernal. High scoring player of the Uintah-Rangely game was John Hacking with 14 points. Other points went to Charley Wells, 6; Dennis Lee, 3; Floyd Tullus, 4: Phillip Jenkins, 1; Jesse Johnson, 9; Terry Anderson, 9; Charley Johnson, 1 and Lynn Siddoway, 10. A basketball story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express on Jan. 24. 1952. UINTAH WINS THIRD STRAIGHT GAME IN BASKETBALL SERIES The Uintah Utes did it again for the third straight game. This time it was by downing the Duchesne Eagles to the score of 46 to 29. L:intah took an early lead and was not to be stopped. Power material told the story with the quarters ending 14-8, 21-13, 21-13, 29-19, 46-29. The game was not without its interesting moments, but the Utes' backlog of material was just too much for small Duchesne. Broadhead of Duchesne was the high point man for the evening with 13. Don Barr for Uintah was next with 11. Barr w ho has proven to be the leading scorer for the Utes mustered 11 points before going out of the game on fouls in the third quarter. Duane Slaugh took the same route to the bench a few minutes before Barr. With the two "big boys" out of the game, the way was clear for Lloyd Freestone, Doug Swain and Charles Wells. These boys played nice ball, especially Freestone who proved up to his nickname, "Firestone Freestone." with ten tallies. Not to be forgotten was the fast floor play of Gary McCarrel., Lee Wilkins and John Hacking. Wilkins and McCarrel Mc-Carrel each came with 8 points while Hacking halfed it with 4. The officials were Bearden and Crittenden. m rtiiamoni an eleven yeai precedent was broken when Tabiona defeated the Altamont Longhorns on the latter's home court. However, the reverse is also true, so the return match should be just as interesting. Wall was high for Altamont with 22. B. Defa racked up 15 for Tabiona. |
