Show 4 effort 0 t i k nearly derails uintah express by ar irrol enrol burns capr express aspris spasu the uintah ute state tournament express Ex preas was wa nearly derailed this weekend here hera in vernal by a hard bard fighting herd of altamont longhorns but after looking down the barrel of the rifle for just over 10 19 minutes the utes finally escaped with a 87 57 48 win and virtually as a I 1 themselves of a state tournament berth THE LONGHORNS LONGHORN 3 were desperate and determined since a loss los would automatically eliminate them from a chance at the big tournament which they want to happen and the utes had to pull out all the stays to come up with the much needed win for a time it looked as IS if the Long homs necessarily essa rily have to sit out the march proceedings in provo they jumped OH off to an early 50 S 0 lead which they jealously nursed into a 1012 10 12 first quarter score with rex ham berg and elmer lore pump ing in the long ones and it was evident that the utes were in for a long night SHORTLY arter AFTER the start of the 2nd and period the visitors had increased their margin to ten points at 2616 2016 26 20 16 an advantage they maintained until the closing 2 minutes of the first half when the utes suddenly came to life to close the gap to just 4 points 33 29 P at the intermission reserve forward david roberts who had replaced starter dennis oaks just before the half ended paced the utes in a come from behind drive as the 2nd and half opened by the time dave left the game in favor of oaks again midway in the 3rd ard quarter he had scored 9 big points and guided the utes to their tint first lead of the game dennis took up where dave left off and tanked 3 quick buckets to put the utes out front at the 3rd ard quarter marki mark the never say dle die longhorns were not quite through however and opened the final a 8 minutes with a come back of their own to tie the score at 48 48 49 with 3 58 left and it was ball gar game ae THE UTES were not to be denied though as they scored two quick field goals after the time out to lead by 52 48 and this time the longhorns Long homs did not have enough left to overtake them jim chivers scored the final 4 points pints of the ball game on a I 1 and I 1 foul situation and a short jumper with just 4 seconds left to go to account for the 9 point spread for the utes gayle mckeachnie w via a a high point man on the floor with 15 points for the utes but i A altamonti Alta monts lorg iorg and XI amberg turned in fine jh 14 and 13 point efforts rec respectively to lead their team teams scoring only mckeachnie was as in double figures for the ates utes but vernon oaks rob erts and chivers each picked up 9 points apiece with the dinald final 9 points going to arvel Tas THE UTE victory coupled with unions win over tab lona iona leaves both clubs with 71 7 1 marks for the season and points the way for a real showdown when they meet each other one week hence in the ute confines the utes only loss this season came at the hands of the cougars in roosevelt so things will be popping when they collide in the final game of the season on march here in vernal to decide the uintah DI division V championship |