Vernal Express | 1976-02-26 | Page 31 | Utes to Host Spanish Fork March 3rd

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L 4 4 4 A UINTAH BASKETBALL PLAYERS practice hoop skills for upcoming game with Spanish Fork on March 3 The A 3 State Tourney will be held at the BYU Marriott Center on March 8 8 Utes to host Spanish Fork March 3rd Uintah captures win i over Carbon to secure hold on 2nd i The Uintah Utes sent the Carbon Dinos Dines into inlo extinction last Thursday with wilh a 75 66 basketball win winal at Price Uintah battled Lehi in Vernal this past Wednesday yesterday Both teams had 9 3 records Lehi Lehl is in inthe inthe the A 2 division Region Six Uintah will take lake on Sp Spanish nish Fork High School this Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- March 3 in Vernal UINTAH DEFEATED Spanish Fork High School at t Spanish Fork on January 23 by bya a score of 64 Spanish Fork has a 9 3 Region Six record The Dons lost to Lehi last week by a score of 71 The Dons Dons' are led by players Scott Johnson Blake Bills Dills and Steven Hales Scott Johnson scored 14 points against Uintah in the first Spanish Uintah-Spanish Fork game this year The junior varsity action will begin at al pm p.m. and the varsity will battle at pm About the game with wilh Spanish Fork Uintah Coach George Hughes said Spanish Fork is gunning for the tournament They are giving a lot of kids chances to play We just play em oneata oneat a 8 time lime Im I'm just excited sited about aboul th the UINTAH WILL battle bailie Spanish Fork with the following players Larry McKinney center Garth Allred Dave Duane Merrell Mike like Phillips Rick Gardner Ron Hon Guffey forwards Gary Huber Robert Nelson Jan Goodrich Daryl Colton guards and Shane Mayberry center The Uintah Utes Ules will be betaking betaking betaking taking part in the A 3 State Stale Basketball Tournament which will be held March 8 13 at the Brigham Young University Marriott Center in Provo This will be the first time since 1971 that Uintah High School has attended a state slate basketball tournament UINTAH WILL be going into inlo the tournament as the second place team learn in Region Six With only two league contests left Lehi yesterday and Spanish Fork this Wednesday March 3 Uintah 9 3 has complete ownership of second place Two teams learns Pleasant Grove and Springville are tied for third place in Region Six with 6 66 records The tournament will begin Monday March 8 with the Region One first place team Bear River battling the Region Six sixth place team learn Carbon or Spanish Fork at pm p.m. The Region Six second place team Uintah will battle the Region Five fourth place team tam Tooele or Murray at att t 10 p pm p.m. m. m REGION FIVES FIVE'S first place team Davis will battle Region Six's fifth place team Carbon or Spanish Fork at pm p.m. Region Six's fourth place team Springville or Pleasant Grove will take on Ih Region glon Fives Five's third place team Tooele or Murray at 8 10 pm p.m. On Tu Tuesday day March 9 four more contests will take place The Region Six first place team learn American Fork will battle batlle Region Fives Five's sixth place team Cyprus or Jordan at pm p.m. The Region Heglon Five second place team Bingham will take on Region Elevens Eleven's second place team Dixie or Cedar City at pm There is a possible chance that hat Payson Region Heglon Six's i's seventh place could play Bingham Hingham Payson will be playing the Region Heglon t Eleven leven second place team te in a playoff game for fora forra a spot lipot in the state tournament AT I Gw PM P.M. 1 Region Six's third place team Itam Springville or Pleasant Grove will battle Region Ones One's second place te team m Logan or Region Fives Five's seventh place team learn Cyprus or Jordan The seventh place lace Region Five team leam Cyprus Cyprus' or Jordan will have a playoff game with Logan prior to the thesta sta state stale te tournament The final game on Tuesday will feature Region Elevens Eleven's first place team Dixie or Cedar City against Region Fives Five's fifth place team leam Judge at al pm p.m. On Wednesday the teams learns that played Monday will have contests Teams that played Tuesday y will have games on Thursday The remaining teams in the tournament will have games gam-es on Friday and Saturday A few teams leams will be eliminated from the tourney lourney on Friday In the battle bailie last Thursday with Carbon Uintah was behind 14 12 in the first quarter but then rallied in the second quarter to lo take lake a 36 26 lead The utes Ules had a 56 44 lead at al the end of the third quarter and then Ihen coasted to toa a 75 66 victorya victory a 3 J rf f iii i f j I or 1 ABOUT THE win over Carbon Uintah Coach George Hughes remarked We went into inlo a press and that helped use us We handled the ball better betler sh shot t better and had the press going well We did some things we had to lo do Were We're going to lo the state slate tournament and that's the big thing Uintah received fine team scoring in the game ag against Carbon as Larry McKinney had 29 points Gary Huber 12 Garth Allred 10 and Jan Goodrich 10 Garth Allred had six assists to lo lead the Utes Ules in that department other Uintah players getting gelling assists were Gary Huber 5 Robert Nelson 5 Jan Goodrich 4 Duane Merrell 2 Larry McKinney l Dave 1 an and Daryl Colton 1 1 TilE THE RESULTS of last weeks week's Region Six contests were were as follows Uintah 75 Carbon 66 Lehi Lehl 71 Spanish For 40 American Fork 72 Payson 45 and Springville 52 Pleasant Grove 45 The Uintah junior varsity team lost to Carbon 60 50 last I f n H l 66 Uintah 75 Carbon 1 r 75 56 66 44 M FG FT RB A R TP TO JB Huber 2 4 4 32 9 5 5 2 12 Allred 30 5 12 0 5 6 1 10 3 Nelson 27 7 3 4 2 4 5 1 8 3 McKinney 26 17 14 1 10 1 0 29 2 Goodrich 26 7 5 0 2 24 4 1 10 4 7 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 Colton 6 4 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 Merrell 6 1 0 4 2 1 2 OJ 0 Uintah 35 3 7 5 34 25 7 1 75 15 1 16 5 Carbon 70 26 16 14 6 39 10 tl 11 4 1 f I tyr 4 iJ 7 0 r s i tv i 11 kL f t J b t tr tri Y t i tI W A y y 1 w I j J 1 Y ir I 1 W a itE j t i 1 8 I J I n II MIKE PHILLIPS left and ond Garth Gar Allred right light fight for the tho basketball during practice The Utes will battle bailie Spanish Fork I this thia Wednesday March 3 In Vernal Verno I. 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