Show r I I I k rA t l Y I 0 j J t J Jt I i MM t XI p 4 1 J J Larry McKinney 24 of Uintah and Gary Jewett 44 of Payson are suspended In mid-air mid as the ball sails toward the basketball hoop Koop after a lump jump ball has taken place Other Uintah players In Inthe Inthe Inthe the picture are Garth Allred Alfred 23 on the left and Dave on the right Uintah defeated Springville and Payson In December for two Region Six wins The Utes will travel to Pleasant Grove for a Friday contest with Pleasant Grove High School Ute Viking scheduled for Friday at Pleasant Grove Grov The Uintah Ute basketball team opens the 1976 action with witha a contest with Pleasant Grove High School this Friday at Pleasant Grove Uintah goes into the game tied for the early Region Six lead with American Fork as both teams have records of two wins and 0 losses In Region Six battles Uintah has defeated Springville 70 to 55 and Payson 76 to 55 The starting time for the varsity battle with Pleasant Grove is set for pm p.m. The Junior Varsity game will begin at pm p.m. UINTAH HAS liAS also defeated Union Jordan and Fruita Colorado for practice game victories The Utes suffered early the road practice contest losses to Hillcrest and Murray According to Uintah Coach George Hughes the key players on online the Pleasant team ar are To Torn Tom f forward fd L Lane ne J B Butt Butz tZ D Dennis ii is' is Ashton n and and nd 6 66 7 t Walker Uintah will counter the Pleasant Grove squad with 6 5 Larry McKinney center Garth Allred Dave Gary Huber Robert Nelson Duane 1 i Merrell Daryl Colton Jan Goodrich Rick Gardner Ron Guffey Mike Phillips and Shane Mayberry PLEASANT GROVE is a Region Six team along with Uintah American Fork Springville Spanish Fork Carbon Payson and Lehi Lehi is the only A 2 school in the group Pleasant Grove has the best shooting ball club in the league They shoot the heck out of the basket We will really have to go to work after them We will go down after them and do some things with them and win the ball game commented Uintah Coach George Hughes The Vikings of Pleasant Grove scored a 79 to 61 Region Six victory over Carbon High December 12 They experienced their first Region Six loss as they fell to Lehi December 19 by a Pr 64 pleasant T Grove Grave i 1 a ancL o Spanish sh J Fork k e t lied d Ton a c wf if h ti n warin Wj r rand and one loss each Springville Carbon and Payson are tied for forC C fifth th place with 2 0 records Lehi the only Region Six team in the A 2 division the others I r are in ih A 3 has a record of 2 2 20 After battling Pleasant Grove this Friday Uintah will return home for a January 9 contest with American Fork American Fork has picked up two Region Regio Six wins over Spanish Fork and Carbon The American Fork Cavemen defeated Spanish Fork December 12 and breezed by Carbon 64 to 41 The A A. A F F. F squad led by players Andy Burgess Brian Hansen Dave Dean Dave Nerdin and nd Gary Cook lost to Orem last Friday by a tally of 73 to 67 J OTHER OTHER KEY men on the American Fork squad Mike Bond and Ron Allen have missed a few games due to injuries but should be ready in time for the game with Uintah January 9 Uintah's basketball players Garth Allred Dave gner Larry arry McKinney Ga GalT T p. p P n M etre I oJ otA Jan J G Goodrich dr h R I r ck Gardn Gardn e eRon Ron Guffey Mike Phillips Phillips' and arid Shane Mayberry will attempt to strike d down wn Pleasant Gr Grove ve at Pleasant Grove this Friday y yand and American Fork J January nuary 9 U t tm m t d r i iz z ci JAN GOODRICH of Uintah 12 fires the basketball toward the hoop and Garty Allred 23 Larry McKinney 24 and Dave Payson players and action 32 of Uintah U take toke part port In the t |