Show k A R r A I a t r ak k t W r tG I ail t t ts l s i iI il 1 I t b r I 1 V 4 i i s L r a UINTAH'S 32 puts the ball through the hoop for two points even though he Is being guarded heavily by Unions Union's Chris Heaton 51 Also taking part In the action are left to right Jay Dee Harris Mike Phillips Shane Mayberry Another chapter was entered into the continuing Uintah Uintah- Union basketball story as the ther r Uintah Utes dropped the the Union Unions s Cougars in Vernal VernaIl last Saturday Satur- Satur r- r day 58 to 52 in overtime The Utes will battle Hillcrest- Hillcrest Friday and Jordan Saturday in Salt Lake City at pm p.m. Last Friday Hillcrest defeated Olympus 71 to 55 SOME OF the Hillcrest returning from last season are Kelly Haws 64 forward Todd Tapp 62 forward and Kirby Jensen 62 guard Jordan will field a big team Which will have most of its players from last year returning The Jordan squad will be led by Rick a 6 3 forward Uintah scored Inside to take an 11 to lead 5 with about three minutes left in the first quarter of the basketball contest with Union last Saturday Union cut the Uintah lead to one point on by Brad Denver and Kevin Eldredge and one shot The Utes increased tI U their lead to three points with w a by Shane Mayberry which was set up by some fine Uintah passes The Cougars cut the lead to 13 12 and then Denver tied tied the score with a w shot shot Mayberry connected for two points to give Uintah a 15 13 lead The Cougars tied the score score with a to make the tally 15 at the end of the first quarter Uintah was struck by a cold spell in the scoring department in the second quarter The Utes gained their first of the period at the mark when Rick Gardner flipped the ball through the net The Cougars scored five straight points to take a 20 to 15 lead Union after Uintah scored their first of the second quarter picked up two more points to take a 22 17 advantage over the Utes However Uintah rallied to take a 25 24 lead due to by Mayberry Kirk Hancock and two by Mike Phillips The second quarter ended with Uintah 25 and Union 24 IN THE TilE THIRD quarter Uintah and Union traded small leads back and forth but with the scored tied at 31 Gardner and Mayberry connected for r 1 t f x Th- Th y Y YI I s fir firt t order to capture the JAY DEE HARRIS 12 leaps In Jo basketball Also In th the picture are Uintah Kirk Hancock left Ift and Rick Gardner 33 and Gary of Uintah Other Union Cougars In the picture are Wendall Roberts 15 Robert 33 and nd Brad Denver 23 Uintah defeated Union at Vernal 58 to 52 In Inn overtime last Saturday The Utes battle Hillcrest and Jordan Friday and Saturday on the road Utes t to battle Hillcrest Jordan on Friday Saturday i Uintah rota drops Union t Ii 58 52 in overtime I to give Uintah a 35 to 31 advantage at the end of the thet t third ird period Chris Heaton put in two free throws to narrow the gap to 35 to 33 for Uintah in the fourth quarter Gary and Rick Gardner fired in outside bombs to give Uintah a 39 to 33 lead with remaining in the fourth quarter Union gained four points on free throws by Brad Denver to tomake tomake tomake make the score score 39 to 37 for the Utes with left in the fourth quarter Uintah picked up by Phillips and Gardner and Union gained two by Denver to to tomake tomake make the score at the 2 51 mark of the fourth quarter Uintah 45 and Union 39 The Cougars refused to die inthe inthe in inthe the hoop mop contest as Denver and Kevin Eldredge sc scored red to narrow the Uintah lead to 45 to 43 43 with remaining Uintah increased their lead to 47 to 43 with a by Mayberry at the mark Phillips was fouled but with 41 seconds left in the contest the two were m missed by Uintah Kevin darted down the floor and connected on n an outside shot with 35 seconds left in the contest to make the score Uintah 47 and Union 45 WITH SECONDS remaining in the contest Uintah missed two free throws and then with 3 seconds left Uintah was called for tor traveling The ball was given to the Cougars Robert received the inbounds inbound pass and then scored a from outside at the buzzer to send the game into overtime Union gained the first score of the overtime period as Heaton connected for two points to give the Cougars a 49 to 47 advantage ad ad- vantage Mayberry was fouled and the Ute center made the first to narrow the gap to one point 49 48 for Union with remaining The play of the game occurred occurred oc oc- curved next Mayberry missed the second which would have tied the score at 49 points but Gardner out jumped the Union team t to tip in the ball to give Uintah a 49 50 lead with left in the game Phillips wa was wag fouled by UJ Union on with left in the game The first shot was made by Phillips Phillip but the second secord attempt was no good However Gardner nabbed the rebound and then flipped the ball into the basket baske for tor two points to give Uintah a 53 to 49 lead with 38 seconds left leftIn leftin leftin in the contest Hancock connected connected connected con con- for two points to give Uintah a 55 with 17 seconds remaining in the te e contest contest I t Heaton of Unions reda a free throw to make the score score 55 50 so for Uintah Jay Dee Harris made a charity shot to increase Uintah's lead to 56 dropped in two to narrow narrow the Uintah lead to 56 to 52 with 14 seconds remaining Phillips scored two to make the final score Uintah 58 and Union 52 UINTAH PULLED down 40 rebounds and the Cougars had 30 Rick Gardner and Mike Phillips had 12 rebounds for Uintah Other Utes gaining rebounds were Shane Mayberry 6 Jay Dee Harris 5 Ron Guffey 3 Kirk Hancock Hancock Hancock Han Han- cock 1 l and Gary 1 The leading for Union was Kevin Eldredge with 14 Both teams were cold in the scoring department The Utes hit 25 out of 60 for 42 perc percent nt Uintah was old x ld on the free throw line as they only converted 8 out of 19 attempts for 44 percent Union was cold coldin coldin coldin in connecting as they hit 17 out of 53 attempts for 32 percent Union did better than Uintah at the f lane as they converted 18 out of 27 attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts for 66 percent Uintah and Union were guilty of quite a number of turnovers in the ball game One of the keys to the Uintah win was the ability of the Utes to score inside and outside while holding the Cougars to attempts from outside Uintah had a balanced scoring attack in the game as Gardner scored 16 Mayberry 13 Phillips 10 Hancock 8 8 Guffey 2 and Harris 1 I. I The Cougars were led ledIn ledin ledin in the scoring department by Denver 19 points and Eldredge 11 Other Cougars scoring were Heaton 8 8 Roberts 4 and 2 2 After the battles with Hillcrest and Jordan Friday and Saturday the Uintah Utes will take on Morgan High School at Morgan Wednesday at p pm p.m. m. m The Morgan team is a strong basketball school which has competed in eight straight state tournaments In 1974 Morgan won the A 2 hoop title TilE THE UTES will return home to take on Tooele which Uintah defeated in the state tourney last season December 4 4 The Utes will have three home contests In a row after the date with Tooele Uintah will host Bonneville December 10 Murray December u ii and and Pleasant Grove December 17 n |