Show e www- www w S S Ss s av s i f t t r 1 6 t t. t w i f F JR fi 15 a W i ai Y J a r vw Ma i w Z fussy wa RAYMOND WALKER 43 Pleasant Grove and Kirk Hancock 32 Uintah leap leop high Into the theair theair air for the basketball Other Uintah in the picture are Gary 11 and Rick Gardner 33 t Vernal graders smash f White Mountain 50 to 34 The Panthers won and lost Saturday in basketball battles with White Mountain of of RockSprings Rock RockSpringS RockSprings Springs Wyoming w ming ming-j in in V Vernal White t M Mountain the I Vernal grade team 40 to 30 and downed the grade team from Vernal 49 to 30 The lone Vernal victory was a 50 to 34 thumping of White Mountain by bythe bythe bythe the Panther graders VERNAL'S grade squad went to work early in the point scoring department as they held a 13 to 6 lead over White Mountain at the end of the first quarter The Panthers increased their lead at halftime to 23 to 11 Vernal ended the third quarter with a a 15 point advantage of 36 to 21 The Panthers went on to defeat the White Mountain squad by 16 points 50 to 34 Scoring points for Vernal were Ron Ellis 15 Burke Buckalew 9 David Stone 8 Derrin Gardiner 6 John Merkley 6 Marty McCarrel McCarr l 4 and Ron Gardner 2 Vernal converted of 24 attempts for 41 percent The high scorers for White Mountain Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain were Corhn 12 and Abbot 8 8 White Mountain hit 8 B of 19 foul pitches for 42 percent In the grade contest White Mountain had a small 12 to 8 lead over Vernal at the end of the first quarter White Mountain increased its lead to 21 to 13 at the end of the second quarter At the end of the third thud period White Mountains Mountain's lead had increased to 32 to 20 They went on to defeat Vernal's grade by 19 points 49 to 30 GAINING points for Vernal were Dave Allen 13 Lonnie Williams 7 Lynn Reynolds 4 Dave Emery 4 and Richard Kirk 2 2 Vernal tossed in 2 of 8 free throw attempts for 25 percent The top scorers for the White Mountain grade team were Dale Pecolar 14 Kevin 10 Angelo Gibson 9 and Dan Abbot 7 7 White Mountain converted 7 of 22 free throw attempts for 31 percent Vernal and White Mountain grade squads were tied at 11 1111 at the end of the first quarter Wl White te Mountain moved ah ahead d of Vernal Verna in t tb second quarter by nine points 26 to 17 Vernall f rA White Mountain 8 to 4 in the third quarter to move within five points 30 to 25 of the White Mountain lead However in the final quarter White Mountain scored 10 points and Vernal gained only five to enable the basketball team from Rock Springs Wyoming to win the contest 40 to 30 t SCORING points for Vernal were Blake Ewell 8 Gary Galley 7 Greg Limb 7 Roger Walker 6 and Mike Gividen 2 Vernal put in two of eight free throw w attempts for 25 percent The top scorers for White Mountain were Evans 17 Baker 9 and Martin 4 4 White Mountain connected on 6 of 17 free throw attempts for 35 percent The next basketball game for Vernal Junior High will be January 8 in Vernal against Craig Vernal battled Craig in Colorado on December 11 11 The Panthers won the grade game but lost the and grade contests to Craig on December 11 11 |