Show S ei ter o I 1 Jj r I 1 y r I w s f i RETURNING FROM Uintah Highs High's 75 1974 starting wrestling team are front left to right Scott Graham and Jim Tripp Middle left to right Rick Massey and Larry Moon Background left to right Eugene Woody and Scott Ruppe In the Insert Is Jerry Murray l 5 D Dv 1 v r 1 e ll q 7 if t w wi j i L UINTAH HIGHS HIGH'S LETTERMEN returning besides the seven starters from last year are front left to right Kevin Huber and Kevin Reardon Middle row left to right Robert Ivy David Batty and Bret Back row left to right Curt Bilby John Burns and Wendell Francis Missing when the picture was taken token were Greg Hatch and Kent Cook Wrestling season to open at Uintah with Fruita meet The defending A 3 State Wrestling Champion Uintah High School will be be opening its season season this Tuesday December 2 21 at Vernal with a dual meet with ith Fruita High School of Fruita Colorado B squad and P a b l li 15 pm m and the le am tt I A A. t t j tl g at pm p.m. The Utes travel to Montrose Colorado for fora fortI a tI meet this Wednesday tI Decembers December 3 Uintah travels to tei Steamboat Colorado for the Steamboat Tourney on Decembers cember 5 and 6 UINTAH WILL have four state champions and one fourth place man returning Last year LIt cit the A 3 tourney Jim Tripp placed first in the 98 pound class Eugene Woody garnered first in the pound class Scott Ruppe Huppe placed first in the pound class and Rick Massey picked up first in the pound class Larry Moon finished fourth in the pound class last year at the state stat tourney lourney Fruita defeated Uintah last year and about Fruita Uintah Coach Dennis Pre ce commented com commented com com- Fruita is number one in the state of Colorado along with Montrose This could possibly be our toughest duel Montrose and Fruita could probably be our two toughest duels of this year It REMARKED that the Montrose High wrestling coach said that Fruita is strong nan aD I 74 points and Union garnered third with 67 points Delta I picked up points with many third place finishes to overcome Union for second I ITilE TilE THE Union Union rivalry is still strong today even though the results have no effect ef feet on the teams advancing to the state tournament Uintah and Union have new rivals Uintah has the wrestling rival of Pleasant Grove The Uintah basketball team may have Jordan High blight as a new rival Jordan was once coached by George Hughes' Hughes father Art ArtI I Hughes and the present Jordan coach learned his coaching instructions from Art Hughes Uintah is building new rivals from teams in Region Six and Colorado UNION HAS liAS new rivalries in Wasatch and Morgan High Old rivalries are fine but new ones are goo good t to have to ad add t another dimension to an athletic con contest contest t test t. t BBB aae a. a A I member of the S St. St louis x uis Jim Jm batted d m in Ina nine inning WHile name in 1924 Montrose and Fruita compete in the tough Grand Junction League which is one of the strongest Wrestling leagues in Colorado When asked about Uintah's a 11 t ce f i Ji m mt t. t jt till t practice and mentally are getting ready for them Fruita is a well balanced team but we can beat them EVERYONE is picking us Uintah as number one in Utah because we have four state champions back I would rank Pleasant Grove A 3 second Orem 4 A 4 A I I third Brighton 4 4 A At fourth and Delta 2 A fifth in the state Pleasant Grove willbe will willbe willbe be a tough team s stated ta ted Concerning the toughest home meets of the year said Fruita and Steamboat January 31 could be our two toughest meets this year at home AFTER TilE THE home battle with Fruita and aM the away meet with Montrose Uintah will travel to Steamboat Colorado for the Steamboat Tourney Some of the teams taking part will be Uintah Meeker Craig Rifle Hifle Rock Springs Rangely Grand Junction and Palisade of Grand Junction L Last st year Meeker won the tournament Uintah won the tournament in 1971 Steamboat has been hosting the tournament for 22 years and has lost the cham 0 only three times Uintah Highs High's wrestle-offs wrestle were held this past W Wednesday with starting teams being determined The wrestle offs Is were held at Uintah High and J t 7 1 p Pm P.m. lI trA m r x 1 r dM OE o ft m W t sm rs Bi Young Wrestling Clinic which was held last Frid Friday yat at U Union High School Laren Hanse Hansen two-time two American All from BYU and Dennis tw two two- time Western Athletic Conference Conference Con Con- ference Champion from BYU gave special instruction at the clinic The clinic was c sponsored co-sponsored sp by th the BYU Alumni Association and Rick Moysh Union High wrestling coach TWO CHANGES have been made in this years year's Uintah High wrestling schedule The Brighton Tourney that was s set t for December 12 and 13 has been cancelled The dual meet with Pleasant Grove has tenta tentatively tentatively ten ten- ta been rescheduled for February 7 7 The Uintah Utes are looking for two dual meets or a tournament to fill up this spot in the schedule Other returning lettermen for Uintah this year are Curt Bilby Robert Ivy Kevin Huber Wendell Francis Bret Kevin Reardon John Burns David Batty Kent Cook and Creg Hatch Retuning Returning Returning ning team members besides Larry Moon Scott Ruppe Jim Eugene Woody and Rick Massey are Scott Graham and Jerry Murray t S. S f S i 2 S Y EUGENE WOODY 75 1974 3 A 3 A champ hamp In the pound class wrestles Larry Lorry Moon on an the left lef 75 1974 fourth place finisher In the he pound class cion N |