Show UHS UHF basketball team returns return n t V home for Fruita contest After dropping a 79 to 72 basketball game to Hillcrest last Friday and losing to Murray High last Saturday by bya a score of or 76 6 to 71 Uintah returns to Vern Vernal l for Cor a contest this Saturday with Frusta Fruita Colorado The varsity battle will begin at 1 30 pm p.m. COACH G GEORGE OnG Hughes said that Fruita will play Carbon this Friday Uintah will battle Springville on Dec December 12 at Springville for their first Region Six game of oC the season We are starting to prepare for Cor Springville Springville will be tough They lost to Brighton by 13 points but beat Roy and Cyprus badly Springville will be real fast Cast and andreal andreal andreal real rugged They have two players that are 6 feet 3 Inches inches inches in In- ches stated Hughes HUGHES SAID that his players have not been a problem and that he is real proud of them He said that if iC Uintah can keep on coming that they will be tough Last Friday Uintah lost a close 79 to 72 to Hillcrest a A 4 school The Uintah squad was only down by two points with about five minutes to go in the game but could never catch up Hillcrest had five players over ovet 6 feet Ceet 4 inches so Uintah was fouling a alot alot lot Late in the game Uintah fouled one of or the Hillcrest players and he made the foul shots to Ice the game for Cor Hillcrest LARR MCKINNEY led the Utes Ules in the Hillcrest game with 17 points He lie was closely followed by Gary Huber with 15 Garth Allred Alired with 13 and Jan Goodrich with 10 Gary Huber and Jan Goodrich had four foor assists Duane Merrell had two assists with Garth Allred and Daryl Colton having one assist each Uintah received good rebounding in the game as Garth Allred pulled down 12 Larry McKinney garnered 10 and arid Gary Huber had 8 Other Uintah Ute players did well in inthe inthe inthe the rebounding department The next night Saturday the Uintah Utes Ules took on Murray High School at Murray but lost by a close score of 76 to 71 About the game George Hughes said We outscored them by 8 but we only made 7 of oC 14 as compared to their Murray 27 out of 38 We were fouling but they had a big 6 foot 8 inch center and Steve Davies who is 6 feet 4 inches These games taught us how to play It helps 1 us a whole lot tot f MCKINNEY Y netted netted 22 points against Murray Uintah had good team scoring in the game as Jan Goodrich Garth Allred and Dave Van Wagner added 12 points each Other Uintah players also alsos s scored ored baskets In the assist department Gary Huber led with 8 with Dave Van Wagner Wa n r getting 4 and Garth Allred 3 3 Other Ute Ule helped in the assist area MCKINNEY ICI HAD 20 rebounds for the game Allred picked up 16 rebounds and Van Wagner garnered 9 I am pleased with our bench Juniors and sophomores as I Ican Ican Ican can be Rick Gardner Shane Mayberry Mike Phillips Ron Guffey and all the kids on the bench were always cheering stated George Hughes The next home game for Cor Uintah will be on December 19 with Payson High UINTAH UINTA II HIGHS HIGH'S Junior Varsity team lost to Hillcrest 78 to 32 last Friday and wa was defeated 85 to 50 by Murray High Saturday F i s J tit DURING ACTION taken from Uintah's Varsity basketball practice the player in the center Is in inthe inthe the process of shooting the ball |