Show i T To fa fa face Pleasant Grove January 2 I Uintah captures Payson Lions for second Region 6 victory Uintah Highs High's basketball team captured a victory over the Payson Lions last Friday with a 76 to 55 tally on the Uintah Ute floor The win over the Lions gives the they Uintah squad a perfect 2 and 0 record re ord in Region Six play The next next Region Six ba battle for Uintah will willbe willbe willbe be against Pleasant Grove High School at Grove Crove on on 0 January 24 IN THE TILE game against Payson Uintah built buill up a six point lead early in the first quarter but at the end of the first quarter Payson had narrowed the SC score score re to 15 to 12 for Uintah Uintah had a lead of 34 to 28 and during most of the third quarter Payson threatened to close in on the Utes' Utes six point lead ii r W However with about a minute to go in the third U rd quarter Payson's defense broke down and Uintah we f t sc tt g spree which gave the Utes a 52 to 40 lead going into the fourth quarter The Uintah Utes went wenton on ori to win the game 76 to 55 PAYSON PA TRIED THIEl to change the flow of the game in favor of the Lions LonS but Uintah tallied rallied in inthe inthe inthe the final moments of o the third quarter to silence the Payson Lions Uintah's hs h's Coach George Hughes sai said l. l I was happy about the way we hung in there Its It's tough to come back when you beat someone like Springville Larry McKinney played well inside and a little press helped us But again it was was' wasa a team effort We will go to work on defense and get ready 7 f I for Pleasant Grove l Hughes said ad that Pleasant Gr GrA Gr v gl A J bl r jn the and that they have some of the best shooters in Region Six TilE THE TALLEST Payson player was 63 Allen Wilson but he only saw limited action due to knee problems Larry McKinney I of Uintah who is 65 was able to score inside although he was pressured by Payson's 61 trio of Brad Bateman Bart Perry and Gary Jewett McKinney picked up a total of 26 points and vacuumed the boards for 27 rebounds Garth Allred who scored from outside as as as' aswell well as close up to the basket had 20 points and n six III 1 Tt j 3 f t ff a ap p of f 1 s s r r f I I II If 1 ti k j I 1 r wr t Mr I L PAYSON'S BART PEERY 42 reaches for the basketball and Uintah players GariFf Allred 23 and Larry McKinney 24 try to stop him t T. i I cI c- c I i iI I I I If 4 f 11 Fh UINTAH UINTAH'S DRILl TEAM perform performs on the wrestling mat mot with a march prior to the dual meet wit with I American Fork lost o t Thursday 9 9 rebounds for Uintah Dave v nw gner sc scored red six six p points ints Robert Robert-Nels Robert six points and nd Gary Huber H b r had two points Uintah received scoring help from the bench as Daryl Colton had 8 points Jan Goodrich 4 Duane Merrell 2 and Mike Phillips 2 IN TIlE THE first half with Payson starting to close down on on Uintah's lead Daryl Colton came off the bench to fire away for three baskets which helped to stop the Payson drive Gary Huber led the Utes in assists with five McKinney and Allred had four assists each had three had three assists and Nelson Colton and Goodrich had two each |