Show Union to host Braves The defending A 2 state champions Union High School will open its season with a home encounter against the North Summit Braves Dec 1 1 The junior varsity matches will begin at 5 30 pm and the varsi- varsi varsity ty contest will start at 7 pm partin Union will take part in the ManU Manti Tournament Dec 4 The Cats will host the Green River Wolves Dec partin 10 and will take take part in the Box Elder Tournament Tournament ment Dec 18 Union will host Uintah Dee Dec 22 Union has five wrestlers returning who placed In Inthe Inthe the state tournament last season Shawn Cuch plat placed ed first at 98 pounds las last season and Bardett Fausett garnered second at pounds Davey Nelson placed fourth f at and Jeff Samuels pocketed third at pounds Gar Powell collected fourth place honors In the heavyweight class ning wrestlers who took part in the state tournament tournament ment last year but did not place are Kenny Anderton Mervin Glines Laird Hamblin Charles Percival and Ken Winn Wrestling practices have been going pretty good When you are the defending champs you have to work twice as ashard ashard hard We have mainly been working on basics and conditioning stated Union wrestling coach Brad Isom MURPHY WINS AWARD Atlanta Coot 5 Braves foot S outfielder Dale Murphy named Wednesday as the National Leagues League's most valuable player for 1982 attributes the honor to the performance of the West winning Division Atlanta Braves I didn't do that much in September and I didn't feel like an the year old said I think it was more a tribute to how our team our did team doing that well is really the reason I was being considered Murphy was one of two players named on all 24 ballots and easily out out- outdistanced distanced St Louis Car Car- Cardinals outfielder Lonnie Smith for the annual award given by the Baseball Writers Association tion of America He drew 14 place first votes from the panel made up of two writers from each league city eight seconds second and one each for third and fourth lor a total of points in the balloting Smith received eight place first votes and was second with points |