| Show Union JV squad garners 1 1st sf place Free throws by 66 center Randy Hawks gave the Uintah junior varsity team a one point lead of 43 to 42 early inthe in inthe the fourth quarter but their first place dreams were when Union rallied for a 54 to 50 victory In the Basin Junior Varsity Tournament at Saturday The Uintah Utes grabbed a first quarter lead of 12 to 31 11 on four points by Darin Griffith and Kurt Robb and two counters by Paul Vila Viles and Hawks Union was led In the first quarter by Ryan Adams at four points and Scott Wilson at three points Unions Union's Adams popped In a field goal for a Cougar lead of 13 to 12 early in the second quarter but Hawks returned a aone aone one point lead to the Utes with a suc suc- suc successful shot at the hoop Adams put in a free throw to tie up the game at 14 points but two pointers by Hawks and Gary Swim gave Uintah an 18 to 14 advantage A technical foul was called on the Utes and Rick put in a free throw to cut Uintah's lead to one point at 18 to 17 Nielsen fired In two free throws for fora fora a Union advantage of 19 to 18 but Swim grabbed a rebound and put the ball through the hoop for fora a 2019 Uintah lead Union went on a nearing Dearing streak which consisted of two field goals by Adams and ands a two pointer two by Wayne Gingell for a 25 to 20 Cougar advantage Jason Jaon Taylor popped In a shot to make the score at the end of the second quarter Union 25 and Uintah 22 The ball bounced right through the hoop for Cor a two pointer by Hawks but Gingell struck for point twice to give Union a five point lead of oC 29 to 24 Uintah cut Unions Union's lead to one point on successful shots at the hoop by Swim and Griffith but a field goal by Adams returned a three point lead to the Cats Uintah overcame the Union lead in ingrand ingrand grand style as they scored seven straight points on three field f goals by Hawks and anda a free Cree throw by Swim for a Ute lead of 35 to 31 Unions Union's Mike Ross put In a field goal to cut Uintah's lead to two points but Hawks dropped In another shot fora for a Uin tah advantage of four points However disaster struck in the form of a technical foul Caul and Russ Nielsen Unions Union's Nielsen fired In a shot to reduce the Uintah lead to two points and a technical foul conver conver- conversion sion sian by Ross narrowed the Ute lead to toone toone one point The ban ball was returned to Union due to the foul Caul after the free throw by Ross and Union took full Cull advantage tage of oC the situation as Nielsen flipped in ina Ina a shot for a Union lead of 38 to 37 after three quarters The Utes regained the lead in the ball game on a field goal by Griffith but two free Cree throws gave the advantage e back to the Cats Hawks soared to the basket for Cor Cora fora a two pointer and a Uintah lead of 41 to 40 but Gingell put In a field goal for a Union advantage Once again Hawks came to the rescue as he put in two free throws for fora a Uintah advantage of 43 to 42 Union gained a three point lead of 46 to 43 on field goals by and Adams Hawks put in a free throw but tossed in a shot for a four point Union lead Taylor fired in two free throws to narrow the Union lead to two points at 48 46 but Ross fired in a field goal to give the Cats a lead of four points Taylor tossed In a field goal Uintah fort forc- forced ed a Union turnover but failed to connect on the game tying basket Ross fired in ina ina a field goal to deliver a four point lead to Union of 50 46 and an offensive foul Coul was called on SWIm Griffith failed to con neat on a one and one situation and Unions Union's Ross converted two free throws for a Union lead of 54 to 48 Uintah put in a field goal at the buzzer to make the final score Union 54 and 50 Uintah placed second in the tournament Hawks was the top scorer for the Uin tah Utes at 21 points He fired In nine field goals and hit 3 out of 6 free throws Griffith tossed in eight points and Swim scored seven points Taylor and Robb scored six points and Paul Viles added two points Adams was the number one scorer for Union at 16 points Adams fired in seven field goals and hit 2 out of 3 free throws Ross scored ii 11 points and Gingell put In ten counters I Uintah advanced Into the title game when they thumped Duchesne 87 67 to 35 Friday Hawks scored 22 points for the Utes and Griffith and Robb tossed In 14 |
