| Show Uintah Utes and n Union Cougars dash clash in fierce battles Uintah high School has been battling Union High School in wrestling matches since the 19 Os O's and amI even though the Utes have dominated the series there have been many exciting wins and losses by both byboth teams One year heavyweights Crozier from Union and Baxendale from Uintah clash clash- clashed clashed ed In a match that seemed to 10 last a half hour They kept going off the ma mat t as they were each other out ou of bounds remarked Uintah head wrestling coach Leon Unions Union's Bill Labrum had a tough time in matches with Uintah Utes In 1969 and 1970 in region meets Labrum was was undefeated going in the region meet In 1970 but he lost to Curtis Redd of Mon Mon- Monticello in the finals and was defeated In Ina II a true second match by Clifton Southam of Uintah and didn't get to compete In the state tournament Southam defeated Labrum 8 to 4 In the true second match Uintah's Jim Johnson edged Unions Union's Billy Davis In the championship at pounds by the score of 8 86 6 in the 1970 region meet and Unions Union's Randy Hackford edged second place winner at atthe atthe the state meet in 1970 Greg Cook by the score of 8 7 Losers Davis from Union and Cook from Uintah gained revenge in the state tournament Johnson went against Davis of Union In the championship match at atthe atthe the state stale meet and he took Davis down and garnered a reversal in the second round However Davis caught Johnson brought him back to the mat and pinned Johnson for first place Cook gained revenge when he defeated Hackford in inthe inthe the pound match Last year the Uintah Utes toppled Union 43 to 11 11 Jerry 98 pinned Wayne Hansen in the second round and Brent Morrill Uintah blasted Ryan Hyan Winn 29 0 Bardett Bardelt Fausett Union Keith Campbell 8 to 4 and Unions Union's Farrell McCook edged Wilbert 12 Woody 1512 David Gentry Uintah and Jeff Samuels tied at 44 4 Jeff Good Uintah thumped Brent Cundall 4 11 and Uintah's Torr McCurdy edged t LL l 1 t Y k A At 3 a w 1 ya r a k 1 P I N i iR 1 R m mih ih w t v r i q r t 4 0 1 p s sR to III 0 R H UTE HEAVYWEIGHT Shawn OBrien O'Brien engages in a battle with a out on the mat OBrien O'Brien and David Weeks have been stag stag- L mg ing fierce battles in wrestle offs and one of the two will be the starter at the heavyweight spot in the meet with Union Kenny Anderton 65 Mervin Glines edged Uintah's Darrin Darlin Bailey 54 5 Randy nandy pinned Laird Hamblin of Union with 40 seconds left in the first round and Pat Jenkins pinned Charles Percival of Union with 28 seconds to go irl the second round Jody Young Uintah pinned Ken Winn with one minute left in the first round and the Utes David Weeks heavyweight pocketed a first round pin with three seconds left in his match with Gar Powell The Utes won their first state slate cham- cham championship championship in 1958 and that was also the year they beat their rivals arch the Union Cougars by the score of 44 to 8 The Uintah Utes won 10 of the 12 varsity matches Uintah's Billings pinned 98 Schurz of Union in 1 52 of the second round and Boren Uintah pinned Goodrich of Union in 1 03 in the second round Ute Hatch Hor- Hor Horrocks Horrocks rocks Union 5 to 4 and pinn- pinn pinned pinned ed Johnson of Union in 1 40 of the third round Hullinger Uintah heat bl Shields of Union 60 6 and 1 Pin Pin- in tab tah pinned Phillips of Union in I of the third round Uintah pinned Glines of Union in 1 25 of the third round McKee Union edged Uintah's Robert Hobert Murray 4 to 3 Billy Murray pinned Morrill of Union in 40 of the se- se second second cond round Murray had Mol Mar neatly nearly pinned several times in the first round but the stout Union grappler was able to stave off tile the grappler Morrill Mor- Mor Morrill rill was pinned as the buzzer sounded en- en ending ending ding the round before the count could be made according to Vernal Express an Feb 6 0 1958 Glines Union pinned Uinta Uintah's h Cook 30 seconds s of the first filst round This was the fastest match of the evening as Glines slapped Cook to the mat for fol Uw the count before tile the buzzer stopped slopped ringing to start the match Corless Uintah pinned pined Olsen Union 1 15 in the second round Lewis Uintah Lungberg of Union O g-O in the heavyweight class |
