Show Ute sophomores fall short in comeback bid The Uintah Ute sophomore football crew found itself behind by the score of 22 to 8 after two quarters of action but they refused to to call it quits as they scored a touchdown and a two point conversion in the second which halt half which c cut t the lead to six points at 22 to 16 in an encounter in Vernal Thursday However a touchdown bomb in the fourth quarter enabled the Thunder Thunder- Thunderbirds Thunderbirds birds to hold on and win by the score of 30 to 16 got on the scoreboard in quick fashion as the kickoff was return return- returned returned ed for a touchdown and a 70 7 lead However However the Utes got back in the ball game when Monte Mecham returned an interception 80 yards for fora a touchdown in inthe inthe the first quarter Uintah garnered a one point lead of 87 8 on a successful two two- point conversion attempt a The Thunder Thunder- Thunderbirds Thunderbirds birds regained their lead on two touchdown runs and took a lead of 22 to toe e 8 into the locker room The Utes moved into ter- ter territory territory at the 48 yard line on a fine kickoff return by a Ute who ear car earned ned the ball thirty yards Devin Bailey darted with the pigskin to the 33 an and Gary Murray traveled to the 27 yard line Bailey carried the football to the 23 yard line for a first down and then darted 23 yards on the next play for a Uintah touchdown with left in the third quarter Bailey broke to the right got by a couple of tacklers and sailed in- in into into to the end zone for a six pointer Bailey also scored a two point conversion on a arun arun run which cut the Thunderbird lead to six points The ball was returned to on the kickoff and the Uintah Uintah defense became as tough as nails as quarter quarter- quarterback quarterback back Todd was sacked twice by Uintah Utes David J Gurr and Billy Taylor Uintah gained the ball on a punt but was unable to move the ball and return return- returned ed it to However coughed up the football and Uintah pounced on it at the Thunderbird 33 yard line Quarterback Rick Porter was pushed back to the 34 yard tine Une Three passes were incomplete and took over the football on its own 34 yard line A 31 yard pass play placed the Thunderbirds on the Uintah 35 yard line and another pass completion moved the crew to the eight yard line Uintah's Monte Mecham leaped on the quarterback for tor a sack but a face mask penalty placed the Thunder Thunder- Thunderbirds Thunderbirds birds on Uintah's six yard line Gurr and quarterback Taylor teamed up for a quarter quarter- back sack on a third down play and the Utes took over the football on on their own 16 yard line when a fourth down pass was incomplete Bailey moved the Utes to the 34 yard line tin on a sweep and Brian car car- carried ried the ball to the 40 yard line However was stopped for a loss at th the 28 yard line on a fumbled pitch pitchout pitchout out The score at the end of the third quarter was 22 and Uintah 16 The football was punted away to and a Thunderbird almost fumbled the ball but at the last second he got the slippery object under control was forced to punt the ball to the Utes and the utes moved the ball to their own 40 and were unable to get a first down A penalty was called on for calling for a fair catch and then motor motor- motoring motoring ing with the ball once it was caught on the punt The Thunderbirds were ed cd on their own 2 20 yard line and a pitch pitchout pitchout out put the team on the 28 yard tine broke Uintah's back with a 72 yard pass from quarter quarter- quarterback quarterback back l en to Steve Gla Gleason on for a touchdown with left in the game Gleason also caught a pass for Cor a two two- point conversion which gave his team a 14 point lead of 30 to 16 The utes recovered two fumbles late in the game but were unable to take ad ad- ad advantage vantage of the turnovers The final fum fum- fum fumble ble was gained by the utes with 16 seconds left in the game and the final score was 30 and Uintah 16 Uintah's sophomores own a 03 3 record and two of the losses have been to junior varsity teams Carbons Carbon's junior varsity team shutout Uintah and Union which had a number of juniors on the team and a senior quarterback edged the utes Uintah will host Pleasant Grove Thursday at 4 nm Dm a siF siFi M t I J i A TOUCHDOWN is scored by Uintah sophomore Devin Bailey right Also in the picture is Gary Murray left Bailey scored on a 23 yard run r IASI S UINTAH UTES Monte Mecham left and Sean Sullivan stop a from gaining any more yards Mecham scored the Utes first touchdown in the first half cn an interception tion |