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Show Friday, September 30, 1983 Vefflal ExpfCSS 5 I " Y - - ,' . 6, 'RxcieU Locker rooms are the location for happy times and sad times for football teams throughout the world. The rooms are usually filled with the smell of sweat and dirty socks as far as the guy's locker rooms are concerned. Uintah High School's locker room has been a place for jumping for joy due to a victory by an athletic team and sitting down with faces in hands wondering what went wrong in a loss. Two games that stand out as far as locker rooms are concerned are Uintah's Uin-tah's wins over Murray and Jordan in 1979. The Uintah Ute football team gained a shot at playing in the state tournament when they gained their first win ever in recent years over Murray in overtime. The locker room was alive with noise and quotes and interviews were as easy to gain as sand in a desert. Footballers from Uintah High School were jumping for joy and shouting, We beat Murray! We are going to make it to the state tournament! I can't believe it. We did it!" Fans poked their heads into the locker room and said such things as follows: ' Way to go and beat them. We got one more game to go and that's against Jordan. Good game, guys." Uintah High School was tied with three teams for third place in their region in 1979 and before the final game of the season was played the tie was broken not on the football field, but indoors. Coins were tossed and Murray won the third place title if all three teams ended the season in a tie. The Utes only hope was to win and hope that the other two teams suffered losses. Uintah beat Jordan, but the other two teams won and the Ute season was over and done with. So for the first time in the history of football at Uintah High School the locker room wasn't a jumping for joy location after a victory. The Utes won the game with Jordan, but they were still on the outside looking in. The players were sad as they just barely missed a visit to the state tournament. The quotes weren't the fun and excitable ex-citable remarks from the week before, but were just enough words to explain the touchdown and get the job done. Football games are all different and each game decides whether or not the football players will be available for comments. A victory by a local team in a football game makes quotes available. Winning a game usually puts the coaches and players in a good and happy mood and quotes are easily easi-ly obtained. There are many kinds of victories. One, there is the easy win over a not so good team and there is the tough win over a really good team, which makes the local team beam with pride. One such case was a Uintah football win over Morgan in 1978. The Trojans have been a football power for years in 2-A football and the Uintah Ute locker room scene was a happy one as they defeated a tough good team. Coaches and players can be a bit sad about winning a game. One example would be the University of Utah's 28-25 win over Hawaii last week. The Utes jumped out to a 28 to 7 lead in the first quarte.-, but had to hang onto win the game, 28 to 25. The locker room is not as joyful after a easy game turns into a close call victory. Sometimes a loss can be pretty close to being called a victory. One such case is Uintah High School's 28 to 21 loss to Mountain View this season. Two fumbles early in the first quarter helped guide the Bruins to an early 14-0 lead. The Utes were behind 28 to 7 going in the second half, but they never gave up. Bobby Rasmussen scored a touchdown in the third Quarter and Mike Robbins pocketed a touchdown and two-point conversion lale in the fourth quarter to cut Mountain View s lead to seven points. Two items destroyed a Ute chance at a victory, a first down by Mountain View and a lack of time. The game for the Utes was considered a moral victory, but even still a loss is a loss no matter what. Losses also fall into various categories. One kind of loss is the slaughter loss such as the 42-0 win by Timpview over the Utes. After the game I decided that quotes would not be an easy item. So I went home. Another type of loss is the winner was just a better team. A loss to a tough team by the local crew can proc'uce a few quotes. The local player who scored the touchdown for the ! using local team is usually available for a few quotes, but the quotes are sometimes hard io find. A close loss by a local team can destroy any chance at gaining quotes and an example is the Uintah Ute loss to Union by the score of 13 to 12 in overtime. over-time. The Utes owned a 6-0 lead with two seconds left in the ball game, but Union scored a touchdown on the last play of the game and outscored Uintah, Uin-tah, 7-6, in overtime for a triumph. The win by Union erased any shot at quotes by the Uintah Utes. A win by the Utes was wiped out in two seconds and cheers turned to tears for the Uintah crew and the locker room was filled with the sounds of silence. THE BALL gets fired away by Uintah Ute quarterback, Gary Swim just as an opposing footballer charges after him. The Uintah Utes will battle the Tigers in Orem, Friday and will host American Fork, Oct. 14. " Hints to hunters fo and elk hunt opener: ucsc His & Hers Mixed Doubles Allen, Roberts White Fullenwider Jackson Fonger Harbinson High Series Elaine Allen Phil Douglas Dan Merrell High Games 'iC LI UlE 1 001 UAl LFR. 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That includes Farmington Bay, Bear River Bay and in fact, most of them with the possible exception of the Public Shooting Grounds. Opening day, Oct. 8 at noon, includes geese inasmuch as the start is a week later than allowed by the federal flyway officials. Reason? To allow the young mallards and spoonies and pintails pin-tails another week to get tln-ir full wing feathers. I,n Var Ware, Utah Division Wildlife Resources information chief, says the latest reports show about as many birds on the marshes as other years, but access (and competition) will be tougher. "I'd advise trekking to Clear Inke, Fish Springs, Browns Park, Bin-cknel Bin-cknel Bottoms, Green River south of Vernal, Salt Springs and the places you've probably never lepn before. These marshes have always received less attention than the great Salt I-ike's east side, and it's likely going to be the best way to find more waterfowl water-fowl than RcatterRunners." The chances of finding a Canadian honker down your shotgun barrel nre also le(ler than itvjnnM years, since the already ise crillcrs won't have a full week to smarten up first Try a spread of decoys set out in "social," face-everywhere clusters. It will help if you first determine where the honkers return to water after raiding the grain fields. A few more tips: Locomotive Springs of Snowville ( west of Corinne but the road isn't as good) offers excellent ex-cellent waterfowling plus a few lunker rainbow trout if you take the spinning rod. The moss is gone, fish are hungrier with cooler temperatures, and you'll enjoy the spacious solitude on these ponds. In the meantime, upland bird seasons are open, with near or under way on most fronts. By now you've discovered where to find the grouse bunnies, chukars it you sought them in earnest. But what about the elk? After the opening barrage, a bull elk proves he's no dummy. Most will hold up to the point where a hunter will swear there are none in the vicinity. I've thought so then returning from faraway ridges discovered bulls in the headlight w hile driving near camp! Of course, many w ise old racks will head for distant points, but in Utah's hunter-everywhere hunter-everywhere units like Manti and Fishlake the wapiti soon discover you can't outrun them as readily as outfox them. So you can't tie in a hurry any here until the end of tlie open bull shoot ( M. H. Svlict an area hirh has plenty nf cover, preferably away from paM action ac-tion (shun all ridge top roads anil ravinebottom trails) anil penrl several hour driving or rm'tirumisly gt.iMin. If you are in a wildi-rnr- type region 'ike the Uinta Mountain units, spend extra time and effort to get farther back in. Remember that if the weather continues con-tinues mild and warm, elk will be high and in deep cover. Their thick hides just aren't suited for hot weather. Yet if they can, they will dig into lowland oak and willows, as I've seen them do on the Manti when hunters are up on top. If they find a small canyon where the orange-vesters haven't bothered, they will often stay in seclusion there for days. If you didn't get out elk hunting, talk with someone who did for a vicarious check on the deer. Is there a candidate out there ( in the head of Whiterocks or some other canyon) for the Boone-Crocket Boone-Crocket Club? Is he hanging out high or low? It is surprising how much sportsmen will share with each other for the asking. Better still if you can get out yourself. That goes for the ducks as well. Take the binoculars, a way you can help discover new hot spots. A fisherman who did that while waiting for fish to take his nightcrawler located rails or ducks on a certain north arm of Strawberry Reservoir. He returned to take a limit. This time of year you don't need much excuse to get out. It is a tune, with crimson oak brush, and golden aspens, that you might jiM take time to enjoy it. full tvigor not. Who knows, while you're just sining there, you might see squurel lor buck I you wouldn't have otherwise, It Is nuli-ed a glorious tune lo pi t w I, The Advil Station The Basins Recognized News Leader ABC National News on the Hour Paul Harvey - daily The Action News Team Alan White - Carol Ferguson - Suzanne Burton "Jenolte Fish" "Bob George" Bringing You More & Better News Each Doy at tn o .) 6:30 A.M. 1:57 P.M. 7:30 3:57 8:57 5:15 10:57 7:57 12:15 Noon 9:57 11:55 . m KVRr " CN (vi fd th TdXJ vrnu 11 1 i'c Ni iff"1 ii?1 |
