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Show Wednesday, jonoory i, 19S& Vernal Exprtst'fldvertlsef 23 fo'v p,i flifLi !&k CAGERS HIT the deck and trying to gain control of the basket- Mohar, left. Uintah will battle Pleasant Grove on the road, Fri-ball Fri-ball is Todd Mulville, right. Waxing the floor is Uintah Ute Kenny day. AN ENEMY hand makes contact with the basketball, which is being fired away by Uintah's Jeff Palmer, 13. The shot was blocked. First region home contest scheduled for January 9 The month of January means the start of league action and that is true in the case of the Uintah Utes as they battle the Vikings in Pleasant Grove, Friday, January 3 and host Timp-view, Timp-view, Thursday, January 9 at Uintah High School in region ball games. Pleasant Grove finished third last year at the 3-A state meet and Timp-view Timp-view also placed in the state meet. Junior varsity games will begin at 5:30 p.m. and varsity at 7:30 p.m. Timpview, which has been picked as one of the top teams in Region 7, has a record of 5-1 as of December 21. The Thunderbirds suffered their first loss when they lost to 4-A Olympus, 67-66, December 20. Timpview owned a 5-0 record before the loss to the Titans in Salt Lake City. The Titans grabbed a 36 22 halflime lead behind the shooting of Matt Barnes, Mitch Johnson and Trent Wright and increased it to 44 24 Mi mmmm m iiifW'wB-ww.wi i mim wjWMBM!'liiMWWMBBMMyWEMW( . v i 1 I " - - 1 1 ; i f ' i to'.i'e for m ti'l m ! iif mi iwimw mi i mi mn iMi Mil win i i ii r n irm i y 1 i " '; rrpii )V) r ! X v i ' i f 1 " """'rJ" - I . . " 5 with 5 : 01 lei t in the third quarter. 6-4 Jim Werner entered the game and scored eight points in the last 29 seconds of the third quarter to cut the Titan margin to 52-44. Dave Reeves, who scored 25 points and Werner continued to burn up the hoop in the fourth quarter. Olympus players Barnes, Johnson and Mike Anglesey had four fouls and couldn't put on a lot of pressure on the Thunderbirds. Olympus' Johnson hit three key shots the last three minutes including the clincher with 55 seconds left to give the Titans a three-point lead at 67 64. The 6 5 Johnson Is the son of Sacramento Kings' coach Phil JohfULQit. a former Utah Jan assistant assis-tant co.ich. Juhnson also coached at Weber State College, Werner, who had 16 points, popped in a hot with 24 seconds U fi and the T Bird miwed a kh at the buer right underneath Iht bact to Ips by one point. Jhn.wwi also had 55 points and fight rrlxMindi far Olympui, Baror u&t4 IS fwinu far the Olympu Iram The Ik by Tiffipvicw U C!mjHil i Iht hnl tt i to4 J-t trf t.'ve rar fr h ThmfcfUr&i, Ttmpwe M4 n r;ur& trff t turn w4 kacj Mkel74c:4 2 f oath Tim l i f4 hi Tn4rr f if.. sh shtnl faa lr f,nal. t4 4 (4ttmt UA. )rsr M M tm Jtf.t Mrtnofwl in wrtiim, tin Ik! t4 IM tT.'Vl?v;f4 Si. 1 1 p f , ' ; I JvKt 4 T J'' if ttt.ij, fc . J'.tf.ft1 r4,st-!tt lit T.pf MH j-r a"f i wf'm t f1 , .Vti ? 'j fii 5. WJ at IN? fr f IV U - 4 r-tf aM c V 4 1 1 -, .c 11 r--'r r. 4'- J'rH M P f?w? tVt t? flhP4 ft M !? i U fff ((.(.-..'. a I: ,i t! trif ft til ' ti?V 'f4 Jit 14 fv ;'4 H II ' 4 r, f -c'l tiVrffl I vat V' . ' I ft if jW;ti'S f t . t t " . i ?,-e-i ! f"'l f "ii "? if f- f i r- t --'"'.-I ;S '(J) f.--ji ( t. fl-K H if r-.t f - h i; 5 . : t-S f ----ii lt V1 ts" 'r-f. jri - i i 4 ;v - f - -t , , !.- ; - r . I t " seven points. Rasmussen, Mulville and Joe LeBeau scored six. White added ad-ded four. David Murphy and Valton Mortenson added three. Jeff Palmer scored two. Murphy, Mortenson and Palmer are members of Uintah's 1985-86 basketball team. Werner led Timpview at 21 points and Reeves added 15 points. Gott-fredson Gott-fredson scored 14 and Todd Skousen 13. Finlayson put in seven counters. The Uintah Utes are 2-3 as of Monday Mon-day afternoon. Uintah has defeated Wasatch and Union and lost to Mountain Moun-tain Crest, Grand Junction Central and Green River. The losses to Cen tral and Green River were close games. Weldon has scored 85 points for the Utes in five games and has an average of 17 points. He scored 22 points against Wasatch and 16 counters against Union. Jay Gates Chevrolet - Buick f 0 n i v 20th Anniversary Sales Extravaganza FREE Drawing For Cash & Prizes During the week of January 6 thru 11 Microwave Oven Color TV Video Recorder $50 Cash awarded every working hour. Light Refreshments will be available Must be 18 years or older to enter. You may net enter if yea cr any ct your U we ty is an auto dea'cr or employed by an auto Cccr, hc',er new or tied C n Diffm nt k k k J Oflrhhlr "We invhe everyone to come in and participate in our free drawings and ee our newly remodeled facilities." rC rC rC rC rC Over a Million Dollars of Inventory! Largest Selection of Trucks & Cars Between Salt Lake City & Denver. All Vehicles Priced To Sell. Jay Gates Chevrolet - Buick 8 Ncflh 3rd Cast Roovc t 722-2411 ; V V If 1' 5 F'-'" r- 4 i |