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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1992 19 : Timpvtew tmimJK Tournament Teams 'Gf. Jet Coio. Timpvfew Carbon Uintah Spdngvill Ogden Wasatch Olympus Varsity ToornreiH GAME 1 3:00 pm By Eric F. Pye Sports Editor What is faster than a speeding bullet? bul-let? More powerful than a locomotive? locomo-tive? Able to tear opposing teams apart single handedly? The answer ot course is Mo Reidhead, alias starting point guard for the Lady Ute basketball team. Reidhead made a statement Friday night in the Lady Utes' first game to future opponents, and if they are smart, they'll listen. The 5'-6" senior se-nior pint guard not only scored 19 points in leading the team to an easy 68-45 dismantling of Kearns, she also al-so dished out 7 assists, grabbed three rebounds and had four steals. "Monique was everywhere during the game," Head Coach Frank Barker stated. "She spearheaded our defense, started our fast breaks and ran the offense as well as anyone ever has. Her outside shooting really real-ly loosened things up underneath for rebounds and easy put-backs loo." With Reidhead leading the way, the Utes raced to a 21-6 first quarter ff KARI CHRISTENSEN pulls up for the short jumper. lead. . Fastbreaking at every opportunity, dogging the ball and crashing the boards, Uintah controlled con-trolled every aspect of the game. Kearns got untracked in the second sec-ond quarter and closed the gap to 26-32 by halftime against the Lady Utes, but in the third quarter the girls again took control by outscor-ing outscor-ing Kearns 17-7 to lake a 49-33 lead into the fourth. Substituting freely, Uintah ran away with the game in the final period, pe-riod, outscoring Kearns 19-12 for the final 68-45 score. 'The game really re-ally demonstrated the depth we have this year," Barker stated. "We were much fresher than they were in the fourth because we could play so many different combinations of players." Uintah played 10 players during the game with nine of them scoring at least two points. "We still need to clean a few areas up, but overall I was extremely pleased with our effort ef-fort and play," Barker said. Kari Christcnscn led the team in rebounds with eight and added eight points also. She was a part of a strong rebounding trio including Amanda Wixom and Dca Madsen that controlled the paint convincingly. convincing-ly. Wixom added nine points and three rebounds while Continued on page 21 : 0 wV ' 'Vr :; L t , !. ! , I . II ) s -yjK i n Mte'j'ininwiH, mi iiiwuiiiiiii nuwum nmmwmm nnwiiiiii iniiin v i hiuhmuiw ii i wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MO REIDHEAD lets another shot fly as Kearns player attempts the block. Reidhead started the season off with a bang as the senior guard scored 19 to lead her team. Swfimrainmeirs spDSti wSttihi EDSinios The combined Uintah swim team hosted region rival Carbon last Tuesday in a preview of what should be the championship meet down the road. "The meet went just about the way we had anticipated it would," Head Coach Marty Fallon stated. "We knew our boys were stronger and deeper while the girls competition competi-tion was a toss up." Which is just how the meet unfolded. The boys' team took control early and never looked back taking a 137-59 137-59 victory. The team was helped along the way by the diving trio of Troy Walker, Damon Duke and Greg Mason who took 1st, 3rd and 5th to contribute 10 points towards the final score. Walker continues to improve compiling 225.60 points to 145.5 for the nearest Carbon competitor. com-petitor. 'The boys' team is very strong and swimming well right now," Fallon said, "it is the strongest I have seen it since working with the team." On the girls side, just the opposite took place as the teams were very close going into the diving portion of the competition. Whereas the boys widened their lead, the girls lost ground, gaining five points to Carbons' 11. "We need to focus a little more with our girls," Fallon said, "they are capable of performing perform-ing much better. It is an area we will definitely improve upon in the next few weeks." The girls' team went down 85-101. The team took on Provo yesterday (Tuesday) at Provo. The following results are against Carbon. Girls Results: 200 Free Win. 2:16:85 Katie Fallon (2)-2:22:75 Rachel Law (3)-2:28:45 BritnieDcan (5)-2:40:69 Continued on page 20 .-""V P I I " t; 1 1 j tm" ... UUu.,.- SWIMMERS KNIFE through the air as timers, teammates and coaches look on. Won Game 11 6:00 pm CarP 5 6 n.AM Oflden 10.30 am ' GAME 2 4.30 pm Game 12 7:30 pm Cartwn UINTAH CUSSIC ' Olymeoi , GAKC , 3 j I 6:00 pm ' ' Gam 12:00 pm GAME 4 Gama 7:30 pm 1 3:00 pm Gsm 8 1:30 pm Champion RwvisrUp Sr. Jet Colo. , Came 10 4;30pm 3rd HERE IS the schedule for the Lady Ute Classic this weekend. By Eric F. Pye Sports Editor The Uintah wrestling team took their semi-annual trek to Delta last Wednesday in a meeting of the two most successful wrestling programs in the state. In keeping with tradition tradi-tion of the past few years, the visiting visit-ing team again emerged victorious. Despite the win, Heatf Coach Bill Maresh was anything but elated. "It was good for the kids to go down to Delta and beat them on their own mats, but we have been through some real distractions the past week which could end up hurting the team in the long run." The distractions Coach Maresh is referring to involve eligibility problems prob-lems for two or possibly three of his starting wrestlers. It is possible those athletes involved will miss four to eight weeks of action, meaning the Utes season could be a very challenging one indeed. "If each one of those kids has the potential to finish third in a tournamentwhich tourna-mentwhich they do that means we could lose 10-20 points apiece in Wl&IM 0 'Hi it 'f si ' H ftw. , , v kUI 7 GARTH HENLINE uses favorite Ute move single arm bar to gain advantage. each tournament they miss," Maresh demic requirements they arc defi-explained. defi-explained. "Of course our major cient in to be successful in school, concern right now is to assist the studentathletes in meeting the aca- Continued on page 21 Boys' tasEieftMD beam -gcaveDs ft RUeeEieir IFcicOay By Eric F. Pye Sports Editor The Uintah basketball team will open their 1992 campaign this Friday when they travel down to Meeker, Colo, to play in the Meeker Tournament. The Utes first game will begin at 4 p.m. against Battle Battle Mountain. Head Coach Doug Moon has had a couple weeks to ready his team for the season and with that time has molded the players towards a style best suited for their collective talents tal-ents and skills. "We will basically be an up-tempo, fast breaking team on offense and a man to man pressure defense," de-fense," Moon explained. "We don't ' i.lS'iiSn k . I ft-w ' , ; ' ! I I " 4 E. WJ 0 I . WTII.IMI.11JI ft !: i 11 v, ... -icr COACH MOON explains the intricacies of new offensive strategy he will employ this year to take advantage of team strength. have a player over 6'-4" who will see any substantial time on varsity and the only way to compensate for lack of height in this game is with quickness." Along that line, Coach Moon feels "he has above average quickness and several players to keep up the pace over the course of a game. "In my 25 years of coaching, I've never really re-ally faced a situation like I have this year," Moon said. "The most seniors se-niors I have ever kept is 6. This year I have 8, and they are all very close in ability, style and talent. They will all see playing time this year along with a couple of juniors. We will go II deep, and they could all see action ac-tion every game." Coach Moon plans on running a trapping defense which will go 34 court with a few variations thrown in just to keep opponents honest. Offensively, with no height or outstanding out-standing shooters, Moon plans on attempting to create easy baskets off the turnover or out in front of the defense. When the team does get into in-to the set offense, they will attempt to create mid-range jump shots from set plays. "Even if we could get the ball underneath, we're not big enough to get it over anyone." Returning starters Rhctt Taylor and Tim Gibbons should lead the attack at-tack along with returning lcttermen Blake Sutton, Cory Gardner, James Jaussi and Clint Pedcrson. "The kids are so close in playing styles that we could put a different starting five on the court from game to game," Moon stated "and probably will depending on the team we play." The Utes first home game will come Dec. 8 against Grand Junction, Colo. |