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Show D6 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 Utes meira's toasCieftfoall ffalDs twice on Gnome coaairS Uintah High School's basketball record was dealt two hard blows last week as the Utes fell to Union and Wasatch. Both games were played on the Ute home court and provided an opportunity for Uintah to nail down second place in Region 10. In the first game on Tuesday, Jan. 27, Union defeated the Utes 53 - 27. Wasatch then ran away with a 62 -44 game on Friday. The Uintah losses boosted Union into second place in region standings. stand-ings. Prior to the games, Uintah held the second spot but is now listed list-ed below Judge Memorial to hold down fourth. The Utes opened against the Cougars with a blistering 1 2 - 6 run in the first quarter. Uintah's lead was built on two quick three-point successes to open the game. Both teams struggled with turnovers in the first quarter and by the second period; the wheels began to come off for Uintah. Union turned the tide by nearly doubling the Utes offensively offen-sively in the second quarter. Their 19 - 10 scoring frenzy gave Union a 25 - 22 lead at the half. Union remained dominant in the second half. The third quarter ended with Uintah trailing 37 - 30. Uintah's Trevor Brady spurred a Ute rally midway through the final period and narrowed Union's lead to five points with his consecutive scoring work. Unfortunately for the Utes, it was not enough and Union kept control and earned their way into second place in Region 10. Uintah's Weston Deets was strong defensively and tallied at least five 3 on 3 volleyball A champions Surviving a double elimination volleyball tournament for the 2003 A League championship, the Digfer team of Randy Schaefer, John Fairy and Jon Tucker earned the top co-ed title. The season had had 10 games and 16 teams in the A and B Leagues. The Three on Three Volleyball tournament was sponsored by Uintah Recreation. Lady Utes win and The Lady Ute basketball team had a high low ride last week as they split two games on their home court. The high came when they used a strong fourth quarter to finish fin-ish Union in a 36 - 30 final on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Although Union came to Vernal with an 0 - 4 league record, the Basin rivalry seems to always produce a good game. It lived up to the tradition as Uintah escaped with the victory. Friday produced the low as the Lady Utes fell 42 - 26 to Wasatch. After trailing by one point at the end of the first quarter, the Lady Utes scratched out a one point, 1 8 -17, advantage to enter the half. The third quarter belonged to Union and ended with Uintah behind 27 - 25. The final quarter became Union's undoing as they mustered only 3 points while the Lady Utes pounded down 1 1 . No player for either team reached double figures and no three-point scores were tallied. Sara Cushing led the Lady Utes offensively offen-sively with 8 points. Jamie -Justice scored 7, Maggie Bartel, Karissa White, and Karalee McKee each added 6. Laticia Herkshan rounded out Uintah's scoring with three points. Two Union players tied for the leading score honors. Katie Nielson and Teresa Bear each put 9 points on the board. Christine Morrill added 6, Lindsay Heaton, 3, Stephanie Peterson, 2 and Kali Clayburn added 1. On Friday, the Lady Utes had their hands full against undefeated Wasatch. The game opened with a 13-6 Wasp run in the first quarter. The second was low scoring but Wasatch still managed to keep the edge to outscore Uintah by two blocked shots in the first half. However, Union's Tracy Gardner proved to be unstoppable. He led all scoring to sink 28 points and account for over half of the Cougar's final score. For Uintah, Brady was the only player in double figures and finished with 12 points. Jake Gardiner scored 9, Grant Young 8, Deets 5 and Ryan Egbert rounded the offense out with 3 points. The Utes had three successes success-es from the three-point line. Young hit twice and Egbert dropped in another. Following Gardner's offensive dominance, Union's scoring was spread among seven other players. Jayson Jones and Tyson Todd both dropped in 7 points followed by Jason Nelson with 3 and Barry Angus, Shane Morrill, Tyler Braithwaite and Rhett Fieldsted each added 2 points apiece. Gardner sizzled in five shots from the three-point three-point line and Nelson hit one more for the Cougars. What started bad for Uintah on Tuesday, continued on Friday when the Wasps came to town. Wasatch out distanced Uintah in the first quarter with a 17 - 9 scoring run. The Utes rallied early in the second quarter and managed to turn off the Wasp offense. Uintah tied the game at 17 midway through the period. The scoring knot was brief as the Wasps quickly came back to life and untied it to enter the half with a 35-21 lead. Wasatch hoarded the momentum for the remainder of the game to lead 50 - 29 at the end of three. Although the Utes scored three more points than the Wasps in points and enter the third quarter with a 19 - 10 lead. The Lady Utes kept pace in the third by scoring 1 1 points while the Wasps added 13 of their own. Wasatch owned the fourth and while Uintah's Maggie Bartel led the scoring with 13 points, three Wasps found double figure success. Sara Cushing and Laticia Herkshan produced 4 points each for the Lady Utes. Karissa White added 3 and Jamie Justice t O J " W mm Yti mmtmmL ti- A -- - r I y 1 t A No. 11 Jamie Justice prepares to drive to the basket as No. 10 Maggie Bartel moves into the lane to receive a pass in Uintah's recent win against Union 36-30. the fourth, the snuff was complete when the buzzer sounded. Egbert led the Uintah offense against Wasatch with 14 points. Young joined Egbert in double figures fig-ures with 10 points. Deets followed with 9, Gardiner, 6, Mason Smuin, 4 and Jared Labium added a point from the free throw line. The Utes enjoyed six three-point goals. Egbert had a hot hand and hit four shots with Young adding two more. Eight Wasatch players put points on the board with three players play-ers reaching double figures. Darin Mahoney scored 15 points, Josh Cottle 14 and Austin Oldham 10. Logan Magnusson scored 8, Erik Lappe 6 and T.J. North, Tyler Baird and Chris Holmes each added 3. Seven Wasps contributed from the three-point ring for eight total long range goals. Oldham hit two while North, Cottle, Baird, Holmes, Mahoney and Magnusson each hit one. Following the disappointments, the Utes have a 3 - 3 record in Region 10 league play. Wasatch sits on top with a 5 - 1 record followed by Union also 5 - 1 and Judge Memorial, 4-2. Park City and Granite hold fifth and sixth positions posi-tions with 1 - 5 and 0 - 6 records, respectively. The Utes play twice this week. They met Park City yesterday and will host Granite on Friday. Next Tuesday, the Utes will have a second sec-ond chance at the Cougars. The second sec-ond pairing will be in Roosevelt at 7 p.m. V K " 1 lose at home contributed 2. Bartel connected for the only Uintah three-point goal. Wasatch's scoring was led by Kelsi Remund with 12 points. Brittany Berg and Lindsay Adams were also in double figures with 10 and II points, respectively. Kidist Kennard scored 7 and Jennie Gardner added 2. Berg hit once for the only Wasp three-point basket. Wasatch is now 6 - 0 to lead Region 10 followed by Judge Memorial Ute players team up against opponents on home court to score. Jeff Conley, Chad Meinrod and Mitch McCarrel team up to score a goal. with a 4 - 2 record. Uintah's 3 - 3 standing places them in third followed fol-lowed by Park City in fourth with a 3-3 record. Granite and Union share the bottom of Region 10 with 1 - 5 seasons. The Lady Utes play two games this week. They played in Park City last night and will host Granite on Friday. Game times are 5:15 p.m. ; JB i; cn J s Q v WTTMITKT & Ute hockey wins two on the road The Ute hockey team played two games Friday and Saturday against Crested Butte, Colo. The Wolfpack provided a greater challenge to the Utes than the last number of teams they have faced. The altitude at Crested Butte, about 8,500 feet, also proved to be a factor in the team play and management. Friday night, the Utes scored on the initial faceoff, providing the first goal with just 5 seconds into the game, the second week in a row, on a goal by Kyler McCarrel. The ensuing pace was fast, with strong defense on both sides of the ice. The Utes poured it on the Wolfpack goalie who made save after save to keep his team in the game after the initial score. Crested Butte tied the game with 1:53 left in the first period on a somewhat disputed goal. Not to be outdone, the Utes came roaring back 45 second sec-ond later to take the lead once again on a goal by Brian Long, who scored on his own rebound. The Utes kept the pressure on throughout the rest of the game, but goalie, Boulding, for the Wolfpack was up to the task. Despite blasting him with a total of 34 shots, the Utes were unable to score again. The Ute defense, however, was up to the task as they also did not allow any more goals and kept the total shots by the Wolfpack to only 17. Final score was Utes 2, Wolfpack, 1. Recognizing that the altitude had taken its toll somewhat on the stamina of the two main lines the previous evening, the coaches expanded their bench Saturday morning to three front lines. This proved to be a smart move as the Utes were able to keep the pressure on the Wolfpack throughout the entire game. The first goal was scored by Jeff Conley on a great break-away near the end of the first period. Shortly into the second period, Conley scored once again on a feed from Mitch McCarrel. It was in the third period that the greater skill and stamina of the Utes were made known as they were able to score three more goals in quick succession to really put the hammer down. Devin Bradley scored from the slot with 10:08 left in the game to give the Utes a 3-0 lead. Kyler McCarrel scored again at the 7:55 mark followed almost immediately by a score by brother, Mitch, with an assist from Conley. Final score: 5-0. The Utes now move to 9-1-2 in the Rocky Mountain Youth Hockey League play. They will travel to Heber City tonight for a rematch with the Wasatch Wasps. This weekend has a bye as the Bantam team will be hosting a tournament locally. The Utes will face probably their biggest challenge of the year on Feb. 14 as Gunnison, Colo, will play two games against the Utes at Western Park. Gunnison has lost only one game all season in RMYHL play. The Utes will also host Kremmling, Colo, on Monday, Feb. 16. Kremmling has posted the only win against the Utes team so far this season. As L |