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Show 26 MfM.IMRI'IJ lUlH!!Hii Vernal Express Wednesday, December 4, 1985 A WRESTLER and a coach watch wrestling action during a match, Wednesday afternoon at Uintah High School. UPSIDE down view is gained by Uintah High School sophomore wrestler Brian Murray, right in a match with Kawika AN Teo, Wednesday of last week Murray won the match with Teo Meet. and beat an opponent in the annual Wrestle-Off- s Uintah Ute wrestlers garner mat wins at annual The Uintah Ute tusslers battled each other m the annual Wrestle-OffMonday in Vernal and the matches were used to get the UHS wrestlers ready for the home opener, Wednesday against Union High School and the Steamboat Spring Tournament, Friday aiwtSaturday in Colorado Uintah has won the tournament nine out of the past ten years Uintahs junior varsity team will battle the Eagles in Duchesne, Saturday and the varsity crew will host Green River, Tuesday, December 10 and Spnngville, December 12 The varsity Utes will battle Pleasant Grove on the road, December 19 Derek Dickson, 98, pinned Steve Meet Jameson m the Wrestle-Off- s Chance Rollins, 105, thumped Steve Palmer, 17 2 Rollins scored a takedown, two near falls and reversal in the first round He added a near fall in the second round and a takedown, escape and near fall in the third round s, Line Hatch, 105, pinned Mike Higgins and Kyle Smuin, 112, pinned Darren Johnson m the third round lead on a Johnson grabbed a takedown, but a reversal by Smuin tied up the match at 2 2 Smuin scored a takedown m the second round for 4 2 lead Later m the even ing Johnson pinned David Powell m 46 seconds Uintah 126 pounder Mike McCurdy, a sophomore, nipped 119 pound senior tussler, Blake Horrocks, 9 8 Horrocks scored a takedown, but Mc 0 Meet Wrestle-Off- s Curdy netted a reversal and a near fall Horrocks tied up the match in on a reversal the first round at Horrocks scored a takedown and McCurdy nabbed an escape Horrocks led 6 5 after two rounds, but a reversal and near fall gave McCurdy a 9 8 win Horrocks added a reversal m the third round 4 Richard Curdy, 2 0 lead takedown Horrocks, 126, edged McHorrocks jumped out to a in the first round on a and added a takedown and reversal in the second round McCurdy scored an escape and takedown in the second round and was behind 6 to 3 going into the final round McCurdy scored two stalling points and lost by one point Nathan Sunkees scored a technical fall when he crushed 132 pounder Layne Southam, 20 5 Southam grabbed a 4 3 lead on a takedown and near fall, but Sunkees exploded m the second round for ten points on two takedowns, one escape and two near falls for a 13 5 lead Sunkees added three near falls in the third round Scott Hardman and Dan Steward tied at 9 9 in a 126 pound match Larry Wiseman, 138, thumped Jim for a technical fall Merkley, 20-Wiseman scored 13 points in the first round on four takedowns and two near falls for a 13 2 lead He added two takedowns and two near falls in the second round Mitch Hall pinned Bart Huber, 145, with 1 22 left in the third round A takedown and three point near fall 6-- 5 gave Hall a 4 lead in the first round Huber scored a reversal and near fall Hall scored a takedown, near fall and escape in the second round fora 6 lead 5-- 11-- Greg Jaramillo, 155, pinned Russ Augustus with 20 seconds left in the first round and Brian Murray, 167, pinned Neal Darlington in the second round Steve Hatch, 185, crushed Justin Jenkins, 16-- 0 Shayne Price, heavyweight, pinned Mark Cook, 185, in the first round and Layne Southam, 145, pinned Randy Golding m the second round The junior varsity will battle Union High School in Vernal, Wednesday at 5 45 p m and varsity action will start at 7 30 p m Uintah varsity wrestlers for the meet with Umon will Jameson or Dickson, sophomores; be-9- 105 Rollins, sophomore; Horjunior or Johnson, senior; 119-126 R Horrocks, rocks, senior, sophomore, senior, 138 Wiseman, senior junior, or Huber, junior, sophomore; senior; junior and heavyweight-Price- , senior B l, Union will have two state champions on their team m Dean Carter at 138 and Gene Carter at 145 Dean placed first at state last year and Gene won a state title in 1984 Other state placers back at Union are Glen Funk, 112, Brett Nielson, 138, Brian Brown, 155 and Robbie Pitt, heavyweight Another experienced wrestler back is Louie Morrow at 185 Johnson and Smuin placed last year for the Uintah Utes at the state meet. UHS MATMEN, Larry Wiseman, left and Jim Merkley, right, battle for a takedown Wiseman won his Wrestle-Offmatch with s Merkley around leader is Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo cowboy Clay OBrien Cooper of Gilbert, Anzona at $97,459 Dar Haskins from nearby Maybell, Colo , is ninth in the bareback riding riding at $56,396 Ahead of Lane, at $36,877 and Mickey Young, who is Okla , cowboy Frost is Tuff Hedeman originally from Wellington, Utah, is of El Paso, Texas at $72,634 Charles number 13 The top saddle bronc Sampson, Los Angeles, Calif , a rider is Brad Gjermundson of Marformer world champ is in third place shall, N D at $57,988 He is ahead of Bud Munroe of Valley Mills, Texas, Lewis Feild, who has relatives liv- by $171 Munroe has won $57,817 and is a former Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo ing in Vernal, is leading the bareback bronc riding standings at $66,483 He cowboy is also second in the all around at Roy Cooper is the calf roping Feild is from Elk Ridge, leader at $64,311 and is from Durant, $93,583 for Okla Marty Melvin, Holabird, S D , Utah, and he led the most of the summer The current all- - leads the steer wrestling at $66,216. Cowgirl to clash in finals The Uintah Basins Suzzanne Fausett of Ft Duchesne will be competing in the National Finals Rodeo this month in Las Vegas as a barrel racer Fausett is ranked number ten e as of November 26 at $26,201 James, Clayton, N M , is the top barrel racer at $63,160 Char-mayn- Nearly $1 8 million-biggepurse in rodeo history-wil- l be up for grabs December 7 15 in Las Vegas at the National Finals Rodeo The event has moved to the Nevada st city after 20 years in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma The rodeo annually determines which cowboys and cowgirls will reign as world champions of their events Fausett has turned in top finishes m the barrel racing event at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in the past two years and has also done well at other rodeos all over the United States Lane Frost, who has relatives in Randlett, is number two in the bull Spurts o.m. 1. Which league awards the Calder Memorial Trophy? 2. Name the last No. 3. 1 pick in the NFL draft to be enshrined in the football hall of fame. Who is the oldest player to appear in a World Series game? What is Buck Williams first name? 4. 5. Who is Wendell Clark? 6. What is the nickname of the University of Illinois football team? team had two players 7. Which major-leagu- e with more than 40 doubles in 1985? 8. Name the two current NBA coaches who were once drafted by the NFL. 9. Which right-handbatter had the most RBIs in 1985? league 10. Which team drafted Julius Erving in the first round of the 1972 NBA draft? ed major-- sipng eenneMiyj PI8IJUIM 8ABQ led iseuop q m (s66og epevt Ueuijong ig) xos peg uoisog jui ,uim6ij IjBip ihn S861 eqi ui Jjoid 1 on eqi Aapy sejBqo (2861) leeji unr oi. 6 9 1 9 S fr C uosduijg T O 'I en6ee- - AaipoH ibuoubn (. LEGS, ARMS get tied up in a wrestling match between Mitch Hall, right and Bart Huber, left Hall defeated Huber in a Wrestle Offs Meet match, Monday. The Uintah Utes Union, Wednesday evening will SJ3WSU? host V) 1985 Compulofl |