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Show 4FtiiFiki 6 Vernal Exfre Friday, December 13, 1985 J- 4 - .j C Mr' ijgpf' - "- - ', A ;,f;-- An- ;, ' r .ai:V ..- ,,- ' Jmm ' (tai"::.W:S!.Uv-,..,.- v- L. 1 ; ?r4 j .lvv,' ''-- r vV; '4' - r A A THE BALL gets intercepted by Union's Rodney Mezenen, right and he dribbles the basketball away from the Uintah hoop. A w a first ' ... - a n 'Ad ' 7y .kTew;11 ' Ft. Duchesne cowgirl nabs third at finals - 11-- 0 iW ''y.' M. ,.:. v:j. 9-- A e Uintah Ute in the picture is Kenny Mohar, left. Uintah Green River, December 20 will host UMalh cagers to baMe 10-- teams from thr The Uintah Ute boys basketball team will battle cage crews from three states in eight days from Friday, December 13 to December 20. and 7:30 p.m. Last year Uintah defeated Mountain Crest, Uintah has a record due to wins teams Wasatch and Union. over The Utes downed the Cougars, and beat Wasatch, 73 to 63. Wasatch defeated Uintahs Region 7 rival Spanish Fork by one point. 78-7- 2-- 0 56-4- 7 Utah teams Uintah and Mountain Crest will clash in a ball game on the road, Friday at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Uintah will invade Colorado, Tuesday for 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. games against Grand Junction Central. Wyomings Green River Wolves will take on the Uintah Utes, Friday, December 20 in Vernal at 5:30 p.m. Brett Weldon has been the top scorer in both games for the Uintah Utes with 22 points in the game against Wasatch and 16 against Union. He fired in ten field goals and in the National Junior College Athletic Association football rankings for junior college and community college teams. Snow College placed first with 120 points and received all 12 first place votes. Phoenix, Ariz., finished second at Snow and Phoenix are in the same league. Phoenix received 94 points. Nassau, N.Y., placed third at 74 points and had a 10-- 1 mark. Iowa Central finished fourth at 73 counters 4y llsOm TZaAeU and Tyler, Texas, placed fifth at 55. Butler County, Kansas finished in sixth place at 52 and had a 2 Barrel Racer record. Ricks College in Idaho pocketed 11th place. Ricks is a Ft. Duchesne, Utahs Suzzanne member of Snows league. Snow beat Fausett pocketed third place in the Northeast Oklahoma in a bowl game third round of barrel racing at the for an 11-- 0 mark. National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas Gary Swim was a quarterback on with a time of 14.66. Janet Powell of the Snow College team. Swim is a Athens, Texas, nabbed first at 14.55 Uintah High School graduate and and current barrel racing leader was the Utes starting quarterback in Charmayne James, Clayton, N.M., the 1983 season. Swim was the pocketed second place at 14.63. Marbackup quarterback for Snow and tha Josey, Carnack, Texas, nabbed holder for extra point kicks. Nephi fourth at 14.75. Teo was a tight end and defensive Elk Ridges Utah cowboy Lewis end on the Snow College team and is Feild, with relatives living in Vernal, related to Uintah coach Hank captured second place in the Nawahine. bareback bronc riding at 76. Gary Girls Hoop Hemsted, Anderson, California, placed first at 77. Unions girls had a three game cowboy leader Clay OBrien Cooper and Jake head start on the Uintah Utes with Barnes recorded a 5.9 score for top contests against Duchesne, Wasatch honors in the team roping event. and Morgan, but the Ute girls gave Feild, Hemsted, Cooper and Barnes the Cougars a battle all the way in the took part in last years Dinosaur entire game, which Union won by three points. Roundup Rodeo in Vernal. Feild was the leader for Scoring points was a problem for the a major portion of the summer, but Utes last year, but they treated the Cooper moved into the top spot. Feild fans to a point producing show as is now in second place and is the sophomore Julie Zeilstra erupted for bareback bronc riding leader. 26- points and Terri Zeilstra, Andy Cooper is also a member of the top Critton and Shellie Belcher poured in team roping crew with Barnes. 11 counters each. J. Zeilstra gave Union fits all night No. 1 Team as she came through with the points when the Utes needed them to keep The state of Utah has been hitting the game close. the jackpot lately in the number one She scored only two points in the first team sports business. Brigham quarter, but exploded for eight in the Young University was named as the second, eight in the third and eight in number one college football team the fourth quarter. last season and Dixie College won the basketball The Uintah Ute girls will host national junior college team crown in 1985. Now a third team Grand Junction Central, Saturday at 1:15 p.m., junior varsity and 3 p.m., has pocketed a number one title and that team is Snow College in varsity. Uintah will host Grand Junction, Tuesday. Ephriam. The Snow team finished hit 2 out of 3 free throws in the ball game with Wasatch. Weldon fired in six field goals with three Union Cougars defending him at times in the game. He also hit four out of six free throws. Weldon scored 38 points in two games for an average of 19 points. Weldon is the only Uintah Ute averaging in double figures, but each Uintah player has been doing his scoring share as eight Ute hoopsters scored points in the game against Wasatch and nine cagers poured in hwm points in the Uintah-Unio- ball game. n Weldon scored 22 points and Valton Mortenson pumped in 12 against Wasatch. Kyle White added nine. Todd Mulville and Kenny Mohar fired in eight points. Jeff Palmer scored six and Steve Nawahine five. Daren Anderson added three. Mulville and Mohar matched their Wasatch games with another eight point game against Union. Anderson added seven and White scored six. Lee Schulz pumped in five and Palmer three. David Murphy fired in two and Nawahine added one, The Utes have had the same starters for two games in Palmer, -Mohar, guards; Mulville, White, forwards and Weldon, center. All five have scored points for the Uintah Utes, but the Ute bench has also performed well in games with Wasatch and Union. Uintahs bench players or nonstarters, Mortenson, Nawahine and Anderson combined for 20 points against Wasatch. Mortenson pumped in 12 points. Nawahine scored five and Anderson three. Mortenson popped in four field goals and hit 4 out of 4 free throws. Nawahine struck for two field goals and was 1 for 1 at the foul line. Anderson fired in one field goal and hit 1 out of 2 free throws. Mortenson was held scoreless in the game against Union, but even still the Uintah bench warmers combined for 15 points in the Ute victory. crew Anderson led the with seven points and Schulz pumped in five. Murphy added two and Nawahine one. Anderson hit only one field goal, but it was an important hoop, which gave Uintah the lead for good in the second half. He also was perfect at the foul line at 5 for 5. Schulz popped in two field goals and hit 1 out of 2 free throws. Murphy scored one field goal and Nawahine hit one free throw. Green River doesnt have any starters back from last year, but they should have a solid club. The Wolves will have some good outside shooters plus more quickness and height than last year. They are coached by Don - g o fijz CAGERS LEAVE the floor early as Brent Jarrett, left and Ryan Eldredge, right, try to block a field goal shooting attempt by Daren Anderson, 1 center. Anderson put an outside bomb the third quarter, which gave Uintah the lead for good in its game with Union. Corey Bruce played some last year be a starter along with guards Dean Clause and Darren McLean. David Mortensen, Mike Rood, Craig Covington, Tim and Mike Christopherson King should see some playing time. The Wolves plan to play a more uptempo game on offense and force their opponents into that style with defense. their man-to-ma- it . s at forward and could in Ar' J fj Nelson. in A - IU ah .Au H . BODIES HIT the floor during a clash for the ball. Trying to pass the ball is Unions Maurleen Olsen, 30, center. Also in the picture is Julie Zeilstra, left and Jennifer Huber, right. Action was stopped while Zeilstra recovered from the mishap. n t, |
