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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. December 13. 1994-- Page 19 State tournament Memories Tough luck call keeps Tabiona from advancing to title contest 1994 state meet had grandfathers on the 1943 squad. The Tigers were the smallest team (55 students) in the state tournament and 1969 was the last of Class B ball involving schools such as Tabiona, Uintah, Union, etc. In 1970, Alternant, Duchesne and Tabiona were still Class B teams, but Union and Uintah moved to the Class A and larger teams to Cteas AA Eventually Class B was changed to Class Aand is now 1A There are five divisions today, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A TUitana finished sixth in the Class B Tournament for smaller teams in 1971, and came with a "Hair's Breath'1 of playing in the championship game, according to the Uintah Basin Standard in March 18, 1971. The Tigers overcame a slow start and downed the South Sevier team to move into the championship bracket, and thus the Rams were unable to gain revenge for the 1969 loos. South Sevier went on to win the consolation title. Tabiona met Kanab the second day ofthe meet, and scored another victory. The Tigers faced Montictllo, also from Region Six, and the game By Aldon Rachel The Tabiona Tigan haven't won any (tat athletic championship but a number of basketball tournament appearances in tha 1960s and 1970a stand out ysr . -- Tabiona mads its first appear- ance ever at a state meet in 1969 and had to taka on No. 1 Class B rated South Sevier. The Tigers scared the upset of the tournament when they knocked off the Rams in the opening round, 63-5-7. To this day many people think, that Tabiona won the state title,' but they lost their next two to Delta and Hurricane. North Sanpete actually won the crown. South Sevier tens view the Tabiona win as costing them the championship. The same day, Union High School upset Monti. Both Union and Tabiona Hailed to place in the pmt state meet A team of Tabiona players qualified for the state tournament in 1943, but because of World War II the state meet was cancelled. Many ofthe players from ; played in went "Nip and Tuck" right down to the wire. Tabiona was down one point with seconds left and had the' ball with a chance to win. However, a foul was called on Tabiona and Monticdlo added two charity toeeas to beat the Tigers, 52-4- 9. The Tigers had a rough time in the battle for third and lost the game to finish sixth place. Some of the top players on the Tabiona team were. Steve Humes, Rick Fabrizio, Brent Janes, Ron Lsfler and Aaron Rhoades. Tits team eras coached by Kent Tingey. Bob Park, who is now the Tabiona principal, was the assistant coach. In another 1969 state tournament note, there is a fomous basketball player on the Cedar City team. His name is Mike Leavitt, who eras a guard on the Cedar squad as a senior in 1969. He is now the governor of the State of Utah. BASKETBALL CHASE-TabiTigers, Jesse Roberts, Shiloh Rhoades, Jared Tumbow and Matt control the of to rush Fabrizio, bouncing balL Rhoades was one ofTabionas top scorers from get last year. Duchesne, Altamont and Union retum several starters and veteran players. ona W The 1992 Census of Agriculture shows that ths United States had 1,925,300 farms, making it the first census since 1850 with fewer than two million forms. The census counted the highest numb of forms, 6.8 million, in 1935. The value ofUB. agricultural products sold in 1992 reached $163 billion. Even though the number of forms declined, overall form production increased,- thus continuing the trend towards more efficient agricultural productivity. The 333,865 forms with sales of (100,-00- 0 or more accounted for only 17 percent of all forms, but 83 percent of total sales. Then wen 46,914 forms with sales of $500,000 or man in 1992, compand to 32,023 forms of that rise in 1987. Tha increase in value of salee was largely due to increased crop production in 1992. Although total land in forms droppedfrom 965to 946 million acres between 1987 and 1992, harvested cropland rose from 282 to 296 million acres, and crop sales rose by 28 percent in the same period. Farmer participation in federal annual commodity programs has declined since 1987. Acres idled by those programs fell Iran 43 million acres in 1987 to seven million acne in 1992. Notable regional shifts in milk cows and hop have been taking place in recent censuses and have accelerated between 1987 and 1992. Since 1987, milk cow inventories decreased in 39 of the 50 statss. Five Gnat Lakes states Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Yorir, Ohio and Pennsylvania had large declines. Collectively they lost 51448 head, or 12 peresnt of their combined 1987 inventories. Five western and southwestern states, California, Texas, Washington, Idaho and New Mexico added a total of 814,595 head. California and New Mexico accounted for 73 percent of that increase. Despite a nationwide fimrsees in the number cf milk cows, the value of dairy products sold registered an 11 percent gain between 1987 and 1992 to a value of $18 billion.. There has also been a shift in hog ' wanin' v production. It has remained strong in traditional midwestern stales such as Iowa, Minnesota, Indiana and Nebraska. However, North Carolina registered a 108 percent growth in. number of hop sold in 1992 compared with 1987, becoming the second ranked state in number of hop sold in 1992; up from sixth' in " 1987. . Sales of poultry and poultry products, continued on an upward trend, registering a 21 percent increase between 1987 and 1992. Poultry and poultry products sales were $15.4 billion in 1992, up $2.7 billion from 1987. Alabama, Arkan--' so California, Georgia and North Carolina accounted for 46 percent of all poultry and poultry products sold. The number of bnilets sold was 5.4 billion. The 1992 Census of Agriculture indicates a regional shift in cotton acreap from the southwest back to and the historical Mrsnssippi-dslt' southeastern states. Although total cotton acreap increased by more than a million acres in the United States between 1982 and 1992, California and the southwestern stetee of Arisons, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tens show a 1.4 million acre decrease during that period. Over thoee same ten years, cotton acreap grew by 2.1 million acres in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and a Give the... 9b Uintah I.'.; I.- i': ; fvr- r. s II v-r-v Standard .... t fe A Gijl ReiittKitotei Tennessee. Averap ap of operators rose to 53 .3 in 1992 from 52.0 years of ap in 1987. There were 145,156 female operators in 1992, which represents 7.5 percent of the total UJ5. form operators. The total number of female operators increased about 11 percent from 1987. The averap ap of female operators in 1992 was 57j6 years compared to 529 for male operators. 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