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Show December 30. 1997 16 ' . : , Uintah Basin Standard I GOT IT--An Abamont player has the ball under control and hoping for a turnover are Tabionas Jeremy Curry, Gary Hackford, Sam Rhoades and Cody Lefler.Tabiona is currently ranked No. 1 by most daily newspapers. The State Championship. Tigers ended the 1997 year with a 6-- 1 record as they attempt to defend their A EaqlesCougars No. 2 - - iJ BB&SKS ";. I S IH Tigers championship gains No. 1 sports story position : REF SEES ALL-- An official checks out the action as Altamonts Autumn Lefler, right, battles for the basketball during a recent game. Altamont ended 1997 with a 0 record that includes wins over Rich, Dugway and F--t Carbon. 4-- Duchesne County enjoyedits best basketball season ever in the history ofits existence even better than the early years when they were part of Wasateh County in the 1900s .with three of its four schools advancing to the state boys basket- 12 Championships Jeff Davenport, Cody Moat, Ave Neria are top athletes By Aldon Rachele Duchesne County teams did well in sports during the year of 1997, but a number of individuals, Ave Neria, Cody Moat of Duchesne and JefTDavenport ofUnion High School Union and Duchesne had to set- He placed second as a sophomore Meet. She finished among the top two in seven events while in high in the state wrestling meet during a school. tough luck call that went against Neria was also a member ofDuch-esne-s him and cost him the title match. volleyball and basketball teams. Her 1997 Eagle hoop team placed fourth with wins over' "Panguitcfr and' West 'Desemtu The - 1996 Duchesne team beat Rich for tfciHiplae Hi thd Mate basketball meet, and Neria scored 13 points. She scored 22 points in a state tourney game vs. Panguitch. Most recently Neria was a member of the Brigham Young Universi-ty-Hawa- ii team that won the NAIA championship in the sport of volleyball. She is a freshman. Cody Moat added his third state wrestling crown during the past four years in 1997 to go along with his third cross country state championship that he won in the fall of 1996. A few breaks here and there and Moat would have been a four-tim- e champion in both sports. ii A '3!-..ii- 1-- A The Cougars were down by just four at 41-3- 7 at the end of the secLonghmms, 189.5 to 151. The Longond quarter, and then went up by horns placed second for third two at 45-4- 3 on a field goal and two straight year. Altamont won the flee throws by Jeff Davenport with title in 1994. Jamie Bird, 103; Kit 5:38 to go in the third quarter. Evans, 112 and Rhett Walker, 119, Fieldsted and Davenport found the won state titles for the Longhorns. Duchesne placed fourth at the range with the net result a 50-4- 8 state wrestling meet with Cody Moat Cat advantage. Union appeared to be in great winning his third title in the past four years. Ryan Crum, 140 and shape to claim their second boys Glen Ivie, 145, also, won state chamhoop title of all time, as they entered the fourth quarter tied at 4. pionship far the Eagles. Unions The lid was sealed tight on the Brian Foote won the 130 pound state title at the 3-- State Meet hoop with the Cougars scoring just one point in the first five minutes of . The Duchesne's bqys track team the fourth quarter. sewed 122 prints for second place. 'During 'the' Union cold streak ''DugWay gaMitted the top Spot at Lehi killed the Cats by hitting trine ;162 counters. Jared Peatroea won fret tSuowsthaf pwt the Pioneerata' "the1 f A) hurilWs a 15.98 when he command. Unfortunately, Lehis edged his opponent by 0.02 seconds. free throw power wasjust Too Much Duchesnes 1600 relay team (Robfar the Cougars to overcome. The ert Young, Albert Foster, Jarom Pioneers hit 12 out of 14 free throws Grant, Dustin Grant) and its 400 in the final two minutes." Davenrelay squad (Young, D. Grant, Ryan Crum and Bird) pocketed state tiport led the Cougars with 21 prints and Smith added 14. tles. Union's Matt Price won the 3-It wasn't all basketball in 1997 high jump crown and Tabionas as Altamont High School's wres- Jeremy Stringham was the top long tling team placed second in the A jumper at the 1 A Meet. 54-5- 1-- A Moat was leading the field, but was arch-rival- s, passed up in the final stages by a St. Joseph runner to post his only secin v.yt:n'.d uut ond (dace finish at the state cross - - - Neria Won the long ' country meet to go along with threir' I, jump and the i roiiA wfrri h IWrStateTraekMeet.' cWWna.k,ond ,lHI" finish was their best since 1953 She also won the long jump as a Moat also posted two second place when they beat American Fork for and took the shot put sophomore finishes at the state track meet in the Class B crown. Union met ancrown as a junior. Neria won four 1997. He finished second to other Utah County team, Lehi, and state track titles while in high school Dugwas Doug Harris, 4:41.7 to the third time (lost twice to Lehi a nd was a state champ three straight 4:45.7 in the 1600 meter run. He during the regular season) wasn't years. also placed second in the 3200 as the charm as Lehi used a ton offree She also pocketed three second well. throws to defeat Union in the fourth place titles during her high school The Moat family has collected a after having a battle on career in the shot put and javelin. lot of state hardware over the years quarter hands for the first three quartheir Neria picked up third places in the with brother Brandon winning ten ters. discus, long jump, javelin and shot and younger brother Cody six cham- -' So without a doubt, the No. 1 put. As a ninth grader she placed pionships. Brandon won four state story is Tabiona winning the sports fourth in the javelin and sixth in the two cross country state hoop crown followed by a No. wrestling crowns, shot put. She was a member of the championships and four track ti2 tie, which matches the No. 2 spot Duchesne team that placed second tles. at state meets for Union and at the 1995 Girls State Track JefTDavenport was the top Duchesne. boys basketball scorer fin- the secA portion of the story about ond straight year in 1997 and he Tabiona'i first finish in the caved some of his best games for state tournamentplace that appeared in State Meet. He scored lsst at the the Uintah Basin Standard is as 29 points in the Cougars opening follows: state tournament win over HurriThe Tabiona Tigers won their cane. He pumped in 23 vs. Dixie and state title in the history oftheir first 18 vs. North Sanpete to put the school and madeitaDuchesneCoun-t- y Cougars into the title game. He had championship final as they 2 1 points inthe championship game arch-riva- l, Duchesne High beat vs. Lehi. Davenports top game in in St George. School, 1997 during the regular season was relaTabiona ended their 31 counters against Park City. He Duchesne (Both with tionship was also the top scorer at the Duchesne and Altamont are now State Meet ' teams) by dominating the game that featured 57 fouls. Davenport averaged 21.2 points rode the hot hands of The Tigers and 424 scored per game points during the regular season to take Brandon Cuper and Jeremy Stringham, who combined for 39 the scoring championship. He ahead of Pine View's Bed points, with Casper scoring 21 and ' 18. Lindquist, second, 412 points; Coty Stringham ' the Tiger cause was Also, helping K.C. third; Dixie, Bentley, Bundy, Carbon, fourth and Brandon Burke, a great free throw shooting game of 36 out of 44 that included 23 in a Emery, fifth. The highest scoring game for row and only one miss in 27 tries in Davenport was in 1996 when he the second hsl Casper was 11 for 11 at the line and Stringham 12 for scored 43 pants against Lehi. BALL CONTROL Duchesne s Tennille Stansfield tries to get the basket14. ball under her own power. The Eagles led 6--2 early on buckets by Jeremy Robb, Robert Young and Cameron Flint, but Tabiona went cm a 12-- 0 run that put them up by 14-- 6 after one quarter. Tabiona led by nine at the half, 33-2- 4 and 55-4-1 after three quarters. Duchesne closed the gap to five late in the first ' half, but that was as close as the . Eagles could get. The Tigers coast- ed to a win. Some fans had a tough time picking sides to root for in the championship game. Wives of Tabiona Coach Lee Gines and Duchesne " Coach Stan Young are sisters. .Duchesne assistant coach Jason Young is married to Tabiona principal Robert Park's daughter, who is a former Tabiona cheerleader." Aaron Hoopoe led Duchesne with 14 and Robot Young added 12. A portion of the Union High School runnerup position story that appeared in the Uintah Basin Standard is aa follows: "A miraculous play by Eric Fieldsted where he stole the ball and scored a layup with five seconds left gave Union High School a 60-5-8 HOT ACTION-- A trapped Kim Kettle, right, tries to get away from opposing cagers. The Cougars own a 1 at the 3-triumph in the semi-fina- ls record as they prepare to takepn North Sanpete. Tuesday and defending state champion. Carbon, January 6 in ' State Tournament Boya' BasketRoosevelt. i ball Tournament, but the Cougars' 1-- A crown. ball tournament championship games in 1997. Tabiona had the most to brag about as the Tigers won their first ever state title after placing second in 1996. tle for second places. The runnerup spot for the Eagles was the best they had done since they took state in 1989. Unfortunately for the Eacrown to their gles they lost the the Tabiona Tigers. Altamont also competed in the state one meet, but although they war ' ''MH game they didnt placed State Meet and Duchesne picked up a second at the Boys' State Track Meet Altamont led after the first dsy State Mat of competition at the Meet, but Panguitch won the crown the next day when they edged the Hoop Prayers weren't answered when defending champion, Lehi used 23 free throws in the fourth quarter to break a 54-5- 4 tie on their way to winning the championship By Aldon Rachele A - A 1-- 3-- A 3-- A 1-- A 84-6- 1-- A 3-- A 2-- A foul-plagu- ed fin-ishe- d ST ARTER-Sh- ay Price, top, takes a shot at the bucket and receives a shot from an opponent at the same time. Price was one of the top players on Tabiona's championship team in 1997. THREE-YEA- R . . nt 7-- A MMH HANDY ACTION-Unio- n's Jed Smith, left, tries to get the htfftha1l under control while two-tim-e top A scorer. Jeff Davenport, right, looks on. The Cougars advanced into the A Boys' Slate Tournament title game game which they lost to Lehi after a close battle in 1997. 3-- 3-- MR0MM POOR |