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Show 41 10mm UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. January 5. 1999-- Pa 13 Longhorn Start 16-- 0 Altamont clobbers Uintah team for 64 to 27 triumph By Aldon Rachtlt There werent any program available for the girls basketball gam at Altamont, Wednesday night, but after falling behind 16-- 0 and losing 64-2- 7 to Altamont varsity, Uintahs team waa happy that they were the unknown hoops ters. Altamonts team didn't have bro- chures that identified them, but they made themselves known with their hoop deeds on the floor that enabled them to rip, pound and blast tha Utes. After Altamont grabbed a 2--0 lead, Jentri Sorensen pulled off a theft and then turned it into two for a 44) advantage. Michelle Brothereon continued the Longhorns hot streak with a and then bothered the Ute some more along with Ashley Farnsworth, who hit two-point- back-to-ba- ck I'-'- v ;, :?. 'ii, f1 , 'ii1 ulba . tbi -- v-. $ ' t,jt.?..V.MMrtt,m. three-pointe- &i t k .. - v A jp -- l. M.winrAMiiiMW' i 'JL "- '" m - V'SJ i Deb Myrin. right attempts to move closer to the basket during a game vs. DRIBBLING MOVES-Altamo- nts Uintah'a JV last week. The Longhorns jumped out to a lb--0 lead and then went on to beat Uintah with ease. Altamont will host Rangely, Tuesday. np n i co-at- ar rsa vsgtetirarT in their bv Aldon Rachele What ia a person to do when there isn't any NBA basketball? A person can just watch so much pro wrestling because if they over do it then he or she might put the figure four leg lock on their Esther when he asks them to wash the dishes. (Of course 1 have never twisted my dad like spaghetti when I have a disagreement ever whether to watch pro wrestlingor Monday Night Football.) One solution to the lack of pro basketball is to read a book or a magazine or maybe simply watch a movie. Naturally, I would pick Sports Illustrated as my reading material with Sporting News and Yankee Magazine as a backup in case a dog chews up my favorite mag : While readings porta Illustrated I noticed one section where they' ranked the greatest years of sports. 1919 caught my eye with Jack Dempsey winning the heavyweight crown, Chicago White Sox being renamed the "Black Soz by throwing the World Series, Babe Ruth traded to the New York Yankees from Boston Red Soz. (still want to aock it to the Yanks ever losing the Bambino), Ty Cobb winning his 12th battling title, Notre Dame's 9--0 season. However, the one item that stood out more than Ruth, Black Sax, etc., was a hone that defeated famous r, Man O War. for its only career loss. By the way the name of the winner was: "Uppet, which created one of the most common sayings in the world of sports. A famous upset was Broadway Joe Namath and his New York Jets beating the Baltimore Colts in the early years offootball's Super BowL It was called an "Upset and those football players owe it all to a horse. I recall North Carolina State upsetting (hone ia use again) Houston in the NCAA Championship Game in the 1980s on a final second bucket. Thurl Bailey , a former Utah Jazz player when then was still NBA action, was a member of the North Carolina State squad. On the high school scene as faras upsets an concerned then ia a homecoming football game when Uintah beat powerful Orem on a last second field goal by Kurt Robb in the 1980s, and the Union Cou-ga- n defeating favored Uintah in both basketball and wrestling in 1970. Brad Monk, Brad Hancock. Steve Yack, Steve Yergwuwn, Danny Long Some of those dinosaurs were as old as Charles Barkley. However, Sir Charles has more of a bite. 1 would rather watch "When Di- - rouna overpaid NBA athletes outfits while two-piec-e $112 million contracts. , - hoops ters, and then knocked off Uintah's wrestling team (Utee later claimed it was their B team) with the help of Cougar rnatmen. Bill Labrum, Billy Davis, Randy Hackford. Steve Huber and others. When I was working for a Vernal newspaper and discussed the last time Union defeated Uintah I never mentioned the 1 970 win by the Cats because it was too confusing, but now that I work for a Roosevelt news paper it doesn't matter because A) So what if it was a B" team. B A win ever Uintah by Union is all that matters. Finally, No NBA? Who Cares! I used my free time to check out a movie by the name oTWhen Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth" (1969). scored seven each. three-pointe- r) Myrin and Amber Gilbert scored two counters. Broughton led Uintah with nine counters and ToUefsoo added six. Cook tossed in five points. Altamonts boys and girls teams will host Rangely, Tuesday, January 5. The Lady Longhorns will also entertain Rich. January 8. two-point- Vi-- - Uintah ended the first quarter on a positive note, but the Ute hoop play cooled offeven more, like about 90, with only seven counters in the second quarter to find themselves behind 33-1Merri Tew sang a happy tune upon hitting for two at the hoop for Michelle an Altamont load of 22-1Mansfield zapped in a three-point-- 6. 1. er for Uintah to bring the Ut with- in eight at 22-1Was there a comeback for the .Utes? Tfre Ladr Longhorns an-- , sweredzhe. question with1 a Big No!" and nine straight points with Sorensen becoming "Mias Zoom" as she took her defenders on a high peed chase dor two buckets. She added three free throws for a 31-1- 4 Altamont edge. Farnsworth also pumped in two charity tosses. Uintah ended its cold streak when Rhonda Tollefoon thawed out her team with a field goal lata in the quarter to make tha score 33-1- 6 ia favor of Altamont at the half. Broughton just barely missed a layup with one second left. The Utes needed to put their offense in a microwave oven turned up to the highest degree. They wets colder than that guy in Salt Lake City, who ia sitting on top of a roof waiting for tho NBA Lockout to and. The Utes went 7:58 before they cored their first and only field gaol of tho third quarter with two seconds left. Altamonto Brothereon and Tew connected on 5 out of 6 freo throws for n 38-1Longhorn lead, and then Sorensen, Weidm an. Tew and Deb Myrin found their shooting touch with field goals for a 48-1- 7 advan-tag4. four-legge- and others whipped the Ute r. Longhorn edge. After such a bad start, Uintah gave its fans something worth watching without a paper bag due to going 9-- 2 tha rest of the quarter behind Lorraine Broughtons five and three-pointe- r. paints on a Altamont led 18-- 9 going into tho second quarter. to stop themselves from awarding J" 62-2- three-pointe- 16-- 2 counting all their money to the bank. Im happy NBA owners arent dressed the same way while trying i. 50-2- 1 hammer on a nail aa Wyann Wcidman and Brothereon pumped in shots to shovel out a deep hole for the Utes duo to a sixteen point deficit Finally with three minutes left in the first quarter, Uintah scored its first points on free throws by Liesel Cook. Unfortunately, Cooks two werent enough. The Utes still had that burning sensation due to a noaaur Ruled The Earth, Victoria Vetri and other cavewomen n two-point- er Sorensen fired in some buckets to keep the Utes in a despoil well hole. The final score was: Altamont, 64 and Uintah JV, 27. Altamont had three girls in double figures with Sorensen and Brothereon scoring 17 each, and Weidman tossing in 12 on six field goals. Sorensen also had sis field goals and tossed in 5 out of 6 free thrown Brothereon also had six field goals, but one waa a She was 4 for 6 from the foul line. Tew and Ashley Farnsworth (one Altamont crowd "Wowing" in tho stands duo to a 12-- 0 lead over the Uintah JV team. However, Altamont waanT dona pounding tho Utes better than a .lSS&5trlS? C that had the rs things interesting with a minute and half to go. First, Broughton hit a with 1.30 left, but a referee wiped it out due to a traveling rail. Tollefeon came close. However, her hot hit the rim and refused to go in. Uintah stole an Altamont inbound pass and then Hillary Enloe gave her team a high point by hitting a bucket in the final two seconds. It was fun to watch, but Altamont still led by 29 prints. after three quarters. It waa a learning experience for the young Lady Utes, and they would probably like to burn the scorebook or at least let longtime basketball coach Maria nd Stagg (He isn't the JV coach) stomp on it a few times. Uintah found themselves behind by 37 points at 5 late in the game. Brothereon, Weidman and HIGH FLYER -- Uintah' Natalie Muth becomes airborne during an tempt to keep the ball alive. at- BUSY Jentri Sorensen. No. 20. tries to keep from going out ofbounds as she alks the tightrope- - She wa histled for having her foot on the line, but she made a number of buckets to help the Longhorn cause. GIRL-Altam- oiits efl 7 The Longhorns had a edge, and now all tho attention was focused on whether or not Uintah could score a basket. The Utes msdo Wrestht-g- , January 6 iVasatch at Union High School - 722-860- Home games scheduled January? 3oys' Basketball, North Summit at AHS Girls Basketball. Tabiona at Rich January 8 Jan. 9 Wrestling, Union at Jordan Meet-Al- so Girls' Hxp, Rich at AHS. 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