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Show mrnmmm mtmtm f ) 1 ARM SANDWICH-- It might not be too usty as a Uinuh Uie appears about ready to put the bit on Chaz Frandsen's arm during a bank for the bouncing ball that also invokes Preston Mart, right. Union had a mugh time in its loss to the Utes, Tuesday, but regrouped w ith a 1 4-- 0 start vs. Richfield that ended in a 50-- 4 1 first round State Tournament win, Saturday by the Cougars. 3-- A Uintah 78. Union 69 Bo Gardner and Trevor Richins provide basketball highlights JET MOVE-Uni- on High School's Bo Gardner, left, flies to the hoop while teammate, Preston Mars, right, looks on. Gardner led Union with 25 points vs. Uintah, and then was tops with 17 in a first round 3-- A State Tournament 50-4- 1 win over Richfield, Saturday evening. Union will bank Canyon View in second round play, Thursday at 1 p.m. in Provo. Tabiona Tigers nip Rich by two for 18-- 0 regular season record Aldan RacheU By TheTabiooa Tigere produced tha only undefeated regular season record among boys' teama in Utah at 18-- 0 (Olympus girls team is 2041 as of Monday, February 22) and potted a perfect mark at home for tha fourth year in a row by defeating Rich. However, the Rebels made Tigers fane nervoue as Tabiona won and had to break by just two, 57-5- 5, a third quarter tie of 38-32-teama, Gunnison and Kanab are 17-- 1 . Bingham ia 1&-- m4 18-The beet the & View is Sky A data has done ia Canyon View's and Emery's 18-- 2 marks. Bear River ia 17-Tabiona led 11-- 8 after one quarter and increased its advantage to four points. 26-2at the half. Rich outaeored Tabiona, 16-1-2 to tio up the game in the third quarter. The Rebels refused to go away as they pumped in 17, but Tabiona kept ita Zero in the lose column by scoring two more at 19 to pocket its perfect 8. A Wi 4-- J 3. mark. TU Levi Ginea led the Top gen, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, Deaeret News, KSL and others, with 25 points. He tormented Rich with four three pointers. Rich waa ranked No. S. 18-- 0 The two squads played a dose third quarter with Tabiona scoring 20 and Meridian 12 for a Tiger lead of7039. However, Meridian hit the Rusty Harris followed Ginea with 13 points while Mitchell Argylo eoclied it to the hoop with 20. The Tabiona Tigers just barely missed the century mark aa they routed the Meridian Boy Mongooo-c9839, Wednesday in Tabiona. Tabiona andMeridian were involved in a somewhat does first quarter with the Tigere ahead by eight points wall and their Mongoose got cooked, deep fried, grilled and broiled when Tabiona pitched a shutout as they outaeored their opponent, 283, to win by 59 points. Rusty Harris led Tabiona with 26, and Levi Ginea added 24. Cok Giles scored 23 and Jeremy Curry. Shay Bagley ten each. o, at 15-- 7. Both teams had their offenses operating at full gear in the second quarter with the Good New for Meridian being they scored 20, but the Bad News for the Mongooses was that Tabiona scared 55 to lead 50-2- 7 at the half. The Tiger and others will play in the Region 16 Tournament this week with hope of qualifying for the State Meet. March 33. Tigers scale Mount Vernon for triumph By Aldan RacheU Boy: Region 10, Uintah, 1 (beat Uintah Just barely won first round game over Hurricane by (Clobtwo); Lehi, 53; Union, bered Richfield in first round); Wesatch. 33; Park City, State Meet in Provo: Thursday, Bear River (183) va. Lehi (133), 7-- 4 S-- A 1-- 7. . Emery 11:30 am.; Union (11-9- ) 10a.m.;Ogden(ll-10)vs(19-2- ), 1 Canyon View (19-2Uintah (163) v. Tooele 230 p.m. va. ), pm; (9-12- ), East Region Duchesne, San 2-5-- 3; Juan, Grand, 7-- 1; 4-- 4; Altamont, 33; Montieello, North and East Division Meet games in Juab: Thursday, Rowland HaO v Grand, San Juan vs. North Summit or St. Joseph. Grantevilk va Altamont, 6 p.m.; South Summit va. Ducheen (13-57:30 p.m. 1-- 7. ), Region 16 North, Tabiona, S3, 163 overall (beat Meridian (1 predict right last week) and Rich by twoh Rich, 4-- Manila, 23; Me- ridian, 0-- Girls: Region 10, Union, 7--1 (beat Uintah in final regular season gam and chopped down Cedar City in firvt round battle), 19-overall; Lehi, 6-- (knocked out of state meet by Hurricane on bucket by AlicaUreek with 12 seconds left); Uintah. 43 (lost to Union and Pin View); Waaatch, 3 5; Park City. 03. Second Round of Meet, Thursday. Morgan (173) v. Pine View (183), 4.30 pm.; Hurricane (163) va. North Sanpete ( 14-7- ), 8 p.m.; Snow Canyon (16-3- ) vs. Ogden (133), 730 Ben Lomond pm.;Union(19-2)vs- . Provo. UVSC, 9 (133). pm., 2 2 3-- A 2-- A East Region, San Juan. 83; (Whipped Grand); Altamont, Duchesne. 33 (Beet Grand in overtime ), Montieello, S3, Grand, 6-- 2 03. 1-- A Tabiona outaeored ICS. 18-1- 7 in the final quarter, but lost by five. Pries was the top Tiger at 26 points, and Van Taasell added eight 34-2- 8. k three-pointe-rs 62-4- 6 Th Cougars advantage continued to bend, but refused to break with Brayden McCairns and Bo Gardner coming through with buckets in the dosing minute of the first Union edge. half for a McCairns set set up his ow n bucket by stealing the ball. Tha Union Male Cougars were their ready -- no doubt about it-- for first round 3-- State Tournament game at Richfield. Saturday, and they proved it in grand fashion by caging the Wildcats, 5031, behind a great start of 143, which was three-poin- t k highlighted by bombs by Rick Rasmussen After the two by Union, the Ules biased the hoop for ten straight to A three-pointlead 10-by Brayden McCairns gave Union hope. However, Uintah pumped in six more behind two buckets by Richins for a 163 first quarter lead. The hoop new continued to be All Bad early in the second quarter for the Cougar and All Good forth Utes with Jeremy Strange proving to be No Stranger to the basket with a long bomb and 63 Richins muscling his way to two plus a free thrmr for a 223 Uintah advantage. All of a sudden Union awoke from its Deep Hoop Sleep. They outaeored Uintah, 12-- to scar the Ute faithful aa they closed the gap Rick Rasmussen te four at 24-2was the royal one. Hs scored sight points on two field goals and four free throws during tha Cougar hot streaX. Uiaen pumped in two free throws and Travis Blackwell made Uintahs defense blue and not so well when he scored on a fast break move that waa aet up on a perfect pass from Chax Frandsen. A er 27-2- 2 Once again Richfield was knocking on the Ooarwften Mum put one through the nets to bring th Wildcats back within two at 38-3- 6 late in the third quarter However. Gardner tied team with 17) kept the Wildcats from getting any daser the rest of the game with a bucket tv a 40-3- 6 lead heading into the final quarter. Blackburn ofRichficld was singing the blues as he missed three free throws in the dosing seconds of the third quarterUiuon decided it was time to end the mystery. fcrkOlsen popped in a hot for a 4438 Cougar edge and then the Roosevelt area team went up by ten points at 4539 on a free throw by Frandsen to enable Region 10 third place team. Union to coast to a 5031 win ever second Richfield. place Region 6 runner-up- , Other Cougar point gainer besides Gardner were Frandsen. 12. back-to-bac- and Chas Frandsen. Union win battle Salt Lake Tribune No. 1 ranked Canyon View, Thursday at 1 pm. in the second round of the State Tournament in Provo at UVSC. Canyon View toppled Granite, 3-- A 42-3- Richfield was finally happy when Jolley hit the Wildcats firrt bucket with of the game on a three-pointthroe minutes left in the first quarter, but Lnion Bo Gardner joined Parade with long the Thrre-Ptoirange jumper that put Union up 17-er - nt 3. Union led 17-- 9 afterone quarter, and then went in a scoring drought of its own. Richfield recovered fiom its slow 1 43 start by outscoring the Cougar. 19-- to com within two points of the Unioo ksd at 7 21-1- 13-1- HOOP STANDINGS 4-- The Tabiona Lady Tigers dropped a first round game to West Deseret, Wednesday, 4439, but came back the next day to defeat Mount Vernon, 6230, at the StatoTsurnament in Price last week at Carbon High School Tabiona led 2 after one quarter vs. Mount Vernon, and then used a 153 second quarter to take charge with a 5 halftime load. The Tiger pumped in 19 more in the third for a edg and then added 15 mot to win by 22. Shelly Pries and Jana VanTaaaell were the top Tiger point gainers at 12 points. Richens pumped in 11. IhsSaingham bunch tied up the nets for a combined total of 12 points aaT. Stringham scored six, L Stringham added four and C. back-to-bac- By Aldan RacheU 0. 13 more 60-4- 0. Cats keep dream alive by whipping Wildcats 2 in the third and Tabiona scored 10. and was behind added 1-- It wasnt Karl Malone ve. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain va. Bill Russell or for the really ancient folks, George Mikan vs. Jim Pollard, Bonce McKinney, Joe Fulke or Max Zaslofsky, but Union's Bo Gardnerv. Uintahs Trevor Richins will have to do in a gams that was over early ia the second half with the Utes winning 7839, Tuesday to pocket their first region championship in 32 year. Richins won the battle with 35 while Gardner held hie own with 25. Union Dirk Olsen pumped in the first two of the game for a 23 Cougar Wad, but sadly it waa the last time Union led with Uintah leading by at much at 20 points during the game. 2. (Just feels like that many) as they built their lead to 20 points at However, Fraadeen said, -Enough of This as be ripped the nets for after that made the score three quarter. Gardner stole the show from the Utes with 14 fourth quarter points that included two driving layups, a three point play and a long distance gem to end the game with Uintah winning 7839. Richins waa the star attraction in the game, but Unions Gardner waa determined not to be plowed under. He planted the first Cougar shooting attempt in the bucket Crum long distance range in the third quarter to put Union down by six. 3631. Union couldn't get any closer than six as Uintah took charge on their way to a region hoop title to go along with their million mat titles By Aldon RacheU 28-1- 47-2- 6 Stringham, two. K Ginoe added fivo. L Ginea and Harris tossed la two each, and Rich scored one point. L. Ginea, Pries, L. Stringham and Richens produced ooa three pointer each. West Desert jumped out to a 12-- 8 load in th first round game va. Tabiona, but th Tigers scored 12 of their own in th second quarter while West Deseret added 10 for a odg. Tabiona and West 22-1- 8 Deseret dried up on offense in the third. Both scored just seven paints with Wert Detent ahead 29-2West Deseret heated up a bit in tht fourth with 15, and Tabiona added 14 to loos by five points. Pries was th top Tiger at 12, and Richins added 11. Stringham scored seven and Van Tassel five, The Tabiona girls didn place at w w 4 (BnndQ ILimasIk (Dua2aito Preston Cody m Bo Jesse 21-1- 8 Ilirk Corey if ryfOri(iC WK r w Mil 4, 11. 'o 'rs. Mr A wuu3jnmk' 1W jys 4 i.i 4 ")) .4 , , , , Ac?; A a. W Chaz 5. th Stats Tournament, but they had three doss games with the final on a 5136 loss to Interm oun tain Christian School. Friday in Fries. Panguilch beat Wayne for toghon-orThe Tiger competedln their first state meet ever and in th second year of their involvement in the sport. ICS led 13-- 7 after one quarter, and at th half Th Lions Matt avdefi f s io( - t; if 23 i Ig, r 1 - . v xMritLv- - I '"-'- I ? s.v Af?4 4 a hsa hi l ft T U III v 7H1QH In A ?- v - V STATE MEET BOUNO-fro- nt rows, left to right, Brayden McCams. Max Werry. CXrk O 'sen. Chaz Frandsen, Trads &acfcneV. Corey Rodens, and back rc-- Rick Rasmussen, Preston Man. Ban BnQhton. Cody Fisher. Bo Gartner, Brad White. v Support our Union Cougars headed to the State S-- A Basketball Tournament. Game time is Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at UVSC in Prow. ;.v - - " |