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Show T T V 1 SPORTS Pape 16 - Slav 25. 1999 Uintah Basin Standard in Stars Three-Sno- rt Rick Rasmussen, April Mecham picked as top Union athletes pions. Alter three years of reaching the finale over the past five years. Union won its first girls basketball when they title since the mid-198stormed all over Hurricane in the second half to take the crown on a By Aldon Rachel The aporta aaaaona are done for the year, and being named Union High School ath-letare three aporta stare, Rick Rasmussen and April Mecham. Rasmussen played football, basketball and baseball for the Cats, and Medium excelled on the volleyball. courts and softball diamond. Bo Gardner andTami Nielsen were given U8. Army Scholar Athlete Awards. Rasmussen was the quarterback on the Union football team that eqjoyed its best regular season (5--4 record) since it took the state crown in 1993 under the direction of an1998-9- 9 ea 49-4- triumph. 2 Union's softball team wasn't aa well known as its basketball crew, and when they finished the meet they were Big News". Union dropped a 4 game to Bear River then with their won four straight over Dixie, 10-7-- Backs-to-the-W- 6; Lehi, 5-- 0; Tooele, 5-- 4; North Sanpete, 3, in the double elimination meet to reach the championship final against Snow Canyon. The Warriors won the title, but had to battle Union all the way for a 3- 4-- other Rasmussen quarterback mark. Tba two (Scott) with a aren't brothers. Union placed third behind Uintah and Lehi toqualiQr for the Meet where they outplayed, but lost to Delta, 12-- in the first 9-- 3 0 win. One of the highlightsforMechsm home run blast that was a gave Union new life vs. North Sanpete after being behind two-ru- n 3-- 0. Tami Nielsen followed Mecham'e shot with a homer ofher own to knot up the game at 3-- Angie Gayler singled in Mecham with the winning run in the sixth inning that put Union in the title game. Mecham, also, drilled a pitch to knock in Jackie Morrill with the game winning run vs. Tooele in an extra inning game. Rasmussen and Mecham combined to play in six state tournaments thus year with a state title, crown and sixth place runner-u- p finish to show for efforts by the twosome and their teammates. 7, round. The Cougars whipped arch-riva- l, to reach the Wasatch, 85-tats tournament for the first time . since its championship season. Quarterback Rasmussen waa the Man In Charge. He scored three touchdowns on three, four and one TD yard runs, and threw a pass to Travis Blackwell. Next up waa the basketball season, where Rasmussen teamed up with seniors. Bo Gardner, Preston Marx, Dirk Olsen, Chaz Frandsen, Trivia Blackwell; a tall junior in Bart Brighton and tough aa naile. Brad White, also a junior, plus an outstanding sophomore in Brayden McCairm to taka sixth at the 3-State Boy Basketball Meat. A portion of the story about the sixth place finish is as Callows: A lose to cellar dweller Park k lopsidCity and than ed setbacks to Lehi end Uintah had Union High School's boys team dead last this past January. Their dream of competing at the state meat appeared buried and gone forever. Union proved their doubters wrung. They peeled their backs off the wail and behind senior pride won five of their final eight games to pi see sixth 0, OUTSTANDING MALE-Ri- ck Rasmussen, right, guards a Uintah Ute during a basketball game this past season. three-spo- rt in a star football, basketball and baseball, was named an outstanding athlete at Union High Rasmussen, School last week. 65-ya- rd A back-to-bac- TOP LADY-Uni- on' April Mecham attempts to get close to the basket Mecham, a volleyball, basketball, softball star, was picked as Union High School's outstanding female athlete. at the State Boys Basketball Tournament Union won its first round game vs. Richfield, and then lost a hard fought game to eventual champion. Canyon View in the second round. The Cougars defeated the Buffaloes from Tooele, in the third round, Thursday to guarantee Union a winning record for the season, which ended up being Lehi beat Union, in the bat3--A 59-5- 2, 12-1-1. fVi' ir r 69-5- 6, - - All sfe-- - tle for fifth place Rasmussen scored 16 points in the game vs. Lehi and 14 in the battle with the Buffaloes from ACT -- The ball goes on a slow motion journey as it gets by a batter's bat and heads toward the catcher's glove during a 1 2 and under girls softball game between the Mecham team and Looney Tunes from Vernal in MID-AI- R Tooele. Roosevelt last week. The baseball season had its Upe and Downs with Union finishing one game under .500 for the season. Union qualified for the state meat where they lost to a tough Cedar City team. Union lost all three regular season games to the Utes. However, they gave the 3--A champs from the Uintrdi their toughest and closest games all year. A baseball highlight waa alia a lowlight for Rasmussen as welL He produced rare foatafthree homers in a game, but sadly the Cougars lost to Moffat, in a windy game that featured 12 home runs. April Mecham'o Union High School volleyball team won the Region 10 title, and that was the highlight aa they failed to place at the Roosevelt City Recreation Cliinik Jr. 17-1- 5, Four Different Age Categories For Both Boys & Girls Ages state moat Placing at state meeta want a problem the rest of the year. Union won the State Basketball title and placed second in the state aoftball meet with Mecham playing a mqjor route in both meets. 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Bear River. Bowthorpe coached the 3-- all- in a game ve. thq team, Fndey, May 21. Mecham. Kettle, Nielsen, Gayler, Stewart were named to the 3-r team. A rs A 2-- A all-ela- J Poor |