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Show 0M mUm Pace 16 - February I SPORTS 15. 2Q0Q Uintah Basin Standard ; . FAMILY AFFAIR-Tw- in brothers clash with opposing players for the basket. Pictured are Kason McCaims, left, with his feet on the floor and his high flying bnxher, Brayden. right. Kason edged his brother, Bnyden, one of Union's top scorers during the season, for point producing honors vs. Lehi. The Pioneers got the breaks at the end to beat the Cougars by two. which ended Union's season. Lehi nips Cougars by two in . wild fourth quarter action ting 12 for 21. Christofferson led prayers answered by hitting one free with 14 and Casey Holbrook throw for a Lehi lead of 47-4- 5 with added 10. Union Juniors, Brayden and only 17 ticks left, and a three-poiKason McCairns are brothers-twin-s-, miss by the Cats with only seconds' but Brayden has had double-the-fu- n remaining helped the Pioneers to the past two years as one of escape from Roosevelt with a two-poiREGION win. the Cougars top scorers whereas led Union Kason has spent his timein a backup early in the fourth quarSTANDINGS role with considerable minutes on ter with Fieldsted breaking a 33-3-3 Basketball Boys: Judge Memothe bench, but that all changed Fri- tie on two free throws for a 35-3- 3 Lehi, rial, 9-Uintah, 6-edge and then Brighton showing off day in Roosevelt Kason was team's top sewer at 11 his charity stripe tossing form for Park City, Union, 2-Union beat Park Wasatch, points in a nail biting setback to two and a 37-3- 6 Cougar advantage. Lehi, 47-4The loss ended the seaCity, but lost to Lehi by two. A win over Lehi would have tied Union son for the Cougars. Brayden fin:qui ished with five points, which included ing event with Lehi owning a 0 with fourth place Park City. The cne three-pointand a two point lead. K. McCairns had two first ouar-te- r Miners loot to Uintah. Park City field gods and then added anfield goal will face No. 1 Emery in a playoff The Cougars ended the third other one in Die second to bring game. Denver Basketball Girls: Wasatch, 8-quarter with a 33-3- 1 lead over sec- Union within three at 15-1ond place, Lehi due to two free throws struck for two to narrow the Pioneer Uintah, Judge, 6-- Union, 5-20-1and Lehi Park City, 0. Union Lehi, by Kason McCairns with ten second advantage to two at led 22-1- 8 at the half. left. The Pioneers owned a 40-3-3 beat Park City and lost to Lehi Union got its game into gear with late in fourth Union will play Richfield in first the advantage quarby Fisher, a fast round of plavoffs. ter, and then K. McCaims clobbered a three-point.break layup by Weny, and a r the Lehi lead with a REGION 16 that had the Cats ahead 0 with. pointer by Denver had Lehi wanting 2:25 remaining. Tyrol Denver added to move to Colorado as Union was up Girls Hoop: Rich, 6-- Altamont, two free throws and Union was up by one at 25-2Tabiona, Manila, 0-- 6 It was time for some hoop glory Tabiona, by three at 43-4Rich, Bys Hoop, Srqyaen.He by the other Dustin Thacker came to the resManila, 0-Altamont, k buckets, a cue for the Pioneers with a three-poipumped in 2-- A and a long distance bomb bomb that returned a ad vantage of 3 to Lehi, and David to tie up the game at 31-3- 1 with only Basketball Boys: San Juan 6-Christoflerson increased the Utah minutes left in the third quarter. Duchesne Grand Montieello Girls Hoop: County teams lead to three at 46-4- 3 with 39 seconds to go. Duchesne Kason McCairns' successful free Monticello, 4-- San Union didnt push the panic butGrand. 0-throw visit had Union up by two at Juan, ton although they had a couple of 33-3but unfortunately Lehi did calls go against them, and never the celebrating as they held on for heard a whistle during some other the victory. Also scoring points for Union incidents. Jesse Fieldsted flew through the air like Superman, were: Bart Brighton, 8; Denver, Batman and the Green Lantern for Fieldsted, 6 each; Cody Fisher, 5 two points to close the gap to one at (one Matt Weny, 46-4-5 with 21 seconds left. Brad White, 2 each. Union was 12 Christofferson had his hoop for 18 from the foul line with Lehi 15-1- er 2; 7-- 3; 5; 4-- 6; er three-pointe- 41-4- 0; 4-- 2; 2-- 4; 4-- 1; 0. 4-- 1; 2-- 3; back-to-bac- two-point- er one-poi- 5. East Division nt 44-4- 4-- 2, 1-- 5, 1-- 5. 4-- 2; 2; 4-- 2; 1, W three-pointer- Bart Brighton hit two key field goals to kill a Park City rally with five minutes left in the e,buthe gave credit to hit math teacher for the aucceasful shots that guided Union to a 88-5- 1 triumph over the Park City Miners in Roosevelt, Wednesday. The victory over the Miners was the Cougar teams second region win of the year. "I put the ball through the hoop. They were the baskets we needed. I give credit to my math (geometry) teacher, Don Busenbark that helped i .me get the perfect angle for my ahota, aaid Brighton. "1 played a good gams for once. My first food one." A fast break layup by Tyrol Denver and one free throw by Matt Werry gave Union a third quarter edge of seven points at 43-3- 6 over ihoMin- era. The Park City team wasnt ready to park it in neutral. 6-- 8 Ben Rqjamaki didnt jam the hoop, but just hit a shot and another Miner dropped in a free throw to bring the Miners out of their deep hole and within two of the Cougar lead at 43-41. Next up it was WWF or WCW time on the court with bodies Ilyin through the air and hitting the deck like pro wrestlers. Mankind, e Cold Steve Austin and tho Rock. A Miner picked up the loose ball, and Park City had a chance to knot up the game. However, they failed in their bid with five minutes remaining. Now it was time for a Bright Idea-GiThe Ball To Brighton, who caught an inbound pass for an easy layup and then converted a second chance for two more after having hia first attempt blocked to put Union up by six at 47-4Unior completed its 0 run with a jetlike dash down tha court by Brayden McCairns for a layup and a free throw that had Union ahead by a comfortable nine points at 50-4- 1 late in the game. The play was set up oa a steal by Denver. McCaims added another high flying move to the hoop for two more with Union ahead 52-4- 4. mmw, ); Baseball Sign - ups vs Roosevelt Boys Baseball & Girls Fast Pitch Softball 1. 7-- Register by mail beginning March 1st thru 25th Girls Softball Registration ' Kodie Richards PO Box 1334 Roosevelt, UT 84066 Questions-Kodi- c 353-43- 21 Boys Baseball ; Registration ' Debby Arnold 70 W. 150N. Roosevelt, UT 84066 722-- 4 Questions-Debb-y Register at the Roosevelt City Building Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. March March March March from 18 from 24 from 25 from 17 Marsha Ben 722-551- 722-331- 3:30 - 7 pm 9 am -- 1 pm 3:30 - 7 pm 9 am -- 1 pm Fees will be from $25 - $35 6 0 115 Tha Miners tried to comeback, but Union came through with a perfect performance at the foul line in the final minutes with Cody Fisher going 4 for 4 and Brighton 2 for 2 to up a 58-5- 1 Union victory. Denver was tops in the scoring department for the Cougars with 13 points and B. McCairns scored 12. Brighton added 10. Brad White scored eight and Fisher seven. Jesae Fieldsted pumped in five and Kevin Blackwell two. Werry hail one point McCairns, Fisher, Denver tossed in one three-pointeach. Union fired in 20 field goals and hit 15 out of 20 free throws. "It was a good win. We kepttour; heads in the game and played tight defense, commented Denver. "Park City wanted to feed the ball to their shooter, Na 20, Ryan Port wood. I could see him cutting to the paint. I jumped out in front and took it from him for the steal. It felt good." Port wood and Rqjamaiu were tha .top scorers for Park City with both lock producing 14 counter each. Port wood fired in 3 Park City hit 19 field mala and was 8 for 13 from tha foul lint. 8 Rjtfamaki was held below hit Boston average, and one of the three-pointer- He are now accepting bids for the consession stand for the 2000 season. Call Ben at 722-33for information. 16 J Park City started the game off with Brrnnen Jones hitting a three-pointfor a 3-- 0 lead, and Union cam right back with some three-pointeoftheir own by B. McCaims, fisher plus some other successful shots for a 23-1- 2 first quarter Cougar advantage. Union continued to dominate the action in the second quarter with White pumping in a couple of shots for a Cougar lead of 27-1rell stole the ball and sailed er 8; 1-- 8; 4. Cougar Run By Aldon RacheU 8-- 2; 3-- 7; 0 Union High Cats bury Miners to pocket Region 1 0 triumph 10 8, ugar. 7-- By Aldon RacheU nt THE CHAS Bait Brighton, 32. Union, dashes after the basketball and tries to get it under his power during a game with the Park City Miners in Roosevelt last week. Brighton hit a couple of key buckets late in the game to help Union defeat Park City, Wednesday evening. 6-- play-I'sBr- are guarding him was White, who remarked, "He was a bis guy. and I kept my butt low and tried to keep him aa far away from the basket ae I could. rs 14-po- 3. AHS Nets 2nds Tfc . through the air for a layup that had Union up by ten at 30-2Denver hit a shot for a 32-2- 3 edge and the score at the half was Union 32, Park City 25. The Cougar were in charge for moat at the third quarter andhada longdistance shot from midcourt go in and out at the buzzer. The fourth quarter was next and Union used its hoop and math skills to count up its counters for a seven-poiwin. " w . - Union's Bastian and Foote net state titles Union High School had two Cougars, DuaneFoote and Corey Bastian win championships at the S-- State Wrestling Meet, and Altamont had runner-up- s in Shay Farnsworth and Aaron Dunsmoro at tha meet laat week. Duchesne also had wrea-tier- s Meet. The place at the Eagles and Longhorns placed sixth in team standings at their meets. Foote won the 135 state title when he defeated Eric Hafon ofSnow Canyon, 14-- Foote reached the cha rematch when he crushed North Sanpetes Logan Nielson, 13-2- . Hafen defeated Jake Abbott of A few years Delta in tha semi-final-s. ago, Duanes brother, Brian Foote won a state championship, Bastian had to go into double overtime and beat Gene Moses of Pine View, 12-1-1 to reach the 215 pound title match where ha had another dosecall as he nipped Preatoa Probst of Wasatch, to win his state crown. Probst beat Erie Wilbur of s. Lehi in the Also opst- ing at the state meet for Union, out not placing were Cody Bowden, Kody Boren and Ryan Clowsrd. Adam Soper of Panguitch defeated S. Farnsworth, 12-- for the 216 pound title and Bradford Net, A 1-- A Duchesne ended up tied for sixth at 92 counters with San Juan out of 1 4 tee ms-t-he highest standing in Re-Wayne and Panguitch tied title at 209 points. Altamont finished sixth at 9 1 points. rl3. A 2-- A 6. 1-- semi-final- Whitehorse, pinned Altamonts Dunsmoro in the 275 pound title match at tha Stats Meet. Altamont had several other wrestlers net honors with third places by 1-- A Curtis Carter, 119; Joe Smiley, 189, and fourths by Jesses Farnsworth, 125; WilUs Hansen, 135. Carter pinned Gavin Pace in 4 .46 in a third place bout, and Smiley pinned Panguitch wrestler, Byron Howard in 57 seconds. Tony Henry, CORY BASTIAN-N2ISpounds. o. 1 hmlcr at Piute, pinned Altamonts J. Farnsworth in 4:08. Everett Thornes, Whitehorse, pinned Hansen in 45 seconds. The Eagles'hest performance was turned in by 189 pounder, Charlie Fabrizio, who placed third. He pinned GrantsviUe's Dylan Coon in 2:58. Duchesna'a 215 pounder, Shandon Jenkins ended up fourth when hs lost to Brad Knightof Grand, 7-- 2. Duchesna'a Morgan Woods, 125; Scott Muir, 130; Cow Peterson, 171, placed fifth and Mike Ivia, 103, ended up sixth at the 2-- State Meet Muir nipped Grand's Chuck Francis, and Woods edged Sam Maganaro, Peterson pinned Enterprise, 6-Chad Weetover, Gunnison, in 2:08. I vie lost to Kent Merchant of Beaver, 4-- Aim taking part were in the meet were Galen Wilson and Kendall Deapain. . Wasatch won the 3-- meet with Delta was second at 198 and defending state champion. Uintah dropped to third at 150. Juab won the title with 345 points and' Millard was second at 294. A 2-- 1, 5. 3. DUANE FQOTE-Su-uc pounds. aa Champ 1 35 2-- Poor qe |