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Show V T Pace UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. Nn ember 17 UP IN THE High School basketball players do their hoop thing during the first day of tryouts at the local school. Schools in the local area started uyouts. Monday. November 6. AIR-Duch- csnc WILD TIME-Th- cse girls clash out on (he court during a practice session under new head coach Rick Nielsen of Union High School. Nielsen was an assistant coach last year. He replaces Mike Ross. I Three Seniors Lady Cougars to have young experienced team for ByAIdon Rachelt Union High School's Lady Cou-gaopen the 2000-0-1 season with only three anuors, but they aren't an inexperience team. Last year Juniors plus many sophomores and freshman aaw a east amount of basketball play. It turn out that the least experience person will be the coach-Ri- ck Nielsen, who takes over as a first year head coach. He replace last year's coach, Mike Ross, who has moved to the Union bpyi' basketball coaching position. Nielsen was an assistant girls' coach last year. This year he ia being helped by Shane Gardner, Brett rs -- Cramer and Randi Quarts. Seniors on the Union team are: Jackie Labium, center; Kelly forward and Hannah Gardner, Wight, guard, a move-i- n from Duchesne. Junior member are: r Janeen Nelson, a starter at 0 5-- 7 two-yea- guard, Candace Davenport, wing forward; Mallaiy Fieldsted, wing forward; Krystal freak, guard; Joanna Rasrauasen, forward, Stad Cook, center forward; Laura Wight, forward, from Duchesne. move-i- n Sophomore players are: Mari Riser, guard; Jamie Lahrum, forward; Jamie Buxton, guard; Mali Harrison, forward; Many Aland, forward; 2000-0- 1 Sheens Fenn, forward; Keeli McCairns, center, forward; Shelleen Weight, forward; Che laey Cline, center forward. Jackie Labrum, Gardner, Nelson, Davenport. Riser, Jamie Buxton saw a large amount of play last year with several starting for the Cougars. H. Wight started this part season for Duchesne High School Union's freshman will host Uintah River, November 28 and the Union vanity will take on North Sanpete in Mt. Pleasant, November 29. Union will host Carbon, December 6 and battle Emery in Castle Dale, December 8. Union will host defending state champ. Hurricane, December 9. We have a rough schedule with Carbon our first home game. Carbon will be tough and will give us a strong contest, said Coach Nielsen. We expect a lot from our seniors, junion and sophomores. We have a strong group ofjunion and sophomores, w bo got a lot of experience last vear aa sophomores and freshmen. We are young experienced team." Coach Nielsen added that he has put his team through conditioning drill and basic stuff. "We will start with the defense, fast break and go from there. We don't have much height, but we will make up for it with speed, heart and working hard. Coach Nielsen said. Nielsen was busy coaching the girls and comment! made were: Find your man. Here we go. Keep job, keep pushing it, look for an opening. That's was perfect Keep going right block. there. Way to get hack-go- od Bring it out top and go again." La-bru- going-perfect-g- ood BUSY BUKCH-- A Union Lady Cougars tries to grab the basketball with teammates nearby last week. eg ?or& jE vertfcs A A A 21 Wresflfig, 3-- Union all A ARamont High School November 25 Basketbal, Uintah River boys at Union November 28 Gifts' Hoop. Uintah River at Union High School Boys' Basketbal, Afamont at Uintah Nov6nrt)Bf 29 More Gif is' Hoop. Union at North Sanpete 0 al November 30 at Duchesne 1 Boys' Hoop. Morgan at Union High School championship bound team knowingthe winner, but in the morning while eating my Cream of Wheat 1 found out that Kennedy won it all with Nixon supporters huffing and puffing over the close loss. Nixon and Kennedy were football (ana, and thus I'm sura they would eiycy some pigskin news instead of' mudslinging. Uintah hiulnt been to the state football meet for some time, and they gained a trip when Gordon Limb connected on a TD bomb to Todd Mulville, who went on to play the sport at Army, to kill offSpanish Fork s, in a playoff game back in the which put the Dons into sudden football death. The Utes thought they were minutes away from gaining a victory over a powerful Provo team in the early 1960's. However, QB Sean Covey, who went on to play for BYU, pulled off a miracle of a long distance run to ve the Bulldog a victory over intah. l't coach Hank Kawahine was missing after the game, and was located in a nearby church trying to get an answer from up above as to What Went Wrong"! Another game with a great finish was a battle between Union and Uintah in 1993. The Utes thought they had the game won, but with minutes remaining Union scored a. game tying touchdown to tie up the game, and then won it with a TD in overtime. Union used the wild regular season win to guide themselves to the state title with help from Robbie Lehi shutout two-tim- e state footto ball champion. Snow Canyon. advance to the State Tournament title game against Delta, which crushed favored Morgan, 19-Union defeated state championin ship contest bound Lehi 29-2Roosevelt last month. The Cougar took a two-Tlead, but Lehi rallied to tie the game. However. Union's Luke McCurdy scored the touchdown on a long run and then recovered a Lehi fumble to lock up the win. In the San Juan will foot off against South Summit in the state championship game. 7-- 3-- mid-1960- Wildlife information available through e phone line toll-fre- Anglers, hunters and wildlife watcher may obtain Utah' latest wildlife information by calling the Division of Wildlife Resources toll-fre- e telephone hotline. The hotline number is '877) 592-516- 9. even though its an It is 877 number. said Suzettc Fowlks, the Division information specialist who manage the line. All of the 600 and 866 numbers have been used, so we were assigned an 877 toll-fre- e number." Wildlife ent husiasu may obtain a wide variety of updated information by railing the line. Fowlks said. toll-free- , Abercrombie, Scott Rasmussen, Rusty Keel Lane Earl, etc. Maybe the Loser is actually the Winner? The second placer in the Presidential Race doesn't have to worry about all the headaches. How-ever.t- victor gets to use the Lincoln Bedroom any time he wants. Union Hoop Games Uintah River at Union, November 28; I'ninn at North Sanpete, November 29; Union at Duchesne, USED 6; -- Girts' Basketball, Union High School After the Too CIom ToCall" election, maybe the Year 2000U.S. Presidential Race should consider a sudden death overtime like in pro football to pick a winner. Green Bay citizens fans probably would have elected Antonio Freeman the Next President of the USA" or at least the Governor ofWisconain after he pulled off the Cheesehead Miracle, which led toa Packer 26-2win over arch-rivthe Minnesota Vikings, Monday. November 7. Packer QB, Brett Favre launched a deep pass to Freeman, who slipped on the wet grass as comerback Chris Dishman deflected the ball at the 20. The ball bounced off the back of Freeman's left shoulder as he rolled over, and he tipped it into his chest with his right hiuid before it could hit the ground Freeman grabbed the ball, jumped up, faked out safety Robert Griffith and rumbled into the end zone for the game winning touchdown. I bet Al Gore or George W. Bush would have settled fora last second sudden death win instead having to wait a couple of days that seemed Lke a "Lifetime Sentence-mo- re painful than Scott Norwoods field goal mis yean ago that would have won the Super Bowl for the Buffalo Bills. While on the election theme.I will never forget the 1969 Presidential Race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. My dad hadn't opened his wallet for a TV set yet (thought it was a new fad that wouldn't last long), and I listened to election results from our old Philco radio. I didnt have the Internet. CBS. to hunt NBC. ABC, CNN or FOX-Tdown the latest results. It was the radio or nothing. I would lie down while leaning on my elbow and listen with hope of a Kennedy win. My mom, Ann sent me to bed without at November 30; Carbon at Union, December 6; Union at Emery, December 8, Hurricane at Union, December 9; Rangcly at Union, December 12; Green Rjw Tournament. December 14-1Union at Moffat County, December 1 9. Kearns at Union. December 29, Union at Morgan, January 2; Union at Aitamont, January 3. Union at Lehi, January 5; Union at Judge, January 9; Union at Rangely, January 1 1; Uintah at Union. January 12; Union at Wasatch. January 17; Park City at Union, January 19, Lehi at Union. January 24; Judge at Union, January 26; Union at Uintah. January 31; Wasatch at Union. February 2; Union at Iinlah River, February 6; Union at Park City, February 9: jwwsiRim December Union beat byAldo Rachelt SPECIALS v Call Rob for details at Ford F250i:xtCab 4X4 Nice Truck 1997 . . rn , f m JK Mt 722-410- only S16, 995.00 0 or i 157 So. 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