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Show i 1 lane IX - UINTAH BASIN STANDA KU JAndL-II- i . Duchesne County hoop honors star net a all-sta- te 0 ByAldon Rachele Several Duchesne County hoop honors athletes pocketed from the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News with Logan Gines & Chase Rhoades, Tabiona; Joey Meeks & Tate Sorensen, Altamont; Cris Hnopcs, Duchesne; Shelly Price, Tabiona, plus Uintah'sJordan Brady and Derek Sutton netting llrst-Maawards. Nielsen TOP C'OACH-Ri- ck Sorensen and Gines, both seniors, named Region 0 basketball coach of were named first-teaby both the the year, lie was nominated by the Deseret Newsand Salt Lake Tribune Sorensen, 6--4 center, I'tah Women's Basketball Coaching in the who averaged 22 points per game Association. Nielsen guided Union 13 rebounds and live blocks, to a third place finish in region play in plus to guide Altamont to a fourth helped coach. head a as first his year State Mec- tplace finish at the best place at stale in several years. Altamont just barely missed reachall-sta- m 1 m ing the state title game when Panguilch hit a shot at the busier. The Bobcats, a team Altamont beat earlier in the season, went on to capture the 1 A championship. Gines, 9 guard, averaged 13 points ami recorded 198 assists fnr year. He led the Tigers to a seventh Meet. He hit a place finish at the basket in the final j key three-poiseconds for a a first round win over Bryce Valley in the first round ofthe Btate meet. Meeks wasafirst-teai- n pickby the Tribune and was named to the third squad by tho Deseret News. Tho 2 senior forward hi t an important three-poipluy to help Altamont to aitate tournament win over Tabiona. Rlioades,asenior three-poihoop artist, was named first-teaby the Tribune, and was an honorable mention by the News. Rhoades showed off his three-poimugic throughout the -- 1-- A nt three national championships to go along with his 119-- 0 undefeated record. I bet he cunt remember all tiiose 119 inau'lies, but I do mine. I had a shortlived wrestlingcunftTwherel gained my irni. knowledge from Scott Ilirsrhi. Malcl: No. 1 Kenny Youngcaused me pain bccuu.se he forced me to be a loser in my first match ever as a Roosevelt Junior High eighth grade tussler back in 1967. The match was my own personal Survivor episode without any pretty girls in bikinis. I struggled to last allsixniinuteu, which seemed an eternity to me. I reached my goal of finishing the match, but I lost on a close decision. Match No. 2: 1 encounter Cloyd Wooley with a body that appeared to be chiseled from marble. He didnt have anything thut I could grab for a good hold, and I ended up losingon a decision where 1 kept from getting pinned by locking up his legs and stalling the whole match. Wooley went on to take second for Union High School and then won the state crown while wrestlinghis senior year for tiiose Uintah guys from Vernal. ve Mutch No. 3: One for the it or Not, I wrestled at 120 pounds in 9lh grade, but I Inst my wrestle off match to Danny Lamb, who usually RBQed my starting hopes. I wrestled two spots up at 1 36 pounds and then faced Wests Joe1 Rasmussen, who wasoverthe weight limit by ten pounds. It seemed more like 50 pounds. I won the match on a forfeit even though Rasmussen was - i. k leam-Belie- z s at the end My problem 1 couldn't get my hands around his stomach, Rasmussen qualified for the state tournament as a high school wrestler and did quite well. Match No. 4. 1 was scheduled to have an easy time cause I lost my and wasni tsched- uled to compete. The night before I stayed up late and watched The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart" and "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". I was the manager of the team, but when I showed up, Coach Shop Class Instructor Hindu sawed, sanded, drilled away my nonwrestling fiin of sitting on the sidelines by announcing, "You're In Tlic Lineup. I swallowed my Clove gum, and it was time to tiy to stick my opponent. I came close to my goal when I reversed my Vernal malm an in a tournament match at West and put him on his back. He escaped, and then referee Maughan Colton called me for stalling points. I lost by one. (I could blame Colton for the loss, but actually I will give him credit because if he hadnt called me for stall ing I would have probably forgotten that bout and then what would I have to write.). Match No. 5. 1 was gassed. I had to wrestle my second match of the day, and was pinned by best friend, Perry DcSursa, to break my record of never having been pinned. At least I was pinned by my buddy, but the sad newB is that is the last I ever heard of Perry DeSursa. 1 won and lost Matches No. wrestling matches at Union High wrestie-ofTmutc- 6-- 4. h, 6-- 8. s. 3-- A 1-- A s. Local athletes do well at all-st- ar games By Aldon Rachele Three of four local boys basketball 6-- nt m nt State Tournament. Hoopes, a senior, was selected to the by the Tribune and the forward was a second-teapick by the News. He was one of the top scorers on the Eagle team, and led Duchesne to a state tournament appearance last year. Duchesne didnt qualify this year, but was eliminated from state play when they lost to Manti at the sectional meet. Manti went on to place second at the State Meet. Duchesne will be in the 1-- A 2-- A class next season. Price, a senior guard, was picked to t he first-teaby the Tribune, and selection by the was a second-teaDeseret News. Price was the topscorer for Bevcrul years and was a four-yea- r starter. She helped the Tigers to a sixth place consolation win at the Basketball Tournament. Riley Bagiey, Tabiona, a sophomore, was a second tcum selection by the Tribune and named to the second-team by the Deseret News. Union's Brayden McCaims was a second-team selection by the Trib and was placed on the News third team. Highlights of the senior, McCaims season were last second buzzer beat- -' era to defeat Uintah and Lehi. Braydcns brother, Kason McCaims, Union, was named an honorable mention by the News. Unions Janeen Nelson was a second-team selection by the Tribune and was given an honorable mention by the News. Amber Gilbert, A m Rltoades, Tabiona, and Tate Sorensen, Altamont, finished in double figures in their Region 16-1-7 all-stsquads high octane 120- last week. 83 win over Region 5 Gines lit up the scoreboard for 18 s. points, which included four ), Rhoades (two and Sorensen scored 12counter. r, Duchesne County's other Joey Meeks finished witheightpoints. Kalen Parsons of Green River was picked as MVP with 23 and five ar 14-1- -- ij three-pointer- three-pointer- ' v . sBEi1 s. 2-- A all-st- 3-- A ar 1. 3-- A all-sta- rs Union drops game to Utes By Aldon Rachele Unions soccer team gave Uintah a battle all the way, but the more experienced Utes emerged as a 2--0 winner, Wednesday afternoon in Roosevelt. The Cougars were only down 0 at the half. However, the Utes were able to stop the Cats from Bcoringon some fine plays by its goalie. They (Uintah) scored one in the first half and then with the wind they put one up in the air and it went in, said Union Coach Rick Nielsen. "We Altamont; Janae Van Tassell, hod gome good looks, but they didnt Tabiona; Jennifer Nielsen, Duchesne, were second-teago in." picks by the Tribune. Kenna Fisher, Altamont; Van During the second half. Union came close to scoring. The Cougars Tassell and Gilbert were named honfired the ball, twice, in the direction orable mentions by theNews. Nielsen award winner''' of the goal, 'but they were denied oil was also a third-teabu per saves by Uintahs outstanding by the News. Gines, Rhoades, Meeks, Sorensen goalie. Chris John and Simon were named to the North Rudolph each scoredforUintali with team with Hoopes placed on the SpencerWagnerandMatt Pieroesharing tiie shutout. Earlier, Union beat Granite and Caibon fortwo wins inarow, butthen 3-dropped a 0 game to A team, Ben Lomond out of Ogden. The 3-- rankings in the Salt Lake Tribune had defending champion, Ogden listed as No. 1, and also had fellow Union Region 10 teams, Park City and Judge amqng the Top Three. Last week Park City knocked off Judge Memorial, 1 and Wasatch Wasatch Academy downed Lehi, nipped Carbon, 1 and St. Joseph n downed Christian, Waleford blanked Wendover, 3- m All-St- A BOOTING FUN-UniKevin Blackwell, right, appears ready to kick the ball down the field if he pap gel; in Qe riglgpQS&iop. ons . V. 4 ar fifth-rank- March 27 A SoftballBaseball, Union Cougars at Lehi High School March 28 Track, Union vs. Park City & Judge at Park City Soccer, Union High School at Lehi High March 29 More Softball, Altamont High at Duchesne High March 30 Soccer, Park City (second ranked) at Union Baseball, Duchesne at Carbon JV SoftballBaseball, Uintah at Union High School March 31 Baseball, Carbon JV at Duchesne High 4-- 3-- 1. 2-- l ' Duchesne's Cris Hoopes had 15 teams 97-9- 0 points his setback to hoopsters, and Janae Van Tassell, Tabiona, pumped in 10 in the girls all-stgame that saw RegionlB- - 17by Region the score of 82-7Shelly Price, also from Tabiona, tossed in six and Manilas Carly Muir had three. Jordan Brady and Derek Sutton were from Uintah. boy 4-- 0 i CLOSE CALL-Th- e Cougars Janeen Nelson does her best fast break trip as die tries to reach the bag in time. She was called out all-sta- m 5 athletes, Logan Gines, Chase three-pointers- first-tea- by Aldon Rachele 2-- 5-- 6-- Cael Sanderson of Iowa State lias ahead team. UintahsSutton and Brady Price, Van Tassell are and Manilas Carly Muir were announced as girl Inter-mountai- 6-- 0. 0. Webe Id BenLomonddown pretty good considering that last year we Nielsen comlost to them, 11-mented. "Ben Lomond is one of the top teams in the state. 1, April 2 Softball, Union High School at Altamont April 3 Baseball, Duchesne High at Manti Softball, BaseballUrtion at Wasatch High April 4 Track, Union at Wasatch Meet Soccer, Union at Judge Memorial (third ranked) April 5 Baseball, Range ly, Colo., at Union, Roosevelt lysiSigplSel CIASSIFIED wM tv " if Aprils BaseballSoftball, Judge Memorial at Union or.722-513- 1 - - . April 7 vj . 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