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Show Sim iimmi I y Sl'WWi ball to running back, Jason High School quarterback, Cole Hancock, left, hands off the I Uintah won by ten. run. 80 lowevcr, an on the Cats for yard Kowallis, right. Hancock scored a touchdown HERE-TA- KE IT-Un-ion ' 'tf'.vV'Jv Luke McCuixly puts a hold on Uintahs quarterback, A J. Rooks, No. 1 1 , and hopes for a sack, BIG GRAB-Unio- ns which he acquired. Also in the picture is another Union player. His number wasnt listed on the program. The Cats f( grabbed a 0 lead, but Uintah won the game, 33-2- 3. V.'i.v 3-- 'J' ' Merklev Burns Cats Union rally in final minutes falls short vs. Uintah Utes By Aldon Rachels It wasnt the famous Missouri outlaw Jesse James, who shot up Union High Schools winning hopes. Blame Uintahs Jesae Merkley, who did all the damage with rushing including two dash and the on a other one on a short run that was set upon his own 65 yard punt return, in aUfc 33 23 win in Roosevelt, Friday evening. All three local schools will hit the road, Friday with Union equaringoff against Wasatch, Altamont vs. Whitehorse and Duchesne facing Monument Valley. Unions game had a good begin field goal ning (Joeh Olsens with just a tick left before the crack hit 0:00 in the first quarter for a 0 lead) and a super ending (two fourth quarter touchdowns with the final one set up on a blocked punt by Morgan Wisener),butthere was bad middle with Uintah outscoring Union, 83-- 6 in the second and third quarters for a 33-- 9 edge. A fourth down pass to Shane Morrill kept a Cougar drive alive and gave Unionafirst down at the Uintah 26. Cole Hancock, who didnt play the quarterback position the two previous games (hie to a shoulder iiyuiy, returned to his signal calling job. He carried the ball to the Ute 8. Howiever, Hancock was sacked a couple of times and Olsen put Union cm the scoreboard at 0 on his long field goal. touch-downs-o- 78-ya- rd 41-ya- rd 3-- 3-- Uintah turned in a super punt that pinned Union on its own three and after being pushed back to the one gave up a safety in the end zone with 5:10 left in the second quarter and a baseball score of 2 in fkvor of the Cougars. Bad luck continued to haunt the 3-- Union team when they ftimbled away the ball on the kickofTreturn. Uintah recovered, butJason Kowallis builta wall to a Ute scoring hope when he intercepted a pass at the Union two. Sadly, the Cats coughed up an interception oftheir own, which proved to be quite costly with Jeremy Sullivan lumbering down the right side of the field for a touchdown ona25 yard run and a 16-- 3 Uintah lead atithehi Shoulders were the pain for Hancock previously, but his legs were ton the ball on an onside kick attempt 'and held on to win by ten points, healthy. He galloped 80 yards for a touchdown where he avoided several would-b- e Ute tacklers. With 6:50 left in the third quarter, Union was behind by just seven points at 16-However, Merkley became the "Man ofCat Destruction. He turned in a super, amazing; far-o(1970s term left over from the Union Class of 71 30 Reunion) punt return. He started at the 20 and wen tall the way to the Union five yard line before a TD saving; tackle was made by Mike Seeley of Union. Merkley wouldnt be denied. He scored on a one-yar- d run and Brandt Hall snared a pass for conversion to give the a two-poiUtes a 24-- 9 edge with 2:02 left in the Merkley, No. 1 5, hurt the Cougars with two key touchdown s in the third quarter. BIG PAIN-Jes- se wap ssspaisiwnFMMHWB WE-ARBFROFESSION- nt third quarter. Merkley continued to perkup the TD run to start Utes with a fourth quarter play that ended with a swimming pool dive without the water into the end zone, which resulted in a longer extra point kick on an unsportsmanlike penalty. It didn't matter as the Utes connected on the kick anyway. About a minute later Uintah added another safety with 10:38 left to take a 33-- 9 advantage. The Cats were in deep trouble, but since it wasagame against their archrivals, the Utes, they werent ready togo home as there was more football to be played. Colby Haslem, who played well at the quarterback position in a win over Ben Lomond, re-turned to his regular position and recovered a Ute fiimble to set up a 78-ya- rd Cougar TD. Hancock showed off his leg power by motoring to the four yard line, and then passed to Seeley for a touchdown with 8:17 to go. Union continued its onslaught hy having Wisener outsmart the Uintah punter forablockand Luke McCunfy going from an offensive running back point gainer to a defensive scorer by picking up the bouncing ball and racing into the end zone for a TD. Uintah almosthad Hancock stopped, but he got loose and fired a successful two-poipass to Danny Bingham with just overt wo minutes remaining. The Cata comeback hopes were batted away when Uintah pounced - 2001 ; GMC 12 TON SIERRA $2000 Rebate Y PONTIAC 2001 PONTIAC AZTEK is nt 3 $3000 YEAREND Rebate Altamont loses in final minute, 21-2- 0 tl to V ", ' v ? Atov 2002 first quarter, and after a Parowan score in third quarter led 20-- on an early fourth quarter touchdown. However, the Rams scored a touchdown to Stevens come within eight at scored a touchdown on a short run with 1:12 left to put his team down by one. Beaumonts run into the end zone gave Parowan its winningpoint e to snap the Longhorns winningstreak. Stevens intercepted a pass 16 sec onds later to end any comeback hopes 320022 BONNIVILE 7 ' Parowan and Altamont, both undefeated going into the game at 3-almost ended up even" until Dave Stevens scored the final TD and his buddy, Beaumont added the two-poiconversion with just over a minute left to nip the Longhorns in also on Friday. Parowan, 21-2It wasnt Friday thelSth, but Friday the 14 continued the unlucky theme with Duchesne drop-pingi-ts weeks into home opener-fo- ur The Eagles and the season-27-- 6. Rebels fought to a 0-- 0 first quarter tie, and Rich cashed in for three touchdowns in the second quarter to lead 20-- Duchesne scored its only touchdown in the fourth quarter. Duchesne will host Maori's JV team, September 26. Altamont owned a 12--0 lead at the half due to two touch ra ms in the 0, nt 0. ons ut - 0, ME-Uni- 9. 4 By Aldon Rachele MISSED Colby Haslem breaks loose from a Uintah football athlete. Haslem recovered a fumble that set up a Cougar TD. 20-1- three-gam- by Altamont. The Longhorns (No. 3 ranked team by the Salt Lake Tribune) drops to 1, and the Rams No. 1 ) (No. 2 rated improves to 4-Next home game for Altamont will be October 5 in their homecoming battle vs. Rich High School. An attempt was made to find out what Altamont athletes scored touchdowns in the game, but the information was unavailable at press rime. 1-- A 3-- luxury with Attitude $1000 Rebate crew-Montice- llo, V Jl 157 S 200 E, Roosevelt, Utah OR CALL 722-510- 7 1 COP' V 1 kre |