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Show iiuc 12-- SPORTS civmhcr 24. 2H1 1 Uintah basin Standard Balanced Union Scoring Lady Cats suffer slow start, but rally to beat Spartans a S By Aldon Rachele A wise scholar and baseball pla;iyer for the New York Yankees, fogi Berra once said, "This is like deja vu all over again. That overly and unpleasant feeling stunk up the Union High School gymnasium when Emery's Lady Spartans jumped out to a 10-- 2 lead in Roosevelt and hauntingiy reminded local fans of a 63-6- 0 Emery upset of the Union boys hoopsters one day earlier. There was no need to fear as Union's Lady Cats righted their ship behind double figure scoring by Janeen Nelson, 20; Chelsey Glines, 13; Mali Harrison, 12 and Candace Davenport, 10, to give the Roosevelt team a 67-4- 5 win, Thursday night. We were slow with our offense, but our defense won the game. We got the rebounds and control of the boards, said Union Coach Rick Nielsen. We put pressure on them and had our best game of not allowing turnovers. Local fans were worried that Union had gone loco on offense as they quickly found themselves behind 10-- and to quote Yogi again, Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting! Nelson got Union hitCRnM)l DPI ACL Unions Mali Harrison. No. 14, hopes that an Emery player gets out ofhcr way on the way ting buckets once again when she u i lie hoop. I he I .ady Cougars overcame a scored the Cats first points on a field Thursday in Roosevelt. Spartan lead to win 67-4goal with 5:30 to go in the first quarter. The Lady Cougars had trouble keeping 3 Cheryl Grant from pulling off inside moves. She scored two buckets for a 16-- 6 Emery lead. However, Union went to work with Nelson the attack on a layup and a The Grant8ville Cowgirls domi- leading three-pointto bring the Lady Cats 46-27 in a finish nated from start to Glines hit a within one at win over the Duchesne Lady Eagles, bucket and Mali Harrison added two. Tuesday evening. DHS sewed only free but Emery still led 5 ten points in the first half with five afterthrows, one quarter. counters in each quarter. GHS lead Union refused to grant any more 22-1-0 at the half. It was more bad free to the hoop by Grant. They in Duchesne for news the third quar- shuttrips down and then Glines her ter as they scored only three counters showed off her moves for while Grantsville tossed in 12 for a three baskets rebounding plus Nelson mowed 34-1- 3 betdid The edge. Lady Eagles down Emerys defense for a 31-2- 4 ter in the fourth with 14 points, but lead late in the second quarter. Howthey still lost by 21. Union wasted the great efiort ever, Ware went to war against and Amanda off its rally on a the Eagles to lead Grantsville with 18 three-point-Emery capped to close the gap to one, s. two also had She points. 0 at the half, as they listened Jenny Allen led DHS with eight advice of: It Aint Over Till points and Tai Marett added six. I 2, ten-poi- nt 5, Cowgirls rope Lady Eagles Davenport, Harrison and Jeana Its Over." 6-- er 16-1- 5. 18-1- er three-pointer- 31-3- s edge, Rasmussen cashing in for counters to Emery regained a one-poibut Union struck out the Spartans' make Emery ready to give up the ship hope for a doubleheader sweep by due to that sinking feeling of being nine down by 17 points, 59-4- 2 late in the scoring seven of the next counters to give the Cats a four-poigame. Like Yogi said, When You Nelson whiffed Come To A Fork In The Road-Tak- e advantage of 38-3the Spartans comeback hope with It cause Union had Emery taking k shots, two and the highway back to CaStle Dale as and Harrison added two free t he Cougars coasted to a win throws. of 67-4Union continued to show off its Nelson scored her 20 points-a- ll on team play with Harrison hitting3 out field goals (seven and of 4 free throws and Davenport driv- two threes). Also scoring for Union ing to the hoop for two buckets, which were: Buxton, Jamie Labrum, 4; had the Lady Cougars in control at Camille Yazzie, Rasmussen, 2. Union 47-3- 8 after three quarters. hit 35 field goals and was 9 for 16 The Cougars focused on balanced from the foul line. Grant led Emery for the with 13 and Holly Bell rang up 10 scoring and it was check-mat- e Spartans with Nelson, Jamie Buxton, counters. ' nt 4. three-pointer- back-to-bac- s, 22-poi- nt two-pointe- rs Pirates down Lady Eagles Eagles beat Meridian behind Hanberg's 27 By Aldon Rachele the hero for Randy Hanberg the Duchesne Male Eagles as he pow- - in 27 points includingfour three- pointers in a 64-5- 9 win over Meridian in Duchesne, Wednesday night, but the Grantsville Cowgirls dominated from the start to finish in a 46-2- 7 win over the Duchesne Lady Eagles, Tuesday evening. Duchesne grabbed an 3 lead in the first quarter and led 1 at the half even though they were outscored 5 in the second quarter. The Eagles pumped in 14 in the third and held Meridian to just 11 for a 47-4- 2 edge and added 17 more for a win. atFollowing Hanbergs tack were: Logan Despain, 14; Grant, 8; Pan as, 5; Foster, Farnsworth, 4; Moon, 2. Duchesne fired in five three- pointers with Grant popping in one. flipped in 21 field goals and connected on 1 7 out of28 free throws. 18-1- 33-3- 18-1- five-poi- nt nt Erickson was the top Meridian scorer at 19. Smith added 11 and Barrett scored eight counters. Merid- ian tossed in 23 field goals and d verted 10 out of 14 free throws. Duchesnes Lady Eagles scored only ten points in the first half with five counters in each quarter. GHS leading 22-1- 0 at the half. It was more bad news for Duchesne in the third quarter as they scored only three counters while Grantsville tossed in 12 for a 34-1-3 edge. The Lady Eagles did better in the fourth with 14 points, but they still lost by 21. Amanda Ware went to war against the Eagles to lead Grantsville with 18 s. points. She also had two Jenny Allen led DHS with eight points andTai Marett added six. LaCol Grant and Jessica Fabrizio tossed in four. Heather Madsen tossed in two and Chelsea Stansfield one. DHS fired in ony eight field goals, and hit 1 1 out of 28 free throws. con-ere- three-pointer- Duchesne nips Tigers by one By Aldon Rachele The score was close at the end with Duchesne just barely winning by one point, 40-3-9 as the Lady Eagles almost gave up seven-poilead in the final two minutes before taking the victory to improve to Thursday evening. Duchesne led 9--8 after one quar7 ter and at the half due to outscoring the Eagles, 10- 9 in the second quarter. The Lady Eagles pumped in 12 more in the third and Tabiona added 11 to find themselves behind by three at 31-2Tabiona outscored Duchesne, 11-- 9 in the fourth, but lost by one. Tracing Casper of Tabiona led all scorers with 25 points, which included six three- pointers. Brittany Gines scored five and Ashlee Giles added four. Amber Pippy scored three and Nikki Bagiey two. Tabiona fired in 11 field goals and hit 1 1 out of 24 free throws. Tai Marett, and Chelsea Stansfield topped Duchesne with eight counters each. Jenny Allen added six and LaCol Grant, Lindsay Mullins, four. Jolynn I vie, Jessica Fabrizio added three and Sara Panas two. Duchesne flipped in 10 field goals and was 20 for 30 from the foul line. nt 4-- 4, 19-1- si h x inr .i ) i l i mu.ci--.Ii- iI M( fires away and hopes S Cirhlai-- Davenport trip. Davenport pumped in some key shots for the Cats. of I Inion x I 8. Men's Basketball GOOD PASS-l.a- dy Cougar Janeen Nelson tries, but fails to get a hand on the incoming basketball. However, Nelson pulled off handy moves for 20 points in a triumph by the Union Cougars over Emery last week. 22-poi- nt Fee: .! $280 per team loams ihat have played in the previous 2 yrs. Will have 1 Over 30 Ext. 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