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Show 9 IVtfc 14 Newsprint FVbruuiy 10, 1082 Pair Of Fives Union Drop Spartans During the take-dow- Northwestern Spartans hosted Dixie College and Snow College fora pair of conference games in which they lost both by a 3 point margin. On Friday night four Spartans were in double figures as Dixie downed Pinball Palace Pool On February 3rd at the Pinball Palace, players met for the pool season quarter finals. 'Maddog-Mojad- used 'Medicine Magic apinst Wilkerson in a kneelipments. Nielsen took second at the tournament, and would have done better had it not been for the semi-final- on Mojado. was had out-wrestl- ed . apin suffered through a frustrating hassle with the eight Cont on pg. 17 Wrestlers Make It To State 4-- Tournament wrestlers going to the State Tournament at Weber State Collep on February 12 and Dare Kurt Fisher. Lane Goodrich. Fred Priebe and Cash Fisher. Fleven High Schools had wrestlers competing in region tournaments the past two weeks Regions II and North Summit, 13; South Summit. Park City. South Randolph. Duchesne. Rich, Altamont. East Car- bon. Green River. Monteccllo and White Horse wrestled to the best man as first through fourth places were chosen in each weight class to go to the State Tournament. "Sugar" Ray Leonard Now Training . (Las Vegas) - World Champion Welterweight. Supr' Ray Leonard has bepn' training for his February 13th fight apinst welterweight contender. Bruce Finch. Last Thursday night. Feb. 4th. the Uintah girls basketball team met the Tigers of Orem High in Vernal. Coming here after a two point loss against number one ranked Mu View, the Tigers were ready to meet Sth place Uintah. From the starting Uintah jump-bal- l. pressed full-cour- t, n forcing to within a comfortkeep able striking distance of Orem. Through the fint and turn-ove- second quarters, the Utes were held out of the lead by only four points. Good ball control and rebounding kept the Utes strong in the second half. Even with center Kim Hamblin fouling out early in the third quarter, the team maintained, a strong drive allowing Orem to outscore them by only 145-Lbs- ' 10-- Cougars Blown Out At Grantsville When asked to talk about the bright spots in last weekY Cougar loss to Grantsville. Coach Brad Ray is 73-3- the fourth quarter. ' Orem called two timeouts as Uintah closed again, to within four, and was threatening, but (as it has in games past) it was poor 1 6-- 6 free-thro- w shooting that out-scor- ed plagued the Utes. so 23-poi- nt that when the final buzzer sounded, Orem emerged the victor 48-3- 9. By the end of the 4th quarter, the Utes had their lead to Orem 37. scored one less field Uintah 29. goal than Orem, but the During the four Tigers had made 18 of minutes remaining in Con't on pg. 17 Over-confiden- ce four, but extending UtM waiting lor a rabound . 9-- Monks simply said: There werent any. The loss. UnionY third, coupled with a difficult training at HarrahY in remaining schedule, all but put the Cats in a Reno, in the convention dogfight for the state playoffY. Going into the center on the third Union and Grantsville were tied for the game. floor. His schedule calls . number two position in Region Nine. for training to begin at The Cowboys are still in second after a noon each day and each 0 win o&r the visiting Cougars. convincing session of practice will It was the worst weVe played all year. said last 60 to 90 minutes Coach Monks. There wasnY anything we tried that and will be open to the worked.' public at no cost. They The Cougars' shooting was once apin. their do require that persons downfalL Coach Monks recalled the first major under 21 be accompanhalf the team shot only 28 percent. stats; ied by an adult. But there was more. Union committed plenty of Leonard's last fight was when he knocked turnovers many of which came from bad passes. "We just didnY play smart, said Coach Monks. out WBA Champion. Union was never really in the pme after the fint Thomas Hearns, in the in the first 14th round back on the two minutes. After getting trounced quarter, thinp got worse. In the fourth period the 16th of September. by two points, but those Leonards opponent Cats were only two added a to Grantsville advantage is currently training at the MGM Grand in added up to one of the wont losses of the year. Coach Monks was at a loss to pinpoint the reason Reno, he is the current for such a defeat. was soiqe of the North American BoxGrantsville was most the of reason. problem. ing Federation WelterYouVe got to hand it to them, said the Union weight Champion. The fight is set for the coach. They did what they had to do to beat us. The CougarY strengths this season have been two champions on with the fast break and the outside shooting from February 13th in the the guards. If an opposing team has been able to Coliseum Centennial neutralize those two aspects of UnionY game, there with HBOcoverap. Cont on pg. if 'Sugar Uintah Tough Against Orem High 7-- . In a region wrestling tournament held at the Collep of Southern Utah in Price. Utah. Saturday. Four wrestlers from Altamont High School won their way into State Com- petition. Altamont . 9-- Four Altamont - n 9-- 8. victorious. Meanwhile Dialton and Wilkerson matched up with Dalton taking the win over Wilkerson who . awarding of four, count 'em four, penalty in the ' points given WasatchY 119 Lbs. final. Hadlock lost the championship by one point, He him,' lamented Coach Isom. The points were lost for various infractions as the grapple rs were working from the RefereeY Position. Last yearY 103 Lbs. state champion, Jeff Samuels took third at 126 Lbs. in region this year. His only loss was to the eventual champion, Chris Wilkerson of Morgan. WilkersonY only loss during the. regular season was to Samuels. San JuanY Joe Grisham was the fourth place winner, falling to' Samuels in the consolation championship by a 6 score. UnionY other senior, Brent Cundall at 132 Lbs., lost a close 2 championship match to Brian Young of Wasatch. It was only two weeks ago that Cundall won the first match between the two in a 0 shutout. They could meet apin this week. Kenny Anderton failed to place at his 138 Lbs. weight. After losing his first match, he won his second before being eliminated. Anderton was the third place finisher in state last year. 'HeY been ptting better and better.' said Coach Isom, about the CouprY champ, Mervin Glines. Prior to a. 6 winjy decision over Kurt Basher of Emery,' he registered a solid pin in his second match. Another Union consoltation winner was Laird Hamblin at 133 Lbs; After losing to Kyle Wilson, Morgan, the eventual champion, Hamblin defeated his San Juan opponent by two points for third place. Despite a second round pin, Charles Percival failed to place in the 167 Lbs. bracket. Ken Winn fared better with a strong second place showing in the 183 Lbs. division. Coach Isom said Winn 'has finally come along since the start of the season. Ross Bethers of Wasatch only managed a 2 decision over an opponent he had pinned earlier in the year. The Cats heavyweight hopeful Gar Powell brought a fourth place finish home. 'All of his matches were dose,' said Coach Isom. Coach Isom was generally pleased with his grapplers performance. The elimination of Anderton at 138 Lbs. was a disappointment and both Nielsen and Cundall should have been champions, but the Couprs are still in a good position to bring home a state championship according to the coach. Finishing behind Union and Wasatch in order were Emery. Morgan. Moab. and Lehi. Mike-Jense- ; Chasel was set to defeat Mojado in the championship game but 'Maddog , er, n't on pg. 20 took ns 3-- Shelley Sefabbo, B.B. Williams. Janet Man Glen battle of the unsinkable eight ball to win his first match and advance to s. the Bill Chasel who had previously won over Yancy Dalton, then dual in er . 70-6- 3. Mc-Co- Cougar-Pione- Roosevelt, Coach Isom pushed Cuch into with Gray. The strategy trading worked to the Lehi grapplerY advantap as he and managed a draw. 'It put Cuch on his back of match, said Isom. kind was the same Needless to say, the coach didn't ask for anything but the win. Bardett Fausett, last yearll state champ at 98 Lbs., could be headed for is double after winning region in the 103 Lbs. division. Jimi Manheimer of San Juan was the victim of a 2 decision. The match was not that close, Fausaett sllowed only a revrrwl in the second period. Farrell McCook Unions dominated his final opponent almost as much as he overpowered the rest of his competition. San Juan's Freddie Isosie also scored two on the Coupr grappler. McCook racked up 20 points, though. One of only two seniors on the team, McCook pinned all his opponents except his final one. According to Coach Isom, 'McCook had Isosie on his back 'four or five times but couldn't pin the guy.' The one question mark for Union at region was the fill-i- n performance of Davcy Nielsen. The junior varsity performer went in place of . the injured Stacey Hadlock, out with torn past weekend the Alan 13 Cont Irampg. (RANGELY) This Northwestern 1 Wmttera Win |
