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Show Vikings Finally Lose One on Saturday Night It was a long cold ride, but the Vikings were red hot when they got there, and won their Region VI opener, 73-40 over Uintah High at Vernal. With a tight man to man defense keeping the Utes a-way a-way from the basket and a free-wheeling offense, PI. Grove controlled the game from start to finish. Allred, Hamann and Bean scored in double figures, with Allred having his best night of the year with 24. Tomorrow night, Friday, Dec. 22, Pleasant Grove will host American Fork. Because Be-cause of scheduling changes due to Region shifts, this is the first time A.F. has played play-ed in the Viking gym for several years. A large crowd is expected for the 7:30 p.m. tipoff. In a non-league encounter encoun-ter played last Saturday, PI. Grove battled Judge Memorial Memor-ial to a 83-77 score, with Judge coming out ahead. The game was one of the most exciting displays of fast break basketball seen for many years. Both teams played well and the Vikings proved their 6-1 season record rec-ord so far this year is no fluke. This was the first game they have losqt. PI. Grove 73 Uintah 40 Hamann 6 7-8 19 Allred 11 2-2 24 Bean 7 0-2 14 Adamson 3 2-2 8 Eyre 0 0-2 0 Shoell 1 2-2 4 Lott 1 0-1 2 Murdock 1 0-0 2 Pleasant Grove 77 Judge 83 Hamann 8 0-2 16 Allred 6 5-7 17 Bean 5 4-5 14 Adamson 7 5-6 19 Eyre 2 2-3 6 Shoell 2 1-2 5 |