Show Cougars down Uintah in overtime Thriller for first Meet Duchesne in week's feature Predictions that the basketball game last Friday between Union and Uintah would be a close one were as right as rain And those who suggested the outcome of the would be a toss-up were just as It was anybody's ball game through a full regulation game and the three-minute until Glendon Malnar split the strings with a jump shot with 2 seconds left in the overtime period to give the cougars a The opening game of the season for Union and the Ute's second affair was a thriller-diller all the and except for a quick spurt by the in the first two minutes and a retaliation period by the Cougars late in the second when both teams took the game was as close as the next Sparked Cougars Although Malnar's which broke the tie with two seconds showing on the was the basket that gave the Cougars a deserving it was the clutch shooting and hustle of a bespectacled Von who entered the game in the fourth period that gave the Cougars the punch they seemed to have lost He stole the outsmarted the opposition and made three much-needed baskets from the field and a foul shot to bring Union hick into the ball game The Utes came from behind to take a brief but Swain's shooting overcame the lead and things were all tied up at when the regulation game time ended UINTAH DIVISION Won Lost Duchesne 2 0 Union 1 0 Uintah 1 1 Altamont 0 1 0 2 FRIDAY'S Duchesne Tabiona 46 Union Uintah 45 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE January Union at Duchesne Tabiona at Altamont Uintah Bye The Utes took off in the early of the game with Garry Sutton and Jim Mc-Naughton finding the range quickly in what looked like a rout in favor of the Fred Evans and Terry Mitchell closed the gap from to as the first quarter Uintah began making the same kind of mistakes in the second quarter the Cougars were making early in the and Union bounded into lead by five which they held through the third Uintah was not counted out and before the fourth quarter was two minutes the Utes had taken a lead with three quick From then on the lead changed hands several times as each team made a basket It was the single performance of Von Swain that saved the game for the Cougars His foul pitch and a field goal tied up the game at forcing the Malnar Came Through Two field goals by Glendon Malnar and a foul pitch by Fred Evans consisted of the scoring for Union in the overtime period and that was all the Cougars Uintah missed several fine chances to score from the field Their scoring consisted of three from the foul line in the Eagles Stop Tigers As Coach Jerry Christensen's Duchesne Eagles made a successful invasion of up Tabiona way and won a game to take the lead in the Uintah Rob Rowley led the Eagles with 20 18 from the to sound a warning that their win over Altamont the week before was no fluke Lonnie with led the Tiger scoring Friday night will find one of the league leaders Duchesne or in second They meet at Duchesne in the feature hassle of the Lose Game Uintah team overcame an IS-point deficit to beat the Baby Cougars in the preliminary game at Union It was a tough loss for the Union kids who saw three of their first-string players leave the game via the personal foul The Cougars were ahead as much as 21 points at one when they lost their top three the little Utes took over and won the DUCHESNE TABIONA 46 DUCHESNE G T F P Rowley 9 5 2 20 Cowan 0 0 0 0 S. Lott 4 4 2 10 Lewis 3 6 6 12 Kielbasa 2 7 6 10 Carmen 10 0 2 Stutz 12 2 4 Moon 12 13 C Lott 0 2 11 Hayes 0 0 0 0 Peatross 0 0 0 0 Total 21 28 20 62 TABIONA G T F P Garble 4 9 6 14 Defa 0 2 2 2 Giles 12 0 2 Gines 4 4 19 L 2 3 15 M 2 6 4 8 Webb 3 2 0 6 Total 16 28 14 46 Duchesne 18 30 48 62 Tabiona 16 22 23 46 UNION UINTAH 45 UINTAH G T F P Sutton 4 5 4 12 Snyder 13 13 Pope 0 4 2 2 Bingham 3 3 0 6 Wright 4 2 0 S Horrocks 0 0 0 0 Lee 0 2 2 2 4 5 1 12 Total 16 24 13 45 UNION G T F P 0 2 0 0 Swain 3 2 17 War die 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 3 7 4 10 Ross 2 26 Allied 0 10 0 Hutchings 0 10 0 Malnar 3 7 5 11 Evans 5 8 3 13 Total 16 30 15 47 Uintah 13 19 28 Union 10 24 33 42 47 |