Show Eagles and Cougars drop Uintah and Altamont to send Uintah Basin league in four-way Top scorers for week are Stutz Present standings in the Uintah basketball league are about as scrambled OS a cheese omelet following last weekend Many Friday morning quarterbacks in and about the Basin had ideas of what would happen Friday night and called their shots true They predicted the of would cut down the Utes of Uintah- and them down they did to the tunc of They also had ideas that the Union Cougars would stop the rodeo and this also happened with Union whipping Altamont to 37 Not all the was being done by Duchesne and who vaulted Into tic with Uintah and for the league The followers of the Tigers at Tabiona did a lot of whooping and hollering as they won their first league game In half a dozen or more years as they waxed Manila to climb out of the Sophomore Leads Way A 5 9 Loal who moved into Duchesne last fall with an oil was the thorn in the side of the Utes as he sparked the Eagles with a brilliant shooting exhibition and floor Another outstanding performance was turned in by Gary Eagle who teamed with Brennise to contribute 18 counters and take the lead in the scoring race in the Division He has scored 47 points in three for a average Duchesne's disposal of Uintah was a tram victory for Coach Mirl who had his kids up for this one He used six players and each came through in fine style And they did it with full strength in the Ute lineup as Jim had checked back into the lineup after an accident thai sidelined for a few weeks The big all-state football end led the Utes with 15 but they didn't quite have what it took that night to win their third one Union looked Good Brent Hutchings and Walt led the Cougars to a Well-earned and convincing win over the Longhorns on their own floor to stop the victory cm I. FADER Walter played star role in Cougars' Win over Altamont as Union shares lead with three other I march of the 1969 division Brent had a good night as he jumped and drove in for seven field goals and 5 for 7 from the foul line to take high scoring honors with Walt was death on his Shots as he broke down the Longhorns defenses with 10 from the field Chris Groves in the lineup for Von Swain who had the contributed plenty to success of the Cougar Brent Fisher Phil Lyons and Lloyd Burton tried hard to stem the Cougar and in the first quarter they played on even But the shooting of Hutchings and end the air-tight defense of Coach Haynie's kids were too much for the champs to cope with Lead All the Way With Mike Lynn Turn bow and Daryl Peterson leading the offensive the Tigers took off early in the first period and led the Mustangs from Manila all the The trio scored 15 12 and 14 points as little Tabiona shoved Manila into the cellar where Tabby had been for so many They also served notice they won't be In their own Altamont At Uintah Friday's games this week find Duchesne traveling to the Manila Union entertaining and Altamont moving over to Uintah to test the Utes on their own floor The quarterbacks say a tie is predicted this week MORE BASKETBALL with the favorites to win being Uintah and Duchesne But as we can happen this year Altamont s junior varsity humiliated the Kittens of Union when they soundly trounced them soundly for a very impressive win The Box Union oi t F p Glines 9 5 15 Bastian 2 12 5 Moore 3 Hutchings 7 1 5 19 5 0 0 10 Swain 2 0 14 3 roves 13 3 5 TOTALS 19 16 20 54 Altamont T F P Lyons 2 0 4 4 Jacobsen 8 Pace 3 Williams 0 3 0 3 Burton 3 2 1 8 Iorg 12 2 4 Fisher 3 5 4 11 TEAM STANDING Won Lost Altamont 2 1 Union 2 1 Duchesne 2 1 Uintah 2 i Tabiona 1 2 Manila 0 3 Friday's Results Tabiona Manila 30 Duchesne Uintah 59 Union Altamont 37 Tills Week's Schedule Altamont at Uintah Tabiona at Union Duchesne at Manila Tidwell oioi TOTALS 11 15 19 37 Union 16 30 40 54 Altamont 14 24 31 37 Manila G T F P Bruce 13 19 Goggins 3 10 6 La ri more 0 10 0 2 Christensen 2 0 0 4 Elmer 2 0 0 4 10 0 2 Perry 12 13 TOTALS 14 8 2 30 Tabiona a T F P Turn bow 6 7 0 12 Jones 10 0 2 Wadsworth 8 4 2 S Defa 0 0 0 0 Peterson 5 8 4 14 Rhoades 0 2 11 Moon 16 0 2 Craner 7 4 1 15 TOTALS 23 31 S 54 Manila 5 15 24 30 Tabiona 16 24 38 54 Duchesne G T F P Wright 3 0 0 6 Lee 2 2 15 Roberts 2 7 7 11 McKechnie 3 2 2 8 McNaughton 4 10 7 IS Horrocks 3 3 1 7 Vernon 3 3 17 Chivers 0 10 0 TOTALS 20 28 10 59 I G T F Pj Carman 10 0 2 Stutz 5 12 8 18 Lott 2 9 18 Kielbasa 4 4 2 10 Tanner 14 2 4 Brennise 7 7 6 20 TOTALS 20 36 22 62 Uintah 10 22 42 59 Duchesne 18 31 48 62 |