Show Cougars end Ute with grid victory last Will host Lehi Pioneers in Thursday game The the Uintah have held over Union for three years was broken last Friday when the Cougars came roaring back after a scoreless first half to push over a pair of touchdowns to defeat Uintah in the annual meeting of these two UNION SCORED early In the third quarter after taking the and with Steve Malnar running things from the quarterback the Union Cats were able to move the ball deep into Uto and a pitch-out from Malnar to Gordon Harmston on the moved the ball into pay dirt to give his team a Gordon's place kick for the extra point was The score came early in the fourth period on a pass interception on the Cougars' Uintah made only real sustained drive toward the goal line as they combined a couple of passes and some nice plays through the line for their with Curg Belcher making the THE UTES TRIED an kick after their touchdown that Paul alert Cougar downed on their own Malnar again handled his team like a and with a pass to some nice runs by George and the Cougars moved to the line where Steve went over on a quarterback Again the extra point try by Harmston wide of its but the TD was enough to give the Union squad a well-deserved win over the tough the Cougars were the best They racked up 11 first downs to 8 for Uintah's and their yardage gained from rushing and passing was proportionately about the IX THE TEX YEARS since Union and Uintah began their grid the Cougars have quite the from a gamo won and lost They have won lost and tied Some history on the contests played from the fall of the year Union was to the present time was gathered by this It was found that the Cougars were almost complete masters over the Utes from the first game which ended for In a rain-soaked game later that fall the two teams battled to a Then through 1955 and the Utes were able to win only one game from the Cougars and that was the second game in EASILY the first contest in then with five of his regulars sitting on the bench with Coach Eldon Wright's kids lost a But that was the last win the Utes were able to rack up until 1957 when they began their rule which lasted through three 58 and The Utes took the game and won by impressive scores the next two It might be interesting to review the scores of games up to 1957 when the Cougars and Utes were placed in Region 7 where they now In 1956 Union went through an undefeated season as a member of Region 6 and met the tough Millard Eagles at Fillmore in the losing That year they defeated the Utes on their own SCORES FROM 1951 through 1956 arc as and and and and Only one game during the season has been played by these two teams since when they taken from Region S and placed in 6 and UNION'S WIN LAST Friday was a team victory with every youngster in the game contributing his small the play of a couple of Paul Watkins and Jim was particularly These two kids stopped many a drive the Utes tried to get going with their charging and We liked the looks of Co-captains George Gordon and Kelly and Steve Malnar at Mac Murray left the game early after sustaining a leg He was playing a fine game in the center post before his THIS WEEK THE Cougars will be pointing to their second home league game when the highly touted Pioneers front Lehi come to This is set for 3 p.m. |