Show Utes scalp Cougars to win trip to state Friday games will end 1962 play There can be little doubt In the minds of anyone who saw the Cougar-Ute game at Vernal Lost Thursday that Uintah is the best team in the Uintah Basin Those fired up of Coach Bart Johnson clearly demonstrated superiority over Union's as they took the lead in the first minutes of the game kept a safe margin throughout the contest BY VIRTUE OF their victory over the Utes assured themselves of a place In the Class B tournament to be held in the BYU Field-house in With Jim Dennis Oaks and Tommy Murray leading the Uintah made their title-clinching victory a very impressive one as they bottled up the Cougar offense and hit with consistent regularity from outside to win going Murray scored 21 points for high Gordon with and Doyle with led the Cougars In the score-making Allen Brown and Steve Aycock did a fair job on defense and collected a few Coach Paul was without the services of his regular Glen who sprained an ankle earlier in the THE did grab a piece of the honors Thursday night as Coach Phil Ellis' Baby Cats won a thriller from the Papooses of Uintah to avenge an earlier defeat by the kids who are tutored by Glen ex-coach at the Cougar It was some fancy and timely shooting by Chad in the second half that won the game for He poured 18 points through the hoop and played a fine floor game from his guard Lance who has been the strong boy for the also turned in another fine game and scored Others who played in the game that gives Union and Uintah a tie for first in the JV department were Terry Keith Dick Moore and Ricky NED ANDERTON continued his as the took the Tigers from Tabiona on the Ron with and Ralph with added to the total points for Steve Rhoades scored 12 to take high honors for Altamont was given a battle from Manila who made an interesting contest of their game at Ross Bleazard was high scorer in the game with Larry Cook had 13 for the visiting FRIDAY WILL climax the 1962 basketball season when Duchesne entertains the Altamont travels to and Uintah will invade A win at Duchesne for the Eagles over and a win at Tabiona for Altamont could conclude the season with three Duchesne and Altamont tied for second Their relative standings are Union Duchesne and Altamont have Tabiona and Manila will end the year in fifth and sixth place regardless of Friday's All games will be by the Junior Varsity preliminaries at The Box Union G T F P Jennings 6 7 6 18 Brown 2 2 15 Nielson 0 0 0 0 Aycock 17 5 7 STANDING OF TEAMS Region Eight W L Uintah 8 1 Union 6 3 Duchesne 5 4 Altamont 5 4 Tabiona 3 6 Manila 0 9 Last Week's Results Uintah Union 44 Duchesne Tabiona 35 Altamont Manila Friday's Schedule Union at Duchesne Altamont at Tabiona Uintah at Manila Labrum 0 1 0 O Spencer 0 5 3 3 5 3 1 11 Dart 0 0 0 O TOTALS 14 25 16 Uintah G T F P Oaks 4 3 2 10 Vernon 5 4 1 11 Belcher 2 0 0 A. Shiner 14 2 4 Murray 4 15 13 21 Caldwell 2 2 15 Weeks 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 23 19 55 Union 10 22 31 44 Uintah 15 27 40 55 Tabiona G T F V Rhoades 2 9 7 11 Carlile 12 13 Giles 3 1 0 C Craner 0 0 0 0 Pace 3 3 3 9 Casper 3 2 0 6 TOTALS 12 17 11 35 Duchesne G T F P 6 3 0 12 Wimmer 2 10 Anderton 8 11 4 24 Stutz 7 1 Bench 2 2 15 Young 0 2 0 0 Bishop 10 0 2 2 0 0 4 TOTALS 30 16 6 66 Tabiona 8 14 20 35 Duchesne 12 30 51 66 Manila G T F P 5 6 2 12 Wood 3 0 0 6 Cook 4 10 5 13 Briggs 0 10 5 5 Henry 3 2 17 Johnson 0 10 0 Harrison 0 2 11 TOTALS 15 34 14 44 Altamont G T F P 5 0 0 10 Iorg 2 Miles 0 5 3 3 Swasey 0 2 11 Case 14 4 6 Hanberg 4 0 0 8 Bleazard 7 2 2 16 Goodrich 3 0 0 6 Thacker 10 0 2 TOTALS 22 16 10 Manila 11 25 32 Altamont 11 35 49 |