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Show Union Holds Lead With 52-39 Win C:cr Tabiona; Eagles Beat Longhorns; Duchesne-Cougar Battle In Spotlight Union High School retained i its hold on the Uintah Division basketball league lead Friday night as they overcame a fighting fight-ing Tabiona team 52-39 on the Tiger's home floor. The Eagles from Duchesne took a firmer clutch on third place as they won a thriller-diller from the Longhorns at Altamont, 59-57. It was another brother act at Tabiona as Basil Defa and his kid brother, Myrthan collected a total of 33 of the 39 points the Tigers chalked up against the Cougars from Union. Basil hit 15 and Myrthan rang the bell for 18. Ken Nickell and Gordon Eldredge with an even dozen points each led the Cougars, Team Standings Union 3 0 1,000 Uintah 2 1 .667 Duchesne 2 1 .667 Tabiona . 1 3 .250 Altamont 0 3 .000 Results Last Week Union 52 - Tabiona 39 Duchesne 59 - Altamont 57 Carbon 59 - Uintah 43 Union 47 - Carbon 40 Games This Week (Friday) Union at Duchesne, 6:45 - 8 p.m. Uintah at Altamont 6:45 - 8 p.m. Tabiona, bye with Byre'll Lamb's total for the night being 10. Erl Simpson, hotter than a firecracker for the visiting Eagles as this clever little forward for-ward hit from the field 11 times and collected 2 for 2 on the foul line for an even 24 points, which is the top scoring figure in league play in the league. Bob Fieldstead lead the Longhorns Long-horns with 15, followed closely by Curtis Dastrup with 14. While all this was going on at Tabiona and Altamont, the Utes from Uintah were dropping a 43-59 practice tilt to the visiting visit-ing Dinosaurs from Carbon High School at Price. , - After trailing the Dinosaurs who came to Roosevelt Saturday night for a game with the Cougars, Cou-gars, for most of the ball game. Union caught fire in the last quarter to score 17 points after tieing the game up at 30-30 at the end of the third period. By-rell By-rell Lamb, who couldn't find his range the fore part of the game, came into the lineup late in the third period and completely com-pletely baffled the Dinos with his quick set-shots. Gordon Eldredge, El-dredge, the only Cougar to play all the way, again proved his worth to the Cougars as he tied with Lamb at 13 for top scoring honors, and played a fine all-around all-around game. No doubt this big junior has earned himself a starting spot on Coach Glen All-red's All-red's team he's the most improved im-proved ball player in the division. divi-sion. Friday night the Cougars lay their lead on the line as they travel to Duchesne to greet the |
