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Show Union, Altamosit Register Wins; Big Gams Friday Union and Altamont virtually clinched the second and third spots in the Uintah Basin league Friday night as they won clear-cut clear-cut victories over Tabiona and Duchesne. The Cougars beat Tabby 72-56 and the Longhorns trampled the Eagles 55-29. Gary Jessen had another- big night as he drilled the hoop for 26 points to become one of the J top scorers in the state class B flight, and the leader in this division. Myrthan Defa, another fine little sharp-shooter with 21, and husky Del Fabrizio, with 11 were the heavy offensive stars in the Cougar-Tiger game. For the Cougars, three players, Ken-Anderton, Ken-Anderton, Smiley Denver and Craig Hutchings scored 10, and Packy Fenn came through with 11. Coach Allred used 10 players play-ers and each one scored at least 2 points. Jerry Burdick with 12 was high for Duchesne. Union and Altamont, providing provid-ing they keep up the present i pace, should enter the Region Five playoff against two teams from' the other end of the region, reg-ion, Grand-San Juan-Emery division, di-vision, for the third spot in the big meet next month. Friday, the Cougars will meet Duchesne at Duchesne, and Uintah Uin-tah travels to Altamont for the big game of the week. Union's B team easily defeated defeat-ed the baby Tigers at Tabiona 58-18 to run their victory string to 6 without a loss. Ross and Huber were the heavy scorers for the winners and Josie topped top-ped the Tiger scorers. UNION G T F P Anderton 4 4 2 10 Denver 4 2 2 10 Hanson 3 3 2 8 Allred - 1-20 2 Eldredge 3 4 3 9 Broderick 2 3 3 7 Womack 10 0 2 Adams 12 13 Hutchings 5 2 0 10 Fenn 5 5 1 11 TOTALS 29 27 14 72 TABIONA G T F P Roberts 3 4 3 9 White 2 .2 1 5 Fabrizio " 6 16 7 19 M. Defa 6 15 9 21 Pace 110 2 R. Defa 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 38 20 56 Union 22 37 52 72 Tabiona 14 26 35 56 Officials, Anderson and Chris-tensen. Chris-tensen. DUCHESNE G T F P Burdick 4 6 4 12 Young 2 2 0 4 Sprouse 2 4 2 6 Addley 10 0 2 Rowley 14 13 Grant 12 0 2 I TOTALS. 11 18 7 29 1 ALTAMONT I G T F P jFieldsted 3 5 4 10 I Oman 10 0 2 I Hill 0 0 0 0 Goodrich 17 4 6 Hislop 0 0 0 0 Jessen 10 7 6 26 Alexander 0 0 0 0 Thacker 4 119 Farnsworth 10 0 2 TOTALS 20 20 15 55 Duchesne 4 16 26 29 Altamont 12 28 40 55 Officials, Corwin and Coleman Cole-man B Box Scores: UNION "B" G T F P Arrowchis 3 117 Christensen 4 0 0 8 Bailey 2 4 15 Huber 5 1 1 11 Ross 4 4 4 12 Nyberg 2 2 15 Johnson 0 0 0 0 Peck 2 4 0 4 Jensen 1113 Fenn 1 2 1 .3 TOTALS 24 19 10 58 TABIONA "B'' G T F P Jackson 0 4 2 2 Van Tassell 0 4 0 0 Josie 3 10 2 fi UINTAH DIVISION W L Pet. Uintah 5 0 1,000 Union 4 2 .667 Altamont 3 3 ,.500 Tabiona 1 5 .167 Duchesne 1 5 .167 February 19 Results Union 72 - Tabiona 56 Altamont 55 - Duchesne 29 February 26 Schedule Union at Duchesne Uintah at Altamont Giles E. 0 2 11 Giles M. 1 ' 2 1 3 Lazenby 0 0 0 0 Pace 0 4 2 2 Defa 0 0 0 0 Mitchie 0 3 2 2 TOTALS- 4 29 10 18 |