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Show Union's Cougars Finish Successful Grid Season Union High School's Cougars, unsuccessful un-successful in their try for state footbal laurels, hung up their togs last Saturday after sampling some of the high-powered gridiron wares of Taft Watts' Millard Eagles in a quarterfinal game at Fillmore Friday. The score was 33 to 0 in a game that was never in doubt from the time Millard's superb quarterback Glade Nixon returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and ran over the extra point to make it 7 to 0. Disastrous as was the single defeat, the Cougars could look back on a thrilling season which saw them capture seven consecutive consecu-tive Region Six battles to emerge as undisputed champions in their first year in the tough loop. 7 Out of 10 The season's total was seven victories, two losses and a tie. The losses, oddly enough, were in the first and last games, the first being 13 to 7 to Rangely. A 6-6 tie with Lehi came in the second game of the year. Coaches Ted Heath and Glen Allred uncorked at least two new trick passing and running plays in the Millard game but the alert Eagle backs had them figured shortly and Union never found the spark to keep them going. The Eagle defenders figuring out the Union plays so quickly indicated . that Coach Watts had the Cougars (Continued on Back Page) FOOTBALL SEASON ENDS (Continued on Back Page) thoroughly scouted through much of the season. Union couldn't make a first down until just before the half ended. Twice the Cougars moved deep in Eagle territory and each time were stopped near paydirt. In the fourth period, Union crossed the goal on a pass from Kenny Benson to Shirl Rawlings but a Union lineman was offside and it was called back. Even Terms After Nixon's startling run, the two teams battled on fairly even terms in the first quarter, although Union could make little or no yardage. In the second quarter, Millard moved the ball to the Cougar 35 and Nixon hurled a long pass right down the middle for a touchdown. A few minutes later, Nixon romped about 40 yards and the 'Eagles kicked the extra point to go ahead 19-0 at the half. To start the second half, Union received and appeared to pick up steam, with Norman Dye picking up yardage and Union's new plays working to 'some extent. But two drives fizzled out and, before the quarter ended, the unforgettable unforget-table Nixon dashed through Union defenders for 50 yards and another touchdown. The extra point made it 26-0. Move To 10 Nixon added another, as if it were needed, in the final stanza and Union got up enough steam to move tothe 10, from where the move to the 10, from where the The loss to Millard seemed to be a continuation of a gradual Union slump that started at the time Union began to have trouble overcoming conference foes. In each of their last three games, Uintah, North Summit and' Sou'-Summit, Sou'-Summit, the Cougars had to come from behind and had few res' opportunities to get their speed; offense moving. For 1957, the whole team is ; big question mark, with graduation taking every member of the firr offensive eleven, leaving only sucr. first-line sophomores and junior; as Glendon Malnar, Gordon Bascom, Bas-com, Clarence Beal, Jerry M. Mur-ray Mur-ray and others. Gone will be this offensive firs: team: Ends Gary McDonald ant Shirl Rawlings, Tackles Ken Bis-tian Bis-tian (Co-Capt.) and Larry Jense-. Guards Reed Harrison and Max Collotzi; Center Bob Labrum (Co-Capt.); (Co-Capt.); Quarterback Kenny Benson: Halfbacks Norman Dye, and Keith Horrocks and Fullback Calii; Morrill. |