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Show "Packy" Turns Nineteen, Still Eligible For Remainder Of School Year; Play-off Games & Sites Considered Rumors heard the past week that Uintah High School was protesting pro-testing the use of Richard 'Packy' Fenn, indicating he had reached his 19th birthday and would not be eligible to play out the rest of the season, are unfounded. It's true, Packy celebrated his 19th birthday on Feb. 5, but the second semester at Union High began on Jan. 17, which makes him eligible to play out the current year. According to Loman F. Htuch-ings Htuch-ings there has never been any kind of an inquiry come to his office concerning eligibility of any of their players from any other school in the Basin. Uintah and all the other schools in the district, dis-trict, as well as the Utah Activities Activi-ties Association, have received a list of all Union's players, showing show-ing their birthdays, and other information in-formation pertinent to eligibility. This information is supplied at the beginning of the season by each school. The Utah High School Activities Activi-ties Association rules specify that if a high school athlete reaches his nineteenth birthday during the first semester, he will not be eligible eli-gible for competition the second semester. In other words, a youngster young-ster can play on any kind of an athletic team until the end of the semester in which he becomes nineteen. Therefore, boosters for Union High in the present basketball season sea-son can relax "Packy" Fenn will still be playing for the Cougars, if and when they meet the Utes in a playoff for the title of the Uintah Division of Region 5. Play-off Sites Considered Mention of a possible play-off between Uintah and Union brings to mind a bit more basketball news concerning the third annual play-off between the second and third teams in the Uintah and the San Juan-Emery-Grand Division. This game will be played somewhere some-where in the Basin. According to an agreement, the team finishing second in the Uintah Division this year is eligible to be host to the two-day tournament. This is contingent con-tingent on the ability to handle a crowd sufficient to pay expen-mont, expen-mont, (Uintah has to play alt three, and Union only has the latter lat-ter two teams on schedule), then one of them would be the host team to the play-off. If the Cougars Cou-gars win their final two games and Uintah should lose one, the Utes would be the second place team and the Cougars would have a berth in the big tournament March 18-21. If the order were reversed, then the Utes would be the winners and Union would have to enter the local play-off. If the Cougars and Utes go the rest of the way without losing a game, they will end in a tie, and a play-off would have to be arranged. ar-ranged. If this happens and the UHSAA gives approval, the tie-breaking tie-breaking game would very likely like-ly go to Rangely, Colorado. It is understood both schools are quite favorable to this site rather than traveling to Heber City, or to Pro-vo Pro-vo for a game in BYU field house. Time and a few more ball games will answer this big question, ses. Unless something unpredictable happens wherein Uintah or Union lose one of their remaining games to Tabiona, Duchesne, or Alta-Another Alta-Another Tie Possible There is another tie that is very possible. Duchesne's upset of Altamont last Friday could easily result in these two fine teams ending end-ing all tied up for third place. And since the play-off of the two divisions di-visions in Region Five calls for second and third place teams to enter the tournament, there again time and a couple of ball games can offer the answer. This is sure the Basin will be the hosts to the Region Five play-off the winner of the tournament getting the third place in the class "B" tournament. Union won last year at Monticello, after finishing second sec-ond to Uintah. |
