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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports INTRO TO BOULDERING The PC MARC’s Intro to Bouldering clinic teaches essential indoor bouldering skills. Classes will cover basics like hanging, weighting your feet and flowing movements. The class runs Jan. 9 to Jan. 30 on Tuesdays, 4:45-5:45 p.m. The cost is $35. Ages eight and up are welcome. For more information and to register, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400. YOUTH PICKLEBALL CLINIC The PC MARC will hold youth pickleball clinics on Mondays, 2-3 p.m from Jan. 8 and Feb. 12. The fee is $30, or $9 after scholarships. The clinics are available to 8th- to 12th-graders. Register by Jan. 4 at parkcityrecreation. org or call 615-5400. TEEN DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT This month’s Teen Jam Night (Jan. 5 at the Basin Rec Fieldhouse) will be a dodgeball tournament. Created for people 13 and older in mind, the event is $4 to enter, and will include dodgeball and access to other games following the tournament. The tournament is scheduled to run from 7-9 p.m. Pizza and snacks will be available for purchase. Register online at www.basinrecreation.org or drop-in the day of with a non-perishable food item. For additional information, contact Sydney Bull at 435-655-0999 ext. 16. Please see Sports briefs, B-4 HOW A BOULDERING NORDIC VENUES OFFER GYM SETS IT ROUTES, B-2 WINDOW FOR SKIING, B-3 www.parkrecord.com B-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, DECEMBER 30, 2017-JANUARY 2, 2018 Tragedy, triumph mark Park City sports Reflecting on some of 2017’s biggest moments in sports BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Hello 2018, goodbye 2017. This year, the Park City community outdid itself again as high school and professional athletes alike demonstrated the depth of the city’s athletic talent. But like any year, it was not without loss. Here are the top five stories of 2017. 5. Picabo Street inducted into Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame Picabo Street -- dedicated mom, Parkite and Super G Olympic champion – was honored by the Alf Engen Ski Museum as an inductee into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in September. Street is a central figure among American skiing lore and has invested in Park City’s future through the Picabo Street Academy – which primarily offers education for athletes that have nontraditional schedules because of competition. She joins the ranks of Alf Engen, Stein Eriksen, Woody Anderson, and Meeche White (cofounder of the National Ability Center). “It’s kind of embarrassing to be at the center of it, because quite frankly, as a mom, you’re on the back burner, and I just have been so busy paying it forward, so to be honored tonight is hitting me in the pit of my belly,” she said before her induction. “It’s taking me all the way back, and I just hope that the legacy of this inspires more kids to do the same thing and believe they can do it no matter where they come from. This is one of those that as you get older you really realize what it means, you realize what you’ve left, and that’s happening currently.” She said this year she is rooting for Lindsey Vonn. PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Switzerland’s Rico Peter, Alex Baumann, Simon Frieldi and Martin Meier slide through curve four at the Utah Olympic Park’s bobsled and skeleton track as the sun sets on Saturday, Nov. 18. Park City has played an outsized roll in the lead up to the 2018 Winter Games, providing venues for World Cup events and supporting Olympic hopefuls. 4. Olympic Athletes gear up for 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games Park City is essentially a farm for Olympic athletes. In 2014, 64 Olympic hopefuls had connections to Park City and many came up through the Youth Sports Alliance’s local programs. This year is shaping up similarly, with dozens of Park City athletes jostling for spots on the national team. From up-and-comers like freeskiers Alex Hall and Colby Stevenson and skeleton racer Andrew Blaser to veterans like Ted Ligety, Sarah Hendrickson and the Fletcher brothers, Taylor and THE COLONY AT WHITE PINE C ANYON Bryan, there has been no shortage of contenders coming out of Park City. Hendrickson was also at the center of internal debates about how athletes are funded when she told the press at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit she would be self-funding her Olympic efforts after not meeting podium requirements established by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Shortly after, the women’s ski jumping team was brought under the wing of U.S. Ski and Snowboard, which helps cover its athletes’ travel and competition fees. Park City has also played an important role in the events leading up to the Winter Games, such as hosting bobsled and skeleton World Cup events, continental cups in freestyle skiing and bobsledding and skeleton, hosting Team Trials for Nordic combined and ski jumping, plus the freestyle World Cups coming to Deer Valley in January. Considering all the ways Park City is involved in winter sports, it’s likely several athletes will represent the town in Pyeongchang – if they are not already local legends, they are legends in the making. Please see Top Five, B-4 | PA R K CI T Y U TA H ONE WAY TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL IS TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL. Nestled in the middle of Park City Mountain’s 7300 acres you will find The Colony, which offers stunning landscapes and unparalleled privacy. And come this winter, our much anticipated Meadow Lots are set to be released. With each expansive home site offering spectacular views and “right out your door” skiing and snowboarding, putting you right in the middle of it all. Less than twenty build-ready lots are currently available and the chance to call The Colony home won’t last forever. Schedule your exclusive tour today by contacting our sales team at 435.649.3411 or visiting thecolonywpc.com. LISTED BY: Bob Marsh Kurt Peterson Bronson Calder This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy to residents of any state or jurisdiction in which the registration requirements for such an offering have not been fulfilled. |