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Show I Thursday, December?, 1978 Page 5 !Racers Will Be ;er Andre Park City jumped to an 18-6 18-6 lead over Piute in the early going last Friday night but a defensive change by the Thunderbirds turned the tables on the Miners, and the result was 60-53 loss. Friday's away-game defeat marked the third consecutive con-secutive pre-season loss for Park City, which was touted as one of the top 1-A teams before the balls started bouncing. The latest disappointment disap-pointment was the result of Park City's inability to solve zone defenses combined with a third quarter letdown that transformed a tie ball game into a five-point catchup affair. af-fair. Despite the loss. Miner coach Bruce Reid noted some positive aspects of his squad's performance during the very physical contest. "The intensity of our play improved tremendously," Reid observed. "We made a sincere attempt to get every loose ball. There were bodies all over the court diving for the ball." Can't Heat Zone Piute employed a man-toman defense through the early minutes of the second quarter and Park City feasted on it. Junior Marty Cowin led the assault with 12 first quarter points and the Miners enjoyed an 18-fi bulge before the Thunderbirds figured out they were being ouimanned man-to-man. The momentum changed quickly when Piute went to a zone defense. Park City was unable to penetrate or to hit from the outside and a 12-point 12-point lead turned to a two-point, two-point, 27-25, deficit bv the half. "We went down dominating the game to being dominated," Reid said School Goes To Court For Transfer Students Transfer students Ben Schnirel and Kip Foote have been declared ineligible to compete in scholastic athletics by the Utah High School Activities Association and the Park City School District was scheduled to go to court Wednesday, Dec. 6 in an effort to have that ruling overturned. J ' v.. 0 " -- Ben Schnirel Kip Foote Schnirel is a senior on the basketball team who transferee! trans-feree! to Park High from East High this year. Foote, a junior who played football 'I Monday. "We lacked confidence con-fidence in our outside shooting and we weren't doing a good job of penetrating and splitting the zone." The coach noted that Cowin and senior Dave Radford Rad-ford will have to shoot more from the perimeter for Park City to be effective against the zone. "We didn't shoot enough." Reid commented. Park City was beaten even though it connected on more than 50 percent of its shots from the floor. Poor free throw shooting also hurt the Miners. They hit on less than fill percent of their charity tries and missed the front end of numerous one-and-one situations. Letdown Although their lead was erased by the zone. Park City played aggressively and managed to knot the score ai :S5 all in the third quarter. Hut mental errors at this juncture changed the complexion com-plexion of the game dramatically. Piute was called for a foul The Miners thought it should ( have, been a .shoojmg foul but the" referees gave themv 'the ball out of bounds' Yn stead. Irritated by the call. Park City was less than alert. Their in-bounds pass was intercepted by the Thunderbirds and converted into an easy layup. On the play, Cowin was assessed a technical foul for slapping the backboard. Piute made the free throw, retained possession of the ball and scored another basket. In a matter of seconds, an opportunity to go two points up was transformed into a five-point nightmare and also is a member of the basketball squad, attended Judge Memorial before entering en-tering the local high school this year. The activities association requires that transfer students sit out one year before participating in scholastic sports. According to Dr. Jack Dozier, Park High principal, the rule is applicable only to students transferring to schools which lie outside the school district in which they live. He said Foote's family has lived in the Park City area lor u years and IT LOUIS CARDINALS' (QUARTERBACK IS VETERAN JIM HART WHO HAS HAD SOME GOOD AND NOT-SO-GOOD YEARS AS A PASSER SINCE HE JOINED THE CLUB. IN THE 1977 CAMPAIGN, JIM COMPLETED 52.3 OF THE 3S4 PASSES HE HEAVED. 13 OF THEM WENT FOR IUULHUOWN5. fl p3N ONE OF JIM'S FAVORITE. TARGETS in '77 WAS SPEEDY MEL 6RAY WHO SNARED 39 RASSES 5 FOR TOOCHDcmlS. Another Mistake Still battling, the local cagers pulled to within three with 27 seconds left in the game. With Piute leading 56-50 at the 30 second mark, Radford sank a foul shot and Park City grabbed the rebound. Tim King made the basket and was fouled After a strategy timeout. King's free throw went in. apparently making the score 56-54. But Mark Uriarte was called for a lane violation and the point was nullif ied. The Thunderbirds got the ball and iced the game. "It was encouraging to see the team play with such intensity," in-tensity," Reid said of his still maturing squad. "We made a tremendous amount of mistakes but we looked a great deal better." Marty Cowin was high scorer for the Miners with 15 points, followed by Mike Gebauer's 13 and Dave Radford's Rad-ford's 12. Kelly Coon and Kim Dalton shared high game honors, scoring 20 points each for Piute. Junior Varisty Park City's junior varisty suffered a heart-breaking ; jiiefoat against Piute when a last second desperation shot ' swished aTt he buzzer, gi ving the Thunder fledglings a 50-48 50-48 win. Park City rode to a 20-24 first half lead on the strength of Mike Gebauer's 17 points. But the 6'3" sophomore played only one half and by the end of the third quarter the Mini Miners were down by live. With 20 seconds left in the game. Park City had scrapped scrap-ped hack in tie the score at t:is ,iinl fi.nl ,i ime-and-one tree tfi; opportunity The shot a, i- uawd. however. Schnirel's has resided here for eight years. The school district is asking the federal court to permanently enjoin the activities ac-tivities association from enforcing en-forcing its transfer rule in the case of these two students. "They're returning to their home district," Dozier said Tuesday. "We feel they should not be denied participation par-ticipation for this reason (the transfer rule)." The school district is being represented by the law firm of Prince, Yeates and Geld-zahler. Geld-zahler. rnj, C3 ART SIGNED HIS FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE CARDINALS' TICKET MANAGER WHO SAW POTENTIAL N THE FORMER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PLAYER, EVEN THOUGH HIS COLLEGE CAREER WAS ONLY FAIR. N'74 JIM WAS THE N.F.C. 3r MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. ir "i and Piute regained possession with 10 seconds showing on the clock. Park City's full court press caused Piute to burn up six seconds getting the ball down court but Tom Sylvester's rainbow shot from 18 feet out hit nothing but net and left Park City with nothing on the clock. Gebauer's 17 points paced Park City with Les Gurski and Steve Toly hitting eight each. Sylvester was the game leader with 19 points. Highland Park City's varsity will host the Highland High junior varsity this Saturday at 7 p.m. and the name of their game is lull court press. "Highland is the best full court press team in the state." Reid said Monday. "They use six or seven versions. ver-sions. That is their only defense." Intcrmountain destroyed Park City with a full court press in the first game of the season and the Miners have been working feverishly to con bat that defense. Saturday's Satur-day's performance will garage their success. '.MURING ,s imi n: Coon 20 Dalton 20 Jenkins 8 Dalton 6 Millet 6 I'arkCitx I'riarte Henrion o Evans o Murnin 0 Radford 12 Cowin 15 King 5 Hagmann 2 Gebauer 13 t 4 t t v SAVE TRIPS ELECTRONIC CORDS PHONO NEEDLES PHOTO BATTERIES PROJECTION LAMPS DARKROOM SUPPLIES CB. ACCESSORIES TAPES AND RECORDS BLANK TAPE MUSIC BOOKS INKLEY'S FILM FINISHING MAIN & CENTER HEBER CITY 654-3985 V 2 iujvyl PARK CITY MAIN' The entire sporting world watched in amazement last winter as an unknown 22-year-old Austrian skied to the top of the world to claim the World Pro Skiing championship cham-pionship crown. Andre Arnold's success as a professional racer in his very first season has inspired in-spired dozens of talented ski racers who, justly or otherwise, other-wise, have not been able to realize greatness on national amateur teams, and also those successful amateurs who desired a change from the amateur format and lifestyle. Arnold, who adjusted quickly to the head-to-head pro format, pocketed approximately ap-proximately $170,000 in prize and bonus earnings en route to passing veteran Swiss Josef Odermatt as the top professional ski racer in the world. Now. Europeans are turning professional in record numbers, coming from their mountain villages . to North America to take up dual racing with the dream of being the next Andre Arnold. Ar-nold. Successful amateurs who have turned pro this year include in-clude skiers such as Austrian Hans Hinterseer, American Greg Jones and Italian Franco Bieler. Hinterseer, 24, spent seven years on the Austrian National Team, during which time he captured the World Cup giant slalom title and a World Championship silver medal in giant slalom. Jones was one of the top U.S. amateur racers in recent years. During his four years on the U.S. "A" Team Jones scored a World Cup giant slalom win at Copper Mountain, Colorado and finished third in the combined com-bined at the 1976 Olympics. The 25-year-old Jones from Tahoe City, California is a good all-round skier and is expected to do well as a pro. 28.-year-old Bieler had many top ten World Cup finishes fin-ishes while on the Italian "te'atnV ' including' twd' ' Vic- ' 1 tories. One of those wins was in a parallel slalom in which he defeated World Cup champion, Ingemar Sten-rnark, Sten-rnark, in the finals. There are also newcomers whose names are anything but household proper nouns, such as Othmar Kirchmair AX Snowcreek NOW IN Parkas BEAVER CREEK- nylon & down filled with zip off sleeves POLAR CREEK- 6040 cloth parkas with nylon yoke insulated with polarguard 8:30-7:00pm i amii V! Ski VM Hit ENANCE Full Maid Service Home, Condo or Nightly Rentals steam cleaning carpets general cleaning o window cleaning For All Your Needs!! 649-9055 and Alban Ploerer who come to WPS'with similar credentials creden-tials to those Arnold carried when he turned pro members memb-ers of the Austrian National Team. They have come from Italy on the new Alitaiia sponsored team. Former pro, Carlo Besson, returns with countrymen rookies Bruno Confortola, Guiseppe Oberfrank and Diego Am-pltaz. Am-pltaz. The latter two had top ten World Cup results as members of the Italian National Team. The U.S. is well represented represen-ted with new pros from the national team. Besides Jones, less heralded names like Richie Woodworth, Mike Dorris and Tony Deboise have been added to the pro roster. Woodworth and Dorris have charted good results on the Can-Am1 and Nor-Am 'circuits, white' Deboise, who has less experience, is the first black ski racer considered con-sidered a formidable competitor. com-petitor. Others have come from France, Switzerland, Argentina Argen-tina and Canada, among other nations. It's a big crop of first-year Park City 0 Andre Arnold pros, none of whom are being counted out as potential poten-tial top pros. Not after the success story written last year by the man they will all try to emulate Andre Arnold. Ar-nold. Andre Arnold is the tall, shy house painter who came out of the Austrian mountains moun-tains and rocked the skiing world last winter by coming from unknown status to become the World Pro Skiing Champion. The soft spoken Arnold's loud entrance into professional skiing had the ski media talking all winter long, and had pre season favorite Josef Odermatt of Switzerland talking to himself him-self by season's end. Arnold and Odermatt fought bitter battles throughout last winter with Odermatt the front-runner in the standings most of the way.' But 'Arnold, -a 'strong, consistent competitor, unequalled on modest terrain, out-skied the veteran Odermatt in the long run to become the first rookie pro champion since Frenchman Jean-Claude Killyin 1973. As a member of the r ' V ' 4 Mania lefesa T" 430 Main 649-8277 Take Out Service Salad Bar LUNCHTIME SPECIAL 12-4pm SOUP & SANDWICH $2.25 open Mon. 4-10:30pm Tue-Sun 12-10:30pm Claimjumper Restaurant 7 DAYS ACT 6 10 WEEKDAYS 6-11 WEEKENDS .Main Street MB-eOEl Mi t i ' i k'- J r . . . v Austrian National "B" Team, Arnold was frustrated with the lack of opportunity his coaches gave him for elevation in the organization. 1974 World Pro Skiing Champion. Hugo Xindl, convinved Arnold to turn pro, a decision he would later call, "the smartest thing I've ever done." "As a pro," explained Arnold, Ar-nold, "I answer only tome." That has resulted in contentment content-ment and confidence which led Arnold to 12 victories last season, out of 27 races. Those results netted him $92,883 in prize money, and scores of thousands more in sponsor bonus payments. Arnold proved his capability as a ski racer by winning six giant slaloms, five slaloms and one downhill. "I felt no pressure to win because no one thought 1 . would win." Arnold says. '' Off the hill, Arnold is kind and modest and a very happy hap-py fellow. The answer to whether Andre Arnold will successfully defend his championship title may rest in what pressure he feels now that he is on top of the world of professional ski racing. PIZZA made in a pan Italian Dinners Great Sandwiches |