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Show Page 5 r r e Til nay er Fast Start, Slow Finish Spells Defeat For Miners Park City had a hot hand in the early going against the Highland High junior varsity Saturday night but a four-point four-point halftime lead was turned turn-ed into a six-point deficit by the end of the third quarter and the Miners fell 60-50 before a home court crowd. Senior Dave Radford got the Miners off to an auspicious start, scoring 10 of his 14 points in the first quarter, but the local cagers were outscored 20-10 in the disastrous third quarter. The pace of the contest was marred by a total of 46 fouls, 23 by each team, that created a seemingly endless , procession to the charity stripe. Park City's Marty Cowin, who was high scorer for the Miners with 19 points on the night, tallied nine points in the second half, all on foul shots. Early Lead Park City had lost its first three games of the young season but the team demonstrated demon-strated improvement in each successive contest. After the first quarter Saturday, it appeared ap-peared the Miners were about to break into the win column. It was not to be, however, and Park City found that it takes four quarters quar-ters of solid basketball for a victory. Mike Gebauer, registered . the fi$st points of the game with a short jumper and Radford followed with another basket to give Park City a 4-0 lead. Highland fought back for a 10-8 advantage advan-tage with 1:30 remaining in the quarter. But the Miners knotted the score and a Mark Uriarte foul shot and two baskets by Radford gave Park City a five-point cushion going into the second quarter. Gebauer's first two points were also his last. The 6'3" sophomore got into early foul trouble, missed most of the first half and then fouled out with six minutes left in the third quarter. The absence ab-sence of his strong rebounding rebound-ing and scoring punch appeared ap-peared to be a pivotal factor in the Miner loss. Also noteworthy was the first quarter absence of Highland's vaunted full court press. Although the Rams did employ the press at various points in the game with some degree of success, in general, Park City was effective ef-fective in breaking it. Still Ahead After the teams traded turnovers at the start of the second quarter, Randy Rawlings, the game's high scorer with 21 points, brought Highland within three, 15-12, with a basket in close. Cowin responded with two free throws and then rebounded a missed Tim King foul shot and put it in for a 19-12 Miner lead. After another Rawlings basket, Mark Uriarte sank two free throws. Highland charged back to make the score 21-19 with less than two minutes in the half but two baskets by Cowin and a Radford Rad-ford shot with ten seconds left allowed Park City to take a 27-23 advantage into the locker room. All Highland The Miners sealed their fate in the third quarter, allowing High'and to out-score out-score them 20 to 10. The period started out on the right foot with Tim King making a twisting layup to extend the Park City lead to six. But the next six points belonged to Highland and the score was tied at 29 with 4:1") remaining in the third quar ter. During the Rams' six-pmnl six-pmnl spurt, Gebauer rebounding his own shots, put the ball up three limes in Mark Uriarte passes inside during Saturday a row trom in close but the ball refused to drop. He eventually committed a foul and seconds later, he fouled again at the other end of the court, ending his evening. A King free throw gave Park City a momentary lead but a strong shot by Rawlings underneath put Highland on top for flie first " time since the first quarter 31-30. Two Cowin free throws were answered by a Rawlings bank shot and Park City never regained the lead. Highland extended their advantage to seven on three quick baskets. Alan Acord connected from downtown, the Rams stole the ball and put it in and Brent Maxwell then hit from the side to make it 39-32. The only other Park City points in the quarter came on foul shots by Cowin and Walter Hagmann, who saw limited playing time Saturday. Satur-day. The Miners went into the final period trailing 43-37. 43-37. Can't Catch Up Bulky Mario Naves provided most of Highland's scoring punch early in the fourth quarter but the Miners fought back to within four, 48-52, with 3:30 left in the game. Rawlings pushed No Harvest Surprises Preliminary harvest figures from the 1978 deer and elk seasons have revealed few surprises, according ac-cording to Division of Wildlife Resources biologists. Kendall Nelson, assistant chief of Game Management with the DWR, points out that pre-season data was a good indication of the success suc-cess of the hunts throughout the state. Nelson says that the deer harvest from Salina Canyon near Richfield north to the Idaho border was good with the southern part of the state lagging a bit behind. The DWR's Northern Region showed particularly good success due to better hunting conditions and more control permits. The deer harvest was comparable to last year in the central portion of the state. Poor weather on the opening weekend kept the harvest lower than anticipated. an-ticipated. And hunting was, generally slow to the south where many herd units have not recovered fully from drought in recent years. Nelson says the success of the elk hunt was about the same as last season, but with more htintcrs- in the field, the h.-irvesl mav be limner. . the lead back to six on a drive but playmaker Mark Uriarte sank one of his infrequent in-frequent shots to keep Park City within four. The Miners then commit-te'd commit-te'd what may have been a crucial mistake. Acord missed the front end of a one-and-one situation and Park Ciy apparently "had the opportunity op-portunity to pull within one basket. However, Radford, anxious for the rebound, was called for a lane violation and Acord had a reprieve. The Ram forward sank both shots and Park City was out of the game. With less than two minutes showing on the clock, Highland went into a stall, forcing the Miners to foul. Rawlings added four more points during the final seconds and Park City went down to its fourth consecutive con-secutive loss, 60-50. J.V. Prior to the feature event, the Park City junior varsity was shellacked by the Highland junior junior varsity, var-sity, 77-29. The Mini Miners were outpaced out-paced 21-7 in the first quarter quar-ter and were never in the game. Adding insult to injury, in-jury, Highland outscored Park City 26-4 in the final period to cement the rout. TRIVI Nobody For the first time in recent memory nobody could provide the correct answers to the Trivia Test. Because Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon, Jim Backus and Mrs. Johnson went unidentified, a free lunch compliments of the Corner Store went unclaimed. To win your free lunch, be the first person to solve this week's Trivia Test. Entries may be made in person or by phone to The Newspaper office (419 Main Street, 649-9592) before 5 p.m. Tuesday; -' . - Vr This week's questions are: 1) Who recorded the '50s hit "Diana?" 2) Who had the starring role in the television series "Bat Masterson?" 3) Players from what team were featured in last week's; 'Sports Special? !V:v. , mlits' name. High scorer for Park City was Mark Evans with nine points, followed by Steve Toly, with seven on the evening. Summit Meetings Park City will have two chances to snap its losing streak this week. -On ,rxiday,lh Miners travel to Coalville tikface the North Summit Bravls in aS7 p.m. meeting. The following night at the same time, the scene of battle will be Kamas with the South Summit Sum-mit Wildcats as the opponents. opponen-ts. SCORING Highland Maxwell Lords Naves Rawlings Bennet Badges Acord Smith Lucey Park City Uriarte Henrion Evans Murnin Radford King Hagmann Cowin Gebauer 4 3 14 21 2 2 10 2 2 1 0 0 14 5 4 19 2 1TEST Rulin Uphel a . The Utah High School Ac-tivities Ac-tivities Association's declaration that Park High transfer students. Ben Schnirel and, Kip Foote are ineligible to compete in scholastic athletics has been upheld by Judge Dean E. Conder in a court decision handed down last Friday. Park High Principal Jack Dozier says the Park City School District will appeal the decision before the state superintendent of schools. .According to Dozier, the Utah High School Activities Association claims the state superintendent has no right to review the case. Dozier says the superintendent has stated he can, and will, hear the case. Night Skiing Opening night for after ' dark skiing on the Pay Day Run at the Park City resort will be Friday, December 15. The 1 14-mile intermediate inter-mediate run, the longest lighted run in the Rockies, has been closed until now, awaiting replacement of lights. According to resort marketing manager Craig Badami, many of the lights were destroyed by BB guns over the summer. Special filters used in the lights no longer are manufactured and new lights had to be or-aered or-aered and installed. Night skiing begins at 4 p.m. and lasts until 10 p.m., with lift passes $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12. A Month Of Rigors Members of the men's and women's cross-country "A" and "B" teams left West Yellowstone, Montana Saturday for Telemark Lodge in Cable, Wisconsin. The training marked the end of HJiBaHtteof aigorpusi6kiine ui fort 27 iathlees iri Montana- at sites in Cooke City and West Yellowstone. According to Head Coach Rob Kiesel, "The team was fortunate to find such excellent ex-cellent skiing and terrain so early in the season. This is the best early season training the team has had since the Fall of 1975 just prior to Bill Koch's Silver Medal winning performance at the 1976 Winter Olympics. During the past month some of the men have recorded nearly 1600 kilometers of skiing while some of the women have achieved 1200 kilometers. I was especially impressed with the performances perfor-mances to date of the lower half of the 19 member men's and women's "A" team. It is indicative of some rapidly developing depth in the cross-country area." At Telemark Lodge the team will engage in the final phase of training prior to the first World Cup crosscountry cross-country race ever, Dec. 20-21 at that site. The training at Telemark will include intra-squad intra-squad time trials and some races with the Canadian National Team. iAii:: if lyafe? ! .---,.-..1 I ?OTTT:HhiT Any XOU CAN PRESS YOUR TOES TO IMPROVE SNOW CONTACT Highback boots offer excellent support when you need to make split-second split-second recoveries. However, many skiers become far too dependent on them, particularly in moguls. To reduce dependence on your highbacks, practice several slow traverses through a field of moguls. As you reach the apex of each bump, begin pressing your toes down on the snow to maintain skisnow contact. To get tips back down in the snow ' VI I J 1 cf4 Our Customers Tell Us We Have Salt Lake City's Best Service and Parts Dept. Your Complete Dealership 4 "I mm : mm Plan... Any Size... Any Place Owner Built Joint venture with investors Ed Sail 801-272-6041 801-272-0330 quickly, you'll need to also apply pressure to the tongues of your boots, mainly by pushing your knees and ankles forward. When you are able to perform this exercise at slow speeds, pick up the pace. As speed increases, the immediate im-mediate skisnow contact will be more difficult to attain. Finally, apply the toes-down approach in turns through moguls. A word of caution: be sure to push toes down by pressing forward against the front of your boots. Don't be tempted to hop the tails of your skis in order to establish ski tip contact. Reprinted with permission of Ski Magazine. Technical assistance provided by Professional Ski Instructors of America. BO IT 6arS2 llotm Center State at 600 South SLC, dm Formal Spec Homes Utah 84111 Log Homes |