Show i9 WW v Wednesday October 13 2004 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete Wasatch volleyball in good position City Miners established their dominance over the field and sent a message they expect to contend again for State titles ' In the girls’ race the defending 3A champion Lady Miners asserted themselves right from the start and held it to the end Lady Miner Elli Reed won the race in 19:12 and Park City easily took team honors with four of Reed’s teammates in the top six Juan Diego edged the Lady Hawks of North Sanpete by one point to take second The Lady Hawks were led by Stephanie Flinders who placed ninth Final team standings were Park City 19 Juan Diego 69 North Sanpete 70 Payson 101 Juab 151 Union 172 North Summit 187 for state MT PLEASANT — The Wasatch Academy Lady Tigers volleyball season is a month under way and two upcoming matches against Wendover and Meridian could be crucial as indicators for the final stretch of the season If the Lady Tigers can pull off these two road victories they will put themselves in great position for a match which will determine state qualification On Tuesday Oct 5 the Lady Tigers played exceptionally well against their archrivals Dugway In an eventual loss they played inspired volleyball on their home court The final score was and Duchesne 193 The boys’ varsity race was a duel between Juan Diego’s Kyle Jarrett and Hawk frontrunner Bryce Carr Jarrett won by three seconds over Carr 16:30 to 16:33 Park City put together the team win with 44 points North Sanpete took third Final team scores were Park City 44 Payson 67 North Sanpete 108 North Summit 111 Juan Diego 113 Juab 122 Union 180 Green River 215 and Manti The volleyball team is headed by Rick Williams and assisted by Kathryn Applegarth and Dave Borup Players include: seniors Teresa Moreno Sariah Spencer Jessica Owens Alyssa Barnes Tsering Dolma Amy Jamison juniors Natalie Horn Hannah Bedford Shaelynn McQuivey Caitlin Stevens sophomores Becca Burford and Allison Loftin 229 High school cross country teams will seek to advance to State this week as they participate in various Region Championships events Lehi will host North Sanpete while the Wasatch Academy team travels to host Dugway Both events are Wednesday Oct 6 North Sanpete cross country finishes third — The final cross country competition before the region championship was held in Mt Pleasant last week the Park MT PLEASANT Badgers move to second in WSFL ranks with win over Mesa Thunderbirds By Brad Barton Sports writer MESA AZ — The Badgers vicrode a swift start to a tory over the Mesa Thunderbirds Saturday night at John D Riggs Stadium in Mesa and subsequently moved up the ranks of the Western States Football League standings and are now just one away from the top spot In Snow’s impressive start Badger quarterback James Pritchard was able to torch Mesa's first ranked secondary for two touchdown passes on his first two pass attempts of the ballgame Travis Henderson caught one from 29 yards out while Ike Knightcn hauled in a pass to give the Badgers lead after one period of a Inaugural soccer club doing By arguper- formance of the season as for 205 Pritchard finished Snow yards and 3 touchdowns also produced 355 yards of offense on 56 plays with an aver- are coached by Anthony Porras North Sevier’s old coach When asked about Gunyison’s experience Coach Porras replied “We are by far the underdogs” Porras is only 19 but has spent most of his life playing soccer in fact he was North Sevier’s soccer captain for four years While he does miss North Sevier he greatly enjoys working with the Gunnison club “The players” he says “are just more spectful and work harder” Despite the fact that Gunnison is new to this Coach Porras says “We have a good chance of taking first” Gunnison has already won two games one against the number one ranked team and the second against the soccer "powerhouse” North Sevier On Oct 2 Gunnison played North Sevier and won Gunnison scored the first goal then forced North Sevier to stay on their toes This was also a deciding game for the tournament lineup Gunnison is now placed fourth of 63 yards per play After the game Snow assistant coach Tyler Hughes proclaimed that he “enjoyed the flow of the game” but he was now turning his focus to “our rivals from St George” the Dixie Rebels The Badgers will face Dixie State College in what will be the first game on the new turf at Badger Stadium this Saturday Oct 6 Game time will be at 1:30 pm age play m Gunnison Patti Robertson GUNNISON — All over Utah you will find a growing trend in soccer clubs and teams and Gunnison in no exception This fall Gunnison received it’s first high school aged soccer club This is not a high school soccer team this is a soccer club The difference is that the schools do not sponsor the clubs like a football team or baseball team The clubs rely on help from local businesses and community members to fund and support them The Gunnison club receives its sponsorship from Therapy West and a few individuals They hope to split the team into a boy’s team in the spring and a girl’s team in the fall Gunnison is one of the newest and least experienced clubs They off with a James Pritchard touchdown scoot from 4 yards out and the final margin of victory this was Statistically ably the Badgers' strongest well A13 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n Gunnison volleyball loses to wolves By Patti Robertson - GUNNISON Despite valiant efforts on the part of the Gunnison Lady Bulldogs volleyball team they could not seem to overcome the girls from North Sevier and lost all three games against the Lady Wolves and last week In the first game the Bulldogs couldn’t to seem get moving and even with mistakes on the part of the Wolves and some great teamwork on the part of the Bulldogs they were unable to overcome a early game deficit and lost the game The Second game looked a little better and the Lady Bulldogs came into the game with a little more fire but the Wolves built a wall at the net that the Bulldogs could not seem to overcome The game was close early but the Wolves took the lead and never looked back The Gunnison ladies were able to make some spectacular saves but it was not enough The third game was the best the girls had played all night Bulldog Alacia Satterfield pounded out two serves in a row that were untouchable and the Bulldogs narrowed the margin of loss Lady Bulldog head coach Lindy Anderson stated that her varsity team just needs a little more confidence before the numbers show up in the win column Gunnison NFL youth flag football week six Saturday was the sixth and final week of the Gunnison NPL Flag Football regular season The first game had the Elkridge Financial 49ers beating the undefeated Lotsa Motsa Steelers 3 25 in what was quite probably the game of the year The 49crs started off with an interception by Brennon Jensen that set the 49ers up at the Steelers’ five The Steelers’ Lafe Christensen scored all four touchdowns for his team but the 49ers’ Boston Jones added two scores for the 49eis to hand the Steelers their only loss of the season The second game featured the Gunnison Market Broncos falling to the Jensen Drug Seahawks touchdown The Seahawk’s Ty Blackburn scored a and the Broncos Caden Birch intercepted a pass and took it in for a touchHowever the Seahawks’ defense down to give the Broncos a stepped up and won the game The third game had the Jean Scene Dolphins winning over the 9 Messenger Colts The Colts took the lead on an interception that Mason Powell took in for the score The Dolphins Ryker Pickett ran 40 yards for the score to answer back Luke Jensen rumbled in from six yards for a touchdown for the Dolphins and Austin Pickett intercepted a pass for a touchdown to seal the Dolphin win The final game had the Subway Buccaneers squeaking by the Premier Financial Packers The Bucs Taylor Anderson scored two touchdowns and the Packtouchdown catch with Seth ers Jordan Sorenson scored on a Bown tacking on the extra point to put the Packers up one But the Bucs scored again to win the game mw m ra Unlike last week in Eastern Snow was their success in Arizona however able to continue the second quarter Midway through the period Pritchard endrive that gineered a ended when Badger running back Curren Christensen took a plunge into the end zone for a Snow lead at intermission JMnnn Penalties haunted the Badgers from that point on and nullified a Landon Beus touchdown run while also giving the Thunderbirds multiple opportunities to score Late in the third quarter Mesa was able to capitalize on their good fortune when tail back Jeremiah White raced untouched into the end zone for a score The extra point was botched however and Snow still enjoyed a advantage at The Badgers finished things Make Things Right! 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