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Show Park City News Thursday, January 13, 1983 Page C5 Nelson, McKinney post back-to-back victories They're not quite dancing in the corridors at U.S. Ski Team headquarters in the Treasure Mountain Inn, but there's a rumor that the Cowboy Bar liquor store has run out of champagne. The cause for celebration is the recent performance of America's women skiers on the World Cup tour. Cindy Nelson and Tamara McKinney, McKin-ney, both members of the U.S. Ski Team, scored back-to-back victories in Europe Monday and Tuesday, for the first time in almost 13 years. The last time that American women recorded consecutive World Cup victories vic-tories was in 1970, when Judy Nagel won both the slalom and giant slalom in Lientz, Austria. One year following Nagel's feat, in December, 1971, a 15-year-old American girl made a splash in her first venture on the World Cup tour, finishing 12th and 13th in consecutive downhill races. That youngster was Cindy Nelson who, at 27, is now the oldest woman in lilt! , Tamara McKinney Girls' basketball Loss of three starters costs Miners dearly Last week was a rough week for Maggie Haun, Park City girls' basketball coach. Haun lost three of her starters before the Miners' home opener against North Summit Thursday and subsequently sub-sequently lost the game, 49-15. Two of the starters, Mindy McMillan and Susie Miles decided to quit the team. The third starter, Jessi Winters, suffered an ankle injury, which sidelined her for the game. The vacancies had to be SO fTYlYlJR The randing Iron 31 PflRKWESTl wintersummer resort The Branding Iron Restaurant invites you to enjoy panoramic views of the ParkWest mountains as you savor our fine menu, including steak, teriyaki chicken, lamb chops and halibut steak. We feature a daily German special and our chuck wagon salad bar and Branding Iron cheese soup are certain to please. For reservations, phone 649-1726. W Parties up to 80 World Cup skiing. On Monday Nelson showed the kids that she's not quite ready for the nursing home, racing to her sixth World Cup victory in the super G held at Verbier, Switzerland. "I think Cindy had a perfect per-fect run," said West Germany's Ger-many's Irene Epple, who finished third to Nelson after winning a similar race on Sunday. "She is one of the only people here capable of that." Second place in Monday's race went to Zoe Haas, a native of Canada who now skis for Switzerland. Other American finishers included Tamara McKinney in fourth, Christin Cooper 11th, Debbie Armstrong 13th and Heidi Preuss 17th. The following day it was McKinney's turn in the winner's win-ner's circle, as she took first place in the slalom at Davos, Switzerland, on one of the steepest hills a World Cup women's race has ever seen. McKinney found herself in fourth place after the first run, but posted the fastest Y I T- I . frm, - ' k filled by junior varsity players, who had just played a game previous against North Summit's junior varsity. var-sity. These substitutes were tired and unfamiliar with playing with the varsity. "It was like a pick-up game, as far as the players being used to playing with one another," said Haun. Nevertheless, it was a junior varsity player, Sadi Nacki, who led the team with eight points. Haun said Tracy Giles and Julie Lea-vitt, Lea-vitt, also up from the junior people accepted. Cindy time in the second run en route to the win. "I figured I got rid of my wimpiness on the first run," she said. "So on the second, I tried to ski solidly, because you can't really punch it when it's so steep." The course took its toll, as 49 of the 87 starters failed to complete both runs. Second place went to Switzerland's Swit-zerland's Erika Hess, while France's Perrine Pelen finished third. In fourth place was Christin Cooper. Their performance on the World Cup tour this week has catapulted the American women into first place in the Nation's Cup standings with 257 points, just ahead of Switzerland (246) and France Fran-ce (230). However, Switzerland Swit-zerland still has a commanding comman-ding lead in the overall (men's and women's) Nation's Cup standings with 891 points. Austria is second (660) and the United States is a distant third (342). On the men's tour, the best American finish of the week was Phil Mahre's 11th place varsity, did well tilling in. But Sheila Hannay, a starter and leading scorer all year, managed only three points. "We couldn't hit," said Haun, "as the 15 points show. We shot 14 percent from the field, making only 6 out of 27 shots." The Miners did have 30 steals and only 17 turnovers, but were just unable to put the ball through the hoop. North Summit was ahead 17-2 at the end of the first quarter. At the half it was 31-12. r ' A - Nelson in the first giant slalom of the season, held Tuesday in Adelboden, Switzerland. Twin brother Steve finished 18th in the same event. Phil arrived in Adelboden late Monday night after Sunday Sun-day and Monday downhills in Va d'Isere, France. He did not admit to being tired, but head men's coach Konrad Rickenbach offered, "He didn't ski well. He didn't seem to have any rhythm, although he was aggressive." Other U.S. finishers included in-cluded Mike Brown in 49th and Doug Lewis in 50th. In those downhill races at Val d'Isere, first place went to Erwin Resch of Austria on Sunday and Conradin Cathomen of Switzerland Monday. Phil Mahre was the top American in both races finishing 14th Sunday and 18th Monday. r. The men will now move to Wengen, Switzerland, while the women travel to Schruns, Austria. Both competitions com-petitions are scheduled for Jan. 15-16. Haun said that the loss of the three starters was a major reason for such a one-sided loss. "We just don't have enough bodies to field two full teams well. We have nine varsity players and six junior varsity players." But Haun anticipates a lot better performance from the team against Union High School on Jan. 20. Although Union is a 2A school, the revamped Miner team will have two weeks to practice, since there is no game this week. BIRKEBEINER Crisp Norwegian colors of blue and white accent the charming Birkebeiner Restaurant. Entrees include: New York Steak Fresh Red Snapper Veal Marsala Fettucine Alfredo The Stein Eriksen Lodge and Restaurants welcome the U. S. Film and Video Festival to Park City! HI Enjoy fine dining with Norwegian flair at the Stein Eriksen Lodge. Ski in or drive up Stein's restaurants, just west of Silver Lake in Deer Reservations are 141 Crescent Ridge An amazing buy in Crescent Ridge. 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