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Show r m kv ' ri s' - V . ' T ' 6 Thursday September 20, 2001 Crnfa erases By RICHARD SHAW : writer Spc y. ; The Emery Jligh Lady Spartan tame to the Dino gymna-- .. sium hoping to secure not only V victoiy in a game but also in the ...matefe...' ''.. ' : In the end they got neither,, v ' ' Carbons offensecrushedthc defensive effort of Emery on ripping the kids San Rafael ooun--' try 0 in the second game. However that almost wasnt, the way it was. InmanymatcheS .. ' r y , ; r ' r. . r RICHARD SHAW Sports writer By put over the netback into their : ,, thisyearCarbon has had a propensity to murder teams in the ; first game of a match and then dig themselves a bole in the sec--. ond game which they have to crawl out, of. This set of games" was not an except ion. .. looked as if the Lady Spartans were going to even it iqxThe Lady Dinos defense just was not winking very well and the offense was sputtering But someone put some type of additive in the gas tank after push every ball the Lady Spartans 15-1- . Hmeiry's bidforvictooy that and the defense began to -- ' . ' In the first match Carbon went up big, burying the Lady Spartans at one early, with an point The Emeiy kids did rise . collective faces and the offense heated up untO it was red hot reel-- ; ing off points like they were do- -' nuts coming off the line at the Krispy Kream donut stored Carbon came back and tied then went on the score at a runthat culminated in a 15-- While this past weekend j wasnt totally ijevoid of sports, most of the major sporting ' events were cancelled because of the tragedy in the east last week. Locally, high school football and baseball were played oq Fridayand the races at (he Desert Thundef Race- held on Saturday 10 .win. While spikers always seem to dominate pie stats on any volleyball game, and that is what fans look for, the setters performance is actually often more important, In this match, Kim Stevens had 23 assists, showing that she is one Swere : of the best at her position in the , The decision, whether to caned or hold an event at a time of national or local tragedy has many components to it. Some of those components include tradition, the money already invested in the event and in the case of some athletics, travel arrangements drat cant be either changed or are already under wsy at the time ofthe incident that causes the . . . state thisyear. ; The victoiy had to be Satisfyto the occasion and started tp. ing forthe Lady Dinos who have come back, but it was too Jittle, been ranked second in (he state inthe 3A division in both upstate toolate. The Dino gym was.the loud- - newspapers until Tuesday when estit has been this year with the the Deseret News announced that ... rivalry bringing a lot of fans out this week they were ranked third behind Region 8 rival. North from both schools, " ; After that defeat, theCarbon Sanpete who they play on, Thurs. " team ran around the. net totrade day night in Mount Pleasant. sides with big smiles on their face. At present Mojgan is the numBut those smiles didnt last long. ber one ranked team in both Emery came back in the see' poles. There is little question that y ondgame and turned those happy " faces upside down. For the first that game iri the. Hawk gymnacombined 10 points Carbon only sium will be a barn burner and ; had one on the board, and it may well determine who will win ' Region 8 this year. proNem.' TheonfyhigbSibabmtbe state to cancdgames this rast weekend were the Jordan District Schools which make up all of Region! Their superintendent got calls from the pub-li- c both compainingdxxit die pmwljinn aiq i rrwnpliynent- - ... : .. . . : ; Morgan vofleytan ttanfins: Tfcam iCarixm ; L W.W Carbon 2 North Sanpete 2 ' 1 Emery : Delta 0 ; Lehi ... ' 0 . 3. North Sanpete ' 4. Union . S.SnowCapyrm - viewpoints 2 1 2 . i' ten caught between opposing wbenitcomes to situations such as this. I once worked in a job where derisions like this lud tobe made and it was never easy. 0 0 . j the homecoming parade because of the tragedy, but die I game stiU went on with some 1 memorial services for the vk T ' tim at the beginning of the game. Public officials are of- Regln 1. Locally , Price Dty decided tonotletthehiiscfaodhold . rstkioi! I? : ingiL;,; . voOfytiall ! '. V-;-: -- Hbwever;basedonvriiatdid go cm over the weekend and what the high school had planned fat their jparade, it probably would have been appropriate. The students had planned a patriotic theme for die parade based on the events of the webk; they planned to honor the victims of the attack. On Saturday night over a thousand jpeople stood at attention,while patriotic songs played and aO the cars from two different classes drove arenind the trsdt in a parade with flags flying at die Desert jV. t - ' .. ' I Carbon's iannetle Bruno pops the ban up to the teams setter. during the game against Emery on Tuesday evening : i t- f.V i I t - N '. , j" i By KRISTINA KONTOAS f Contributingwriter fj tr . .. Shes the nucleus, of the team, he says unequivocally. .. . Along with athletics, (Stevens is also an outfielder on the CHS softball team) she is also a mem- -' ber of Renaissance ' Club,' : There arewords that erften describe people, not jnatter what their pursuits. In the case of Kim Stevens, the starting setter for the CSADD (Carbon Stuidents Lady DinosvoDeyball team there Against Destructive Decisions), are a lot of words; words her and is the senior class president team mates and her coaches use : 'thisyear.";':'..'. Kit Stevens major motivation constantfy. ; Words like dedicated, leader, in life seem to be volunteer 'Competitive and hard worker.' work and she was nominated for These all fit her to a tee. the Wendys Hiesman scholar- -' .Stevens has been a setter since ship this yean In consideration the seventh grade when she deof that award she will be judged rided to try out for the Helper - - : : .i - .Ilf . : . . - , elementary education teacher. Her main motivation? V I absolutely love kids and re- ally want to be involved with Tbsomeitmayhaveswmixi trite to hold sporting events when such a horrendous event' had occurred. From my View- point, those events I attended over the weekend gave people ' and organizations a chance to' exhibit their sorrow and their . them, she states. ' Dedication, leadership, com-- ; petitiveness and hard work. All those words describe Kim Stevens, pride in our country. : ; ' cross for the Carbon High team for threeyear arid has continued to country team set Molleyball is the best sport alive, she says. I realty enjoy 5 x J ", ; - Brittany Poltastro goes up to spike the ball against Emery during the contest on Tuesday evening Poltastro had a number of hey spikes and blocks during the second pme in which the Lady Dinos had to come back from a 1 deficit to win. Local riders take state divisioa titles. ' A brother and sister team from Pricctook state championships in their respective divisions at the Utah State BMX Champ- ionships last weekend in Salt Lake. Kenny Darii, age 12, too first place in the BMX 12 year old expert cruiser class on Sunday. The young mart has won the state championship in his class: for three years in a row now. That same day his younger r, KayLee Davit, age 8, toothe 8 comyear old girls division at the sis-te- petition. .. .. Local athlete win triatholoa division crowa. Local runner and athletenri Campbell Olson won the novice over 40 division of the Tboele Valley Autumn Run this past weekend. Her first place finish came after a grueling course of a three mile run, a 10 mile bike ride and a quarter of a mile swim. The event started and ended at the Desert Peak Athletic Complex in Tboele. Olson ran, biked and swam the course in about an hour and a half, a good finishing time for any athlete. . 1 9 : viewafterwinning their game this last Thursday against Delta. When coach Lane Herrickwas asked to give a statement on Stevens because she was selected as an athlete to be interviewed his words also reflected what bthers think of her. , . 1 The Carbon High boys cross country team wonameet at Lehij last week by registering 35 points; in the competition out distancj! ing second place North Sanpete! in the contest Those words that people use about her are reflected in what she says about what sports have done for her and her life. Playing helps you learn about dedication, to deal with disappointment, discipline, and saai- ; fice," stated Stevens in an inter- 9-- wins-- j; - it". v t Sporting events bring to-gether communities ami lit times like these we all need to be togedier more dian ever. Junior High team. She has played ' ; .r i Thunder Raceway. writing, .; Beyond high school she wants to go to college to become a pre . . in the areas of academks, athletics and volunteer service. In school, .Stevens favorite sub- ject is Eniish because she enjoys r Kim Stevens? Excellent choice," then he thought for a minute and continued by saying She has been a setter on our team for three years. This year, getting to set arid be the quarter back for one ofthe best teams in the state has realty shown ber talents. Kim has done a fantastic job of spreading the ball around to aO of Carbons players. With the abilities she has brought to the team, die gives Carbon a great opportunity to win the state title n volleyball this year. ' Tjcaacoach, Bruce Bean also knows her worth. He puts it ' a : . J r Lady Dino . ; ' ... A,; :t 0 Cartxms The girls team took fourth; V place at the meet Seth Marring surprised almost everyone by finishing only three seconds braind the leading run-ner from North Sanpete. Cody Butler finished fourth overall followed by Scott 3kny in sixth place and Isaac Goodridi in sev--i enth. This finishing sequence wagj unusual, because generally But ks finishes highest for Carbon im meets. Marsings performance will bode well for the inter-tea-n competition on the squad. .. In the girls division Melaniri Madsen placed second overall with a strong finishing lock at thh end to salt it away. 4 Ashley Rowley came in seci and for Carbon at 16th place . -- ' - r -- ifinishedl7 i Stevens Is consideredby many ot be the heart of the highly ranked volleyball team Here she bumps an errant ball in a recent pme. Kim Allysa Donaldson came in 18tty and Elizabeth Bennett placed ii r 27th place. At another meet last Saturday in Murray, Madsen place, third overall our of 200 runners in (Midi of her best finishes of the year. , PQORC: |