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Show ll II brf'CLhe (ilHIII Qlhues-31nitrpintiu- Recreation. utt Area Review ... Classified Ads Public Notices Real Estate .... Sports Community 3 .5-- 8 TV Listings .8-- 9 Wednesday, December 24, 2003 GCHS - JTs- - V m i.: Al ' 1 1 .. girls basketball team defeated Monticello last Friday Richards s; m - ' vS 59-5- 1 3 ..jwx' by .Jeff contributing writer The Grand County High School girls basketball team won one of three away games they played in four nights last week, defeating Monticello on Friday, Dec. 19 to improve their preseason record to before the holiday break. 59-5- 1 2-- 4 Senior &?aa ' I ' V IK'S. r fc. .. & v ; . rtfsTM li.i Beth guard Lefebvre led the Lady Devils with 17 joints in the victory at Monticello, followed by sophomore center Natalie Garrett, who had 12. Alex Esquibel contributed eight points and Blair Topahe had six. Monticello led at halftime, but Grand went up at the end of the by one, third quarter and then managed to out score the Lady in the final Buckaroos 16-to earn the win. period The night before) Dec. 18). Grand had traveled to Colorado to play Dove Creek in a 32-3- Holidays ! . Happy And . . From left, Sadie Warner, Lisa Church, Michelle Wiley. Jeannine Wait, Lisa Taylor and Adrien Taylor (above), best wishes from all of the folks at The Jed taylor and Tom Taylor (above) Sam Taylor, Zane Taylor, Dorothy Anderson, Jeff Richards and Jose Santana. Inset, left, is Marjorie Miller; and inset right is Nancy Times-lndependen- t. Beaufait. 43-4- 0 2 9 Have a picture you would like to share? Submit it to A Look Back in Time Historic pictures of Moab and Grand County For digital T-- l files: v -- The Times-lndepende- nt http:wwwJib.utah.edudigitalunews I'' In Tv fv v Tp .. v vi'- - , $ x 50-4- 7 Richards contributing writer , ing inbounds day then went to Despite having a seven point lead with three minutes to play, the Grand County High buys basketball team lost to the San Juan Broncos at Moab last Wednesday, The collapse was even more stunning considering the fact that three of San Juans best players fouled out of the game during that span. First, SJHS senior Kevin Kirk incurred a technical foul, which was also his fifth personal foul. 50-4- 7 last-minu- '' 4 ' Moab in 1911 Moab's Third Awakening in 1911 This story was published in the Salt Lake Herald Republican on June 21, 1911. It was reproduced in the Grand Valley Times in booklet form. It is not apparent who the author was, but he was obviously impressed with this isolated valley and its people. It was sent in by Jaqueline Songer of El Cajon, Calif., of grand-daughte- r Moab pioneer Louise Powell Grimm, who thought it should be placed in the Dan OLauiel Museum, where it will be placed. We thought it should sented to our readers. be pre- MOAB is the only town in Utah to which admission is charged. In fact, it costs quite as much for an exit fee as for entrance, unless, perchance, you take a round-trirate on the ferry and get p a reduction in this way. Anything thats worth having is worth paying for, says the Moab oracle, and he thus explains the fact that it costs money to get into Moab and a penalty is added for those who are so foolish as to leave. When a man asks you where you are going to spend your vacation, and you are very proud to tell him, he First wonders where Moab is and then marvels at the fact that anyone would want to visit a place he has never heard of. When you board a westbound Rio Grande train at Thompsons, make a rush for the washroom to get rid of sand and soil of various degrees of fertility and tenacity, lest you be charged with jumping a land claim. The sleepy passengers refuse to miles believe that thirty-sisouth of the desert through which they are passing lies an Eden as per feet a garden as though a score of mountain ranges were set to train their waters upon this one favored spot, giving life and nutrients to the soil and its verdant covering. x Rogers, whose pen is the pride of Grand Valley, writes this offhand. Here are mountains seamed with veins-yearteries of platinum, gold, silver, copper and other metals useful to man. Here are A1 K s, millions of tons of coal yetuntouched by the miner's Pick and the richest of oil fields in the entire world but in the infancy of development. Vast areas of luxuriant grasses carpet the hillsides and mesas; great herds of fat, sleek, contented cattle and sheep graze upon those almost limitless natural pastures and bask in the cool, umbrageous shade of pine and aspen groves, where the air is filled with the melody of feathered songsters and redolent with the odor of myraids of wild flowers and the balsamic breath of the forests which gladden the heart and lull the spirit like the perfumes of in- cense from mystic oriental altars; and bring health and happiness to all who breathe it. Are you seeking health? It is borne off every breeze. Do you desire wealth? It lies in uncoined, unmined, unlimited millions beneath your feet. Have you a desire to dwell in a land where with a minimum of labor you can produce the greatest quantity of cereals and vegetables and the most delicious fruits to be found anywhere? Irrigation and intelligently directed efforts down Cottonwood creek to the Green river, w'hich, with the Grand, pours into the Colorado and forms the worlds most picturesque waterway. Fifty-si- x years ago this month the first white man crossed the Grand river into Moab valley, or Grand Valley as it is now called. It is reasonable to presume that the Billings party was the first to enter the valley, although it is believed that one or two Continued on if te Grands Brian Ankrum missed both free throws, however, and the Broncos continued to chip aw ay at the Red Devils' lead. Also fouling out for San Juan during the last couple of minutes of the game were Jeremy Tate and Chase Flannery. However, Grand couldnt convert its free throws, missing at least five in a row at one stretch, and also failed to make several field goals from right underneath the basket. With about 10 sec- onds to play, the Devils trailed by one and were unable to get the ball in bounds, throw ing it instead to the other end of the court and leading two more easy points for San Juan. Down 50-4- 7 with under eight seconds left, Ankrum looked poised to drain one of his trademark threes to tie the score, but timeout was suddenly called from the GCIIS sideline. guard sophomore Nick Whitehorse, who failed to get off a shot, as his last second pass was deflected by the Broncos. Ankrum, who scored 13 points, was the only Red Devil in double figures. Whitehorse nine added only-thre- riod. Two Groesbeck and Tony Dalton scored seven apiece. GCIIS starters Steven Hirschfeld, Steve Lopez, and Chris Brewer were held to a combined total of six points four, one, and one, respectively! in the turnover-plaguecontest. The stands were filled with sizable crowds of vocal supporters from both Moab and Blanding. Former GCIIS coach Ryan Nielson, now head coach ofhis owm alma mater at San Juan, savored the comeback the win as his Broncos improved to in preseason, while Grand fell to overall under new coach Brook Shumway. Two nights later, the Red Devils traveled to Richfield to invitational play in a tournament. On Friday, Grand lost to tournament host Richfield Again, Grand had only one player in double l d 4-- apiece, followed by Lesley York and Andrea Lopez, who both had six. The Lady Devils made only half of their free throws and scored points in the third Chris and game that was originally scheduled to be played at Moab. Dove Creek defeated as no the Lady Devils Grand player managed to score in double figures. Esquibel and Garrett led Grand with seven points 59-3- halting the action. The ensu- by .Jeff ' y- V' Grand boys lose late lead to a tough San Juan, team 2 pe- days earlier, in Tuesdays game at 1A power- house Whitehorse, the Raiders halftime jumped out to a lead and never looked back as victory. they coasted to a Garrett paced the Devils with 14 points in that game, with Lopez adding 13 and Lora Lee scoring five. Grand fared bet36-2- 1 67-4- 2 ter at the free throw line against Whitehorse, making 18 of 25 foul shots. The Lady Devils next game is Jan. 6 at San Juan High in Blanding. 2-- 2 two-da- y 67-5- figures (this time it was Hirschfeld, with 12). Brewer, Groesbeck, and Whitehorse each added eight, Tony Dalton had seven, and Ankrum had six. Grand led Richfield to the victory. The following evening, Richfield beat Monument Valley, Ariz. to win their own invitational tourna- ment, and Grand managed to defeat Virgin Valley. Nev. in the consolation game to improve to overall (scoring not available). The summary Red Devils next game will be Saturday, Jan. 3 at Monticello. 3-- 3 Support Gr.wd High 14-1- 1 after one quarter, but lost the lead for good in the second quarter as the Wildcats went at halftime en route up Athletics -- It's a Wixxlxg Year! 29-2- 3 T) wr vlf f t7l ' Grands Chris Groesbeck gets fouled during the Devils Dec. 12 home victory over Monticello. The senior center has been scoring more points lately to go along with his rebounding and defense. Photos by Jeff Richards V U sht i m Natalie Garrett, a sophomore center for GCHS, brings the ball up the floor against Whitehorse in earlier action this season. Garrett scored 1 2 points in last week's victory at Monticello. |
