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Show B6 Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Sperits Utes to face Carbon Uintah Ute football team the season with their endowment name against Juan Diego with a 40 0 defeat in Salt Lake City last I rula According to Coach Kevin Dickson, the Lies suffered with nersous play against a speedy option running offense. After the I tes got the first half under their hell against the defending 2A state champions, the game took on a different look 'We had a hard time stopping their option." said Coach Dickson. I tes I he developed a healthy respect for their opponents offense. "'Ac probably could have prepared a little better lor their option and slowed it down, but I dont think there is another team in our level of play that is as quick as Juan Diego. According to Dickson, he and his coaching staff are still rotating kids in and out trying to suit players to The l Weve got some good positions talented kids and really expect to do well this year," he added. Dickson assumed the coaching leadership spot following the retirement of long time Uintah fixitball coach, Curg Belcher I he Utes will play their second preseason game at home this Friday Carbon defeated against Carbon 21 in the Pay son 2b opening contest lor both teams. Coach Dickson said the Dmos appear to be at the opposite end of the spectrum from Juan Diego a Carbon is power team," Dickson said "They appear to be big and strong but dont have the speed that we encountered with Juan Diego" I he game will be played in Ute Stadium with the opening kick ofl slated for 7pm What better way to get ready for the upcoming football season than a neighborhood game (with ball) go head to head. Utte aim first ' When school starts on September 2, the Lady Ute tennis team will have one Region 10 match in the score book. They played Wasatch in llebcr yesterday to open region play and will lace Granite, Park in St City and a tournament George next week. The 200 squad is full of prospects with 22 girls participating Couch Mindy Merrell is excited about the year We attended a tennis camp clear back in June and everyone at the camp was impressed with our level of play.i said Coach Merrell The Lady Lies had only three returning vaisity players from last year. Were pretty young Merrell said. She said that many oil the team have been playing steady tennis since last June, a fact she feels should weigh in pretty heavy for them early in region play She said that Wasatch had only been practicing together for about two weeks. On the lirst day of school, Tuesday. Sept. 2. the I ady Utes will host Granite in a match at the Uintah High School tennis courts. Two days later on Thursday, they will travel to Park City for a match. Following the contest with Park (Tty, Merrell will load the team on buses for a trip to St George where they will play two days of tennis on A V 4 Coach Galley said. It has been very competitive in the past and could be again. Rock Springs is always there and theyre tough. Galley has been preparing his team not only for the rigors of the meet this Friday but also for what is arguably the most competitive region in the state for cross country. Our region is the toughest, Galley said. The top state teams always come from our region." Galley views this with a little consternation. Weve often had teams that would have competed very well at the state level but have had difficulty getting through the region competition to get them to state, he tion of young, efforts have been made to help reduce the bobcat harvest for the 2003 - 2004 trapping and hunting seasons. The number of tags available to each trapper in Utah has been reduced from eight to six and two weeks have been shaved off of the bobcat harvest season. The entire bobcat season runs from Nov. 19, 2003 to Feb. 15, 2004. However, trappers may not trap the first two weeks of the season and hunters may not hunt during the last two weeks. "These changes should result in a harvest of about 1,700 bobcats, which is the average taken in recent seasons and a number we're much more comfortable with." said Craig McLaughlin statewide furbearer X program manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The statewide bobcat harvest jumped from just under 9(X) animals in 1996 - 1997 to 1.234 in the following season; 1997 - 1998. Bobcat harvest peaked in 1998 - it 1 Q G mt ir l) & Cy, tni The Vernal 3 on 3 boys soccer team recently traveled to Green River, Wyo. to participate in the Green River 3 on 3 Soccer Blast. The boys took first place over 12 other teams from Utah and Wyoming. They Left to right are Tyler Larsen, Brodie Ayotte, Lance went undefeated, outscoring their opponents 58-Hansen and Kyler Bowden. 6. L Utes had a time trial last Friday to determine varsity positions for the coming week. The varsity boy's team wilT be lemprised of Dustin Sorensen, 2Gray jhgnstus, Scott Merkley, Nathan Wright, John Shakespeare, Jason Sullivan and Aaron Wood. Sorensen, Merkley and Augustus are returning varsity runners from last year. On the girls Amber side, Bartel, Maggie Bunderson, Whitney Fleetwood, b rm. 4 Karissa White, Mandy Bingham, Nicole Wright and Megan Wright will all open as varsity runners. The varsity positions are available to all team members on the Friday prior to an event when new time trials are run. According to Galley, the top 7 runners in each gender group represent the school as varsity athletes for the coming week. The Utes have been working on conditioning as a team since August 4. Looking past the Green River event. Galley expects Region 10 to be as tough as ever again this year. Judge Memorial won the state championship on the male side while Park City did the same thing in the female competition. I dont think Judge lost any of their top runners from last year, Galley said. Were excited to get this first race under our belts to see what we can do. Coach Galley is joined by Richard Henderson as assistant y coach. Richard ran at both Ricks College and USU, Galley said. Its always great to have that kind of experience in a coach. cross-countr- Flag football registration begins Participants may now register at Uintah Recreation District for the Youth Flag Football program open to boys and girls in second through sixth grades. The program is designed as an introductory program to teach fundamentals of the game and to build teamwork skills. Teams will be divided by grades, and games will be played on Thursday through Tuesday evenings beginning Sept. 23. The registration fee is $25 until sept. 5 and $30 afterward. The final registration deadline is Sept. 12. Parents are encouraged to volunteer to coach for this program and are great needed. A coaches meeting and training will be Wednesday, Sept. 17. Register at the Uintah Recreation District Office in the Chamber of Commerce building, 134 W. Main, Suite 101 or call 7810982 for more information. Bobcat hunting tags on to be reduced. V slVl year. The Citing increased harvest, increasing pelt value and reduced produc- . t pointed out. Nobody remembers third, he says. The Utes have finished as the number three team at state for the past three years. Galley would like to see that change this ttatrcgettedl ffoir iredluacdnooD sti&L - compete Bob Cad; Ihiairvesti See Tennis on B7 t conomittiry fto the front yard? Jordan McCourt, Brad Gessell, Josh Cottrell and Joseph Cottrell (Green Driver, Wyo. rmeett When the Uintah High School cross country team heads to Green River, Wyoming this Friday, several things will be up in the air. The meet is the first encounter for the year for the Utes and is often very competitive according to Coach Gary Galley. While the team will work on together to boost their team's chances, Ixidy Ute Maggie Bartel have a special challenge. The new Green River course record was set last year at the same event ft she owns it. Bartels competitive spirit will help propel her toward breaking her own record. The Green River event usually has about Five schools competing, Tennis has week cross in 1999 with a reported harvest of 2,092. It has remained above 1,300 annually from then until last season when it again jumped to 1,800. The reason for the increased harvest is thought to be tied to increasing fur prices. In addition to the increased bobcat harvest, the number of young being produced in Utah appears to be declining associated with the drought. Prey animals such as cottontail rabbits and snowshoe hares that bobcats rely on for food have been reduced by drought. "Very few juvenile bobcats were taken by trappers last year, which tells us that is down, reproduction McLaughlin said. We believe the measures were recommending will ensure that Utahs bobcat populations remain healthy. In the Northeastern Region, 20 bobcats were harvested in Daggett County in the 2002 - 2003 season while 48 were reported taken in Duchesne County and 151 in Uintah County. Harvest in Uintah County jumped from 51, 60 and 64 animals when seasons closed in 1996, 1997 and 1998 to over 130 at the close of the 1998 - 1999 season. The Uintah County harvest has remained well above 100 cats since the 1998 - 1999 season. Pelt prices have increased correspondingly from approximately $55 - $65 in the late 1990s to a reported high of $250 last year. Griffin Park Chure boardslides a concrete ledge on his way to a win in City. Chure wins Park City skateboard event Griffin Chure of Vernal captured a stop spot in the August 23 street-styl- e skate competition in Park City. The challenge of the rails, concrete bowls, ramps, pyramids and ledges of the Park City skate park make it one of the premier sites in Utah for skateboarding competitions in both street and bowl style skating. For his first place finish, Griffin, who skateboards for McLuckeys, won a skateboard, a skate backpack, other equipment and a season pass to the Park City Mountain Resort where he snowboards in the winter. POOI |