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Show 4 C12 Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Vernal Express I i I occer's defensive "1 ! f .1'. ft adjustments pay off .7: ;iv 1 k, l ,, . - -" .1 ' 1 n -- if:.'-. A A-AA v ' A 1 ': A, A A i A v K , AC By Casey Chrbtensen Express Writer The score on the board at the end of the game was 2-0, when Uintah faced or re-faced Judge Memorial on Friday, but Head Coach Jared McKeachnie and his team feels the score was really 1-0. The reason, they say, is because be-cause the second goal was scored on a fluke shot that bounced off a Ute player's back and into the net. Even with that goal, only Park City has held Judge to fewer goals this season. Compare this to the first 5-1 meeting and it is obvious Uintah's effort to improve im-prove the defense has not been in vain. ' "We had a tough game at Judge losing 5-1, and to keep them at bay with only one real goal is a huge accomplishment," explained McKeachnie. "Daniel Gurr, Kevin Henderson, Cody Walker and David Wilkins were Tyler Larsen takes the ball from a Bulldog player during Uintah's game against Judge Memorial on Friday. Uintah has two more home games set for this season. One against Waterford and another against Wasatch. .A V iP i5" s a -v . h i - F A I A A' - 1 -v , A 'A Kinnon Oldaker sprints towards the ball, hoping to get one into the net. The Utes struggled offensively throughout the game feeling at times like there was a "train in front of our goal." - v - There are hundreds of excuses you could use to avoid getting screened for colon cancer. But no excuse is a good excuse when your life's on the line. If you are 50 or over, go get screened. For more information, visit www.ucan.ee or call the Health Resource Line at 1-888-222-2542. tn A A ; 0 ' w -. 5 CI NO EXCUSES u GtlSLKILNLD KIDAV Bo UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH A' "S Kevin Henderson fights to get the ball out of Uintah's territory. The defense, led by players like Henderson, were a key component in keeping Judge to just two goals. r r WA II i 1 MM? K DIE EaUIBtiK o r:..., . y $3000 rebate CMC Sierra 34 Ton HD III o 0 i I Financing or j 4f!fS0 rrlmlo V" " Cadillac SIS ' immtin - " ALAAiP - X 7rA V- Plus $2000 GM s A Al V Owner Loyality ?tw 'iVi i ' witM r0 I I Financing or 7 S35C0 rebate CMC Sierra 12 Ton rn ' " I ' ' T ' ! ' j r "' !':'rJ "' j i, j err:., : JJ""-'",iJl OsedWhicles v- Owner Loyality . vA ' Ty Plus $2000 GM Owner Loyality till! i'ii. hi in the defense that held them off. I am very proud of the defense." Although it was the defense's play that kept the Bulldogs from scoring any more than two goals, McKeachnie says all the players deserve recognition for their part in the game. "The kids played great," he said. "I believe they all played very hard. I am very happy with their efforts and intensity. Judge didn't do anything that really made us change the way we played." It was not Judge that kept Uintah at zero, but a continued struggle in getting their shots to find the net. "We all know that the score should have been better than what it was," commented McKeachnie. McK-eachnie. "We had a tough time putting it in the back of the net. In basketball the hoop will have a lid sometimes and we feel like there was a train parked in front of our goal the whole game. So many close chances, the game could have been reversed. We are going to keep working on finishing and they will come." Uintah's next game is rematch re-match against the Waterford Ravens. The Ravens took their first meeting 6-1, but with the defensive improvements Uintah hopes to change the outcome. The team feels with a little more focus on offense throughout the week they have a chance to redeem this loss. "The feeling on the team is that we really should have beaten Waterford," stated the coach. "They were not as good as the scored ended up at. They are a good team, but not a power house. We are excited to play them at home and get a chance at them again." "We have taken care of the defense and will now get back to focusing on offense and scoring." scor-ing." This pattern of redemption is something they hope to establish as they face their remaining four regular season opponents. Two of those games will be at home. The others will be in Roosevelt and Park City. "Morale is good. I think it will be a more exciting second half of region. We have more home games and should be able to knock off a few of the other teams in the region," stated McKeachnie. Museums partnership formed The Utah Office of Museum Services has partnered with the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Museums Association to form the Museum Interpretation Interpreta-tion Initiative. The initiative will offer a series of grant and training workshop work-shop opportunities to qualifying Utah museums to improve their methods of public presentation, historical research, and exhibition exhibi-tion messaging. The first stage of initiative programming, the Museum Interpretation In-terpretation Grant, will begin this spring. "Our museums are a major force for the preservation and interpretation of our cultural heritage," said Office of Museum Services Director Dan Burke. "The interpretation initiative will help museums tell a more complete and compelling story about items in their collections that represent every facet of Utah's varied heritage." Lisa Thompson, who serves as the executive director of the Utah Museums Association, said the state is fortunate to have over 260 museums that preserve its cultural and natural heritage in their collections. "The Museum Interpretation Initiative "provides museums an opportunity to develop new ways to share the exciting stories behind their collections with diverse audiences," Thompson said. The initiative was developed in response to two surveys focusing focus-ing on Utah museum needs. The first survey was completed in 2006 by the Utah Office of Museum Muse-um Services in partnership with the Utah Museums Association and the International Society of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers; the second was completed in 2007 by the Utah Humanities Council. These surveys identified identi-fied "interpretation assistance" as a primary need of the Utah museum community. For more information on the Museum Interpretation Initiative, Initia-tive, visit the Utah Humanities Council Web site at www.utahhu-manities.org, www.utahhu-manities.org, or contact Brandon Johnson at 801-359-9670, ext. 110 or johnson(n'utahhuman-ities.org. J VI AR POlVF IU R A.til |