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Show Wed/Thu/Fri, June 17-19, 2009 The Park Record B-6 • Continued from B-1 Rookies take title at first with the basics of handling the disc. "It was so much harder than I thought. The hardest part was catching and throwing, honestly," Hannah N.. 18, said. Although she played soccer and ran cross country, she said she "couldn't even catch anything at the first practice we had." To prepare for the state championships, D'Eloia practiced with the students during the modules on Friday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. "I work those kids hard on Fridays and Saturdays. I really ran a pretty serious practice," D'Eloia said. "We did the whole deal, with jogging, springs, plyos [plyometrics], stretching, drills and drills and drills, and scrimmages and scrimmages and scrimmages, and scrimmages about the drills." Oakley scrimmaged the teams from Taylorsville and Brighton prior to the state championships. which taught the kids two very different lessons about the first rule in ultimate: spirit of the game. Ultimate is unique in that it is one of the only sports that is self-refereed. According to the Ultimate Players Association website, upa.org, "ultimate relies upon a spirit of sportsmanship that places the responsibility for fair play on the player. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expensive of mutual respect among competitors, adherence to the agreed-upon rules, or the basic joy of play." D'Eloia made sure to carry this integral part of the game over to the novice team. "Obviously I encourage them to be very competitive and very intense, but also, I told them to place the high- est value on good sportsmanship and having fun," he said. Oakley defeated Taylorsville in the scrimmage 15-7, but lost, 5-14, to Brighton High School. However, Brighton's team displayed good spirit and "were really good sports," according to D'Eloia. He said, however, that Taylorsville was "trash talking" and "after the game, some of them flipped us off ... [There were] two clear examples of what to be like and what not to be like." Going into the state championships, the Swine Crew had only the experiences of six weeks of practices and two scrimmages. But they also had a new transfer student from New York, Matt, a 17-year-old ringer who had played four years of high school ultimate and whose experience had earned him a state championship from his freshman year. "When I got sent away [to Oakley], I was extremely upset. I thought I'd be missing my final year of ultimate," Matt said. When he found out that Oakleyalso had an.ultimate team, he was "ecstatic." "I was still upset, but welcomed the experience of stepping up to a leadership role." His experience with the disc and teaching other students about ultimate played a large role as students continued to learn more and more. "I knew that even since I'd been there for two to three weeks the team had improved a lot," Matt said. The first game on Saturday was against Alta, the third seed. "We beat them pretty handily and set the tone for the day," Matt said. Next, they faced Taylorsville, the secondseeded team, and again came out on top. In their last pool-play game they faced Hillcrest, the fifth seed, and again won. Some students were confident; others were surprised at their own performance. REC R E P O R T ^ : PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT * The PayDay chairiift and resort base activities Including the Alpine Coaster, Alpine Slide; ZipRider, Legacy Launcher, Miniature Golf and the Little Miners' Park are now open 11 a m t o 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a m to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 am. to 5 p.m.Sunday.TheTbwn Lift now open from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit 'www.parkcitymountain.com or call (800) 222-PARfC THE CANYONS RESORT PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG D'ELOIA The Swine Crew poses with coach Greg D'Eloia (far right, top row) after finishing 5-0 on May 30 at state. "Even when we were winning, I still couldn't believe we were winning," Hannah said. These three victories gave them a bye in the quarter finals and they went straight into their semi finals match-up against Brighton. "With Brighton having beaten us so badly just three weeks ago, I think that there was a lot of - both anxiety about that game, and also sort of like, I hate to phrase it this way, but hunger for payback," D'Eloia said. The semifinal game, can be capped by either points or time limits, was tied at 10-10 when the soft cap was announced. The game would be played until the first team reached 12. That team was Oakley, bringing the semifinals to a close at 12-10. They then continued on to fhce Skyline High School in the finals. "[I was] confident going into the finals, having just beaten Brighton," Sam said. "Very confident, but also very tired." Along with many of his teammates, continuing into a fifth game of the day, he felt exhausted. But they rallied to fight for their chance at the championship. "After we won the Brighton game and we were going into the finals with Skyline, Matt gave a pretty moving speech to the kids about how, like, competitive ultimate tournaments aren't just about who's got the best skills but who's got the heart and the endurance to bring it in the final game," D'Eloia said. Despite cramps and exhaustion, the team was leading 7-3 when lightning caused the game to be capped and decided in favor of Oakley, which D'Eloia called *'enough of a margin that I felt pretty good about them calling it for us." Some of the students say this experience was nothing more than a good story to tell people, but others plan to continue on playing in college in the fall. They have learned a great deal from the experience with a new sport, and from spirit of the game.' "Ultimate is unique in that respect, from any other sport. I think the success of the game depends on fair play and honesty," Matt said. And, he says, you can learn from that by "trying to implement that outside of ultimate." "They get discipline, the fitness piece, and the teamwork and communication skills that go with that group effort," D'Eloia said. And this year, they also get a state championship. Editor's Note: Due to the therapeutic nature of the Oakley School, last names have been omitted. Farmers' Markets have begun and take pface every Wednesday from noon t o 6 p.m. in the cabriolet parking l o t Summer activities, including scenic gondola rides, mountain biking, hiking and alpine disc golf, are scheduled to start on June 19. Hours for the Flight of the Canyons gondola are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Canyons will host its annual July 3rd Independence Day celebration featuring a free concert from the Disco Drippers and a massive fireworks display in the Resort Village. The Saturday Summer Concerts series begins July 18. Please visit www.thecanyons.com or call 649-5400 for more information. DEER VALLEY Lift-served mountain biking, hiking and scenic rides will be available from Snow Park Lodge via the Silver Lake Express chairiift and from mid-mountain via the Sterling Express chairiift beginning June 19, conditions permitting. Hours are 10 am. to 5:30 p.m. Royal Street Cafe opens June 19. The Community Concert Series at Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater begins June 24. For more information, call (435) 649-1000 or visit www.deervalley.com. PARK CITY ICE ARENA The Park City Ice Arena offers public skating, drop-in time slots for different age groups, speed skating drop-in, Learn-to-Curl/Play Hockey/Figure Skate classes,Aduit Skills & Drills classes, Stick & Puck sessions and more. Monthly schedules are available online at www.parkcityice.org. Starting July IS, Park City residents must present a recreation card to receive locals' discounts. Rec cards are available at the arena for $6.50. UTAH OLYMPIC PARK The Utah Olympic Park is open daily from 9 a m to 6 p.m. (8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays). Admission is free and includes a self-guided tour of the 2002 Olympic competition sites and access to the Alf Engen Ski Museum and 2002 Eccles Olympic Winter Games Museum. Guided tours of the venue are offered daily at the top of the hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.The Comet Bobsled operates I to 5 p.m. Sunday through Friday and 2 to 6 p.m. Saturdays.The Xtreme and Ultra Ziplines and Quicksilver Alpine Slide operate 10 a m to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 8 pm. Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, visit olyparks.com or call (435) 658-4200. PARK CITY GOLF CLUB Green fees for 18 holes are $46 for residents with a cart or $32 walking. For non-residents, fees are $57 with a cart or $43 walking. Nine holes are $ 16/$23 (walking/cart) for residents and $21.50/$28.50 for non-residents. For more information, call 615-5800 or visit www.parkcitygolfclub.org. SOLDIER HOLLOW GOLF COURSE The Gold and Silver courses are open.The cost for 18 holes is $42 with a cart or $29 walking. Seniors 62 and older pay $37 with a cart Monday through Friday, or walk the course for $24. Juniors 17 and under pay $35 with a cart or $22 to walk. For more information call 654-7442 or visit www.soldierhollow.com. WASATCH MOUNTAIN GOLF COURSE Green fees for 18 holes are $42 with a cart or $29 without a cart Seniors (62 and older) pay $37 with a cart Monday through Friday, or walk the course for $24.Juniors (17 and under) pay $35 with a cart or $22 walking. For more information, call 654-0532 or visit www.utah.com/golf. MOUNTAIN DELL GOLF COURSE The Mountain Dell Canyon and Lake Courses are open. Fees for 18 holes are $27 walking and $40 with a cart; for 9 nines, fees are $15 walking and $21.50 with a cart. For more information, call (801) 582-3812 or visit www.slcgoK.com. • CITY AND BASIN TRAILS Join Mountain Trails for Tuesday Trail Runs every week through the summer. Runs are participant-led and non-competitive. All ability levels are welcome. Runs last from one to one-and-a-half hours on trails throughout Park City. Meet promptly at 6 p.m. at the scheduled trailhead with good running shoes and plenty of water. Upcoming runs: June 16 starting at the Quinn's Junction trailhead and June 23 starting at the Old Ranch Road trailhead. For any trail maintenance concerns, contact Rick ac rick@mountaintrails.org. SNAKE GRIL ONLY 57,820 MILES 6 CYLINDER DIESL ENGINE Plywood Lined 20' Box white exterior, Grey Interior AC,Cruise, CD player Block Heater, Power Windows 6 speed, Roll up door Great American Comfort rood Will Soon be Serving CLASSIC SUNDAY BRUNCH Starting June 21st, Fathers Day to August 30th « Brunch Hours 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations Recommended Snake Creek Grill 650 West 100 South Heber Old Town 435-654-2133 Sunny Front Porch Opened, Weather Permitting LLENT |