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Show B-2 rec report The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 18-20, 2012 Park City youth hockey on the rise PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT The 2011-2012 winter season is over. The scheduled opening day for the 2012 summer season is Friday, May 25. Go to www.parkcitymountainresort.com or call (435) 649-8111 for more information on Park City Mountain Resort. CANYONS RESORT The 2011-2012 winter season is over. The scheduled opening day for the 2012 summer season at Canyons Resort is Thursday, June 14. For more information on Canyons, visit www.thecanyons.com or call (435) 888-CANYONS. DEER VALLEY RESORT The 2011-2012 winter season is over. The scheduled opening day for the 2012 summer season at Deer Valley Resort is Friday, June 15. For more information and a schedule of upcoming events, call (435) 6491000 or visit www.deervalley.com. UTAH OLYMPIC PARK The Utah Olympic Park is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with free admission to the Alf Engen Ski Museum and Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum. Guided venue tours are available daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting at the top of each hour. The tour costs $7 for adults and $5 for youth, and seniors and is an exciting way to learn about Utah's Olympic legacy and explore our Olympic venue. For more information call (435) 658-4200 or visit www.UtahOlympicLegacy.com. MOUNTAIN TRAILS According to a Mountain Trails Foundation Facebook post from April 16, "Did a quick lunchtime ride/inspection in Round Valley and the wind seems to have dried things out in good shape - it's fast and tacky! Get out before the wet weather sets in again!" For more information on Mountain Trails Foundation, go to www.mountaintrails.org. For any trail information or maintenance concerns, email Rick at rick@ mountaintrails.org. BASIN RECREATION For any trail information or maintenance concerns, email Bob Radke at bradke@basinrecreation.org or visit http://www.basinrecreation.org/ winter_trails.html. Photo courtesy Volker Ritzinger The Park City Ice Miner Pee Wees standing, left to right: Cody Ritzinger, Coach Steve Shaw, manager Kathy Pederson, Beau Pederson, Taylor Mellon, Gabriel Rosa, Coach Mark Colaizzi, David O'Connel, Coach Volker Ritzinger; kneeling left to right: Theoux Masquelier, Noel Chavez, Daniel Herbert, Mark Colaizzi Jr., Aidan Shaw and Conner Mauck. Teams finish with tournament wins in Anaheim, Calif. PARK CITY GOLF COURSE The Park City Golf Course is open for the spring season, weather permitting. For more information, call (435) 615-5800. Off-season rates currently include: $25 for walking 18 holes (resident), $40 for a cart and 18 holes (resident), $28 for walking 18 holes (non-resident) and $43 for a cart and 18 holes (non-resident). Residents must show valid Park City Recreation/County Card. All residents living within the school district boundaries are eligible for resident rates. WASATCH MOUNTAIN GOLF COURSE The Wasatch Mountain State Golf Course in Midway opened Friday, March 30. The cost for 18 holes and a cart is $42, while nine holes and a cart is $21. For more information call (435) 654-0532. SOLDIER HOLLOW GOLF COURSE The Soldier Hollow Golf Course in Midway is open for spring season. The cost for 18 holes and a cart is $43, while nine holes and a cart is $21.50. For more information call (435) 654-7442. WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST Mirror Lake Highway 150 is closed. Road 35 (Wolf Creek Pass) is also closed. All campgrounds along the Mirror Lake Highway are still closed. For more information, call (435) 783-4338. By Volker Ritzinger For The Park Record The Park City Ice Miners' select travel teams - the Squirts and Pee Wees - had their best season this year, setting team records for most games won in a season and most tournaments won. The Park City Ice Miner Squirts won two tournaments this year and finished second in two others. The Park City Ice Miner Pee Wees won four tournaments, finished second in one and third in another. This past weekend, both the Park City Ice Miners' select hockey teams traveled to Anaheim, Calif., for the last and toughest tournament of the year. The high flying Park City Ice Miners Pee Wee squad - ages 11 and 12 - won their last two Utah tournaments, the Iron Cup in Bountiful and "The Spring Fling" in Salt Lake City, then finished the season in Anaheim with five wins in five games for another tournament win. Teams from Arizona, San Diego, Anaheim and a U-14 girls' select squad from southern California were battling it out on the Anaheim Ducks training rink. Head coach Mark Colaizzi knew Southern California had a strong hockey tradition, with two NHL teams, the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings, and expected the competition to be very good. But his team came well prepared and well coached. The Ice Miners got outstanding goaltending from Connor Mauck and great defensive play from Beau Pederson and Cody Ritzinger, who shut down the blue line. The offensive power, led by Aidan Shaw (tournament scoring champ), Noel Chavez, Mark Colaizzi Jr., and tournament MVP Taylor Mellon sealed the deal in Southern California with a tournament win far from home. For the Squirts - ages 9 and 10 - the Park City Ice Miners' youngest select team showed there is a strong foundation for hockey in Park City. The Squirt select team, coached by Ryan Shuflin, lost in the preliminary round 5-2, but won the next three games to qualify for the tournament championship. The opponent was the team from San Diego that had beaten them in the first round. It is not easy to tell a 9-yearold hockey player you can win a hockey game after you were defeated by the same team the day before. But the coaching staff found a way to rally the kids to a 4-2 victory. Super goaltending from Andrew Pederson, along with great efforts from forwards Brock Fizer and Luke Moeller, helped the Miners clinch the big win. Moeller opened the scoring for Park City. Fizer put Park City up 2-1 in the second period, scored a shorthanded goal in the third period and completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal to put the game away. San Diego went home with the second-place trophy while Park City lined up for a gold cup handed out to each player. The Park City Ice Miner Pee Wee squad consists of Cody Ritzinger, Beau Pederson, Taylor Mellon, Gabriel Rosa, David O'Connel, Theoux Masquelier, Noel Chavez, Daniel Herbert, Mark Colaizzi Jr., Aidan Shaw and Conner Mauck. The Park City Ice Miner Squirt team consists of Scott Burnette, Luke McCall, Reed Dolph, Aidan Bleyl, Alex Prucka, Sam Willis, Brock Fizer, Jake Olderman, Luke Moeller, Cooper Iacobelli, Isaac Shuflin, Reese McGrath, Andrew Pederson, Cael Dolph and Jack Ehlers. |