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Show Vernal Express Fridoy, Moy Express d).VSy .IT Ui ''ft - 1M ly 'WWII il " i.'rir-y-i rJT- f " J'T ; Jf I - . t , J f I ' j.tJ:l JLtvmmmtMC4 'HmJhtS.Kfw tdjfcti ,itTWl.-diBl ffhafa , . , "Trw UINTAH TRACKSTERS, June Anderson, left; Andy Critton, center and another contestant, dash down the track during a 100 meter dash event. Nine Uintah Utes qualified for this year's ;amn) to siMlh) Bom on Sixth place is not as great as taking first, second, third, fourth and fifth, but it was extra special for the Uintah Uin-tah Ute track team as they went from zero place last year with no qualifiers for the state meet to number six in the 3-A meet in 1985. The Utes tied for sixth place with Ogden and American Fork at 22 points. Ben Lomond nabbed first place at 83 points in the boys division. Uintah's buddies Orcm, second and Timpview, third, were the only Region 7 teams to finish above the Utes. This year the Utes tied with American Fork and finished ahead of Mountain View and Provo at the stale meet. When asked to comment on the Uintah Utes going from zero place last year to sixth place this year, Curg Belcher, Ute track coach, remarked, "We had some good hard working kids. They were til good athletes." Todd Mulville was the top placer for the Uintah Utes at he placed se-fnr,1 se-fnr,1 in the 100 at 11.01 and 2oo at 12 : ) He jKo was a member of the t!fV 4iQ relay tram, which placed nurd Other relay team members ere Hod Ihlkry, Dee Stcinfcldt and Larry Bartictl, Scott Douglas of Ben Lmtwnd defeated Mulville In the 100, lOMamlMO, 2211. "Miilville and Douglass went way twt in front of everyone at the start of the loo meter dash. It wai a two man rrf. DwttaM g it the lead and held H. The finish wi very ttfRe,' ald Dckhrr, "The 3ft) meter dash was U VitlWANT ' ! l AtlflN . MKIOKCE HAS GOOD NLWSlOKYOUt Th Air Force is ens bf thj best way! to get a degfea. You'll gt tfedit for tfairv (ng through h Community Co"egi 6f the Air foua. Tflks mo towrse arn 81 Bssoct-' Bssoct-' - t, fin;J cut '1 b?e?;i from a I .r at for fyitof. CCLtCCT 31, 1985 firm about the same. It was close at the end. We finished just barely out of second se-cond place in the 440 relay. Ben Lomond Lo-mond recorded a first place time of 43.61 and Logan nabbed second at 44.80. Uintah finished third at 45.10. We were In the top three most of the way and Mulville, our anchor, closed the gap between second and third." Steinfeldt pocketed seventh place in the long jump with a leap of 21-0. Mulville, also, placed 11th in the long jump at 20-4 1-2. The top mark in the long jump was turned In by Silia Perez of Lehl at 23- and the sixth place finisher was Raymond Ray-mond Loy of Carbon at 21-5 1-4. "Our two long jumpers advanced Into the finals. We finished just five Inches out of sixth place and seven and half inches out of fourth place. They just got better jumps. It was real close," said Belcher. "Most of our track competitors this year were juniors and we are losing just two seniors. Doug Simper, a Junior, finished fifth at region In the mile at 4:40.1, but didn't qualify for state. Simper's time Is the second fastest mile ever run by a Uintah High School trackster. Jerry Allred owns the Uinlah mile record at 4:31. David Merrell will be back. He ran a 4 51 mile and we had two ninth graders this year In James GqIht and Chad Walton, who almost qualified In the BOO meter run." "Mulville, who competed In the state meet, at the W, 2o0, long Jump and 440 relay, will be returning next year, Douglass of Ben Lomond and Mulville of Uintah dominated the (iprinU this year el Douglass placed first In the loo and 200 and Mulville pocketed second In both events. DowglaM also won the ) end was a mrmbrf of Ikn Lomond's winning 4W relay tram, Mulville a at.i a 4 W relay runner end long Jumprr, DtwglaM U a senior. "Three of the four 4 relay team mrmbrrs fmm Uintah, Mulville, Bartlrll and Steinfeldt will be back. tli!)try U a eninr. Da)-fe Wood will be returning in the mile and two mile. Kyle White, fmjrth place el region in the to Intermediate hurdles, w ill be back. BartMt was just barely i few iwhs Say from qualifying this jear In the discus ami Javelin, White fni.ed qualifying for the slate irt the hurdles by 11? tA H sernnd. Jimmy MtT i!5 b Mrot-g she o.'ance ts'rs Sco'i SiT';-f faced fifth in the $ he4 put as a t" hnmnre. All eur l"cg J-in-rs pi'il t back fie! j?ar. Stpir.feJit will also be in the jprints end Kenny Mnhaf, a !toonioTe, cleared 1Q Ln the h;gh J'.jmp." Uir'h's Er Is reachH th finals in IN? m!ey relay and placed jeverh. Mrr.rrs of the relay team ere state meet and eight of the nine will be back next year. The Ute boys went from zero place last year to sixth place this year. . miQim-isOffleDirae u Cassie Belcher, Shellie Belcher, Andy An-dy Critton and June Anderson. Joy Hunsaker advanced into the finals in the 800 meter run and placed seventh at 3:38. Anderson snared ninth In the 400 meter dash. S. Belcher netted 12th in the high jump. "All five of the girls, who qualified for the state meet from Uintah High School, will return next year," commented com-mented Belcher. The one year Improvement by the Uintah Ute track team is on the amazing side. The Utes were dead last In the world of track in the boys division as not a single trackster qualified for the state meet from Uintah Uin-tah High School. Uintah's boys went from nothing to something In the sport of track as they climbed out of the cellar and became the number six team In 3-A boys' track. Uintah qualified four boys for the state meet in four events. Mulville competed in four events, 100, 200, long jump and 440 relay. Stcinfcldt qualified for two events, long Jump and 440 relay. Hilkcy and Barllett competed ui one event, the 440 relay. Mulville dominated the meet for the Uintah Utes as he scored 17 1 2 of the Utes' 22 points. Mulville garnered liiSaIylid.Town Tire & 295 Wml Main .Votnol. Utah 84078 789 - OIL CHANGE SPECIAL hjmi (ssii? eight points each in the 100 and 200 and one and half counters in the 440 relay. The Utes qualified for only four events in the state meet, but they did a good job as they scored points in three of four events, which allowed Uintah to place sixth overall. Ben Lomond Lo-mond won the state title by placing in nine events. The Scots garnered first places in the 100, 200, 400 and 440 relay and placed in the shot put, pole vault, long jump, 110 hurdles and medley relay. Ben Lomond used nine events to place first. The Uintah Utes had less events to work with, but did the best with what they had and used three events, to reach a sixth place tie. Last year's Uintah team consisted mainly of sophomores and the Utes had a rough time winning meets. They defeated Orcm and Mountain View in a dual meet, but the Orcm schools had their Junior varsity teams compete against the Utes. The Utes finished In the bottom of the region pile last year, but they knocked knock-ed off Provo and Mountain View at the state meet this year. The Utes also finished Just six points out of fifth place In the state meet and 14 out of fourth place. Auto Service 3223 j- M co u pc ? Ltth, oil & filter j 17 95 ! I I trtlh fewfr I "www; v' ; UTE MILER Doug Simper hits the tape in 1600 meter run action. ac-tion. Simper recorded the second fastest mile ever in the history of track at Uintah High School this year, but didn't qualify for the state meet. However, Simper is a junior and he will return with many other tracksters to next year's team. Once again it is youth baseball time in Vernal for boys and girls as the summer air is being filled with baseballs. The youngsters attempt to do their best in the hitting, throwing and catching cat-ching world of baseball. Some baseball players have all the right tools as they catch fly balls, throw to the right base, hurl fast balls to the plate and drill balls for singles, doubles, triples and home runs. However, some young players drop fly balls, throw the ball to the wrong base into the outfield, strike out looking look-ing and strike out swinging and miss the plate by a mile during pitching attempts. at-tempts. The number one item of the game called baseball is having fun and another important item is learning the skills of baseball. Winning is the main goal, but getting the basics down just right is more important. Hitting and pitching are necessary skills, but I feel defense is just as important. im-portant. A good hitting attack and an outstanding pitching performance can win games for many teams, but a poor defensive team can waste good ' hitting and amazing pitching. Catching fly ball in the outfield, keeping ground balls from darting between infieldcr and outfielder legs, throwing to the right base, backing up a fielder, learning the douhleplay are Important defensive skills that need to be learned early in the sport -v f ,V V--'1sfE...THEMATURAU WORLD CI!ir.IPiONSi:iPROHi!iGi STHIA TURNER - PRIVATE DANCERl SIHTEEH CiUMLES V-BACHELOR ; PARTY Vr OLIUIA riElAITON-JOHH! Oeasonaflcf tfanrt. If HO of fc rs jrou over 40 riwiciiothw-c fwmrafh tnnn!h-uw:u! and unin trrrnp'ed c fmir.r n u!s. t1u IICO rrrmirte hlfr-a rna'lc jtiM for ciin ir w-tfi w-tfi Andrneinal icfics, arcfaimrd dxun-.cRUtifi, aahj njnnir j family icrici, rr.-.ftic and pt- AH mVirgliCOat!.:flarfor" d ,!Uflr!!rrA' l-l! n m!layfciiitf tn?aliri-pcr, tn?aliri-pcr, vnimntr;' f ':!. rr e-.if May 20 thru Juno 30 Vernal Coble TV 35 N. 100 W. 789 1723 of baseball. A hitter might be able to improve his slugging skills in high school and fine tune his pitching ability, but many times if a high school baseball player is lacking in defensive skills by the time he is a junior he is going to have a rough time becoming a defensive whiz. I was a member of the Colts during my first year of Little League baseball. I believe the team was named after the Houston Colts, which joined the National League in 1962. Our Colt team placed second in 1963, but we finished dead last in 1964. We made a great comeback in 1965 as we tied for third place out of four teams. Members of the Little League in Roosevelt back in the 1960s were the Colts, Lions, Indians and Giants. The Indians were named after the Cleveland Indians and the Giants after the San Francisco Giants. The Lions were sponsored by the local Lions chapter. Cleveland and San Francisco had some good teams back in the 1960s. One of the teams in the Pony League wa$ called the Yankees, but a new name, the Rough Riders was created when the namesake, New York Yankees went from five first place finishes in a row to sixth place in 1965 and last place in 1966. I became an assistant coach in 1967 for a Mustang League team and the coaches and players met to decide the name of the team. I suggested the Yankees as the New York Yankees with Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and others, was my favorite team. However, the Yankee name received a solid, "No" The name picked over the Yankees was the Weasels. The Yankees returned to good graces due to two World Scries titles In 1977 and 1978 and a number of American League championships and thus there arc Yankee teams In the Vernal Bronco and Mustang Leagues. Order HBO Now! Save s35on Installation Order ItRO and get a mnSMMumrra featuring! Somm fmd f.u,t-'r corrciM lent. A Mn;v pf c it- (F-Jtfp). I m. tl,l V ins' , MMjJ an! c pst;p. IN sW tofuni for c Vrltnr.it Pr-h m. 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