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Show - - - - .- .. urn f ' ... J- v "r "f , - r . n ... i" f ,- - f '4 ' ' :',, i MONIQUE REIDHEAD practices overhead serve during Ute athletics Continued from page 19 the team and we would really like to see about 10 more join in the fun," Yama stated. The volleyball teams first competition compe-tition will be at the Bountifull tournament tour-nament August 30-31. Girls Tennis Head Coach Eric Pye, in his second sec-ond year at the Lady Ute helm is very enthusiastic about this years edition of women's tennis so what else is new? "We have a great blend of experience experi-ence and youth with four returning starters and five freshmen on the team and they are all talented," Pye stated. "There's no reason in the world these kids can't accomplish whatever they set their minds to." What the athletes have set their minds to is a region championship' and top ten finish in state. "This group of young women remind re-mind me a lot of the men's team four years ago," Pye stated. "They have a great desire to work to improve im-prove themselves and to that end they have. Everyone has been very positive and supportive of each other, oth-er, which is what it takes to make a team successful." Pye and temporary assistant Shane Bullock (temporary until he begins his stint at Utah State Sept 31) have put the girls through a very intensive conditioning program pro-gram which began over two weeks ago. Included in that program are ladders, lad-ders, sprints incorporating different types of footwork needed for tennis such as backpeddling, side shuffle, carrioka and stairs. "The girls were a little skeptical about the stairs but they can feel their strength and stamina increasing increas-ing so it's not such a big deal any more, they realize how it is helping them so they just do it!" Pye stated. The team has been working hard on specific drills and combinations of shots to prepare for their fust match which will be the St. George tournament September 6-7. The returning starters from last Many NAPA products can yVUI W t M " Offers good Jt.;...-.w.MJ:aaai v" year are Kristina Murphy, Joanna Mayer, Kristi Wilcken and Lori Mansfield with freshmen Dea Madsen and Tiffany Bullock doing verywelL "The experience that Shane brings and the example he sets through what he has accomplished in the boys program helps tremendously," Pye stated. "It brings credibility to our coaching staff and motivates the girls to believe in themselves. We . have a good feeling going into this ANOTHER FIRST for Uintah athletics ath-letics as Jordan Hatch prepares to manage the girls tennis team, the first male manager for the program. Hope he knows what he's getting into! in-to! year and high expectations for the kids to continue to improve." Along with Pye and Bullock, several sev-eral other individuals will be helping help-ing with the coaching chores including in-cluding Bruce Haines, Jean Wilcken, Ron Enloe and Day DeLaHunL "We have by far the most qualified coaching staff in the State," Pye said, "with this group of people helping out, the team can't help but improve." Girls Soccer The new kids on the block, girls soccer, with Head Coach Ed Browning at the helm will be test f 5 Wf u ft .mmiw&- 111 V MSBUCA 'S AUTO PARTS PlPEUUi WBMWBW w - w-w - www-. . . . tunc ii trr r a at these participating NAPA AUTO PARTS stores: VERNAL, UT Triangle Parts AM Fact Main7flQ.5QGfl WW feMVl Mil WW WWWW quality, value a SEnvicTyriy ' recent workout. ing the waters this year for the first time in the history of Uintah athletics. athlet-ics. Because of that fact, it was a little lit-tle hard to pin Coach Browning down to his expectations for the upcoming up-coming season. "We really had no idea what kind of numbers we would get or the talent tal-ent level and because four of the five teams in the Region are brand new like us, we really don't know what to expect in Region either" Browning stated. "There is one constant this year and that will be Lehi because they have had a team for three years and they will definitely be the team to beat," the Coach stated. Girl's practice began August 12 with Browning holding two-a-days. A morning practice from 7-9 stressing stress-ing conditioning and an afternoon practice from 5-7 stressing skills and strategy. Browning's conditioning consisted consist-ed of 10 minutes of jogsprints where the team jogs and sprints every IS seconds or so and has worked up to IS minutes min-utes and hopes to make it to 25 minutes min-utes as the season begins. The girls have also been running wind sprints and ladders on top of all the running they do during regular practice. So far the Coach has had around 22 practicing with that number hopefully improving which it did to 33, as everyone returns for school. Of those 33, nine have had previous experience with AYSO or some type of soccer league, which was a pleasant surprise for the coach. "The level of the girls is better than what I had anticipated," Browning stated. "We have been stressing passing and trapping and the girls have a great attitude about learning, they are very coachable and very eager to improve, I've been impressed with their intensity." intensi-ty." Assisting Coach Browning this year will be Megan Horrocks, a Viewmont graduate who lettered in giils soccer among other things and several members of the men's team, especially during scrimmages. "The guys have really helped out during our practice scrimmages, they give the girls an idea of how it should be done," the coach stated. improve nTt . It I 1 M on IV i Vr?.,",?. m m ijvi umi rti wi, b "We will be defensive oriented until the kids start to catch on. Right now we are trying to teach the girls about zones, which is a hard concept con-cept for some of them to pick up, but they are working hard to get it," the coach explained. So far, Jody Fountaine, Debbie Anthon, Jennifer Dart, Nikki Davis and Jennifer Burns have all showed great improvement and talent, with several freshmen right behind them. The team will hold an inter-squad scrimmage this Saturday at their home field the Middle School be-, be-, ginning at 9 a.m. with their first match scheduled for September 3 at Lehi. "We are very excited about the season and are looking forward to the challenge of building a new program," pro-gram," Browning stated. "Everyone that comes out will be kept on the team and we would really like to see some of the ninth grade athletes join us." Golf Head Coach Kent McCurdy has had the largest turnout ever for his team with 33 players vying for the top eight positions. "We are a very young team this year with only one senior in the top eight (Troy S laugh) and because of that fact, the year will be a building and learning one," McCurdy state. That doesn't mean the team won't be competitive as Coach McCurdy feels they will still take Region. But: when a program has established at tradition of vying for state championships, anything less is considered a "rebuilding year." Top players for the team this year will be Levi Smuin Jr., Luke Caldwell, Brock Pope, Troy Slaugh, Scott Monsen and David Cox. The team has already had two exhibition ex-hibition matches against Rifle and ASSISTANT TENNIS Coach Shane Bullock leads girls tennis team during conditioning. The team is running "ladders" on the court to improve speed, footwork and stamina. CfeKZBf? BIG FOOT AT Lowest LT23575R15 $12113 Also Available gfSSSi 2J?K5J 31X11.50R15 31x12.50815 CEHERHniRE Ameri-ltac 4x4 Special Grabber AP Vernal West Hwy. 40 Vernal 789872 Vernal Express - w. ' UINTAH PRINCIPAL Ted Taylor conditioning just to show he "can Battlement Mesa, in which Lady Ute Jill Steenburg competed in a women's division, which they have in Colorado schools. With the thinking that "experience is the best teacher," the golf team is off to a "driving" start. Cross Country New Head Coach Marland "Whitey" Stagg will be at the controls con-trols this year for the cross country team and is anxious to find out what he's got coming out "Several of our top female runners run-ners from last year are involved in the new soccer program so i'm not really sure what to expect." Those runners include All-State Jody Fountaine, Jennifer Darlington and Nikki Davis. J.D. Burns will be one of the top men's runners returning. return-ing. "Cross country had a great season last year, qualifying both men's and women's teams for state and I hope we can duplicate that feat," Stagg said. BOGcr & BIG FOOT XT Prices Ever LT23575R15 XT 7 ( A BENERAL TIRE 3U10.50R15 also available In raised white letters $95.95 $130.63 JSI LiiiiJ yi fSaThargedJ S I I VTfift Truck Shock 1 23575R15BW plu. Installation qs low as CCC CCCCC ft)wj Vlh Special 14095 vCrTwfl Installed-most car 3 rJJeiwfwf Wednesday, August 21 , 1991 21 v gets into the act during football still do it." Golf News As usual, the golf course has been very active with a wide variety of activities taking place and many activities planned for the near future. fu-ture. Up-coming activities include the Couples tournament on Thursday, the Ladies Club Championship Saturday and Sunday followed by the Ladies Derby each day. The High School team will be holding qualifiers and matches with dates-to-be-announced. Vernal City held a walk through yesterday of the new nine holes currently cur-rently under construction for all interested in-terested parties and according to Shane McAffee, everything is right on schedule. "Right now the clearing work has been completed for all nine holes, thanks to the volunteer cat and operator op-erator provided by Mayor Heeney," McAffee stated. "We are ready to open bids for the preliminary dirt work and hope to have the automated automat-ed sprinkler system in and all nine greens planted before winter hits. Our goal is to have the new nine ready for play by next July." The course held a Chapman and two man scramble two weekends ago with the following results: Championship 0-8 handicap Pete MartinCraig Hart, 131 $225 each, Bill ProbstSteve Martin, 132 $150, Joe HobbsStacy Hall, 134 $100, Gale AndersonLowell Aycock, 136 $75 each. A flight 9-15 handicap Dick MorrowLamar Davis, 140 $225 each, Jerry PetersonSteve Trease, 143 $150. The following three teams tied for third: Scott MonsenTroy Slaugh, Jess VanBob Pope and Gary and Doyle Huber all shot 145 and received $91.50 each. B flight 16-over handicap Geno LuceroWayne Jenkins, 153 $225 each, Bert DavisKevin Maxwell, 157 $150, Kevin StrattonTom Jensen, 161 $100 each, the following fol-lowing two teams tied for fourth Joe RowellGene Stewart, Jim DaggettRon Baker, 164 $37.50 each. - T7 - ; p" (y GaYcharged" " I ttAAVti niltlS ShWb ::: jSS E"y FiMnc,n& l |