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Show T 1" Vernal Express Wednesday, July 28, 1993 19 Seventh Annual Barrel Futurity races staged at Western Park ii .-'. w- ir - ' "A 1 BAMBINO MAJOR Secondary All Stars place Steenburg, Morgan Robinson, Coach Randy 5th in state tournament. Top L-R: Barry Hacking and Morgan Smuin, Barb Steenburg. Bottom L- (Manager), Derek Jaramillo, Landon Sullivan, R: Dan Batty, T.J. Hacking, B.J. Hadlock, Matt Mahler, Coach Scott Sheffer, Pat Shawn Sheffer, Kyle Rimer, Cody McKowen. Down Under continued from page 18 The second game was played in an Australian Rules football stadium stadi-um in Brisbane against an All Star team from North Dakota. Again both Utes started, but this time the Utah team dropped a 26-0 decision. "The game should have been much closer, but the officials didn't really know what they were doing and made some incredible calls that surprised sur-prised members of both teams," Cleavinger said. 1993 AWARD WINNERS from Home Improvement tvv: - r 4 Devoe ALL WEATHER Alkyd Semi Transparent Stain 90XX Devoe WONDER-PRUF IntExt Waterproofing Masonary Coating 1152 watfr sfal mmrm POWER WASHER AIRLESS SPRAYER RENTAL 543 North Vernal 789-3241 CROWN Vt BOILEO J CH UNSEED OIL Pfftopt- i ' w .1 n t ggft Ave.y Vernal 'J( J! -t ' 'till '111 TTf f Before coming home, the team stopped in Hawaii for four days from June 2S-29 to enjoy and sight see. "We both made lasting friendships friend-ships and learned a lot about other people and their way of life, it was a great experience. If anyone else from Vernal ever gets a similar opportunity, op-portunity, I would strongly suggest they take it," Reynolds said. The two also took advantage of a great opportunity to plug Uintah athletes in general. "Just about every ev-ery time we spoke with the coaches, we told them about all the great athletes ath-letes we have at our school and how ),Wf ( T lit the YABA Major League bowlers. Tennis players compete in Fiesta Days event Several area youth traveled to Spanish Fork last week to compete in the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days tennis ten-nis tournament, a sanctioned Utah Tennis Association event with excellent ex-cellent results. "Our kids have established themselves them-selves as one of the up and coming tennis powers in the state," Coach Eric Pye stated. "Not only did we ' have kids in just about all the finals, but they all represented Vernal with class." Competing in the girl's 14 and under un-der open, Breanne Pye lost in the semi-finals in a tough 3 set match which lasted almost 2 12 hours. Colby McClean competed in the boy's 14 and under open, losing to the eventual champion in another 3 set match which lasted another 2 hours. 'Those two are indicative of the kids wc have coming up in the program," Pye said. Competing in the 16 and under challenger, Dustin Pye lost in the BRIAN NELSON had an excellent ex-cellent tournament on his way to second place. r.r H : v. ; " t; ' i they should be watching our programs pro-grams more closely," Cleavinger said. With Reynolds being the biggest man on the team and both players performing at a high level, several of the coaches assured the two they would be keeping a closer eye on the Utes. Cleavinger will leave for a full ride football and academic scholarship scholar-ship to Rick's College Aug. 13 Reynolds will leave for a full ride football scholarship to the University of Utah Sept. 12. Jana Warly league official. JORDEN HATCH hits a delicate deli-cate drop shot during finals. semi's to the eventual champion after af-ter upsetting the number two seed in the previous round. In the 16 open, Brian Nelson lost 6-3, 6-2 in the championship match to the number one seed while Jorden Hatch made it to the 18 open championship match before dropping drop-ping a close 7-5, 6-4 decision. Dillon Feltch lost in the 18 open semi's se-mi's to the number two seed. Coach Pye competed in the collegiate 5.0 division, advancing to the semi final before dropping a 6-2, 64 match to the eventual champion. The biggest surprise of the tournament tourna-ment for the Vernal crew came in the boy's 18 open doubles, where 15 year old Dustin Pye and Daniel Darlington made it to the final before be-fore dropping a 6-1, 6-2 decision to the defending 3A state champion doubles team from Dixie. "If we had served a little better, it would have been a whole different match," Darlington stated, "we are looking forward to the season when wc will get another shot at them!" Most of these players along with several others from the area will be competing in the Utah State Championships being held at various vari-ous sights on the Wasatch front the first two weeks in August. sy Si' ' ' ' J'i ( , ii J, The Seventh Annual Barrel Futurity was held recently at the Western Park. The event had 138 competitors and was sponsored by the Uintah Basin Barrel Racing Association. Competitors from as far away as Norco, Calif., Flora Vista, N.M. and Laramie, Wyo., traveled to Vernal to compete. The event featured races in barrels and poles with divisions divi-sions in amateur, futurity, derby, open, junior and novice. Futurity races arc for horses which have never competed before under the age of five. The event also al-so featured derby racing where only horses under the age of six may compete, amateur where a competitor com-petitor has not earned over $1,000 lifetime in a futurity race and an open division. Chairperson Marie Jenkins explained ex-plained that futurity racing is a fairly fair-ly new occurrence whose popularity is growing rapidly. "Last year we only had a quarter of the participants partici-pants and money we were able to offer this year. The sport is really growing and the Vernal event is already al-ready ranked in the top 30 futurity ' SCHOLARSHIP FUND Tournament, Vernal Ladies Petroleum winners: Lane Thomas, Darci Lee, Ryan and Terri Larsen, Fred and Debbie Harris, Rory and Cindy Mortensen, Helen PI MM Rod sin Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo races in the country." This year's futurity paid out over $12,000 in 10 events. The Uintah Barrel Racing Association will be holding a Marlche EddlemanMcRae Barrel Racing and Pole Bending clinic Aug. 24-25 at the Western Park in Vernal. The cost will be $85 each clinic or $140 for both. Observation fee will be $40 a day. A deposit of $85 is due in advance which is non refundable unless there is a cancellation. cancel-lation. For more information call (801)-722-2048 or send deposit to U.B.R.A., co Marie Jenkins, Rt, 2 Box 2340, Roosevelt UL 84066. The following are winners in each division, their times and money won. Barrel Futurity-$2,000 added, 1st go: 1-Shirley Ankrum, 17.83-$578, 2-Dcnise Taylor, 17.90-$502, 3-Sue Rogers, 17.93-$427, 4-Lundee Holmes, 18.18-$315, 5-Collette NeLson, 18.31-$276, 6-Suzanne Thompson, 18.55-$201, 7-Debbie Draper, 18.58-$125, 8-Nina Dunn, 18.59-$50. 2r.d go: 1-Ccllctto Nelson, 17.56- to the WEE 3 voDyim17S make the Diimosayir a Dim $528, 2-Shirley Ankrum, 17.95- $502, 3-Sue Rogers, 18.00-$427, 4-Kelly 4-Kelly Conrad, 18.21-S351, 5-Denise 5-Denise Taylor, 18.24-S276, 6-Susan Olson, 18.29-$201, 7-Dee Clark, 18.37-S125, 8-Lundee Holmes, 18.45-$50. Average: 1-Shirley Ankrum, 35.78-$578, 2-Collette Nelson, 35.87-$502, 3-Sue Rogers, 35.94-$427, 35.94-$427, 4-Denise Taylor, 36.14-$351, 5-Lundee Holmes, 36.64-$276, 6-Kelly 6-Kelly Conrado, 36.81-$201, 7-Kathy 7-Kathy Morgan, 37.22-$125, 8-Dee Clark, 37.42-$50. In addition to prize money, Shirley Ankrum received a trophy saddle donated by Intermountain Farmers. Reserve champion Collette Nelson received a belt buckle donated by the Bull Ring. Third place winner Sue Rogers received re-ceived a jacket donated by U.S. Design. Fourth place finisher Denise Taylor received a halter donated do-nated by Ponderosa Feed and fifth place finisher Lundee Holmes received re-ceived a pair of Polo Wraps. Amateur Barrels, $75 added, 1st go: 1-Lundee Holmes, 18.18-$59, 2-Collette Nelson, 18.31-$49, 3- See Futurity page 20 t v.- Atwood, Glenn Yarborough, Marvin and Becky Larson. Not pictured: Ken and Debbie Allen, Paul Betts, Cathy Dove, Adrian Walker, Sue Richmond, Vern and Cathy Combs. g Committee nwiiiMMBr""i |