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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, October 25, 1995 17 Team on five game win streak Utes win 'playin' face top ranked Snow Canyon Saturday by Eric F. Pye Sports Writer After completing an amazing second sec-ond half of. the season turnaround, the Uintah football team tapped into last season's magical run to the championship by pulling off yet another an-other 'upset' during a three-way playoff with Carbon and North Sanpete. By losing a three way coin toss, the Utes took on Carbon in the first half of a game featuring the three ballclubs. Fresh on the team's mind was an earlier season overtime loss to the Dinos. This time around, Uintah made sure no overtime was needed with a 20-14 come from behind be-hind vicotry. Dave Lawson ran in a 52-yard touchdown. Nick Espindola ran 47 yards and another TD. After defeating Carbon, the Utes faced North Sanpete, the same team they began their playoff comeback against during a 25-12 homecoming victory. The Utes came from behind to win 18-13. Espindola ran 67 yards to score on a punt after North Sanpete's first possession. The double victory which raised the team's record to 5-4 with five straight wins, means Uintah will take on top-ranked and undefeated Snow Canyon this Saturday in St. George. Facing their third must-win game in a row, the Uintah football team ' 1 " nyfii 9 - f: ti 0 vf $ " H On Tyler Gibbons goes up for the interception during fake punt attempt. at-tempt. Gibbons did get the pick to stop another Miner drive. What has by Eric F. Pye Sports Writer We don't get to watch much television tele-vision around our house. With two working parents and two even busier busi-er teenagers, the old 'boob tube' doesn't get much use. That's why, when we are all home, what to watch becomes such a difficult decision de-cision making process. Not that it should be. After all, I am the Man of the House. When I want to watch a little football, I should be able to. The problem is, Sunday morning football conflicts with Country Music Videos Top 12 countdown which is what . my better half enjoys watching. That's the reality. The myth to my fellow Sunday-football watching- buddies is; "Yeah, my wife tried to tell me I couldn't watch 'the game,' but I put my foot down and let her know 'who wears the pants in the family.' True translation; she let me watch football during the commercials. I can handle that because I know her top 12 countdown only lasts one hour. A little patience which only demonstrates the superior genderand gen-derand I would re-establish my place as the 'head' of the family. Finally, the number one video ends, with some cowboy singing about losing his horse, but finding showed its poise and current status as one of the hottest teams in 3A by routing the Park City Miners last Thursday 35-15 at Park City. As has been the case recently, Uintah controlled both sides of the line of scrimmage when they had to. Absolutely need a score they scored. Had to have a fourth down stop the defense held. This was as complete of a team victory as it gets. It was also the Utes most productive pro-ductive day offensively and one of their staunchest defensive outings to boot. Led by senior running back Lawson who totalled an amazing 226 yards rushing, the Ute offense ground out 389 yards rushing. Their accomplishments included two spirit-breaking 80-yard marches for touchdowns and an incredible 30 yard on-the-run heave from quarterback quarter-back Klun to widcout Wes Madsen for a first-half ending touchdown and 21-9 lead. The offense also showed their resolve. re-solve. After Park City took a 9-7 lead on a safety and touchdown, Klun rallied the team together and led them on their second 80 yard drive all on the ground to retake the lead at 15-9. Both drives were capped off by gritty Lawson runs. Dave scored the first of his four touchdowns on a 35 yard dash. His second came on a 20 yard bone-jarring rumble, breaking several tack- the world the perfect companion (maybe it was the other way around). Now I could settle in for a nice nap-ER-I mean, some manly hits and crunching crunch-ing tackles. About that time, my daughter enters en-ters asking if 'her' show is on yet. Imagine my surprise. Here I am, the king of the roost, the leader of the pack playing second fiddle to the wishes of a 15 year old 'whipper snapper.' I decide it's time to make a stand. If I don't establish my place in the pecking order, things could really get out of hand. "I don't know what your show is," I bluntly state, "but my" football game has been on for over an hour, and that's what we are going to watch!" With heavy emphasis on watch, I figure the discussion is over and I can finally settle in to my rightful 1 les on his way to the endzone. In the second half, Lawson who had racked up 131 yards of the team's 231 rushing yards in the first half continued to terrorize the Miner defense. After Park City held Uintah scoreless in the third period while closing to 21-15, Dave took matters into his own hands by busting bust-ing over two Miner tackles and See Football page 20 Alumni Wrestlers Wanted The Uintah High School wrestling program will be resurrecting an old tradition this year when it hosts Alumni Wrestling Friday, November 17. The program, under the direction of head coach Greg Stensgard, will pit Uintah High School alumni against alumni wrestlers from Union, Altamont and Duchesne high schools. If you are interested in participating, participat-ing, please contact Coach Stensgard as soon as possible at 789-1639 or 781-3110. Region 10 High School standings Football W L Emery 6 1 Wasatch 5 2 Lehi ' 5 2 Uintah , 3 4 Carbon 3 4 North Sanpete 3 4 Union 2 5 Park City 1 6 Girl's Volleyball W L Wasatch 6 2 Lehi 5 3 Union 5 3 Uintah 4 4 Park City 0 8 Girl's Soccer W L Park City 10 0 Wasatch 8 2 Lehi 5 5 Uintah 4 6 Rowland Hall 3 7 South Summit 0 10 come to? place as another 'armchair quarterback.' quarter-back.' My gaze settles in on the TV., reinforcing my resolve. "Dad, I've really been looking forward to this program, can I pleeeeease watch it?" One thing I've never been able to handle is subversive tactics, and somehow my daughter at the tender ten-der age of 15 has become a master of using them against me. I'm no genius, but I am smart enough to realize when I've been out-flanked. I guess John Elway and the Broncos will still be there in the third quarter. I lamely make some excuse about working on the car (to save face), and concede my recliner to my daughter. "The fourth quarter is when all the real action takes place anyway," I rationalize as I shuffle outside. When it's safe to come back (in other words, when I can come back in the house with dignity), I think nothing else can challenge my position posi-tion in the family. After all, the only member left is my son, and I'm pretty sure he's as much a Bronco fan as I. "O.K.," I confidendy bellow, it's time to watch football!" No protest from my wife or daughter (they've already left the house), Uie coast is clear. I settle into in-to my chair as my confidence builds. Finally football! "Dad..." 8 Q -4. , r1 o a Holes were opened all day by the offensive line. Lawson (32) enjoyed a field day with 226 yards. Lady Utes end volDeyball season with inspiring win by Eric F. Pye Sports Writer The Lady Ute volleyball team went into last Tuesday's matchup with powerhouse Emery thinking it would be a good tuneup for postseason post-season play. After all, the Lady Spartans were led by 6-2 sensation Adrianne Bradley ('litde' sister to NBA player Shawn) and 6-1 middle blocker McKelle Stilson. As fate would have it, their thrilling 15-13, 8-15, 16-14 come-from-behind victory vic-tory would be their last match of the season. "We prepared the kids for the Emery match with the thought of possible post-season play to follow, unfortunately things didn't work out the way we had hoped they would," head coach Doris Salazar said in referring re-ferring to Union's victory at Lehi last Wednesday. If Lehi had defeated defeat-ed Union, the Lady Cougars and Lady Utes would have ended the regular season tied for third with identical 4-4 records and played an inter-region 'play-in' to go to the state tournament this Friday and Saturday. Union's victory gave them a 5-3 record and tied them with Lehi for second place. In the Emery match Tuesday, Uintah again showed flashes of brilliance bril-liance mixed with flashes of not-so-brilliant. The team has shown the capacity and ability to play competitively compet-itively with anyone one second, and disappear the next. In Emery, the Lady Utes were facing a team which had lived in the top five of 3A rankings basically all season. Emery brought a number five ranking rank-ing into the game and a berth already al-ready established in state. "They have a very talented team with unbelievable un-believable size," Salazar said, "their smallest player other than their setter set-ter was just about as tall as our tallest player." As the first game began, Uintah quickly showed how they have been able to compete with larger, harder See Volleyball page 18 Jr Jazz Youth Basketball League Signs ups for the Jr Jazz Youth Basketball League are still being taken for boys and girls in the 3rd and 4th grades and 5th through 8th grades. The Recreation Association is encouraging en-couraging 9th and 10th grade teams and 11th and 12ih grade teams to put their teams 'together and register as a team and pay a $150 team fee. Cost for other participants in the 3rd through 8th grades is $25 for the first child in each family and $20 for any additional children in the same family. If a Jr Jazz jersey is needed there will be an additional $6 charge. Participants can use last year's jersey jer-sey if they have it. Registration will be taken through Friday, October 27 at the Uintah Recreation Office. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The recreation office is located on the third floor of the statecounty building or call 781-5486 781-5486 for more information. P II ' I r "w Lk ill P ? 1 . -"f55T , -2 Alt- Photo by Dustin Pye Sophomore Amber Barker chases this ball all the way back to the wall as 'trailer' Sheila Cook follows to bump the ball over the net. Soccer team falls to Lady Flyers 6-0 by Eric F. Pye Sports Writer The good news was, the Lady Ute soccer team was playing in the state playoffs. The bad news was, it was against the defending state champion champi-on Dixie Flyers on their home field. As it would turn out, Dixie would go on to defend their tide with a 3-1 victory over last year's runner up Park City. "Even though we tried to keep the kids loose and take an 'enjoy the experience' ex-perience' attitude into the game, I think the kids were as tight as could be," head coach Randy Shafer said in commenting on the Lady Utes 6-0 6-0 loss last Thursday in St. George. Starting just two seniors can do that to a young club like Uintah. "Everyone was super nervous," sophomore De'dy Olivers said, Ruth Richards gets everything fun " 4' s r "usually we are talking and joking around before a game. But before the Dixie game, I don't think anyone any-one said anything." Adding to the intimidation factor was a huge home crowd which surrounded the field three quarters of the way at least two deep. "I think they had their whole school at the game," sophomore Brook Batty added. With the team properly prepared, the game began with the temperatures tempera-tures in the 90's. To everyone's surprise sur-prise (including the Lady Utes), the score remained tied at 0-0 through the first ten minutes. "After the kids started running a little, they loosened loos-ened up and realized they could compete with Dixie," Shafer said. About the time the Lady Utes came to their realization, the Lady Flyers had one of their own. See Soccer page 19 S--11! Photo by OiMiln Py Into clearing kick against Dixie. |