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Show 1 - Vernal Express Wednesday, May 22, 1996 21 - A1 t - . A w Prr ... xrj i u) i" TTH " ' -f ''t'' 'fl Mi;" S--:t , Vv : if'-'S't'f si I . - . -. t ' , - . ,f , ? - A If v. J I 4r" H". a S Brandon Henderson chips the return during indoor championship match at BYU against Lehi. Tennis continued from page 18 "Dustin and Brandon played their toughest tennis of the year at state. They never lost their focus. You could tell they were seniors and the ones to beat. They played with great intensity and desire," Dickson said. The two played two teams who had beaten them during the regular season (Park City and Lehi), but this was state and an entirely different differ-ent story. ""We didn't want to let down during any of our matches," Pye said, "with the pressure of state, the momentum of a match can change in an instant. Brandon and I were determined to play our best and never let up." Having gone three sets each time they had played Park City and Lehi before, the straight set victories demonstrated the two's focus. In the first round, the two defeated Park Coach Dickson talks with Darlington arid Wilcken during semi's. N1 mini TnLue y FLAT WALL PAINT t tiiltn-llil iin t mi: SALE: $ RETAIL: $15.95 8 City 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Delta was the semi-final victim, falling 6-0, 6-1 to the Ute steamroller. In the finals, Pye and Henderson defeated Lehi 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). The championship match was the only time the doubles team came close to a letdown. After winning the first set, Pye and Henderson led 4- 1 in the second set when Lehi scratched and clawed their way to a 5- 4 and 6-5 lead, earning four set points along the way. But the Ute duo buckled down to draw even at 5-5 and 6-6 before rolling through the tie-breaker. The title earned Uintah five of the team's eight points. The other three points came from the first doubles team of Dan Darlington and Erik Wilcken earned the other three team points during their march into the finals. While Pye and Henderson overcame over-came the pressure of high expectations, expecta-tions, Darlington and Wilcken had to overcome another kind of pres- OUR FINEST EXTERIOR PAINT WEATHER KING II LATEX HOUSE PAINT wi x x. m xx. x x. m x x SALE: RETAIL: $29.95 $19 95 K (Mi V arr Xacssry $18.95 XJ mm mm sure defeating the top ranked team in their division who they faced in the first round. "Finishing second in our region sent Dan and Erik into state against the top ranked team from Dixie," Coach Dickson explained, "and nobody no-body gave them much of a chance of winning. But they lived up to our expectations by pulling the upset. We knew all along they were one of the best doubles teams in the tournament." tour-nament." Despite the coaches optimism, things appeared bleak in the first set after Dixie rolled to a 6-3 win. But the Ute duo hung tough and came back for a 6-4, 6-4 decision to advance. ad-vance. The upset win cost Dixie the state championship outright, as their coach acknowledged after the tournament's tour-nament's completion. In the semi's, things didn't get any easier. Dan and Erik faced the region re-gion 11 champions a tough team from Delta. Again the Ute duo fell behind, dropping the first set 6-3. As in their previous match, they came back to win 6-1, 6-4, sending them into the championship against Lehi. The Ute tandem broke their previous previ-ous habit of losing the first set when they took a 7-5 win in the title match. In the second set, Lehi came back strong for a 6-1 decision. In the third and deciding set, the teams were tied, at 4-4 when Lehi broke Darlington's serve on a couple of fluke returns which caught the tape and dribbled over. Down 5-4', it appeared ap-peared Uintah would break back, but Lehi came up with the big shots and a little luck when they needed it to win. The match was decided when Darlington hit a tough shot right at one of the Lehi players who managed to nudge the ball back over when the ball hit the net and took another weird bounce which Uintah could not handle. None of the team's singles players won a match although all three played their best tennis against top seeds. Steve Collins had the toughest tough-est assignment, playing at number one singles. Steve faced the two-time two-time defending champion in Jon Birch, falling quickly 6-0, 6-0. Second singles player Aaron O'Dctl played Park City's Jonathon Wade another finalist. O'Dctl OUR BEST INTERIOR SEMI-GLOSS LATEX PAINT VALUE IM-XX SALE: RETAIL: $18.95 $95 (mm Uintah's two doubles teams scored all the team's points during state last weekend at BYU. Pye and Henderson (right to left) took their second state title at number two doubles, the first time in the school's history for two-time champions in tennis. Darlington and Wilcken were finalists. played a tough first set, taking Wade to 4-4 before dropping a 6-4, 6-1 decision. At third singles, freshman Marty Mortenson may have had the brightest moment, taking eventual finalist Pace from Park City to three sets before falling 2-6, 6-4, 4-6. Mortenson had everyone thinking upset when he tied the match at four all in the final set, but his senior opponent op-ponent was able to hold on for the win. "All of the kids responded under pressure," Coach Dickson concluded, conclud-ed, "we will come back next year filled with the knowledge we can compete at all the positions. The kids should have and did gain a lot of confidence from their performance. perfor-mance. It was a positive experience for the program." Vernal Youth Baseball Babe Ruth w L 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 Spring Creek Park Alpine Log Mills Mort's Car B&D Movers Intcrmnt. 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