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Show 18 Vernal Express Wednesday, October 28,-1998 TffiODirltS Utes enter first round of state Campground reservations made on-line U.S. Forest Service officials have announced a new toll-free number and web address for making campground camp-ground reservations. Beginning Oct. 15, the National Recreation Reservation Service will be accepting campground reservations reserva-tions at 1-877-444-6777 (NRRS) from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The TDD number is 1-877-833-6777. For customers cus-tomers wishing to use the Internet, reservations can be made on-line at http:reservcusa.com starting Nov. 16. The National Recreation Reservation Service provides one stop shopping for campgrounds all over the country. Reservations for individual sites can be made up to 240 days in advance and group sites 360 days ahead. Reservations must be made at least 5 days in advance. Payment can be made with any major ma-jor credit card. on basin rival Coyg The Uintah Utes polished off the 1998 regular football season defeating defeat-ing their Basin rivals and keeping the loss column empty. Winning 26 - 15 at home, the Utes achieved an 8 - 0 overall record and a 4 - 0 region re-gion game tally earning them the Region 10, 3A championship title. Played on a wet and slippery field, the game remained scoreless the entire first period. The Utes once came within striking distance built from an impressive drive constructed con-structed of 5 first downs. Passes to Chris Busch, Trevor Richins and runs by Jeremy Strange and Beau Barker put the Utes threatening on the Union 1 3. Trouble started when QB Adam Madsen was sacked. On the next play an attempted pass to Strange resulted in a Cougar end zone interception. Uintah's first scoring opportunity ended abruptly. Five minutes showed on the second sec-ond period clock when the Utes started their next drive to the red zone. A big ground gain followed by a Madsen to Tim Hawkes pass reception gave the Utes a first and Upland game wing shooting is highlighted with the pheasant and quail season opening this Saturday. Hunting begins at 8 a.m. on Oct. 31. expectations are for a fair hunt with bird numbers similar to or slightly above 1997 levels. Daggett County will not be open to quail huntim- in 1998. The effort is 'iviped i. protect and help establish ; t ;pul.it ion s of recently released C:.lif'.T iia Quail. FJeyiic the fact that statewide pheasant populations have declined .!'-asiically over the past 30 years, I 'tab's most popular game bird is till the Chinese Pheasant. This car, the Division of Wildlife xcsouu-cs (DWR) is expecting ! 5.000 to 40.000 pheasant hunters v; go. afield. According to the K. the milder winter last year provided good pheasant and quail survival. While annual pheasant reproduction re-production surveys showed only awrage or slightly higher success, numbers appear to be up. "Do not expect the 1998 pheasant 'unit to compare with the heyday of :..;as:i,! hunting in Utah," said a .!:: Mitchell. DWR statewide up-ai.J up-ai.J game coordinator. "Too much habitat litis been lost," he added. Mitchell said that in areas of the slate or individual counties, where excellent habitat still exists, pheasant pheas-ant riiiu'vi s ha- e increased signifi-cviih signifi-cviih According to Mitchell, most of Utah'!: pheasant hunters participate ,vi:u: the opening weekend only, i ic observed that those who persist and hunt during weekdays arc successful suc-cessful in finding birds. mil. . . a n rueasaBM anca eg liunii - - ... " .... - - Unable to find an open receiver, 10 on the Cougar 11. The Cougar defense was not to be trifled with and the Utes found themselves with a 4th down on the 18. Out of the shotgun, Madsen floated a pass to Richins in the corner of the end zone. The PAT was good and with 2:35 remaining in the half, the Utes were finally on the scoreboard. The Ules benefited when a low snap required the Union punter to drop his knee to gain ball control. He was ruled down giving the Utes good field possession. Only two seconds remained in the half when Sid Merkley pulled in a Madsen pass to the same end zone corner. A successful PAT provided a 14-0 Ute advantage entering the half. Union blasted open the second half stunning the Utes with a touchdown touch-down in the first play. Cougar QB Rick Rasmussen nailed a pass to wide receiver Barak Lemon for the TD. Strong defensive exchanges ended the third period with no further fur-ther scoring. The Utes scored next on a Madsen to Merkley broken pass play. starts 15 cm Si Mitchell said that most of the best pheasant habitat in Utah is still found on private agricultural lands. While this has always been the case, he notes that hunters can no longer expect to go afield and have open access to private lands without with-out first talking with landowners in advance. He stressed that hunters need to invest time ahead of the season to secure hunting access permission on private lands. Simple courtesy should rule. Mitchell said that most landowners are willing to allow hunters onto their lands. They simply desire respect re-spect for their property and want to know who will be on their land. A telephone call or personal introduction introduc-tion goes a long way in securing permission to hunt, according to More pheasant should be available Adam Madsen carries the ball in for Madsen took the ball on the Union 1 1 yardline and flicked a quick pass over the middle to Merkley. The ball was baubled, bounced off of the Union defender and back into Merkley 's arms. Appearing as surprised sur-prised as the spectators, Merkley showed the ball to the officials confirming con-firming his TD catch. The PAT attempt at-tempt was blocked sliding the Ute lead 20 - 7. Ten minutes remained on the clock when Madsen stole a pass from Rasmussen and returned it 25 yards for another Ute TD. A failed PAT settled the score at 26 - 7. Rasmussen engineered a successful success-ful razzle-dazzle pass play to set up the next Union scoring drive. Setting off on the Uintah 23, Rasmussen then connected with a flurry of passes. Union scored and successfully converted a two-point p'ay and were again on the scoreboard. score-board. Trying to keep the momentum, momen-tum, the Cougars kicked onside and recovered with just over three minutes min-utes left in the game. They had a (yao yrday Mitchell. He also adds that common com-mon sense shooting should also prevail "Annually, Division Conservation Officers respond to complaints from landowners concerned con-cerned about buildings, livestock and farm equipment being 'peppered' 'pep-pered' by shotgun pellets." He adds that as more and more of Utah's pheasant habitat is replaced by urban ur-ban and industrial development, it's essential for hunters to pay close attention at-tention to safe shooting zones. The regular pheasant and quail season extends through Nov. 15 on private lands. In Duchesne and Uintah counties, an extended hunting hunt-ing season is provided on state and federally owned land. The season continues on through Nov. 29 on most of these lands unless otherwise other-wise posted. for Saturday's opener. M a touchdown. dlefesith airs first and 10 on the Ute 49 when Anthony Thomas went to work and chalked up his second QB sack of the game. Tim Hawkes, fed from Thomas' sack and next picked-off another Rasmussen pass. The Utes were again in control of the ball. Both teams exchanged possession for a series of downs running precious pre-cious time off the clock. Chris Busch sealed the game with a final pass interception giving the Utes a first and 10 on the Union 15 yard-line. yard-line. Alan Belcher, who had earlier replaced Madsen at QB, downed the ball on consecutive plays to wind out the remaining time. The Utes walked off the field with an unblemished un-blemished record and a 26 - 15 win over the Union Cougars. Offensive coordinator, Coach Mike Petersen, said that the final score was "not indicative of how Uintah dominated the game." According to Petersen, Union was held to 1 1 yards rushing and 200 total to-tal passing yards. He noted that See UTES on page 19 Beau Barker catches receiver behind the line. Swimmers The Uintah High Swim Team opened its '98-'99 season by capturing cap-turing top honors at the Lehi Relays on Oct. 24. "It's sweet when your boys take first and your girls place second," said Kathy Worlhen, head coach. "The kids swam well, and as a coaching staff we were pleased with their times and overall performances," perfor-mances," Worthen added. The athletes have been preparing for the season for the past two months swimming both morning and evening. Worthen explained that the Lehi Relays is a nice way to start the season because it gives the swimmers a chance to see a fairly large meet format without the stress of the individual events. The Uintah Utes take their undefeated unde-feated scorccard into the first round of slate playoff action at home this coming Saturday, Oct. 26. Ranked number one in the statewide 3A polls, Uintah will face Cedar City's Canyon View High School at I p.m. in Ute Stadium. "We're happy with our Regional title," said Ute Offensive Coordinator, Coach Mike Petersen. "We accomplished our first goal (winning Region 10) and now face four games leading to another state championship." Canyon View finished league play with a 2 - 3 record and enters state play as the fourth place team in Region 9. The three losses come from pairings with Dixie, Cedar City and Snow Canyon. Canyon View Head Coach Danny Lewis credits Uintah with a potent team. "They have a powerful offense of-fense and some great athletes," he said. "Their defense swarms to the ball." Coach Lewis said that Canyon View runs an option offense. Against the Utes, he says that they will have to execute well and force the defense to commit. Assessing the Ute offense, he said that it will be important for Canyon View to keep pressure on the QB. He said they recognize that they can't give the Utes any "time to throw." Region 9 had tough teams this year. Cedar City and Snow Canyon Quarterback, Adam Madsen, gets to complete a pass. open 1998 All events are swam as relays with four swimmers in each event. Some of the relays count as official times and others are just for skill and fun. According to Worthen, two of the favorite relays were the 4 X 100 Individual Medley, where each participant par-ticipant swims a 100 yd.. I.M. and the 4 X 50 Breaststroke, where each swims a 50 yd. breaststroke. "In both the men's and women's events, our swimmers looked especially sharp far and away belter than the competition," said Worthen. Worthen sounded hopeful for the upcoming season stating that, "Several of our swimmers are at or better than their State times last February." ..v both remain in the top five statewide rankings. The season experience ex-perience may be beneficial to Canyon View and provide a challenge chal-lenge to the Utes. Coach Lewis said that they have a "pretty tough defense." de-fense." "Dixie has a strong passing game," he said, adding that Canyon View learned a lot from playing Dixie. He noted that Dixie's game style is different than Uintah's but "We feel we have the capability to defend against the pass." In trying to compare the Dixie and Uintah passing offenses, Coach Lewis noted that he felt Uintah's was more "fluid." By fluid, he explained ex-plained that he meant that the Ules had broader ability and more options op-tions than Dixie. Coach Petersen said that the Ute coaches had not yet seen the Canyon View team. Monday was spent putting game scouting films together to exchange with Coach Lewis. He did say that he understood under-stood Canyon View ran the option very well. However, he said that "We feel confident, our defense has come a long way." He added that the broad Ute offensive attack was strong enough that there are "not a lot of defenses that can stop us." Other state tournament pairings in Uintah's bracket include Tooele vs. Cedar City, Union vs. Delta and Emery vs. Morgan. some good blocks from his line - 99 season The girls' team is young and lacks the depth from previous seasons, but this year's divers are also swimming swim-ming and have added some strength to an inexperienced women's team. Six teams participated in last Saturday's event. Only 6 points separated sep-arated the top three men's teams. The results were as follows: In the men's events 1st Uintah 126 points, 2nd Canyon View 122, 3rd Lehi 120, 4th Richfield 86, 5th Delta 78, and 6th Union 24. In the women's events 1st Canyon View 144 points, 2nd Uintah 138, 3rd Lehi 68, 4th Delta 46, and 5th Richfield 40. The next two meets are to be held in Cedar City and St. George Nov. 6 and 7 respectively. POC |