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Show 1 8 Vernal Express Wednesday, Apr 1 7. 2002 Utes scare Mines in close game Uintah tans got a thrill last Wednesday as they watched the Utes play great soccer against the powcihouse Folk City Miners. Although trie l ies came up short on the I 0 tnul score, their intcnsily i icak J trusUattoii tot the Miitcrs on tin: field and brought positive comments com-ments from uV Park City coaching suit "We hadn I put a lull game together set this vcar and this was a great Wain to get it done tor." said ('oath tared Mc Keactuue "I'm proud ol ttie hoys, the) worked tuid to get it done " lhe I tcs held Park City scoreless thiough the halt and nudwav into tin second permd Uintah's glial keep, Mall 1'ietcc. kept llie Miner ollense at hay with several clulih saves and slx4 Mocks under intense pressure On llie other end ol the held, llie I lev alteinpled 14 goal shots hut could never find pay dirt llie Miners single score caine in tlie midst ol obvious trus-tration trus-tration that led to iucslt triable sportsmanship One I'aik City play er was I null ejected on a yellow card call by the otfictal "Not one ol out players had a had game," said Coach Mikcuchme "Iliey all went to the hall and played together" Following the game. Mikeathmc said that a inemtier of the I'aik City Coaching suit apologized tor the hehavior ol the I'aik City players "He also told one of our coaches that we were lite hardest team that i'aik City had played this yeai." Mc Keachmr said. llie I lev w ill need to maintain the intensity (hey lound lor the Park City game to meet this week's schedule They play three Kegion 10 games and have one practice game scheduled in Koik Springs They hosi Union hen today at VV) p m Tomorrow, they will give the varsity squad a rest and use the Jim lor varsity to play Rock Springs On Friday, the I 'li s host Wasatch and on Saturday Judge Memorial will come to town The Wasatch varsity game begins at V M) p m while the Judge game on Saturdjy is slated reastieim RAC Board to dlDSCiuiss amtlileirBess HDyDDs While lhe drawing tor buck and bull big game hunting opportunities in 2i)2 will Ik- conducted this nionih. iIh- numlvr of permits for antleiless and doe herd segments arc slill king discussed A public meeting is scheduled for the Northeastern Kegion Wildlife Advisory Council KAC) to discuss these issues on April 23. The meet ing will begin at f IS p m and will be held in Room UNA at the USU Vernal I ilension Campus located at I6K0W llwy 40 Recommended permit numbers for will he discussed as officials with the l lah Division of Wildlife Resources 1 1 )W R) prese nt their recommendations. rec-ommendations. The meeting will be a video conference session which is an initial attempt at involving (he public Irom across lhe stale in discussions dis-cussions RACs from the five Uintah Recreation has successful winter season By Alfrtd Ston Uintah Recreation Director The Uintah Recreation District provided a lot of fun and exciting recreation for the citizens of Uintah County during the past winter. Men's basketball had 14 learns comprising 115 participants. partici-pants. Jr J a basketball started off with the younger players grades 3-5 playing before Christmas with 210 parucipanu making up 22 teams. Jr. Jaz grades 6 through high school started start-ed after the holidays and had 294 players and 31 teams. A record number of children ages 5-8 played indoor soccer-230 players on 23 teams. 3 on 3 volleyball had 13 teams and 65 participanu. Woman's volleyball had 208 players play-ers on 26 teams. Co-ed volleyball also had 208 players on 26 teams. The recreation district teamed up with the Uintah School District to provide gym for these recre-atkn recre-atkn programs. Gym space was maxed out with volleyball and indoor soccer with basketball almost full as well. We also had Tae Kwoa Do, martial arts. i if fi rv. rHtf 11 "UW- VSv r . 'J I . . . . . i . ;,:v, s. i' 4 - . .. s k tJrH'! ,' ' kill Uintah's Chris John drives the ball lor 10 a in "I'liion is always up wheneui we play." Coach MiKeachnii' s.nd regaidiug the llasin 1 1 v, .tit Vi really never know how n's jromg I. come ikiI " When Was.itih mi i -in Vernal. Nk Ke.n lime s.n.l ill. will he liesh tiom a ioiiu- I uiih regions across the slate will i n vene for the video conference .H llie same lime The attempt is ix-tup called an "interactive conleicnce" and will originate tinru lhe University ol l l.ili and will be linked lo all locations llinnifl uni the state. The public is invited to attend and provide input The most significant issue on the agenda is a significant reduction in the number of doe deer permits thai arc being offered for the 2002 hunts The DWR proposes to reduce doe deer permits from 5.6X0 provid ed in 2001 seasons to 3.5X5 for this fall The permit reductions are being recommended because of reduced deer herd numbers. Most of the per mil reductions are being proposed in the Southern and Northeastern regions where deer herds have hunter's safety, dance and ja classes through our community schools program The recreation district had service serv-ice contracts with 34 referees, scorekcepers and program super vizirs many of tliem were teenagers lo help them earn some extra money We also had over I K) volunteers who helped coat h the youth sports teams 'lhe Uintah Recreation District wou!J not be able to function without all of the time and effort put in hv iwr wonderful volunteers, anj we would like to take Ibis opportunity to thank them for k'lpirg male these programs successful for our community The recreation district took 5 ski trips I to Sunlight, Colorado and 4 to Sundance. Utah. We had 4S parucipanu per trip for a total of 225 skiers. With summer on the way there will be a lot of recreational activities activi-ties to participate in. Please watch the Vernal Express for information on upcoming programs or give the Uintah Recreation District a call at 781-0982. i s 'r. i' past a Park City player in a hard I', tik ( n lio knows I u iv, they will do a:n:i I'aik Cily. ihey may lr i ..ills ii .ii k hard to liaiulle," . Ki-.i. linn s.ud The S.iiuid.iy j'.nii.' u i ili lo.le js an unknow n lor ih. I I ' h - ill Ivc the In l p.ming 1 1. (Ha ii ili, i.ui si hi Mil- iliis veai. Ae'll Ii.im io play h.tid to come .lll'V 1!III.k(S llUill thought. Cow elk pern. Ms ne pioposct! for a li ciit'iii n hit imn 1 1 1 in 12.5(H) l.isl seal M lli VCJI. )oe piiMili"in penults are proposed pro-posed o li t rc.isc tiom 2X4 in 2001 iii 2'" iIh- iv-.ii Cow moose permits per-mits aie k ing ii'itiiiiuiended lo lliilc'asc hoiii 2X last year lo 55 this year M.iose Kipul.iiioiis are reported report-ed lo k" at all lime high numbers near lhe Wasatch I iomi Most of the pci mil increases aie t.ngeted for this area of the state. I he experimental Mivr-sied" or "blue light special elk control hunts that were in ellect last year will not k- recommended this year, lhe el tort was provided to try and increase the nuinlvi of cow elk taken on five herd uniis where elk populations were ovei population management objectives. The per If I s V m it 1. ' t I - 4v , . iMii:il,'v -Mi i ;Tri't.vMct, ' - - - -r Bart HarJocfc, 14, son of Todd and d r i 1 f s V X 4 played game last week. out on tup in all three games," NU Keaclinie said hollowing the Judge game, the I les will only play one more home game in regular season league play. Giamte will be in town on April 24 lor the last home game ol the year. mits allowed hunters with a general season bull elk lug to purchase an elk control permit for S20 more. The additional permits allowed the hunter to lake one cow elk on any of the five units thai were included. Increased antlerless harvest on private pri-vate lands was the goal. However, "it didn't happen" according to Steve Cranney. DWR big game coordinator. "In the process, too much pressure was put on the elk herd on the Plateau unit, which is a big public land unit in south-central Utah. The bottom line is. the elk control permit ideal didn't work so we're proposing that we eliminate it and offer cow elk permits through the antlerless draw as in the past." Cranney said. jr h 4 r, . r v . 'A ' W ? 1 Debbie HacSock, holds an 11 pound, 28.5 inche German Brown trout CorofysioDD does noft upset We tiracCx and field Follow ing soioe last minute confusion, con-fusion, the I'intah l ie track and field team crowded as many athletes ath-letes as possible on a bus and van then traveled to Union last Wednesday to compete. Earlier coordination ' efforts between I'nion and Uintah had placed the event in Vernal. However, when Couch Shane lince contacted Union lo see w hat he could do lo help organize officials, he was told that I'nion would be hosting the event after all. Granite was originally scheduled sched-uled to compete but elected not to come. The Utes then rallied the buses and traveled to Roosevelt to compete against AltatTKvnl and Union. According to Coach Shane Lance, the Utes mined events and Lady Utes win on home field I reshuian W hitney Robb used her talents at home plate to boost the I-ady Utes to a 12 - 2 route of Wasatch in Vernal last Tuesday. Robh pinged the bat each of the three times she stepped up to the plate. Her efforts produced a home run and tallied two runs batted in. In the second game of the week, the Lady Utes fell in a 6 - 2 contest to the undefeated Park Cily Miners. The loss to Park Cily came with a dose of disappointment for Coach Tony Cloward. "We played great against Wasatch then took the day off in Park City," Cloward said. Coach Cloward said that Wasatch played strong in the first inning to lead the Lady Utes 2 - 0. Uintah look command and scored in every inning from there on until the 10 run rule ended the contest in the filth inning. "Whitney had a great Utes defeat Cougars The Uintah Ute baseball team came out slugging against the Union Cougars Tuesday. It was no surprise the Utes defeated the Cougars 12-2 k'cause earlier in the season, Uintah beat the Cougars 18-0 18-0 in Roosevelt. Tyler McKeachnie pitched the entire game for Uintah and only allowed four hits. One of those hits was a two-run homer in the third inning to give the Cougars their only score. Uintah scored early in the game and scored often. In the first inning they scored two runs, in the third they scored four runs, in the fourth the Utes scored three runs, in the fifth they scored one run and in the sixth inning they scored two runs. Denny Culpepper, scored with a two run homer in the sixth inning to put Uintah ahead by 10. Culpepper also had i double and triple earlier in the game. In last week's game against Park City, the Ules came up short with a jf"3 AO panicipants. "They didn't have a pole vault competition so we used our vaulted in the sprints," Lance said. "Many of our kids had a chance to compete in something different." While the results were not posted. post-ed. Lance said the tournament pro-vided pro-vided good practice and preparation prepara-tion for the Richfield tournament on Apnl 20. Richfield is a slate qualifying meet and the Utes are hopeful of lofting several athletes into the state finals "I think we have a good chance of winning the tournament," Coach l-ame said. However, l-ance also recognizes that the competition w ill be stiff. "Millard will be out for blood because we beat them at the Delta tournament," Lance said. game and Jolay Gulfey also pitched strong." Cloward said. Against Park City. Cloward said the game was knotted at zero into the fourth inning Uintah scored two runs in the top of the inning lo lead 2 - 0. Park City scored one k-fore the inning closed. While the Lady Utes agonicd over 7 defensive defen-sive errors. Park Cily accumulated 12 hits to score four runs in the filth and another in the sixth. "We committed com-mitted the most errors that we've had this season," Coach Clow aid said. "I guess it was just one of those days." Cloward acknowledged acknowl-edged Park City's strong hiding and credited their win to "playing well." The l-ady Utes played Union at home yesterday and will travel to meet Judge Memorial in Salt Luke on Priday. 2-1 loss. Uintah led 0-1 until the fiflh inning when three singles by Park City sent in a runner and tied the game at one run apiece. In the 7th inning, with the score still tied and two men out, Park City had a man on third when the batter hit a grounder to the first baseman, Ty Cammick. Canimick handled the ball and threw to first base, which was covered by the pitcher, Zach Downing. The runner beat the throw by half a step. The man on third scored and handed the game to Park City. "Zach pitched the entire game and did an excellent job," said Coach Brent Lanrum. The Utes are now 5-2 in region play. They face Judge on Friday and will be in Heber next week to play Wasatch. The team's last region game is against Granite on April 29. Tuesday was the Ules last home game game before the Region Playoffs. he caugft in Steinaker last week. . 1 J- 'J I f .... Wftz'S POOR |