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Show D6 Wednesday, January 7, 2004, points tmtes wresftDecs wto irtsecu KEweir Yoaaijuiiainfiieiniti The Uintah wrestling team and coaches are hoping that their victory victo-ry at the Green River Duels in Wyoming last weekend will carry over to the Tournament of Champions this week. The Utes defeated six teams in the Green River meet. "We humbled some very good teams this was a very good week for us," said Uintah wrestling Coach Gregg Stensgard following the trip north. "We look like we're back in the groove, back to where we were before Christmas." The duel tournament hosted by Green River included teams from Rock Springs, Evanston, Riverton and Jackson, Wyo.. Mountain Home, Idaho also attended and produced pro-duced the closest team match for the Utes. The Utes defeated Mountain Home 49 - 24 to win the tournament. Mountain Home was second at the meet. "We won Green River and Evanston by wider margins," Stensgard said. "We're just wrestling super." According to Stensgard, Uintah had three wrestlers who emerged undefeated. load bumpy wSfth Dniglhi-Dow The road proved a challenge for Uintah boy's basketball Coach Scott Mansfield and his team last week. After losing to Grantsville 51-44 in the last game of 2003 on Dec. 30, Mansfield watched the Utes hit both ends of the performance standard in Cedar City on January 2 and 3. They defeated in a 63 - 40 romp on Friday then fell to Parowan 55 - 40 on Saturday. - "We played one of the better games of the season against Cedar City," Mansfield said. "Then for however good we played in that game we played that bad on Saturday against Parowan. We had no energy no spunk," Mansfield added. The Utes held a narrow two-point, 26 - 24, advantage at the half following fol-lowing near identical reverse performances per-formances by both teams. The Utes led 17 - 8 at the end of the first then watched as Cedar City ran up a 1 6 -9 difference in the second. However, when the second half opened, the Utes were in control of the floor and held Cedar City to five points while adding 17 of their own to enter the final quarter leading 43 - 29. The rout continued in the fourth and when the buzzer sounded, sound-ed, four Utes were in double figures. fig-ures. Jared Labrum, Trevor Brady, Ryan Egbert and Weston Deets all scored in double figures for the Utes with Brady leading all scoring with 17 points. Egbert was good for 1 1 while Deets and Labrum each had 10. Grant Young and Jake Gardiner each added 6 points and Alex Spendlove rounded out the Utes Evanston drops Lady Utes in second meeting When Evanston was in town for the Uintah Classic preseason basketball bas-ketball tournament in early December, they were winless in three games. In the tournament pairing between the Lady Red Devils and Lady Utes in the Classic, the Lady Utes squeaked past Evanston in a 56 - 52, double overtime victory. The second meeting between the two teams occurred last Saturday in Evanston. This time, the Lady Red Devils used their home court advantage and kept the Lady Utes at bay. Despite Uintah's junior Maggie Battel pumping in 21 points to lead all scoring, Uintah lost the contest 67 - 43. They are now 4 - 5 in the preseason and are scheduled to play two more games before Region 10 league competition begins. The Lady Utes fell behind 14 - 8 in the first quarter and never got back in the game. While Uintah produced better in the second peri Levi Mele wrestled flawlessly at the 103 weight in six matches. Czyz Woody and Phillip Keddy achieved the same unblemished record in as many matches at the 125 and 160 weights, respectively. Weight divisions and wimloss records for the other Uintah varsity wrestlers follow. Chance Rinderknecht was 4 - 1 at 112 pounds, Chase Fladeland 5 - 1 at 119 pounds, Cade Christensen 5 - 1 at 130 pounds, Eric Sharp 2 -2 at 135 pounds, Jared Ruppe 5 - 1 at 140 pounds, Kyle Bcntley 5 - 1 at 145 pounds, Weston Horrocks 5 -1 at 152 pounds, Wayne Duncan 5 -1 at 171 pounds, Jared McCurdy 5 -1 at 189 pounds, Trevor Collette 5 - 1 at 215 pounds and James Evans was 1 - 5 at the heavyweight class. Stensgard was appreciative of two wrestlers who took on tough assignments to help the team. Erick Sharp filled in at the 135 weight class and James Evans moved up from the 189 weight class to wrestle heavyweight. "These guys worked hard to help the team effort," Stensgard said. He also noted that Levi Mele received the outstanding wrestler UtSie perfoinnrDaroce offensively with 3. Labrum scored twice from the three-point line with Spendlove and Egbert each adding one. Gardiner and Deets were also credited for a strong defensive game by Mansfield. Nine players scored for Cedar City but none broke into double figures. Wood and Parson each scored 9 points for Cedar followed fol-lowed by Grant with 8. Haynie scored 4, Yardley 3 and Hughes, Matheson and Opunui added 2 each. Ruud scored once from the free throw line. Cedar City connected on 5 shots from the three point line. Wood and Parson each had 2 and Yardley scored once. Against 2A Parowan, the Utes had trouble getting free of the molasses. They were out scored in every quarter quar-ter and turned the ball over 21 times. Junior Weston Hadlock was the only Ute to score in double figures fig-ures and ended the game with 13 points. Egbert and Deets contributed con-tributed 8 points apiece, Brady 6, Labrum, Gardiner and Kitchen added 3 points each and Mason Smuin was credited with 2. Hadlock connected for three of Uintah's five long balls while Egbert and Labrum hit once each. For Parowan, Ray was on fire with 27 points with three coming from the three-point line. Behind him, Burton scored 8, Smith 7, Evans 5, Hughes 4, and Hill and Hulet each had 2. Parowan also had five three-point three-point shots. Burton and Evans each had one to add to Ray's three. For perspective, Parowan is leading lead-ing in 2 A Region 13 with a 7 - 3 record. Cedar City is 4 - 5 in Region 9. Grantsville, who handed od to enter half time 32 - 24 and chased the Lady Red Devils in a 20 - 14 third quarter attempt, the death knell rang in the fourth. Uintah mustered only 6 points while Evanston added another 15 and won the contest by a 24 point margin. mar-gin. Following Bartel's 21 point offense, Brittiany Cook added 8, Karalee McKee 5, Amber Bunderson 3 and Karissa White, Jamie Justice and Sara Cushing each contributed 2 points each. Bartel and Bunderson each scored once from the three-point line. Two Evanston players finished in double figures with 10 total team members contributing to the scoreboard. score-board. Evanston scored four three-point three-point shots. The Lady Utes finished preseason play last night in a game against Emery. They face Wasatch in Heber City on Friday to open Region 10 league competition. Uintah wrestlers bring home Green honors for the light weight classes for his performance. Stensgard said that with the exception of one position, the same wrestlers that filled varsity spots in Uintah their first loss on the road last week, has an 8 - 2 record and is leading in 3A Region 1 1 and ranked in the top five for the state. The Utes finished preseason play against Carbon last night. They will now look the dragon in the eye when they travel to Wasatch this Friday night to open Region 10 play. The Wasps are ranked at the top of the state 3A pool. They are picked to dominate Region 10 and according to Mansfield had one of the toughest preseason schedules of anyone. "They've been beating some good teams," Mansfield said. The varsity game is slated for 7 p.m. in Heber City. Hunters interested in joining the Dedicated Hunter program offered by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) need to apply and complete the introductory course work by April 1, 2004. The Wildlife Board established the program to provide interested hunters the opportunity to enjoy extended deer hunting. Participants can hunt three seasons in each year but are limited to taking two buck deer during the three-year enrollment period. The board established the program with a participation cap of 10,000 Jazz game tickets available The Uintah Recreation District has a limited number of Utah Jazz tickets available to purchase for the Jazz game Saturday, Jan. 24 against the L.A. Lakers at the Delta Center. Tickets are $10 each, and are available on a first come-first serve basis. All tickets are located in the upper bowl of the arena. Jr. Jazz participants who purchased a game ticket will also receive a free meal ticket, but these are also limited and given on a first come-first serve basis. Tickets may be purchased at the Uintah Recreation District in the Chamber of Commerce building, 134 W. Main, Suite 101 or call 781-0982. mi J rmt River Tournament Trophy. Green River will represent Uintah at the Tournament of Champions. Chant Caldwell will replace Eric Sharp in the 1 35 weight class at the tournament. Stensgard is optimistic Uintah wrestler goes for the pin hunters. According to DWR officials, there are about 7,800 hunters enrolled in the program now. They expect the cap to be reached by 2005 if program pro-gram interest continues to grow at the rate it has. To join the three-year program, hunters must complete a wildlife conservation course and pay a program fee. The fee is $180 for residents and $867 for most nonresidents. nonresi-dents. The fee includes a participant's partici-pant's deer hunting permit for the region of the state that they choose. Hunters can hunt in all three general (L ? LJ 1 P The Flaming Gorge Chapter of Harley Owners Group (HOG) took its annual New Year's Day ride on Thursday. The group rides every year on Jan. 1 if the weather is permitting; this year, many were unable to participate because of snow buildup on roads and driveways. ' 'A I - I ft-A' A, about Quintal's prospects at the Tournament of Champions. "I think we're up to the task," he said. "We're going to see just how good we are." T"T Pyx,. in Green River Tournament. seasons (archery, muzzleloader and any weapon) in each year. The wildlife conservation course can be taken online and takes approximately one hour to complete. com-plete. In addition to completing the course and paying the program fee by April, hunters must also attend a Regional Advisory Council (RAC) meeting and provide a total of 24 hours of service on approved conservation con-servation projects that benefit wildlife. Although participants are entitled to take two deer during the ' : mo n I V Vy:i, . S' '' v If T W & I. g Tf '- ' . , i Y 1 0 The Tournament of Champions is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at Western Park. enrollment period, they may not take two deer in the same year. "The program provides hunters extra deer hunting opportunities in the region they want to hunt and gives them a chance to give back to the state's wildlife," said Larry Dalton. Dalton is the DWR conservation conser-vation outreach section chief. "Hunters who have been in the program pro-gram have really enjoyed it. If you've been thinking about joining, I'd encourage you to register this year," he added. k i f r, |