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Show Ute swimmers compete at state level The culmination of a season of long practices and evening travel home with damp hair came to an end this weekend for the Uintah High School swim team. Their season ended following the state swim meet held last Saturday at BYU. According to swim Coach Laurie Stott, six girls and eight boys qualified to represent Uintah at the meet. "Considering the number of swimmers who participated in the tournament, the Utes did a spectacular spectac-ular job," Stott said. The Lady Ute swimmers placed 16th in a field of 21 schools and the boys tied with Bear River for 10th place. A total of 22 teams competed in the boys events. Judge Memorial, another Region 10 opponent for Uintah, won the tournament in both the boy's and girl's classes. Park City placed second in the girl's and fourth in the boy's competition. The boy's relay team of Sean Kendall, Spencer Perry, Eric Caldwell and Shane Bascom earned sixth place in two events. They placed in the 200 yard free relay with a time of 1:35.29. Rowland HallSt. Mark's won the event in 1:32.97. Their next event was the 400 yard free relay. Uintah's time was 3:36.50. Judge Memorial won this race in 3:20.79. Freshman Courtney Stone and Junior Eric Caldwell put in strong individual performances in the women's 100 yard back and men's 100 yard fly, respectively. Stone completed her race in 1:08.86 to garner eighth place. The winning fi VI hV V-V ajy Pf! mL- f" !"! 1 I V M ill t I -3t I C Jj I Swimmers look on as their team mates compete at the state tournament at BYU. Lady Utes lose on road, win at home Uintah's Maggie Battel scored 14 points to lead all scoring in each of the Lady Ute games last week. The effort was not enough to keep Park City at bay last week as the Lady Utes fell 37 - 29 on the road. However, Uintah did defeat Granite 50 -27 in Vernal on Friday. The Lady Utes were 4 - 4 in conference games and 8 - 9 for the season following fol-lowing the Granite game. They play their last two Region 10 league games this week. In Park City, the Lady Miners overpowered the Lady Utes in the first period. Uintah trailed 16 - 7 at the close of the first quarter then kept the game even for the remaining remain-ing three quarters. They were never able to recover from the slow start. Following Battel's 14-point offensive offen-sive charge, Sara Cushing and Karalee McKee each scored four Is looking for responsible adults who would like to join the board and get involved with this year's wonderful program. Come join us Thursday, February 12th at 7 pm at the Vernal City Office Building 447 East Main Street. Any questions contact Troy Meier 828-2488 Come place J oil -u iiff -) cv Eric Caldwell, Shane Bascom, Spencer Perry and Sean Kendall took 6th in both their 200 Free and 400 Free Relays. They broke their own record in the 200 relay, which was the new school record. time in this event was 1 :02.45 from Lacey Ence, a senior swimmer from Snow Canyon. Caldwell placed seventh sev-enth in his event with a total elapsed time of 57.83. Ricky Nerud a junior from Pine View won the race in 55.04. Stone also stroked her way to 16th place in the women's 200 yard free event finishing finish-ing in 2:14.86. Caldwell also competed com-peted in the 100 yard back stroke event and earned 13th place with a points. Jamie Justice added three while Karissa White and Laticia Herkshan rounded out Uintahis offense with two points each. Battel hit the only Uintah three point goal. Park City was led offensively by Judkins who dropped in 12 points. Berry, Jolley and Harris added six each for the Lady Miners and Tomlin scored five and Mackaben two. Tomlin hit once from the three point line while Harris dropped in two. At home, the Lady Utes dominated dominat-ed the Lady Farmers of Granite in every point in the game. Uintah scored in double figures in each quarter while Granite scored only three points in the first then added eight more points in each of the remaining three quarters. While Battel was again the leading scorer on the floor, eight Lady Utes added VERNAL YOUTH BASEBALL your votes. 2 automatics Vernal time of 1:02.18. Other Ute team members that competed included Matt Smith, Jake Allred, L.J. Heaton and Steve Perry who placed 16th in the 200 yard medley relay. They finished in 2:04.54. Sean Kendall placed 15th in the 50 yard free race and 1 1 th in the 100 yard free. His times were 24.50 and 54.35, respectively. Becci Cook swam the 100 yard fly in 1:17.20 for 17th. Sophomore points. Sara Cushing, Laticia Herkshan and Karissa White each scored eight points and Kadie Egbert added four. Jamie Justice, Tiffany Petersen, Karalee McKee and LeBaron each contributed two points. Uintah recorded no three point goals. Scoring for Granite was led by Hurst with 10. Buhler scored 8. Smith 5, Slade 3 and Phillips added 1. Hurst hit the only Granite long ball. The Lady Utes are in fourth place in Region 10. Wasatch leads with an undefeated 8 - 0 record followed by Judge Memorial and Park City. Granite and Union round out the bottom of the region standings in fifth and sixth place, respectively. Uintah will complete league play with two games this week. They played at Union last night and will host Judge Memorial on Friday. per team Express Spencer Perry finished the 100 yard fly in 15th position and 1:02.81. Steve Perry, a junior, completed the 500 yard free in 6:09.83 for 21st place. Morgane Lauf, Nicole Wright, Becca Perry and Megan Allred competed in the 200 yard relay with a time of 2:05.68 for 16lh place. Shane Bascom finished the 100 yard back in 1:03.44 for 17th position. Courtney Stone joined Megan Allred, Nicole Wright and Becci Cook to take 13th in the 400 yard free relay in 4:31.83. Stott has coached the swimming team for three years. She was an assistant coach for two years and assumed the head coaching position this season. Stott and her swimmers practiced at the pool every afternoon after-noon for at least two hours. The swimmers also lifted weights at 5:30 a.m. on a weekly schedule. The Uintah swim team included 31 swimmers. "I thoroughly enjoyed working with these exceptional athletes who have so much to offer and have dedicated so much time to the sport," Stott said. "I am very proud of all of my swimmers and how far they have come this year." Thafs the percentage of smokers who grew up with at least one smoking parent. So remember, it's not just your hair color you pass along to your kids. Just another example of how smoking affects us all. To quit, call 1-888-567-TRUTH or visit UtahQBitnet.CORI. The TRUTH Northeastern Utah Ice Fishing Report Updated Feb. 10, 2004 NORTHEASTERN REGION -Ice fishing report updated February 10, 2004 BIG SAND WASH RESERVOIR Reports of fair to good fishing. Check ice carefully before venturing ventur-ing out. Reservoir is being filled so edges will have newer ice. BULLOCKCOTTONWOOD RESERVOIRS Report of fair fishing. fish-ing. Check ice carefully before venturing ven-turing out. Reservoirs are being filled so edges will have newer ice. Reservoirs are located approximately approxi-mately 5 miles north of the town of Gusher. BROUGH RESERVOIR Last report was fair fishing, water is clearing. Check ice carefully before venturing out as edges will have newer ice. To get to Brough, take State Route 88 south from US Route 40 (Ouray Road). Turn west at the second dirt road past the high power lines. Follow this road approximately 2 miles staying to the left at each main fork. Road is quite rutted. BROWNIE SPIRIT LAKE Last report was fair to good fishing. Check ice carefully before venturing ventur-ing out. USFS roads are closed, access by skis or snowmobile. EAST PARK OAKS PARK No new reports on angler success. Check ice carefully before venturing ventur-ing out. USFS roads closed, access by skis or snowmobile. CALDER CROUSE RESERVOIRS RESER-VOIRS Reports of fair to good fishing on Calder. Anglers went in D t t , ' Wednesday, February 1 1 , 2004 gg by snowmobile. Crouse is dry. Area has received snow and high winds so access is limited. Check ice along the edges carefully before venturing out. New limit on Calder is eight fish. All other regulations remain in effect including the four fish limit on Matt Warner. See Fishing on B10 Shooting club to organize The Vernal 4-H shooting club will be organizing Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Vernal City offices. Members of the club will participate partici-pate in state and national events in shotgun, archery, muzleloader, 22 rifle and knowledge events. Participants much hold a Hunter's Safety Blue Card. The club can furnish fur-nish equipment for participants. Knowledge events consist of a written test, hunter identification, safety trail and orienteering. The club is open to juniors and senior ages 12-17. The state competition com-petition is April 16 and 17 and the National in Pennsylvania is in July. At state level competition, participants partici-pants compete as individuals. The top 5 in junior and seniors divisions divi-sions go to nationals. Cost to participate par-ticipate is $3 to register as a 4 H member. For further information contact. Mark Partridge at 781-0007. Come Out and Play! Our Scenic Restiisf -i Js Open Every Weekend! FRUAYO)-9 pm (Dinner) : SATURDAY 8am -9pm (Breakiagt, luncfe t Dinner) SUNDAY 8am 4pm (Breakiact k lunch) Luxury Log Cabins k Atlas Snowshoo Rentals AvaDabte Dairy by Reservation 435-889-3759; Hwy 44 - naming Gorg Nat. Rec Acca' 4 4 l |