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Show BIO Wednesday, March 29, 2006 .Vernal Express, Softball plays hardball; Kevin Labrum winds up for the pitch. UHS baseball steps it up By Brenden Eden Express Writer The Uintah Utes played three games this week, despite the fact the bad weather has been in the way of practice and play this entire season. Their first game was scheduled sched-uled for home last Wednesday against Juan Diego, but because of weather the game was moved to Union's field in Roosevelt. This game was one of the best that Uintah has played this year. It started off well, with both teams playing strong. Tyson Reary, Uintah's winning pitcher, pitched a good game, and Justin Curtice hit two doubles, dou-bles, a single, and received a walk. He also scored three runs throughout the game. j The.pgajrte.. became one-sided early oiCwifh Uintah dominating dominat-ing the field on the mound and in the outfield. Uintah had 18 hits and received no errors. After a well played game, the final score was 17-5 Utes. On Thursday afternoon, the team was scheduled to play against Ben Lomond in Ogden, but bad weather in Ogden brought the game to jgden brought the game to p ?v set? 4t nv -cnu Q C- r o art From April 1 to June 15, hunting prarie Prairie dog season Many hunters may not .be aware that prairie dogs cannot can-not be hunted in Utah during certain times of the year. Just like game animals, prairie dogs now have "open" and "closed" seasons. And two prairie dogs populations popula-tions in the state white-tailed prairie dogs that live in Coyote Basin in northeastern Utah and Utah prairie dogs may not be hunted anytime of the year. From April 1 to June 15, prairie dog hunting is prohibited prohib-ited on all of the public lands in Utah. Hunting is still allowed on private lands. This closure protects prairie dogs during the season when they're breeding and raising their young. This closure helps Vernal. The Utes played two game's against Ben Lomond, both the same day. The first game was held at 3 p.m. The Utes once again picked up the pace, playing a strong offense and defense. The game really got exciting later on as Jordan Behunin and Taylor Jeski both hit home runs and Kevin Labrum went 3 for 3 with 3 singles. Brett Jensen also made a good save at the home plate, tagging out a runner seconds before a score was made. After 9 innings, the final score was Uintah, 11-5. The second game was more evenly played. Uintah had several great hitters, including includ-ing Brett Jensen, Jake Butler, Brandon Beech, and Kevin Labrum. They all scored multiple mul-tiple hits and runs. The Ben Lomond team turned things up a notch, making several good plays of their own. After nine innings, the final score was Uintah, 6-5. Uintah ended the week 3 for 3. The Utes are scheduled to play at home against Emery on Wednesday, March 29 at 3 p.m. and Wasatch on Friday, March 31 at 3 and 5 p.m. dogs on public lands is prohibited. prairie dogs reproduce successfully success-fully and helps ensure the survival sur-vival of the young prairie dogs that are born. After June 15, hunting is permitted per-mitted only for white-tailed and Gunnison's prairie dogs. The threatened Utah prairie dog is protected year-round by the Endangered Species Ace and may not be hunted anytime of the year. The population of white-tailed white-tailed prairie dogs on the Coyote Basin portion of northeastern north-eastern Utah is also protected year-round and may not be hunted. The white-tailed prairie prai-rie dogs in Coyote Basin are a prey base for black-footed ferrets, fer-rets, which are another federally feder-ally protected species that live Jeff Bassett takes the ball from Morgan. UHS soccer takes on Morgan Uintah High School's soccer team had a busy week playing three games, two at home and one away. Park City came into town on Monday, March 20 and Uintah seemed to not be in the game from the beginning. Coach Jared McKeachnie told the boys during the pregame talk that they had the skills and fitness fit-ness needed to win. Park City scored early and scored often. At the end of the first half Uintah found itself behind by a score of 0-4. Both teams had six shots on goal, but Park City put four of their shots into the net. Uintah came out the second half with a positive mind set and played a much different game. Landon and Tyler Larson each scored goals for Uintah. Park City players put an additional three goals into the net. At the final whistle Park City had won by a score of 7-2. Wednesday Uintah journeyed jour-neyed to Heber to play Wasatch for their second regior for their second regional game u ,a closure in the area. Utah prairie dogs occur in southwestern Utah. Gunnison's prairie dogs are found east of the Colorado River. White-tailed White-tailed prairie dogs are found in various areas in the state. All of the prairie dog species have suffered dramatic population popu-lation declines in the last 10 years. Some research suggests prairie dog populations have declined by as much as 98 percent per-cent since the late 1800s. The destruction and fragmentation of the prairie dog's habitat is thought to be the greatest reason rea-son for the decline, although disease and drought have also contributed to the species' plight of the season. This game is always a well fought battle for both teams. Uintah played hard and had some good shots on goal, but Wasatch put their shots into the goal. Uintah never caught fire in the second half, even with some good shots on goal. Wasatch won, 3-0. Uintah faced off against Morgan on Friday. Morgan is new to the region this year. The game was an equally played game in the first period, with both teams keeping a tight lock on the ball, and an even tighter lock on their goals. Cajun Laub, Uintah's goal keeper, did an excellent job of catching any stray balls that flew his way, including an amazing arial block against a penalty kick. He snagged the ball with his fingertips, finger-tips, then jumped straight up again and latched onto it, saving sav-ing the point. Landon Larson scored on a free kick when the Morgan player in the wall E i Principal Robert Stearmer tries to Burro Ball hits UHS By Brenden Eden Express Writer What kind of a show involves donkeys, high school students, old teachers, and loud music? The Donkey Basketball competition, compe-tition, held Friday, March 24. The rules of Donkey Basketball are simple enough. The center, or captain of the team, starts on the ground with no donkey. This player is responsible for the jump to start off the game. The other players, who are all riding their donkeys, don-keys, have to get the ball and score. No dribbling is required, but if the ball is dropped, then the rider has to take the donkey don-key with them to get it Also, a rider must be mounted to score any points in the game. ' . The games started out Friday afternoon in a school assembly. The sophomore team played ducked and the ball bounced off his shoulder into the goal. Morgan scored not long after. Players Jeff Bassett and Skyler Seitz played well on the offense, taking the ball into the score zone many times. The second half began with some furious shooting by Uintah but their shots seemed to bounce off the goal bars and back into open space. Midway in the second half Morgan scored a second goal. Uintah was unable to score. Morgan took the game 2-1. "We all did a really great job," said Bo Harris, UHS soccer soc-cer player. "We kept the ball moving, we sent in several great kicks, and our defense was amazing. The Morgan team is one of the strongest that we've played against, and they only managed to get in two goals. Our passing and footwork was together, and the whole team played like one." (0 m!lr control his donkey during the game. against the juniors to see who would move on to the finals. During .this quick game, the sophomores were trampled by the juniors with a score of 6-0. The main event was the senior class playing against the administration. Kevin Labrum, captain of the seniors' team, faced off against the Uintah administration, headed by Robert Stearmer, principal of UHS. This game was the slowest slow-est of the games held, with neither team being able to control con-trol their donkeys. The final outcome of this slow match was 0-0, setting the scene for a rematch that night The night event began at 7 p.m. with the junior team facing fac-ing off against local radio station sta-tion X94. The junior team was captained by Emily Henderson, and the X94 team was headed by DJ Brandon from the morning show. The ball moved a lot in wins two loses one By Brenden Eden Express Writer Uintah High School's softball team had a busy week, playing against three different schools. The team faced off against Logan, Sky View, and Mountain Crest High Schools. The team played well, and came out with a great run. The first game against Logan High was close all the way. The girls fought hard, hitting 4 runs, but with 7 errors. Kelsey Robb, UHS pitcher, threw hard, but in ' the end, Logan came out on top, 3-2. The Lady Utes then faced off i against Sky View. Sky View' fought back, but after nine innings of play, the Utes pulled out just enough muscle to win the game. The final score was 10-9, with 10 runs and 4 errors. Lexi White was the winning pitcher of the event that night. Uintah then faced then-last then-last opponents for the week, the Mountain Crest team on Saturday. This game was by far the best played by the Ladies, who came away with a 11-7 win. Robb was pitching again, and she was on fire. The Ute offense was at its peak, hitting 13 runs with only 5 errors. This week the team is playing Wednesday at Duchesne, then heading to Riverton Thursday. A JV tournament will be held on Friday at Bingham. Saturday will also be a tournament, with games played against Highland, Woods Cross, Tooele, and Grantsville. This tournament will be held at Tooele. this game, with riders chasing after the ball, pulling behind them their stubborn mules. Several riders were thrown off their donkeys. At the end of a long struggle, the final score came out 6-2, juniors' favor. The next teams up were the Seniors and Administration, captained by the same people as earlier. This time the ball was moved all around the court, with riders eagerly chasing after it Senior riders Stephanie Galloway and Cami Merkley both had fun moving after the ball trying to reach it and make a shot Kevin Labrum made several shots, sinking one and narrowly missing several Principal Stearmer's experi-' ence with stubborn high school students came into play as he tried to move his moody mule, but in the end burro won. At the end of a well-played game, the score was 8-4, Administration. V |