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Show B6 Wednesday, September 6, V.r- -X. 'g rfJ 'r Uintah kickoff special team holds Cowboy runner to minimum yardage due to tackle by Marcus Heaton and assists from Cylor Morgan and Chanse Rinderknecht. Utes set sights on Snow Canyon after Cowboy loss A couple of Ute turnovers and running back Ryan Butler turned the tables against Uintah in a 21-38 loss against the Cowboys at Grantsville in a non-Region matchup Friday. Butler ran for 210 yards and 28 carries, plowing the way for the Cowboy victory. The Cowboys scored first in the second quarter after a Ute fumble and a Butler run to the Ute 30 yard line. The Cowboys continued to move the ball, and scored on a run from the two yard line by Craig Harrison with 7:21 left in the first half. The Cowboys were unsuccessful unsuccess-ful on their extra point attempt. Uintah answered the score with a touchdown setup by a run by Brett Child and a pass to Curtis Hautamaki. On first and 10 at the 37, a pass to Nathon Merkley from Taylor Jeski gave Uintah a touchdown. A 25-yard extra point (due to a penalty) by Tyler Larsen was successful, putting the score at 7-6 with 4:03 left in the half. On first and ten from the 27, the Cowboys passed to the 6 yard line. Tackles by Uintah's Jeski and Mike Hopla held the Cowboys out of the end zone, but on third and four Butler ran it in for a touchdown. Uintah's defense stopped a two-point conversion con-version making the score 7-12 at the half. In the third quarter the game got away from the Utes, with two unanswered Cowboy touch downs. In the fourth Dallas H Roper attempts to get his calf during m.,, - 2006 t ' JulJ Nathon Merkley catches a Smuin pass against the Grantsville Cowboys. Smuin connected with Merkley on a 14-yard pass that was set up by passes to Derek Bunderson and Cylor Morgan for Uintah. Following the touchdown, the Cowboys returned the kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown making mak-ing the score 14-38. With 7:45 left in the game, Smuin again connected with Merkley for f f ... M 1 0X,,ss' 'a v high school rodeo. Photo by Unda west -7 . vfe 4!&K if)l AYtt . - -' lh- (k ''"P 1 tf ii ifr ii-Tiiilli-iy rniifi irrniffr'-"1 4:- ' ' -.a . I for one of his three touchdowns a 67 yard touchdown. Uintah attempted an offside kick, but didn't get a good bounce and the Cowboys maintained possession. pos-session. Grantsville ran out the clock to end the game with a score of 21-38. The loss makes Uintah 1-2 in preseason play. It was Grantsville's first win. High School rodeo brings participants from all around the state of Utah By Elizabeth Goode Express Writer High School rodeo enthusiasts enthu-siasts "cowboyed up" in the sun and sand for the event at Western Park on Friday and Saturday. Area resident businesses provided donations for the rodeo. Chenae Shiner from Roosevelt was voted 2007 Queen. First Attendant is Regan Torres, Roosevelt, and Second Attendant Krystal Burtis of Logan. The Uintah Basin High School Rodeo Club had one participant par-ticipant from both Duchesne and Tabiona High; 13 from Union High, ten from Uintah High, four from Vernal Junior High, and ten from Altamont, for a total of 39 members. High School rodeos are held in August, September, 30-inch Brown was caught by Tony Street Tuesday at Steinaker Reservoir. Tony is the son of Troy Street of American Fork. He was accompanied by his uncle, Kim Martinsen of Vernal, and grandfather Lee Street of American Fork. Tony has fished at Steinaker most of his life. Ute Volleyball gives last year state champions a good game In a game against Carbon High School on Tuesday, August 29, the varsity volleyball vol-leyball team kept up with last year's state champions. The team went four games with Carbon, losing the fourth game by only two points. "It was a very, very close game," said coach Doris Salazar. "We are still switching switch-ing around with our rotations and trying to figure them out. It was the little things like being out of rotation that cost us the game, but I don't feel bad because we are still messing mess-ing around with different locations. loca-tions. That is what preseason is for and we are still trying to figure out what locations people peo-ple are going to play." Senior Nicole Brady agrees, (swsMhww , I i I II par y . Bareback rider is thrown from his bronc during rodeo action. November, April, and May; the June State Finals will be in Heber in 2007. Club members travel throughout the state nearly every weekend in those months. Janet Mecham, the Uintah Basin Club Secretary reported the following entrants: bareback bare-back riding 9; steer wrestling, 12; saddle bronc riding, 12; steer wrestling, 12; calf roping, rop-ing, 56; bull riding, 27; boys and girls cow cutting, 18 and 24 respectively; team roping, 56; and girls breakaway roping, 88; all in the outdoor arena. In the indoor arena were 60 (girls) goat tiers; 98 pole benders, bend-ers, and 124 barrel racers. Morale seems to stay pretty high, even when a cowboy or cowgirl is "in a slump." Asked what he is thinking of as he prepares to go out the gate, one team roper said, "Staying focused." The same response 1 , -"u"'',ml U "rV fV- f. I j i iiIimm.iiIv . , il "' ' , . p""" ' "J "I felt we played really well. We've been trying new rotations rota-tions that we'd never played before, but we all came together togeth-er and worked really hard under the circumstances. Last year we didn't even compete with Carbon at state, they beat us out in three easy games. We are finally getting everything together for this year and we are going to do really well." Assistant Coach Brent Labrum added, "I think it is a good thing in preseason to try and figure out what works best for us. Carbon has one of the top teams in state ever since I've been coaching. We learned some things about different places that players can go. That was one of the best benefits of the game figuring every works for nearly aspect of the sport. Kaden Richard, wearing 103 on his back, has been roping since he was six years old. His Team Roper partner is his brother, Rhen, who has been doing it since he was big enough to walk. Asked how much practice they do, Kaden said, "Almost every night. It's hard to work it in during football foot-ball season, but we do." Apparently they are able to work hard at both because Kaden and Rhen had 5.9 in team roping; Kaden did 18 in calf roping and Rhen 17 in calf roping. Rhen plays quarterback and Kaden plays halfback or corner back on the Union High Varsity Football Team. "I wear 5 and they call me Reggie," he laughed. Asked which of the two is his favorite, he said it depends on the outcome. "We beat Carbon 50 to 0 the other I thing out." In the JV game, the first two games were lost, but the team came back and won the next three. "It was a great come back for the JV team," said Labrum. The sophomore team also won in five games. Carbon didn't bring a freshman team with them. JV player Brittany Reasch, said, "It was kind of slow at first but we came back and worked really hard. Our team just really came together and we ended up winning and that was really exciting. We are really positive about the season." sea-son." The Ute Volleyball team plays Morgan tomorrow in Morgan. Photo by Linda West night, so that was pretty good." Just hangin out after competition, com-petition, Blake Shiner lassoed the feet of his team roping partner, part-ner, Joey Draper. Both rode their sorrel horses, Superstar and Gin. Grandmother Ena Ra Lindsay likes to come for support. They are all from Altamont, and practice every night during season, and at least three times a week in winter. Joey just started this year, but Blake has been roping rop-ing since he was nine years old. Joey, at 6'3", is high post in the Altamont Basketball Team. A junior this year, he still has time to enjoy both sports. Blake is a sophomore; they have worked together as a team for about a year. Everyone seemed to be having hav-ing fun, especially the 8- and 10-year-olds, wearing cowboy attire and carrying lariats, just like their heroes. 71 ' 1 i'll&lPX Z-fJ |