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Show C2 Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Vernal Express Extra Redshirt Keddy does well at Iowa wrestle-offs Rodeo bull worth 50K shot in Jensen The University of Iowa wrestling team held its second day of intrasquad competition Saturday morning at the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex in Iowa City, Iowa and former Ute Allstate Phillip Keddy did well. Senior Mario Galanakis (Greenfield, . Iowa) started Saturday's matches off with a 10-3 decision over redshirt freshman Joe Slaton (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) at 133. Redshirt freshman Dan LeClere (Coggon, Iowa) provided the first upset of the intrasquad at 141. Redshirt freshman Phillip Keddy of Vernal ended the competition with a 10-2 major decision over redshirt freshman Rick Loera (Park Ridge, HI.) at 184. , The Hawkeyes will open the 2006-07 season Nov, 18 at the Kaufman-Brand Open in Omaha, Neb. Saturday Wrestle-Off Results 133 - Mario Galanakis dec. Joe Slaton, 10-3 . ' 141 - Dan LeClere dec Alex Tsirtsis,4-3 1 149 - Alex Grander dec; Travis Blasco, 11-6 157 - Ryan Morningstar maj. dec. Brad MedchilLlM ; 165 - Mark Perry maj. dec. Ben Stedman, 10-2 174 - Eric Luedke dec. Jay BorscheL 7-5 sv 184 - Phillip Keddy maj. dec. Rick Loera, 10-2 The Vernal Express & Uintah Recreation District in conjunction with: VSSfer Present: fokb&LJ Present: Pick the Winners Football 2006 Week 10 Nov. 5 Visitors Home New Orleans Pittsburgh Chicago NY Giants NY Jets New England Washington Philadelphia Cleveland Atlanta . Kansas City Miami Green Bay Minnesota San Francisco Detroit Buffalo Tennessee Houston Jacksonville San Diego Cincinnati Denver Oakland Dallas Arizona St. Louis Seattle Tie Breaker Score Name Monday Night .Tampa Bay Score .Carolina Phone . Address Week 8 Winners lit Mindy Bradley (10), 2nd Angie Lee (9), 3rd Shad Unit (I), 4th Larry UmhtrtMR Jr. (7), 5th Lynda Phillips (6), 6th Cody Coombs (5), 7th ton Klein (4), Ith Levi Smdn (3), fth Harry MiytsM (2),10th0aleltussel(1) Totals 1. Larry neiR (39), 2. Dale Russell (33), 3. Travis Anderson (31), 4. Lynda PhWss (27), S. Randy Upton (25), i Levi Smuin (22), 7. 6am Birchen (21), I. Kick Jenkins (20), 9. Jean Beta (II), I. Mindy Bradky(IS), 11. Shad Bnda(17), 11. Angle Lee (17), 13. Teresa Iradky (1ft 14. lata Coombs (15), 15. Fank Annerl (14), 16. Bill Nill (13), 16. Cody Coombs (13), 11 Pet MartM (12), 11 Randy Jenkins (12), 20. fence Rasmussen (11), 21. Jennifer Bradshaw (It), 21. Harry Miytshi (10), 23. Larry Lambertson (), 24. Chris Martin (6), 25. Adam Sarmadi (5), 26. Mike Miles (4), 27. Patrick Crosby (3) RULES 1. 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Onff Orijaul entry forms from the Venui Express wit be accepted. Ma paote copies. E-ntai eatrtes accepted only from those ietdewtrticirrertsakscriptien. 6. 6ames left Mank wil be coonted as inctrTect pkks. If a vrianeao, team is inaVated en the tit araaaar, bat a son b fhwn, dam the pick wM be coan WMfcaW 4tttniiMtltM 7. Ties vri be brokea by esino, the tie breaker. Tke person wltk the ssnalest point dWiriatkd ketwooa actnal stores and redkted scores wfl win fe tfe areata. H after asavafetk araaaar ten 1 a At, tlam vrivicvar bad the closest seem to the wkmin tektte wkmerpomtswl be sift amonf the tkrfcantestants. Rodeo bull "Charley's Nephew" had a promising career, making thousands of dollars for owner Tony Mendes at bull-riding competitions compe-titions across the country. In September, however, the four-year-old bull was shot at least seven times with a shotgun and will no longer compete in the rodeo arena. Devin Murray, 24, has been charged with criminal crimi-nal mischief, a second degree felony, for the incident and will appear in court Nov. 13. Mendes said his neighbor, Murray, has threatened to shoot animals before for wandering wan-dering onto Murray's family property. Mendes admits that his cows and bulls have gotten loose at least seven times in the past, but not recently. About five months ago, Mendes said he spent $15,000 to put cattle panels around his property, which fixed the problem. Two months ago, however, Charley's Nephew got out and wandered onto the neighboring neighbor-ing property while Mendes was away from home. Mendes suspects that a hunter cut the fence. Charley's Nephew was the only bull that got loose out of at least ten others. Mendes said Murray's grandmother called his wife and warned that her grandson was ready to shoot the bull. According to Mendes, Murray told authorities that Charley's Nephew was fighting fight-ing with one of Murray's animals ani-mals when he shot it. Mendes objects and said he has pictures pic-tures to prove this was not the case. Mendes feels he has a strong case against Murray, who received a felony charge because of the bull's value. He knows he messed up," Mendes said. Mendes owns 47 acres of land in the Jensen area where he breeds and raises bulls for part of the year for competi- - f . n ; "I I I - U Ji k -m tMf ( '.v ' V -4 j - . r Vjf- ' .-. i J.A .a ...... .T -ri R Rodeo bull "Charley's Nephew," estimated to be worth $50,000 by owner Tony Mendes, bucked at competitions across the country including southern California, Idaho, Washington, Kansas, and New Mexico. tion. His animals spend the rest of the year in North Carolina or in California. He currently has about 15 bulls in competition competi-tion and participates in 40 to 60 events each year. "Bulls are my livelihood," Mendes said. Charley's Nephew was one of his top five bulls, earning about $250 per out. Mendes purchased him for $4,700 and estimates the bull was worth $50,000 before he got shot. What Uintah Utes Varsity Hockey win both weekend games The Utes completed a hockey hock-ey filled weekend by winning both games of a double header against the hockey squad from Jordan. Although only the first game was official, our varsity Utes skated both games hard and played a physical game against the traveling team from the Wasatch Front. The first game the Utes won 5-1, with the second game being decided with a 5-3 victory. The team had a rough start during the first game on Saturday morning after a poor line change by the Utes resulted result-ed in a breakaway goal that put the team down by one. The Ute defense played a much more disciplined game after that 1-0 deficit, and with excellent goal-tending goal-tending did not allow another goal. The first two Utes goals were scored by Marty Montgomery with assists from Landon Larson and Tyler Larson. The last goal of the second period was scored by Seth Stewart, with the helper from Craig Long. Two third period goals were by Tyler Larson and George Laub, with assists given to Montgomery and Justin Stearns. The Utes had 26 shots on the Jordan net minder, while Kyler Bowden, the Utes goaltender, faced 22 shots allowing only a single score. Bowden made several great saves keeping the Utes in the game. Aggressive physical play by the Utes seemed to slow down the team from Jordan, taking them off their game. The Utes had five minor penalties, and one major penalty, while the Jordan team was responsible for eight minors. The second game started about an hour later, with the same teams facing each other. The Utes' goals were scored by Tyler Larson, with two by Alex Shields, and two by Bo Harris. Harris and Shields also were given credit for two assists. The Utes only faced 10 shots in the 5-3 win, while Jordan attempted to defend 22 blasts from our Utes. Tempers flared briefly at the end of the game between both squads, ending an otherwise well disciplined contest. The Uintah High School teams play the next two weekends week-ends at home against Payson, Salt Lake Independent, and Judge at the Western Park rink. Show your support for the Utes by attending the games. Ashley Valley Realty's Sudoku Puzzle mm AiWct Valley Realty. Ioe 365 West 50 North Suite W8 Vernal (435) 789-7265 To solve Sudoku, enter digits so that every row; column and three-by-three sector contain one of each digit 1-9. Solution found on A9 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 2 3 4 6 7 4 8 J3 9 j 8 6 79 2 J 2 9 79 1 6 1 I I upsets Mendes most is the fact that Charley's Nephew was just reaching his potential. Now, he said, Charlie's Nephew is 80 percent blind and will not compete com-pete again. His goal now is to help his bull heal, and possibly breed him. Helping Mendes this week is Tommy Lee Osha, president presi-dent of a small company called Tlop International, who has developed unique methods and products to relieve pain and heal mostly horses and cattle. The newly developed company sponsors Mendes, who is also a world champion bull-rider. Mendes was named Rookie of the Year in 1996 by the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association. A recent knee injury has prevented him from competing for the last couple of months, but he plans to get right back on the bull's back as soon as possible. Uintah Utes Junior Varsity hockey play bantam team On Friday, Nov. 3, the Uintah High School Hockey teams opened the home season, with the Junior Varsity squad playing play-ing an exhibition game against the younger AVAHA bantams, which consists of 14- and 15-year-old players. The bantam team was bolstered from several sev-eral league coaches who played in an attempt to balance the size and skill level differential. The match up resulted in a well fought game that changed leads between the teams several times. Great goaltending was seen by both teams, with saves keeping both teams battling for the lead. The goals by bantams, who wore their dark jerseys, were scored by players Wayne Simper, Craig Carlson, Justin McDonald and Andrew Shizok. The other three bantam goals were tossed in by the coaches, coach-es, with assists credited to McDonald, Shizok, Simper, and Carlson. The young bantam team consisted of three five player lines, all giving a great effort with lots of hustle. The JV team were slightly short handed with only two full lines skating. They quickly fell behind 4-1 in the first period. peri-od. In the second period the Utes battled back accounting for the only three goals. The Griffith twins were responsible respon-sible for most of the evening's offense, with Danny scoring four goals with two assists, and Paul dumping two pucks in the net and helped on two other scores. The other goal by the Junior Varsity squad was a great shot by Jordan Thompson. Other assists were given to Thompson, Nick Mull, and Aaron Hacking. The younger bantam team was about to pull out an upset win over the JV team with a one goal lead with seconds left in regulation time. JV Jordan Thompson entered the offensive offen-sive zone and floated a perfect pass over a defenders stick to Danny Griffith. Griffith then pulled the puck to his backhand and roofed it over the goalie's glove to the back of the net. With one second on the clock, that score tied the game for an exciting finish to all those in attendance. Uintah Recreation District offers programs The Uintah Recreation Offices have some great programs pro-grams going on. They would love to have you and your family fam-ily join in the fun. For Youth Itty Bitty Ball: Ages 3-5, Fee is $15 per person; the clinic will include Basketball, Soccer, T-ball T-ball and Tennis. Youth Indoor Soccer: Registration Fee is $25 for youth ages 5-8. For Teens Futsal (Indoor Soccer): Registration Fee is $25 for youth ages 9-18 (18 if in High school) Senior Basketball Program: Registration Fee is $25 for Girls 5th-12th grade and Boys 6th-12th 6th-12th grade. High school forms their own teams. Girls team play down with 8th and 9th grade league. Vipers Swim Program: Age Group Swim Team, for fees and times please call the pool at 789-5775. 789-5775. For Adults Coed Volleyball League: Age 16 and up, Registration fee is $175 per team until league is full. Low Impact Water Aerobics: Ages 16 and up, Registration fee is $2 per class or passes available. Other Adult programs: Scuba Diving and Snorkeling. Contact the Uintah Indoor Poo for more information, 789-5775. For Families Swimming Pool: The Uintah Indoor Pool is open to the public Monday - Friday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 1-6 p.m. Monday evenings immediate immedi-ate family members can swim at the price of $10 per family. Tuesday evening groups of ten or more can get in at the' discounted dis-counted price of $1.50 per person. per-son. Friday nights come try out the trampoline. Call the pool for more information at 789-5775. For more information please contact the Uintah Recreation District offices at 134 west Main, 101 or call at 781-0982. Come join the Uintah Recreation District "Where fun comes naturally". nat-urally". h 4 |