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Show D2 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Vernal Express The Vernal Express & Uintah Recreation District in conjunction with: iBBHlWl': Present: Pick the Winners .JooWJM. Week 16 Dec. 23-24 Visitors .Kansas City .Chicago .Tennessee .Carolina .Indianapolis .Tampa Bay .New Orleans .Washington .Baltimore .New England .Arizona .San Diego .Cincinnati Philadelphia Home .Oakland .Detroit .Buffalo .Atlanta .Houston .Cleveland .NY Giants .St. Louis .Pittsburgh Jacksonville .San Francisco .Seattle ' Denver Dallas Score NY Jets Tie Breaker Monday Night Score Miami iName kddress Phone Week 15 Winners 1 DeEtte Spencer (10), 2nd Garn Birchell (9), 3rd Cody Coombs (8), A1" Harry Miyoshi (7), 5 Boyce Coombs (6), 6lf Jennifer Bradshaw (5), V Katelyn Bradshaw (4), 8" Jean Klein (3), 9th Shad Zinda (2), 10'" Dale Russell (1) Totals 1. Randy Upton (53), 2. Larry Klein (49), 3. Garn Birchell (48), 4. Boyce Coombs (46), 5. Dale Russell (44), 5. Harry Miyoshi (44), 7. Teresa Bradley (40), 7. Rick Jenkins (40), 9. Jean Klein (39), 10. Cody Coombs (35), 11. Travis Anderson (32), 12. Lynda Phillips (31), 13. Jennifer Bradshaw (29), 14. Randy Jenkins (28), 14. Angie Lee (28), 14. Frank Annerl (28), 17. Shad Zinda (25), 18. Mindy Bradley (23), 19. Levi Smuin (22), 20. DeEtte Spencer (20), 21. Mike Miles (14), 22. Bill Hill (13), 23. Pete Martin (12), 24. Ranee Rasmussen (11), 24. Katelyn Bradshaw (11), 26. Larry Lambertson (8), 27. Chris Martin (6), 28. Adam Sarmadi (5), 29. Patrick Crosby (3) Rules 1. Indicate which team you think will w;n (do not need to pick score except tor tie breaker). 2. Pick the tie breaker by writing what you think will be the final score of the tie breaker game. The tie kceaker will count as a correct oi incorrect pick during the initial scoring. Then, if needed, the scores of the tie breaker will be used to breik the ties as outlined in tt6 and S7 below. 3.iJJWtries must be turned into the Recreation Office or the Vernal Express office by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before the week's games oi postmarked by Friday and received in the mail no later than Monday. Only one entry perperson may be submitted each week. (Entries dropped into the mail slot of Vernal Express after 5:00 p.m. on Fridays will not be entered. 4. Five weekly winners will be awarded each week. Additional prizes may be awarded when available. Sponsors reserve the right to substitute prizes if needed. Points will be given to the top ten finisers each week. During the playoffs the point values will be doubled. At the end of the season awards will be given to the top ten finishers. 5. Only original entry forms from the Vernal Express will be accepted. No photo copies. E-mail entries accepted onl from those individuals with a current subscription. 6. Games left blank will be counted as incorrect picks. If a winning team is indicated on the tie breaker, but no score is given, then the pick will be counted in the initial scoring, but will be given last place in the tie breaker determination. 7. Ties will be broken using the tie breaker. The person with the smallest point differential between actual scores and predicted scores will win the tie breaker. If after using the tie breaker there is still a tie, then whoever had the closest score to the winning team will be the winner. If at this point there is a tie, then the "pick the winner" points will be split among the tied contestants. A ;V," " ' I J l - ,t 1 j I . .t.... f t j . i vaiHif ma m mmmm msm Jiiii w mm 111 pif j -v .r Players fight for a rebound. Local youth wrap up basketball season The third and fourth grade coed, and the fifth grade basketball basket-ball leagues finished up their season on Dec. 14. This year the emphasis was on sportsmanship and having fun, although scores were kept, standings were not. The league was sponsored by the Youth Basketball Program Association. A pizza party was given to the team that exhibited the best sportsmanship, the pizza was donated by Domino's and Davis Jubilee's donated drinks. On Dec. 27 the entire league will be invited to attend a movie. The fifth grade girls will begin be-gin their season in January. Bottle Hollow fishing competition kicks off Young player prepares for a shot, between two tough defenders. Wrestling coach expects more of his team Over the weekend the Utes wrestled in the Grand Junction Warrior Classic, one of the toughest tournaments west of the Rockies. The Utes had two placers, Justin Curtis (152) and Zach Reynolds (112), each took fifth place. Stensgard considered consid-ered the performance of the team sub-par. According to Stensgard the team is not very tough and the facts show that he is right, with five wrestlers out due to injury. Stensgard said of his team, "they need to learn to win regardless of sickness or injury." inju-ry." Stensgard was only able to take nine wrestlers to Grand Junction and three of them were not varsity wrestlers. Stensgard said that he feels it is his responsibility to toughen up his team and prepare them to be the third or fourth ranked team in the state. Stensgard finished fin-ished up by saying, "things are going to get a lot tougher for the Bouta i follow I, ;ikc I roue Comoeticum Come Ice Fish Bottle Hollow I3J! d h I rft r IMS 71 Grand Prize- $350 Cabella's Gift Certificate or UIT Outfitting Cow Eik Tag Length Prize $200 Basin Sports Gift Certificate Weight Prize $200 Basin Sports Gift Certificate Entry Fee: $30 Special Event Fishing Permit or Purchase of 2007 Ute Tribe Season Fishing Permit Competition will run 8:00 am December 1 8, 2006 through February 28, 2007 at Bottle Hollow Reservoir, Ft. Duchesne, Utah. Grand Prize - Overall Size (Length, Weight, Girth) Prize - Length Prize -Weight For Event Entry Visit: Ute Plaza Supermarket, 7750 US Highway 40 Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026 (435) 722-3282 For more in. .nation contact UIT Fish & Wildlife Department Fisheries (435)725-4816 Take advantage of our 365 day 2007 fishing permit see 2007 Fishing, Camping, and Boating Proclamation for more information. Area restrictions apply. Sponsored by Ute Tribe U&WD and US F&W5 kids. I don't care if I take 14 or 28 to state. The ones I take will be ready." Stensgard commented that there are five leaders in the room, Curtis, Creedon Merkley (125), Reynolds, Chance Rinderknecht (130), and Kayden Abplanalp (145). He said that Curtis is the team captain with great leadership. Stensgard considers Abplanalp the biggest big-gest turn-around of the year. He went on to mention that a few of the young people have also been impressive recently, including freshmen Colby Christensen (103), and Matt Sunkees (160). Despite a win over Evanston 42-31,- that Stensgard attributed attrib-uted to his upper weights, he expects to see more from his team. Stensgard said, as one wrestler exited practice hunting hunt-ing a trash can, "I'm done being nice." He has decided to find out what kind of character his team has, even if he loses a few. In his words, "I'm done playing games, it is time to go to work." The Bottle Hollow Lake Trout fishing competition started on Dec. 18 and will run until Feb. 28. The event is sponsored spon-sored by the Ute Tribe, U&WD, and U.S. F&WS. The fish scored towards the event can only be taken from Bottle Hollow Reservoir. To enter one must purchase a $30 special event fishing permit or a 2007 Ute Tribe season fishing permit. The Grand Prize winner will receive a $350 Cabella's gift certificate or an UIT Outfitting cow elk tag. The length and weight prize will each receive a $200 Basin Sport's gift certificate. certifi-cate. For event entry visit the Ute Plaza Supermarket at 7750 US Highway 40 or call (435) 722-3282. For more information informa-tion about the event contact the Uintah Indian Tribe Fish and Wildlife Department at (435) 725-4816. PeeWee hockey team brings home two wins Coach Wayne Simper and Dwayne Richardson traveled to Craig, Colo., Saturday, Dec. 16, with the Vernal Peewee Raptors, to face the Cougars. In back-to-back games, the Vernal team dominated at all times. In game one, Denim Simper came out with the first goal and then Brenton Stewart. Stewart again scored with an assist from Jarrett Urban. Kayla Richardson also received help from Urban for a goal and Boedy Searle assisted Beau Polya for the final point. The Cougars were tenacious and played hard but could not come up with a goal until the end of the third period, leaving the score at 6-1 for the Raptors. After the Zamboni cleared the ice, the team skated out again for another win. Jarrett Urban took the first of his goals seconds after the whistle blew. Then he assisted assist-ed Boedy Searle with a goal. Stewart raised the score next and Simper assisted Urban. Stewart assisted Urban and then took a goal for i himself. The final goal was made by had Whitmire, unassisted, joalie Dustiri Holmes had a phenomenal defense and the Craig team could get nothing past him. These two games saw Raptors passing, checking, and shooting just right for the shutout shut-out of 7-0. Carson Parslow, Kirk Batty, Easton Murray, Zachary Moore, Ashley Luck, Taylor Ward, and McClain Blackburn all played exceptionally well to bring their team the wins. 1 HHHHM (f II Brenton Stewart (17) comes out of the corner with the puck towards McClain Blackburn (45) and Easton Murray (24). Ashley Valley Realty's Sudoku Puzzle Ashley Valley Realty, mc 36 5 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 ofeacli digit 1-9. Solution found on A8 1 1 r 1 2 1 r i 1 3" 45 J) 8J5 J8 3 5 2 52 LJL J ; LJL 5. JT9 1 7J 3 1 1 4 SI Varsity hockey wins Ute hockey skated two game over the weekend. The first game ended with a deadlocked tie 2-2. Coach David Pipher said that his team outplayed Murray. They were able keep the puck on Murray's side of the ice, but were unable to get anything in the net, explained Pipher. The goals were scored by Seth Stewart (28) and Danny Griffith (11). Stewarts' goal was assisted by Drew Stewart (17). Griffith's goal was assisted by Tyler Larsen (13). The Goalie Kyler Bowden played tough stopping 22 shots on goal. The second game against Taylorsville ended 4-3 in Uintah's favor. Yet, according to Mike Kitzmiller the assistant coach, the game really was not that close. Goals were scored by Alex Shields (30), a defensemani Cody Watkins (6), Larsen (13), and Landon Larsen (23). Shields goal was assisted by Marty Montgomery. Watkins goal was assisted by Stewart (28) and Stewart (17). Larsen (13) was assisted by Larsen (23). The final goal by Larsen (23) was assisted by both Ethan Kitzmiller (16) and Larsen (13). Bowden stoped 17 shots on goal Overall Pipher was impressed with his team, stating stat-ing that they were coming along and had done an excellent job. Kitzmiller reiterated the same adding that the team had worked hard and really took great shots. The JV team lost two games one a 4-2 defeat against Park City. The other a shutout in the wrong direction 3-0 against Accord. |