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Show I Wednesday, February 4, 1976 PageS 9 Roundup MMEE MEW BY AND ABOUT PARK CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Ford Nominated To A. F. Academy Roland TO By BM Roland CONNORS WINS INDOOR TITLE Saturday afternoon, Bjorn Borg advanced into the men's singles final of the United States Pro Indoor Tennis Championship and promptly declared, "I want Jimmy." "Jimmy" is Jimmy Connors, the number 1 seeded player who eventually defeated Dick Stockton, thereby granting the wish of the 19-year-old Swede. But Sunday did not hold a victory for Bora. Connors won a tough first then took complete control and outlasted the Swedish Davis Cup ace, 6-4-6-0 to win the $20,000 first prize. "I've changed my image," said the controversial con-troversial Connors," I have nothing more to prove. "I've just come to play." And that's just what the 23 year-old Connors did in defeating Borg for the fourth time in five meetings, BEN CRENSHAW WINS HAWAIIAN OPEN Ben Crenshaw shot a final round 66 Sunday to win the $230,000 Hawaiian open by four stroses Sunday. Only a week before, he came from behind in a similiar wiridup to win the Bing Crosby National : Pro-Am at Pebble Beach, California. ... Crenshaw began the final round three shots behind leader Hale Irwin, the 1974 U.S. Open Champ. He caught Irwin on the front nine with birdies on the first, second, sixth, eighth and ninth holes to go out in 31 and then pulled away with a 35 coming in to finish with a 72-hole score 270, 18 under par. After winning his second tournament in as many weeks, the blond 24-year-old Texan said, f "There is no other way to describe this week. It s been an incredible experience." v ' The victory was worth $46,000 and boosted Crenshaw's 1976 earnings Jo $88,680, almost twice as much as runneru Johnny Miller. The professional golf tour comes back to the mainland this week with the Bob Hope Desert Classic, a 90 hole event played in Palm Springs, California. No doubt, "Gentle Ben", will be primed and ready tor a possiDie tmra consecutive victory. GREGG, REDMAN WIN 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA . - Peter Gregg and Brian Redman drove their battle-scarred and rainbow-striped BMW CSL home to victory Sunday in a rainy and controversial con-troversial finish of the 15th annual 24 hours of Daytona endurance race. The BMW, its engine running on only five of its six cylinders since down, covered 2,093 miles at an average speed of 104.04 miles per hour. That, was 545 laps around the 3.84-mile Daytona International Speedway road course. The next four finishers were all Porsche Carreras, the evening marque at Daytona the previous two 24 hour races. The race was officially stopped for 2 hours, 40 minutes when water in fuel tanks of the lead cars was discovered. The problem was traced to water in a fuel truck that serviced pit tanks just after sunrise. During the delay all fuel tanks were purged and fresh gasoline was trucked in 'from Jacksonville, 70 miles away. A spokesman for Union Oil supplier of the 104 octane racing gasoline in all cars, said, "There's no scientific explanation for how the water got into the truck." One official said the possibility of sabotage was under investigation. The other two factory BMW's were irreparably damaged by water in the fuel system. The delay pleased most ( drivers, however, giving them a break to make needed repairs and adjustments to finish the race. Meanwhile, Peter Gregg savored the victory-his victory-his third consecutive in this event-along with the traditional champagne that goes to the winner, and of course, his share of the winning purse. PRO TRACK COMING SOON The International Track Association will sponsor a professional track meet at the Salt Palace on Friday, February 20. Track stars Jim, Ryun, Dave Wottle, and Rod Milburn perform along with pole vaulters Bob Seagren and Steve Smith and dozens more athletes. Tickets are now on sale at the Salt Palace (363-7681) and all ZCMI stores.. yr- ' ;' .." " DID YOU KNOW? The largest wave ever ridden by a surfer is purported to have been 50 feet high. The wave hit Minole, Hawaii on April 3, 1868. The surfer, Hoi va, rode the wave only to save himself from being crushed by it. v The longest surfing rides in the world are those at Matanchen Bay near San Bias, Nayariti, Mexico. Proficient surfers can ride the waves as far as 5700 feet. set, 7-6 in a tie-breaker T 1Mb . 1 m- ry fv 5 t3 Toly for If you have a weak heart or don't enjoy the excitement and noise that go along with basKetball games vol better stay away from , the Park High Gymnasium. In their latest action-packed action-packed thriller, the Miners took on Tintic Wednesday afternoon in a game that saw the lead change hands 12 times and the scored tied on eight different occasions before the home team finally lost 64 to 60. Rising high after their big win pver Wendover, Park the red and. white out in front High ' attacked the visiting by a score of 54-53! ' ; . team' with a tenacious man- The Miners hope for a come to-man defense as they back was cut short, however, battled to a 17-15 advantage when Tintic's Gourley in the first quarter. Kelly recovered from his injury to Mackley and Frank Marcelin finish with a 27-point per- provided.the Miners with a formance. one-two scoring punch in the After Park High's captain early going while Ron ' Marcellin fouled out with six Schaefer monopolized the minutes remaining, it was all .backboards. over but the crying. In the second quarter of In an earlier cliff hanging action, Tintic; behind the fine contest, the Park High Junior shooting of Tom Gourley, , Varsity lost to the Tintic J.V's began to open up their offense 42 to 41. and by intermission enjoyed Scoring Results: Varsity- the long end of 40 to 31 score. Mackley-12; Alvey-12; Seconds after the second Schaefer-15; Marcellin-14; half tip, the Miners - went Toly-2; ,Davidson-2. ",- ; , to work on their opponents J.V's-Deardan-18; Goff-2; lead as Marcellin hit on a Davidson-10; Lambert-6; three point play to cut . the King-6.. ; - Marcellin takes a Jumper H l 5 ' i f , y a lay up difference to 6. Tintic fought back and had widened their margin to 10 when their team 1 eader antfTOghScfere Gourley twisted an ankle and was forced to leave the game. Taking advantage of the visiting team's misfortune, the Miners rallied back to trail 53-50 at the end of the third quarter thanks to Mike Alvey's bucket at the buzzer. Park high struck first in the final period with Mackley cutting the lead to one, followed ... by , Howard Davidson's 2 pointer that put K ' mm. by Patti Prince to order to race, and to be good at it, one has to be a very dedicated person. The Park City Ski Team gets little recognition for a lot of hard work. The race team consists of 75 people, mainly from Salt Lake City. The eight racers from Park City are Karri Hays, Alana Soares, Shawn Hazelrigg, Roxanne Toly, Donni Waldman, Kris Elwell, Jeff McGilvry and Louie Leathern. The coaches are: Bob Marsh, Bob Whitney, Mike Watts, Steve Johnson, Bob Wargowsky and Patti Formicelli. The racers practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays for about four hours on the ski ' hill. On Mondays and Wednesdays, Wed-nesdays, they have a two hour practice without skis. Then, on weekends, come the races. If they don't have a race, the team will train all day. Mustangs i Stampede Miners by Colleen Murnin Last Friday night the 'Dugway Mustangs beat the ' Park City Miners 92 to 64. The ? first half of the game the Miners got behind and could noteome back. The haM-time scoria was' Dugway 50 and ParkCity 21. - ' i The second half the Miners outscored Dugway, 43 to 42. The high scorers of the game were Kelly Mackley, 16 pts., Ron Schaefer 12 pts., Scott Toly 10 pts., Mike Alvey 9 pts., and Frank Marcellin 8 pts. Lack sf rebounds also hurt the Miners. They only managed to make 23 rebounds the entire game while Dugway gathered 49 rebounds. On ' the way home, the student body bus broke down, : so the team bus backed up and Bob Burns fixed the , student body bus. Mr. Burns discovered that the distributor points had slipped out of place causing the bus to backfire. After about a half hour of working on the bus, the buses were on their way home, they stopped and ate at MacDonalds. They arrived in Park City at 1:30 A.M. . To join the race team, one must pay a tuition fee of $300. ' All other funds come from showing movies, putting on ' dinners, or anything else they can possibly do. Parents' must provide transportation for the team. All parents must drive to at least one ' race. ;r' - The tuition fee covers lift ; passes, coaching, entrance fees, and also the $20 for Classification to get into the ' United States Ski Association. ::-1 Two racers were - asked what they liked most and ' what they disliked most about ; racing, here 'are their answers: an-swers: Karri Hays- "I like the competition. I dislike hitting gates and people who have bad attitudes."." Kris Elwell- "The com-' petition. I don't dislike anything." Freezing in the morning is always nice-but that's part of racing." GAA , by Helen Byer The Park City Girls Athletic Association lost a basketball game with South Summit last Wednesday, 33-8. School was excused at 2:30 so the students could watch the game. , Later, when asked what students and teachers . thought of a girls game of . basketball they replied: ' . Darrel Milliner: "I thought -nit wi's'pfeJfnterestrrigr Thy only thing I didn't like was the boys didn't march during half-time." Ann Harolson: "I thought it was very interesting. I thought our girls were losing their timidity about shooting." . Joel Burns: "I liked it. It seems like the girls are scared of the ball, but they did well. You've really improved." im-proved." -, Karen Larsen: "I thought it was pretty good. There's some pretty good players too, and they'll do better. Overall it was pretty interesting.". , Arlene Burgener: "I think ' it's good entertainment. They've ( made a lot of improvement." im-provement." o Meg Lintner: "It was really exciting. Activities in school are pretty neat." Vfcki Wallin: "I thought they did very well for their first year." The G.A.A.'s next game will be at Morgan, February 4.;'.' :' ennd 30 - DOUG by Kelly Ford, an eighteen- Doug year-old senior of Park City High School, has led a normal life until now. Doug has been nominated by Senator Jake Garn to the United States Air Force Academy. "I feel that it is a real honor mmiI a Attt f A An it PnifJ rWiiift ywyiv gvt w w it, oaiu uvug when . asked about his nomination. ' Doug was born in Grand Prairie., Alberta, Canada. He became an American citizen in May: of 1975 the main reason being to join the Air Force. He decided to enter the Air Force because he has always wanted to fly: "My dad was in the Royal Canadian Air Force," said Doug, "He liked it, so I think that the Air Force will be the best." .. -: There are many steps involved in-volved in getting into the Air Force Academy. "I first had to write a personal format for both Utah Congressmen and Senators. I did that around the first of December. That was just for consideration, . and it took three weeks for a reply. On January sixteenth, I finally got the nomination from Congressman Gunn McKay to the Merchant Marine Academy. 10 : rrQr rONDUE ft 30 FORD Mackley The work has just begun for Doug. He is now working closely with Captain Dewey Gerard, the local Air Force liasion officer so that he will know what to expect and how to handle A.F. life. He will be receiving an r n ttiinm . r ..iKinK ...ill fAll mm academy which will tell him when to report to Hill Air Force Base for physical and medical examinations. If Doug passes the exams, he will report to the Air Force Academy on June 5, 1976 for 3 months of BCT (Basic Cadet Training), a form of boot camp used to seperate the men from the boys. 5 After BCT comes the final ; acceptance into the academy, which is marked by a giant graduation parade, signifying the acceptance of the cadets by the Air Force Academy. ' Doug's nomination has already affected his life. "Now I have something to look forward to after graduation. It's kind of like a big scholarship i I pass, I'll have a good education and a good skill for the rest of my life," said Doug. Doug is the only person from Park City High School ever to receive a nomination to a military academy. |