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Show r Page 8 Wednesday, March 9, 1977 ti&t if II Twenty-Four Named to Heavenly World Cup Downhill hopeful Richie Woodward Two dozen young American alpine racers have been named by the U.S. Ski Team to participate in the World Cup Downhills scheduled at Heavenly Valley CANV March 12-13. The international field of skiing contenders will race Saturday and Sunday with lir gporta r, - -- -- -- -- -- --.--.---.-I----------------------------- r ii i i Slalom; Fisher 3rd in The U.S.A.'s Phil Mahre fjnd Sweden's Ingemar fciStenmark startled speculators spec-ulators by moving into each Cither's territories and scoring wins during the World Cup races held at Sun Valley, Id. March 4, 5, and 6. The American highlight of the three day Harriman World Cup competition held under clear spring skies on the Idaho resort's excellent man-made snow was the pne-three slalom combination, of Phil and Steve Mahre, 19 year old racing twins from 'White Pass, Wa. Phil, considered con-sidered a Giant Slalom expert, ex-pert, upset field leader tStenmark, outpacing the jSwede by 9100 of a second with a 1:47.15 combined Jtime. Brother Steve edged Liechtenstein's Willi From-f From-f melt out of third to finish in 1 1:47.15 combined time. SBrother Steve edged From- SLichtenstein's Willi men oui oi iniru 10 unisn in 1:47.64 making two of the top three positions in the hotly contested field a family event. Phil's victory moved him into tenth position in World Cup Slalom standings. Stenmark got his revenge the following day by out- skiing all other competitors by more than a second in the first run of the Men's Giant Salom, finishing nearly 34 of a second ahead of the field in a combined time of 2:32.36. Phil Mahre, favored to place at the top of the field in his specialty, caught an edge in the midcourse during the second run, avoided a near fall, recovering to finish eighth in a time of 2:35.74. He moves to fourth f position in World Cup Giant Slalom standing. Cary, the men's events beginning at 10:00 a.m. and the women's to follow at 11:30 a.m. each day. U.S. 'A' Team members .slated to compete in the world class races are: Karl Anderson, 23, Greene, Me; Ron Biederman, 23, Stowe, Vt.; Andy Mill, 23, Aspen, Mahre Wins World Gup If S 1 1 ft 1 f ft i : Adgate, 23, Boyne City, Mi. recorded a fifth for the best American finish. Nineteen year old Abbi Fisher of South Conway, N.H. coupled an eighth in the Women's Slalom with a third in the Giant Slalom to achieve the best American women's finishes in the Sun Valley series and to gain second position in the Harriman Cup Combined standings. Fisher is tied for sixth in World Cup Giant Slalom rankings. ABBI FISHER I THE I PfflNT SHOP 419 Main St. 649-9598 Co.; Greg Jones, 23, Tahoe, Ca.; Pete Patterson, 19, Sun Valley, Id.; Abbi Fisher, 19, South Conway, N.H.; Susie Patterson, 21, Sun Valley, Id.; and Jamie Kurlander, 19, McAfee, N.J. National 'B' Team members mem-bers scheduled for this weekend's competitions are: Eric Wilson, 19, Montpelier, Vt. ; Christin Cooper, 17, Sun Valley, Id.; Gail Blackburn, 21, Greene, Me.; Leslie Smith, 18, Killington, Vt.; Heidi Preuss, 15, Lakeport, N.H.; and Maggie Crane, 19, Plymouth, N.H. The following national 'C Team members will join the Heavenly Valley Downhill group: Richie Woodworth, 19, Peabody, Ma.; Dave Stapleton, 16, Aspen, Co.; Mike Durtschi, 21, Mazame, Wa.; and Tiania Tutt, Colorado Springs, Co. Completing the U.S. contingent con-tingent of athletes will be national 'D Team members: Mark Ford, 23, Bend, Or.; Doug Briggs, North Conway, N.H.; Jim Plunkett, 20, Willard, N.Y.; Holly Flanders, Flan-ders, 18, Manchester N,H,; Joan Crane, 18, Plymouth, N.H.; and Barbie Patterson, 16, Sun Valley, Id. "" U.S. Ski Team heavyweights Phil and Steve Mahre Results Women's Slalom Women's Giant Slalom 1. PerrinePelen FRA i. Lise-Marie Morerod SUI 2. Claudia Giordani ITA 2. Kathy Kreiner CAN 3. Monika Kaserer AUT 3. Abbi Fisher USA 8. Abbi Fisher USA HT. Heidi Preuss USA 15. Heidi Preuss USA 16. Becky Dorsey USA 16. Mary Seaton USA 17. Becky Dorsey USA 18. Christin Cooper USA 19. Lindy Cochran USA Men's Giant Slalom Men's Slalom 1. Ingemar Stenmark SWE 2. Christian Hemmi SUI 1. Phil Mahre USA 3. Heini Hemmi SUI 2. Ingemar Stenmark SWE s.CaryAdgate USA 3. Steve Mahre USA 8. Phil Mahre- USA 12T. Geoff Bruce USA 14. Steve Mahre USA Cary Adgate USA 19. Geoff Bruce USA 19. Pete Patterson USA 20. Eric Wilson USA Support Your Season Ends For Miners The impossible dream failed fail-ed to materialize last weekend week-end and the basketball season is over for Park City High School. The Miners dropped two straight in the Region Nine round robin tournament at Kamas on Friday and Saturday, Satur-day, extinguishing faint hopes of entering the state competition. It was a disappointing disap-pointing end to a disappointing disappoint-ing year which saw the Miners excel in the preseason presea-son only to fall apart in the league play with a 1-10 record. South Summit Park City employed a slow down Friday night against an admittedly stronger South Summit squad but to no avail as the Miners lost 39-27. "We knew we would have a tough time if we let them run," said coach Ron Stepan. G.S. , 'A U.S. Ski Team "We didn't want to give them the opportunity to score." However, turnovers did allow South Summit to score and the Miners found themselves trailing 25-12 at the end of three periods, forcing them out of slow motion for the final quarter. Park City scored 15 points in the fourth period, more than double the output of any previous quarter, but it was too little, too late. Had the Miners been more gracious in accepting charity char-ity the outcome might have been different. They hit only nine of 20 foul shots. North Summit Abysmal first quarter shooting ruined any chance the Miners had of a Saturday upset of North Summit, losers to St. Joseph's on Friday. Park City could manage only two points in the opening period and were unable to overcome the slow start, falling 60-51. The Miners played North Summit even for the last three quarters but the 11-2 deficit they faced after at the end of the first period proved to be the eventual nine-point margin of defeat. "We got killed in the first quarter," Stepan said. "We had the good shots but we were off. Dugway and North Rich will battle for the championship champion-ship this Friday night with South Summit and South Rich vying for third place. All four of these teams will go on to the state competition. competi-tion. In addition, the survivor surviv-or of a playoff among St. Joseph's, Wendover, North Summit and Tintic will travel to the state tournament tourna-ment as the fifth place team. , . Next Year w ,'; Understandably reluctant to dwell on the season that was, coach Stepan discussed the season that will be. "We have a lot of young kids coming back that played play-ed varsity this year and the junior varsity had a good year so it should be a good season next year." I Saturday, March 12th 8:30 p.m. IKKSP DISCO PARTY I $1.00 per t I $1.50 per Top Pro Money Won By Colo. Bmmm 3 o CS -o 5 Victor Roy, a ski instructor at Copper Mountain, Colo., took top prize money in the Duaine Brown Grand Prix of Ski Racing held at Park West over the weekend. Roy coupled a first place finish in the dual giant slalom competition Saturday ! with a' second plic6 In the dual. v;i lo Aas fT dual slalom Sunday to earn a total of $700 in the two day event. First place money was $450 on both days, second was good for $250 and third place meant $175. Jean-Peter Ostbye of Salt Lake City pocketed the with Alan Hague Person in the Couple sponsored by the Park featuring: EXPRESSO AND CAPACUINO COFFEES CREPES AND FONDUE and specializing in: INEAPPLE CREPES Local racer Johnny Carpenter second highest amount of cash by taking a third Saturdav and a first Sunriav Following Ostbye was Rick Heid of Copper Mountain two raced to a second in the' giant slalom and a third in the slalom. Marlin Ross was to have , raxjed, arhy-d plape . honors . , against Ostbye on Saturday , . ' but a freak accident sent Him 1 ' to the hospital before he could compete. On the way to the course for his contest against Ostbye, Ross ran into a tree and was reported to be still unconcious and in critical condition on Monday. Mon-day. Sixty racers attempted to qualify for the "B" circuit M e m o r i a City Recreation Dept. WITH RUM SAUCE At West Skier pro races on Friday and the field was narrowed down to the top 32 times over the blue and red courses. The more than 200 spectators spectat-ors who viewed the exciting sideby-side competition were particularly aroused by the pro bump placed on the giapt, slalom course. The courses were set on the Sidewinder run, ending where Sidewinder meets Slaughterhouse. Race organizers hope to have three bumps on the course set for this weekend. The races will be held closer to the base lodge so that spectators at the bottom can see each race from start to finish. 1 Building mmmm mm I |