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Show Page 7 Wednesday, March 1, 1978 Miners 52, Wendover 50 In Overtime Like the frog that was turned into a prince, guard Brad Goff went from goat to hero Saturday in Park City's 52-50 overtime win against Wendover at Tooele High School. Goff missed a foul shot with no time showing on the clock which would have given the Miners a victory in the contest to determine third place in the Region Eleven Division Two standings. But the 5-8 senior swished two crucial jump shots and dished out the game-winning assist in overtime to give Park City a more comfortable comfort-able seeding in the region tournament which began in the Park High gym Tuesday. Park City and Wendover tied for third place behind Dugway and St. Joseph with identical 5-4 regular season records. The two teams met Saturday at the neutral Tooele gym to decide their tournament seedings. Park City and Wendover battled through four overtime over-time periods in their three meetings this year. The Miners won two of the three encounters but both teams scored a series total of 155 points. Faster Pace In the opening quarter, Park City used passing rather than dribbling to get the ball up court faster and caught Wendover's defense unprepared they jumped to d 14-9 lead by combining good offensive movement with agressive defense and Wildcat coach Dean String-ham String-ham called a timeout to regroup. While Stfingham was instructing in-structing his players, Miner coach Bruce Reid was mak-' mak-' ing some strategic changes. He subsituted Jerry Johnson and Marty Cowin for Tim King and Todd Hunter and employed a "blitz" defense when" play resumed. Pres-' Park CityWins First Round Of Tournament The Park High Miners romped to an easy 76-53 victory over Manila in the first round of the Region Eleven basketball tournament Tuesday. The Miners led 18-13 at the end of the quarter and their Division One opponent tied the score at 18 all early in the second period. From that point on it was all Park city. Led by Howard Davidson, who scored 11 points in the second quarter, the Miners rocketed away from Manila, taking a 43-25 43-25 lead into the locker room at the half. Davidson paced all scorers with 19 points despite playing just two and a half quarters. Park City coach Bruce Reid began emptying his bench four minutes into the third quarter and every Miner broke into the scoring column. Park City will face the winner of Tuesday s South Rich-Tintic matchup today at 6 p.m. in jtheir home gym. South their opener in the double-elimination tournament. Brwwa-mnnrn'i o GET MOORE FOR YOUR MONEY Play with Ray Moore March 6, 7 or 8 at the PARK CITY RACQUET CLUB For Moore Information, call 649-8080 sure from the half-court trap defense caused several Wendover turnovers (Wur-novers?) (Wur-novers?) but the Miners were unable to capitalize and the quarter ended with Park City ahead. 14-11. The Miners concentrated on stopping the outside shot of Rocky Brown in the second quarter and were successful. Howard Davidson also was effective in thwarting high-scoring high-scoring forward Robert Spill-man Spill-man but what the Miners didn't do was prevent Spill-man Spill-man from dumping off to 6-6 center Mike Crawford. Crawford's Craw-ford's seven second-quar-er points led the Wildcats to a 28-25 halftime advantage. Compounding the woes caused cau-sed by Crawford's inside shooting, Miner Todd Hunter sustained an ankle injury in the second quarter and appeared to be out for the game. But Park High principal princi-pal Dr. Jack Dozier worked some adhesive tape magic and Hunter returned to start the second half. Coach Reid said after the game that no tactical changes chang-es were made during the intermission. "The game plan remained the same-play same-play tough," he commented. The final two periods saw a more conservative half-court game with the lead changing hands several times. The Miners were dealt another damaging blow early ear-ly in the third quarter when Davidson, the team's leading scorer, also suffered an ankle injury and seemed to be finished for the day. The team maintained its momentum momen-tum in Davidson's absence, however, and Park City held a slim 39-38 lead going into the final period of regulation Plal .. f-iZ .rk-w. . .While the Miners were working on the Wendover Rich was favored to win r r ir in r ii ii ii ii 1 1 defense in the third quarter, Dr. Dozier was working on Davidson's ankle in the locker room. Dozier, who taped many an ankle in his football days, had the star player back in the lineup for the start of the fourth quarter. With Park City trailing 46-44 with 11 seconds to play, Davidson was fouled and sank two shots to knot the score. Goff and Cowin stole the ball from the Wildcats on the inbounds play and Goff was fouled as time ran out. The senior guard missed the free throw, however, and the game went into overtime. over-time. Shaking off his foul line failure, Goff led the Miners to victory in the three-minute overtime period. He first scored on a fifteen jumper that touched nothing but net. When Wendover answered with a long outside shot by Brown, Goff came back with another 15-foot swisher to put the Miners up by two. The Wildcats tied it up again on a rebound shot by Crawford with one minute left. The Miners went for the last shot, letting the clock run down to the final seconds. Goff then drove from the top of the key and handed off to Cowin as the Wendover defense collapsed on him With one second remaining, Cowin shuffled in for an uncontested layup and the win. The victory and the third place finish meant a higher seeding for Park City in the region tournament. On Tuesday, the Miners faced Manila, who Reid characterized character-ized as one of the weakest teams in the double-elimina tion play. The Miner coach said his pre-season goal was to make the state tournament and he feels his team now has "a good shot at it." "We will have the home court advantage and we're playing well," Reid observed. observ-ed. Dugw ay Wins Region In another regular playoff game at Tooele Saturday, Dugway's hot-shooting Paul Brown sank two free throws with 10 seconds remaining and was followed by a Jim Keetch bomb at the buzzer to give the Mustangs a 56-52 win over St. Joseph and the Region Eleven Division Two crown. The two teams enter-' ed the game with the same 7-2 marks. St. Joseph trailed 33-23 at the half but came roaring back to take a 43-41 lead in the third quarter. It was a see-saw affair in the final eight minutes until Brown and Keetch combined to secure the victory. Dugway will face South Summit in Saturday's Region Re-gion Eleven championship game while the other eight teams battle for third place on down. BOX SCORES Park City Radford 10 15 5 8 0 7 7 Davidson Hunter Goff Johnson Cowin King Wendover Melville Brown Spillman Crawford Howlett 16 9 11 6 lABIESr'MI6HT EVERY Friday night CHILDREN 51.50 ADULTS $0.00 .! witn mis coupon night ski pass, a french fries and Gymnasts Meet P - mm Uneven Parallel Bars (Class 3) 1st Connie Hamilton, Park City 2nd Carol Koleman 3rd Kisa Thaller .Park City (Class 2) 1st Lori Duerner, Park City 2nd Renee Farwig, Park City High Beam 1st Lisa Thaller, Park City 2nd Connie Hamilton, Park City 3rd Dixie, North Rich Floor Exercise (Class 3) 1st Connie Hamilton, Park City 2nd Lisa Thaller, Park City ANNOUNCING EVERY Tuesday night . j 1 1 am ana o.uu, you get hot roast beef sandwich, a beverage. IT 1 JJ 1 3rd Dixie, North Rich (Class 2) 1st Renee Farwig, Park City 2nd Sandra Burns, Park City 3rd Kim Thompson. Park ault (Class 3) 1st Connie Hamilton, Park City 2nd Denise Wilkinson, Park City 3rd Michelle, North Rich (Class 2) 1st Barb Uriarte, Park City 2nd Lori Duerner, Park City 3rd Gina Santy, Park City (Optional) 1st Lori Duerner ,Park City 2nd Barb Uriarte .Park City 3rd Gina Santy . i tz i y a rcfirfM3)ik Gf Telemar By Steven Krickson Many a good stormy morning has been spent drinking the time away as winter accumulates. Ideas are exchanged but most escape through the swinging doors of our favorite Eating Establishment as we have another cup. Such was a morning in '75, a winter I well remember. Crystals, needle-eye size, had just begun falling, fulfilling the promise of several days of overcast weather. The beginning of a big dump, no doubt. As the crystals grew injsize, we sat comfortably and sipped thoughts of tomorrow's powder snow. A close neighbor, Brighton, is often on the top of my list of places to visit. A direct route through Scott's Pass can give any intermediate skier a dandy descent on a powder day. Or the hardier can circle around to Clayon Peak for a steeper encounter. All tours to Brighton seem to include a moment at the Village Store, if for nothing noth-ing more than to savor the day's turns. Back at the "Double E" the discussions are filled with laughter at the many spills we've shared between here and there. We consider the hard falls and the soft falls and we conclude that many of the best falls are taken on the return trip, while attempting the alpine runs down through Thaynes Canyon. I remember a particular day coming back from Brighton. The morning sun and the dry snow protected by those fine firs. To Scott's Pass in anticipation of powder present. Often the east side of the Wasatch tells a different story. Powder present was past and curdling cries of edgeless skis led me rapidly down the mountain. Thrills and spills kept me on the edge of my shoes and many a chairlift rider on the edge of his seat, anticipating disaster for one foolish Nordic skier. "That is a tough ride," said Jim. "Imagine a race on Nordic skis down from the top of the mountain." "To make it complete, we would have to start from Brighton and first race to the pass then down through "the moguls," inserted Bob. A long pause was accompanied by six glaring eyes. A, classic, an annual, a tradition to be. The discussion rambled on but upon leaving we left the thoughts behind. f I often wonder how many greaOdeas are echoing within the walls of the "Double E," never to escape. The- thought of that race has certainly been traveling around for awhile. But that one idea has turned into reality. On March 4, 1978 the First Annual Wasatch Mountain Moun-tain Overland will be held. Starting at the Brighton Village Store at 9 a.m., all participants will head en masse for the bottom of the Park City Resort. As in any citizen-type citizen-type race, the object is to complete the course regardless of the time it takes. Citizen Racing is for the improvement and enjoyment of all involved. in-volved. And believe me, everyone completing this course will undoubtedly be a better skier. The Boulder Mountains Marathon is an annual event held in the Sun Valley area and more than 150 participants entered this year. As a group, they trudged through the new fallen snow, breaking trail most of the way to the finish line. The first two across the line were arm in arm representing over 150 winners of this year's run. It was one that all participants surely will remember. Don't miss your chance to be in the First annual an-nual Wasatch Mountain Overland. Support the beginning of a grand tradition. Brighton to Park City, March 4, 1978... I PERSONALIZED SERVICE SUIT Every ski suit in the store at least 20 off Skimer Beconta ' VdeV Ellesse Begins Friday, March 3 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. 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