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Show Page 11 Freestylers SKI FACTS Conditions Exel. ompete At Base 121" 128" 166" 165" 158" 140" 40" ark The Western Amateur Freestyle Association competition com-petition at Park West Resort over the weekend found Wally Hartlauer at the head of the pack with the highest overall points of the 125 skiers who participated in the two-day event. "I don't know if it was the weather or the competition, but we had a bigger crowd than we expected," said Park West General Manager Dick Frost of the spectators for Saturday's mogul competition. com-petition. Frost said three of four parking lots were filled and many people lined the slopes of Geronimo Bowl to watch the 119 agile entrants suck up the bumps on their way to victory, Sunday's weather was less than ideal but a crowd gathered for the ballet competition com-petition at 10:00a.m. "The ballet run was a little tough in spots," said WAFA director Stan Jones. "It was a little warmer than usual, but it was nothing the com Ballet can ho fun tov DEEP POWDER HELICOPTER SKIING SCENIC RIDES SHUTTLE SERVICE See us at Vinnie Fish Photo or call 649-9739 West petitors couldn't handle." Pine boughs were sprinkled over the landing ramp of the aerial course for depth perception in the flat light. Both sides of the course cour-se were lined with spectators for the 12:30 event and they were impressed by the aerialists who soared off one of two jumps. The daredevil jumps and spectacular falls were accompanied by foot-stomping foot-stomping music echoing over loud speakers, and were enthusiastically applauded ap-plauded by all even those ascending the mountain on the Tumbleweed chair lift. The Sporthaus in Salt Lake City awarded gift certificates cer-tificates to the top six competitors, com-petitors, and all entrants were given T-shirts from Park City's Bumps Burgers restaurant. The next WAFA competition com-petition will take place at the Snow King resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on March 26, followed by contests at Alta and Brighton. The top 10 overall point leaders of Jan B ucner at Park Host. WAFA will be eligible to compete in the National Amateur Freestyle competition com-petition to be held at Copper Mountain, Colorado, at the end of April. Results of the WAFA competition com-petition by class were as follows: Moguls C Andy Brewer Darin Green Stacey Williams Women Carolyn Myers Liz Weld Susan Lane B Glen Shurtleff Tod Wadsworth Jim Higham A Tom Olinghou.se Deven Glenn Tad Williams Expert Chris Jensp Wally Hart er Bryan Whipt .c Ballet C Andy Brewer Darin Glenn Steve Hart Women Terry Schraeder Susan Lane Chris Windward B Mike McRae Tom Larsen Rob Thorson A Mark White Clark Urie Mark Smith Expert Wally Hartlauer Brian Whipple Dennis Talbot Aerials C Andy Brewer Darin Green Stacey Williams Women Carolyn Meyers Susan Lane Greta Paulsen B Jim Higham Tom Larsen Scott Kirkpatrick A David Biska Tom Morgan Clyde Done Expert Chris Jensen Steve McDonald Mark Hoibrook Overall Wally Hartlauer Brian Whipple Chris Jensen State Tournament Miners Win One, Drop Two The Park High Miners lost their opening round game in the state 1-A basketball tournament held at the Marriot Center last week, rebounded for an easy victory vic-tory but were then trounced in their final contest. The tournament crown went to North Sevier. Kanab The Miners traveled to Provo as the Region Eleven fourth seed and met Kanab on Wednesday night. Kanab, from Region Eight, was ranked among the top three 1-a schools all season and they took advantage of an impotent Park City offense to post a 57-48 victory. Kanab took an eight-point lead early in (he first half on the strength of their outside shooting. The perimeter attack at-tack caused defensive matchup problems for the Miners, forcing Park City coach Bruce Reid to make several adjustments. After altering their defense, the Miners closed the gap to four and, with 15 seconds remaining in the half, they had an opportunity to come within two. But Park City threw the ball away and then committed a foul. Kanab made the first free throw. The second foul shot was missed but Kanab grabbed the rebound and was fouled again, this time converting on both chances from the .charity si ripe. - ' Instead of being down by two at the intermission, Park City found itself trailing by seven. "If there was a turning point in the game, that was it," coach Reid lamented after the contest. The Miner defense continued con-tinued to play well in the second half and Kanab was held scoreless for the first 4 1 4 minutes of the third quarter. Surprisingly, Kanab Kan-ab abandoned their outside attack, which had been successful in the first half, and tried to move inside. Despite their stingy de- fense, the Park City offense could only cut the margin to three. It was this inability to take advantage of their strong defensive effort that plagued the Miners all evening. even-ing. Part of the scoring problem could be attributed u 24-lr. emergency service repairs, remodels, and installations drain cleaning water and sewer lines installed CALL: DICKSEMAN licensed plumbing contractor licensed general contractor 649-851 1 SPECIAL OF THE WEEK Water heaters installed 40 gal. $160.00 to an illness suffered by Dave Radford, Park City's second leading scorer. Suffering Suf-fering from the flu, Radford played intermittently against Kanab and was never a factor in the game, his last of the tournament. Lack of fire power forced the Miners into a half-court trap defense in the second half in an attempt to create turnovers and easy baskets. The easy baskets never occurred, however, and Park City never cut the margin to less than five. The Miner scoring attack was led by Howard Davidson, David-son, who scored half of Park City's 48 points. Kanab eventually finished third in the state tournament, tourna-ment, behind champion North Sevier and second place South Summit. Monticello Coming off their loss to Kanab, Park City combined a balanced scoring attack with sound defense to handily hand-ily defeat Monticello 63-51 Thursday evening. Park City put lots of pressure on Monticello's guards and the Region Ten champions were unable to penetrate. On offense, the Miners hit the offensive boards and continually broke Monticello's full court press. Although they made a mockery mock-ery of the press, the Miners often missed easy layups, , eight in the third quarter alone. The press obviously was not working but Monticello refused re-fused to opt for another defense and the Miners continued to take advantage of the situation. Most of Tim King's 15 points came, on layups. 'There was definitely a lack of imagination on the part of the Monticello coach," Reid commented. Despite the abundance of easy shots, the Miners led by only five at the end of the first quarter and four at the half. Monticello concentrated concentra-ted on long outside shots, of which they made a low percentage. With Jerry Johnson leading the fastbreak and Howard Davidson hitting from the set offense, Park City stretched its advantage to eight by the BING i 0 end of the third quarter. But the Miners kept missing the layups and, at one point, coach Reid had to put a towel in his mouth to restrain himself from verbally venting vent-ing frustration. Monticello never threatened threat-ened in the second half and Park City coasted to the 63-51 victory. Dugway The Miners might have been riding high after the Thursday night win but they were slammed back to earth Friday as the Dugway Mustangs Mus-tangs trampled them to the tune of 77-52. Taking their cue from South Summit, which beat Dugway in the Region Eleven tournament, tourn-ament, Park City went with a man-to-man defense against the Mustangs. With Howard Davidson guarding high-scoring Paul Brown, the Miners played even with Dugway for the first five minutes. The score was tied 8-8 when Dugway connected to take a two-point lead. Park City inbounded the ball to Jerry Johnson, who was filling in for the ailing Radford, and Johnson sprained his ankle, losing the ball and giving the Mustangs an easy basket. "That killed us," Reid said of Johnson's injury, which kept him out of the remainder remaind-er of the game. With Johnson out and Radford Rad-ford on the sick list, Tim King picked up his fourth foul early in the second quarter to curtail the Miner attack even further. Park City was holding its own against Dugway's solid offense but the Miner attack lacked continuity. Davidson failed to score in the second quarter and the rest of the squad appeared afraid to shoot. Park City's strategy in the second half was to get the ball inside to Davidson, who was now playing the post position, and hit the offensive offens-ive boards. Davidson showed on equipment, apparel, & accessories BONNA FISCHER TRUCKER HUSKI EPOKE SKILOM TRAK Park City Park West Alta Snowbird Brighton Solitude Parley's Summit White Pine Touring f I tf If BCIM ttttf ttMtllf little enthusiasm for his new assignment, however, and was ineffective. Reid sat him down with only three minutes min-utes expired in the third quarter and the team's leading scorer was never reinserted into the lineup. Dugway kept its starters in for the entire game and Park City's depleted ranks were never able to make a run at them, despite fierce battling on the boards by sophomore Marty Cowin. "Eniighieiiiii"" In a post-tournament interview, inter-view, coach Reid comment nowbird Tops Park City In Home R Snowbird put its wing to the grindstone last Thursday and soared to victory at the SnowbirdPark City Challenge Race held at the winners' home turf. Park City's gourmand team, Adoiph's, sped their way into a palatable second place, just 2.1 seconds behind the Bird's winning NASTAR Pacesetters team, who melted the course at 78.0. Not content to be just second best. Park City was also third best as the Racing Department flashed through the timing lights with an 81.9. Of the 25 teams that entered en-tered the race, 18 finished, with an even split of entrants between Park City and Snowbird. Alta, which also was invited to the challenge, must have suffered cold feet as there were no representatives represen-tatives at the starting gates. Ginny Dean, of Snowbird's Wolfe s At the golf pro shop SAVE UP TO 40 ed on the value of having participated in the state competition. "It was an enlightening experience being exposed to the best in the state," Reid said, "It showed us exactly how far we have to go to be the best.'' "I feel we have the capability capabil-ity of being in the top three or four teams in the state next season," Reid continued, "but it will require a lot of work that has never been done in the off season." The Miners finished the '78 season with a 15-11 record. a.ce Racing Department, said the snow conditions were "really good" on the course. The race was run as a dual slalom for expediency, although individual times were added to determine the winning team. "We thought it was only fair we won the challenge since Park City won the hockey game," Dean said. Earlier in the week the Park City puckers took on Snowbird, and when the ice chips settled at the Salt Palace, the Main Street Bullies had hit the Bird cage for a 5-4 victory. "After the race, everyone stayed around for some beer, pretzels and laughs," Dean said. Trophies have been ordered for the top three teams and will be awarded at a later date. 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