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Show 1986j The sports year in review Park Record Wednesday, December 31, 1986 Page B3 Review from B2 out of a postseason tournament, 2-0 by the University of Utah and Jans' and Prospector Square were on top of the softball leagues. June 26 - Southern Utah State College Col-lege senior Jim Pilling won the men's division of the Twilight Run, and Orem resident Kathy Matson placed first in the women's division. July 3 - The Snug sponsored mountain moun-tain bike series got underway with Clearfield's Glenn Adams edging Park City's Jeff Murray for first place in the men's division. Park City's Roxanne Toly finished first in the women's race, with Kathy McCarthy Mc-Carthy and Cindy Schwandt placing second and third, respectively. July 17 - It was 9th annual Ride & Tie and the fifth win for the Wadsworth brothers, Con and Tod. In the women's race, Bev Gray along with Debbie Wagner finished first, and fourth overall. Included with this year's competition was a marathon. Doug Jones from Park City easily won the race. July 24 Park City's Madonna Harris grabbed the lead on the first lap of the Wheat Thins Mayor's Cup race that began on Main Street, and never let up to win the women's crown. Thousands of spectators basked in the holiday sunshine and watched Harris nearly lap all the competitors in the field. In the men's competition, it was the team of Alfa Romeo taking top honors. July 31 - Tom Noaker and Steve Zeigle won their classes in the Jeremy Showdown bike race part of the Jeremy Showdown festivities. Park City's Jeff Murray continued con-tinued to dominate the Snug Mountain Moun-tain Bike Series with an easy win at the Bonanza Flats Stampede. Park City Cobras, the city's All-Star All-Star Little League team, was knocked knock-ed out of the playoffs by losing two straight games. Aug. 7 - Kelly Watkins and Criss James placed first in their divisions in the inaugural Park City Arts Festival 10K race. Aug. 14 - The Californians were shut-out in the 1986 Over the Line Tournament. Park City's Marco Peretti, Kim Bowlie and Lynn Brown captured the title, 5-2, over a team from Salt Lake City, Aug. 21 - John Miillei shot a 75 to win the Park City Men's Association golf championship. He just edged Bob Logefeil and defending champion cham-pion Fred Marshall in the two-day tournament. Jans won the men's softball championship by sweeping a ST MX - ' iri r-AA: 4M I W' J V . . . ( . Ron Mathews was named to some post-season All-State teams. fk V J fine collection of American ana European I iSzl handmade against Doc's, 9-7, Aug. 28 - The Showdown Classic, which teams touring professional golfers with golfers on the Senior's Tour, was held at The Jeremy Ranch. Bobby Nichols and Curt Byrum won the $450,000 tournament. Harold Henning and David Watson finished second and the Bob Goalby-Jay Goalby-Jay Haas and Wayne and Gary Players teams tied for third. The Chapel Fellowship Christians Chris-tians won the coed softball championship cham-pionship by beating Stein Eriksen's, 27-7. The Park City Miners football team began their season with an in-trasquad in-trasquad game. The score ended 0-0, and there was plenty of room for concern after the lackluster contest. Jamie Peters claimed first place in the Park City Women's Association golf championship. Sept. 4 The Miners football team opened the season with a convincing, 29-0, victory over the Duchesne Eagles. Bruce Buckner, Ron Mathews, Eric Hales, Todd Mullen, Cam Hone and Brian McReynolds were the stars of the game. Sept. 11 - One of the high points of the Miner football season occurred when they came from 11 points behind to beat South Summit, 21-14, in Kamas. Park City's Bev Gray won the Park City 50-mile endurance ride on her horse Uintah. Sept. 18 - The Miners got another win this time 38-8 over Wasatch Wasat-ch and got ranked in the local polls. The Salt Lake Tribune ranked the Miners fifth in the state. At halftime of the Miners game, the football field was officially dedicated Dozier Field after the school's principal, Jack Dozier. Park City Golf Course professional profes-sional Doug Vilven was named "Professional of the Year" by his Utah peers. Dave Knoop and Tom Borschel teamed up to win the second annual Bike 'n Tie. In the women's race, Roxanne Toly and Leslie Thompson teamed for the championship. Oct. 2 - The Miners beat Lehi, 34-6, in the homecoming football game to run their record to 5-0. The Miners were then ranked second in the state and looked like one of the teams to beat in the 2-A state championship. However, next week the Miners lost at Grantsville, and Park City stumbled the rest of the way. Oct. 9 - The high school's girls tennis ten-nis team placed third in the state meet. Chrissie Volla was the only Miner to win a state championship. gifts and home accessories. doubleheader 31-12. ,.,ll.ll,.,,.li,,u,,.MI,,.lll,...1 ,.... . ilill!!! vqnf : gtffa. lst level Main street Mal1 Tore Nielson was a gritty competitor in the Wasatch Telemark Other Miners who had a good season were Stefanie Elkins, Jennifer Putz and Andrea Ruzicka. Park City's Jeff Murray, who won first place in the local Snug Mountain Bike Series, finished first in the Mountain Biking Nationals held in Durango, Colo. Oct. 16 - After six consecutive wins, the Park City JV football team lost their first (and only) game of the year. The JVers posted the best record in Park City history. Oct. 30 - The Park City High School's cross country teams both did very well in region competition. The boys team finished second by using "The Wall" technique. Mike Eichner, Brett Hanscom, Ari Colt and George Toelcke led the team. The girls squad finished third in the region paced by sisters Heidi, Kathy and Cheryl Hannay. Both teams went on to place in the top 10 in the state meets. The Miner football team ended its season with a 19-13 loss to Manti. Overall the Miners finished 6-3. November - The first part of November is traditionally the beginning begin-ning of the ski season. This year, however, a lack of snow delayed the season for a little while. Most of those interested in skiing were gearing gear-ing up for the World Cup. Over at the high school, there was an awards ceremony for those who participated in sports in the autumn. About the biggest story in the sports section was how much snow they were making mak-ing on the PayDay run. Dec. 4 - "America's Opening" was a huge success. Michaela Gerg, West Germany, placed first in the giant slalom and Corinne Schmidhauser, Switzerland, won the slalom. In the overall competition, Tamara McKinney won the most World Cup points bv finishing second in the slalom and seventh in the giant slalom. All of the events on tbe busy "America's Opening" seemed to go off without a hitch. Dec. 11 - The Park City Miner football foot-ball team continued to make headlines with three players Bruce Buckner, Brett Glissmeyer and Ron Mathews gaining postseason New Year's Eve Bash Your choice of Prime Rib, Tiger Prawns or Combo, Salad, fresh vegetables, baked potato To all your favorites from the 50's SC 60's $50 per couple ri I CalTfor Reservations - 649-372 JyN, y3rd level Main Street Mall . Qs Serving continuously from 1 1 a.m. daily VwX Happy Hour 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Series. honors. Buckner and Mathews were named to The Salt Lake Tribune's first team All-State squad, while Glissmeyer received honorable mention. Glissmeyer and Buckner were named to the Deseret News' All-State squad. The Miner basketball squad began their season with a 67-41 loss at Morgan. The hoopsters went on to u post a 1-2 record during December play. Dec. 24 - Park City's Tori Pillinger won her first race of the season on the NorAm tour. The downhill specialist placed first in a Super-G race on Mt. Allan in Calgary, the site of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. r |