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Show MARKETPLACE C5 CLASSIFIEDS C9 TV LISTINGS C7 The Park Record D Section C Thursday, April 1, 1993 P Page CI Youth baseball, softball Registration forms for the Park City Recreation Dept.'s youth baseball, softball and soccer programs are currently available at the Park City Racquet Club. The sign-up deadline for baseball and softball is April 18; the soccer deadline is May IS. Both programs are limited in size in all divisions. For more information call the Park City Recreation Department at 645-5100. Women's sports retreat Park City Communal Education is offering a women's sports retreat May 20-21 in the High Uintas. The retreat,, entitled "Wild Beast Women," is designed "to let women experience sporting activities away from die short-sighted, domineering, condescending, immature, overbearing and hypercompetitive presence of men," according to group spokesperson Mary MeweH. "The goal is to use sports to liberate the soaring, gliding, nurturing, loving and caring essence of women," Mewell added. The cost of the retreat is $125.' Call Communal Education at 649-9014 for more information. Make your cat obey All a cat needs is a bit of training to learn to sit, stay and roll over on command. Since they are smarter than dogs, some cats can even be trained to track escaped criminals and find lost hikers. The Park City Recreation Department is offering a new feline-obedence course to help Park City's cats reach their potential. The class begins May 5 and runs for six weeks on Wednesday Nights. Cost is $50. Call the Recreation Dept. to find out more. Last Town Race is April 5 The last Town Race, originally scheduled for March 29, has been rescheduled for April 5 due to heavy fog. The race times have been moved up for the April 5 contest The B- and C-level racers will start at 9:30 a.m., and all other competitors will begin at 10:30. The race will consist of two giant slalom runs on PayDay. The awards party will be held that night at Steeps. Kayak class Kayak classes will be ofered at the Park City Racquet Club beginning April 14. This session will last four weeks, and the classes will be conducted by Tom Mayo. Register tiday at the Racquet Club or call 645-5100. Andrews: There will be no high-school sports this spring. That's the word from Park City High School principal Mike Andrews. . In an announcement March 31, Andrews said that the conditions of the playing fields at Park City High School precluded the possibility of spring sports this year. "The fields are sopping, snow-covered, snow-covered, muddy and disgusting," said Andrews. "The snow probably won't melt off until July or August. It's a completely impossible situation. We'll be lucky if we're able to hold commencement." The safety of the athletes at Park City High School was a factor in Andrews decision. "We will not compromise the safety of our athletes to gratify the desires of a few blood-suckers," he said. Andrews added that his decision will not affect the outcome of several matches and contests already played the school's tennis and baseball teams. The baseball team completes the season with a 1-2 1-2 record, after playing to a runner-up runner-up finish in the Grantsville classic last weekend; the tennis team finishes 1-0. The other teams finish with flawless 0-0 records. Circo captures Snow Cristin Circo's name now graces the Snow Cup as one of the winners of Utah's oldest ski race. Circo, a junior at Park City High School, skied the four fastest runs in the two days of giant slalom racing at Snowbird, to easily win the overall women's title at the 50th annual Snow Cup. On March 27 she finished with a two-run time of one minute, 58.82 Madden paces P.C. skiers by JIM LUDLOW Record guest writer Three Park City skiers competed in the U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Championships March 24-27 in Beaver Creek, Colo. Qualifying for the championships champion-ships were Melissa Madden, 21, a blind skier; Maggie Behle, 13, a junior three-tracker; and Connor Watts, 14, a junior mono-skier. They were part of an international field that included skiers from Germany, Austria, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, in addition to the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. In the downhill March 24, Melissa Madden came in second while skiing with a new guide. Behle, who was racing against women nearly twice her age, placed fifth. In the super G the next day, Madden and Behle placed high again. Watts, however, lost an edge on the ice and went into a spectacular, gate-smashing crash. The March 25 giant slalom had two long, challenging courses ' surrounded by sponsorship banners. In her first run, Madden was confused by the presence of a banner and blew out of the course. On a provisional rerun she took over first place. However, the race jury denied her protest and she was not allowed to ski a second run. Meanwhile, Behle turned in a great performance in the g.s. Skiing aggressively in the technical course, she placed third behind U.S. Ski Team members Adrienne Rivera and Sara Billmeier. Alas, the icy course proved too much for Watts, who again missed agate. On the last day of racing, the slalom started with new wet snow over a sheet of ice, and visibility of five gates. The first-run course had several tight rhythm changes following flushes on ice. The Park City skiers hung on and lasted to race in the second run. In the second run they excelled. In their respective classes, Madden finished first for the day, Behle came in second, and Watts finished second. No spring sports . With sports cancelled until next high school have been graced elaborate snow sculptures. seconds, for a victory of 3.51 seconds over runner-up Heather Walker of Snowbird. The next day she finished in two minutes, 0.31 seconds, to win by more than four seconds over the second-place finisher, Gusty Swift of Jackson Hole. Another Park City skier, Eric Schmitz, finished first overall among the men the first day and led Rodman leads U.S. Craig Rodman of Park City led three American skiers in the top 15 in a World Cup moguls competition March 28 in Lillehammer, Norway. Rodman's score of 24.87 was good enough for seventh place in the contest, in which Jean-Luc Brassard of Canada was the winner. Brassard finished with a score of 26.74. Troy Benson of Evergreen, Colo., finished eighth with a score of 24.80, and Sean Smith of Park City was 10th (23.95). Rodman finished 12th in the World Cup mogul standings in his second year on the U-S. World Cup team; Smith, also in his second year, finished 23rd, and Park City's Todd Shirman was 42nd. The U.S. clinched the Nations Cup as the world's top freestyle team in the final aerials event in Lillehammer. Deer Valley discounts Deer Valley Resort is offering a special "Two for One" lift ticket program for the last week of its season, April 5 through April 11. In addition, any skier with a 199293 season pass at any ski resort in the U.S. who presents his or her season pass at Deer Valley Resort, can receive a special $10.00 per day lift ticket. An all day adult lift ticket is $43.00; children 4-12 and seniors, $28.00. Skiers at Deer Valley who buy one full-day lift ticket automatically get one free, to be used that same day. Adults ski for $21.50 and kids ski for $14.00. Golf Classic Local golfers may want to set aside May 23 for the 1993 Kevorkian Classic, a fund-raiser for the much-liked Dr. Jack Kevorkian of Park City. The pro-am tourney at the Park City Golf Course will help defer Jack's legal fees. An over-under, sudden-death format will be used. Call 649-9014 for more information. I r t 1 fall, the playing fields at the by a series of increasingly Cup g.s. after one run on the second day. But Schmitz made a mistake and dropped to fourth overall in the second race, allowing Fritz Wood of Snowbird to come away with the victory. Wood's win gave him a combined finish high enough to be the men's winner of the Snow Cup. Justin Johnson of Park City won both races for men's J2-age skiers. Snowmobile" simulation , , , 1 T V ;ri ' - Vas V" lit- ,ij j. Vvr v "xfc v- I :;- .-..jfcv! J"--:'-7 - -V:V.: : The snow may be melting, but snowmobile enthusiasts can now enjoy the sensation of their sport year-round by using a new snowmobile-simulation device made by Proto. In this photo, Bob Johnson of Park City tests the device, which recreates the fumes, noise and vibration of a real snowmobile ride. Scuba-diving classes offered The Recreation Dept. is diving weeks. One open-water dive will into spring by offering scuba also be scheduled. Sign up at the classes. Class begins April 20 at Racquet Club, or call 645-5100 to the Racquet Club and lasts four find out more. Graham tosses a perfect game, 4-0 Junior pitcher Aaron Graham threw a perfect game to lead the Park City High School baseball team in tournament play at Grantsville March 26. Using a mix of fast-balls, curves and change-ups, Graham handcuffed Morgan in a seven-inning, seven-inning, no-hit effort in the opener of the Grantsville Classic. Park City cruised to a 4-0 win over the Trojans. "Graham has really been working on his curve ball," said Miner coach Jesse Schaub. "He's always had an excellent fast ball and change of speeds. But now his curve ball is breaking more." Ryan Morgan caught Graham's perfect game in his first outing behind the plate. Jon Holman and Hunter Shelden helped power the Miners McCabe wins U.S. ski title in 30-km contest Laura McCabe of Park City collected her first national cross country ski championship by winning the 30-kilometer Cascade Crest Tour March 28 in Bend, Ore. The race doubled as the final women's title race in the $45,000 Subaru U.S. Cross Country Championships. McCabe had three top-10 results but no top-five finishes during the initial portion of the U.S. championships, in January in Rumford, Maine. On March 28, under a warm sun, she skied to victory in one hour, 26 minutes and 19.4 seconds, in the process earning $1700 in prize money. 3 9 offensively in the contest In the tourney finals, Park City fell behind 6-0 after two innings to Grantsville, then came up just short in a comeback attempt, losing 7-5. Alex Stein and Bret Berringer both pitched well in the Miners' losing effort. "They seem like they're going to be capable of helping us," said Schaub, whose team suffered from a lack of depth on the mound last season. Holman, Shelden and Stein were named to the all-tournament team. Graham was selected as tourney M.V.P. The Miner performance was remarkable for a team that had played almost none on grass this year. Their first outdoor outing was in their season opener two days earlier at Alta, a 13-10 defeat. Dorcas Wonsavage of Wilton, Maine, was runner-up in 1:26.40.3. Wonsavage had finished fourth in all four races at the initial U.S. championships in January. Nina Kemppel of Anchorage, Alaska, finished third. Another Park City resident, Joan Scheingraber, came in ninth. John Callahan of Park City was the men's 30-kilometer victor in a tight race. Callahan finished in 1:16.51.2, with Greg Stone of Sun Valley, Idaho, second in 1:16.55.5. Alaska's Audun Endestad was third, in 1:16.58.3. The men's race was not part of the U.S. championships. Big party to raise cash for jr. sports by ALEX WELLS Record staff writer If Jim Boyen, head of the Park City Youth Sports Authority (PCYSA), has his way, this year's fund-raiser for the PCYSA will be the biggest the town has ever seen. Boyen's annual black-tie PCYSA fund-raiser, which this year is called "Night on Mars for the Elite," will be held April 17 at 7 p.m. at Sneakers. The event will feature a prime-rib dinner, live auction and dancing to music by the Salt-Lake based band, Spitfire. A contest will be held to determine which partygoers have the most martian-like antennae. And it isn't just for fun. The event will help pay for new uniforms, equipment, coaching, scholarships, stereos and automobiles for Park City's elite junior athletes. "Nothing is good enough for Park City kids," said Boyen. "We know how tough it is to pay for uniforms and coaching when your family is in the 90-percent tax bracket. We also know how humiliating it can be to drive from Prospector Square to Park Meadows in a car that's dated. That's why we're trying to cover all the bases-training, uniforms, coaching and cars." Last year's fundraiser, "Tiki Torches at Twilight," raised over $142,000 for youth sports in Park City. Boyen hopes to double that total this year. "We've got more and better sponsors than ever, and we want to thank them," he said. "We've also got a lot of great celebrities scheduled to appear." Among the television celebrities expected are James Q. Milbourne of "Bodies on Fire," Dianu Cortez of "Heat of Dusk," and Wallace Wolfe of "Violent Steam." "We want everyone in Park City who can afford the $99 tickets to come out-and maybe a few who can't," Boyen said, smiling. |
