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Show 7r IN THE B SECTION Classifieds B-13 Crossword B-8 Events Calendar B-6 Professional Services B-10 Restaurant Guide B-4 Scene B-5 TV Listings B-12 The Snring Sammil (jmiity umr 1HSQ ports www.newschoice.com WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1998 SPORTS EDITOR: Dave Fields 649-9014 ext. 1 10 3 PCHS sports preview: football and volleyball Park Record Briefs Red and White Game The Park City High School football Red and White Game is Saturday, Aug. 22, beginning with a freshmensophomore freshmensopho-more game at 9 a.m. This is the main fund raiser for the football team and in addition to watching the first official scrimmage, spectators will be treated to a barbecue and awards presentation at noon. The JVsenior game begins at 10:30 a.m. The admission fee is a $1 0 donation that will help the football program pro-gram continue through the season. : Jupiter Peak chase '. The Jupiter Peak Steeplechase is Saturday, Aug. 15, beginning at 9 a.m. The 15-mile course starts at the lower east parking lot at Park City Mountain Resort. There is no pre-race registration registra-tion only day-of . The course is new this year but again will take runners to the top of the Jupiter lift and Scott's Bowl. The non-profit race benefits the Mountain Trails Foundation. PCHS golftryouts The Park City High School golf team will meet Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 3 p.m. at the high school. Tryouts begin Thursday, Aug. 20, at 6:30 a.m. at the Jeremy Ranch Golf and Country Club and continue at 6:30 a.m. the following day at Park Meadows Country Club. For golf information contact Paul Willard at 645-7569. Mary Anne Shea 5K " The second annual Mary Anne Shea Memorial Dash for Organ & Tissue Donation is Saturday, Aug. 22, at the University of Utah Alumni Center. The racewalk begins at 8 a.m. and benefits Intermountain Organ Recovery. Race applications are available avail-able from Gerry Shea at the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter office at the Gateway Center, 136 Heber Ave., Ste. .207 or by calling 645-2764. The pre-registration pre-registration fee is $15. Dog obedience classes Renowned dog obedience instructor Judy Boles is once again teaming up with Park City Recreation Services for two sessions and two levels of dog obedience. The first session is Aug. 11 through Sept. 15 and the second session ses-sion is Sept. 29 through Nov. 3. The beginning class is at 6 p.m. and advanced is at 7 p.m. The fee is $37 with a recreation card or $47 without. Register at the Park City Racquet Club. Club championships The men's and women's Park City Golf Course club championships are Aug. 15 and 16. Now Of ! LciNChf 3-Cduim0ifiner ! FORV LIMITED TIME BS-J rxsdfMWw Mmn: $j&arv$ Between three Park City High School were 32 total last year. Two-a-days begin this week; football attracts 70 players, volleyball has 19 and looking for more by Dave Fields OF THE RECORD STAFF Editor's Note: This is the second in a three-part series previewing the Park City High School fall sports season. The final preview of the cross country and golf teams will appear in Wednesday's edition of The Park Record. With twice as many kids coming out for football this year as last, Park City High School Head Coach Mike Shepherd is all smiles. "We will be better," the coach boasted after the morning session of the first two-a-day practice on Monday. "We have enthusiasm and excitement in the kids. P.C. Mountain Annual travel tradition takes 13 Parkites to the land of the Orient By Alaine Southworth SPECIAL TO THE RECORD Thirteen members of the Park City Mountain Sports Club (PCMSC) learned first hand what a Chinese fire drill was when we missed our China Air flight from San Francisco. We did our best to scramble for alternate alter-nate routes when our flight out of Salt Lake City was canceled, but to no avail. A day late and without visas - we had been canceled off the group visa when we missed the flight the day before - we landed briefly in Beijing to process through immigration before we could continue on to our destination in Shanghai. Armed with only a hand-written letter (in Chinese no less), we were relieved to find representatives from the China Focus tour company ready with completed complet-ed forms. Glue appeared from out of thin air and scissors flew as we cut our Polaroid photos down to size while a 747 full of weary travelers waited. Icy glares met us as we reboarded the aircraft, but we didn't care we were in CHINA! After a good night's sleep, we met up with our more fortunate PCMSC mates who had wisely taken an earlier flight. en I ONLY) I football teams - freshmen, JV and varsity - there are 70 students working We have a lot of positive things happening." happen-ing." Seventy "and counting" players were on the field Monday morning for the start of mandatory football practices. That number is more than double the 32 who came out last season for all three football teams. Last week's voluntary workouts at the high school drew a strong showing of players and numbers will rise this week as students return from summer vacations, vaca-tions, according to Shepherd. From the top down, everything about the football team is new. Shepherd, who coordinated the offense and defense at different times during last year's 2-7 season, sea-son, takes over this season as head coach, Sports Club bids farewell to the I- - - l f r , t i PHOTO COURTESY OF KRIS BEER Park City Mountain Sports Club travelers aboard the M.S Beidou: front row, left to right, Bill Francyk, Ed Chirumbolo, Tony Lazzara, Duane Karren, Don Lonn. Back row: Joni Francyk, Alaine Southworth, Toni Pingree, Roxanne lazzara, Gwen Lonn, Susie Crabtree, Sidney Hughes, Eileen Stuart, Daisy Graham and Louwane VanSoolen. Our adventure began with a quick tour of Shanghai, then we flew to Wuhan to begin our cruise down the Yangtze aboard the MS Beidou (Star Dipper). Accommodations, food, and guides were first class throughout the entire trip, and the ship was no exception. Our cruise was filled with serene sunrises, spectacular spectacu-lar sunsets, and shore excursions along Wearable Art End of Summe l1 ti h li K6 select coats summer clothing hand knit sweaters jewelry accessories Open 11-5 Daily Silver Lake Village Deer Valley replacing Paul Tomasiewicz. Much of Shepherd's coaching staff is new as well. Former assistant Kevin Nichols reportedly took a coaching position posi-tion at South Summit High School in Kamas. Steve Osguthorpe was injured in a Provo Canyon car accident and will be on the sidelines but will not serve as a full-time assistant coach. Shepherd said Osguthorpe will be welcome back anytime, however. "As soon as he's ready, he has a position." Taking over the JV coaching duties is Matt Courtney who will also serve as the defensive coordinator. Tom DeLeone, whose son Dean will suit up as a freshman fresh-man this year, is back for another season of Miner football. DeLeone coaches the offensive line. Another new coach is a former semi-pro semi-pro player from Hawaii named Chris Whitesides. The loud shouting but very " A V S I" f s3 . '18 . 4 -w . 5- the world's third largest river. The pungent pun-gent odors of ginger and garlic rose from the galley as we gazed over the ship's railing rail-ing across the chocolate brown water to catch a glimpse of fishermen on the shores. We watched as the landscape transformed trans-formed from endless fields of bamboo and reeds to the terraced farms clinging SILVER 4 i SCOTT SHEPARK RECORD out at the high school this week. There positive coach will be working with the running backs and linebackers. Shepherd will coach the quarterbacks and running backs. Handling the freshman team will be a three-coach combination of Jason Jellerson, Kevin Cochran and John Manwaring - all graduates of PCHS and former football team members. A few critical losses As the football team prepares for the first game of the season Aug. 28 at North Summit, the players and coaches must adapt to some key gaps resulting from graduation. On the offensive side of the ball, Park City lost Brooks Walters, Steve Holcomb, J.R. Bell and Mike Hessick. Aaron Wartena will replace Bell and Tim Pack, Kellan Wilson and Eric Please see Preview. B-2 Three Gorges 4 ' ' ' s . I I to the walls of the gorges. Temples and pagodas thousands of years old beckoned us like sirens calling "climb our stairs, climb our stairs, work off all that tourist buffet blubber...." and so we climbed. After five days we waved goodbye to the three gorges that will soon disappear upon the completion of the world's Please see Mountain Sports, B-2 Artdana Unprecedented Summer Sale 25-50 OFF Alpaca Sweatshirts, Animal Designs Ski Designs, Patterns Men's Collection, Outerwear Jackets Rugs, Wall Hangings MOUNT CERVIN PLAZA LAKE VILLAGE - DEER VALLEY 649-2335 I J |