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Show ' .J ' U1 'U 'f r'.nryii.t, M-j-.iyil 111 iinoW fcl y ' ' HHT't ' -m "Park Recoil www.parkrecord.com O SATURDAY, MAY 1 9, 200 1 SPORTS EDITOR: Sterling Clifford 649-9014 ext. 1 10 IN THE B SECTION Business B-7 Profile B-6 Restaurant Guide B-9 Weather B-2 ......... - - " irii m mini nrm rimnwifiTr" lkjlMKiit0mM0mimilii Sports E fi Briefs Soccer camp For students entering Grades 9-12, join Coach Frank Fish and staff for an intensive skill building summer camp. Low coach-to-player ratio will guarantee guaran-tee lots of individual help. Improve offensive and defensive skills, build ball control skills, develop specific position tactics and work on all the basics of soccer. Scrimmages at the end of every day will help consolidate the skills learned. Profits benefit the P.C.H.S. Girls Soccer Team. The camp runs July 16 through July 20,Monday through Friday, at PCHS. The $75, cost of the camp includes a free ball. Camp times are, grade 9: 8:00-10:30 a.m. grades 10 and up: 2:30-5:00 p.m. Register early! Register by mail or in person: Park City School District, 2700 Kearns Blvd., Park City, UT 84060 Outdoor youth program The Norwegian Outdoor Exploration Center's 2001 youth program is ready to start. Spaces are still available. The Center has planned overnight trips to the City of Rocks, the Green River, Yellowstone and the Uinta Mountains. Call 649-5322 to reserve a spot. Girls lacrosse Those are interested in playing girls lacrosse ( ages 8-11), please e-mail Mary Ritucci at mdrituccimail.bur-goyne.com. mdrituccimail.bur-goyne.com. We need at least 10 girls to have a clinic and about 18 to start a team. No experience necessary! Extreme Soccer Tryouts for the Park City Extreme Soccer Club begin Friday, May 18, and run through May 30. The tryout schedule sched-ule is divided by age groups and split between boys and girls. All tryouts will be held at Trailside Park. For specific tryout days, contact Karen Scott at 655-0407, or see the complete tryout schedule at www.parkrecord.com. Kids camp The Canyons is accepting registrations for summer youth camps. The Canyons offers four camps, for children as young as six weeks up to 13-years old. The camps run daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or until 12:30 p.m. for half day. to register or for information about a specific camp, call 615-8036. 2000-01 a successful campaign for Park City High school teams exceed expectations in championship year by Sterling Clifford OF THE RECORD STAFF At the Park City High School soccer banquet ban-quet this week, senior Dave Islieb was asked to say two nice things about the defense. He came up with two things, it really wasnt hard, and there were plenty of things he could have said about every part of the 2001 3A-state champion Park City team. The same could be said for most of the Park City athletic department. The soccer championship put the exclamation point on a year of unprecedented athletic success for Park City High School. The year got off to a fast start when the girls soccer team won its third state title in four years. Under the direction of Frank Fish, Park City lost just two games in the regular reg-ular season, and beat Judge Memorial 1-0 in the final game. For the seniors, it was their third trophy since 1997. Basketball season was rough going for Park City in the early games, the Miners started the season well under .500, and looked headed for a losing season. But they stayed alive, and finished the year winning 10-straight and collecting a share of the Region X title. Park City won two playoff games, and advanced to the semifinals for the first time ever. The Miners were eliminated by Morgan, but for the players on the 2000-01 squad, it was the first season that ended with a winning record. About the same time, the kids in the pool were splashing their way to yet another region championship. Both the boys and girls of Park City, a team with a short history and a long win-streak, took region, and when state rolled around, the boys came out on top of 3A. The girls came up just a little short of a matching state championship, but still pulled off a third place finish in state. Miners' coach Gail Meakins was selected as Coach of the Year. Spring weather came late to Park City, but it didnt seem to make much difference. The boys' tennis team, undefeated state champs last year, lost just one match in 14 f! i ai Jul it STEPHEN ZUSYIPARK RECORD Park City soccer Senior forward Dave Islieb shares some thoughts on the season with his teammates at the end of the year soccer banquet The Miners celebrated their state title, one of four for Park City High School athletes. tries. The Miners didnt repeat in 2001, but the came in second, which, when you play against Dixie, is much like taking first. The mantle of player-to-beat at Park City was clearly passed as well. In the Miners' championship year, Trevor Thompson didnt lose a match. This season, as a senior, he did. But Freshman Hank Mastain held his unbeaten streak until the final match of the playoffs. With a roster full of underclassmen and no seniors, baseball coach Matt Strader had plenty of reasons not to do well this year. The Miners struggled a bit against non- region opponents, but pulled it together to finish first in Region X. Junior Brandon Rogers pitched a no-hitter. The Miners beat Emery in the first round of the playoffs at home, and advanced to the state tournament in St. George. The season ended with two losses in two games in southern Utah, but Strader gets hit whole team back to try again next year, but this time with a little more experience. The soccer team lost nine starters to graduation last spring. It rebounded after finishing third in Region X to upset higher-seeded Ben Lomond in the playoff opener, bury Cedar City in the second round, shutout Hurricane in the semifinals, semifi-nals, and beat the favored Ogden Tigers in the final. At the State Track Meet last Saturday, the Miners came home with a first-place girls relay team, and the top pole vaulter in the state to go along with 10 other top-eight top-eight finishes. In all. Park City collected five first-place first-place state trophies, a second place, two thirds and a pair of fourths, and made 23 post-season appearances. And next year is only three months away. Utah Olympic Park not resting during the summer season " ---II .I".' --'M U, o STEPHEN 2USY PARK RECORD The U.S. Nordic Jumping and Nordic Combined teams have already begun their summer season training at the Utah Olympic Park. Park open for athlete training and offering public programs by Sterling Clifford OF THE RECORD STAFF The winter season is over, but the Utah Olympic Park is still very much alive. Open year-round for athlete training, the Park began the snowless training season May 11, when athletes from the U.S. Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined teams took to the jumps for some pre-Olympic practice. With out the usual layer of white stuff, the jumpers glide down and land on wet plastic, the closest thing to packed snow available. Freestyle skiers, too, will train at the Olympic Park this summer, the UOP is one of only a handful of sites in the world with freestyle aerial jumps that can be used in the summer. Jumpers launch off kicker similar to the ones used on the winter hills, but land in a pool instead of on snow. The freestyle pools open on June 19. Track athletes will also spend part of the summer at the UOP. Ice is naturally hard to come by in Utah in July, but the cement luge track will host sled racers just the same. Everything from wheeled bobsleds to wheeled skeleton sleds will help racers fine-tune fine-tune their performances on the Utah track. While much of the efforts of the Park staff will be focused on athlete training, the UOP is hoping to welcome some non-competitors as well. The park tours offered through the winter win-ter will continue in the summer months as well. Offered three times a day ever day, the tours are designed to pass along some history histo-ry and trivia about the Park, and give people an idea what they will be seeing on television televi-sion in February of 2(X)2. Much of the jumping in the freestyle pools will be aimed at preparation for the Games, but every Saturday, the Park offers a bit of the Winter Games experience in the summer. The freestyle shows, which begin June 30 showcase current and former Olympians, as well as some hopefuls. Space for the shows is limited to 50 people, but ticket prices arc considerably lower than tickets for February s Games. Seven dollars gets adults in to see the show. For those who like to do as much as watch, the Park has purchased new, wheeled bobsleds, available for public rides. Unlike the winter ride-along program, the summer rides don't require a professional driver. After a short training course, four passengers passen-gers are strapped in and sent down the track. At $40 a pop, the bobsled is one of the more expensive attractions at the Park. The bobsleds will begin June 15. While all the activities at the Park have a fee attached, UOP officials hope the low ticket prices will generate some interest in the Park beyond the 2(K)2 Games. "We want the people to see the Park as part of the community here," Park Director Craig Lchto said at the end of the winter season. "It will still be here after the games are over." RflAY D MY Dri RfiAY mm Bp U UULbLbO 1. Join the club today 2. 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