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Show I., , J.IJMIIIII. I, HI .1 BBIB -. , ...-I I.I I I II I I iiiwhih r - - 1 - miiiiumiin " - i i n i imii r - 1 ' '"'"' " " '"' ' - - ' ' irmmwi IN THE B SECTION Professional Services Restaurant Guide Weather The www.parkrecord.com O SATSUNMONTUES, MAY 4-7, 2002 SPORTS EDITOR: Shane McCammon 649-9014 ext. 1 10 sportsparkrecord.com Park Reco rd JT i . ,,,, u mrn Hi PETER CHUDLEIGHB4f?K RECORD Park City's Seth Simonds, right, fends off a foul in the Miners' 10-1 win over Juan Diego Wednesday. EC. lacrosse storms into first playoffs Miners win three straight to close out their most successful regular season By SHANE McCAMMON Of the Record staff A week alter his lacrosse team slogged through an uninspired loss to Murray, Jeff Munger huddled his players play-ers and said loud enough so everyone could hear, "You make me proud." Standing on the sidelines like a beaming papa, Munger watched as his team rampaged through the Juan Diego defense, strung together crisp passes and played stilling defense for the second straight game to improve to 6-4 on the season. The 10-1 win over the Eagles Wednesday came after a win by the same score over Cottonwood just two days before. "The kids have really come together," togeth-er," said Munger, who is in his second year coaching the Miners. "We've started start-ed to move well off the ball, the guys are passing, hitting the open man, and we're hustling." Doing the small but necessary things has fueled the Miners' late-season charge into the playoffs the first lime Park City has qualified for postseason play in the history of the fledgling program. pro-gram. The Miners looked and acted like a legitimate contender Wednesday, with the middies blowing past their Juan Diego counterparts and then dishing to cutting attackers. Tommy Dyer scored four goals and assisted on another, and Cameron Klein backed up his hard-nosed hard-nosed defense with an unassisted third-quarter third-quarter goal. The long-stick defense which Munger calls the strongest part of the defense and goalie Steve Harmon only allowed a fourth-quarter score. After two straight wins, Munger hopes the team can continue its hot streak into the postseason. The Miners are riding "unbelievable momentum," he said. "These kids have really come together at the right time Please see Miners, B-4 MpR rat : I , 'l . " tj POOL OPEN & HEATED 364 DAYS A YEAR! mim Ki mssm Wmm wmm mm wmmm mmm mmam LmJ WBm ESBI KSiB mam mSB mSm EJ E21 KM ism mmm mat mam t- r , II llll Park City Osguthorpe wins all four events he enters as Miners win first boys title since 1997; girls take sixth straight By SHANE McCAMMON Of the Record staff Brad Osguthorpe won all four events he entered in the Region 10 meet Wednesday and Thursday, but running away with four medals wasn't even the highlight of his week. While he will always remember his photo-finish in the 400, the memory Osguthorpe will savor the most is posing for snapshots with his teammates after the Miners' boys won their first region championship in five years. "We haven't done it all four years I've been here," he said. "We've been trying since I was a freshman I don't think anybody thought we had a chance. This was totally unexpected." So too was the performance of the Park City girls, who held off Judge to win their sixth straight title despite getting trounced in the track events. "I thought Judge was going to get us this year," said Park City head coach Bill Kahn, adding that the Bulldogs' domination domina-tion in the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-meter runs nearly did in his team. "But our field girls really stepped up." While the Miners struggled to keep pace with the Bulldogs on the track, Park City picked up crucial points in discus, javelin and high jump, beating Judge by a combined 50-3 in those three events. "That was the big difference," Kahn said. Grace Crandall, who took first in the high jump, was just one of many Miners who either pulled off upsets or rediscovered rediscov-ered early-season form when it mattered most. "I hadn't been doing well the last couple cou-ple of weeks ... I was just off my groove," she said. "Today, it was just enough." Rita Totten had never competed in hurdles before Wednesday's region trials. In Thursday's finals, Totten took second in the 100 hurdles, picking up eight hard-earned hard-earned points for the Miners. "The coaches asked me if I wanted to do it, and I said 'sure, why not.' I practiced Monday and Tuesday, and then had the trials," she said. "I just wanted to get some points for the team. I was trying to get a point at least." The girls weren't the only Miners stepping step-ping up. On the boys side, Osguthorpe Young Riders' spin cycle 1 111 1 . .i.umnii.ii..i . .mi ii - !?, n PETER CHUDLEIGHBAflK RECORD The Young Riders warm up at the Park City Racquet Club in preparation for the 2002 season. The local mountain biking club has a new director and a new plan to increase the diversity of the sport. The club's goat mascot, mas-cot, far right, is the same, however. The season begins this weekend with a race In Lehi. See story on B-4. boys, girls entered the mile despite only running it once this year and ended up taking first. Steve Morrill, who won the 110-meter hurdles as expected, entered the long jump and pulled off a career-best third-place third-place finish. Teammate Chris Jackson took first in the long jump, leaping to a personal best of 20 feet and one-half inch. "The coaches said someone needed to step up," Jackson said. "The difference today is our boys stepped up and beat the guy ahead of them," said Jeff Schwalbe, who oversees the Miners' boys. Sprinkled in with the upsets was Osguthorpe's history-making performance. perform-ance. No Park City athlete has ever pulled off a four-event sweep in the events Osguthorpe participated in the 4x400 relay and the 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter runs. While he blew away the competition in the 800-meter, he let up in the 400 and nearly lost. A Uintah sprinter actually crossed the finish first with his head, but Osguthorpe's chest broke the line just nanoseconds before his rival's, giving Park City the win. "That was too close," Osguthorpe said. As was the team score between Park City and Uintah. While the Miners started to put some distance between themselves and the Utes late in the meet, the two schools were neck-and-neck throughout most of the afternoon. But like Osguthorpe kicking around the last turn, Park City finally pulled away with wins in the 300-meter hurdles, 800-meter run, medley relay and 4x400 relay. "This doesn't happen without Brad," Schwalbe said. "It's not just what he did today it's what he does for the other kids. He raises the standards of the kids behind him. Nobody wants to let him down if you're in a relay with Brad, you run your fastest because you don't want to disappoint him." Osguthorpe was all smiles after the meet, and as the official results were announced over the Taylorsville High loudspeakers, he and his teammates celebrated cele-brated by jumping up and down on the track they burned during the two-day event. k "This tops everything I've done it's the cream. I'm really happy with what I did today and Wednesday, and with win Region 10 meet r Hi I i 8 1.7 ' -rN S7 ( -N . L2'L....!cJa?. ,"' 7T ',a''J ' " ' 'y " - SCOTT SINEPWK RECORD Alex Grapov and his teammates on the Park City boys track team stepped up Thursday to win their first championship in five years. The girls repeated as Region champs by holding off Judge, thanks to key performances in the field. what we did as a team," Osguthorpe said, adding he didn't think he could pull off the iour-event sweep. "I wasn't expecting it. I knew I was going to win the 8, maybe the 4. When I was running the 8, 1 was real Great expectations for Miners5 JV soccer team Is undefeated season a sign of things to come? By SHANE McCAMMON Of the Record staff Wait 'til next year is not something you hear every day from a team still in the hunt for its third straight state soccer title. But after the Park City Miners' junior varsity squad ripped through the 2002 season undefeated and only allowed six goals while scoring 66, it's hard not to imagine what the next two years will bring for the team and its current sophomore sopho-more class. "The other day at practice, Mark Thimm came up to me and said, 'You guys are going to be good next year; in two years, you're going to be great,'" said Greg Gendron, the team's JV coach. Thimm knows a thing or two about dynasties the senior forward has had his name etched on two state trophies already and the soon-to-be graduate of the Park City soccer factory is about to turn out a whole new make and model. 2080 Gold Dust tired but I was thinking about it. I just put my mind to it and did it." ... Park City's season continues with the 3A stale meet, held May 11-12 at llriiham Young University. Gendron, too, is confident the juniors, sophomores and freshmen he coached this season will be lilting trophies at mid-field mid-field as soon as next spring. "If they can stay intense for two more years," Gendron said, "a state championship champi-onship is definitely in the realm" of possibilities. possi-bilities. Gendron points out there is still a lot of work to be done, and he is quick to point out the team is focused on winning a state championship this year, but he keeps hearing the pleasant echo of Thimm's comments. "When it comes from their peers ... you kind of feel good about that," he said. While glory may be in store for Gendron's players, he pointed out throughout the season that they shouldn't be happy either with prognostications or playing on an undefeated J V team. "They should be unhappy playing for me," he said. "1 try my best ... to get them off my team as quickly as possible. They all want to play varsity." Most of them did, especially juniors C.J. Reed and Trevor IimicTTaTiTfRrsopTr Please see JV soccer, B-5 Silver Mountain Sports Club ir Spa Lane (Located in Prospector Square) 649-6670 BSBl ESS1 E33 CZI ms pJ I |