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Show IN THE B SECTION jT Pensendo en ustedes B-16 v" FYI B-17 I rark Record www.parkrecord.com O SATSUNMONTUES, OCTOBER 25-28, 2003 SPORTS EDITOR: Brett Larsen 649-9014 ext. II 3 sportsparkrecord.com Briefs n Jr. Jazz coming soon to Basin Recreation Action-packed Jr. Jazz youth basketball basket-ball is starting. Jr. Jazz is offered for boys and girls in grades 3-8. Games will be played two times a week during the week, with no weekend games. Registration is underway. For more information on this league or any other programs run by Basin Recreation log on to www.basinrecre-ation.com www.basinrecre-ation.com or call 649-1564. Tennis tournament open to Summit Co. residents The Park City Adult Tennis Championships, open to all Summit County residents, will be held Nov. 5-8 at the Park City Racquet Club. Entry Blanks are available at the Club. Call Melanie at 615-5429 for more details. 5th grade boys' basketball team forming Players interested in playing competitive competi-tive basketball for the upcoming basketball bas-ketball season (October through April) can call Keith at (435) 658-0076 for information. A local team is forming to play competitively compet-itively throughout the season. The emphasis will be on player development develop-ment through practice and games. n National Ability Center looking for volunteers The National Ability Center is seeking strong able-bodied volunteers to help with its adaptive bobsled program. The bobsled season begins on Nov.12 and runs regularly through the end of February. NAC is already forming its training program pro-gram for the U.S. team for the 2010 Paralympics. Practices and track time will be a few Wednesdays during the day and a few Saturdays during the day and evening. The volunteer training train-ing will be Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the Utah Olympic Park in the operations building. Most of the activities will be outdoors, so participants should dress appropri-atelyV appropri-atelyV Call Michele at (435) 649-3991 to request more information and to register reg-ister for the volunteer training. ALL WINTER LONG UNDER THE DOME DOME Join by Halloween and pay NOTHING until December 1st! 'joining fee required at time of sign-up (Must mention ad to receive special) Cross country girls Boys' team finishes fifth; Coaches have high hopes for girls' team 'three-peat' By BRETT LARSEN Of the Record staff Going into Wednesday's state meet in Salt Lake, Park City girls' cross country coach Bill Kahn expected his team "s bid to repeat as 3A champions to come down to the wire. "We lost our No. 2 and No. 3 runners, so it wasn't an automatic thing," he said, referring to his graduation losses after the Miners ran away with the 2002 title. "We were a little worried. You always figure out a million ways you're not going to win." In the end, Kahn had nothing to worry about, as his girls torched the rest of the 3A field running in Sugarhouse Park, placing three girls in the Top 10 on the way to a 33-point win and the state championship. "I was surprised we won by that much," Park City boys' team coach Jeff Wyant said of the girls. The Miners finished fin-ished with a team score of 52, well ahead of second-place Cedar, which had 85. Wyant's boys didn't come in as high as he hoped they would, though their fifth-place fifth-place finish was still an improvement from years past, he said. "It's one of our better finishes in a long time," Wyant said. "It's still better than the team has been in six or seven years." Wyant said his goal was to finish in third place, but was planning on fourth. Unfortunately, his boys just had a bad day, he said. The boys' team ended up with 165 points, behind Cedar (58), Judge (75), Ogden (109) and Lehi (155). Kahn said experience may have been Miners blank Bears 3-0, o v - k A ) n SCOTT SINEB4RK RECORD Park City full back Chelsea Shapard, right, battles for the ball with a Bear River player during the Miners' 3-0 quarterfinals win at home on Tuesday. RAISING SPECIAL! ; r I i n & SCOTT SINEPARK RECORD The Miners' boys' team came in fifth at Wednesday's state meet, and boys' coach Jeff Wyant is confident his team will improve on that finish next year. Front row, from left to right: Larry Finch, Brad Gehrig, James Pearson and Taylor Dennis. Back row: Coach Jeff Wyant, Eric Daenitz, Stephen Ruegg and Prescott McCarthy. the difference between the results for the boys' and girls' teams. Five of his seven girls had competed in past state meets. Kahn said, while only two of the boys had ever run in the championship A 2 ; s ft! t A run away i meet before. "It's a little bit intimidating the first time here." Kahn said. The slate meet gathers every cross country team in Utah, from 1A to 5 A. earn berth in semifinals Park City overpowers Bear River, heads to St. George By BRETT LARSEN Of the Record staff The Park City girls' soccer team is halfway to a 3A state title. By shutting out Bear River 3-0 in the second sec-ond round of the playoffs on Tuesday, the Miners earned a trip to St. Cieorge. where they faced Ogden in a semifinal grudge match on Friday. ( Jetting by the Bears first wasn't as easy as the score makes it look. "'lliey were a quality team, 'lliey played tough." Park City coach ( liip Ccxk said of a Bear River squad that bat lied the Miners shot-for-shot for the first 40 minutes. "'Hie league they play in is noted for being very aggressive." After slugging it out for most of the first half, with each team getting off shots-on-goal while still playing stingy defense. Park City broke the game open less than 10 minutes before the half, scoring two goals before the break. The Miners added a third in the first live minutes after halltime. "We were kind of flat when we started the game," Cook said. "We just adjusted to the tempo." Following Park City's scoring blitz, the game regained its defensive character, with neither team getting many shots off the rest of the way. Plugging the goal for the Miners was Alex Phillips, who had several sliding saves to preserve pre-serve the shutout. She got plenty of help from Park City's swarming defensive backfield, which txxted doens of balls away before the Bears could line up for a g(xd shot. "She played really well." Gxk said of Silver Sports Memberships are month to month ONLY. No Contracts! 80 Free Classes per week with Membership with title t .mm. .M -M alternating boys' and girls' races every half hour. Parking lots at the course are jammed with school buses and cars, while the winding, three-mile course is Please see Park City, B-5 Phillips. "The defense really helped her out." On the offensive end. the Miners benefited benefit-ed from crisp passing, and were able to swing a close game in their favor, Ctxk said. Park City struck first on a breakaway goal from senior wing Mackenzie Flanders, who took a pass over the middle from Kelly Isleib on a dead run. She outran the defense and fired a shot into the left corner of the net. just inches beyond the reach of the Bears' goalie. Less than five minutes later, midfielder Nicole Tomlin punched another one in off an assist from Marlee Davis. Up 2-0 coming out of the break, the Miners continued where they left off. Isleib scored off an assist from Ashley Allen to start the half and put the game out of reach. "I was really happy and pleased with the way they played." Ccxk said of her team, which faced a tough Ogden team Friday. The Tigers, the top seed from Region 9 with a 13-3-1 record, laid a 5-1 beating on Wasatch on Tuesday to secure their berth in the semifinals. Still. C(xk is confident that her team. 14-2-2. can compete with anybody it meets in St. fieorge. "'lliey just need to go in and play solid, aggressive, Park City-style soccer," Cook said of her players. "If we go in and play quality soccer, we could beat anyone. It depends on the day." Cook is no stranger to high-stakes games. In her first tenure as the Miners' coach, she led Park City to slate titles in 1997 and 1999. Her post-season experience has taught her not to look too far down the road. "First, we've got to get through Ogden. then focus on the next game." she said. The winner of Friday's game plays either Judge or Pine View in the championship champi-onship game today at 1 p.m. at Dixie State College. Mountain Club & Spa a :- p-? :m nmmm ..... L .X iM ; 0 Ad! k: J & O?-' J 649-6670 2080 Gold Dust Lane (Located in Prospector Square) Mon - Thur Sam-IOpm Fri 5am-9pm Sat & Sun - 7am-9pm |