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Show Sporteo IN THE B SECTION Weather B-2 Scoreboard B-4 Recreation Report B-6 Business B-9 FYI B-15 Park Record. www.parkrecord.com WEDTHURSFRIJUNE 30-JULY 2,2004 SPORTS EDITOR: Brett Larsen 649-9014 ext. 1 13 sportsparkrecord.com fat. Briefs Campfire programs at Wasatch Mountain S.P. For the holiday weekend, Wasatch Mountain State Park near Midway will present a pair of free campfire programs pro-grams for the public. On Friday, July 2, Salt Lake's Tracy Aviary will show off a mix of eagles, falcons, owls and other birds of prey. The program begins at 7 p.m. On Saturday. July 3. historian Jerry Springer will lead a slide show presentation presen-tation titled "Out and About on the Inyo National Forest." which details the large forest of the eastern Sierra Nevada range in California. The show begins at 9 p.m. Both programs will be held at the park campground. For more information, informa-tion, call (435) 654-1791. Mountain Challenge Trail Run The Mountain Challenge Trail Run will be held Saturday. July 17. Runners can choose either a 5K or a 10K loop course on the trails of Deer Valley Resort and Deer Crest. Registration begins at 8 a.m. on the day of the race only. Cost is $15. The race starts at 9 a.m. Parking, start and finish areas are all located at the resort's Snow Park Lodge. The event is sponsored by the Mountain Trails Foundation. For more information, visit www.mountaintrails.org. Ute Conference football sign-ups Online registration is currently available avail-able for the Park City Ute Conference Football League. All boys and girls ages 8-1 5 living in the Park City School District boundaries are eligible to play. To sign up, visit www.utefootball.com. Print out all forms and bring them to equipment handout on Aug. 5. New players will need a copy of their birth certificates. In-person registrations will be held on Saturday, July 17 and Saturday, July 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at Ecker Hill Middle School. Registration fees are $155, which includes use of football gear and a game jersey to keep. Practices begin on Saturday, Aug. 7. For additional information, call Les Wiehe at 655-0844. Tournament hosts get some mixed results Men's W team stumbles, but 'B' team and women reach Sunday's semifinals By BRETT LARSEN Of the Record staff Heading into its sixth annual Park ( 'ity Soccer Tournament opener against Salt Lake-based powerhouse International Saturday morning, the local mens "A" team had plenty of reasons to be confident. Alter five straight semifinals appearances as co-host co-host of the tournament. Park City A was looking for an upset of the three-time defending champs. It tix)k only three minutes for those hopes to unravel. Before the players had even broken a sweat in the contest, referees tagged Park City's Tim Davis with a red card, precipitating precipitat-ing a two-game collapse that kept the team out of Sundays final round for the first time. "It didn't go well." said A team manager Bob Martin. "We were disappointed we didn't did-n't get in to the later rounds. We know we're good enough to get into the top four teams. "Without that red card, we get into the semis." he added. "But you never know. International is a gixd team." Playing a man short for the remainder of the opener and the evening game. Park City A was never ahle to keep up with the competition. com-petition. No matter what level of soccer a team is playing at. it is nearly impossible for a short-handed team to compete, Martin said. While Park City A came up short, the news for both the Park City men's "B" team and the women's team was much better. Each squad fought its way into the semifinals before falling to the eventual champion. Hie men's B team blasted Logan 5-1 in its opener before falling 4-3 in a shootout to Team XCel Saturday afternoon. A win over Laio in the Sunday morning game put Park City B into the semifinals, where the local group fell 1-0 to International, which went on to win the men's bracket, outlasting XCel in a shootout lor its fourth tournament title in six years. Park City A bounced back from the loss to International with a strong showing against Logan in Saturdays prime time game at City Park. After falling behind 3-1 at halftime. the P.irkiles came out firing in the second half, tying ihe score with goals from (ircg (ieiulron and Shane Currin before losing los-ing a hearlbreaker in regulation. Already eliminated from the final rounds. Park City A nevertheless pounded the Raging Yetis 4-1 on Sunday morning to wrap up the tournament. Despite the disappointing results, Martin was still pleased with the tournament as a whole. "It was a beautiful weekend. All the games went off without a hitch." he said. The women were also pleased. "We had a pretty gixxl team put together this year." said women's team midfielder Jessica Moran. "We're all proud of the way we played this weekend." In their Saturday opener against Jackson, the women got a pair of goals from midfielders midfield-ers Taylor Smiihand Rate Skicinski. winning 2-1. Later on. the team squeezed by the Boise Blast In Ihe same score, with forward Brooke Hont and Moran accounting for the Park City goals. On Sunday, things didn't go quite as well for the women, with goalie Kim Free dislocating dislo-cating a shoulder against defending champion champi-on Logan. Without an experienced keeper minding the net. the Parkites fell 3-0. Having already qualified for the semifinals, semifi-nals, the women wound up playing Utah Select, a cream-ol-l he-crop squad from Salt Lake. Once again, the loss of Free allowed the competition an easy path the net, and Utah Select throttled the women 7-0. "It was really vital." Moran said of Frees injury'. "Not only was she our goalie, but she was our voice in the backfield." Being worn out alter a grueling battle wilh Logan didn't help either, she added. "We probably would have lost anyway, but we were just exhausted." The Salt Lake team went on to defeat Logan for the women's championship. 55 , t, s J i&J GRAYSON WEST f'AUK III COHO Park City A goalie Jonathan Weidenhamer, far right, goes up for the ball during dur-ing the locals' 2-0 loss to Salt Lake's International club on Saturday. Coast-to-coast bikers stop to teach about disabilities journey of Hope riders hang out with Park City kids; raise awareness, cash By BRETT LARSEN t 1 - f" --.stfrg.. GRAYSON WESTPARK RECORD University of Colorado student and Journey of Hope rider Charlie Shoop works puppet 'Mark Riley' during the group's educational presentation on disabilities to local kids at City Park Monday morning. Of the Record staff Mark Riley sits in a wheelchair, a thin, cloth helmet strapped over his flaming orange hair. Surveying the crowd o Park City youngsters sitting cross-legged in front of him at the City Park pavilion Monday morning, he introduces himself with a simple statement. "Looking at me. you probably notice one thing right away." Riley says, then points at his orange mane. "I'm Irish " He is alsx) a puppet, and the voting men directing his movements are hoping to teach the local kids a few things about people peo-ple with disabilities: the show is a pari of the 2(X)4 Journey of Hope, a coasl-to-coasl cycling effort to generate awareness and cash for the disabled. The annual event was founded by the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity, frater-nity, and draws undergraduates from universities uni-versities all over the country On Monday, more than 30 of the college-aged college-aged riders took time out of their 4.000-mile 4.000-mile ride to deliver their message .it a Park City Recreation kids' summer day camp session. "We're just trying to spread a little awareness." said San .lose. Calif, native and George Washington University student stu-dent Sam Farber. part of the riders' seven-Please seven-Please see Riders, B-5 ll'ilill J Wi W anmriMimHMnrriIWwri,,-rrrMr--rrrr-TTr -HTr-trr-rv "i- " i" v . -v e .,,.',4 Summer Sale June 28th -July $h CUM8INQSPECIALS bave 15-20: Hardware Shoes Ropes Pads and more OlHERSPEOALS Save up to 40: Select Bibler Tents - 25-40 off . Select Sleeping BagsPads 40 off All Clothing -20 off Sale prices are cood June 28th - )ulv 5th Only! 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