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Show IN THE B SECTION Weather B-2 Scoreboard B-4 Recreation Report B-6 Education B-7 FYI B-ll The Park RecorH. www.parkrecord.com SATSUNMONTUES, JULY 3-6, 2004 SPORTS EDITOR: Brett Larsen 649-9014 ext. 1 13 sportsparkrecord.com Briefs Jans sponsoring women's road rides Jans Mountain Outfitters is sponsoring sponsor-ing road bike rides for women every Monday evening at 6 p.m., continuing all summer. The rides are free and designed for bikers of all skill levels, with groups taking new routes each week. Riders meet at the Jans Park Avenue location. For more information, contact Karen at 602-9569. PCHS track closing for renovations The Park City High School track will be closed for renovations on the following follow-ing dates: July 6-8, July 20-Aug. 1. 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 Sand volleyball tournament tourna-ment at Silver Mountain Silver Mountain Sports Club will be holding its second annual sand volleyball volley-ball tournament on Saturday, July 10. Registration for both the two-on-two open division and the four-on-four recreation division will begin on Monday, June 28. Each division is limited lim-ited to six squads and team acceptances acceptanc-es are on a first-to-register basis. The tournament is free to register for all Park City community members. Prizes will be awarded to the top two teams of each division. For registration information, informa-tion, visit Silver Mountain Sports Club or call 649-6670. For the Fourth of July holiday, the Club's hours will be 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday night standings getting crowded D Media pulls into tie for second with 14-9 victory over Wasatch Brew Pub By BRETT LARSEN Of the Record staff With only a week left in the Park City Recreation Softball season, the Thursday league playoff picture isn't getting any clearer, as D Media staged a dominant hitting performance against the short-handed Wasatch Brew Pub this week, rolling to a not-even-as-close-as-it-looks 14-9 win and creating a log jam for second place in the league standings. When the dust settled after a heated game, both teams went into a tie for second, sec-ond, each with a 4-2 record heading into the final week of the season. For D Media co-captain Craig "Sparky" Van Valkenburg, his team did just what it came out to do. "We're out here to play, we're not out here to walk, and part of softball is hitting," hit-ting," he said, speaking of his team's offensive barrage, which included a three-run, in-the-park homer by Al Loeffler that got things going in the first inning and a third-inning grand slam homerun from shortstop Joel Marsh that put the game out of reach. '. After taking a 3-0 lead on Loeffler's hit, D Media went up 7-1 after Marsh's four-run blast. The Brew Pub narrowed the gap to 7-4 7-4 in the bottom of the fourth, only to have D Media roll off six straight runs over the next two innings. A two-run double by Andy Mannila in the bottom of the sixth started a Brew Pub rally that cut the lead to 13-8 going into the seventh and final inning, but it was too little too late. With the playoffs looming closer and the game winding down, both teams engaged in some good-natured trash talk, and Brew Pub captain Greg Gendron argued some calls with the umpire. "It was total joking," Gendron said of . v . f It V ' i v. v , . , , . , . - j, fc i "(. V I- i , if-'" "it .V I 4.) GRAYSON WESTIPARK RECORD D Media's Al Loeffler, left, plows through a cloud of dirt and Wasatch Brew Pub third baseman Bob "Taco" Traver during his team's 14-9 win in Park City Recreation Thursday league action this week. the heated atmosphere of the game. As for the questionable calls, "It didn't affect us. We were just trying to get fired up. "We played horrible," he said, adding that his squad was playing without some of its key regulars. Van Valkenburg credited his learns defense for the win as much as his offense. Several of the team's players made quick catches and throws, including a sharp double play to end both the seventh sev-enth inning and the game. "We executed from the outfield, that's what it boils down to 1 think," he said. Although both teams are now tied for second in the Thursday night standings, Gendron is still confident the Brew Pub will be in sole possession of second by the time the playoffs start at the end of the month. In their season finales next week, the Brew Pub will face Park City Community Church (a squad that was winless heading into its Thursday night game this week), while D Media will face top-seeded Jack Johnson Company. "We're assuming that we'll get No. 2," Gendron said, predicting that Jack Johnson would "dominate" D Media next Thursday. Muckers will battle Haggis in July 4 extravaganza s" Local rugby football dub is ready for its 'biggest event of the year' Sunday By BRETT LARSEN ' SCOTT SINER4RK RECORD Long-time Mucker George "The Hack" Austin and the rest of the Park City squad will take on Haggis in the annual Fourth of July battle Sunday. Of the Record staff It's the Fourth of July weekend, and the Park City Muckers are getting ready for their annual foray into the spotlight, staging their traditional battle against Salt Lake-based rivals Haggis in the center cen-ter of the holiday festivities at City Park Sunday. For most of its home games, the local rugby squad plays for relatively small crowds, but on the Fourth of July, audiences audi-ences of between 1,000 and 2,000 have become the norm. "It's a blast. This is our biggest event of the year. It's something that we look forward to every year," says Muckers president Matt Davy, who also sees the popular match as a chance to expose his team's sport to the masses. "The game just speaks for itself. We just think that it's one of the greatest games on Earth, and most of the rest of the world agrees with us. "We're just trying to show people how much fun this game is." Coming as it does right on the heels of the city's holiday parade, the Fourth of July match is a perfect fit for people seeking some exciting outdoors enter tainment, Davy says. "With the parade... people are already out and in a festive mood," he says. "It's not just an opportunity to watch the game." During the match, which starts right after the parade, around 1:30 p.m., holiday holi-day revelers can also stroll through a series of beer tents, buy Muckers gear (T-shirts, hats and visors all run $15 each), or enjoy food provided by the Park City Ambassadors. Proceeds from the sale of beer, provided pro-vided by Muckers sponsor Anheuser-Busch, Anheuser-Busch, will go to help the team, Davy said. The Muckers are a non-profit organization, organi-zation, and rely heavily on local and national sponsorships to keep the team playing every springsummer. "Things have just gotten more expensive expen-sive to run the team," says Davy, with team costs in the neighborhood of $6,000 every season. Local sponsors for the squad include the No Name Saloon, Park City Sign and B&B Landscape Company. On Monday, the Park City office of Coldwell Banker also came on board as a new sponsor, giving the team another much-needed financial boost, Davy adds. "It takes money to run these things, as anybody who runs a non-profit in town knows," he says. Although the merchandise, food and Please see Muckers, B-3 jUJl P4 jt 4 jj Vh-' 4 4 4 jp?-!" ' ji J4 WW A7 ?n7fd Sobidav 0Dsa SMIAY 2:00 - WOPH SUNDAY J:)0 - 7:00PM him PARK CITY TELEVISION lllfill ALTITUDE ENTEBTAIIIIIENT |