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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 17-19, 2017 The Park Record B-8 VOTE NOW PARK CITY’S BEST 2017 PRESENTED BY THE PARK RECORD VOTE ONLINE FOR PARK CITY’S BEST BUSINESSES TODAY THRU MAY 31ST AT PARKRECORD.COM/PARKCITYSBEST LOOK FOR THE RESULTS IN YOUR PARK RECORD ON JULY 26, 2017! State success for South Summit photo courtesy of JosH Lair The South Summit High School girls’ softball team clinched the UHSAA 2A State Championship on Saturday when it defeated Beaver 9-1 at the Sports Complex in Spanish Fork. Senior pitcher Hannah Peterson went the distance, finishing the game with eight strikeouts and giving up just five hits. The Wildcats finished the season with a record 24-3, including a 10-2 record in 2A Central play. Patrick schulz/park record The South Summit High School boys’ soccer team finished as the runner-up in the UHSAA 3A State Championship on Saturday when it fell to Layton Christian Academy 1-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City. The Wildcats finished the season with a 15-3 record, including a 10-2 mark in 2A North play. Continued from B-1 Miners advance awesome to do it.” The walk-off win for the Miners was huge, as it’s never escaped from the opening weekend of the state tournament without a loss (the Miners defeated Morgan in the first round 12-0 earlier on Saturday). Feasler, who played on the team when he was in high school and won a region title of his own, knows Saturday was a rare feat. “That’s got to be one of the biggest days in the history of the program,” Feasler said. “That’s the first time that’s ever happened. Both pitchers going at it, pitch for pitch. Walk-off in the seventh inning. That’s got to be one of the better baseball games ever played on that field.” Next up for the Miners is a quarterfinal date with Pine View, a team that plays in the same region as Desert Hills. Pine View defeated Region 11’s No. 1 seed Tanzi Propst/Park Record Park City High School senior Zack Luna (12) swings and misses the ball while at bat for the Miners during the game against Desert Hills High School in the second round of the UHSAA state playoffs Saturday afternoon. The Miners beat the Thunder 1-0 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Bear River 3-1 on Saturday to advance to face the Miners in the winners’ bracket. Pine View defeated Park City 6-5 on March 11, but it’s been more than two months since the contest. Feasler and company don’t care who is sitting in the opposite dugout, as long as they can play their game. But if the team’s confidence is any sort of indicator of how things will shake out on Thursday afternoon, the Miners are sitting pretty, Luna said. assemble PARK CITY “We’re feeling on top of the world,” he said. “We can taste it a little bit and we just want to get to that championship game so bad. We’ve got to play a good team in Pine View on Thursday and then we’ll see what happens. But we’re feeling really good about things right now.” First pitch between Park City and Pine View is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at Brent Brown Ballpark at Utah Valley University. Corner offiCe with View Large corner office with floor to ceiling windows and views of the Swaner Preserve and beyond. Your own private office in Park City’s premier coworking space. PICK YOUR FAVORITES Reception Services Conference Rooms Business Center Kimball Junction Location For details please contact Angela at 435-200-1312 info@assembleparkcity.com | www.assembleparkcity.com |