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Show SPORTS The Park Record. MINERS SEEK A RUNNING START TO SEASON, B-2 www.parkrecord.com BRAVES WILL BE IN HUNT FOR STATE TITLES, B-3 B-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, AUGUST 19-22, 2017 Park City hopes to have plenty to celebrate Editor: Griffin Adams sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports TRAILSIDE BIKE PARK SHRED-N-BBQ SCHEDULED Join Basin Recreation for a fun-filled evening with free food, music and plenty of laps at the 4th Annual Shredn-BBQ at the Trailside Bike Park on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 5-8 p.m. The bike park offers beginner, intermediate, advanced and all-mountain downhill trails along with a skills development area, two jump training lines, and two pump tracks to accommodate every level of mountain biker. BASIN RECREATION OFFERS YOGA IN THE PARK Kick off your August weekends in a peaceful way with Basin Recreation for free Yoga in the Park. Join us every Saturday during the month of August from 8 to 9 a.m. at The Woods at Parley’s Lane with Jenessa. Please bring your own mat to class. To register and for more information, visit basinrecreation. org or call 655-0999. Basin Recreation is a non-profit organization and proud KPCW supporter. SIGN UP TO PLAY IN PICKLEBALL LEAGUE Pickleball is the most exciting sport sweeping the country. You won’t want to miss out on Basin Recreation’s Fall Pickleball Mixer League. This doubles mixer league is for players ranked 2.5+ and players will play with a different partner each week! Paddles, nets and balls provided or feel free to use your own. The League runs Aug. 25 through Oct. 11. Sign up and find out more information at http://www.basinrecreation.org. Please see Sports briefs, B-4 Volleyball team returns loaded roster, aims to recapture region title GRIFFIN ADAMS The Park Record The Park City High School girls volleyball team had a season to remember in 2016. The Miners not only secured their first region title since 2008, but they also locked up a fourth-place finish in the Class 3A state tournament. This year, the team will be tasked with following up last year’s performance after graduating seven seniors, but head coach Matt Carlson believes the squad is up to the challenge. “We are starting at a higher point than we did last year,” he said. “We’re really excited. The kids that we’ve got coming in are solid and seasoned. I think we’re going to have a good season this year.” Leading the way is a new crop of seniors that includes Bryn Simmons, Bella Buchanan, Hali Lukacs and last year’s libero Audrey Malloy. Coupling that group with two returning all-state juniors in Emily Smith and Grace Wiczek, as well as a talented incoming sophomore class, the Miners believe they could be a threat for a Region 11 title. “Everyone is just building upon what we did last year,” Carlson said. “It’s hard to replace a group of seniors like we did last year, but the seniors we have coming in are definitely talented. The juniors we have coming up are extremely talented, as well. Every class just keeps getting better and better.” One of the challenges the team will have to endure, however, is one that all the teams at Park City High PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Bella Buchanan (10) celebrates on the court with her teammates after scoring a point for the Miners against the Judge Memorial Catholic High School Bulldogs in a match last fall. This season, the Miners hope to repeat as region champions. School will encounter this year: competing at the 4A level. On one hand, the Miners won’t have to deal with the likes of powerhouse Morgan, the defending 3A state champion, and Union, which defeated Park City in the third-place game at the state tournament. Both schools will remain in Class 3A. On the other, they’ll still have to face teams such as Desert Hills, last year’s 3A runner-up, Mountain View and Salem Hills. While the Miners hope to accom- plish as much, if not more, as last season, the focus — for now — is simply to get better. “Going [up to] 4A changes things a bit,” Carlson said. “We don’t know the competition that well, as much as years past. We’re just looking forward to one practice, one game at a time and that’s where we’re at right now. We’re not talking about winning state. We’re not talking about winning matches. “We’re just talking about, ‘Hey, let’s work as hard as we can, right here, right now and see what happens.’” Carlson is proud of what the 2016 team accomplished, but he’s hoping that was just a stepping stone for the program. “Last year, we had a great season that kind of put us on the map,” he said. “Now, we have teams like Lone Peak wanting to play us at home. That’s the 5A defending state champs, Please see PCHS volleyball, B-4 THIS WEEKS SPONSOR The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. As part of one of the largest and most diverse humanitarian service organizations in the United States, Utah serves more than 2.8 million people covering nearly 85,000 square miles spanning 29 counties. 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