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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports PARK CITY SOCCER CLUB ACADEMIES The Park City Soccer Club is offering both girls- and boys-specific academy sessions for players between the ages of 6 and 10 years old. Led by professional coaches, the PCSC Youth Academy’s primary goals are teaching the game of soccer in a fun environment, facilitating a love for the game, and promoting the development of basic skills. Players may sign up for an eight-week Friday session, beginning March 16. The Academy curriculum is designed to allow players to join at any time during a session, and the Academy is scheduled, when possible, to complement spring recreation league soccer. Sessions will transition from the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse to the outdoors as weather permits. For more information, visit www. parkcitysoccer.org or contact Academy Director Matt Terwillegar (boys) at mattpc94@gmail.com or Patty McAllister (girls) at pattymcallister92@ gmail.com. WALK WITH EASE AT THE FIELDHOUSE Basin Recreation is offering an arthritis prevention walking program at the Fieldhouse through April 22. Walk with Ease is a great program for anyone dealing with arthritis or limited mobility or for those who love to stay in shape with walking. The class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to noon on the track at the Fieldhouse. The cost is $20 or free with your Silver Sneakers card. PICKLEBALL ROUND ROBIN SHOOTOUT PC MARC hosts the Pickleball Round Robin Shootout every Sunday 1-3 p.m. This format pairs players with similar ability levels, and moves players up and down in the bracket based on game scores. Register online at parkcitymarc.tennisbookings. com or call 435-615-5401 for more information. SPRING YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE Registration is open for Park City Recreation’s Spring Youth Soccer League for kids ages 4 to 11. The league is held April 14 to June 2 on Saturdays and/or Wednesdays at the Park City Sports Complex. The early bird fee is $60 and includes a uniform. Parent volunteers are needed to coach every team, and head coaches receive a 50 percent discount on the registration fee. The registration deadline is March 16. Space is limited in all divisions. For more info and to register, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400. HOMESCHOOL P.E. The PC MARC is offering a weekly one-hour physical education class for homeschoolers. This class engages 5-to-12-year olds in physical activity while also developing relationships with their peers. Homeschool P.E. is held every Friday from Feb. to May. For more details and to register go to parkcityrecreation.org or call 435615-5400. Please see Sports briefs, B-4 PARKITE IS YOUTH LUGE CHAMPION, B-2 www.parkrecord.com ICE MINERS TAKE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, B-3 B-1 WED/THURS/FRI, MARCH 7-9, 2018 Strong defense gives baseball team confidence in postseason prospects Veteran infielders and strong pitching lineup are greatest assets BEN RAMSEY The Park Record It’s been a long winter for the Park City High School baseball team. Starting in October after finishing the team’s best season in history last spring — a third-place finish at Class 3A state championships — the team has been practicing indoors, but the wait is nearly over. Next weekend the Miners will open the season with games in St. George, and according to senior all-state pitcher Sam Strader, it could be the start of a special season. “Our pitching and defense is super strong, and we’ll hit really well this season, too,” he said. “We’ll be strong all the way around.” On defense, the Miners will bring back some of last year’s talent with senior Colton Thompson at first, Strader playing shortstop, senior Wyatt Hudgens at second, junior Ben Agnew at third, and all-state senior catcher Clayton Gross behind home plate. “We’re rallying around defense and base running; that’s how we’re going PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Park City High School senior Payton Gross throws the ball back to the mound after a strikeout against Grantsville at during a game last season. The 4-0 win was part of the team’s winningest season. to win a lot of games,” coach David Feasler said. “I think we’re going to hit, but defense is going to be strong. We have three returning starters on Please see Baseball, B-2 Miners track team’s numbers nearly double Relay teams will seek to set new school records in 4x100 BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Spring sports teams gathered for Sports Media Day at Park City High School on Saturday for team pictures. Track was the last and largest team to come in, and what started with a handful of athletes milling around the wrestling room — fully equipped with lights and a green screen — turned into a mob of red and white. This year, the team has approximately 130 athletes, making it one of PCHS’s largest in recent memory. “It’s a little ridiculous, especially trying to get into the weight room or warming up for anything,” said senior throwing athlete Joe Graf. “It’s a new experience, but it’s great to have this many kids out, and this much raw talent that we can work with.” Last year, Graf said, the team started with around 70 to 80 people, then settled to maybe 65 dedicated athletes toward the end of the season. With a small senior class this year, he said the underclassmen are a welcome addition to the team. “Usually there will be 20 to 30 freshman that will come in, and I think freshmen make up 40-50 percent of the team right now,” Graf said. “They just showed up in droves; PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Park City High School sophomore Jaynie Glasmann competes in the high jump during the Region 10 Championship meet at Dozier Field last May. they are making a huge chunk of the team.” Graf attributed the influx to coaches David Yocum and Steve Cuttitta actively recruiting underclassmen from the school’s physical education classes, but Yocum said it had more to do with the underclassmen’s attitude. “I think they’re just driven,” he said. “It’s a different mentality than what we’ve had in the past. They just really, really enjoy competing.” In particular, Yocum said the team has a strong contingent of 400-meter runners, which he considers a bellwether for teams. “The 400 is where I like to look at us,” he said, explaining that if he can train athletes to be competitive in the 400, they can easily transfer over to shorter distances — which is his focus as a coach, while Cuttitta trains for distance. “We’re going to be really deep in the 4 this year, in both boys and girls,” Yocum said. According to Graf and senior Mikelle Losee, the team’s relays will also be very competitive — the 4x100 in particular. Neither of the relay teams have been determined yet, but Losee said both will set their sights on the school record — 43.49 seconds for boys and 50.21 seconds for girls. Losee said the 4x100 team will likely comprise a combination of the following athletes: Victor Casarrubias, Grant Warner, AJ Adrian, Paul Banes, and Luke Hatch — a senior who is competing in track for the first time, but has already established himself as one of the team’s fastest sprinters. On the girls’ side, the team will likely include Losee, Haley Mackey, Grace Dalton and Maddie Smith, though Losee said there were other contenders as well. Yocum said athletes will be stepping up to fill the shoes of Claire Rogers — a state finalist it the 100-meter dash last year, and Shea Henderson, who he said will compete solely in lacrosse this season. The male athletes will try to fill the vacuum left by Connor Laurence, who ran 11.3 in the 100, 22.5 in the 200 and 50 flat in the 400, according to Yocum. “He was hard to replace,” Yocum said. “But I think we have people coming in to help us out, so I don’t think we’re really going to drop off.” However, with the team bumping up to Class 4A, they will have to improve their times to qualify for state. “Last year, for boys’ 100, it took 11.5 (seconds) to get in, now its 11.38,” Yocum said. “Same with the 2, same with the 4 — it’s just a little bit faster.” Still, Yocum said the team should be competitive, with both sides finPlease see Track, B-3 674 N. Haystack Mt. 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