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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 7-9, 2018 The Park Record B-3 Ice Miners hockey captures Utah state championship e e r . s s e t n o e t COURTESY OF DARREN EHLER/PARK CITY ICE MINERS BEN RAMSEY/THE PARK RECORD Park City High School senior Tanner Prichard brushes his hair out before getting his picture taken at PCHS’s lSports Media Day on Saturday. “It’s all about look good, play good, feel good,” Prichard says. s For best performance, baseball players will go with the flow s n a The Miners share the importance of g a solid hairdo g l BEN RAMSEY g The Park Record I No one wants to look bad when they’re competing, but for some athletes, looking good is an integral part of the game. Consider baseball. Much has been written n about the flowing locks of its stars, and that culture cascades e down to the high school level — especially on picture day. d On Saturday, the Park City n High School baseball squad was e the second to last team to fill the h wrestling room for the PCHS e Sports Media Day, and shortly afd ter they arrived, the Miners made e good use of the mirror photogra, pher Dennis Walsh had provided. r After combing back his long d black hair, senior Tanner “Texas” Prichard took a moment to talk about the significance of what baseball players call “flow” — the way hair falls from the helmet. “The good look in baseball is the curly long hair in the back,” he said. “You’ve gotta flatten it down with your hat, then get that nice flow going as you’re running down the bases. And when you get that nice power swing, all the hair is flowing out. That’s what every person strives for on our team.” Some members of the team were tight-lipped about their influences, but Prichard said Josh Reddick of the Houston Astros has exemplary flow. “And everybody on the Astros has a great hairdo,” he said. “That’s my home team and I base my hair off of anything my home team can do, so the best hair on that team I try and copy exactly.” Locally, Prichard said he, Ryan “Cookie” Cook and Ben Agnew set the bar for “flow.” “It’s complete confidence,” Prichard said. “In baseball, it’s all about look good, play good, feel good. When you’re feeling good and you’ve got great hair and you’ve got great ego to go with it, you start playing better than when you don’t.” The team will take that look to another level as it nears season’s end, especially if they make the playoffs. “Last year we all had kind of wild haircuts,” said senior Payton Gross. “I grew a mullet out, then Ryan (Brady) bleached his hair. We always do kind of fun stuff like that, so we’ll have to do it again this year.” He said some members of the team are already trying to grow out goatees, though any no-shave rules aren’t likely to be implemented until the postseason. For now the team is sticking to fundamentals. “Gotta get that hair flow,” senior Sam Strader said. “You just have to make sure you look good to play good.” o g o s G N A H C G 18 N 0 O 2 E PY E PINS COM IV T A R O MEM from HOW TO GET A FREE PIN: THE PARK RECORD Subscribe to the Park Record! CALL LACY AT 435.649.9014 TO GET A FREE PIN WITH A NEW PARK RECORD SUBSCRIPTION! In County Rates: ONE YEAR FOR $56 OR TWO YEARS FOR $98 Out of County Rates: ONE YEAR FOR $80 OR TWO YEARS FOR $138 The Park City Ice Miners U-16 team beat the Utah Golder Eagles in two games to take the U-16 state championship. The team will travel to the Tier 2 national championships on April 5-9. Team will advance to Tier 2 national championship Submitted by Darren Ehlers/ Park City Ice Miners The Park City Ice Miners U-16 AA team captured the Tier 2 Utah state championship title this weekend, beating the Utah Golden Eagles two games to none in the best-of-three tournament. The Ice Miners won game one 2-0 on Friday night and then clinched the title with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory on Saturday night. In game one, the Ice Miners scored in the second period on an Ian Murray goal. Stellar goaltending by Andrew Pederson and a stingy defense secured the shutout the rest of the way. The Ice Miners added an empty-net goal, also by Ian Murray, to win 2-0. In game two, the Ice Miners opened the scoring in the first period with another Ian Murray goal. However, they found themselves trailing 2-1 after the second period. With the stage set for a comeback, two third-period goals by Garrett Jackson secured the win, clinching the state championship. The Ice Miners, coached by head coach Mike Adamek and assistant coaches Tyler Kugler and Nick Dreyer, will now travel to the Tier 2 USA Hockey National Championships in Wayne, New Jersey, April 5-9. With the Park City Ice Miners U-14 AA team also winning the Tier 2 state championship this weekend, this is the fourth trip to the USA Hockey Tier 2 Nationals for the Ice Miners organization across the U-14, U-16 and U-18 divisions. Continued from B-1 Track team takes stock ishing in the top three in region as they face teams like Stansbury and Ogden, which Yocum said will be tough. The Miners will travel to St. George this weekend for the team’s first invitational of the season. BEN RAMSEY/THE PARK RECORD Alexandra Solum poses while Randy Anderson snaps her photo during Sports Media Day at PCHS on Saturday. |