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Show B-4 The Park Record Calendar High School Sports Boys Basketball Wasatch @ Northridge November 24 5:00 p.m. Park City @ Morgan November 28 7:00 p.m. North Summit vs. Ogden November 29 5:00 p.m. South Summit vs. North Sanpete November 29 6:30 p.m. Park City vs. Wasatch November 30 7:00 p.m. North Summit vs. North Sanpete November 30 5:00 p.m. South Summit vs. Union November 30 6:30 p.m. Wasatch @ Farmington December 4 7:00 p.m. North Summit @ Providence Hall December 5 7:00 p.m. South Summit vs. Uintah December 5 7:00 p.m. Girls Basketball Park City @ South Summit November 27 7:00 p.m. North Summit vs. Juab November 27 7:00 p.m. South Summit vs. Grand November 29 5:00 p.m. North Summit vs. Tabiona November 30 7:00 p.m. South Summit vs. Carbon November 30 3:00 p.m. South Summit vs. Manti November 30 6:00 p.m. Wasatch @ Granger November 30 7:00 p.m. South Summit vs. San Juan December 1 Noon Park City @ Orem December 4 7:00 p.m. South Summit @ Millard December 4 7:00 p.m. Wasatch vs. Murray December 4 7:00 p.m. North Summit @ Preston, ID December 6 TBA South Summit vs. Ben Lomond December 6 7:00 p.m. Ice Hockey Park City @ Skyline November 26 8:30 p.m. Park City @ Uintah November 30 Park City @ Brighton December 5 8:15 p.m. 9:15 p.m. Swimming Park City @ Brighton November 27 3:00 p.m. Park City Swimvitational December 1 9:00 a.m. Park City @ Wasatch December 4 3:00 p.m. Wrestling Park City @ Grantsville December 1 8:00 a.m. Park City @ Summit Academy December 5 3:30 p.m. Recreation Sports Park City Recreation Services (615-5401) Basketball Adult League Thursday 6:00-9:00 p.m. Volleyball Comp Division Wednesday Rec Division Wednesday 6:00-9:00 p.m. 6:00-9:00 p.m. Speed Skating Training Wednesday Basin Recreation Fieldhouse Drop-in Sports STEPHEN WADE (655-0999) Basketball (age 16 +) Tues. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Basketball (age 16 +) Tues/Thurs Noon-2:00 p.m. Basketball (age 16 +) Sat/Sun 8:00-10:00 a.m. Pickleball (age 16 +) Mon/Wed/Fri 2:00-4:30 p.m. Pickleball (age 16 +) Sun–Friday 8:30 a.m. Noon Volleyball (age 16 +) Thurs. 8:00-10:00 p.m. Soccer (age 16 +) Mon/Wed/Fri Noon -1:30 p.m. Soccer (age 16 +) Wed. 8:00-10:00 p.m. Soccer (age 30 +) Tues 8:00-10:00 p.m. Masters Swim Tues/Thurs Noon-1:00 p.m. South Summit Aquatics & Fitness Center (783-2423) Weather Hotline (cancellations) Adult Basketball Thursday 615-5432 Rock Wall Saturday Park City Ice Arena Ice Hockey Gold League Sunday Silver League Wed/Thurs/Sun 6:30-9:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Pickleball Open Gym Wed. – Fri 4:00 – 6:00 p.m 615-5707 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Taiwan or Chinese Taipei? Name change could impact athletes in Olympic Games 6:30-7:45 p.m. To include an upcoming sports event in the calendar, please send an email to Joe Lair at scoreboard@parkrecord.com BE A LOCAL HERO Volunteer for a local non-profit Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 24-27, 2018 Associated Press Athletes from Taiwan compete at the Olympics under the name of a make-believe country: Chinese Taipei. They march behind an imaginary national flag and, if they win a gold medal, hear an “alternate national anthem” being played. Imagine if France or Australia had to use an assumed name at the Olympics, or the United States and Japan were banned from flying their flags. A referendum to challenge this will be held in Taiwan on Saturday. It asks if the self-governing island should compete in international sports events – including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – as “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei.” “We are the sole IOC member banned from using our own country’s name,” said Chi Cheng, a bronze medalist in the 1968 Olympics. “We are the only member who cannot sing our national anthem and fly our national flag. We are the only one. This shows how seriously China is suppressing us.” No matter what voters want, nothing is likely to change. China’s authoritarian government has viewed Taiwan as a renegade province since the two separated in the 1949 civil war. The International Olympic Committee backs China, which will host the 2022 Winter Olympics after spending $40 billion on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In a statement to the Associated Press, the IOC said it will not alter a 1981 agreement that Taiwan must compete as Chinese Taipei. Its executive board repeated that stance in meetings on May 2-3. “The agreement remains unchanged and fully applicable,” the IOC said. That puts the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee in a bind. If the referendum passes, it could be required by Taiwanese law to go ahead with the name change pending approval from the legislature. But in a statement to AP, it said “we are bound by the Olympic Charter, the agreement we signed with the IOC in 1981, and also by the IOC executive board decision.” Taiwan’s athletes are caught in the middle. Dozens protested Wednesday, fearing they could lose their chance to participate in the Olympics. Even if Taiwan was booted out, the IOC has frequently let athletes compete under an independent Olympic flag. Jacqueline Yi-ting Shen, the secretary general of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, declined to comment for this article. But she spoke about Taiwan’s predicament in an interview with the AP at the Asian Games in August. “This gives us a chance to compete and make our strength known internationally, so we accept the pity that we have to compete under the name of Chinese Taipei,” Shen said. She added: “I’m sure that many people (in Taiwan) feel dismayed. But quite a lot understand that it is the reality in the international sporting realm. If we use our own name, we will lose the chance for our athletes. They will lose the playground, or the showcase they have. The right of our athletes to compete is our utmost concern. And I think most Taiwanese understand that.” Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, told a news conference this month that Taiwan was using the name issue to “politicize” sports. He said the referendum would damage Taiwan’s interests but gave no details of measures Beijing might take. Earlier, China warned that Taiwan would “swallow its own bitter fruit’’ over the referendum issue. Taiwan’s ruling party, the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party led by President Tsai Ing-wen, has remained largely silent on the name change. “There are international constraints on her (Tsai),” Dachi Liao, who teaches political science at National Sun Yat-sen University, told the AP. “She cannot speak out loudly on this; maybe doing something subtly, but never speaking out.” Liao said the referendum is a proxy vote on independence, and China fears it could echo in the ethnic-minority regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. “People who support changing the name, many of these supporters are pro-independence,” Liao said. “The pro-independence people are feeling upset, so they try to find an opportunity to promote this kind of issue even though they know it may not pass.” China has thwarted Taiwan’s every move to assert its independence, even in the sporting sphere. Earlier this year, Taiwan lost the right to hold the East Asian Youth Games, under reported pressure from China. Taiwan held the Summer University Games last year with about 7,500 athletes. China skipped the opening ceremony, but competed in the events. Athletes from Argentina unfurled Taiwan’s real flag at the closing ceremony, waving an independence symbol that Taiwan athletes are forbidden from displaying. The Argentines were reprimanded for breaking Olympic rules, but warmly applauded inside the stadium. China has warned international airlines and hotels not to use the word “Taiwan” on maps or other material. The referendum needs one-quarter of Taiwan’s 19 million voters to be approved. Liao, the political scientist, doubts it will reach that threshold. If it does, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee is likely to ask its membership what to do. It risks IOC censure if it moves ahead. The IOC is reported to have warned it at least three times not to proceed. If it backs down, it’s thwarting the democratic will of Taiwan voters. “It’s insulting to us because everyone knows we are Taiwan,” George Chang, the former mayor of Tainan and a referendum organizer, told AP. “Chinese Taipei is not an area or a country. What is Chinese Taipei? Nobody knows. So let Taiwan be Taiwan.” Taiwan participated in the 1972 games as the Republic of China. It boycotted the next several after its United Nations seat was handed to China, returning in 1984 after submitting to the name change and China’s rising clout. Despite the roadblocks, the island of 24 million remains a regional power and placed seventh in the recent Asian Games, fielding a delegation of 550 and boasting stars like badminton’s No. 1-ranked woman Tai Tzuying. Alexander C. Huang, who teaches political science at Tamkang University in Taiwan, said the island only faces more isolation if it challenges China. “Taiwan does not have much leverage or support our noble cause, to get our name right or to get our flag flying,” he said. “Maybe in the future ... the atmosphere would lead us to that eventual goal. But not now.” TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City freshman Samantha Riely looks to pass the ball to a teammate during Park City High School’s game against Morgan High School Tuesday evening. The Miners fell to the Trojans 43-29. Continued from B-1 Basketball team falls in opener “We basically said we’re 0-0, we’re starting from the ground up,” she said. “And Coach Isaacson; I really give him a lot of credit. He’s come in with so much patience to work with us; to work with our turnovers.” She said the team has taken on a new feel, with more chemistry ushered in through team-building activities. But she said she was still nervous coming into the first game. “I’m disappointed because we were within three at the half, and I’m also disappointed because 30 out of the 40 turnovers were unforced,” she said. “We know how to play and we know how not to travel. I think that was first-game jitters, so I don’t think that will happen again. And I’m still really proud of not losing by 40 like we did last year.” Morgan outscored Park City 17-8 in the third quarter, which ended with Morgan leading 3119. The Trojans scored 12 to Park City’s 10 in the fourth. In addition to turnovers, the home team struggled to set up an offensive formation, and mark on defense. But fixing the unforced errors are still at the top of the team’s to-do list. “Given the amount of turnovers we had, and keeping the game as close as we did was pretty good,” Kaufman said. “I think cutting those down, we could pull out some wins.” Isaacson said he was proud of the way the girls fought back, especially when it brought the team within three at the half. “If they battle like that every game and keep competing and withstand runs … that to me was probably the most encouraging part,” he said. “We stayed poised, we didn’t hang our heads, and we battled. We had 40 turnovers, and we still scored 29 points.” He said the team still has a lot of work to do in terms of withstanding pressure, and staying composed on the offense, but he said he has faith that improvements will come with time. “I think we’re going to be alright,” he said. “It’s a long season.” The Miners will travel to Kamas to take on South Summit on Tuesday at 7 p.m. |