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Show "tiy iC. . Wl CThr ilinirs-3luitrpriihc- nt r Sports Outdoors & Thursday, January 17, 2002 Grand wrestlers beat Juan Diego Grand County High Sc bool's resiling team, the Grand Grap-piers- , defeated Juan Ha go Catholic High School last Thursday. Jan. 10 in Sandy Matches began at the 131 lb i lass with Hank Janus on the mat for Grand. Janie- - wrestled well and was in position to store a lot of points but could not finish his moves. He lost 1 14 Next up, Brando lames at 140 lbs , had total control of his opjxment in the first round hut he kept linking his hand- - and giving up penalty point- - Brando was unable to mentally get hayk into the match and wa- - pinned in the second jienod Luke Voss at 1 4 5 II is w as next on the mat for Grand and w as hut staved and in the match, refusing five pins and losing Grand was down in team at that point The team score then ripped off six straight wins to take the lead and never looked haik. 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The Hooki ldls Haulers annual event north ol Moali near White Wash, part ol the 1 'tah Series 1 should have won that one," he said, hut I got Mink in a mud hole That was my worst finish of the year" Harriott recall another racing m Calihighlight a fornia He was blasting across the Hat open desert parallel to a highway Hlessitl hy the advantage of having ridden the area mimerous times l'fore, he w as passing other raivrs at 65 mph w hile they slowed to nogot late thn k dust from racers in the lead dost in the nick oftime, an approaching ambulance signaled him to an unexiected obroad graders had stacle interrupted the smooth desert floor by scraping up liermsun either side ol a new and unexssled road. Racers wen1 going down right and left" e near-disaste- r Harriott recalled I 'n.'ihle to slow duw n in time, he hauled his front w hi el high in the air When his hoik wheel hit the l rm it launihed him and hike into a flying, head over-he- i Is ttiO degree snniersault As link, and, doubtless, no small degree ol riding kill would have it Harriott landed whcels-dowon the far side ol the road, kept thi hike upright and raced off w it hout missing a Unit the nl ivk his dangers in when up U 400 racers try to out gun eai h othoi at hreakms'k peed oyer forbidding terrain, Harriott said hi has seen few serious aiviifents It's am.i7ing snfow siple ran there get hurt In all tin event wen only Lhns when- the helicnjs ter-took uft with jssiple It IS dan-grolls U admits, hut it's only as dangerous a- - you'd want it to lie hen-n- t 1 - moab ffta lab photo n e made short work of his opponent taking him down to a pin in seconds. Bishoff is one of Grand's hottest wrestlers right now winning four of his last five. Mike Ballard at 160 lbs. by 36 his opponent. manhandled Ballard took physical control w ith the First whistle and never looked baik on his way to a technical fall 16-Dave Stewart at 171 made effort in a powerful short-worhis match, taking his opponent down twice and pinning him in 1 03 That gave Grand the lead which they retained the rest of the match. Sam Francis at 189 lbs was Grand's only wrestler to receive a forfeit during the duel. His record now stands at an impressive 12-giving him the highest number of wins on the team. Jacob Adams at 215 lbs. won his match 12-Kendall Walston, wrestling heavyweight class, faced a quality opponent and had to work extremely hard for his win. Followwhich gave ing two 1 k 17-1- take-down- s, him a 0 lead, he pinned his man with 10 seconds left on the second period clock. Grand forfeited the 103-lb- . class, and Joey Hill, wrestling at 4-- had to wrestle Juan 112-lb- Diego's best wrestler. Hill, figur- ing he had nothing to lose, attacked his opponent from the whistle. Hill almost secured the takedown three times but his opponent countered each time, then pinned Hill in 1:31. Grand then sent out Nick Williamson at 119 lbs., who has a lot of potential and skill but whose track record lacked a win due to his lack of experience. But Williamson, down by a score of chose the top at the beginning of the second round and pinned his man with a 2-- half-nelso- in 2:31. n Matt Keogh, at 125 lbs., gave a up lot of points but never gave up the fight, coming up off his back four times and losing by technical fall. That was critical to Grands team score, for if Keogh had been pinned, it would have shaved Grand's lead to five w ith only one match remaining Had Grand lost the last match by a pin, it would have cost them the contest. . the best As it was, at Juan Diego could do was to tie. But that was not to be. Shawn Hill, at 130 lbs , continued his w inning streak by taking his opponent down to his back for a pin in 1:10, making the final score 44-3Grands Grapplers have had some great success since the new year began, said Coach Ron 38-32- Dolpin. Theyre understanding what it takes to wrestle and are executing their strategies. They're on quite a ride. May they stay on until she bucks them off, then get right back on again for another great ride, he said. This week the Grapplers traveled to Monticello Wednesday, Jan. 16 for a tough duel. Saturday, they host the annual Moab Invitational Wrestling tournament, beginning at 9 a m. They are expected to make a good showing this week. Record number of avian afficionados tally 78 species during 102nd Christmas Bird Count by Lisa Ch urch staff writer Moab birders documented a record number of birds during the 102"'1 Christmas Bird Count. Moab Bird Club na mber Andrea Brand said more than 50 area bird lovers - also ,1 record for Moab - took part in this year's event on Jan. 5 Throughout the day, they counted 78 species and 12,921 individual birds within a radius surrounding e Moab, and in Castle Valley But Brand said that dis snt necessarily mean more turds are migrating through the area Since 1986, when the Moah Bird Club began participating in the annual count, an average of about 70 spacits and over 6,000 individual birds are sighted ouring Moab's count day. 1 don't know if then s really been an increase in birds We had some new cople, and some excellent birders tins year," Brand said last week I think we just have more eye and ears out there. I'm guessing theres a correlation there " Among those excellent bird watchers was Bob Bradley. The Grand Junction, Colo, resident is what is known in bird watchers lingo as a lister" - someone who carefully records each siiecies of bird that he has sighted in his lifetime During 30 years of hirding, Bradley has tallied an impressive life list - 725 North American bird Hecies - almost all of the birds present in North America, Bradley says He has also recorded numerous bird sig'htirigs during his travels abroad Its hard for me to get a new one havent seen, so Im working on state lists now, he said Despite fresh snow and crisp 1 winter tempera (urea, Bradley snd three other Colorado residents tn kked to the Scott M. Matheson Witland Preserve with bird ( luh mem tiers and wetlands preserve workers Damian (nm Grand Junction, Colo, resident Rich Levad (center) and Meeker, Colo, resident Dona Hilkey count birds during Moab's Christmas Bird Count on Saturday. Photo by Lisa Church Fagan and Linda Whitham in hopes of adding new sightings to their Utah state bird lists. Birds are fascinating, and theyre such a challenge to spot and identify," Whitham said as she helped the group navigate the dirt paths and boardwalks of the wetlands. You have to lie quick. And you really have to learn about them. They dont just sit there and wait for you to look them up in a book." It did not take long for Bradley to expand his Utah bird list. Within an hour, a half-doze- n wood ducks were flushed from the brush. He had seen wood ducks, but never before in Ltah. I was originally a hunter, Bradley said as the group trudged along, boots crunching against the snow. I really got hooked on birding when I had a feeder in my yard in Phoenix. I saw this beautiful bird I didn't recognize, and I called the Audubon Society." Society members identified d the bird as a grosbeak, a rare bird in Arizona, where Bradley lived at the time. I got so excited, and I joined the Audubon Society and went on to start my life list," Bradley said. But while others in the group spoke of Bradley with awe, Baying he is one of the top in the country, he remained humble about racking up such a sizeable list. Ive done remarkably well, but a lot of people are in the 800s," he said. Of course, they're rose-breaste- life-liste- rs the type that will hear about a sighting of a rare bird somewhere and hop on a plane to go. I mostly stay around home, or add to the list when I travel." He said he enjoys the camaraderie of other birders, and likes the fact that bird watching gives him an excuse to be outdoors. But he is also drawn by the excitement of discovery. There's always the chance youll find something different. Something you've never seen before," he said. You just never know." Kim Potter, a wildlife biologist from Glenwood Springs, Colo., has been a birder since she studied songbirds in Over the years, she has learned to mimic 4-- Continued on Page A9 TiwflMm, WAHXmQ A. THILITI TUI Will sf gura?: Basketball EPA: 4.0 jtfSs 18 IpJSTTnZ: Il you have a picture you would like to submit as Photo of the Week, drop it off at Moah Photo Lab by Friday each week. 2S9-4126 H. Center i Power forward IfjLYTXm ItvCX; The Way of the Peaceful Warrior Play from your heart. 9 POOR |