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Show (Eimrs-plnbrpfnhf- Inside: nt Spirts & Sports Calendar Great Fish Story Accolades lor FootbaH Coach Guys and Dolls Harnessed River Outdoors Thursday, April 1 8, 2002 Off-roa-d SSSSMSJHi event reaching a threshold Men's basketball tournament A men's basketball tournament will be held May 4 in Moab. The cost per team is $150. 3-- by Franklin Seal For more information contact Ryan Nielson at 259-893- staff writer 1. It began 27 years ago - a handful of off road trail enthusiast gathering to test their skills and machines on the slickrock whoop-de-doand sandy washes of canyon country Now ita grown to the point where event organizers and public land managers are having to cope with steadily burgeoning annual spring crowds. Jeep Safari? Think again. Unlike the annual jeep jandMiree that hits Moab each Spring Break, this event has kept a low profile here, despite its close proximity (hint: it's located in White Wash, an area 10 miles west of Canyonlands Airmrt, Moab youths place in Price motocross s Dale Parriott is second in national standings Camille Christian begins to dash away from the plate after hitting the ball. Photos by Mary Key Grand girls softball team crushes opponents in April 10 double-heade- r north of Canyonlands National Park). Also unlike the festival, this event involves motorcycles and ATVs. Even more to the point, its organizers and participants pretty much steer clear of Moab. Sponsored by Utah's largest off- by Ryan McDowell GCHS sports The Grand County Red Devil n Soflball team played a double-headagainst Altamont on April 10, crushing the team in both games. The first game's score ended with 17-- and the second game ended with 17-Logan Key, a freshman, pitched the first game and only let Altamont score twice. er These Moab youths earned trophies at a recent motocross race in Price. road vehicle organization 30-3- 1, 2, fifth-plac- 6-- 6-- moto-cros- Parriott 259-424- 7. CEMA will be holding other races near Price later this year. The next event is a national competition May 6 that will be attended by teams from Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha, and will be broadcast on ESPN. CEMA's next competition will be a September event is Aug. also planned. 25-2- 10-1- 1; In the second game, Grand played as the away team to make up for a cancelled game earlier in the year. The top of the I- - inning started with Alex Esquibel scoring due to a wild pitch. Andrea Lopez then scored on a passed ball. Colleen Cannon was walked, and a single by Kira Day brought her in. Camille Christian was walked, followed by Liz Northrup getting beaned, bringing in both runners. Esquibel then doubled in Northrup to make the score 0 at the end of the first inning. At the top of the second inning, Cannon was beaned, putting her on first. Day, Christian and Northrup all hit singles right after, but nobody 8-- could score. Vanessa In the bottom of the second, Ashley Keogh walked the first two runners, and with only one out, gave Altamont the chance to start staging a comeback. The next batter hit a line drive at Keogh, but Keogh caught the ball with impressive reaction time, throwing out the runner at first and stopping Altamonts chance. In the top of the third inning, Becky Byrd hit a single to get on first, and then stole second and third. Lopez popped out, but gave Byrd enough time to run home, making the score 0 going into the bottom of the third. Keogh walked Sharlie Thacker, Altamonts catcher, and put her on first. Keogh then threw three straight strikes to give Altamont one out, but walked the next batter. Jessie Fisher then hit a single to load the bases. Thacker stole home when 9-- Devil baseball team handily defeats Altamont by Ryan McDowell Volleyball tour GCHS Sports For Youth Foundation, Inc. is currently accepting applications for boys and girls aged who are accomplished volleyball players to represent the U.8. on the 2002 Goodwill Ambassadors World Tour. This year marks the 20th year that the Goodwill Ambassadors have conducted world tours for junior volleyball players. This year's tour is to Europe (London, England; Paris, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Venice, and Rome, Italy). The dates of this year's tour to Europe are July Cor tact Sports For Youth Foundation for additional details st 15-2- , j i Dolphin grounded out to lead into the bottom of the second inning. The Grand County Red Devil Baseball team had a double-headagainst Altamont on April 10, crushing the team in both games. The first and game ended with a score of the other a massive beating ended at er 0, s victorious GCHS spftball team their opponents sportmanship at the end of the game against Altamont. A high-five- given the chance, and another single was hit, Keogh walked the next batter, and a run as well, making the score Keogh walked another batand two more runners stole home ter, soon after. Keogh walked her fourth batter, but Laura Ains was picked off at first to give Grand another highly desired out. Keogh walked two more batters before being replaced by freshman Brittany Hawkins, Keogh being moved to short stop, which promptly struck out the next batter to end Grand's grueling inning with the score of The fourth inning went quickly for both teams, with a single apiece and three quick outs to follow. In the top of the fifth inning, Byrd got on base with a single, and then stole second. Esquibel doubled Byrd in and stole second as well. Lopez hit a sacrifice bunt to put Esquibel on third. Keogh doubled in Esquibel with a long shot into left field to make the score Cannon hit a single 9-- 9-- 11-- to bring in Keogh and double s Altamonts score, but two ended Grands scoring boost. In the bottom of the fifth, Altamont's fourth batter, Mikki McKum, hit a single to get onto first. Jamie Stanley followed with a base pop-fly'- 11-- 0, 26-- 1. In the first game, nothing could be done on Altamont's side on offense. Devin Dalton was unstoppable and ended up throwing a per- fect game, as well as seven strikeouts. Grand's fielding was fas it usually is) accurate to say the least; Altamont didn't get past first base the entire game, with three up and three down every inning. Continued on Page Rl In a gesture of hit, but McKum was thrown out at second. Stanley then tried to steal second, but Lopez, Grands catcher, threw her out with a model throw to end the inning. The sixth inning turned out to be the last as Grand rallied to score five runs and end the game. Northrup doubled deep to left renter field to get on second. Lopez popjied out to give Grand their first out, but Byrd doubled in Northrup and got into scoring position. Esquibel hit a single to bring in Byrd, Lopez following with another single to bring in Esquibel. Keogh crushed the next ball for a triple to bring in Lopez and set herself up to steal home, which she did on the next wild pitch to make the score 17-leading into the bottom. Hawkins struck out two batters, and another popped out to end the game just as the rain started to pour, Grand svmping Altamont by a very large margin. Grand's pitching staff is young, two of the varsity pitchers being freshman, but they stepped up and 6 threw with precision against this team, proving that they can comjiete at the level they are without a question about their age. The team is progressing well, and is a very talented group of athlete's. Soccer teams beats Wasatch Academy by Ryan McDowell, GCHS sports The Grand County Red Devil Soccer team played a rather unpredictable game against Wasatch Academy April 10, with Varsity and JV winning winning their game In the first half of the game, Wasatch started off strong, scoring the first two goals, one off of a PK. But two players received red cards, one for vulgar language, and the other for arguing about a yellow card given for a flagrant push in the back. Approximately 15 second before halftime, Dashiel Ku lander fed the ball through two defenders to John Fielden, who tapped it in to put Grand on the board and lift their spirits. In the second half, another player from Wasatch pushed Ben HiJlia and received a red card, followed by another red card for running into Brandon Williams, Grand's goalie, then arguing about it. The team's coach then came out onto the field, protesting the calls, and got kicked out as well. Wasatch s poor sportsmanship cost them, as a massive power play ensued with the absence of m many players. Scott Bishoff nailed a precise comer kick to Chad Suele, w ho headed the ball in to score the goal. Grand received an indirect kick due to a !. outside of the box by Wasatch; Dashiel KoJander Upped the ball to Xan Jones, w ho booted the ball directly through the waft of players set by Wasatch to put Grand ahead. Wasatch didst score again, and Grand came out on top 3-- 2, sports Utah Trail Machine Association (UTMA) gathering is called the Green River Area Ride. And apparently, the city of Green River, or at least its 6. On the weekend of March several local boys made a trip to Price for motocross racing in an event sponsored by the Carbon Emery Motorsports (CEMA) Club. Moab youths Bryson Parriott, Jake Colyar, Tyler Hugentobler and Blake Atkins battled the wind, dust and extreme competition. The race was one of the largest CEMA has ever put on, with nearly 900 entries. For Colyer and Hugentobler this was their first motocross event, but with their outcome one would never know. On Saturday, Hugentobler came away with a second-plac- e finish, with Colyar knocking at the back door with a e finish in the heads-u- p pee wee class. Hugentobler and Parriott also competed in the 8 60 class. Parriott then raced the open 60 class. On Sunday Parriott came . away with a 5th over all in the 8 60 class. Also battling the weekend was Blake Atkins who was one of the many who showed the kids what speed and air really is. Over all, the weekend was a great success. The competitors are headed to a race in Delta, Utah this weekend. Also in motorcycle racing news, Dale Parriott is working to hold his national title with a strong second place finish iri the national standings and many more races to come. For information on this and s other upcoming or desert races, contact Jason .'16 year-ol- d i 2-- 1. de-tack- j j d 1 Peterson expects will top 300 when the group converges at White Wash s on May of the group still ride dirt bikes; but alsiut a quarter now ride ATVs, many of them wives and kids of the dirt bike riders. Half of the participants will camp, Peterson says; half will stay 2-- Three-quarter- in a motel. But not in Moab, he adds. "We used to stay in Moab. We basically got thrown out of town We got told it wasn't a motorrycle town, it was more of a mountain bike town and a jeep type of town," be remem-lrs. Hie gathering has grown steadily each year. By the late 1980s it was attracting around 75 participants. By 1996 it reached around 200. "Its probably going to just continue a get-tin- g bigger," Peterson says. "I wouldnt be surprised if in two years to see I think its going to 400-50- continue to get bigger, mayla too big." This is the first year the group has obtained a permit from the BLM for the event. Usually, they require a Permit for groups over 50, Peterson said. "They mentioned it to us two years ago. Last year they said wed need to do it, but Paul (Edmunds, event route coordinator! came down and talked them out of it," he added. This year, UTMA finally submitted an application, but it was late, arriving about two weeks ago, according to Peterson and BLM staffers. "We didn't get the permit in, in time, but they kind of bent the rules to get us in," Peterson said. Due to the late application, the BLM limited the group's permit to existing jeep roads and single track trails no trips. But BLM managers add that the area around White Wash is managed as one of few BLM areas in Grand y County still open to travel, essentially an A TV playground. The BLM also asked the group to drop two of its favorite trail cross-countr- y crosa-countr- le 3-- Chamber of Commerce, cant get enough of it. Event organizers say the Chandler is one of the event's biggest supporters and helped get them a vital permit from the Bureau of laind Management, which administers the White Wash sand dune area and surrounding public lands. Clark Peterson, UTMA board member, recalled the first time ho attended the event. He was 12, it was 1980 and there were only 1 1 riders dirt bikers all. Since then, he's been hooked. It's my fuvorite Kit on the planet!" he says of the broad sandy wash rimmed by acres of billowing, crescent-shapesand dunes and towslickrock fins. ering ' That original group of 1 dirt bikers has grown into a crowd that I Continued on Page R2 |