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Show 6A Emery County Progress Tuesday, March 10, 1992 SPORTS Pirates to enter tourney By LAYNE MILLER Sports editor The Green River basketball team reached the pinnacle of basketball world the State last season by claiming the state title, but the school graduated five of its six best 1-- A players. Leon Carter, the teams 6 9 center, is the only returning starter. Nobody, including Coach Stan Parsons, expected the gutted team to do well this year. But the Green River Pirates came out of the Region 13 tournament last weekend seeded number three going tournament into the State this weekend. The Pirates won their opening round game against Tabio-n1-- A a, but stumbled 62-5- 3, against the eventual champGreen ion, Duchesne, 70-6River then defeated the East to tie Carbon Vikings, 74-30. 9, Monticello for third place. A coin toss gave the third place seed to the Pirates for the Emery was eliminated from the tournament by Pine View, but Junior center Kevin Ediger, shown above going after a lose ball, scored 30 points in the game. Photos by Zac Davis 2 losses bring end to season for Spartans By LARRY W. DAVIS Progress editor OGDEN For the first time in recent history, the Emery Spartans were eliminated from state tournament play in the first rounds. Emery opened with an 80-5- 0 loss to Mountain Crest on Monday, and then the Spartans lost in the consolation bracket on Wednesday to Pine View, 80-6It was a disappointing way to end the season, coach Todd Jeffs said. We started out strong this season but kind of ran out of momentum at the end. Emery entered the tournament as the No. 3 seeded team from Region 7 and drew a tough Mountain Crest team from Region 5. Mountain Crest went on to finish in the tournament after losing to Ogden in the championship game Saturday. In that opening tournament game, Emery proved to be no 8. match for the talented team from Cache Valley. Behind the outside shooting, of guard Jason Lyle, Mountain Crest d lead built a 1 and then increased that to 1 at the half. Emerys biggest scoring contribution came from Nathan Hunting17-1- first-perio- Senior Jon Skipps breaks loose for an easy bucket inside against Pine View in the teams tons two while Derek Stilson also hit one from range. The Region 5 team continued to pour it on in the second half, outscoring Emery 4 to pull away to an insurmountable lead of 62-3- 5 with just eight minutes to play. From that point, Mountain Crest coasted to the win. Jon Skipps led Emery with 15 points while Hunting-to- n added 10 to lead the Spartans. Mountain Crest finished with five players in double figures. Emery hoped to rebound from the Monday night loss in the game Wednesday against Pine View, a team Emery had 21-1- 30-poi- nt Theres still plenty of oxy- Unavoidably, some trout were gen under the ice at Scofield, also killed. In fact, dead fish says Division of Wildlife were observed as far as five Resources fisheries manager, miles downstream, but bioloKevin Christopherson. DWR gists believe that most had biologists sampled oxygen on washed down from the primFeb. 25 and found the dissol- ary kill zone (zero to two miles ved oxygen concentration downstream from the dam). above 5 ppm in all but the bot- DWR plans to restock lower inch tom three feet. Trout need at Fish Creek with 0 least 5 ppm dissolved oxygen brown trout in June or July to for good health. replace game fish losses which Because treatment of the occurred. DWR will sample reservoir last September also this spring to determine trout killed the zooplankton (small survival and stocking needs. animal organisms which trout trout survival is good as If eat), DWR was concerned expected, Scofield Reservoir about the amount of fish food will reopen on Memorial Day available iftrout were planted weekend with a four fish limit. before winter. Luckily, zoo- Tributaries will open on July plankton abundance recov11, also with a four fish limit. ered quickly, enabling DWR to plant 169,000 trout last Range open November. Subsequent moniThe Carbon County Weatoring of zooplankton revealed 400 as many as large pons Range is open to the per cubic foot of public free of charge. The water which is more than range, located behind Industenough for a good trout rial Park near Four Mile Hill, has been in use for several fishery. treatment last fall, During years. Law enforcement agen8-1- fisheries biologists also eradicated fish for several miles down lower Fish Creek, effectively eliminating thousands of chubs which inhabited the upper reaches of the creek. game of the season at the state tournament. . 41-2- lost to in overtime earlier in the season. However, the Spartans fell behind early and had to play catchup for the rest of the game. Although coming within three points on a couple of occasions, the Pathers would not allow the Spartans to take control. Pine View took a 22-1- 5 lead at the end of the first period although Huntington and Ryan Burke showed signs of giving Emery some outside shooting while Skipps and Chris Justice had each scored inside. Emery even outscored the St. George team in the secto cut the 7 ond period, 3 lead to at the half. Burkes outside shooting and 18-1- 39-3- Wildlife report rs final The range is divided into bermed sectors for .22 rifles, pistols, high powered rifles, archery and shotguns. Trap shooting is available as well. The range is supported by a variety of clubs and agencies, induing Price City Police, Carbon County Sheriff, U.S. Forest Service, International Pistol Shooters, the National Guard and the Division of Wildlife Resources. the play of Kevin Ediger line where they cashed in by inside sparked the comeback. hitting 16 of 23 in the final Emery stayed within strik- period as they outscored to take the ing distance in the second Emery 26-1- 9 half, again outscoring Pine 5 View as the score stood at 9 at the end of the third period. Ediger had dominated the paint with 10 points in the period. 16-1- 54-4- But Pine View scored the first six points of the final quarter to take a 9 lead before Skipps scored inside. Emery then used baskets by Ediger and Skipps to cut the 9 lead to with less than five minutes to play. Then Emery went to the press, and 60-4- 63-5- that put the Panthers on the The public is encouraged to make use of the range. Range caretakers, Bob and Bonnie Migliori invite you to check in and register at their trailer home on the east side of the range. They can direct you to the range which is right for your shooting needs, and will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Groups may reserve the range by calling the Miglioris at 637-784- 1. Jr. high tournament to begin this week Canyon View Junior High will host the annual Castle Valley Association Basketball Tournament on March The tournament begins Tuesday at 5 p.m. with the No. 1 seeded team, San Rafael, playing either Helper or Notre 10-1- 2. The girls action begins cies, hunter education Tuesday night with No. 1 instructors and shooting clubs seeded Mont Harmon playing routinely use the range, but the winner of the playoff game its value has gone largely between San Rafael and Notre unnoticed by the general Dame. Games on Wednesday public. 12-poi- nt win. Ediger had a career high 30 points to lead all scorers while Huntinton, Skipps and Burke each finished with 11. Emery finished with a 15-- 7 record for the season and a share of second place in the region. However, the Spartans lost the last three games which cost them the region championship and a chance to advance at state. Five seniors finished their careers with the team: Jon Skipps, Chris Justice, Ryan Burke, Nathan Huntington and Mike Gagon. by Kate Kofford rodeo reporter The last of the St. George Series Rodeos were held recently. Sponsoring clubs were Kanab and Beaver. A few of the Emery club members did extremely well. Nate Nielsen and Clayton Fox won first in team roping at the Beaver Rodeo, thus, making Congratulations! Casey Jensen took fifth in saddle bronc riding, and Mis-ti- e Johansen was seventh in include a 5 p.m. girls game between Helper and Canyon the No. 2 and No. 3 seeded teams respectively. At View, 7 p.m. No. 2 seeded Canyon View plays No. 3 seeded Mont Harmon in boys action. the girls game beginning at 5 p.m. and the boys game at 7 p.m. ing. Among The public is invited to attend the tournament. Tick-eare $1 for junior high students and $2 for high school students and adults. st tournament against Paiute High School, the same team the Pirates defeated in the championship game last year. The game is scheduled for Thursday in Cedar 11:30 a.m. City at Southern Utah University. Paiute has two quick guards returning from last year, Parsons said. They came into the tournament in third place from their region, too. Carter has been recruited by the University of Utah, Salt Lake City Community College, Weber State University and Mesa College in Grand Junction. polebending at the Kanab show. Most of the clubs 34 members will be traveling to Moab on March 20 and 21 for the Monticello and Moab rodeos. Every member is getting tuned up in their events and everyone is hoping to be in the top rankings. The following weekend on March 28 is the clubs annual miscellaneous and farm auction. Remember no item is too large or too small to consign. Also, the club will have a cow patty party. Ask any member for information on it. Studies proposal The Price Ranger District of Manti-L- a Sal National Forest is currently evaluating a proposal filed by Genwal Coal Company with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and min- Championship games will strong performance by sophomore John Hughes. Hughes averaged 20 points per game and nine rebounds. Green River opens the state Rodeo club them first in the series. Dame which played off be played on Thursday with Monday. state tournament. Parsons said he was surprised and pleased with the teams performance and he was thrilled with Carters performance during the year and the tournament. Leon averaged 32.2 points per game during the season and he averaged 16.2 rebounds per game, Parsons said. Carter scored 103 during the three-da- y competition at the BDAC. He also scored 51 points in the game against Monument Valley and 45 points against Fruita High School from Colorado during the regular season. Carter was backed up by a the other things, the proposal would add a quarter mile surface buffer zone for subsidence around Genwals state coal leases in the Crandall Canyon area. This area is located about 12 miles northwest of Huntington in Emery County. Anyone interested in addi- tional information can contact the Forest Service office in Price. Written comment will be accepted until March 12 at the same office: Price District Ranger,' 599 West Price River Drive, Price, Utah 84501. |