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Show Emery County Progress, Castle Da'e, Utatv-Tues- August 31. day 1 993 33 Lady Spartans begin volleyball season tournament co-hosti- ng c ,0- - -- oY - 7 V -- Y-- 4 si IH. i w , 4 t yf : fKl J' V y,3 - Vw 4 av 7 r co-ho- Cool, wet weather By RYAN PEACOCK Progress sports reporter The chill was in the air, the grass was wet and slippery, and the stands were full as Emery High football returned for its 1999 season. The Spartans kicked off their season in fine fashion Friday by trouncing the Can- yon Mew High Falcons 32-- 8. Two plays later Zac Sharp scored his second of three touchdowns and Tyler Gilson added the extra point to increase Emerys lead to 13-- 0 with 9:58 to go in the third quarter. The Falcons lost three yards on their next series thanks to a quarterback sack by Sharp and had to punt. 33-ya- 28-yar- rd d rd cross-countr- 19-poi- nt , Sports articles omitted from Sports Preview: Volleyball team depending Girls basketball ready for play after impressive on speed this season camp pre-seas- on turning letterers. They are led by defensive specialists Bridgett Cox and Megan Childs and middle blockers Misty Warner and 6 2' Cristin Bott, ail seniors. In addition, four juniors lettered last year as sophomores. This experience will help the team compete against two of the last four state champions, Delta and North Sanpete, as well as a powerful Carbon team. Im really excited about this year," Martinez said, We have a good group of girls and everybody got to play last year so they have experience this year." Emery also had a strong junior varsity team and those girls will be the backbone of this years team. The Lady Spartans start their season the weekend of 8 with a tournaAug. ment sponsored jointlJy by Emery and Carbon High Schools. The finals will be held that Saturday at Em- ery Highs Spartan Center. 27-2- Track team looking for region championship By RYAN PEACOCK Progress sports reporter Emery High Schools girls track team is looking for- ward to a region championship in the 2000 season because of the success of last years team and the number of girls who are retuning. - - - ! By RYAN PEACOCK Progress sports reporter the great offensive playing by the Spartan team. Emery was able to trample Canyon View 32-- 8 to start ofT the 1999 season. an pass on its next series, but couldnt go any farther as Emerys defense tightened and stopped the Falcons cold on two straight running plays. Forced to punt again, it appeared the Falcons may be facing a shutout. The shutout seemed even closer as Sharp carried the ball for a gain on Emery-- next Spartans. Three plays later. Stilson scored his second touchdown of the night on a quarterback sneak from the one, making the score 25-8- . Canyon View never got lme past their own the rest of the game and Emery added another touchdown by Sharp and extra point by Gilson'to end the game with the 32-yar- s d 24-pot- victory. cepted and returned 36 Emery started the game yards to strong, Emerys putting together a line. drive, but they got The interception provided no points as a field a spark for the Falcons and goal attempt failed because they put together a sLx play of the wet grass. drive which culminated with The weather and the first a touchdown pass to game-jitter- s caused other Canyon Views 6'7 tight end, problems. The teams comNate Janes. bined for six fumbles (only Janes also caught the one of which was turned conversion attempt over) and two interceptions; over the outstretched arms and the quarterbacks were of the Emery defender. a combined All of Canyon Views moEmery had to punt on mentum, however, was de- their next possession, but stroyed when Stilson con- Garrett Barton punted the nected with Bret Bennett on . ball 60 yards which put Cana perfectly-execute- d yon View in poor field position. pass play to the Falcon line. Bartons next punt was Bennett is only used spar- downed on the Falcon a line. Two plays later ingly after shoulder Injury, but his play (Continued on page 9B) 36-ya- rd 12-pl- ay 38-yar- 55-yar- d d rd rd lisa pre-seaso- nfrrmrrvrmfcTt mcmri 0 4-- A broke the game open for the 18-ya- rd play from scrimmage. But Stilsons pass on the following play was inter- Hopes run high for the Emery girls basketball team this year based on an extremely successful junior varsity sean son last year and an equally impressive camp this summer. Last years sophomore team was 20-- and many of those girls will be strong contributors to this years team. In addition, the Lady Spartans competed in the CEU camp this summer and finished 11-- 3 against mostly and teams. Emery returns two starters, 5 8 senior Breanne LeRoy and 5 9' senior Bridgett Cox, both of Orangeville. In addition, the Lady Spartans will be led by point guard Shanna Oviatt, a junior from Huntington, and defensive specialist Tara Powell, a senior from Castle Dale. Head coach Duane Merrells team will face tough competition from region foes Delta and Carbon but should record and third place finish in improve on last years 5-- A ,r Ztf.lp- - - V 7 'v tfwif Jr f - v 1f "''J : v vK iA ' o; ;r j 8-- region: The team plays an game with a stifling defense. "At the CEU camp," assistant coach Bob Wagoner said, we held most teams ten or twenty points under their average." With such a strong defense and some experienced girls,. Emery has a great chance at a region championship at the end of the season. up-tem- Emerys Tennis Team could be strongest in school history By RYAN PEACOCK Progress sports reporter three players play singles and there are two doubles teams who compete in each tournament. Players can With six of the top seven challenge the girl or doubles Head coach Kevin team members returning, team directly ahead of her Reynolds said Emery gradu- this years girls tennis team for their spot on the team, ated only two seniors from at Emery High could be the so there could be some stiff last years team that placed strongest in school history. competition within the second in region to Delta Last year, head coach Tom team itself before they even Hansen's team finished third play their first region High School. match. Returning for Emery are in region and qualified four Berni Davis reSenior region champions Heather girls for the state tourna- turns as the number one Conover in the shot put, ment. player and Erinn In high school tennis. singles ( Conti nued on 9B) (Continued on 9B) page 71 24-ya- rd 6-- 5 the first round of the state tournament: senior outside hitter Breanne LeRoy, 6 0 senior middle blocker Toni Goddard, and the quarterback of the team, junior setter Shanna Oviatt. The team also has 10 re u ,r . didnt slow Spartan opener The Spartans led 0 at Mike Justice returned the halftime, but scored on four punt to Canyon Views of their first five possessions line, and after a of the second half to stifle any pass play from Brad Stilson ' Chance of a comeback by the to Mike Justice, Stilson kept Cedar City school. the ball on the option and The Falcons returned the ran five yards for Emerys , second-hal- f kickoff to only second touchdown in just their line and on their over two minutes. first play lost two yards. Less than half of the third A pass on second down quarter had been played and was intercepted by DJ Card the Falcons were staring at and returned to the Falcons a deficit. line. Canyon View completed included in the Sports Preview, and are being printed in todays issue of the Progress. No Emery High schedules were included in the Sports Preview either, so the Progress will publish them as they are scheduled, beginning with footy ball, volleyball, tennis, golf and track in this issue. three starters from last years team that finished third in region and won in -- ' ' . Spartan defense was tight and prepared, making any plays by the Canyon View Falcons tough. Defense players were able to stop Canyon Mew cold most of the game and with st The Emery County Progress would like to welcome Ryan Peacock to its staff as the new Sports Reporter. Ryan will be covering all the high school sports activities for the Progress. He will also be helping out the Sun Advocate with its high school sports coverage as well. The Progress would like to officially tell Ryan Welcome to the team!" On another note, the Sports Preview which is Included in todays edition contains some errors. The Spartan Football article and Baseball article were written by Coach Jimmy Jones of Emery High, not Ryan Peacock. The Progress regrets the erron - , Four of Emery Highs preview articles were not The Lady Spartans, traditionally one of the tallest teams in the state, will only have two starters over six feet. In the past we played a power game," head coach Nancy Martinez said, but this year were going to use oui speed and some misdirection to mix it up." The Lady Spartans return xJ '''vU . KM , ,7 Editors Note: customed. "w- U session. 3-- .k-- V al for the championship this CjT) 7- .n A ,,y 2-- A year in what is traditionally the toughest region in and they plan to do it in a way to which they are unac- h , , - The Emery volleyball team started their season an tournament. quickly by The Lady Spartans played seven games in two days and-3-against competition and finished with a Carrecord of and losing only to arch-rivbon in a close match. Emery High hosted the junior varsity games Friday and the varsity on Saturday, while Carbon and CEU hosted the varsity on Friday and the JV on Saturday. At least 56 volleyball games were played during the two-da- The Emery High School volleyball team will compete -- -- By RYAN PEACOCK Progress sports writer By RYAN PEACOCK Progress sports reporter i.s zJ&trt' m 4 0 V. te The Lady Spartans discuss strategies for the next round of play in last Saturdays tournament. y V I mu? 5 8-- 1, i - ti .tczHJlVA v ? ;c.-te, fel ' .? 1 page Big Pine Sports Fairview mat (435)427-333- 3 it t bfeatoar a u-- to twry nmn SKVS W I WV nvw SM rw-rn- e WM Awe 4 - t On WV namq OB wo r m, Uu Po you C 0cut Mn 5,,, it?. nw, .77 by fftemr y; C- apm-- ns one tw (IW, te T.aflOT0t pmurtt - Kyy p w ( ri |