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Show B8 Vernal Express Wednesday, April 23, 2003 Tennis team defeats Judge rounds Park complet- ed the first round of Region 10 play Stringhani d III IS Cotrcvpondeiit he Uintah baseball leant started nut its spring break pounding the Park City Miners 20-- on I riday Park City tried looking lough by getting a bunt single and another base hit in the first inning, but winning pitcher Danny Hatch retaliated by sinking out two Miners, along with Harry Hacking throwing out another Miner attempting to steal second base. Uintah came to the plate in the bottom of the lust with Mason Smuin leading oil with a single Russell l.ainb followed with a walk, along with back to back singles from Danny Culpepper, Harry Hacking, and Danny Hatch. Jacc Mediant provided a double for Uintah, which left them leading 1 1 5-- Uintah picked up right where they left oil going into the second Russell Lamb smacked out a home run following a triple hit by Mason Smuin Hacking, Culpepper, and Mecham all had single hits. Ty Cammack (hen cleared the bases shot over the left with a three-ruicnterfield fence. Only lour Iaik City batters made it to the plate in the third, Mecham scooped up two ground balls to get n outs. Cammack again cleared all hit. bases with another three-ru- n Iaik City. The hits continued for Uintah in the bottom of the fourth as Harry Hacking lead olt with a double and double. scored on Culpeppers Uintah scored 20 runs on 20 hits with no errots When asked about the game, Coach Brent Labrum stated, The Park City game was unbelievable, hveryonc in the line up hit the ball hard. We knocked their starting pitcher out of the game in the second inning. The guys are playing great baseball right now. We just need to stay focused to keep playing well. Uintah continues to lead Region 10 with a record. The next home game will be on F:riday, April 25 agiiinst Judge Memorial. 5-- 0 Roys and girls may participate in the Pepsi Pitch Hit & Run 7-- baseballsoftball skills computtiwn Saturday, April 26. Participants may come from 10 a.m. to noon to register and participate in an exciting skills competition that focuses on the important pitch- - Jolay Guffey pitches a tough game against Union, FriemidlsIhiDips Uto loss to competition to be Saturday ing, hitting and running. The event is free for everyone. Youth between 7 and 14 by July 17, 2003, may compete in the local competition held at the Little League baseball fields. Winners of each age division will have the See Competition on B7 The Lady Ute softball team split a pair of games last week in Vernal. A storm twisted the schedule and brought Park City to Uintah on Friday where Lady Utes prevailed 3 - 2. Uintah was working hard on Friday to forget the sting of losing 12 - 0 in a shut out to their Basin rival Union Cougars. A sting made doubly tough because of shared friendships between many members of both teams. It probably made it a lot worse, said Lady Ute third baseman Krissy make Ladly Ubddodd toiuglh) Hacking regarding the friendships between the teams. She and many of the Lady Ute team members have played summer recreation softball with and against many of the Union ball plajrs. SHIi'itftid that it is bad enough to lose 'fcoa' rival but a shut out to friends was not fun. I dont think any of us really showed up to play, Hacking said of the Lady Ute performance against Union. She acknowledged that the Lady Utes always have some trouble playing the Cougars. She credited her friend Union sophomore pitcher Cassie Luck for her strong performance against Uintah. Luck held Uintah to 4 hits to win the game. The Cougs apparently found the number against Lady Ute pitcher Jolay Guffey and swatted 1 3 hits for 12 runs. Union scored in all but the first inning. Uintah was charged with 4 fielding errors. Union is undefeated in Region 10 play and is leading the league. They are also ranked in the top five of statewide 3 A standings. The Park City game on Friday was originally slated for the Miner home field. However, a snow squall hit the mountain city and the game was moved in a last minute deci sion. Uintah jumped out early by scoring two runs in the first inning and adding one more in the second. Their bats then went cold and they were held to three runs on 10 hits. They hit really good, Krissy Hacking said of the Miners. Park City had 9 hits with a run in the second and another in the sixth. Hacking was credited with an RBI from her hit against the Miners. Guffey struck out 1 1 batters to earn the win. Uintah is second behind Union in Region 10 standings with a 3 - 2 record. Both of their losses have come at the hands of Union. There are five region games left to be played.' Uintah faced Granite at home yesterday. They will then play Judge Memorial in back to back games on April 23 and 25. The first game is slated for Salt Lake and the second in Vemal. Granite was handled in a 15 - 1 route in the first pairing with Uintah. Both Judge and Granite share the 3 basement in region play with records. Barring disaster, the Lady Utes should get past both teams without damage and be prepared to play Wasatch and Park City in the final two league games. Park City is 2 and Wasatch is 2 - 3. goes all out to reverse the direction of ball during game against the Farmers ; I Despite two games with double overtimes, the Uintah Utes Soccer and Granite Farmers are dead even. Both games were ties. Their first meeting in Salt Lake on March 28 ended in a 1 - 1 tie. They played last Wednesday in Vemal for the second and final meeting for the year and also ended in a 1 - 1 tie. Two overtime periods didnt end the tussle. The Utes are now 3 - 3 - 2 in Region 10 competition and have two tough games left to play. The first meeting between Granite and Uintah was a hotly contested battle. According to Uintah junior Dustin Sorensen, die second meeting was still competitive but was more controlled. It was actually pretty good, Sorensen said. Daniel Hyde scored Uintahs goal in die second period. The Farmers benefited from an officials call in the second period that 'gave them a penalty kick. Granites Findencio Rynaga was successful on the attempt Neither team pro- ( j ; ; 0. , ! ! 1 . i ;i ; , , , , , . . 10. The Utes played Wasatch in Heber last night and will host Granite in Vemal tomorrow. 0-- 2-- Utes, farmers end game in dead heat Alex Spendlove, Uintah, last week. last week by defeating Judge Memorial 3 - 2 but couldn't get past Park City and fell According to Coach Mindy Merrell, the Utes are currently second in the region. On Monday, April 17, the Utes Mike the hosted Bulldogs. Mansfield and Brett Christensen won both of their singles matches. Doubles players Wills Jolley and Ollie Wallis also took their matches to give the Utes their narrow victo- ry. The junior varsity squad defeat- ed the Bulldogs in a 3 - 0 series. Brad Gessell and Wes Hadlock won their match as did Jason Fuller and Andrew Richards. Merrell said that Judge Memorial had difficulty dealing with the problems that playing outdoors in the weather creates. Judge is used to playing in a bubble, so they werent able to handle the cold temperatures and the wind, Merrell said. She felt the weather worked to Uintahs advan- tage. In a wry way, Merrell apparently got some personal satisfaction from seeing her team defeat the Bulldogs. They had quite the attitudes, so it was fun to beat them, she commented. The Utes played Park City on Thursday. While the game was scheduled for Vemal, poor weather conditions for tennis brought a hasty change of plans and Uintah traveled to Park City where indoor courts are available. The decision to travel created problems as only one of the scheduled vehicles would start. Merrell loaded the varsity squad in one van and a parent of a junior varsity player drove that team to the match. The day was a little hectic, Merrell said. Unfortunately, the trip out did not end the problems. Park City handed Uintah their first loss of the season in the form of a shut out. We didn't feel too bad about it, because Park City is the top pick to win the state tournament this year, Merrell pointed out. All of our players performed extremely well and even though we didnt win, we still felt good about what we had done, she added. The solid Ute play is keeping Merrell optimistic. If we can continue to hold our second place position, it will give us a good seed for the state tournament on May 9 and 5-- Hacking got things going again with another single and a walk by Both Utes scored Danny Hatch when Mason Smuin recorded his third hit of the game with a double. B Gross hit a double for the Miners, but the team never made a threat as Hatch took care of all three outs, recording two strikeouts and stopping a bunt attempt by Pitch, hit and run aspects of baseballsoftball: ! Uintahs tennis program duced another goal in the two overtime periods that ensued and the game was recorded as another tie. Uintah has two games remaining in the regular season schedule. Both are tough pairings. They meet Judge Memorial on Friday in Salt Lake. Judge is at the top of the region pile with a 7 -- 1 - 0 record. They defeated Uintah 3 - 2 in their first meeting in Vemal on April 12. On Monday April 28, Uintah faces Park City on the Miners home field. The Miners are 4 - 2 - 1 in region play and are sitting in third place behind Judge Memorial and Wasatch. Sorensen thinks both games are doable for his Uintah Utes. I expect a real game," Sorensen said regarding both contests. I know we can win weve just got to mentally get into it, he added. Big game hunters hopeful If a big game hunter in your life exhibits a behavior change prior to April 30, there may be a simple ' answer. According to the Utah Division of ; Wildlife Resources (DWR), sports- - ; men that have applied for a coveted "j limited entry big game hunting per- mit will know of their fate in the t 2003 drawings by April 30. On or before that magic date, applicants should receive a letter in the mail informing them of their success. Beginning at 8 a.m. on April 30, ; hunters can learn whether they drew ; at the DWR Internet web site .; www.wildlife.utah.gov or can call ; the Utah Wildlife Administrative Services office at 1 800 22 1 0659. ; According to Judi Tutorow, DWR wildlife licensing coordinator, hard copy results will also be available at the five regional offices for view- - . ing. Successful applicants will only ; I be shown for the limited-entronce-in-- a lifetime and Cooperative i Wildlife Management unit permit draws. General buck deer and ML 300 elk drawing results will not be : posted in hard copy format. There will probably be more ! than 50,000 names on this list," I Tutorow said. Not printing the I I g copies is viewed as a measure. The lists will be posted on I the Internet site. -- -- -- y, I : cost-savin- See Hunters on Bi ' ! |