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Show Iye 10 T tie Thunderbird 4 si- Monday December 2, IdS 5 V - Vv Birds host Antelopes after big loss to Weber - yyy-''- ,,' fry' H'ty'" ' ' S increase their lead to 10. SUSC cut the deficit to a mere six Bob Schermerhorn knows points and retired to the locker 0 that the Grand Canyon room behind at half. The NCAA Division I Antelopes will likely be less formidable than a Weber State Wildcats were a bit surprised by Wildcat squad that fairly the slim lead they held over the decimated his Thunderbird as they sat in the locker room during half time cagers last week. Lets make that: evaluating their situation as Schermerhorn hopes so. graphically shown to them by head coach Larry Farmer. Hes at least hoping that his SUSC no doubt felt fortunate squad can hold up through 40 minutes tonight in the to be still in the game facing contest which starts at 7:30 in only a three basket deficit. the Centrum. When play resumed there were Grand Canyon, an always two new' teams that took the floor. The Wildcats came out strong opponent who topped SUSC three times last year, scratching and clawing and the strolled out physically including a season ending exhausted and mentally contest (for the Thunderbirds) in the District VII playoffs, fatigued. The fatigue factor looks to be as tough as always had a lot to do with the this year. mistakes we made said After opening the season with Schermerhorn following the two home victories the hopeful game. Whatever the cause for the breakdown was, the Birds struggled through a lackluster second' half falling were outshot, outscored, outrebounded, and basically prey to the Wildcats of Weber State College who tallied up 44 outplayed as they managed to second-hal- f put just 20 second half points points for an win last Monday. on the board while the Wildcats more than doubled Schermerhorn knew that the Weber game would truly be a that amount scoring 44. We hurt ourselves as much but test for his admitted its been difficult for as they did, said We werent me to dwell on the Weber State Schermerhorn. game with all the excitement patient, shot selection was and hustle-bustl- e of opening the horrible at times. The most Centrum. disappointing thing was the The Birds played a good first rebounding, they beat us up half of basketball, scoring the bad on the boards. The Birds were outrebounded by 25 opening points and maintaining the lead for the first few boards, and less accurate in minutes of play. Losing the shooting from the field with a still played 40 percent average opposed to lead, the Webers 51.5 percent accuracy. tight and caught the Wildcats SUSCs loss to Weber was the midway throughout the first half to tie at 16 all. The fourth in as many tries since Wildcats were able to run off a the schools moved out of the two-yeof unanswered and string program several years ago, points BY TODD ROBINSON 36-3- y s $ X 80-5- 0 X v Skiing is now under way at all Utah resorts, including Elk Meadows. Skiing opens in southern Utah BY JAMES HOWELLS Southern Utahs ski areas 'opened during the Thanksgiving week, thanks to grooming and abundant early snowfall. Brian Head reported a 41 inch base, with nearly a foot of new snow falling on Friday night and Saturday. The Elk Meadows-Mt- . Holly complex reported a 48 inch base, with 16 inches of powder falling in the same storm. Officials reported that both resorts had e crowds over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the traditional opening for Utah ski areas. All our condos are full for the entire weekend, said Karen Fawcett, condo rental Holly. People manager for Elk Meadows-Mt- . are even parking in my office parking. Fawcett said the road up Beaver Canyon was snowpacked, but clear. Mt. Holly opened Thanksgiving day, while the new Elk Meadows area opened officially Sunday. Elk Meadows, the newest of Utahs ski resorts, sports one double and one triple chair, servicing 300 acres of open bowls, aspen glades d trails. The runs are mostly and and were designed to terrain of complement the intermediate-exper- t Mt. Holly, according to developer Barry Church. Elk Meadows base lodge is now 75 percent complete, and is expected to be finished before Christmas. n above-averag- tree-line- beginner-intermediat- Mt. Hollys slopes received extensive grooming this summer, and two new trails W'ere cut to the east of the existing runs, opening up the meadows area. Plans eventually call for runs and lifts to connect Elk Meadows and Mt. Holly into one huge area. Brian Head Ski Area has a new look on the main side of the mountain this year, with several new runs serviced by chairs 2, 3 and 5. Extensive grooming of the existing trails has d made early season skiing much less than in past seasons. As of Sunday, Brian Head was operating chairs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Chair 7 is scheduled to open later this year, while the fate of aging is still being decided. chair New to Brian Head this year is Cosmos, an Italian restaurant located in the old Bearflat Saloon building, at the north end of the valley. Of interest to nordic skiers is Brian Head Cross Country Centers move to downtown Brian Head. BFICCC is now located behind Apple Annies in the Mall. Lift ticket prices have risen at nearly every ski area in the country this year, reflecting substantial increases in insurance premiums for the areas operators. Southern Utahs resorts are no exception. A full day pass at Brian Head now costs $18, up $2 from last year. Elk Meadows pass costs $18 also, and is good for skiing at Mt. Holly. Mt. Hollys lift pass goes for $14, but is not separate good on Elk Meadows lifts across the valley. rock-studde- 1 full-da- all-da- y y Trot comes off despite hitch Despite a major problem in organization, SUSCs Turkey Trot went really well, said Kevin King, one of the SUSC intramural Turkey Trot directors. Prior to the Monday run, the distance was measured to be 2.5 miles by car. Those who wished to participate then guessed how long it would take them to run that distance. After the race was over, many of the 28 participants complained that the course was nowhere near 2.5 miles, but rather 1.5 or 1.75 miles instead. Were really sorry about the mixup, said King, but we hope everyone had a good time because thats what intramurals is for participation and having a good time. Five frozen turkeys were given out as prizes. The facultystaff member with the closest time was Kurt Lewandowski. Larry Lilly was the male who best guessed his time. The female who came closest to guessing her time was Melissa Hafen. Fred Bland had the overall best time, and the person to get the prize for the overall worst time was faculty member Sarah Solberg. Intramural coed volleyball will begin Dec. 3. |