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Show Page 4 July 9, 1998 Messenger-Enterpris- e Old tennis players never MVPs die, they just come back to Manti for 4th of July Coach Wilbur Braithwaite along with sons David, Darren, Another successful Manti Scott, Brad, and Paul. A lethal combination of youth City 4th of July tennis tournament and experience carried the winis now part of local tennis lore. A field of 40 players particining KellerBarton team to vicpated on a warm but pleasant day. tory. Along their path to victory In the end, gold trophies in the they defeated Terry Keller (father Mens Division went to Jake of Jake) and Brett Blackham Keller and Lamar Barton. Silver bested Kris Jorgensen and Nolan in a match runner-urecipients were Chad Kjar Cox and Brad Blackham. In the stopped Quinn A lredM ike combined junior and mixed Brenchley finally prevailed doubles category, Sharron Bird over Chad Cox and Brad and Paul Dyreng captured the Blackham In the combined juniors and gold, while Jed Rasmussen and mixed doubles division, it was Matt Tibbs claimed silver. Other winners included: Sharron Bird's astuteness and Paul Dyrengs steadiness that led to Laughter, Smiles, Intentness, Contheir triumph. In the first round centration, Perseverance, and Nosthey defeated promising Mark talgia. More than a mere tournaBy Two San Francisco 49ers audition supplemental employment opportunity 8-- 3; high-lev- p 8-- el 6-- 0; 6-- 1. ment, the event provided not only a high level of competitive play, but also an avenue for the older veterans to mix with the and particularly to make new and revive old friendships. The oldest player was the and athletic still-tri- m Perry Christensen, who, along with Earl Ericksen, won Manti High Schools first double state championship in 1941 by toppling powerful East High School in the finals of the one only classification tournament for Utahs schools. The youngest stroker was 1 Johnson and young John Caka outlasted a strong team of Kyle Sorensen and Aaron Scholcs and tied a gold ribbon on their day winning over Jed Rasmussen, a rhythmic, smooth server and developer Matt Tibbs. 6-- 3; 7-- 5; year old John Caka, whose mother, rern Mortensen Caka, was a two-tim- e state champion in the early 1980s. It is noteworthy that six members of one family 1 2 Most Valuable Players Kurt Keisel and Kim Dalene. (Continued from page 1) of 73 hits, walked only 32 and of the five valedictorians who struck out 104. He maintained a graduated this year. He was chosemi-final- m 1 Region Clark Barton, BYUs 2.58 earned run average. The big sen as the Deseret News Prep Athhe lete of the Week for the week of womens varsity tennis coach, story' is that in the acted as tournament director. Also helping with tournament details were Scott Dyreng, Summer Tennis Director for Manti-Ephraiarea, Sharron Bird, and Russell Nielson. As usual. Snow College generously shared their beautiful facility with the community. I lopcfully by next y ear, courts at Manti High School, plus the Snow College courts, will he available. s, pitched 13 innings in two days, June 2. Kurt also pitched in the Reand 13 All-stwhere he struck out 1? and in the gion 12 vs. Region state championship he pitched game, where he got the nod 14 for the k start, lie pitched two ingames, throwing in as and a row out Region 12 defeated Renings striking innings 22 hitters. He outpitched Josh gion 11 3 Marc Brown and Connor 1 Park, his Juab opponent, in all five also represented Manti in outings where they faced each tournament. other this year. Kurt also did a job this hitKurt just finished playing the at the plate as Manti's lead-of- f ter. coming to the plate 81 times, part of the young Joseph Smith in hitting safely 33 times, walking 19 the Mormon Miracle Pageant and times, knocking in 19 RBIs while is now working for his dad while saving money to fulfill a mission scoring 4 runs himself. vv w senior and as one later this year. Kurt as a 1 1 ar back-to-bac- 8-- 7. 1 all-st- ar 1 participated: Douglas Dyreng, "Relay for Life" will raise funds for cancer research The Sanpete Chapter of the American Cancer Society is sponsoring a "Relay for Life. On August Badger Stadium on the campus of Snow College will be alive as family, friends, neighbors and work associates work together to raise awareness of cancer, celebrate those vv ho have survived the disease, vv hi Ic remembering those who have not. Relay for Life is the signature cv cut of the American Cancer 7-- 8, So-cict- y, Manti City Tennis Tournament Mixed Doubles and Junior Division: Back: Sharron Bird, Jed Rasmussen; Front: Coach Wilbur Braithwaite, Paul Dyreng, Matt Tibbs. a concept that involves teams of runnersvvalkcrs competing against each other to raise the most money and travel the most miles around the track during the event. One team member from each team is allowed on the track to walk, jog or run for the period. While the race is going on, a carnival-typ- e atmois memcreated team sphere by bers camping out. enjoy ing entertainment, food, games and camaraderie. Tacit team has its own camp 18-ho- ur during the event, decorating their respective campsites to match their own personalities and tastes. This year's event is going to be a blast, stated Ken Beaer. chair of the relay. We aheady have teams signed up from several families and major corporations in the area." In addition to live entertainment, midnight pi a parties, sand volleyball and early morning aeror, bics are slated for the event. I two of the most memorable y moments will take place on survievening when cancer vors in the county will be honored by taking the first lap around the track, followed later that night when the track will be lined with luminaries representing those who have passed on due to cancer. lfanyone is interested m fielding a team, or just participating m the event in any fashion, please contact Dori Kelsch of the Amerilovv-eve- Tri-da- can Cancer Society at 835-635- 1 . ATTENTION ALL VETERANS, DEPENDENTS, AND WIDOWS A including compensation, Do you have a child or an adult in your who to needs family help learning read? pension', hospitalization, education, and other benefits. This is a free service and veterans need not be a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to qualify for assistance. The V.F.W. Field Service Officer will be at the Ephraim Workforce Service on Monday, July 13, 1998 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. ) Would you like to be a volunteer tutor to teach others to read? Please call the Sanpete Rotary Learning Center (435) Employment with the NFL cant be too secure. While a contract protects a player for a certain number of years, theres always the possibility of getting injured and disabled. Theres the jockeying that owners do to get a better team, so if a player is having a bad season, theres a chance of getting traded. Being traded can lead a play er to a team w hich doesnt get as much attention (or revenue), which leads to a cheaper contract (if a contract is even offered) w hen the good one comes up for renewal. I'm sure that Steve Young has seen the writing on the wall for a couple of years now. Not that he has been playing badly -- - quite the opposite, but when his team, the San Francisco 49ers has a bad week, it's usually the quarterback taking the punishment for it, and Steve has been knocked out a few times. Ty Detmer experienced a milder form of team failure with the Philadelphia Eagles. Now they both play for the same team. I guess Steve Young is looking forward to sharing the head-knocwith another BYU alumnus, who can kick some offensive-lin- e butt when they let their quarterback get sacked. (Its gotten around that Ty is a pit bull in a nice-guy- s body, at least on the field.) With the lack ofjob security, Steve Young must have seen an opportunity to break into another form of entertainment career last Saturday night while back stage at the Provo Freedom Festival's Stadium of Fire. He and Ty were talking with the main man from the lead act for the evening, another group from San Francisco. Steve was going to be introducing them at their point in the program. It came up in the conversation that Steve had a secret dream of being a singer. So while Huey Lewis is on stage with his Tower of Power band, with their tight vocal and brass harmonies, Huey decides to give Steve and Ty their big break. In a crowd of 58,000 Huey Lew is fans, there is bound to be at least a handful of Steve Young7 Ty Detmer fans among them. It's probably the most forgiving group connoisseurs outside of San Francisco to of Huey Lewis-musi- c pull this kind of stunt and get away with it. Huey called Steve and Ty up on stage to sing a capella Its All Right. Being a musician myself, with a pretty good ear, I listened to sec if they were even on pitch. Sure enough, the same tight jazzy harmonics came clean out of the speakers. Wow, I thought to my self. These guys can do any thing. I'll bet they can even dance! I hen I watched the Juntbo-Tro- n screen when they showed a close up of Steve Young, totally enjoy ing his moment in the spotlight, eyes closed and his lips - weren't moving, at least not on the first words of the line of the chorus. Ty seemed to be a little better at the lip sync. But they both beat out the Flying Elvi act at looking like they were really singing. Fveryone had fun, including the two quarterbacks from San Francisco. And the crowd? Well, if Huey Lewis and the News didn't grab them with at least one or two favorites, the fireworks made up for it. -- Men's Division: Lamar Barton, Jake Keller, Brad Blackham, Chad Cox; Seated (with a healing broken hip), Coach Wilbur Braithwaite. Field Service Officer from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department Service Office, Salt Lake City, will be in your area to assist you in understanding and applying for VA benefits, for 835-972- 1. J Tfiantyou. hank you to all those who have the spirit of olunlecrism and so willingly gave of their time and talents to make the 4th of July a special day for all of Sanpete County. I would like toalso thank all of those who will continue to work throughout this month to make it enjoyable to all. Thank you again. I Jay D. Alder Democratic Candidate for Sanpete County Commissioner |