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Show Woods Cross at Bountiful, Thursday East at Bountiful, Friday Skyview at Bountiful, Monday Region 1 Meet, Thursday wm Vywm f r h 't 4 - Friday in. HM j v Soccer Standings Q BOWUS i Week! 1 Bountiful 2. Woods Cross 3. East 4. West 5. Highland 6. Olympus 7. Murray 8. Cyprus 1. 7-- 9-- 3 NortKiridge 5 Davi 8-- 3 8-- 4 3 4 7 5 Region 2-- VievTnont 3.Wefcr 6 Standings 1 Layton 2 following are the boys soccer and Region 1 in 5 A. in 4 A 5 Soccer Regicn 1 -- Hie u--UL for Region standing -3 s Fremont -1 Clea 4-- 8 i m Jr ft olctananlirealis record HDIV3VOLA, Eckman, women's Bountiful IA native Emily stee jolechase at the Simpson Twilight Open. Eckman clocked a 12.26.00 to shatter her own record of 12 42 50 set last year. th.at time, she qualified With national championships. NAIA In addition, in the 1,500 DAVKS COUNTY During May and June, the Wildlife Resources will celebrate the beaudifferent locations around Utah, one of ofat ty birds of A BY KOPY BONE WOODS CROSS Woods E zavis County is -- Amencan Wetlands Month, and May 10 the tenth annual International Migratory Bird bird Unfortunately In and wetland walks and informatfamily will be offered. host the Great Salt Lake Bird activities for the entire CZTounty will ML ay 17-2-4 Davis Festival addif ion, activities For call more information Gabrielle Yaunches, be held in Salt Lake, several other locations will righam City and along the Wasatch Front. Murray, p for the Wildcats, the Braves wanted the season series sweep of their nval a little bit as more, Bountiful walked away with a 0 Day NaturaJUst-le- d The on Tuesday epitomized the word rivalry May ion and match-u- Cross-Bountif- over Woods n the Wildcats Clipper Today Sports Writer them m marks shutout-wi- 3-- Cross, ending winning streak Bountiful coach Michael Parker was very pleased with the defensive effort his team put together and said that was the key to the game. "The defense played a heckuva game. This game was the best we have played all year, because we played simple soccer, Parker said Indeed they did Woods Cross controlled much of the first hall, keeping the Braves on their heels with 12 shots,! compared to just one for the Braves five-gam- e Bountiful won W), giving them DiBSIiiS meters o DluTU to hold bird activities Division RRE IN THE HOLE Bountiful's Joe Murphy attempts a shot on goal while Woods Cross Trevor Eschler gives chase. an inside track on the region championship. Woods Cross is now second in Region 1. provisionally for the placed 10th Eckman time of 5.20. with a t a. member of the William Penn University track team, broke a school record in the 3,000 meter school 1 & But that one shot proved to be Bountiful junior the game-winnforward Doug McOmie took a pass on the right flank, crossed it into the box and found the head of junior midfielder Lnc Powell, who blasted the header past Woods Cross goalie BJ Thomas with 12 minutes left in the first half Woods Cross coach Kevin Rigby said his team dominated the first half, but had one mental lapse that cost his team dearly "We played 40 minutes and 35 of those were ours But unfortunately minutes dont count on the on this or any other activity, wetlands education coordinat- scoreboard, Rigby commented on his teams first-haperformance. Bountiful came out in the second half with more life than it showed in the first half and controlled the midfield with crisp diagonal passes. The Braves went up 0 just six minutes into the second half on a Zach Angelos header, which all but took the wind out of the Wildcats. We definitely let down after that second goal Maybe we psyched ourselves out because it was lf 2-- See "BRAVES" p. D3 or at 5384877 Local high school softball roundup BEN WHITE, LAURALEE BUDD Clipper Sports Writers - The DAVIS COUF4TY softball game between Viewmont and Davis went into extra innings On Tuesday afternoon, the Vikings showed why e team in the they are a state with a victory Viewmont got five runs in the first inning, one m the second, and an almost unheard of nine in the fourth The Darts meanwhile, weren't able to get any runs off Viewmont Brittany pitcher Thompson The game was called after the fifth inning because of the last top-fiv- 15-- 0 A TAD LATE Woods Cross' Sophie Barth swings through ing Tuesday's game with Bountiful. 5 PATRIOTISM: SHOWIM shows thir red, Viewmont High School by decorating the school and blue. patriotism Twith white o local sports schedules Baseball games Layton at Viewmont Thur. 3:30 p.m. Clearfield Thur. 3:30 p.m. Davis at Woods East at Cross at Highland Fri. 3:30 p.m. Bountiful Fri. 3:30 p.m. Soccenr games Viewmont at Layton Thur. 3:30 p.m. Clearfield at Davis Thur. 3:30 p.m. Bountiful at Murray Fri. 3:30 p.m. Highlas rid SoftbH at Woods Cross Fri. 3:30 p.m. games Layton at VewmontThur. 3.30 p.m. Davis st Clearfield Thur. 3:30 p.m. Bountiful Thur. 3:30p.m. Cross at West Thur. 3 p.m. Cyprus at Wood s Epperson wins BY RUSS RICCS Clipper Sports Editor - BOUNTIFUL Saying West Bountiful resident Brent Epperson has a passion for trapshooting would be a huge understatement. One of the best amateur trap shooters in the country, Epperson owns his own range in Salt Lake e and recently quit his job to focus exclusively on shooting The hard work and dedication has paid off, as Epperson has been Amateur the selected to 2003 Association's Trapshooting Men's Trapshooting full-tim- Team. shot 25 years ago, but I was busy raising my kids, so I decided to take a break. Then about three years ago I decided it was tune again, he said. I was brought up hunting, and that's what dragged me into it. I can shoot clay targets now instead of live birds I a pitch dur- 10-ru- 10-da- y rule. 9-- 1 6-- 2-- 0 three-gam- trapshooting award All-Americ- an Epperson locked up his award at the Grand Amencan, the Super Bowl of trapshoots, by finishing eighth in the 98x100 preliminary handicap. The Grand American is an world championship annual tournament which drew almost 6,600 contestants last August Dunng the Wester Grand held last September in Reno, Nev, he woirtheclass AAA trophies in the preliminary and double events plus the high overall award. Additionally, Epperson placed third in the handicap championship at the Western Zone Shoot following a perfect score. He also finished 10th in the field of 3,100 at the Perazzi Classic with a handicap of 99. To be considered for the team, he had to meet a minimum target requirement, and had to have competed in at least three states. Selection was based on points he accumulated while win n After Tuesdays 14-- 1 victory over Woods Cross the Bountiful Braves are a win closer to the Region 5 title. Rachel Toone led the Braves with two stolen bases, while with two RBIs. going The Braves are 10-- 1 and hold the first seed just above the Murray Spartans. The Lady Lancers fell to the Lremont Silverwolves 2 on Thesday. Layton stands in third place in Region 1. The Lady Knights dropped a decision to the Weber Warriors on Tuesday e Northridge had its winning streak broken with the loss. - Kody Bone also contributed ning awards and posting high scores at tournaments throughout North Amenca. To prepare for these tournament, Epperson shoots smaller at events nearly every weekend in addition to target practice at his local range I shoot almost every weekend, a couple hundred rounds a day he said Trapshooting is a traditional shotgun sport where competitors fire at clay targets launched at different angles. In single events, all entrants fire at one target 16 yards away H See "EPPERSON p. D3 across the country. |