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Show Tha Magna Time, Wet Valley Newt & Kaama Chronicle, Fob. 14, 2002 5 Sports Back to back wins for Cyprus boys Cyprus girls Bv S. Dean Ledbetter Staff Writer Cyprus High defeated both East and West in k boys basketball win on the road in Salt Lake City. Cyprus narrowly edged 5 on Feb. 5 and East followed up with a close 9 victory over West on Feb. 8. The consecutive wins improved the Cyprus record to 307 in Region 5 action. The Pirates have won 2 out of three games in the back-to-bac- 58-5- 50-4- second half of the conference schedule and are right in the thick of things in a heavily competitive conference. "Call it an ugly win, but it is still a W," said Cyprus. Coach Clyde Ahlquist after the Pirates squeaked by West. Cyprus surged ahead by 1 1 points at one juncture in the first half and led 3 at halftime. However, Cyprus went cold early in the second half as West Rallied to trim the lead to five points. 32-2- Cyprus clung to a 3 lead at the end of the third quarter only to lose the lead to West by one point with mere seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, h setting the stage for a Cyrpus effort "Rawley Loutensock made a bucket with 3 seconds left that won it for us," Ahlquist said. Kyle Huntsman led Cyprus with 21 points, scoring 20 points in the first half. Loutensock finished with 1 1 points, including 38-3- last-ditc- g the basket. In earlier cage action on Feb 5, Cyprus defeated East Huntsman paced the Pirates with 20 points. Chase Stringfellow added 16 points, drilling a trio of against East. 5 at led Cyprus halftime an played about evenly with East in the 5 second half to post the victory. "It was probably the best game we played all year," Ahlquist said after the East triumph. game-winnin- 58-5- blast West 5. By 8. Dean Ladbettar Staff Writer Cyprus High School girls basketball team stages its own fireworks display in Salt Lake City on the same day as the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, beating West High School The Feb. 8 victory improved the Lady Pirates overall record to A quartet of Cyprus d players lit up the with double-dig- it performances to produce the victory. Penny Jones led with 17 points and Sarah Bills had 15 points. Kristy 32-2- 58-5- 65-4- long-rang- 8 Narrowly ahead led Cyprus 2 after the third quarter. Cyprus soared to outscore West 16-- 3 in the final quarter and gained a 5 victory. lopsided In other action. East 5 girls defeated Cyprus on Feb. 5 in Salt Lake City. Sarah Bills led Cyprus with 1 1 points in the close loss. 31-2- at 7. 65-4- 49-4- 20-poi- nt Staff Writer Youth baseball sign-up- s will begin Saturday for the 2002 Hunter-Cyprleague season. Registration runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Magna Lions Club, 2643 South 8950 West on Feb. 16 and Feb. 23. Birth certificates are required for all players. Parent will also need to provide youth uniform sized at the sign-u- p time. Hunter-Cypru- s baseball league offers baseball competition in six age brackets that includes age 6 Rookie age 8 Pee Wee; age Minors; age 2 Majors; age 13 Prep 5 and age Seniors. Sign up fees range from $40 for the younger age brackets to $95 for the older age brackets. half-tim- e, 49-4- score-boar- Ledbetter e Miller had a solo 5. 9-- Youth baseball prepares for season Bv S. Dean Stowell added 12 points and Monica Miller added 11 points to the winning effort. Stowell scored all 12 of her points with four us Wrestling sign ups to start 6-- 4-1- 5-- 7-- ll; Travis Goff is working with his son, KicKennon, to teach him ths art of hitting the ball. 9-- 10 A $5 dollar discount will be offered if registration is paid in case or if enrolling 11-1- 14-1- more than one child per family after full payment is made for the first child. Late sign-up- s will be accepted after Feb. 23 with a $15 late fee. For more information about the Hunter-Cyprleague, which is associated with Cal Ripkin Baseball for ages contact Bart us 5-- Pirates wrestle for sixth place in region tourney Bumside at Babe Ruth Baseball for 5 contact Gene ages Billings at President of the Hunter-CyprLeague for the second year will be Matt Jorgensen. 967-563- 5; 13-1- 250-692- coach Earl Coombs. "We expect to get stronger in the years to come." Bronze medal finishes by two Pirate wrestlers marked the best Cyprus individual performances at the regional meet. Eric Smith captured third class place in the 171-lwhile Tyler Howell took s third place in the class. Finishing fourth in the reginal tourney were Aaron Jepson, 160 pounds and Derrick Chapparo, 152 pounds. Finishing fifth were Tony Strader, 215 pounds, Chris Allen, 160 pounds, Eldon Gomez, 145 pounds and Ledbetter Staff Writer The Cyprus High School wrestling team finished sixth overall in the 2002 Region 5 tournament on Feb. Of the nine Cyprus wrestlers placing in the regional tourney, which was held at Highland High School, eight qualified for the Feb. 6 Utah State Tournament All of the Cyprus wrestlers that qualified for the state tournament finished with fifth place or higher. "We have a team with a lot of sophomores and juniors, mostly juniors," said 6-- 7. bs 103-lb- 14-1- Josh Kirton, 130 pounds. Joel Shepard took sixth plave in the 112 pound class but did not qualify for the State Tournament. 2002 . The also team Cyprus Wrestling included Kory Bright, Bryan Merboth, Nick Nielson, Edward Rask, Jessie Shepard, Joel Shepard, Adam Smith and Jonathan Vail. Next year the team will see an infusion of new talent as it receives members of the Brockbank Junior High School team, which won the 2002 division championship and took second place in the junior high regional tournament. 4, per participant with a $5 discount if enrolling more than one child per family. Registrations will be accepted through Feb. 25 to accommodate those missing the initial sign-u- p night. For more information on Cyprus Little League Wrestling call Coach Roy Whitworth at 982-071- 5. 3. us && V3JU&y sSgmdoqjdO , By S. Dean Cyprus Little League 2002 wrestling sign-up- s will be held Feb 19 from 7 p.m. in the wrestling room of Cyprus High School. Young wrestlers, ages are eligible to register. Birth certificates are required at the time of registration. fees will be $30 Sign-u- p gfavfr v B g&WMUii) 0 (to? ir mm mmm ms? mmm & 3 , Stton Providing Arrangements Counselor Rick Zem Forethought Pre-Ne- ed Pre-Ne- ed A L g 4 Satan SL DtFFtMNT Kind uj Company. 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