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Show ii rrr tfvvnm VM ... rrffrrrrwryftTr nr. i 4A Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday August 29, 2002 Lady Dinos soccer team prepares for region eight competition By KAREN BASSO The for the Dinos who finished the record. early season with a Coach Capalbo explained that he attempted to schedule i . 2-- 4 Sports reporter Despite being s relatively young team, the Carbon Dinos soccer club has showed many improvements and have displayed increditye talent during the preseason. The final game of the preseason took place Ibesday afternoon at the College of Eastern Utah field. Because the Dinos do not have a home field of their own, the team will play few home games this season. They did however host Iboe leas they prepared for regular season competition. The showdown involved a tight defensive battle. This is something which the Dinos have become accustomed to during the prescason as the team displays strong defensive talent The two teams battled back and forth until Tooele finally scored just before the half. The Dinos entered the halftime trailing Tooele 10. The second half of competition found the teams once again battling for the coveted goal. Tooele scored 10 minutes into the half, but the Dinos came right back with a goal of their own. The goal was scored by Julie Swinburne who took advantage of a fast break and left footed a shot into the net According to Dinos coach Dave Capalbo, Carbon continued to rally after closing in on Tooele however, the visiting team got the ball over and behind the Dinos defense for an in surance score. The Dinos failed to even the This score and fell to Tooele brought the preseason to a dose 3--1. The Dinos will begin the region eight competition Thursday afternoon as the team travels to Moab. Here they will compete in the first game of the season and the team intends on returning home with their first victory of the year. Handicap 2-- 16 Score 67 77 77 act Handicap 2--16 Score 32 60 61 B flight gross. Handicap 17-2- 1 Cartxxi Kno Lacey Trmotliy races for the ban against a Union ptayer during a same held last week. Hie Dittos recently com- pletod preseason competition with a Ask anyone who has been affiliated with the East Carbon girls volleyball team the last couple of years and they would tell you how worried they were about how the team would do this year. That was because the squad lost six key players off last years state playoff team to graduation. The foture looked a little bleak to many people, even to some of the players who would be on the team this year. But this past weekend proved that life goes on, and it can go on well At the end of the Milford Tournament, the first games of the season for the Lady Vikings and for many of the other teams that attended, there were the girls from East Carbon battling it out for third place amongst a field of nine teams and not all of them Name Lynn Foster Ranae Filbrore 61 C flight gross. Handicap 22-2- 6 Ifcam Helen Atwood and Mary Smuin Chris Corwin and Betty Badger Larue Thylor and Cricket Nelson Maiylou Steele and Eriene Jenkins Chris Parker and Rosemary Furda net Handicap HacyWood Kolleen Johnson Helen doward Score 82 83 83 88 88 Team '' Cowboy Regis ducks 22-2- 6 Team Uene McLean and Deann Stringham Debbie Allen and Lisa Evans Debbie Gordon and Maureen Reid Sandy Hartley and Marilyn Timer Score 58 59 62 62 . D flight gross. Handicap 27 and above Score Jean Johnston and Joann Timothy 88 ' 92 92 94 . . they didnt have much of a I knew they were pretty good and now they know chance, but it too. The Lady Vikings first defeated West Desert, who traditionally has been one of the best in Region 18. They took down ' Club Mots Cowboy Club Chicks : Oub-RegisCl- : . ' Rockies I Regis Club Regis Chib Regis Chib Rockies H Daugs . Chicks Club El Rancho . 41 .40 38 ; 37 v 36 : 36 36 Wins dub 16 A. 13-- ; A 12 .5 and 15-lost the team a dose one Thai to San Juan High in two games. They beat Kanab High in two and then lost to Snow Canyon, taking the Lady Warriors right to the 15-- 7 4. Britney Leonard really stood out in this tournament, "said Preston ofthe senior player. She didnt play for us last year, but had competed as a sophomore. We were very pleased by her performance. Preston feels this years main competition in Region 18 will come from Dugway. The Lady Mustangs return some strength from last year and with West Desert rot as strong this year the team from Tboele County will probably be die one to beat With the wins and how well they played at this tournament I knew the girls have faith in themselves now, conduded Preston. . time cover as many community events as possible in a day. .Baseball athletes are the mH notify workers in this country. Not many athletes will ever reach this level of play and surely, the average American! worker win never make in a lifetime what abaseball player1 makes in ayear. ; It makes me uneasy to see these players cry over the figures of their bank accounts ' when the average American saves for several months to pay for a ticket to a professional, baseball game, Just who do these players think pays their . checks? ; ' , 35 :ii 35 ' ;V 35 ; ,35 the Lady Hawks V, - . And what is the deal with. signing bonuses?. For 'most American workers, a signing bmus would be taking the peri; which was used to sign airoric.; contract The chain may stQT be attached, but hey, pens are. valuable commodities these; days..'-?.- - Now I guess rm belng un-fair to baseball players by g that they are greedy sports stars. I apologize and would like to say that all professional athletes are alike .however;; baseball stars trod to ay the .HVCv : loudest v- Whatever happenedtoplay; ing for the enjoyment of par tiapating In Sroart which one loves? I thought the fescinat-- r ing part abouf being a sports-t- o star was stand before a racked crowd to be welcomed1 bytheloudroafofapplause. ' Baseball I thought wai Ainericai favorite pastime; What is so about grown men crying about their wages while denying sports fans the opportunity to ergoy!'? highly contested major say--in- league-game- net Handicap 27 and above Team Nancy Ferderber and Joyce Worley Belinda Madrid and Susan Beatty Donna Hill and Laurel Braun Shauna Dotter and Linette Rollins . : Tfcam Linda Kerns and Patsy Jensen Joan Samuels and Kay Haxmston Rose Craven and JayceenCkaven . Kendal Brandonburg Penny Popejoy Debra Hathaway Robbie Anderson Shelia Ericksons Mickey Mitchell 38 59 59 Peggy Atwood and Sheila Larsen Diana Nicol and Sandy Offret were 1 A teams like the kids from Carbon County. The tournament held some traditional powers amongst its field of five 1A teams, three 2A teams and one 3A team. In the process of reaching the playoffs for third place the Lady Vikings beat traditional foe West Desert in two games, arid 2A Kanab from Region 13. The team lost 2--1 to Piute and barely lost in three games to Snow Canyon, a large 3A school from the St. George area. The girls did a really good job, said new head coach Alisa Preston. I think they thought Thp 10 players, game 17 Score Shirley Fenn and Kelly Smith Delores Knotts and Cuidy Carter It seems like every few years baseball athletes throw a fit and gripe and moan about their employment situation. Hovr about joining the real working' world and get a real job, one' which requires die employee to work, not play for q living. It , would sure break my heart to be paid mega bucks to play golf for a few hours a week. I donL know if I could handle the. stress of a job like that. During the strike, why not send baseball athletes to wort ; at a McDonalds to earn their' wages while theyre laid off? Let them see what it is like to. work over a hot grill for eight hours a day makiqg a little over , five bucks an hour. Better yet, let them carry a 40 lb. belt filled with tads and i n equipment and let them thousands of feet beneath' the surface of die earth towok in a coal mine for ejgfat hours a day. Let these athletes see how ' much fun this job is. Or let these athletes be on the other side of the media. Let them pick up a camera and stand for hours taking pictures., of alittfe league baseball game.-The- n let them come back to the office and sort through the hundreds of photos and write' a story about children who they hardly know, while at die same truck-dow- RICHARD SHAW Sports writer By lata pri tape 17-2-1 Tfcam record and wM move 2-- 4 ontopaificqiateinnigkineiBhtconipetition.'nieDinosimlkick srasonlhurs in Moab and wil host their first home game of the regular season Sept 10. off the regular Lady Vikings already have confidence 74 78 79 80 net Handicap .i NotL-- Score Iteam Bo Dmitrich and Connie Norton Karen Gardiner and Mary Amidan Betty Bowden and Leah Baker. Cathy Hill and Carol Borich D flight . County. Team Jackie Brophy and Sherrie Bearden Rose Roberts and Carol Warren Gerrie Buckalew and Barb Thorne C flight Well, professional spoits' stars are at it again. The poor' major league baseball athletes, fed that they are underpaid and are crying poverty. My heart, goes out to them. ; A strike is scheduled to begin this Friday and it is unknown as to how long it may ensue. Well, all I can say uh what a better time for baseball to come to a sudden stop,just when football season is gear? ing up to begin its regular sea--, son. How manysparts fans will; be upset to see one sports son end and another begin? . quite successful in Carbon Team Terry Hansen and Mary Norman Mary Ann Murray and Lori Lopez Tbny Wiseman and Sue Lee B flight Sports reporter years, the Dinos have proved that soccer is a sport which can be The annual two woman best ball tournament took place Aug. 21 at the Carbon Country Club. Wbmen from across the state competed in the event which hosted 64 teams this year. There were many local teams as well as numerous Wasatch Fhmt teams that competed at the local course. Partidpants were welcomed by the Carbon Ladies Golf Association who baked goodies for the mornings continental breakfast The group also contacted sponsors who added money and prizes for the event The tourney was large enough to have a total offour different flights. The flights were determined by the low handicap of the two players. The results for each flight are as follows. A flight By KAREN BASSO and a half years before they scored their first goal and three years or more before they won their first game, explained coach Capalbo. For a team which has only been in existance for the three Womens golf tourney results announced A flight gross. View 'a highly competative games for the Dinos so that the team would have the experience they needed to succeed during the season. ' Last year we struggled against almost every team. This year I felt that by competing against successful teams we would be able to step up our game and gain valuable playing experience, explained the Dino coach earlier this year. Experience is exactly what the team gained. Despite losing four of the six games played in the preseason, the Dino team displayed extraordinary talent and proved that this years team has truly stepped up from last season and it is expected that the team will fair quite well during the regular season. In our first year, we went eight consecutive games without scoring. Other coaches told me they started teams and went two :.; ,;.v The exritement of baseball! crack of the bat and thc smell ofhotdogsnnderswarmj Score fa the 60 61 62 62 summersurL-Showstyhat, l: ..y. ; baam.; Who do tbisse athletes .? i re aDy think are beute victimized! -, ... , ft m 'W i WV Viwf P f. by these arguments? It sure! is not the players or the own era. It is the fans. The ones whcri buy the tickets, buy the shirts; and hats, and the ordy ones whoK truly love the sport ofbasebalL When basebafl does resume! play, tiie best the pbyeraooukt; ask for o fe to be the fourth fifth page headline ofanatkmal; newspaper, behind of course the NFL arid even table tennis I I i&imm oor coi |