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Show t m A gUlhutfUrtl asm SPORTS Uintah Basin Standard KM n ') S '' - r rnr'f y ;' . 'jci .v ' 4 ' vs .. '" " y,. s'- - jfc- ffc,51fc,y vK WSVI BETTER TIMES-Unio- n's Brandon Dart. left. No. 42. dans down the field while being chased by three Carbon Dinos back in 1992. Dart played his senior year at Nonhridgc in Layton and thek was a member of the University of Utah football team for six injury Tilled years. He suffered three knee injuries with the final one last month forcing I him to quit the sport of football. :: Suffers 3rd Knee Injury R1NC5 HAPPiNESS-Roosev- o.ti .elt brat-n- ns 25th birthday. e Cowboys reach rodeo finals By Aldan Rachele Several Uintah Basin cowboys qualified for the Wilderneae Circuit Finals, which was held November in Ogden. The Wilderness Circuit Finals is one of 12 region circuit finals held throughout the USA. They competed for circuit titles and a tap to the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo set for March 2000. Dave of Woolstenhulme Roosevelt and J R. Crosier of Neola advanced to the finals in steer wrestling. Former Roosevelt area resident, Beau Hutchison, now living in Blackfoot, Idaho, is a team roping contestant. Each year, circuit competitors.-designata competition circuit, usually the circuit in which they livs: ; Throughout the year, the competitors accumulate points at rodeos within their designated circuit. The top 12 contestants at circuit seasons end in each of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy s Association's six events ! and Womena Professional Rodeo Association barrel racing qualify to compete in the prestigious three-roun- d finals event. Then each circuit's finals sends two competitors in each event to the DNCFR-yea- r end circuit champi- - j one and winners of the circuit finals ; 4-- 6 e young boy enjoy their recess time with a ball at East BALL BATTLE-- A E!emen.';- -' ; - ' S & . . If wa ' - ?.. 2 ' ' j,. average titles. Next March at DXCFR, contestants will compete with qualifiers from 1 1 other circuit finals for national titles and more than $440,000 in prize money. ' s & High School. He left Union in 1993 and played his senior year at By Aldan Rachelt ; North ridge High. "I have a lot ofwonderful football memories. I started playing ball on a Ft. Duchesne youth league team. Colby Jenkins and I played for Ft. Duchesne, which had several Ute Tribe members. We played Vernal and Roosevelt teams," B. Dart said. 1 had a great time at Roosevelt Junior High and had much success at Union High School-sa- me thing at Northridge. Then it was on to the University of Utah. That's when unfortunately everything started to fall apart." Brandon Dart has suffered three knee injuries during six years of playing football at ths University of Utah with ths latest one coming this season during the UtahAir Force game, which has forced him to quit the spent. Darts plans are to apply for dental school, and hope-folly the first day on the job one of his patients wont bite his finger. Prior to the 1999 season, Dart, who began playing football at the University of Utah in 1994, but due to injuries had played only one foil year, was given two more years of playing the sport However, it all ended when an Air Force athlete fell on him as Dart was trying to tackle the quarterback. The blow ruptured the ligament that hoi da hia right knee together, a devastating injury that required complicated . surgery and months of rehabilitation. "It waa one of those disappointing things. It's not the way I wanted to end a career. I was operated on at the Tosh Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Cottonwood. I'm immobile and staying at my mother, Kathy Boydstun's home, and getting around on clutches. The University of Utah football media guide lists Darts high school as Northridge, but he began his sports career in the Uintah Basin. He played football at Roosevelt ior High and two years at Union v V' fSJ-fS!- -, v- -- i . .Vi i- t . Xs'v--, UTAH 5?or& UTE-Bran-don L Dart verffcs Local player November8 named MVP Danny Abegglen Basketball Tryouts at Union High School waa named November 19 MVP of the Little League Super Bowl in Vernal, which waa held last & ' month. He played center on offense and middle linebacker on defense. Abegglen'a team "The Lil' Cats" had a great season thanks to the coaching of Chad Richard and Dean Carter and help from a lot of dads. a TOP ny Abegglen was selected as the MVP in the Little League Football's Super Bowl last month. PLAYER-Dan- : I Girls Hoop, Tabiona at Green River, Utah November23 Boys' Hoop. ICS at Tabiona High School Wrestling, Altamont High School at Union November 24 Girls' Basketball, Mt. Vernon at Tabiona Boys' Basketball. 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"It turned out to be the only score I ever had as I suffered my first knee iqjury," he said. "I had all those injuries. I came back and played a foil year in 1996. Everything as coming together. My career was building gams by game. It was getting better and I was gaining more experience. 1997 was going to be my breakout year. Instead I had hamstring problems and then injured my other knee, the left one." After playing 15 of a possible 63 games, heres the postscript ofDart s injuries: torn back muscle, detached right LCL knee ligament, severed left hamstring, ripped left ACL and MCL knee ligaments, dislocated right arch (the most painful and lingering injury ), popped right hamstring, and finally his career ending injury at Air Force. Brandon's father, Roger Dart, who lives in Roosevelt commented about the injury and said, "Hs had the guy beat and was ready to make a tackle. It waa a cheap shot by the Air Force guy. He came up behind him and threw his head and body into hia knee." B. Dart remarked that he aches every day and when he wakes up he has to walk around to grease everything up. His left knee doesn't e straighten, end he can feel friction in his right knee. He spent the Saturday when Utah hosted San Diego State (a win by the Utes) in the Roosevelt area deer hunting. His dad said, "lie got buck. a nice two-poi"Deer hunting wasn't my first choice. I would rather be playing football than hunting, but I hate watching football from the sidelines when I know I should be out there playing," B. Dart said. "I just had to get away." Dart recalled a game between Roosevelt and West Junior High, which West won 24-2Dart scored a TD on a five yard run and Ty converG lines scored two-poiRoosevelt edge. sion for a 20-1- 8 However, West took the lead on a d TD run by Abercrombie on what proved to be the winning score. Roosevelt was stopped twice at West's oneyard lint toend the game. The Rough Riders were given a second chance when officials decided there was more time left. However, a last second pass ia ths end tone didn't hit the mark. "It was really a fon game. I had friends on the West team in Robbie Abercrombie, Scott Rasmussen and Rusty Keel although I played for Roosevelt 1 had friends on both teams. They were two great teams in 1990. It is great to remember a game that goes way back. You usually don't remember junior high games," he said. bone-on-bon- "I f A. Ml ft; 36-yar- pzzf 722-458- ;v 0. Decembers Gris' Hoop, Morgan at Union, Green River at AHS Boys' Hoop, Union at Morgan, AHS at SUU br- Some - Football? ft ' Former Cougar Brandon Dart forced to quit playing ball Esm Elementary student.' have fun in the playground. East Elementary will be elr . Three years later, those RooseveltWest players guided Union to the 1993 state title and Dart played on a playoff team from Northridge in Layton where he waa noticed by recruiters, and ended up playing an irjury filled ciwr at the University of Utah. Two other former Union Cougars, Sam White and Kevin Wilson also play for Utah. Utah Coach Ron McBride said that Dart worked so hard, has been rehabbing for two years and that it is m tragic since he loves to play so 3--A much. Vi, Stop. Go. PennzolK Cfassifiedsj Poor |