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Show I Pane 1 2 - T ( I SPORTS December 3 1 . 2001 Uintah basin Standard IN IIII-- . DARK-Ry- an Moat, Duchesne, top, battles a wrestler while his head gear covers his face. A few minutes laiei Ins opponent was in the dark due to being pinned during a Cougar Classic bout DOING THE TWIST-B- en Mitchell, Union, does his best to put his West High opponent, Jared Moench, down for the count during the dual meet Cougar Classic Tournament in Roosevelt. Mitchell scored a pin in the second round. Vikings Net Crown Union Cats pocket third in Cougar Classic Mat Tourney Mitchell of Union, 20-- and then the Panthers won two more matches. RJ Evershed pinned Union 275 pounder, Dean in the first round and Kyle Klus tanka. He pinned his West opponent turned Sam Page over forapininal03 with four seconds to go in the second pound match. Scott Page, 112, flipped TheinSok round. He shot down Lacombe's hopes with a takedown and near foil in the over several times for an 11-- 3 win that first round. Farnsworth, 189, won on gave Union a 9 edge. Bruce Mayor of West edged Winterton, 119, 10-a forfeit for Union. West endedUnions winning streak on a last second move to makgtftie final when Mike Hansen, downed M. score: Union 43, West BissS-r4 beat the West t ussier, Duncan, 160, won on a forfeit. Genereaux, 171, ran over Matt Lacombe like one of General Pattons 8-- 4. By Aldon Rachele Wrestling powerhouse, Pleasant Grove won the Cougar Classic by going undefeated at 0 with Union High ending up third at 3--2 in ita meet in Union defeated Roosevelt, Dec. 21-2Park City, 49-2- 4 and a West, 43-35-- 2. 2; mat men. team of independent Northridge High out ofSalt Lake City was BecOnd at 4--1 . West placed fourth' lost to. n and Park City was Pleasant Grove, Northridge, fifth-Unio- 4, 43-2- 7, .. 62-1- 3. AR Ml il ) ATTACK-Unio- rii l 'nioii High wrestler, Deric Wintcrton, has his arms in just the right position out on the mat. in the Cougar Classic, Dec. third Pleasant Grove, a 4-- wrestling power, took first placed n 21-2- 2. Union's Chuck Genereaux was named the outstanding wrestler in t he upper divisions at 1 7 1 pounds. He scored 36 team points, had four pins, 13 near falls and 23 takedowns. Pleasant Groves Clint Spencer was the lower divisions outstandingmatman at 119 pounds. He scored 39 team points, had three pins, 12 near falls and 14 takedowns. Spencer posted a 0 mark and beat runner-u- p Everett Ito of Northridge. Genereaux beat second placer, John Beck ofPaik City, A place. Black bear hunting 5-- rules are approved Adding an extra week to Utahs i xeriiiii!Mliil spring hear hunting reason was among uetinns the Utah Wildlife Board took at its meeting Dee. 18 in Salt Luke City. Thu Ixiard approved a Division of Wildlife Resources proposal to add tin- extia week to provide biologists wii li lx 'Her dal a about whether fewer leinale hears art taken if hear hunting takes place in the spring, and whether incidents involving bears killing cheep and other livestock can lie red ui vd through spring hunting. The Ixiard also approved a total of 217 black hear hunting permits for springnnd fall seasons, a ix i increase of five permits from the 2 2 offered for t lie 2001 seasons. Dr. M ike Wolfe, mammals program Tor the Division of Wildlife KrMiiirrcx, said a total of 85 bears were t a ken bv hunters during Utahs 21 K)1 seasons. This included 20 animals killed on three units during the firt year of the five-yeexperimental spring bear hunt. Females comprised 15 percent of the hears taken during the spring hunt. Duriugihefall hunt ingseason, nil additional 45 bears were killed by liuiilers. Females comprised 44 pr-ceof the animals taken during the f.dl limit. "Females with young cubs typically remain ckise to their dens in llie spring, which may help hunters i knowing whether they've found a hear." Wolfe said. Also, male hears emerge from their dens in the earlier than females, am! t hev typically range farther front ti.cirdciis than females with cubs. so t'li'rc'sagixxichancethat those hunting in the spring will encounter more male hears. Male bears are usually the hears involved in depredation incidents. H JlwuqkJtA overtime. Marett and Rusty Bird, Altamont, 125, settled for second places. Tough luck loss: Marett was ten seconds away from a championship win, but Bryant Anderson of Wayne rallied to tie the match and won his third crown in overtime. No. Grade Play Sports - I ah.-110- 02 cixir-duiuli- ir ar ' u.-ii- ili. uk hear hunting permits approved lv the board remained simi- lar in 2IHM. Permits were increased im thrix' units i the Book Cliffs; Nine-Mile Ant Creek; and South S.iie' and decreased on two units 1 a? Mam i. North and Mant i. Soul h ). Applications fir black bear hunting IHTiaits will he available by Feb. 5. 2i)t'2 from hunting and fishing agents statewide; the Division of Wildlife Resources Internet Web site twww wihilife.uiah.gov) and Division of Wiidhle Resources, offices ii"d hunter centers. e. hro-Rang- ! rh 12-- 5. at University of Utah-Kev-in Wil- was offensive lineman for the By the time this newspaper comes of Utah football team that University will out, mil nearly be over and thus it is time for the Top Ten Sports Sto- beat Southern Cal in the Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas Day, 10-He rk's. son No. Title Misses Game-Finish- A 4th-- It es couldve and slinu Id ve been Altamont I ligh in t he 1 A championship game if Acey Burningham had missed. Howat the ever, he didn't, as his 1 buzzer gave Panguitcha jnlling43-4win over the Longhorns, Friday eveningand sent t he Bobcats into the title game with Altumont finishing fourth in unnthcr game decided in the filial minute on a setback to Valiev, Saturday. Good news is that tile leuin that defeated the Longhorns, Punguitch, ended up winningil all on a 49-4triumph over Wutcrfnrd. At least Altamont can take pride in that win over they produced a four-poit he eventual state champion. Bobcats buck in Deceinlier. Tate Sorensen led Altamont with 20 vs. Punguitch and Joey Meeks scored ten . Allans in t ended the season with a 19--8 mark. Meeks blocked a Punguitch shot und then hit two free throws with 17 seconds left for a 4 tie. Fans, players, coaches, parents, teachers and whole nution of Altamont were hoping for overtime, hut Burningham canned their wishes with his gamewinning buzzer heater. Burningham scored only four jx lint s I he whole game with his final two the most important of all. 1 51-4- 2 No. amont Wrestlers Place 2 at Stnte 2-- Alt Meet-Aliam- High plait'd second 1 ont 78i behind Wayne (209.5), at I he state meet, and had three Long- - horns, Curtis Carter. 130- Jeremv Mitchell, I71;8h.iy Farnsworth, 215, take individual championships, Sat- urdav in Orem plus one other, Jesse Marett, 135, just a hair of adding n fourth crown as he lost in - miii.-ingb- y an started in the contest for the Utcs. Jackie Morrill was a starter on the Utah volleyball team that won the league tournament title with wins over Colorado State and BYU, and then reached the Sweet Sixteen but lost to highly rated Stanford. No. Girls Place 6lk Tuhiona Lady at State Meet-T- he Tigers used a three-gam- e winning Btreak to place sixth at the Girls State Basketball Tournament when they beat St. Joseph Catholic School, 35-2Saturday to win the consolation crown. Shelly Price und Janue Van Tassell concluded their high school careers after starting as freshmen. A at No. Boys place 7 Tahiona Tigers produced their third straight nail biting game with Rilty Bagley coming through with a game winning three-poiplay with 18 seconds left for a 60-5- 7 win over Salt Lake Christian School, Friday, but simply ran out of comeback gas in a 63-4loss to Green River, and placed seventh at the State Meet. Tabiona finished 21-Tabiona beat Bryce Valley by two and lost to Altamont by one also at the state meet. The rest of the top list is as follows; No. Foot- Reaches Semi-final- s (lost only two games Softball Team al! year)i .Nowins Region Title; No. ieyhall team pockets Region Crown; No.9-Tabio- na & Altamont Square Off in second round of State Meet AHS boys won by one,); No. raMca in final week to reach state werc dead last in Pla.yofr Pme-Cat- s region, but downed Wasatch in a doubleheader in Hcber City to come alive in the baseball world. 1-- A Meet-T- he nt 2 A 5. A - A 10-Un-ion The Cougars had one other tourney champ in Josh Farnsworth, who won the 189 pound title. He had two pins and an 7 win over second placer, John KuchlerofPleasant Grove. Cody Bowden, 136, placed second. He lost to the eventual champion, 4--1 Wade Nelson of Pleasant Grove, Bowden had three pins plus an 18-1-0 win. Nelson lost to Park City's for his only setback. Ryan Blake, Bowden pounded Blake, Elder, 145, waa second at 4-- He had two folia and a 1 win. He lost to Jordan Sorenson of Pleasant Grove, 17-1Sorenson placed first even though he had a 1 mark. Sorenson's only loss was on a pin. Scott Page, 112, ended up 1 and placed second. He had two folia plus 11-- 3 and 20-- 9 wins. His only loss was onapintoMarkHaslemofNorthridgc. Also placing for Union were: 103, Sam Page, fifth; Carter, fifth; fourth; 8-- 4-- 1, 14-1- 2. 5-- 3, 18-1- 0. 1. 7-- 4-- 4-- Dcvan Roberts, sixth; 130-B- ob Mitchell, Van Tassell, Duncan, fourth, fifth; 2-2-McCurdy, fourth, tt Mitchell, sixth; Dean, fourth, Union battled and beat West High in one of their dual meets. Jon Kidd of West wasnt in the kidding mood as he pinned Unions Carter in the third round of a 125 pound match. Carter led 1 after one round. West grabbed a 12-- 0 lead when Josh Jensen pinned Union's 130 pounder, Richens with three seconds left in the second round. The first round was a wild two minutes with Richens cashing in for a takedown, reversal and near fall. However, he was behind Union rallied for an 2 lead and then led 39-1- 2 due to its seven-mwinningstreak. Bowden, 135, pinned Wests George Pechmann with 52 seconds left in the second round after jumping out to a 0 lead in the first round on a takedown. B. Mitchell dominated Jared Moenchas he grabbed an 0 first round edge on a takedown and two near foils before ending it all on a pin in the second round. Elder won on a forfeit. Van Tassell and Kurt Barger were tied after one round at and then Van Tassell added a neutral and takedown in the second round for a 4 lead. Van Tassell did the same in the third with a neutral and takedown to Richens, fourth; third, 3-- 2; 3; 3; 140-Be- TOP GUY-Unio- ns Chuck Genereaux works at twisting his West competitor into a pinning situation. Genereaux was named the outstanding wrestler in the upper weights at the Cougar Classic. n 152-Dani- el is 2-- 3; 171-Luc- 275-Justi- n 215-Ma- 2-- 3. 2-- 9-- 6. 18-1- at 2-- 8-- 2-- 2, 5-- STANDING CLASH-Coug- ar w resiler, Jensen at the Cougar Classic Meet. BobRiiW. battles West's Josh (poor |