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Show f SPORTS Paie lft - November 12. 2M)2 Uintah Basin Standard it t BEST iil llic I ;irics who will return to next year's I iuehesne Cross Country Team. Mitch Grant Is Top Eagle Davenport stars on CNCC Young DHS team's hard work pays off by placing at tourney team Davenport , a Union I liii from N"ola, lid tlm Cologradual! rado North wfhti'rn Onnmuuily College Ufain with 1.0 assist while chipdigs in a low by the ping in North Spartans.. 'Hi 22. :50 19, Ifiuliu, Friday, Nov. Spartan Head Coach Nathan Baker was impressed with the Cardinals' improvement since tlu teams last met ill early SepUrmlx.T. North Idalio was a much better team the second time around, Baker said, lie added. Theireoachingstairiias done a really good jol) with them." . Baker said the match wa probably the most physical game at the net that we've played this season. Baker continued to find positives in his teams performance. For the second time this season we had a positive killing percentage. That's a positive you can point to, Baker said. Amy Knee front St. (Jeorge kdCNCV with nine kills andTanislia Call's Mmker. Colorado) had eight kills, along with seven digs, and Ami ber Suni-liCraig, Colorado) had seven kills, Hi assists and a team-hig- h eight digs. The Shirtaiis hist tt Southern Idaho the next dav, I liree By Aldon Rachels CuniliM'i; ,'lll-BM- 1 High's Mitch Grant, center, tries to catch a 3--A runner from Uintah during a recent meet Grant finished No. 5 in the I --A Meet last munth, which was the best finish fur the Eagle team. EAGLJE-Duchts- ne in Roosevelt. . Most schools are lucky to just pluce one or two runners in a state craw country meet, but the Duchesne Eagles had more than just a single runner net meet honors as they placed in both the girls and boys divisions in the tourney, which is the first time a Dave Moat couched squad has ever done so. Duchesne pouted fifth piece in the boys group at 132 counters and the Lady Eagles were also in the same poeitionat 113 points. St. Joseph won championships in both the boys and girls classes. Bryce Valley was second in the boys division, and Wayne the runner-u- p in the girla class. Mitch Grant was Duchesne's top runner with a filth place time of 17:21.8. Placing 19 for Duchesne was Asher McKee at 18:41.5. Duchesnes No. 3 runner was Ben Farnsworth and he waa folk wed by Nick Karren and Jacob Hinton. Also competing lor Duchesne were Joeh Lewie and Shane Roberta. Grant, McKee, Farnsworth, Hinton, Roberts are juniors and Karren is a sophomore. Lewis is the only senior. Grant, McKee, Farnsworth, Karren and Hinton were fur the Eagles at the state meet. 1-- IS Duchesne runner, Nick Karren, right, heads toward the finish NI-.A- line with his job of running almost done. The top female runner for Check oui our Classifieds! To order call THIRSTY END Eagle runner, Mitch Grant, is a thirsty guy after taking second place in a recent meet in Kuosewlt. Grant won the region title and was fifth at the stale meet. 435-722-51- 31 Get 4300 Minutes For $45 II If -- vr. 700 Anytime Minutes 1750 Night Time Minutes Weekend Minutes 100 Roaming Minutes I'RLI: f. ong Distance GRAND OPENING SPECIAL! Phone Leather Case Car Cord look For Us Inside Hands Free Kit FOR JUST Duchesne was LaCol Grant, sophomore, at 13 (21:49) and Tai Marett, a junior, at 15 (22:08). Duchesne's top runners at the state meet were: Lacol Grant, Marett, Knit Grant, Julia Teller, Jaliae Hinton. Also competing were Meliaaa Peatross, and Jeanne Hinton. The two Grants and both Hinton are sophomores. Teller and Marett are juniors. Both Duchesne teams won the Region 16 Meet with Grant taking first place. McKee was fourth and Farnsworth sixth. Lewis was 1 1 and Karren 17. Duchesnes boys won first and Navajo Mountain was second. Altamont was third. Duchesnes Marett waa the top female runner at the region meet and L Grant was second. Teller was third and K. Grant fourth. Duchesne was DOUBLE IMAG- E- Take your pick as this is either Grant twin, LaCol or Koit, heading toward the finish line. In the background might be the other Grant female. is the highest our girls have ever placed. Usually we didnt have a full team of girls in the paat, said Coach won't be coming back next year. She is only here in Duchesne for ooa year." Duchesne's runners spend plenty of time running because that is what runners da "We run once day after school. Some days we do speed work and every other day do distance running of 5 to 6 miles. We do our speed work on the grew near the football field. We run 20 minutes without stopping Duchesne has two set of twins on the cross country girls team in LaCul and Kolt Grant and Jaliae andJeanna Hinton. He also has a foreign exchange runner on the team in Julia Teller from Germany. It is neat to have two pair oftwins. You get double the runners, stated by going various 200, 400 and 800 Coach Moat. "In Germany they dont meter distances. In between we take have competitive spurts. They just a short rest where we jog, Coach have intramural and P.E. claases. Julia Moat commented. Distance running asked me if she could run, and she takes place often on hill courses, but really likes competing plus getting mostly are use dirt tracks. We run the first and Whitehorss second. some medals. She is in good stupe "D" hill earfy in the season almost Altamont finished third. because sheplays tennis in her home every other day." have never The Duchesne girls of ermany. However, she The Eagles had two runners in the won region before, and fifth at state country top 20, and Mitch Grant was the beet at the state meet for Duchesne at fifth place. "I was trying to follow the guy ahead me, but Nick McKay of St. v Joseph was cooking. I placed fifth as I had nothing left after attempting to keep up with him. I was near him at first, but his pace was too fast for me. Later he had a minute lead on me, said M. Grant. 1 was second, then third and I dropped back. One big hill in the middle killed everyone off. It flexible burns your legs when you get to the affordable top. You dont have anything left when you finish that hilL backed by good neigtilx service Grant finished behind the fourth place guy by ten yards. Last year Call State Farm Agent: Grant was 11 at the stats meet. " Each year I try to do better, he said. Andy Driggs Hie time at the region meet wasn't Andrew W Driggs Insur Agcy Inc super at 18:00, ami M. Grant laid, 1 Roosevelt. UT didnt have to fight anyone off. It was an up and down course (rolling kind of trail) In Muntkello. It wsa longer re like 3.3 1 think. 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