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Show i ona th mrp ' A WASATCH COUNTY JANUARY 17, 2001 COURIER 2 ai, “Canina wt wet ae iinet a a a A12 _ Lady Wasps Improve to daa. tough defense, though,” Miner guard Sara Martin said. oe “Park City is tough for us every year. Their skill level isn’t as good, : | M Aube it’s something put in “the. Gatorade. wind. they but they have improved — they just don’t have the horses. ’m always afraid we'll play down to their level,” Pyper said: Most. inti gone: ae ~ “ a ene Ve though, Roger Pyper’s it's Wasatch coach halftime speeches : — stripe. ne shoot foul shots every day at lunch, and sometimes in the morning,” -Fackrell said. er’s shoes. Liz Turner added 13 points includWhatever the case, the Wasatch | ing three treys, and guard Heidi women’s basketball team has simply — Whimpey finished with 11. In addition to their victory over been amazing in the second fe this : Park City, the Lady Wasps picked up a year. over Uintah last Against Pack Ca: ae rida, the 7 road victory | Wednesday 5%-31.. Lady Wasps outscored the Miners 37Once again, Wasatch played 14 in the second half en-rout to a nee huge in the second ‘half to come 72-35 victory. away with a win. Leading by only “Sometimes he gets after. iG six at halftime, Wasatch played (Pyper)—he was mad at us today, tremendous defense and shot a telling us we can’t play down to their scorching AQ Bereent from the field level. He fired us up,” Wasp center. that-are lighting a fire under his play- Wasatch Rolls; All-Stars ~- ee cs likely, 2 Fackrell continued to light things up with 24 points and 10 rebounds, including going 8/11 from the charity lan ae Perhaps it’s a second etna i Ne ee nim nae 5. eerie brasil ene napintas aie RUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR Sw gage se ied the oe OO Sta er eee A a improved this season and came out ready to play against Wasatch — but just didn’t have the talent to get Uns done on Friday. “Our shots weren’t dropping, but that sometimes happens — we played Fackrell led Wasatch: in scoring with 18 points.”In the second half, we really clamped down defensively. Everyone played well,” Pyper said. Wasatch takes on Union tonight at home, and then plays another Pye a Occasion. range prt AO nein; Dallas Dean Grade Level: Sports/Activity: P.E. Other Sport/Activity: Favorite Movie: Gattaca Favorite Music Group: Portishead Favorite Movie Star: Gwyneth Paltrow Favorite Athlete: Manute Bol Favorite Sport: Tennis Ngatteag Chnmsigang pled ee ttre peer Ci Favorite Food: Mexican | Favorite School Subject: Calculus Person Who Has Influenced You the Most: Shane Vest Goals for the Future: Socios, Major Car You Wish You Had: 1966 Mustang RUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR CI | Poe : Wasatch’s only loss in it’s last eight 99 bouts was at the 160 wieght as Tyree ~ Two more events, two more victories. Like an out-of-control freight train _ that continues to pick up steam, the Wasatch wrestling team continues to pick up momentum as the season moves forward. On Thursday, Wasatch beat up on South Summit 58-16. In a match that looked more like a scene from Rambo than a wrestling event, the action was stopped an amazing 10 times because of blood on the mat. — “It was pretty physical, guys kept getting hit in the nose,” South Summit coach Wade Woolstenhume said. For Wasatch, things began slowly in the lighter weights. Wasps Peter- Rose (112) (103) and pinned Cody their opponents Sweat to take an early 12-0 lead, but Jon Pearson (119) lost a tough decision and Kelly Hortin (125) was pinned, to make things closer. afd2-9-= | “Colton Salazar (130) cat the Wastis back on the scoreboard by his decision over Robbie Atkinson, then South Summit returned the favor as Dan Ruf (135) won by deciosion over Beau Mcdonald. ‘Then, as has been the case all year long, Wasatch’s heavyweights took control of the match and crushed. South Summit like an old tin can. The route began with Danny Laneri (140) who pinned Jake Neff. Skyler Distefano (145) took care of Michael DeGering :58 seconds into Christensen lost a decision to Michael » Littledike. John Carlisle (171), David Gertsch (189), Will Webster (215), -and Tyler Rawlings (HWT) finished of the match with four straight pins and Wasatch cruised to another dominating win. “I thought we fought hard, but we’re inexperienced. That’s a good _ team we wrestled,” Woolstenhume said. _ “We beat them really good, but we still have a ways to go,” Rawlings said. “Were still not at our peak.” : Wasatch also defeated Evanston, Wy. 42-21 on January ninth, despite having Hortin, Luke Francis, Sweat, and Chase Wright all out with sickness. “Our young | guys” stepped up again,” Wasatch coach Wade Discher said. “Evanston is always tough—the match was good for us.’ Highlights included will | Websters defeat of an undefeated opponent, a major decision by Peter Rose, and. tough, physical victories. Dy Salazar, Laneri, ‘Distafeno, and _ Christensen. “Our kids battled. Right now, we need to push forward,” Discher said. On January eighth, 3,000 fans packed the Jordan High gymnasium to watch the Utah Amateur Wrestling Foundation All-Star Duals. — Wasps Sweat, Francis, Carlisle, and Webster all participated in this event. Francis ~Grove’s Kip decisioned Spencer 5-2, Pleasant Carlisle the action, and Judd Sweat (152) got pinned Mountain View’s.Rod Raeder back to his winning ways by pinning Ryan McNeil. In a match that looked at 3:49, Webster pinned West Jordan’s Noah Fager at 5:31, and Sweat was ‘decisioned by Brighton’s Robb Maxwell 8-3. “Luke (Francis) was battling the flu, but he stayed focused and took the more like an event from the World Wrestling Federation than high school wrestling, Sweat dropped McNeil on his head three times in 30 seconds. “| was more ageressive tonight because I lost last time out,” Sweat said. “We’re really picking things up. guy out. Jon (Carlisle) dominated the kid from the get go—it was a big win,” Discher said. : _ Congratulations to all Bar licipants By state, we should have it all togeth- nee ‘ i eco ito tinea . a ger” wat ve vei Ny ALOR OP A PORE SON Hee RA ht ee nT RE ny . 6 ge A perenne Seer rth since gee a ee pg nar i NRT — Narn tiriinH Red Pae” nasty NS asian pot ol Nas ee Te geese ei iali ne ON ge eae Ee ee TN itt ee che ee OY cere OO , Favorite Sports Team: Pick Up Victories home game against Uintah on Friday. Both games will begin at 7:00 p.m. tie OO IL tt gn gO BI nccdbsabeyh as a team. Although Park City has struggled in | year’s past, the Miners are. much Ad 7 Shalee Fackrell said. |