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Show A12 WASATCH COUNTY FEBRUARY COURIER ps Continue Region RUSS RIGGS playing good bekebaty hes __ SPORTS EDITOR done a_ tremendous job.” The Miners quickly jumped ahead espite playing solid basketTy the Wasatch team lost two tough men’s road games this past week. | On Wednesday, the Wasps 1 lace to’ rival Park City 59-54 with Miner guard Brennen Jones connectins on oe three-pointers. “I was just feeling good and very relaxed, Za ones said. “I felt = I coulda n’t miss.” Sivas “He hit some big choke We wick needed to get a hand in his face,” Wasp guard Josh Cottle said. Both teams had plenty of open outside shots, with Jones and Joey Judkins doing the damage for the Miners while Wasps Robbie Farr and Pasay He has some good young players, and they're much better than when we played them last,” Park City coach J ohn Penson ae “The© Buy |- Hen - failing to score for almost half of the second period. This, combined with Jones’s hot hand, gave Park City a 3223 lead at the half. In the third quarter Park City cooled off a bit, but Wasatch. stayed a as cold as_ last summer's pop- sicle Play The Wasps were actually down by as _ The Wasps went with a man-to-man press to start the fourth, and were able to cut the Miner lead to 10 on a Tuttle drive to the basket and the foul. In fact, Tuttle scored eight straight points for the Wasps — but unfortunately three costly turnovers half for Wasatch come, and Park second victory much as 15 points during the game, only to come back and take the lead with 1:39 seconds remaining in the game. However, a couple of turnovers and two straight baskets later and Union was well on their way to victory. Wasatch was led by Restad with 12, Cottle had 10, and Farr added 9. “Tt was a hard game,” Stanfield said. “It was one of those games where we within a minute and a was too much to overCity cruised to their this season over the just couldn’t finish — but we had our chances. The kids played hard and buried beneath a dinner. TV. didn’t give up. They are playing hard and doing everything we’ve asked. We’re on the verge of turning this pro-. gram around,” Stanfield said. : Wasatch now faces Lehi, and will be looking for a little revenge after losing a tough battle earlier this season on the Pioneers home floor. | And, perhaps more importantly, will look to finish the season on a good note and build some confidence going The Wasps lack of. an inside scor-. ‘ing . threat meant _ that they were forced to take more jumpers, and despite a couple Cottle — of shots they found themselves down 45-32 at the send — of three. inte next season. After all, Wasatch loses only two players to graduation this year — and Stanfield feels that. there may be good things to come. PHOTO The Wace “The future looks really bright, and RIGGS we re seeing good things. We’ve played competitive with everybody, and it’s a played hard, but ended up losing to Park City last week. “Realistically, we don’ t have a dominant post player. Darin Restad and Wade Price try, but we just don’t have a dominant post,” Wasatch coach Greg Stanfield said. “But we make it up with heart, desire, and intensity.” BY RUSS Wasps. , compliment to the kids that we’ve kept “The kids played hard. They have a good shooting team, but we battled them right to the end,” Stanfield said. On Friday, Wasatch lost another tough road region game to Union, 58-50. these games close,” he said. Friday’s game pia will begin at 7:00 = email: sports@wasatchcountycourier.com Wrestlers Finish Regular Season RUSS RIGGS gn cents wrestlers now a he Wasatch Gertsch eee Favorite Movie Star: Adam Sandler ; nae enn BI RR ao cease ee Favorite Music Group: Colors Favorite Athlete: Alan Iverson Favorite Sport: Soccer Favorite Sports Team: Philadelphia 16ers Favorite Food: Lasagna Favorite School Subject: P.E.: Person Who Has Influenced You the Most: - Dayton Ferguson: _ eee Ce Goals for the Future: College Car You Wish You Had: 1967 Mustang have their region this weekend sights set on after finishing up the foulat season by defeating Uintah 52-30 last Thursday. “We were down. 18-0, and it was by that much,” Wasatch wrestler Skylar Distafeno said. “It was pretty enough. “We are all pretty confident tories, then Danny Laneri (140) pr a3 tough match. Next up for the “Washes. was ‘Distefano (145) who pulled out the victory, as did Judd Sweat (152). After a , lL yler Se esoe (160) loss, Wasatch ey about it “Coach Discher will prepare us this week.” | | In the region tournament, there are five seeds—with the fifth seed wresting a first seed, the second wrestling down by fall as the Wasps dug them- “We started off slow, and I didn’t want them to think they were on a roll,” Wasatch wrestler Will Webster said. “But Kelly Hortin got a big win, and we started rolling.” After Hortin, Colton Salazar (130) and Luke Francis (135) pulled out vic- and — we're ready to go,” Distafeno said. close — our first kids got pinned.” - Peter, Rose (103), Cody : Sweat (112), and John: Pearson (119) all went much-needed momentum. (215) state if they are able to finish kind of weird. We’re not usually down selves an early hole. “I was a little nervous, but I ica we still had the edge,” Wasatch coach Wade Discher said. Finally, Kelly Hortin (125) pinned his opponent and got Wasatch some (189),~Webster Tyler Rawlings (HWT) all defeated their opponents. Wasatch now turns it’s ae to the region tournament held this weekend at Union High School. Although team scores are tallied, the real goal for the wrestlers is to finish in the top four at their wieght division — as the top four scores are allowed to move on to the state tournament. In addition, the junior varsity will have their shot at the third, and so on. This weekend, eight out of the 14 one seeds will be filled by Wasatch wrestlers — Distafeno, Sweat, Webster, Gertsch, Rawlings, Carlisle, Francis, and Salazar. 5 “We're getting may but we're in a ' pretty good spot. We have some good _ seeds,” Discher said. “We just need to wrestle tough — we've been there ‘before.” “If we wrestle the way we are been, there’s no reason to think we can’t dominate region,” Webster said. The exact time of the region tour| nament has yet to be announced. . email: sports@wasatchcountycourier.com OREN Basketball Other Sport/Activity: Soccer Favorite Movie: Can’t Hardly Wait cruised the rest of the way as David SPORTS EDITOR SOS oR at Grade Level: 9 -Sports/Activity: : INT ts ge retire> Besseed ~- KYLE TANNER — eaneiceaaeestemmneas pl apganeaeiah ~ gs ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ;$ ‘ en tas st pore vets sbane ts ee owes coach Stanfield has done a great job. Ng Tad Tuttle su ue to find their range. | _ Wasatch started off strong; however, taking an 11-8 lead midway through the first quarter on a Farr trey — and actually lead at the end of one 17-14. “Wasatch has come 180 degrees since the last time we played them — 27-18 at the start of two, with Wasatch 7, 2001 |