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Show The Emery County Review, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 A7 SPORTS Bringing home the Summer Games Gold Josie Luke A basketball team which to many in the state would seem be no match for teams from larger areas, being composed of players from the College of Eastern Utah women’s basketball team, a player from Price who played for Weber State, and two young women who recently played at Emery High recently, took gold at the Utah Summer Games recently. The Summer Games basketball tournament, held June 19-21 in Cedar City, pitted the unlikely champions against teams which drew players from many of the Division 1 colleges and universities in the state, along with teams of even less professional ability. The team, consisting of women ages 18-24, came together as a result of a player from CEU’s team, Rachel Rasmussen, originally of Cleveland, asking her teammates and friends to participate in the event. Rachel’s father, Rick, came up with the idea, and she and her teammates, who called themselves Emery, from Cleveland, took advantage of the opportunity. The tournament began June 19 and 20, with a seating tournament, which the Emery team came through undefeated, beating Motherlode 56-41, Northern Xposure 63-43, State Bank of Southern Utah 67-63 and Sparky Beaver 62-60, pitting them against SBSU in the semifinals. The semifinals and finals were held June 21. The semifinal proved to be a very tight game, with Emery pulling out the win in overtime, 56-48. In the gold medal game, it was no different for the local women, they found themselves in another nailbiter, but managed to hold back the State Bank of South- ern Utah team, comprised of players from Snow College, Salt Lake Community College, and a player from BYU by a score of 52-50 to take the gold. Though the team as coached by Rachel’s father and Dennis Pearson, she explained the team didn’t have set plays to run during games. They simply focused on playing fundamental basketball. Many of the other coaches commented on how well they played together. Rachel believes they played so well together because they are “such good friends,” and didn’t give into the temptation to get frustrated with each other during games. Along with having friends on the team, because many of the players played club basketball, the teams also knew each other well, so according to Rachel, “It made it even more fun to beat them, because we wanted to beat our friends.” She said Sponsors provided plenty of temptation on various holes on the course for those who made a hole-in-one, but all of the prizes were left unclaimed at the end of the day. Golfers gather for scramble Casey Wood Sixty-four golfers gathered at Millsite Golf Course for the Emery County Recreation/Millsite Men’s Association Amateur Four Man Scramble on June 28. There were 16 four-man teams present to compete in this tournament, along with numerous sponsors, including ACE Auto and Trailer Sales, The National HoleIn-One Association, HoleIn-One International, and Huntsman Autoplex. There were many competitions going on aside from the tournaments with prizes coming from sponsors of the tournaments. There were hole-inone competitions on holes 5 and 7 with prizes including a truck and camp trailer from Huntsman Autoplex, and a flatbed trailer from ACE Auto and Trailer Sales. At the end of the day these prizes were not awarded because no one was able to make a hole-in-one. There were also “Closest to the Crown” competitions on numerous holes sponsored by Miss Emery County, for which many prizes were awarded, and as scores were tallied there was a drawing for the tournament participants. The tournament had two flights, the first flight for the top three teams, and the second flight determined by a blind draw. The first flight winning teams were the Shannon Hiatt Team, who took first with a score of 58, 14 under par; the Jeff Winget Team who took second with a score of 59, 13 under par; and the Mangus Group Team, who took third with a score of 60, 12 under par. The draw for the second flight was 8, making the second flight winners begin 8 above the first flight’s first place of 58. The second flight began with 66 being the lowest possible score. The Magnuson Lumber Team took first at 66, 6 under par; the Terry Uhrig Team took second with a 68, 4 under par; and the Eric Pederson Team took third with 69, 3 under par. Left to right: Coach Rick Rasmussen, Meagan Pearson, Brandi King, Ande Miller, Amber Strong, Adriana Cordova, Rachel Rasmussen, Chelsey Warburton, Kasey Day, Camille Fehlberg and Coach Dennis Pearson. the games were competitive, but proved to be slightly less intense than collegiate or high school games. After such a good expe- rience at the summer games, the team hopes to be able to compete again next year. In fact, Rachel said she would encourage anyone to com- pete in the summer games. “Even if you don’t win, you have good competition,” she reported. Emery County athletes bring home Summer Games medals For the 23rd year, the Utah Summer Games was held June 4-22 in Cedar City. The games provide an Olympic-style sports festival for Utah athletes. Emery County residents have participated in the event for some time, and continue to perform well. A number were involved this year, bringing a total of 78 gold, silver and bronze medals home. Emery Citizens taking medals at the Utah Summer Games were: • Emery Girl’s Basketball team- Bronze, 13-yearold division • Huntington Girl’s Basketball team- Bronze, 14year-old division • Emery Girl’s Basketball team- Silver, 17-year-old division • Emery Women’s Basketball team-Gold, Women’s Open division • Karson NelsonGold in Cowboy Action Shooting, buckaroo division; Green River • Kay Nelson- Gold in Cowboy Action Shooting, ladies’ gunfighter division; Green River • Robert Nelson- Gold in Cowboy Action Shooting, gunfighter division and received the Iron Cowboy Award; Green River • Justin CarterBronze in archery, men’s senior FITA compound division; Huntington • MaKayla DeaBendenFer- Silver in girls’ trampoline, level 5- age 7 division and Silver in girl’s tumbling, level 5- age 5 division; Orangeville • MayCee Ewell- Gold in girl’s trampoline, girl’s double mini trampoline and girl’s tumbling, level 5- age 8 division; Huntington • Lynda Taylor- Silver in girl’s trampoline, tied for Silver in girl’s double mini trampoline and Bronze in girl’s tumbling, level 5- age 8 division; Ferron • Riata ChristiansenBronze in girl’s trampoline, tied for Silver in girl’s double mini trampoline and Silver in girl’s tumbling, level 5age 8 division; Emery • Dariyan NelsonGold in girl’s trampoline, Silver in girl’s double mini trampoline and Gold in girl’s tumbling, level 6- age 8 division; Huntington • Sydney Staley- Gold in girl’s trampoline, and girl’s double mini trampoline and Silver in girl’s tumbling, level 6- age 9 division; Huntington • Chaselee EwellGold in girl’s trampoline and Bronze in girl’s double mini trampoline, level 6- age 11 division; Huntington • Ally Sorenson- tied for Gold in girl’s trampoline, Bronze in girl’s double mini trampoline and girl’s tumbling, level 6- age 12 division; Ferron • Brooklin EwellSilver in girl’s trampoline, Bronze in girl’s double mini trampoline and silver in girl’s tumbling, level 7- age 10 division; Huntington • Tyler Kay- Silver in girl’s trampoline, Bronze in girl’s double mini trampoline and girl’s tumbling, level 7age 11 division; Huntington • Ashlynn AllredGold in girl’s trampoline, level 8- age 12 division and Gold in girl’s tumbling, level 8- age 10 division; Cleveland • Mikah Sacco- Gold in girl’s trampoline, level 8age 14 division, and Gold in girl’s double mini trampoline and girl’s tumbling, level 6age 14 division; Huntington • Shawnee Westenskow- Gold in girl’s trampoline, level 9- age 13 division, Gold in double mini trampoline and Silver in girl’s tumbling, level 8- age 13 divi- sion; Huntington • Tyler Tucker- Gold in girl’s tumbling, level 5age 13 division; Huntington • Marty WingateGold in boy’s trampoline, level 8- age 17 division, and Gold in boy’s double mini trampoline and boy’s tumbling, level 9- age 17 division; Ferron • Nadene HinkinsGold in 100-meter dash, 80meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump, women’s master division; Orangeville • Collette ClementGold in shot put, discus throw and javelin, women’s master division, Elmo • Colton ClementGold in 3000-meter race walk, Silver in discus throw and Bronze in shot put and javelin, boy’s youth division; Elmo • Tyrell Clement- Silver in discus throw and javelin; boy’s intermediate division; Elmo • Jake Clement- Silver in shot put, discuss throw, hammer throw and javelin, young men’s division; Elmo • Zachary ClementGold in shot put, discuss throw, hammer throw and javelin, young men’s division; Elmo • Bruce ClementGold in shot put, and Silver in discuss throw, hammer throw and javelin; men’s open division; Elmo • Benjamin Clement- Gold in hammer throw, Silver in discus throw and Bronze in shot put and javelin; men’s master division; Elmo • Caleb Jones- Gold in freestyle wrestling, 285 lb. division; Huntington As a number of very intriguing “teams” participated, a few will be highlighted on the sports page in upcoming editions of The Emery County Review. Emery All-Stars Bring Home Bronze The Emery All-Stars returned home from the 2008 Utah Summer Games with a bronze medal in the 14 and under youth basketball division. Members of the team include: Front row, left to right: Jolynn Jennings, Jaden Huntington, Whitney Roper, and Shelby Allred Back row, left to right: Asst. coach Shon Roper, Laurel Roundy, Sadey Daugherty, Kyann Kofford, Kim Oldroyd and coach Ben Roundy. Photos by Casey Wood |
