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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 23-25, 2019 B-3 The Park Record Miners baseball fundraiser will feature Braves legend assemble Park City’s Premier Co-Working Space WHY WORK ALONE Business Lounge • Work Stations • Private Offices Conference Rooms • Reception Services For details please contact Angela at 435-200-1312 info@assembleparkcity.com | www.assembleparkcity.com Located in Newpark @ Kimball Junction COURTESY OF DAVE FEASLER Members of the Park City High School baseball team stand for the pledge of allegiance before a game at their home field. Coach Dave Feasler says funding would help the team resurface the infield. Dale Murphy slated to speak at dinner on Feb. 9 3 BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Feb. 9 doesn’t exactly fall into peak baseball season, but fans of the game, and Atlanta Braves fans in particular, will have an opportunity to stoke their love of the game despite the towering snowdrifts outside. On that day, Park City High School baseball is scheduled to host a fundraiser dinner and silent auction featuring a talk by Atlanta Braves legend Dale Murphy. Murphy played in the national league from 1976-1993, over which time he played first base, outfield and catcher, and was named the league’s most valuable player twice, earned five Golden Glove awards, four Silver Slugger awards, twice was the league’s leader in runs batted in, and was also the league’s home run leader over two seasons. His Braves jersey, No. 3., was retired the year after he hung up his cleats. “It’s going to be a big-league night,” said Dave Feasler, Miners head coach. Feasler said he anticipates Murphy will share how the lessons he learned in baseball helped him in everyday life. “I think for our kids, that’s the most important message they could hear, is how do the values of accountability and responsibility and being a teammate, and work ethic, actually apply in the real world after high school sports is over,” Feasler said. “I hope he will touch on that a little bit, but the guy played 20 years in the big leagues, so I’m sure he will have plenty of stories to tell us, too.” Murphy’s presentation will be preceded a talk from Justin Dehmer, an Iowa high school coach who took his team, the Martensdale-St. Mary’s Blue Devils, on an 88-game winning streak spanning three seasons and three championships, during which Dehmer earned three Iowa state Coach of the Year awards in the process. He has written books about his coaching process, called “1-Pitch Warrior.” Tickets to the dinner and accompanying talks and silent auction go for $50 each for adults and $25 for students. The proceeds will help fund various facets of the high school program. “A big chunk of that is to do some improvement on our field which, is much needed, and to buy equipment, to fund our preseason trip to St. George, our uniforms,” Feasler said. “Every dollar raised goes back to providing our kids the best experience possible at the high school level.” As far as field improvement, Feasler said the top priority is to resurface the Miners’ infield. “If we could fund that, we would do it right now,” he said. “That’s something that should be done every five years, and it’s never happened.” Those interested can RSVP by Jan. 27 to Wendy Blaszak by emailing gblaszak@mac. com. Subscribe today! TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Sabine Wilson, center, competes in Saturday’s U16 girls mass start classic race, alongside more than 120 competitors. Wilson finished 11th, and took fourth the day before in the freestyle sprint. Continued from B-2 Junior national qualifier lap, and the first time I had to make my way around her, then the second time I tripped over her ski. But that’s racing. That’s what happens.” The next-fastest local finisher was McKinley Hibl of Park City Ski and Snowboard. She finished in 24th in Saturday’s race with a time of 15:21.1. TUNA athlete James Cessna was the leading area competitor in the U16 boys classic mass start on Saturday. He finished 13th with a time of 12:40.9. He was followed by Park City’s Wes Cambell in 15th with time of 12:47.5. Joseph Bonnacci, a TUNA racer, finished 16th with a time of 12:47.9. Campbell took eighth in Friday’s sprint with a time of 3:25.89. Cessna took 16th (3:32.28). Cessna was eighth in the junior national standings table before the super qualifier, Campbell was sixth and Bonacci was 12th, based on their results from the qualifier in Bozeman. Lina Farra of Team Soldier Hollow had already prequalified for the junior national competition in the girls U18-U20 group, and didn’t race at the super qualifier. However, Pearl Harvey, a former Soldier Hollow athlete who now trains with her parents, who were both elite biathletes, did. Harvey took sixth in the sprint race on Friday (3:43.41), and fifth (29:45.6) in the 10K classic mass start on Saturday. Harvey said she had a little bit of trouble in the race after selecting a ski setup that wasn’t ideal, but she felt good about her result. “It was kind of hard to get kick, but I fought well and did the best I could with the skis that I chose, and I turned out fifth so it’s OK,” she said. Before the super qualifier she was 10th behind the prequalified athletes in the junior national standings. With two fifth-place finishes and a sixth-place finish, she said she will have a good shot at reaching junior nationals. Park City Ski and Snowboard’s Geneva Humbert finished 13th in the sprint on Friday with a time of 3:47.43 and sixth on Saturday (30:21.4). She was ranked 12th in junior national point standings. Tory Peters, a TUNA athlete, finished 17th in the sprint (3:50.20) and the mass start (30:46.8) and was ranked seventh in junior national points. Victoria Olsen and Ma Vinding of Park City Ski and Snowboard were ranked 15th and 16th respectively. In the boys U18-U20 sprint on Friday, Logan Chamberlain of Team Soldier Hollow finished 18th (3:05.44), then took fourth in the 10K mass start on Saturday with a time of 23:44.9. Skylar Patten of Park City Ski and Snowboard took 14th on Friday (3:01.25) and sixth on Saturday (24:08.7). Chamberlain was ranked third behind Skylar Patten of PCSS, in second, in junior national points. Both were also led by six prequalified athletes, including Lane Myshrall of PCSS and Vincent Bonacci of Soldier Hollow. Chamberlain said Saturday’s mass start was tough, with lots of climbing and very little rest. “Mass starts are a frenzy,” he said. “There’s always someone going your speed, so it’s a battle, you just have to be ready to go to war.” The athletes will travel to Boise, Idaho, for the last qualifying event of the season on Jan. 9-10, after which the final junior national roster will be finalized. For a complete list of results from the TUNA-Soldier Hollow super qualifier go to summittiming.com. FR EE $50 Egyptian Theatre Gift Card Offer for new in-county print subscribers. Available while supplies last! While supplies last! Sign up for a new in Summit County print subscription and receive a $50 Egyptian Theatre gift card! Please call The Park Record at 435-649-9014 and ask for our circulation department for more details. |