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Show Miners Upset Wendover, Lose State Hopes "North Sum. nit had to play their beest game -f the season to beat us, ' said Coach Reid. "They shot exceptionally well." Park City's Steve Toly scored twenty-thtee points against North Summit; Miner Min-er Trent Leavitt also scored in double figures with thirteen. The score remained close throughout the entire Park City Wendover game. By the end of the first quarter, the Wildcats clung to a one-point lead. 14-13. And that leading margin didn't change by halftime when Wendover was ahead, 28-27. Park City went ahead in the opening moments of the third quarter on a jump shot by Darrin Lawless, and with 5:4(;) left in the period, the Miners stretched the lead to five, leading 35-30. In the final quarter. Wendover tied the score. 42-42, with 7:22 left on the clock. Miner Roger Burns made two free throws to break the tie, and Trent Leavitt drove for a lay-up to give the Miners a four-point lead with 6:21 on the clock. Wendover had a chance to win the game, when with eleven seconds left and the Miners ahead by one point, 54-53, Wildcat Coach Dean Stringham called time-out to figure out his final play of the game. But the play never even got off the ground because Wendover's Cory Melville was called for traveling, turning the ball over to Park City. After receiving the opening tip-off against North Summit Friday, the Miners found themselves out-rebounded during the first quarter which ended with the Braves solidly in the lead, 14-7. North Summit increased the lead to nine points, 20-11, with 4:47 left in the first half. But Miners Toly, Leavitt and Burns started hitting and by halftime, the lead had shrunk to six points, 27-21. North Summit continued to out-rebound Park City in the third period, and it was reflected on the score board; the period ended with the Braves ahead by ten points, 48-3S. Trent Leavitt scored the final two points of the quarter with a driving ' ' 'Please' turn to page 18A Mli! Looking back on this year's season, the Park High Miii.!. can be proud of at least ii;e things: showing steady improvement from one week to the next, defeating arch rival South , Summit in a season-ending grudge match, and beating a favored Wendover squad Thursday in the first round of the Region Eleven tournament. tourna-ment. The Miners, though, will not be able to look ahead ro the state championship tournament in St. George... ' Saturday afternoon "in Coalville. Coal-ville. St. Joseph got in the way. In double over-time the Miners lost to St. Joseph. 39-37. and the heart-breaking defeat may have been hardest felt by Park High Coach Bruce Reid who, at the beginning of the season, had set his sights on the state championship tournament. tourna-ment. "It was unquestionably the most disappointing defeat of mv career as a coach," said Reid. With four seconds remaining remain-ing on the clock in the double over-time, St. Joe's 6'2" senior, Pete DeRooy, hit a ten-foot turnaround jump shot to give the Jays a two-point lead. The Miners immediately called time out, but there just wasn't enough time to get the ball down court for the tying basket. "I knew St. Joseph would be a tough opponent," Coach Reid said. "We had a little more size and they had more quickness, and both teams played tough on defense." Representing Region Eleven Ele-ven at the state tournament in order of their seeding are South Rich, Dugway, North Summit, South Summit, Wendover, and St. Joseph. South Rich and Dugway received byes in the Region tournament. After beating Wendover Thursday in an emotionally-charged emotionally-charged game by the score of 56 to 55, the Miners on Friday played the home court advantaged North Summit Braves, a team which had handily defeated Park City twice during the season. If the Braves figured it would be easy again, they were mistaken. They squeaked pasi the Miners in the second round of the tourna-. ment, 57 to 55. V -- f ' V. -.- i A. ; - ... . . . , W -. - l j: t 1 ' - ; ; - f .: f ; 5 r yy J : - L ( :r. i i1 l ! - : r I ff i ' V '-Av. .iv .. :; I J t ( j i 1 -. - '-'")!. More Miners 1981-82 season, Coach Reid said bluntly, "We set a goal to make the state tournament. tourna-ment. You set a goal, you don't make your goal, and you're disappointed. And we did everything we could to achieve that goal. The kids improved so dramatically (during the season), I thought it would have been an appropriate reward to realize that goal of going to state." PARK CITY - Toly, 16; Burns, 16; Leavitt, 9; Coop er, JB; Simmons, 4; Black-bourne, Black-bourne, 3. WENDOVER - Andersen, 14; Marsell, 13; Peebles, 12; Bostock, 8; Melville, 6; McCallister, 2 PARK CITY - Toly, 23; Leavitt, 13; Burns, 8; Coop er, 6; Simmons, 2 NORTH SUMMIT - B. Judd, 22; T. Judd, 13; B. Richins, 7; R. Richins, 5; Skinner, 4; Homes, 2 PARK CITY - Toly, 10; Leavitt, 10; Burns, 8; Cooper, Coop-er, 7; Lawless, 2 ST. JOSEPH - Willard, 12; DeRooy, 8; Vinny, 8; McDonald, Mc-Donald, 4; Bohacf, 3; Jane-way, Jane-way, 2; Kenney, 2 lay-up. hissed free throws hurt the Miners during their come-from-behind attempt to beat - North Summit in the fourth quarter. Yet Park City still managed to draw within four points of tying the score with eight seconds left on the clock; the Miners scored two more points, making the score 57-55... but the clock had no mercy. There was only one second remaining in the game. Saturday afternoon, the stage was set. It was a must-win game; both Park City and St. Joseph had lost one game in the double elimination tournament. The winners would look ahead to the state championship tournament tour-nament in sunny St. George, the losers would look ahead to next season. For one team, it would be "turn out the lights, the party's over" time. The Miners jumped off to a quick five-point - lead, but Jays tied the score, 7-7, with 1:57 left in the first quarter. Roger Burns hit on a jumper at the end of the quarter, giving the Miners a 13-9 lead. St. Joseph again tied the score in the second period, 15-15, with 5:14 left before the end of the first half. John Janeway then put the Jays ahead for the first time in the game with a lay-up. By the end of the second half, Park City regained the lead and went into the locker room with the score, 21-19. Both teams committed a series of turnovers as the third quarter got underway, and Park City went cold from the field. With 3:37 left in the period, St. Joe led, 23-21. At the sound of the buzzer, Pete DeRooy sank a jump shot to tie the score at 27-27. The score . stayed within three points during the fourth period as both teams had trouble finding the basket. The last minute of the game, Park City had control of the ball but couldn't get a tie-breaking basket. The score was 33-33. The game was forced into the first of two overtimes. With only thirty-one seconds se-conds left in overtime, St. Joseph had a 37-33 lead. Trent Leavitt scored on a lay-up with twenty-one seconds se-conds left in the three-minute overtime. The score was 37-35, St. Joseph. With only four seconds left on the clock, Leavitt was fouled by Mark Bohacf. Leavitt made both critical free throws, forcing the game into double overtime. Park Citv eot the tip-off and the Jays' Greg McDonald fouled Steve Toly. Toly missed the first free throw and St. Joe got the rebound. With 1:34 left on the clock, St. Joe proceeded to freeze the ball for the final shot of the game. St. Joe Coach Paul Willard called time-out with ten seconds left; the Jays still had the ball at half-court. half-court. Pete DeRooy got the ball and made the game-winning game-winning jump shot, sending the Jays to the state championship. 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