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Show i" , J A 7 , AOv A LlAK Park City's Randy Dyer shows form even John McEnroe would be proud of as he strokes a backhand during the final No. 1 doubles match. Dyer with teammate Kory Bell were victorious, and move on to Friday's state tournament as the No. 1 seed in No. 1 doubles. Miners sweep competition in region tennis, move on to state school from Mt. Pleasant, and Monticello. But the talk about those two teams is just that, talk, because Burns has not seen any of the other teams from out of the region. Again the players will have to win three matches to take the state titles. This time the Miners will receive no byes. With 10 teams coming, Burns said a total of 40 matches will be played at Park Meadows, starting at 9 a.m. If outdoor courts can be utilized the play should end around 4:30 p.m. But if the weather doesn't cooperate, the four indoor courts may be filled with leapin' and leanin' high school tennis players until well into the night. Spectators are welcome. set 6-4, and going up 3-1 in the second. But the Dugway pair streaked back, winning the next four games in a row, and eventually nabbing the set 6-7. In the final and deciding set Tatum and Birch were with their backs to the wall, down 2-5. They could've let it go at that and lost but didn't. They won the next five games in a row to take the set 7-5, and the match. With the regionals behind them, the Miners now march back into the Park Meadows Racquet Club Friday for the state 1A tennis tournament ranked No. 1 in Region II in all five brackets. Burns said he expects the best competition com-petition to come from Wasatch Academy, a private by Randy Hanskat Last Friday the Miners made it look easy, very easy. In the Region II boys' tennis tournament at the Park Meadows Racquet Club, Park City won all five classes, losing only one set en route. Heading into the state tournament this Friday, that performance sets the Miners as No. 1 seed in Region II in every bracket. The competition at Park Meadows Racquet Club was expected to be more difficult, dif-ficult, especially in doubles, according to Miner Tennis Coach Bob Burns. "But we got a good effort from everyone, a very good effort by the doubles teams," Burns said. Since there were only five teams at the region tournament, tour-nament, Park City received byes in the first round. It took a total of three rounds to decide the affair. In the second round Chris Elkins, the Miner No. 1 singles player, faced Mike Nadworney of Dugway, blowing him out 6-1, 6-0. In the finals Elkins was pitted against Ted Brewer of St. Joseph, the only LA player who has been competitive com-petitive with Elkins this season, forcing him to three sets in their match earlier in the year. But this time Elkins looked like he wanted to show everyone just how good he is. as he stopped Brewer 6-2, 6-4. "It was a bit of a surprise for Chris to win so easily," Burns said. "Most of us pickings were easy at 6-1, 6-1. 6-1. Then came DeWitt and Brothers in the finals. At the start of the first set it looked as if another defeat at the hands of the Dugway duo was in store for Dyer and Bell, as they fell behind 4-1. But the Park City pair fought back valiantly, winning win-ning six of the next seven games to take the set 7-5. From there it was all downhill for the Miners, cruising to a 6-3 second set triumph. No. 2 doubles saw another tense final match. In the second round, Mike Birch and Scott Tatum did away with Marty Lampson and Derek Fackrell of Mt. Vernon Ver-non 6-2, 6-2. In the finals they were up against Rob Salomon and Robert Argyle of Dugway, and what came out was what Bob Burns called the "best match of the day." Tatum and Birch started out strong, taking the first thought that match was going to be a tough battle." Greg King, in the No. 2 singles slot for Park City, faced Trent Atkinson of South Summit in the second round. But he didn't face him for long, giving out a 6-0, 6-0 spanking. In the No. 2 finals King saw no big deal in Jim Deal of Dugway. King crunched him in the first set 6-2, then got a little tight in the second before finally putting Deal away 7-5. The Miner No. 3 singles spot was held down by Bob DiTullio. DiTullio's first opponent op-ponent was Mike Toone of South Summit, to whom DiTullio dealt a 6-1, 6-1 double cross. In the finals he faced Shawn Carney of Dugway, beating him 6-3, 7-5. 7-5. Going into the region tournament tour-nament Burns thought the No. 1 doubles slot would be the toughest to win for the Miners. The only match lost by Park City this year was in No. 1 doubles to the Dugway team of Rob DeWitt and Jeff Brothers. Miners Randy Dyer and Kory Bell were out to settle the score. But Dyer and Bell first had to do away with their second round opposition, Steve Bamberger and Brian Zeuthen of St. Joseph. Those |