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Show The P.C.H.S. Miners will soon find out if soccer is indeed a kick in the grass " 1TTTZ 1 X. -Jh-. .) f : v - WW tvj : jjUlLrvi (Cyti s JjXi ..."' times, but if they are willing, the Park City girls will get lots of playing time, said Schaub. After two days of tryouts, Schaub listed his standouts-seniors: standouts-seniors: Gary Lambert and Gabriele Zuckert; juniors: Craig Griffin, Kory Bell, Eric Olson, and Geoff Palmer; sophomores: Greg King, Ocey Leavitt, Eric Howard, and Jay Worley; freshmen: Todd Mather, Mark Van-Luven, Van-Luven, Dan Hunter, Kris Anderson, and Bruce Buck-ner. Buck-ner. He said those are the top players at this point, but others may emerge as the eight-game season progresses. pro-gresses. "They are a real good group of kids," Schaub said during a break in Monday's practice. "All are very coachable, and excited about the program. They feel they have just as good a chance as any of the other teams in their region." Of the three other region teams, only Rowland Hall has played together pre- i viously as a team in league play. Many of the Park City 1 kids have played in leagues 1 over the years and know the fundamentals of the game, Schaub said. Still, he added, there are quite a few who are getting their first taste of soccer and are liking it. by Randy Hanskat "The thing that hurts us the most is that we don't get the feel for the actual field. There's much more real estate outdoors." Two developers discussing the acquisition of farm property to turn into endless condos, right? Wrong. It's Park City High School Soccer Coach Jesse Schaub discussing the lack of a field on which to practice. Schaub and his team are heading their way into P.C.H.S.'s newest sport, soccer. But thanks to the snow, virtually all practice must be done in the confines of a gym. This will be the first year for soccer at Park City, the first year for 1 A soccer in the state as a matter of fact. Park City's region will consist of teams not regularly on the football or basketball schedules. Park City is the only one of the four schools in the region (the others are Rowland Hall, St. Joseph, and Utah School of the Deaf) which was game enough to have a go at soccer without an outdoor practice field clear of snow. The inaugural soccer season sea-son for the Miners started yesterday with an exhibition game against East High School at Sunnyside Park in I irrrw-iwri m-rmmmmmrmmmmrw - mi it I Pele? No, just sophomore Tom Muzelaar giving it the boot during Monday's Mon-day's soccer team practice in the Middle School gym. Schaub plans to concentrate concen-trate on defense during the early part of the season, letting the offensive develop with time. He plans to use a zone defense, with each player going man-to-roan when an opponent enters his or her zone. He said the lack of a field to practice on is a disadvantage disadvan-tage for his team. "But we'll be the best indoor soccer team in the state." He plans occasionally to take his team down to practice in Salt Lake where the fields are soggy but snow-free. Schaub says he wants the kids to have fun with the new school sport. If it works out, he says, more area schools will become involved next year. See the complete soccer season schedule below. Salt Lake. The press time of this paper precludes coverage cover-age until next week. That game, along with a March 30 game at Morgan, are the only two exhibition matches of the season. The six-game region schedule gets underway April 4 against Rowland Hall at Rose Park. Schaub said 32 kids turned out for the team tryouts last Thursday and Friday. None was cut, but the school's supply of 25 uniforms restricts re-stricts the number of players for any one game. There's no room for male chauvinism on the field. The soccer program is open to females. Park City has fielded six girls so far. There is no rule about having a female on the field at all |
