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Show u3 J 'Y Newspaper Ja f J. L by Jim Murray Mkiipipsay nim Spq&irite Who's that old geezer in the mirror? hcBl Thursday, January 14, 1982 ,iillililll :. X, Park City's James Meekins (right) puts the arm on his Lehi opponent,. ehi meet Wrestlers hurt by lack of depth by John Sundquist The Park City wrestling team got a taste of defeat in its first dual meet of the 1981-82 season, losing to Lehi 44-21 last Thursday, Jan. 7. In 12 matches rapging from 98 lbs to heavyweight, Park City won four, but lost eight (including four by forfeit). Getting pins for Park City were Rex Fletcher at 105 lbs., John Howard at 138 lbs, and Greg Bair in the 185-lb bracket. The fourth Park City win came from James Meekins, who recorded a decision at 145 lbs. The dual meet took place in Park City's gym, but there was no obvious home-team advantage. But the score could have been much closer if the forfeits and close matches are taken into account. Park City has not wrestled in the 112-lb or 119-lb bracket all year because of a lack of .candidates for that weight. But Coach Wayne Carlson hopes to fill those spots before the end of the season. In the loss column for Park City were Sean Krajeski at 98 lbs, Geoff Palmer at 126 lbs, Bill Reed at 155 lbs, and Zack Henrion at 132 lbs. "We did all right considering consider-ing we only wrestled in eight matches," Carlson said. "They are a bigger school and have a good squad. We won four of eight matches and almost took two others so the score is deceiving." However, Coach Carlson admitted Park City looked bad in a recent tri-meet against Highland, which is a 4A school and Morgan, which is 2A. "We have beaten all the other 1A teams except South Summit," said Coach Carlson. Carl-son. "We do not match up well against South Summit. We put our best wrestlers up against theirs and just lose, and then we put our weaker boys up against their weaker boys and the same thing happens." The Miners have only 13 members on the squad, with two freshmen and no sophomores. sopho-mores. The two freshmen are Zack Henrion and Geoff Palmer. Receiving high praise from Coach Carlson are three members of the squad who are having fine seasons. Senior Jeff Sieverts has lost only two matches so far, as has James Meekins, also a senior. And Greg Bair has lost just two matches at 185 lbs. This Thursday and Friday, Jan. 14 and 15, Park City will enter an eight-team tournament tourna-ment this season at Evans-ton, Evans-ton, Wyoming. According to Coach Carlson there will be some tough competition there. "I will try to get all the boys in the tournament for exposure and experience," said Coach Carlson. "If lean get two boys in the finals and . three in the cancellation bracket, so there are five still wrestling the last night, I'll be happy." Halfway through his 13th wrestling campaign, Coach Carlson is looking at an average season. He believes interest for the school sport of wrestling is dropping. "There are 13 boys on the squad and we only have two prove noticeably, freshmen," laments Carlj , "You know, just a few son. "The junior' high schoof years ago this was the only must begin a wrestling ginning team in the school." program. If they could get dy&e-Gh Jan. 23, Park City will "mat and begin teaching the - Jake part in its next triangu-sport triangu-sport to those interested at lar meet against North an early stage, our high Summit and South Summit school program would im- at Kamas. N $r, : v Greg Bair (in the light shirt) gets upended during Lehi match. Basketball Hot shooting destroys Miners by John Sundquist The Park City Miners' basketball team lost its fifth game of the season to a powerful South Rich team last Friday night at Randolph Ran-dolph 62-41. Led by 6'6" center Joe Argyle, the hometown home-town South Rich Trojans shot 50 percent from the field in the first half to leave no doubt as to the outcome. By the third quarter, with Park City down by 20 points, South Rich was substituting freely with second-team players. In preparing for the game, Park City Coach Bruce Reid knew he had his hands full. But the halftime looks of amazement on his players' faces told the whole story. "They couldn't believe the shots going through the hoop," exclaimed Reid, "And if there, was a significance signifi-cance to the game it was the obvious size difference." Park City averages 5'11" in height, while the starting five for South Rich topped 6'3". The one bright spot for the Miners happened in the first quarter. Darren Lawless was assigned to guard Joe "the tree" Argyle, and held him to a single basket. However the slack was taken up by the other four starting seniors. Park City's strategy was based on the hope that South Rich's outside shooting game would be off. "We tried to keep them away from the basket in the first quarter and give them the 20-footer," said Reid. "But they made them anyway." any-way." In the second quarter Park City tried to force the ball into the center by coming out to meet the Trojan guards coming down court. "We wanted to put more pressure on them but they just passed inside and their height again made the difference," said Reid. Park City was using a triangle-and-two zone defense, de-fense, letting two players guard man-to-man with three in a zone. "The kids played well and did everything they were supposed to do," continued Reid, "But everything we did was counteracted by them. Steve Toly and Darren Lawless played well for us, and Chris Sloan came in for a quarter and a half to pull in nine rebounds." The leading scorer in the game was Joe Argyle with 17 points. The high scorers for Park City were Steve Toly with 12 points and Darren Lawless with 11. Park City did grab 35 rebounds over the course of the game but committed 25 turnovers. The scoring by quarter went 8-17-24-41 for Park City and 18-41-53-62 for South Rich. In last week's game against South Summit, the South Rich squad should have won but lost, according to Reid. "So they just punished us. Their last five home games they have won by 20 points. South Rich traditionally does well at home but not on the road." Park City plays two games at home this coming weekend. week-end. Friday night the Miners will go against North Rich in a league match. Saturday night Altamont comes to the Park City court for a nonleague contest. "We will prepare for Altamont but not for North Rich," said Coach Reid. "They play such entirely different games. Altamont uses a man-to-man defense while North Rich plays a zone, and Altamont uses the full court press but North Rich does not." I woke up Tuesday morning and went to look in the mirror. The guy in there was having a birthday. I won't tell you which one. Suffice it to say, he's much older than I. I check on him every 10 years or so. I can't seem to get rid of him. He keeps getting older while it's well known I'm growing younger. I'm somewhere between 30 and 35. He's God-knows-what. He's got these pouches under his eyes. His skin is kind of blotchy. God knows, my skin is clear. He's always getting heartburn while it's well known I can eat a taco, chili relleno and polish it off with a flagon of Dos Equis (check spelling) and not even belch. His hair is getting gray around the edges while mine is as black as Rudolph Valentino's ever was. He's always trying to get me to go to bed early but I fool him. I stay up clear through the 11 o'clock news some nights. He uses a wood for an approach shot to a green. I, on the other hand, choke down on a wedge. He creaks when he walks. I cross a room like a panther. I notice he's put on a lot of weight, but I can still get into my graduation suit. He can't even putt. Me, I'm deadly at 40 feet. I keep young. You never hear me, when Ron Cey boots a ball at third, say "Pie Traynor would've got two!" When a guy makes a leaping catch in the outfield, I never say "DiMaggio would've been waiting for it." I don't look at Larry Holmes and say "Dempsey would have killed him." The guy in the mirror sticks to the past. I don't. I have to throttle him to keep hirn from saying to Tony Dorsett, "You're not a patch on Red Grange, kid." You date yourself with that kind of talk. This guy actually boasts he saw Babe Ruth hit a home run once. Personally, I like to ask people if there really was a Babe Ruth or if he, like Santa Claus, is a grown-ups' lie. He's always complaining the nights are darker than they used to be and he wonders why everybody has started to whisper and not talk up like they used to. He plays TV so loud you can hardly hear yourself drink. Personally, I can hear snow falling. Or a cat crossing a rug. Upstairs. He listens to Lawrence Welk. He wears ties. I'm into disco, myself, I wear gold chains, and none of my shirts button. He's always going through the dictionary. I could write one. I remember every word ever written. He's always wondering how to spell "obsolescent." I can spell it in German. He tries to tell me to be my age. I tell him to shut up and get me a motorcycle for Christmas. He tells me not to be in a hurry to take the Christmas tree down, it may be the last one I'll ever have. With a friend like that who needs enemies? His teeth are bothering him. I eat corn just to annoy him. My friends, Bill and Katie Huber, of the Ventura Hubers, have sent a birthday card for him culled from an old Ann Landers or Dear Abby column. It's perfect for him: "You know you're getting old," it reads, "when the following happens: "1. Almost everything hurts what doesn't hurt doesn't work anymore. "2. It feels like the morning after the night before but you haven't been anywhere. "3. All the names in your little black book end in 'M.D.' "4. You look forward to a dull evening. "5. Your knees buckle, but your belt won't. "6. You're 17 around the neck, 42 around the waist, and 126 around the golf course. "7. You sink your teeth into a steak. And they stay there. "8. You try to straighten the wrinkles in your stockings and find out you're not wearing any. "9. A little old lady has to help you across the street. She's your wife." Well, those are his problems. To tell you the truth, he keeps me young. Whatever he tells me to do, I do the opposite. If he says, go to bed, I go up to the Sunset Strip. If he says, write nice about Cincinnati or Seattle, or Santa Clara I tear into them. If this old geezer thinks he owns me, he's got another thing coming. (c) 1982, Los Angeles Times Syndicate III HI ! I St s N 1 0 I) V). t i 1 : I I ! ! Ill II! Ill III !!! |