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Show take just one easy jump in the decathlon and try to make it up on the other events. He had translated By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports the doctors activity limit fron anything that hurts your back to KAYSVILLE - According to Jeff Ohlwiler, still just a few weeks -- Sampson, McNabb, Folk And Shoop j home from a glamorous visit to the National Junior Olympic Finals in Los Angeles, track is a sport where jolly giants or speedy roadrunners arent the only one who can survive. TRACK GIVES everyone a chance to compete, just look at me, said Jeff who stands under Will Play For 4-All-StGrid Team A j I By KEITH DUNCAN ; Davis High's Jeff Sampson and Greg McNabb, Clearfields Greg folk and Laytons Chris Shoop made the final roster of 1984 High who will compete School hi a month in the annual Celebral football contest. ialsy All-StAll-Sta- ar scales at 150 pounds. If youll work hard, talent can be made up for. But talent and hard work are characteristics of those who make up our Olympic team this year, continued the Davis High athletic star. was tough to penetrate on his side. A banquet honoring the players and coaches for their excellence in sports and generosity of their time and effort will be held on Thursday, Aug. 2, 1984 at 7:30 p.m. Friends, family, relatives and the general public are welcomed to attend by making reservations with United Celebral Palsy by calling 582-070- 0. THE ROSTER was released this Veek from campaign headquarters at the U nited Cerebral Palsy office, this years team will represent schools from throughout rind 3-- A 4-- A Utah. The Ith annual competition is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. at Judge Memorial High 1 School in Salt Lake. Sampson and McNabb were household names at Davis High for two years as both were standout : offensive and defensive linemen. team their Both made the senior years. Both players were riot known for the apparent lack of size, but when it comes to quickness and ability to learn the complex double wing offense, no one was better. all-sta- te : ALL FUNDS generated by the games go directly to the programs of United Cerebral Palsy of Utah including Camp Kostopulos. These games have enabled United Cerebral Palsy to increase service from eight weeks of residential camp for the handicapped to as many as eleven weeks. This increase serves 90 more campers every summer. Other summertime programs benefitted by the Classics include a preschool for the disabled, wilderness trips, horseback riding and more. Advance tickets are available after July 16 Safeway Stores, $3.50 for adults and $2 for children or at the gate the night of the game, adults $4, and children $2.50. All-St- ar SAMPSON AND McNabb even- tually helped earn their team a fourth consecutive region championship and a berth in the state championship game against AJta, where they lost to the Hawks for the third consecutive time in the playoffs. Sampson and McNabb were coached by Ward Sawley. SClearfields Folk, also will play team. Folk is another for the otie of those thoroughbred linebackers that puts runningbacks in tfieir place and tight ends wondering all day. Folk was also an outstanding offensive lineman. He played two years as a starter for Qoach Brent Hancock. 4-- A 4-- A LAYTONS Chris Shoop may have been one of the most underrated players in the state last year, even though he received a number of post season honors. Shoop was outstanding at his defensive end and 200 pounds he position. At : 6-- 4 OTHER members of the and might barely tip the six-fo- ot ar Journal Sports anything which you can endure. Being basically a sprinter and size still not in his favor (140 pounds and 58), Jeff realized he needed development in the weight events, the shot put, discus and javelin. In 1982 he attended the BYU Track and Field summer camp for specific purpose of receiving instruction and training in those events. Of course that was followed by a ton of practice over several months in the shot put ring he constructed in the familys back yard. 4-- A squad include Bryce Bailiff, Weber; Tim Wagstaff, Brighton; Kirk Tidwill, Viewmont; Richard Ericson, Olympus; Bill Robertson, Hillcrest; Andy Boyce, Olympus; Andy Katoa, Granite; Kreg Peterson, Granite; Keith Lopati, Highland; Wade Bevans, Viewmont; Pete Morley, Alta; Spence Zigich, Bountiful; Randy Weice, Granger; Rob Hill, Hillcrest; David Morrison, Skyline; Jon Beesley, Alta; Mike Oliver, Cottonwood. Alan Bott, Box Elder; John Candelaria, East; Todd Thornton, Alt-Chris Van Leeuwen, Taylorsville; Kent Skidmore, Roy; Dave Walker, Alta; Aaron Hill, Hillcrest; Todd Wheelright, Bonnevill-e- ; Steve Hannay, Olympus; Bob a; JEFF ALSO began an ambitious weight lifting program aimed at building certain muscles as the basis for improvement in the throwing events. In early 1983, Jeffs sophomore year, he developed ligamentitis in his knee. It kept him out of the running events last year and all the concentration was put forth in the discus and javelin, both of which were painful to his back. He endured the pain however and evenjavelin tually placed fifth in the event. OHLWILER, who as a junior experienced one heck of a year in track and field and culminated it with the trip to Los Angeles, has a little more appreciation for it because of his size or apparent lack of it. Jeff, through the high school season gradually became the No. 1 javelin star in the state and finished things off in May with a state championship throw at BYU. But the event that has turned out to be his speciality, is in fact, some ten events that make up the boys de- 4-- A ANYTHING youre doing, is worth being the best at, said Jeff, Whether it be in sports or academics. Jeff, besides being a strong young athlete also carries an impressive 3.9 grade point average. With that kind of attitude, and a cathlon. OHLWILER WASNT to be denied in this years BYU Track and Field Invitationals decathlon. Having had a goal to win the decathlon since the eighth grade, the Davis High junior piled up over 6500 points to win the grueling event. Because of such a strong performance, it earned Ohlwiler a ticket to perform in the Junior Olympics in LA which were being held in conjunction with the United States Olympic Trials. With about 20 competitors there, Ohlwiler finished eleventh and was one of the youngest there. I DIDNT do as well as I would have liked, but just being there was a prize in itself, he said. Jeff, who had a chance to rub shoulders with some of Americas brightest and most brilliant track and field athletes while in LA, tried to explain in his own words the frustrations of those who didnt qualify for the Olympic team. ITS HARD to imagine how felt, especially after having they competitive spirit isnt just an ordinary will to be the best, but is a driving force that youll find the greatest athletes in the world pos- trained everyday for a number of years. Ive never done anything like that, but I have trained hard and to just miss something locally is hard enough to take. For guys like Farley Gerber, who had set a goal to be an Olympian and to just barely miss it, has to just kill em. sessing. In the spring of 1981, that competitive spirit went through a rather trying time when it was determined that too much long jumping for such a small body had helped to crack a vertebrae in his back. The doctor said he could not long jump any more, nor perform any other activity which could further injure his back, which included football, one of Jeffs favorites. Fortunately, running was the only thing that didnt bother the back. YOU WONDER what they are thinking? Do I go for it in another four years or should I hang up the spikes? Of course you have to remember to, that the Olympics arent the only thing for them to compete in. Eventually they might have a chance at the World Championships, said Ohlwiler. JEFFS COMPETITIVE JEFFS FATHER Bob, remem- bered back, In spite of the setback he was determined to reach his goal of competing in and eventually winning the BYU decathlon. His reasoning was maybe I can spirit, one of his valued attributes, is something that has propelled him on since his junior high days. This back that stayed healthy long enough, Jeff enjoyed a memorable junior season. But just the other day the back started hurting again, this time on a different side. Its discouraging right now, said Jeff,' But all I can say is that Im thank- ful it stayed healthy long enough so I could have a great junior year. The whole year could have been a : waste if the back hadnt of shaped : up. : FOR NEXT season, providing; the back stays healthy, Ohlwiler ; will compete in the intermediate; hurdles rather than the relays. Be-- J sides that he will still do his good : ole throwing events and some; ; jumping. Jeff admits that hed much rather ; being playing football this fall, but ; he may not make the cut because of j his back. If football doesnt go his ; way, (he hasnt played since his; freshman year), then cross country j will. Ohlwiler will also keep up the I weight lifting program and try to ; gain the 20 pounds hes got a goal to ; make. a Kaysville Murdock, Bingham; Travis Produces Champions McBeth, Woods Cross; Joey Long, Hillcrest and Marty Haws of Hillcrest. Kaysville Soccer Team These Kids Are Two Kaysville American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) all- star teams were champions in the recent Weber County Invitational, which included 69 top teams in the state of Utah and one from Albuquerque, New Mexico. ; ANOTHER LOCAL team lost a heartbreaker and placed second when their game went past over- time and into a rare shoot-ouWinners were crowned in the 12 and 13 year old bracket, as Stan Webster and Udell Kynaston guided their team to a 2 win over Clearfield in the championship game. They squeezed through an earlier game, over a Salt Lake tandem. City ; all-st- Better Than Good ar t. in tour- By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports .KAYSV1LLE - When youre good, then why not display it? -- .THATS THE motto of a group of; Kaysville and Fruit Heights bciys arent just ordinary soccer pl&yers, but have proven themselves a little better than average arid now have found a place to display their skills. Jts a group of 12 and 13yearolds thbt have kicked it around in this years American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). Then a couple of local coaches, Stan Webster aryl Udell Kynaston, got together arid picked the boys from various AVSO teams and made a quality r team out of them. alt-sta- THE TEAM of certainly krtow their stuff as last week they glided through the Weber County Invitational to take first in the 12 aryl 13 year old division. Websters and Knyastons team brat a Clearfield team 2 for the Weber title and before that beat fopr other teams to advance into thfe championship game. all-sta- rs will continue to perform neys and invitationals all through the summer. Eventually the local team will join ranks with the growing Utah Soccer Association which provided a little tougher competi- all-st- ar Udell Kynaston and Stan Webster have put together a quality MEMBERS OF the team include Randy Herget, Jordan Jepson, Matt Guiste, Jason Farris, Brian Knyaston, Justin Morris, Joel Garr, John Turner, Tom Smart, Aaron Rasmusson, Joey Arbuckle, Alan Richins, David Reed, Kemp Flint, Sam Adams, Wiley Adams and Chad Pettingill. The particular team assembled now have played together before and in fact, under the direction of Kynaston won invitationals in Layton and were second in Salt Lake City last year. THE KIDS are good enough to belong as a competition team and from this point forward will be playing teams from throughout Utah rather than just local teams, said Kynaston. Eventually, perhaps next summer, the Heights team could be invited to tournaments even outside Utah. I think its a good idea, commented Webster, "To have good ilUT IS there real life after competitive leagues where the springs AYSO? more talented kids can play against Yes there is. Now the each other. With these kids being boys will stay together and make taken away, it allows lesser up, a competitive soccer team that talented kids to come in and fill 6-- 6-- tion. Kaysvil-le-Fru- it ' 12 and 13 their places. THE PRESENT Kaysville-Fru- Heights it year old soccer players. all-st- ar collec- tion will get quite serious about their soccer. Both coaches said that the team will practice all through the summer, fall and even during the winter in gymnasiums. The team was actually selected by all the coaches in their age group, but Knyaston and Webster will be the two that will lead the club. These two local coaches go back a long way, having graduated from the same high school (Davis High), dated together and did just about everything else together, said Knyaston. A COMPETITION team makes a difference in the kids attitudes towards the game of soccer, said Knyaston, Every game is important and the enthusiasm is at an e high. "I think the parents are a little more enthusiastic too. Maybe not about all the costs, but they seem to be a little more involved. all-tim- WEBSTER SAID the ultimate thing is for the kids to become ar selection of 2-- 1 : ; ; i ; : j : ; 5 all-st- ar good high school soccer players. They are 13 years old right now, but by the time they reach high school, we believe a good bunch of kids will have a lot of the basic fundamentals down pat. soccer savvy. Theyre not just kicking the ball around and scoring goals, but they use their heads. Many of the coaches weve faced from other teams have commented that this group is one of the better theyve ever seen. were just trying to help Davis High to have a better program, Webster. All-St- ! said Coach Brent Hancock and the Falcons announce their Knyaston also chipped in, These 13 year olds have a lot of good talent and its to their best advantage to use it now and develop it now. AND I believe another reason weve got the kids playing soccer, is to give them another activity to get involved with, something to keep them out of trouble. Many of the kids still play baseball through the summer and some even attend basketball camps. About the only sport they must decide to give up is football, it just conflicts as far as seasons go," said Webster. IVE WORKED with a bunch of kids over the years, said Webster, But this group of boys have Pre-Footb- all Registraion and Physicals Monday-TucsdaJuly 9-10- th, 3:30 to 5:30. Also... , ALSO WINNERS were staked out in the 13 and 14 year old girls division with Coach Ron Tremea i leading the championship victory : over an Ogden team. Members of the winning girls team included Amy Marcusen, Brenda Peel, Trade Pearson, Tere- sa Miles, Amy Heath, Amy Slade, Ginger Cox, Heather Heath, Staci Robison, Aimee Tremea, Amberli Gustin, Stauna Smuin and Carol Official Conditioning Opens July 16th at 5:30 p.m. j : : ; I : McMillian. THE SECOND place winners were the 9 and 10 year olds, under I the coaching of Roland Utley and r Don Robb. I Playing a Roy team, they fought to a 2 tie at the end of the regular playing time and to a 3 deadlock : at the end of two over- - : times. Then the teams went into a ; shoot-ou- t, this according to AYSO regulations. Each teams best five s scorers were placed in a one-o: one confrontation with the goalie, : similar to a penalty kick. Each team alternated turns , and when all E 10 players had kicked, the Ogden d: team won 2-- y a 3-- five-minu- n- 4-- 3. i 4 |