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Show UifresGBBng cBSnBc Germed! a smooess assistant to Preece for two years at Uintah, before coming to Roy High School, and he employs the same basic teaching principles with his Royals. ' Preview of Roy Wrestling Coach Summers is optimistic about this years prospects in wrestling. He has nine or ten iettermen returning from last years squad,, and a promising group of sophomores to give him by Bliss Fullmer , a wrestling clinic, last weekend at Sand Ridge Junior High School, Dennis Preece, wrestling coach at Cyprus High School went over the fundamentals of wrestling for sixty-fiv- e athletes from Roy and Bonneville High Schools and In from Sand Ridge. Mr. Preece coached at Uintah High School from 1965 to 1975, and then moved to Cyprus. His teams at Uintah won the state championship eight times in the depth. year span. Coach Preece places dedication ahead of everything else in wrestling. "A man must he willing to pay the price, he said. If he doesnt leave practice tired and smarter than when he came, he has wasted his time and mine. Many of Hipwell, who are senior Greg had a 20-- 5 record last year, junior Bruce Odo, who wrestled many weights as a utility man on the team, junior Jay Winward, who was 194 at the 138 pound position, and senior Kelly Skidmore, who was a star in the 167 pound division, before suffering a broken rib. Preeces former Summers will also be the expertise and experience of senior Sid Parker, Coach wrestlers have gone into the college ranks, and his program at Cyprus is starting to catch on. At Uintah, Wrestling enthusiasm began in elementary school, and the results are harvested in high school. Our second unit at Uintah was the second best team in the state, he Thursday, November Sauls pflavs Duairdl Minor miracles happen once in a while and former Roy High football player, Rick Sauls is just one of them. Rick, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mather of 5051 S. 2675 West, Roy, just completed a full season of freshman football with the College of Eastern Utah in Price. That is the miracle. For a kid who suffered injury and sickness through most of his high school career and seldom being able to see action, the mental going can be tough. Hie first miracle happened with CEU giving rebirth to a football program that hadnt been around for 17 years. The second is players like Rick, who despite the hardships in high school, make the team and before the season is out earn a starting role. CEUs season came to a close last Saturday in Rexburg but Rick and the rest of the returning look forward to another campaign wfth plenty of winter weightlifting ahead. The 0 played hurt most of his football still was able to see action with at but High, Roy days the junior varsity team and some varsity action. He graduated in 1978 and made the decision to play, with a scholarship at CEU this past season. Rick, who is also a talented javelin thrower, has thrived in the weight room and carries a pretty good bulk in the upper body. He plans to throw the javelin this spring with the CEU track team. Rick presently has two brothers who attend Roy Junior, Darin and Tony, both are avid wrestlers. Ricks two older brothers, Jeff and John were also active in sports. The College of Eastern Utah finished their season last Saturday. The Golden Eagles only victory of the season came with a 3 win over Ricks. 1 5, 1979 Page 13 aft CEO an Returning ten Sporfstoculor calling on senior Jeff Gorder, senior Tim Tippetts, senior Shane DeHart, senior John Cummings and senior John Nelson. 6-- er RICK SAULS, former Roy High foot- ball player, performed this past season at College of Eastern Utah Team selected by Bliss Fullmer Final selections were made by 14-1- junior high school coaches Mitch Wilcox of Roy Junior High School and Gary Strong of Sand Ridge, last week. Roy Junior High School lists boasted. The whole town supported our wrestling program, and thats very important. Coach Riley Summers was an JB. 4. Ifc'rtr ninth-grader- s, Darren Cutler, Harris, Reed Tom Nigon, Mike OB Newey, Ryan Bluemen, Mike Kempinger, Chris Checketts, Darren Porter, Kent Field and Lance Browning. From the e are Mike Cole, Roy Workman, Jeff Jorgenson, Jeff and Yoshimura, Gregg s Mickelsen. Eric Jorgenson, Steve Locker and Kyle Matsumura also made this years Red Skin roster. . eighth-grad- Seventh-Grader- primes Sand Ridge Team Sand Ridge, Coach Gary Louis Strong listed Meyer, Jeff White, Darwin Cochran, Scott Morris, Brett Loftus, Jeff Durand, Richard Davis, Tod Vigil, Frank Bat- listone and Eric Gallegos. His At 1 i ninth-grade- by Bliss Fullmer Bonneville Wrestling Coach Dan Slaugh is smiling over this years crop of returning and he has two transfer-studenwho are bound to help in his program. He has eight returning, and five of them qualified for the state finals last year. Brett Shelton, who restled at 96 eighth-grad- e ts en pounds, is now up to 105 pounds; Tommy Campbell was 105, but will move up to wrestle at 119 this year; Dave Terry was 138 last year, and will now be at 145 pounds; Roger Reeder, who was 112 last season, plans to wrestle at 126 this year; Alan Watson was last year's heavy weight, weighs 240 pounds, and will wrestle unlimited again. Roy Bowcutt 1132), Steve Thomas (167) and Scott Potts 167 also lettered for the Lakers last season. Alex Dupre transfered to Jr. IT WAS COACH Riley Summers wrestling dininc. against some of his Royol grapplers in the recently completed Four Jazzmen on SALT LAKE CITY Four Utah Jazz Players are among the 88 NBA players appearing on the 1980 NBA Ballot, which is being distributed nationwide this week. They are Pete Maravich, trom Bonneville Tustin, Adrian Dantley, Bernard King California, and weighs 155 and James Hardy. Fans throughout the United pounds. He is a senior. States are invited to vote for the Ron Baxter, a junior from starting fives for both the East Vernal will wrestle in the 132 and West teams. The leagues pound division Forty hopefuls coaches select the remaining six showed up for the Bonneville players on each squad. The 1980 game will be wrestling tryouts last week. All-St- All-St- ar played February 3 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, home of the Washington Bullets. The NBA game voting is being sponsored by Michelob and more than four million ballots will be available nationwide, with approximately 200,000 in this area. Locally, ballots will be distributed at the All-St- Palace Mark Webster, Bob Moore, Travis Hurst, Kerry Hipwell, Steve Skidmore, Brett Harrop, Trent Bluemel, Greg Durand, Doug Nielsen and Darin Van Leeuwen. Team schedules for the two teams will be published later. baBBoG aBB-sG-ar Four rookies are among the 88 players appearing on the ballot. They are Larry Bird, Boston Celtics; Calvin Natt, New Jersey Nets; David Greenwood, Chicago Bulls; and Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers. Among veterans nominated are Elvin Hayes, Washington Bullets; who has played in 11 All-St-ar and various games; Kareem Los Angeles Lakers, restaurants throughout Utah. The Utah Jazz will sponsor selected for nine games; Rick special voting nights at each Barry, Houston Rockets, selected home game beginning Nov. 8 and for eight games; Dave Cowens, continuing through December 27. Boston Critics; and Bob Lanier, Salt players include Abdul-Jabba- r, Detroit Pistons, selected for seven games; Rudy Tom-janovic- h, Houston Rockets; Pete Maravich, Utah Jazz; Wes Unseld, Washington Bullets; and Bob Mcadoo, Detroit Pistons, five games; Doug Collins, Philadelphia 76ers, Bobby Dandridge, Washington Bullets; and Earl Monroe, New York Knicks, selected for four games; and David Thompson and George McGinnis, Denver Nuggets; Paul Westphal, Phoenix Suns; George Continued on Pag 14 r ' |