OCR Text |
Show i Sun Chronicle, Sun Times, San Lomond Beacon, Clearfield Courier Sporfstaculor Let's Ask Harry &ry GSurdhieDD tio coinniinnieiniti on By Bliss Fullmer Sports enthusiast Harry Burchell of Bonneville High School, has consented to share his sports information in a new column, under the title of Lets Ask Harry. Harry is Athletic Director at Bonneville, and serves as President of the Athletic Directors Association of the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA). He is also a member of the Sports Advisory Council of the UHSAA. Harry has a fascinating background in sports, beginning at Ogden High School, where he lettered in football, base'ball'and track. He was the Utah State shot-pu- t champ, and won the coveted gold watch as the outstanding athlete at Ogden High. . . He attended the Weber State Junior College, way back when, and was recruited to play footbali, and throw the shot at the University of Utah. At Weber State, he was in.track, football and played baseball. At Utah he was champion of. the old Skyline Conference, as a Harry coached at Central Junior High School, prior to serving his ' country, during the Korean War. During the war, Harry. was stationed in Germany, and coached football ' at the Heidelberg Military Post. He also coached swimming and track and, ' ' field, and competed in both sports,. After military.service, Harry took a coaching job at Washington Junior High Schooi in Ogden, for five years. From there he went to Weber High School for a year as an assistant in both football and track.' When Bonneville High School came into being in I960,. Harry 'landed the head coaching jobs in both football and track and stayed there for. eight years. In 1968, he resigned to take over as Athletic Director. Harry experienced fabulous success in his career as an athletic Director. In 1975 he was selected as the Utah Athletic Director of .the year, and was voted the same honor in thiiteen states, comprising the South-WeRegion. From there, he was sent to Atlantic City, New Jersey, as one of six finalists for National Athletic Director of the year, and he captured the coveted crown in competition against men from all over the U.S.A. in the field of directing From his lofty perch as of athletics at high school, Harry has been exposed to the cross-sectio- n American snorts. He has delivered speeches in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Atlantic City, New Jersey and in San Diego, California, and has exchanged ideas and problems with people from all over the country Harry, with his wife Jeanette Vlaanberen Burchell, lives in South Ogden. He has three children, and all have participated in sports. Jeffrey played basketball and was a swimmer for the Lakers of Bonneville. Pamela lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, where she works and spends a lot of time on the slopes. She also teaches swimming, during the summer and like months. Julh was Ogden High Schools outstanding shQt-pute- her father, won the gold watch in her senior year. She attends Weber State, and has been student assistant basketball coach at Roy, and student assistant track coach at Bonneville. years old, has been in Harry Burchell, who admits to being .sports all his life, and has agreed to share his wealth of information with our readers. He will tackle any question, which you, the readers wouldlike to ask him, plus a lot that the Sportswriters of Stahle Publications can dream up. . SO. LETS ASK HARRY. QUESTION: Harry we have been hearing a lot about a realignment of fifty-on- e . high schools for athletic competition, beginning in 1981. What can you tell us about the UHSAA plans for our Utah High Schools? ANSWER: There undoubtedly will be a realignment of high schools in the fall of 1981. A committee is now being formed by the Board of Directors and by the Utah High School Athletic Association to analyze the problems that will accompany a realignment. . Q. What specific problems can we anticipate? A. At present we have geographical problems for scheduling games in a time of high-cotransportation and the energy crisis. Most of the larger schools are located along the Wasatch Front, within 25 miles of common opponents, but there are schools like Uintah, Tooele, Dixie, Cedar City, Sky View and others. Some of those schools must travel over 20C miles for scheduled games of varsity boys, varsity girls, sophomore girls, sophomore boys and j.V. girls and boys. Q. Exactly what will the coming realignment do for liigh school - r. A. At present we have four schools with enrollments over 2,000 students in the upper three grades. Orem is being divided into two schools, and Bingham, Cottonwood, and Kearns will each surrender students for the new Taylorsville School which opens this fall. Schools like Skyline, . Olympus and others have shrinking enrollments, due to theexodus of young families to the urban areas. There should be no school in Utah with 2,000 students, when classes begin in September. In fact, Weber High School and Sky View will probably be the two biggest schools in the state, and plans are presently being discussed to whittle them down. Sky View will be divided by 1983, and Weber High School will see new boundaries to add students to Roy High, and possibly Bonneville in 1981. Q. Will there still be four classifications of Utah High Schools this year? A. No. The 3A and 4A schools will be combined into one category, with the student population reduced to 1,200 and possibly 1,100. The 2A range of students will be set at about 500 to 1,100, and those with fewer than 500 students will be classified as 1A. girl-athlet- e, Con prawDdles The K& 24 i year old right-hande- pointment followed and he was givin his walking papers on jicDtiemnieiniti native of Los Angeles, signed with the Kansas City Royals after graduating from High school in 1973 and was sent to the Royals baseball academy in Florida. After being released in 1974, he went to Oregon and played with the Portland Mavericks. Again disap- a r, in 1975. This he feels was the lowest point of his career, and he was beginning to wonder if he had what it took to make the big leagues. Then a friend told him that Oakland was having tryouts in Boise, Idaho. A phone call to dad got him the necessary money to make the trip. And what a trip. In that one day, he belted out two homeruns, ? double, and a triple. They signed me up and I didnt hit another homerun all year, he laughes. His progress has been steady, if not spectacular. He played class A ball in 1976, AA in 1977 and AAA in 1978, 1979 and now. in 1980. His value lies in his versatility in the infield and his ability to get on A's receive help from parent club ft By Wally Carr The Ogden old 2-y- r. (3 DAYS ONLY) OPEN SUNDAYS SOUTH 100 WEST SYRACUSE, UTAH 84041 25-767- 549Ffct 4$l .050 PHONE ALL PETUNIAS 2" Reg. 49 $J93 NOw2$5 $3.98 now2$1 Reg. $3.49 NOW 79 AVi" Reg. As received much needed help last week when Billy Martin sent down pitchers Mark Sousa', Rick Lysander and outfielder Ray Cosey. Infielder Bruce Fournier was called up from AA ball in West Haven Conn, to take over 3rd base. The As have been riddled with injuries, with outfielders Glen Burke, Larry. Murray, Scott Job, infielder Mike Rodriguez and Pitcher Mike Morgan all on tKe disabled list. Added to this is right fielder Mark Budaska who has been out of the line up with a pulled muscle in his leg. ROSES GERANIUMS GRAPES a Vi NILE EAST Vi MILE NORTH OF R.C. WILLEY 10-- 4 6 - athletics? st basepath. . st st By Wally Carr Okay Rabbit, lets get a hit! a fan shouts rs Jeff Co t, the scrappy infielder for the As, steps up to bat. He doesnt remember just when they started calling him rabbit but is very proud of the recognition given him by the fans for his speed on the coDumro weekly 7W Bonneville High sports enthusiast, makes it a point to keep up with the latest in area sports news. Starting this week Sportstacular will feature Harry's comments in a question-answe- r sports series. HARRY BURCHELL, PCD. IbasepaSlhs base. He cur.ently leads the club in walks, and his aggressive base running has given him the edge on stolen bases. When hes not playing ball, he eqjoys water skiing, surfing, fishing and almost any kind of outdoor sports. How was your opening day? By Wally Carr Chill winds, cloudy skies and that he and his companion had caught 17 opening day, but they had gone by rain showers haunted the opening days of fishing season as area fishermen took to the streams and lakes in search of the elusive rainbow or Brown trout lurking therein. . , For those who did dori slickers and found fishing to be generally good especially on lakes and dams that were, accessible. At Pine View Reservoir, I talked with Jerry Dahlberg and Allen Hash the Utah State Fish and Game dept. They have been there for the past few nonths. planting fish and taking cnumerous studies to determine fish populations, growth rate and success. of previous plants. . Their duties were, to patrol the icservoir counting boats and shore fishermen to determine, fishing pressure. They were also, inspecting catches and licenses for other studies they were conducting. Their were no license violations oyer the weekend,. and only minor problems with limits. One boatei inadvertently mentioned way of the frying pan for dinner and . breakfast. . . Boat fishing remained .good during the .weekend,- - with. .fish. being taken using the triple teaser, (a. secret, I wasnt supposed to mention) but everybody was usin it so, what the heck. Fish and Game personnel were also at the boat docks inspecting A , . . . . . catches, and requesting the MORE TOP QUALITY MEAT for LESS MONEY! FRYER THIGHS 10-lb- s. or more 4A m Center Cut BEEF POT ROAST ib.ll" Fresh Pork Leg u. PORK ROAST 37e ROUND STEAKS .ib. OV Tender Beef & CLUB STEAKS ; DAYS SAME AS CASH ON 90 . . -- Beef Ground with Beef Hearts 9 ' ssiNMYt V 10-lb- s. PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU JUNE before it is 1 0, 1 980 V y OPEN 1 Z P.M. CLOSED SUNDAYS EXACT WEIGHT and 9-- 7 PRICE WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT ANY ITEM BASED ON SUPPLY. wrapped. oim 310544 CDCHSEB 'W and Mrs. Ast used a triple teaser on Pine View to make these catches on opening day. MRS. STREBBLE Lb. or more Every cut of meat is placed on a scale that shows the ALLORDERS FREEZER WRAPPED V. BACON flt57005 OLD-FASHIONE- D o DELICIOUS BROKEN SLICED SUPER BURGER PERSONALIZED FRIENDLY SERVICE. OR MORE. Whole or half for your freezer! Cut or Wrapped (Includes: Hams and bacon smoked, Isausage seasoned & ground). 2 ib Greet for Hamburgers, Meet Loaf, Chili, and many morel : $ 53ib570eib. $200.00 PORK . RIBS............ .. ........ ...tb.U CHECK OUR ASSORTED FREEZER & Up MEAT BUNDLES 35-Lb- s. Pork SHORT n eg Bar-B-Q- BOSTON STEAKS Lb. Lean Lean Beef Great for ThickJuicy Fresh "A" Grade MfllEantfr aCEBi$BQroiQElilzn3H- - USEDSEEIiB WAYMENT, age 13, sets fishing line in Wheeler Creek just below Pine View Reservoir during 1980 fish opener. Kelly attends North Davis Junior High and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. "Eldon KELLY Wayment of West Point. in-- of dulgence of fishermen while they u easured weighed and checked to see when they were planted. This was done by placing the fish under a black light. Each plant was marked with a harm less dye that is visible under a black light, and the different colors deteYmmp when they were planted, Most of the fish taken were from plants made last fall and this spring, weighed a pound to a pound and a half, and approximately 14 inches long, Shore fishermen didnt fare as well, and their success was spotty and generally poor. |