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Show Page 6 June 25, 1980 Sun Chronicle, Sun Times, Ben Lomond Beacon, Clearfield Courier 'X- - Dick Motta returning for basketball camps By Keith Duncan Dick Motta, coach of the former world champion Washington Bullets, will be in Ogden during the month of August to help in the conducting of the Dick Motta Basketball Camps. Motta, who coached at Weber Junior College and at the time the school became a major college, expressed excitement about coming back to the Ogden area for the camp. Im pleased that the people back in Ogden would give me the opportunity to come back and visit them and conduct this basketball camp, said Motta. The basketball camp includes two y sessions. The Boys session begins August 4th and runs through August 9th. The Girls camp begins on August 11th and ends August 16th. This years camp will be staged at Ogden High School on Harrison Blvd. The basketball-relateopportunity extends to every youngster who is interested in learning and practicing every phase of basketball to receive instructions from coaches who know the game and more importantly, have been schooled in the art of teaching. Dick Williams, who is helping to conduct the camps reported, Each camper will be taught the techniques and patterns practiced by the top six-da- d stars in drib- Basketball-shootin- bling, passing, defense, rebounding, setting up plays, action patterns and fast breaks. Williams further stated, Both the youngster just learning the game and the experienced player devoted to improving his skills will benefit from the emphasis on fundamentals stressed by Coach Motta. Players will be organized according to their own ability . . . daily game competition will give everyone ample opportunity to play and improve. Every camper will be encouraged to perform to their capabilities but not beyond their physical abilities. Learning basketball from Coach Motta and the guest instructors presents an opportunity that no youngster interested in the game should pass up. Dick is a small-tow- n product from Midvale, Utah. His first coaching job was at Grace (Idaho) Junior High, After a two-yewhere he was stint with the Air Force, he took over the Grace Senior High program and, over a three-yespan, posted a 3 record. brilliant Then it was on to Weber Junior College for a 22-- 2 season. When Weber J.C. became Weber State College, Motta piloted the Wildcats to a 122-3- 1 listing in major college competition. He was a surprise choice as coach of the Chicago Bulls in 1968 and his accomplishments in the Windy City represent a unique chapter in NBA history. He is one of only four NBA coaches to achieve four consecutive seasons and he did it without a Bill Russell or Kareem Abdul-Jabba- r, Dave Cowens. In 1971, the first of his campaigns, he was named the NBAs Coach of the Year. Dick Motta is a person and a coach. He deplores losing and he will not tolerate losers. Hes a revered teacher; his basketball clinics have engrossed coaches and players alike over the past decade. After ten years in the NBA, coach Motta lead his Washington Bullets team to the World Championship by beating a tough Seattle Supersonic team in seven games in 1978, and last year lead his team to the NBA only to be Championship play-offbeaten by the Supersonics in seven games. This accomplishments can be fully appreciated only by the fact the Bullets were predicted to be one of the first teams to be eliminated from the play-offMotta is now the third winningest coach in the history of the ar 9-- ar 63-1- s, s. NBA. Roy squads blitz Bonneville foes between Roy and In a match-of- f Bonneville, in the summer baseball prep league, both Royal teams shut out the Lakers. Roy I beat Bonneville I 5 - 0 on a two-h- it performance by Paul Hansen, and Lance Jorgenson beat Kurt Mildon 1 - 0 in a pitching duel between the Roy II and Bonneville II teams. JORGENSON VS MILBON In the game of last years sophomores, Roy scored one run on four hits, while leaving three men on base while the Lakers had no runs on three hits and left five men stranded. Milbon gave up only one walk, but Jorgenson walked five - three in the last inning. The game was up for grabs for seven innings. Getting hits for the Royals were Chris Colohan (a single and a double) Wade Jacklin, and Kerwin Jensen. For the Lakers, Rousch, Coogins and Porter singled. Roy won the game in the fourth inning, when Colohan singled, Eddie Freret advanced him to second on a dribbler down the first base line, and Wade Jacklin singled to score him from second. Good Royal defense Paul Hansen protected the slim advantage to the last out. We played excellent defense, added Coach Larry Jorgenson. They had eight men on base, Jacklin picked one off third base, and caught another one trying to steal second, and our outfield cut one man down, trying to stretch a single into a double. sparkles shutout 5-- 0 Only three Lakers earned the right to first base in the 5 - 0 shut-ou- t pitched by Roys Paul Hansen. He gave up hits to Jeff McFarland and Steve Draney, and walked one, the other man. Three other Lakers stayed alive on Royal errors, but were unable to get around the bases as Hansen struck out eight, and good Roy defense prevented them from scoring. Roy scored all of its runs in the fifth inning, off the pitching of Brian Moore. Jeff McFarland took over in the third inning and shut out the Royals for the balance of the game. He struck out seven. Roy had five runs on seven hits and committed five errors. The Royals left eight men on base. The Lakers went scoreless on two hits, committed three errors and left six men stranded. Roys win elevated the Royals into first place in the Northern Utah Prep e ahead of League - just Bonneville, who suffered its first loss to the Royals. Roy is 1 and Bonneville, with a game to make up, is Both teams will participate in a planned 16 team tournament to be held at North Davis Junior High School, at Davis High School and hopefully at John Affleck Park for the championship. half-a-gam- 4-- 3-- I Last Wednesday at the Clearfield High School stadium, Clearfield Recreation Department presented its second Special Event of the summer The Clearfield Junior Olympics Finals. Youngsters 8 to 13 years of age chose two of six events in which they wanted to compete in. These events included the fifty-yar- d dash, twenty-yar- d one foot hop, baseball or softball throw, run, jump and dodge shuttle run and the standing broad jump. Two other events, the cross country run and the relay races were open to all the youngsters to compete in. The youngsters all tried their ' reported recreation directors, No one let down in any event. The cross country race was an event completed by many and a major attraction of the day. Numerous good scores were posted, with all winners in each age group being awarded ribbons for their excellent showings. These winners will all advance to the Davis County Junior Olympics Championships to be held at Davis High School in that stadium on July 2nd. The winners were as follows: Year Olds Dash Boys First Byron Jeppson. Girls First Casie Waggoner. 20 Yd. One Ft. Hop First Byron Jeppson. Run, Jump and Dodge First Casie Waggoner. Cross Country Boys First Byron Jeppson. Girls First Casie Waggoner. 9 Year Olds 50 Yd. Dash First Bracken Larsen, 2nd Mike Gary. Baseball Throw First Bracken Larsen. Shuttle Run First Mike Gary. Cross Country First Bracken Larsen. 10 Year Olds 50 Yd. Dash Boys First, Mike Henderson. Girls First Sheri Waggoner, 2nd 8 50 Yd. from R0y Citizenry to keep him winning, Crockett, Roy's sparkling sprinter, is in need of financial support from fans BY BLISS FULLMER Roy Track star, Keith Crockett needs our help. He has been invited to the prestigious University of Oregon Invitational Track Meet in Eugene, Oregon, and has also qualified for the National A.A.U. finals, later in July in San Francisco, California. Everett and Katsuyo Crockett have supported their son through three years of track competition in five states, and the costs have been heavy. They would welcome a little financial assistance from the Roy Citizenry to keep him running. When Keith Crockett was at North Park Elementary in Roy, he won several playground races, and set a goal to become part of the Sand Ridge Junior High team, the following year. He reached his goal in his first year at Sand Ridge, but ran only on a mixed relay team, and didnt win any medals. He set another goal to be the fastest sprinter at Sand Rige in 1978. He lost his but was .never defeated again first race, that year as an eighth-grade- r, in the 100 and 220 yard dashes in his final two years at Sand Ridge Junior High School. In fact, he set school records in both sprints, that year, and finished first in both races in the Weber School District finals. He also ran with Billy Venster, Kevin Cunningham and Blaze Bishop to win the county 440 yard relay, that year. In the summer of 1978, Keith ran in the A.A.U. Junior Olympics in the twelve and thirteen year old division, and won the gold at the Utah State finals, the Intermountain meet in Twin Falls, Idaho, and the Region Ten championship in Boise Idaho. In the Region Ten finals he ran against the best of Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and parts of Texas. As a Crockett bettered his own records at Sand Ridge, and again took first in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, and he anchored the 440 yard relay which also won the gold. During that summer, Keith won gold medals, running in the Varsity Scout Olympics with his Roy Ninth Ward team. He competed in the A.A.U. Junior Olympics, again and won seven first place ribbons, and two seconds . Most of the runners were a year older than Keith. At the state meet, he won the 220 yard dash, but took second in the 100 yard dash. He also qualified for the Hershey National finals in Charleston, West Virginia in the 100 yard dash. He travelled all the way to West Virginia, only to be disqualified for a false start. The winning time for that event was of a second slower than Crocketts best time. Keith Crockett began high school in at Roy High School. He ninth-grade- r, full-stri- Clearfield Recreation concludes Summer Junior Olympics hardest, in KfcllH CKUCKtl of Hoy once again finds himself in a familiar place, first place after this race. He now needs some financial assistance Missi Pearce. 20 Yd. One Ft. Hop Boys First Robbie Hiatt, 2nd Jason Bean. Girls First Sheri Waggoner. Baseball Throw First, Robbie Hiatt, 2nd Jason Bean, 3rd Quinton Wright. Softball Throw First, Missi Pearce. Run, Jump and Dodge Boys First Quinten Wright. Girls First Missi Pearce. Standing Broad Jump First Mike Henderson. Cross Country Boys First, Mike Henderson, 2nd Robbie Hiatt. Girls First Sheri Waggoner. 11 Year Olds 50 Yd. Dash First Bradley Larsen, 2nd Johnny Kamhoot. Baseball Throw 1st Bradley Larsen, 2nd Peanut Pearce, 3rd Nathen Chandler. Run, Jump and Dodge First Peanut Pearce. Shuttle Run First Peanut Pearce. Standing Broad Jump First Johnny Kamhoot, 2nd Peanut Pearce. Cross Country Bradley Larsen. 12 Year Olds 50 Yd. Dash Girls First Shelley Leake, 2nd Billie-J- o Storing. Boys First Tyson Hiatt. Baseball Throw First Mark Anderson. Run, Jump and Dodge Girls First, Shelley Leake, 2nd Billie-J- o Storing. Boys Mark Anderson. Standing Broad Jump First Tyson Hiatt. Cross Country Boys First Tyson Hiatt, Girls First, Shelley Leake. 13 Year Olds 50 Yd. Dash First, Robert Henderson. Baseball Throw First Robert Henderson. Cross Country First, Robert Henderson. entered the B. Y.U. Indoor Invitational, where he finished second in the 60 yard dash, took first in the 50 meter dash at the Utah State Indoor Invitational, and took second and third place respectively in the 100 and 200 meter runs at the Dixie Invitational. At the Weber County and Ogden City Invitational, Keith won two silver medals in the dashes, and teamed up with Richard Hess, Rann Jones and Scott House to win the 440 yard relay. At the Nate Long Invitational Keith toxk second in the 200 meter run. One of his biggest thrills of the year was in winning fourth place in the 100 meter and sixth place in the 200 meter at the B.Y.U. Invitational, which is the Granddaddy of track in Utah. In this, his sophomore year, Keith captured first in region in the 200 meter run, and third in the 100 meter dash. At the state meet, Crockett tied for second in the 200 meter run, but was disqualified for stepping on the line as he raced around the curve. ' Crockett has been busy this summer in summer track. He travelled to New Mexico for the Duke City Dashers Spring Classic in Albuquerque, and broke records in the 100 and 200 meter races in the 14 and 15 year old age group. Because of this feat, Keith was extended an invitation to the University of Oregon Invitational track meet, to be held July 12, and 13 in Eugene Oregon. He plans to stay over to attend a track camp to prepare for the National Meet to be held next month in San Francisco. Keith has already qualified for the Nationals in the 100 meter run, and will undoubtedly make it in the 200 meter dash. Crockett captured first place honors at the A.A.U. meet at Skyline High School, and at Orem High and Box Elder High in his 14 and 15 year age group. His 200 meter time at.Box Elder was clocked at, 22.36 seconds his best time ever. Keith also teamed up with Zann Nufer, Richard Davis and Todd Vigil to win first in the 440 yard relay at Box Elder, last week. Keith and his teammates plan to compete this Saturday in Provo at the Utah State track finals. Keith Crockett has two more years of running for Roy High School, and has already been tabbed as the man to beat in next years track meets. He needs our support now, as he further prepares for track, and hell be in a Royal uniform for two more years. Keith needs some friends to sponsore him in his track career. Someone to help defray the expense of travelling to Oregon and . San Francisco. His parents will see that he gets to the two meets, but the financial drain is taking its toll at the Crockett home. Anyone who would like to give Keith Crockett a boost in his track career may contact Bliss Fullmer at Stahle Publications. Keith needs a few hundred dollars, and will appreciate any help from anyone. Blossom Amgsss meats ti,wsti m tmaamemasmi Blossom Angus, a local family softball team, sponsored an ineight-teadouble vitational elimination tournament at the Plain City Park. Area teams, who participate in the Ogden Recreation leagues, enjoyed competing against each other for the first time ever as they felt increased interest because of the local rivalries, rivalaires. Entries included All Seasons Home Center, a group from Plain City; Burton Walker Lumber, composed mainly of the L.J. Chambers family team; Blossom Angus, all sons, grandsons and nephews of Harold Thompson; Blacker Furniture of Pleasant View and North Ogden areas; CH Ford Tractor and Jim Whetton Buick with Harrisville players and Wilson and Mark H. Bott. All contest were extremely close and well played. Host Blossom Angus battled their way into the championship circle by beating Jim Whetton Buick Blacker Furniture 16-- All Season 26-Mark H. Bott 15-and Their only loss in six games came in the semi-final- s to Botts by a score of 31-1- 13-- 11-- 7. team was chosen which included at least one player An from each team and most were the leading hitters of the tourney. The cast included Terry Hales, Jeff Hales, Layne Thompson and Dennis Farr of the Blossom Angus team. Mark H. Bott members included Tom Rainie and Doug All-St- all-st- Owens,. Others included Jed Skeen, Kirk Allseasons; Williams, Allseasons; Wes Gross and Rick Burnett, Wilson; Gary Alverson, Blacker Furniture; Don Brown, Jim Whetton Buick; Gary Chambers, Burton Walker; and Bill Shadley, CH Ford. champions. Back row (I. to r.) Layne Thompson, Mark Ophiekins, Dale Farr, Lowell Farr, Dennis Farr, Clark Skeen and Fred Thompson. Front row, (I. to r.) Vearl Thompson, Terry Hales, Jeff Hales, Blaine Nelson and Chad Costley. BLOSSOM ANGUS |