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Show i BEN flSiftln) LOMOND BEACON. March 1 5. 1 979, Page 9 Wordl sDoSksis Senior, Juniors victorious from North Ogden 1 3th Ward Saint church. From champions of the senior division in region basketball for the Latter-daleft to right, top row, Lou Campbell, Jim Britewisser, Joe James, Jerry Baker. Bottom row, Brook Olsen, Ken College, Dave Gladwell and Ray Coleman. HERE ARE THE y - 'iepeD eofis' by Keith Duncan The Weber State Supercats as they are recently called, enjoyed another highly successful basketball year under fifth year head coach, Neil McCarthy. Weber States cage campaign came to an end last Sunday out in the plains of Kansas. The Wildcats were competing in the second round of the NCAA playoffs but they found the Arkansas Razorbacks to bo a little more sharper that day. Arkansas finished their conference play by being ranked sixth in the nation. They came into last weekends game with a 23-- 4 record. Weber State had fought its way into the second round of the NCAA playoffs hv rlinninff New Mexico in over- (12) puts up shot over outstretched hands of defender. James' 1 3th Ward of North Ogden claimed the Region title in LDS church basketball. JOE JAMES sub-region-al soars high to lay in two points as his team defeated the 1 2th Ward of North Ogden, DAVE GLADWELl - Wildlife week set for Marc h 1978-7- 9 Conserve Our Wildlife will be the 1979 observance of National Wildlife Week, March 18 through 24. More than 13 million schoolchildren, Coach Neil McCarthy In basketball, as in baseball, a twenty-gam- e winner is something and special. There are winners winners. Neil there are twenty-gam- e McCarthy, the head coach of the Weber State Wildcats, is definitely the thane for the teachers and conservation-minde- d citizens are expected to participate JOE JAMES (12) lays in two points in last week's play. in the 42nd annual observance of the week first proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 as Wildlife Restoration Week. LaVar Ware, the Division of Wildlife Resources Communications Chief said that the Division is doing everything it can to make Wildlife Week a success. A cougar, photographed by former Utah Fish and Game employee John Flannery, is this years poster animal. More than 400,000 copies of the cougar poster, and another 200,000 copies of a second poster, bearing photographs of 18 soecies of wildlife, are being distributed to schools and conservation groups in all 90 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin , land mammal in the western hemipbere, the cougar was the target of pest" control for nearly two centuries. Until recently, a number of states encouraged the killing of cougars by paying bounties. Today, there are only about in the western portions of the U.S. and Canada. Two subspecies, the Florida panther and the Eastern cougar are endangered and protected according to wildlife management . s principles. Wildlife management based on scientific research is essential if we are to have healthy wildlife populations," explained Scorggin. Professional wildlife managers are best equipped to solve the biggest the loss of problem facing wildlife habitat, be said. But all of us can help. Look around where you live, talk to officials, see what you can do to save habltaiL Become informed. Give your support to measures preserving habitat and resist construction projects that needlessly Invade wildlife haunts projects that if needed, could Just as writ be built elsewhere." latter. With ten years as a head coach, at both the high school and collegiate level, McCarthy is definitely a As a His career total is 213-9collegiate head coach, his four squads have rolled up an 7 mark. impressive Such achievements are certainly no accident. The hallmarks of McCarthy-coache- d teams are discipline, intelligence, and teamwork. There is no freelancing on either offense or defense, and shot selection is a priority item. You can bet that the Wikicats will come at their op--, ponents with an outstanding defense one that has been nationally ranked all season for proficiency in opponent's field goal percentage. A native Californian, McCarthy graduated from St. Vincents High and Vallejo Junior College. Besides being a standout basketball player at each school, he was also an honor student, newspaper editor, and a participant in other sports. Moving on to Cal he again earned honors on the court and in the classroom. He was an allleague selection as a player and a full-seas- 84-3- t Islands. This year we want to emphasize the meaning of conservation," said NWF President Dr. Fled R. Scroggln, a Dry Ridge, Ky., physician. Conservation means planning for the figure, knowing the needs of people and wildlife, and working to make sire those needs are met It means using our natural resources wisely. Once the most widely distributed 18,000-cougar- That victory was time, McCarthys 90th collegiate win and his first NCAA playoff win ever. iLocal fans and followers can be proud of their team and their accomplishments. They certainly didnt let anyone down. Next season, well be on paper, it doesnt look too bad. The team will lose the services of Kurt Moore and Ben Howland to graduation, but the rest of the Supercats" come back for another season together. Here is a short glance at their coach and each one of the players who had such a great year. 81-7- 8. BO-4- 4. State-Sacramen- Deans list member as a student Following graduation he continued on and obtained a Masters Degree. His it dealt Thesis project is significant with an improved method of shooting free throws. McCarthy came to Weber State in 1971 as an assistant coach, and took over midway through the 1975 campaign the only losing season in the school's history. Last year he was in the named the Coach-of-the-Ye- conference. Brace Codas ... One of the best pressure players in Is the history of the school e three number the presently scorer in Weber State history, is fourth on the rebounding books . has earned Conference Player-o-f k honors six times, was on the squad last year, has bean named Conference Tournament MVP the last two seasons. dodos was MVP In the state of Wyoming his senior year, and led Ms htgh school to a state champtomtilp. all-tim- .. the-Wee- ail-leag-ue Since enrolling at Weber State he has started every game . . . made a switch from forward to guard this season . . . team named to the this year in the Classic. Richard Smith Just may be the hardest working big man in the country the continuous and impressive improvement he has shown is a tribute to his aggressive nature and willingness to pay ther is currently number 15 all-tiprice e WSC scorer is tenth in to named . . . stats rebounding team the Conference each of the last two seasons. lived Knew Collins in high school just a few miles away, but competed his high in a different league school also won state title . . . likes to work with his hands and enjoys the outdoors. ... ... ... all-tim- ... GERALD MATTINSON Mattinson is one of the top candidates for the Big Sky Conference Sixth Man award this season . . . usually the first reserve in on the front line, Gerald is averaging slightly over 18 minutes playing me per game ... a very rugged rebo .aider, he has had three games this year with over ten boards. Gerald played high school ball with Bruce Collins, and followed in his footsteps as MVP of Wyoming after Bruce had graduated . . . was also an football player as a prep . . . earned . 1st team junior college honors last season at Casper Jr. College (Wyoming) . . . MVP of his J.C. district . . . JC team . . . National Tourney all-stpassed up second year to play with Weber. TODD HARPER is Harper perhaps the most highly honored freshman to come to Weber State . . . was the CIF Player-of-th-e year last season in San Diego area . . . broke the league scoring record set by Pill Walton when he was in high school . . . averaged 24 per game last year, with a high game of 53. Has seen regular action with the Cats this year, playing in all but four games, and starting once . . . averaging just a shade over 13 minutes per game called by Coach McCarthy the best pure shooter ever at Weber, Todd has the green light to shoot whereven and whenever he from chooses hit three-in-a-roLong Range in last weeks Tournament opener to break the game open. FRED WILLIAMS A very promising prospect this all-sta- te ar ... ... year, Williams has had limited ... he playing time with the varsity has enjoyed a fine season with the Junior varsity at the school, and is presently carrying a weDD al 12 point scoring average . . . Fred is the quickest member of the Weber State team. At Banning HS in Los Angeles he showed good floor leadership, and developed the pasaing skills that made him the league assist leader for two years he plays tough defense the way the Wildcats do, and was ... good rebounding guard, he also moves well toward the basket . . . still a crisp his brother passer after his layoff is baseball coach at the University of Utah. ... David Johnson Johnson can do everything except gain weight . . , his selnder stature belies unbelievable ... all-tim- ball devastating perimeter shooter . . . saw action mostly with the junior varsity his freshman season and averaged nearly 24 ppg . . . has earned a starting berth since! sophomore season . . . had nine points and six rebounds in NCAA game vs Arkansas last season . . . named a much handler . ... . . first-tea- m ar all-stat- e, ... Weber State Already the assist leader, almost every pass adds to the total . . . Mattos has been cocaptain of the team for the last two seasons . . . was honorable mention as a freshman, when he set a league assist standard . . . broken bone last year sidelined him for practices and the first eight games . . . rebroke the same bone (in the left hand) again this year, but got back quicker. t Best average (3.86) on team . . . the Fig Sky very intelligent player, runs the team well . . . with the three high scorerers all-tim- pre-seaso- e n grade-poin- on the squad this season Mark shoots less, places more emphasis on being the general. BEN HOWLAND Howland is a fine athlete who can either run the team at the point or shoot as the trigger guard . . . went 11 13 last week in the Pig Sky Conference Tournament . . . excellent defensive player, will usually draw the shooting guard. Ben at starred Sant Pen starred at Santa Barbara Community College, was instrumental in leading team to a record and second Diace state finish . . was all CIF at Cerritos High School in the Los Angeles area ... Pen is one of Just two seniors on the Wildcat roster this season. 31-- 4 ... ... better-than-avera- in Conference this year with 3.26 GPA. KURT MOORE One of only two seniors, and the only four-yeman on the team . . . Moore has developed excellent team skills to complement some awesome athletic ability . . . one of the most error-fre- e players on the team, he is cool and poised . . . was a sixth man" last year, but his maturity has made him a valuable starter this season. the home town High school crowds were delighted he stayed at Weber he is one of the most popular Wildcats ever . . . besides basketball, he is also a collegiate-qualif- y golfer and baseball player. MARKMATTOS named Outstanding Defensive Player" at last summer's Superstars he is busy Camp in Los Angeles making the transition from prep to major college, and should make some significant contributions when he becomes comfortable with the system. MIKE KILGORE Mike comes back to the Wildcats after sitting out two yean as a Mormon Missionary . . (firing the 1978 season he saw extensive action as a freshman when injured all but he has wiped out the guard line been playing extensively with the Junior varsity this season to get back tala bMketbail. Ctrrently with the Wildkittens he Is carrying a 19.5 scoring average. a wKh three games over 30 points mental and led the team in physical toughness e fouls last season . . . eleventh scorer at the school. David grew late, played a lot of backcourt in high school, as a result is Sleigh rides discontinued Winter sleigh rides ended on March 4 at the Division of Wildlife Resour-set'- s Hardware Ranch. The rides had ran continuously since January 8. Don Paul, the Division's regional information officer in Ogden, said that Hardware Ranch entertained about this winter Just under last year's record. He said that many school groups arrived during the week and that a record 4.200 people visited the Ranch one day. 90, COO visitors |