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Show LOMOND BEACON, BEN n s Ai 1 y- - t - vLil I 8Ui c 6 Vase's I ; fl r- - i W VS$ U I t2T 1 8, y 1 979, Paae a t kJ'kz?z && c aft , t Jan. r?",v-r- r-- ?s 5 M p M t Sr, by keith Duncan Despite taking five of the individual championships at Bountiful High Invitational last Saturday, Weber High still failed to take home the team trophy, losing it to Davis High who put together a solid team effort. That has to be a record. X V X THESE ARE THE finished second performers that made things happen last Saturday at Bountiful High. Webe r in the wrestling tournament, despite having five of their men claim cha m- - pionships. Quality of Utah high sch officiating is on the upc by Keith Duncan Officiating, the quality of it, is definitely on the upgrade says Fred Thompson. Thompson, who instructs drivers education at Roy High during the day and assists in varsity coaching duties after school hours, is just one of many devoted officials who care about the image of Utah high school basketball. Coach Thompson, as the Royals know him heads the varsity baseball team at Roy and assists Ted Smith and Ernie Jacklin in basketball and football coaching duties. Thompson works with the sophomore program in from Page 4'' t,' ( -. .. we all say lhat everybody likes a good loser. Yet the restriction is that the loser has to be the other team. If a team win, we say the players did it, however if our team loses-lheit's surely the coaches or referees fault. Coaches are hired or fired on the basis of their win loss records. In fact, w'hen a coach is hired, hes fired-th- e date just hasn't been filled in yet. Once a team starts winning games, people will accept nothing else. Some coaches sarcastically say they are in situations where they must win 11 of ten games to keep their jobs "Competition and winning is the spice of sports, says but if you George Leonard, make it whole meal youll be sick. In the final analysis, winning is important, but only because it makes you do your best Losing is really not like death because there is really no victory without some defeat n Thompson. Bernie Yocum, an official, who is respected by many in the state, tells players the following during the time team captains get together, We promise you by our friendship that this game will be called by the rules. Tonight the best team will win if we do our job. Thompson backed Yocum by saying, If teams are equal in most ways and if the officals do their job by calling the game by the rules, both teams will have the opportunity to win. Thompson explained that the captain is the go between, between the coach and the official. A captain has the basic responsibility of come to the official if there is a question on a rule, and rule only, not a judgement. This year Ive seen a jump in quality of this, pointed out Thompson. When talking about all the whistles that are blown during a ball game, there are going to be a big amount of judgement calls. Thompson said you cant get around the fact mistakes are actually more to winning than the final score There is or a championship Such lorgotten things that both learns can win" include' winning triends, respect, confidence, knowledge, skill and plain fun. But, if more young people keep growing up with the idea lhat losing is like death and is a disgrace m sports and they are not sure they can win then they v ill be reluctant to even try or play sports for fear of failure Not trying in life or sports lsGtie real disgrace however and such win win, wm attitude will teach some to actually avoid failure rather than seek success. A winner is really a person who works to the best of his or her ability every time even if they they play score lower points than their opponent ith such emphasis on winning, many try to win at any cost because it appears that winning is even more to lie sought after than We might well post the lollowing warning on all 46-1- im- with the quality of knowledgable basketball fans. More people are watching post game shows, watching college basketball, and seeing the game the way it should be looked at, said Thompson. The cage official, who officiates in games all over the state, was particularly impressed with the quality of basketball in Region One. It partly stems back to the quality of coaches, even though there are five new ones They know the game well and worry more about coaching than the officiating, commented Thompson. Ive heard it said before that an 'ofiicial could take a ball game away from a coach and his kids, even after the coach and his players have practiced for three hours a day for five days a week. But in all my basketball experience, Ive never seen a game taken away by an official and it will probably never happen, as long as their are officials who care about what they are doing, said continued A V lust to win and hopefully we understand that before we have any more sports drop-out- s who are afiaid to plav lor lear of losing Sports is only a game will record to going .to. be marie with.so manv ' jUJgernent - cas, bqi. feh thi;'.' something we have to live with After every game in varsity basketball in Utah, officials fill two cards out and at that time they evaluate the scorekeeper, the fans, coaches, the players, the facilities, parking outside and other things If a rating of 2 or low'er is given, they must explain why in writing. They even evaluate the partner they officiated with that evening. Recently, coaches in Region One received forms on w'hich they can rate officials. Usually at each varsity basketball game, another evaluator sits in the stands, taking notes and evaluates officials, fans, and the like. He leaves, never talking to any official. Thompson says a good official is automatic and is in position to give the automatic calls. If thats the case, there is no room for cheating, said Thompson. Officials in Utah basketball are required to be at a game some 60 minutes before it starts, at least on the varsity level. They usually view the junior varsity game for 15 minutes, get dressed during the next fifteen minutes and go over every detail of what they plan to in another 15 minutes. Usually they are out on the playing floor, by 10 or 15 minutes before the game begins Thompson is one of many working to improve the quality of Utah high school basketball. its dual meet with a trouncing of raised Bountiful FRED THOMPSON 0 Layton High, 48-Cruz was seeded No. 1 in the weekend tourney to everyone that he was just that. He sufficed whaf 'ddctors gf'Th t called a broken thumb. Coach Hoopes is hoping a little better, maybe just a sprained thumb. Robinson, after being seeded third, fought back and took the championship. He beat Merrill of Woods Cross who placed third in the state tournament last year. Dave Freston lost his first two matches, but Coach Hoopes attested his varsity wrestlers will be back. 1 A surprise was Mike Grootegoed losing in two marches, he usually scores points for the Warriors and has placed in numerous tournaments. Bruce Finch won in the 132 pound category for the second straight year at Bountiful. After the match, Bruce pinned his medal on his mother, something he does after a match he wins. : Kenny Taylor, a senior, placed fourth in the tournament. He replaced Mackley. Brad Howell was beaten by John Luddington by just four points in the championship round and had to settle for second place. Luddington took the in the Outstanding Wrestler tournament. Brad wrestled aggressive and lost by just one move to John. I think well beat him in the region meet, said Coach Hoopes. DAVE FRESTON has come back from an injury, but has a long ways to go to get where he was at the beginning of the season. Here he wrestles in a tough match against Clearfield opponent. Weber trounced Clearfield 46-- 6 in the dual meet. 1 Brad Summers lost his first match, pinned his second, and lost his third match. i Hes getting better every B' ; - m i .. tournament. t J 1 week, said Coach Hoopes. Danny Eastman was in his thrid varsity match and took fourth in the ,4. t - ' f Mark Storey, seeded second, wrestled with nothing but sheer determination in his championship match to claim it and keep his 1978-7record perfect. He was wrestling Jason Whitney of Woods Cross, who was also undefeated entering the match. Now Storey is and Whitney is Storey is trying to give Weber its second consecutive undefeated wrestler in two seasons. for the Russ Campbell went 28-Warriors last year, before claiming the state championship. Joe Oram lost his first matches as he wrestled in the heavyweight 9 If r - 16-- 0 16-- 0 bracket. self-respe- sports facilities: Caution, losing may be hazardous to vour health." The only reason to play sports is not meet. Weber was also impressive in last 6 dual meet win over weeks Clearfield High. Tanner and Cruz got things off to a fast start by pinning both of their opponents. The experience and poise of the Weber team took over from there. Mark Storey and Scott Cottrell continued in their undefeated ways, pinning the last two Clearfield opHerman Martinez of ponents. Clearfield, who placed third last year in state, was impressive in his match with Brad Summers. Summers a h Weber has made vast junior improvenk it, but Martinez strength was too much foi Summers. pressed When not at home with his wife and their three children, or when hes not coaching, Thompson gets himself involved in another close love, of- - - .i?J 'S fl meetings, and are evaluated more than theyve ever been. There are a lot of young officials in the state doing an excellant job in basketball and heads the defensive unit in football. His baseball teams have enjoyed tremendous success over the past four or five years. 14 Undeafeated heavyweight, Scott failed to make the meet because of sickness. His presence, thought many of the coaches, W'ould have made the difference in the fianl score. Also absent from the meet was Paul Mackley. He suffered a shoulder injury in the Richardson Memorial Tournament and reinjured the shoulder again in the Clearfield dual Cottrell ficiating. Utah high school varsity basketball has never seen a better day in the quality of officiating and Thompson will be one of the first to admit it. Todays officials are better trained, more knowledgeable, attend more basketball. But being honest, I am said Coach Joe James of Weber. Nor taking home the title was disheartening to Coach Richard Hoopes, but he had several spots on his team to be proud of. Young Rick Tanner, a sophomore, pinned every match and claimed a first place in the tournament. Later young Tanner was awarded the trophy for the most pins in the tourney. He combined to pin all his matches in just over two minutes. Going into the tournmanemt, Rick was seeded No. 2. Coach Hoopes was also elated with championships being taken home by Tony Cruz, DeVon Robinson, Bruce Finch and Mark Storey. , ' DeVON ROBINSON ond his Clearfield opponent butt heads together for a little conference. Robinson eventually went on to pin his match. In the Bountiful tournament last weekend, Robinson pllced first in the tournament. His efforts delighted Coach Richard Hoopes to the maxima, n. This week the team was to wrestle Bonneville on Tuesday and travel to Layton on Thursday. I want to say one thing Ive been happy with the support we get from the fans We had more fans at Bountiful than any other school there. The team has still got to improve on conditioning and weve got to work on our counter moves and be more aggressive, said Hoopes Weber is now in dual meets and has now placed first, second, and thud 2 in tournaments theyve wrestled in EASTMAN is just seconds away from pinning his Clearfield opponent. It was Danny s third varsity appearance for the Warriors. Last weekend, Dan helped get the Weber team some olu' b !e points by olacing fc 'th in the n mi- WEBER S DANNV |