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Show i -- oge o w jfcpiernufcf o. i Sporfstacular 3 Region One backs coached by fathers By Keith Duncan Everywhere Hal went, Steve went. Everywhere Ken went. Brook went and everywhere Ernie went, Wade went. Three Region One coaches have their sons playing for them in this present football season. In all three cases, the father or the coach, whatever you prefer, had a follower during their coaching adventurers. Now with their sons performing for them, coaching is all worth the while. In what very well may be a first in local high school athletics, three Region One football coaches have their own sons playing for them. What is even more unique is that all of them play in offensive backfield situations. The three, Hal and Steve Lewis of Weber High; Ken and Brook Hicks of Clearfield High and Ernie and Wade Jacklin of Roy High. At Weber, Coach Hal Lewis is in his first year with the Warriors as is his son. Lewis accepted the head football job last year with the resignation of Joe James. The former Bear River mentor brought his son Steve, a senior, along to finish in high school career in the ranks. Steve plays plenty of the halfback position for the Warriors. At Gearfield, Coach Hicks who assists Coach Brent Hancock in varsity coaching duties, gets the best spot in the stadium to watch his son play quarterback for the Falcons. As a coach and a father, I think you can understand some of the circumstances that your own boy might get in, perhaps a little better than most fans. Theres no doubt youll understand their successes and failures better than most. Looking back on Brooks involvment in sports, I didnt think Id ever coach him in high school. My wife (Linda) and I always had thoughts that if the time ever came when he would play under me, wed think about putting him in another school close by. But we thought about it a bit more and decided that placing Brook in another school would defeat the whole purpose of even sending him to school. Hie most important reason he comes here to Gearfield is to get an education and sports should be second, said Coach Hicks. Ernie Jacklin, the long lime football mentor at Roy High, will'spend this year and the next two in critical but fulfilling years as he watches his son Wade come through the Royals program. The Jacklins are presently building a home in Roy, a place Ernie has learned to love over the years. He thought he could better enjoy it with his son playing in the sport be loves so much. As a sophomore at Roy, Wade is the starting quarterback for the tenth grade. Many, including some highly respected individuals, say Wade could be one of the best ever if he improves the way he has the past few years. He played football at Bountiful Junior High, where be quarterbacked his team to a 1 record and a second place finish in Davis County. None of the three coaches mentioned here forced their sons in anyway to be what they are today. Brook, Wade, and Steve love the sport of football and all sports for that matter. Just as a boy follows his dad to the car garage to learn mechanics, these three sons followed their dads to the gymnasium and football field. 4-- A 6-- COACH ERNIE JACKLIN and his son Wade, a sophomore quarterback at Roy High School. Clearfield and his son Brook. Brook the starting quarterback for the Falcons. 'x COACH KEN HICKS of is 7 |