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Show I August 13, 1980 Sun Chronidst Sun Times, Clearfield Courier B YU. co-e- d Sportstoculor be nmissed on Gearfield Recreation Program wSDD By Keith Duncan ' the city, Being shortstaffed anyway and needing someone desperately to assist me in our expanding programs, it didnt take long to hire her. Miss Jenkins said the past few months in Clearfield will contribute greatly to the 450 internship hours she needs to compile. n A staff just cant do it, said Thomas, Cheris contributions during the summer will hardly be forgotten. Weve now emerged from one era into an even greater one. Thomas refers to the initial era as a time to bring basic recreation activities into the city, a time to involve the young generation who usually are affected by summer recreation activities more than anyone. The director feels his initial goals have been reached and it is now time to expand into adult recreation circles. Some adult events weve already proposed are flag football, One era steps out and another steps in. And Cheri Dawn Jenkins, a recreation major at Brigham Young University, was just happy to be a part of it. At a time when recreation within local cities is as big a topic as anything, Miss Jenkins found a place in her heart for thousands of youth who participated this past summer in a vastly improved Clearfield Recreation Program. As part of her internship of achieving expectations in city recreation, Miss Jenkins has spent the good part of the past three months assisting Roger Thomas in an up and coming program. She merely stopped by one day and said explained her situation, Thomas, who is wrapping up his first year as the recreation director within one-ma- basketball leagues for the men, water basketball for all the family and perhaps volleyball for both men and women, he said. So with the next year being fixed upon refinement of the youth programs and the introduction of adult activities, the third he says is when everything will finally come together. Will Miss Clearfield! Im going to miss Clearfield, but actually, Im pretty excited to get back to school, related Cheri. Id like to expand into other areas of recreation and get experience in all fields, she said. Miss Jenkins, a Layton resident and a junior at BYU says itll be difficult to put behind all the memorable experiences she collected over the summer months. Some of those experiences to be cherished were perhaps with the Tough Tigers, a girls softball team that placed first in their division and a consolation in the county finals. Memories of her first special event, a paper airplane flying contest, will probably live on in the minds of many youth. Over the three summer months, Miss Jenkins worked directly with gymnastic and tumbling programs. She also dealt directly with drill marching and baton groups. And to make sure there wasnt an idle moment, Roger saw that his summer assistant got her hand in arts and crafts, drama and puppet shows and special events. The special events included hundreds of youth around Clearfield. The first, as previously mentioned, involved kids in a paper airplane contest. The second such event was a hot wheels race and the third is being staged this week, a fun day which is the grand finale of the year. Miss Jenkins sees recreation programs within local cities doing terrific things in future months. With gas problems and people staying home more, weve got to have something for them to do, she said. Thomas now heads into the fall without a right arm, something he says Miss Jenkins has been to him during the summer. He was optimistic about another internship coming to Clearfield from Arizona State later in the year. C. Ross Kearl, Superintendent of Parks and a summer for these three Clearfield City employees. Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, 0. Ross Kearl sits next to Cheri Jenkins who will be going back to school after great contributions to the recreation program. City recreation director, Roger Thomas, stands in the background. IT'S BEEN QUITE Recreation within Clearfield, commented on the improvement in Clearfields recreation For years weve been department, 'jttafftililg'on it Wi All hoped it Would happen and finally it has happened. We had 37 people apply for the job and without question we feel we got the best, he said. Mr. Kearl was equally elated about the improvement of communications between the department and the citizens. Weve now set up a communications center where information can be dispensed to citizens from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Roy High finds strength in fifteen returning lettermen and team speed By Bliss Fullmer It's still The good speed for running the optioin.' Good Old Summertime, but already the Utah air is full of footballs, and at Roy High School Coach Ernie Jacklin is op- timistic. Jacklin had his worst-eve- r year in coaching last season, but things are bound to be better this year. Jacklin has some promising footballers returning this fall and his J.V. and sophomore teams of last year were winners. Roy has fifteen returning lettermen for the 1980 season. Our strength, this year will be in team speed, but we arent too big, says Jacklin. We have a lot of quickness in Ken Hud- dleston, Gary Ashley, Keith Crockett, Wade Jacklin, Gary Anderson, Brad McCaulley, Troy Thompson, Kenny Tulane and Blaze Bishop. His more promising linesmen are Bill Venstra, Jay Winward, Mark Eggington, Darren Story and John Nigon. He is looking for great things with his pass receivers, Huddleston, McCaulley, Tulane, Paul Hansen, Mike Reske and Lance Jorgenson. be a passing team, says Jacklin, and we will run the option. Roy will Quarterbacking chores will probably go to Jacklins son, Wade who will be a junior this year. Behind him will be Gary Anderson, who saw a lot of J.V. action last year. Both quarterbacks have excellent throwing arms, and Coach Jacklin lists inexperience as his biggest concern for the upcoming season. We lack depth in the line, and our offensive line is unproven, said Jacklin. Our biggest player is Mark Eggington, who is a junior, and weighs 230 pounds, he continued. Jacklin is beginning his eleventh year of coaching football at Roy High School, this fall. He began his coaching career in Park City, before moving on to North Summitt of Coalville, and he coached one year at Viewmont High School, before taking the reins at Roy. Ernie is convinced that football games are won or lost on defense. On discipline, Coach Jacklin believes in attitudes, rather than rules. Assisting Jacklin in his coaching chores are Ralph Carter, Thompson, Ryley Summers, Sheffer and Gary Reed. Fred Dan Roy vs. Roy In a football passing league at Utah State University, this summer, the teams were divided into two divisions for seven-ma- n passing competition. Division A was for those who will be varsity ball this fall, and Division B for those who will play junior varsity. Coach Jacklin elected to put both of his Roy teams into Division A, and they ended up playing each other for the championship. In the passing league, each team had seven ball players. On defense they have four defensive backs and three linebackers. On offense there is a quarterback, a center and five receivers. Points are awarded the offense for passes completed, and the defense for deflections and interceptions. Each team is allowed twenty offensive plays and twenty defense, in which to accumulate points. Logan High School won the team title in the three previous years, and was favored this year. Both Roy teams lost to the Grizzlies in competition, but Logan lost games to Weber and to Sky View, and the Roy teams, with 1 win-los- s records, tied for the championship. In a game to settle the issue, the Roy seniors beat the juniors 5-- 49-4- 7. Team Schedule 1980 The Royals will play a nine team schedule, this year, with four practice games and five games in Region One. Roy at Bountiful Ben Lomond at Roy Sept. 5 Olympus at Roy Sept. 12 Roy at Layton Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Weber at Roy (Homecoming) Oct. 3 Roy at Clearfield Aug. 29 Alta at Roy Sky View at Roy Roy at Bonneville Oct. 8 Oct. 16 Oct. 24 Judkins, Vroman sign as two with the Utah Jazz free-agen- ts The Utah Jazz has announced the with a signings of two free-agen- Utah background. The Jazz has rigned veteran free-ageand Jeff Jud-dncontracts. Brett Vroman to multi-yea- r No other terms of the contracts were released. nt s free-age- nt Judkins, a Salt Lake native and former University of Utah standout, played the first two years of his NBA career with the Boston Celtics. Vroman, who attended Provo High School Judkins, a Salt Lake native and former University of Utah standout, his NBA played the first two years of career with the Boston Celtics, Vroman, who attended Provo High School in Provo, was drafted in the fourth round of the 1978 NBA College Draft by Philadelphia as a junior next year eligible. He was signed the after his senior year of college basketball by the 76ers and was one of the last two players cut by Philadelphia prior to last season. Judkins played his high school basketball at Highland High in Salt Lake City, ard also starred for the He University of Utah for four years. averaged 19.7 points per game during his final three years as a Ute. Jeff was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the second round of the 1978 NBA College Draft. He averaged 8.8 points per game in his rookie season, while earning his nickname Baby Hondo after Celtic great John Brett played his senior season at s Vegas, where he sat out a season before playing, after transferring from UCLA. Vroman averaged 12.2 points and 8.5 rebounds in his senior year at Las Vegas. Last season he played for Hawaii in the Continental League. Im looking forward to playing for the Jazz, said Vroman. 1 think that Nevada-La- I can help this team, and Im certainly going to work hard to do so, he added. Utah will not have to give up compensation for Judkins because he was placed on the expansion list and drafted by Dallas. The Jazz also will not have to give any compensation for Vroman because no NBA team held his rights at the time of his signing with Utah. Conditioning begins for football in Roy By Bliss Fullmer Two hundred football hopefuls met Saturday at Municipal Park to open the Roy Division of W.F.F.L. and to begin conditioning for the season. Tentative plans for nine teams from Roy are in the hopper, but there may be more. division for 8, 9 and In the 10 year olds, there will be two teams of Mites for 8 and 9 year olds, with no previous experience, a B team for those needing more training and two teams of 75-- Pee Wees. The two 90 pound teams will not be classified as A or B, but will be of equal strength. There will be one team of 125 pounders for 13 and 14 year olds, and a 150 pound team, if more recruits are found. A teams is Team play scheduled for Aug. 30. Enji and Mike Hein are in charge of the football program of Roy Recreation. for all Mat-sumu- 1 Havlicek. Last season Judkins saw averaged 5.4 points per game and Celtics. the with time limited playing Im very happy and excited to join the Jazz, said Judkins. Its going to be a real thrill for me to play before while my family and friends again, a winning Jazz the make helping team. Vroman was a top notch high school he led his player at Provo High, where team to straight state titles. He went from high school to UCLA for three of the years, where he was a member Bruins last national championship team in 1975. Shane Hott workout in 95- preparation for Clearfield High SHANE OPENSHAW and degree weather in CHS gifted with skilled players By Keith Duncan Its a different kind of kid that succeeds and plays high school football, says Brent Hancock who this fall heads into his fourth year as the head coach at Clearfield High School. Hancock is as optimistic as ever about the new season which gets under way on Friday, Aug. 29 at Viewmont High School. The game is to be played under the lights, starting at 7:30 p.m. The following week the Falcons are on the road again, and again play under the lights at Bountiful. On Sept. 5, Clearfield rounds out its slate with a 4 p.m. encounter with Davis. Region One battles commence on September 19 with powerful Bonneville coming to Clearfield. Theres no question that many kids with more ability never come out to play with us, said Hancock, But one thing for sure, Id rather work with kids who have a little less ability and care than those with all the ability who could care less. For 27 years running, Hancock has either played football or coached the sport. After all those years, you pre-seas- ? v ' ERIC MATSUMURA the easy way. Eric s. makes his rounds of Roy Recreation charge of the program this year. Is In WFFL teams football season, learn to appreciate those kids who make the sacrifices necessary to do some great things in their lives, Hancock said. Its a different breed of kid who plays high school football, he said. The Falcons appear primed for another year and another chance to make it to the state playoffs, something theyve accomplished two of the past three years under Hancock. The echos of a grueling conditioning period are heard a mile away. Something in the air says the kids want to win. I know the kids are optimistic, said Hancock. That only makes me more optimistic. Clearfield is gifted with several skilled players this season, both on offense and defense. The Falcons have at least average size. And as Hancock says, staying healthy and keeping the right people in the right spots wili be the key to winning a lot of games. Milt Hill will finally get his chance to quarterback says a confident Coach Hancock. Hill will be backed up by Kevin Bitton and James Prothero. Bitton may have the strongest arm of the three while Prothero may be the most gifted With the addition of Freddie Cook to the backfield, the Falcons could be high in the standings come seasons end. Cook transferred from Layton High last year. Freddie, at 175 now, is a blue chip athlete with good hands and the greatest asset of all, the fact he can run, said Hancock. Clearfield returns Mark Carter and Sean Moore on defense and offense. Both linemen could conceivably n garner numerous awards if they manage to stay healthy. Shane Openshaw returns at a flanker position and will captain the team along with Carter and Moore. Eric Naylor, 215, will fit nicely into a defensive tackle position. Kevin Porter also returns to fill a defensive position. Several juniors could fill in now and later in key positions, something Hancock says is a real key to the teams success. Hancock is happy about the two opening games under the lights. The heat he says could take its toll if it continues the way it has in July and August. post-seaso- 6-- 3, all-st- |