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Show y Page July 30, 1980 Sun Chronicle, Sun Times. Ben Lomond Beocon, Cleorfield Courier 8 Prep locguo slates final UYSA sponsors competiititan proves gjiruieDiiinicp BasebaDD clinic By Bliss Fullmer The Northern Utah Prep League will play its final games this week, in between the winners of a play-of- f Division I and Division II. Several and may not games were be played, as the season winds down. Bonneville I team leads in Division I, with an 1 record, with three games yet to be played. Roy I team boasts a 2 record with one game to be played. Sky View has a 5 record, with three games to play and Weber has a 9 record, and has one game left to play. In Division II, Ogden is leading with an 3 record, with one game left tube with one game played. Roy II is st and has to play. Bonneville II is at played out its schedule, and Ben has three games to be Lomond, at played. Fred Thompson, of Roy, has been spear heading the Northern Utah Prep League, and speculated that Bonneville I and Ogden will play, this week, for the championship. WE, the coaches of this area, accomplished he said. We what we wanted, wanted to give our kids some baseball experience, and we did. post-pone- d, The Utah Youth Soccer Association is sponsoring a free UYSA and AYSO 8-- soccer referee clinic in the Roy and Ogden areas. 'j The soccer clinic will be for coaches and referees currently involved in the local UYSA and AYSO programs, as well as for those individuals interested in becoming soccer coaches and-o- r referees. Each of the five sessions will cover the Laws of the Game published by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and adopted by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for Youth Division Soccer. The clinics will be held at the following locations from 7 to 9 p.m. each evening: Monday, Washington 125 E. Elementary, Vv 0 9-- 4-- 2-- IV 'S 8-- 7-- 4, 4-- 2-- 7, -- o Terrace 4475 S., Washington Terrace; Tuesday, South Weber Elementary, 1285 E. Lester, South Weber; Aug. 6, Clinton Elementary, 1101 W. 1800 N., Clinton; Aug. 7, North Ogden Elementary, 474 E. 2650 N. North Ogden; Aug. 8, Roy Elementary, 2880 W. 5600 S., Roy; Aug. 11, Roy Elementary (for referee testing only). For further information call Keith or Betty Bawdon, II a 731-582- 4. Mot wheels big item in fi a big item last the Clearfield girls baseball teams won 9 of 14 trophies last season and at a recent tournament in South Ogden they won some too. Here, a SOUTH COUNTY 2-- f wagons, and blazers came and unloaded their prized cargo Hot smiling Hitten Kitten receives her team s trophy, .Photos by Dave Horner GIRLS FROM FOURTH, pLetWU A little time was spent warming up the pedals, but soon the Wheels! fifth and sixth grades raced in the baseball com- - petition, held at Club Heights Park. races were ready to begin. Races were as follows: Figure 8, Balloon Popping Drag Race, Slalom, and Cracker-Wheel- s Marathon Race. These races were fun and exciting. The figure 8 followed the outline used for drivers ed. The slalom was weaving in and out of highway cones. A balloon on the track had to be run over and popped before crossing the finish line for the Drag Race. And a cracker had to be eaten before wheels could start rolling in the Marathon Race. All races were timed events. Competition was tough and grilling, but vehicles were kept under control and no injury occurred during this hottest of Hot Wheel events at the Drivers Ed Raceway in Clearfield, Utah. . Race first , Wade second Balloon Popping Drag Perez, Bradshaw; third, Chad Wixam. Slalom Race first, Wade Bradshaw; second, Alan Griffeth; third, Stacey Perez. Marathon Race first, Alan Griffeth; second, Wade Bradshaw; third Christine Barton. Ribbons were given to all these winners, with a special one awarded to Ryan Wixam for being the youngest participant. girls are hard hitters. The ball was on the tee a second low its now a ago, fly ball down the center. SOUTH COUNTY Note: The following is the Editorial of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Bulletin, May 2, 1980, prepared by WIAA Associate Director Matt Otte. What about specialization? Should a youngster devote all his-henergies in athletics to a single herself an exposure to more himself should or that youngster sport, give than one sport? That issue that question always is on the minds of many in high school sports. er -- Some of the most extreme examples of specialization going on around us are in the sports of wrestling, swimming and hockey. The most obvious indicators of specialization are the youth programs provided by the community outside the school and youth as used here doesnt n mean senior high or junior high but kids not more than a years old. These sports have intensive competitive programs at what seem to be p ridiculous ages swimming, mites, peewees or whatever theyre called in hockey, third and fourth graders in weight classes under 50 pounds in wrestling. Another trademark of specialization is involvement in the same sport for more than what is considered a normal season. In this respect, basketball joins some of the other sports in specialization arena. Many some wrestlers are out of that sport youngsters swim virtually only a couple months of the year, hockey has both winter and summer seasons and basketball slows down a little in the spring but is in full bloom in the summer and doesnt even take a breather in the fall. By their nature or by WIAA rules, some sports dont fit in the above categories although that doesnt necessarily mean specialization isnt in the picture. Baseball is a spring-summactivity as are softball and golf. Football doesnt have anything besides a school season in the fall unless weight-trainin- g of a lot of boys as you consider the year-roun- d d half-doze- age-grou- year-roun- er is not available. The weight and ages and teams will be as follows: Mites, 75 lbs. and under or 8, 9 years (no previous experience). Pee Wee, 75 lbs. and under 8, 9, 10 years of age. Midget, 90 lbs. and under 10, 11 years of age. Junior, 105 lbs. and under or 11, 12 years of age. Senior, 125 lbs. and under or 12, 13, 14 years of age. Major, 155 lbs. and under or 13, 14, 15 years of age. Cutoff Date for determining age group is Aug. 31. If a boy becomes 11, years of age before Aug. 31 of thisa year, he must participate ,ln th .. Midget League. Enji Matsumura and Mike Hein will direct the Roy football porgram ac-- . ' cording to Recreation Director Frank , Tremea. Suit rental will be $17 and must be . paid when suit is received. All boys must furnish a copy of their birth certificate or baptismal record to be left with the Recreation Department when the fee is paid. Suits will be issued beginning Tuesday. Preconditioning will begin Aug. 9 for all boys, regardless if he has played football before or not, but football suits cannot be worn until Aug. 15. Physical examinations for the Roy area will be given Aug. 7 and 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a cost of $4. Each boy must have a physical examination. Parents and young adults are Invited to assist in coaching football teams. Involvement is needed to insure our having a successful football program. All boys must be registered to play football prior to Aug. 9 as the number of teams must be registered at this time. Any boy going on vacation during the first week in August should register earlier. j Winners were: Figure 8 Race 1st Alan Griffeth, second, Wade Bradshaw, third Stacey Perez. Stacey 12 noon. Late registration will be Monday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the recreation building. After teams are formed boys will be placed on waiting lists, if space as Recreation Department presented a Hot Wheel extravaganza. Wheels were turning and rubber burning as youngsters from 6 years old tore up the Drivers Ed (course) Raceway at Clearfield High School. Around 10 a.m. trucks, station Wednesday All boys interested in playing recreation football can register at the Roy Recreation Building (behind the fire station) beginning Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to a hot city Hot Wheels were Football registration begins . specialization. Tennis, on the other hand, is more toward year-roun- d dimensions while gymnastics always could be given that description. And between them, track and cross country take up virtually the entire year. Back to the question: What about specialization? It cannot be denied that for some youngsters no matter how much anyone might try involvement in a single sport is their piece of cake. Some kids simply arent interested in doing anything but running, whirling around a high bar, swimging a tennis racket, etc. The vast majority of them are although they may be influenced by coaches, parents or some other person. Perhaps for their own benefit, they ought to give another activity a chance. But, it would be unfair to say that these kind of specialists are involved in something bad as long as its 99 percent their idea and not somebody elses that they do this one thing all the time. On the other hand, there are students today too many students in too many sports at too many of our schools who are concentrating on one activity not because this is what they want but because of one or two or both of these reasons: (a) Influence, coercion, prodding or whatever you want to call it on the part of a coach, parent or some other person to stick to one sport because thats the only way to get to the top, and (b) Overly school) with levels of competition going organized kid programs (pre-hig- h far beyond the local community all the way to state and national championships. The athletic director, principal who whoever it is with the basic responsibility in the school (in addition to the coach) to make sure athletics is an educational experience cant solve all the problems of specialization. Maybe he can try to keep the mats rolled up and the basketballs locked up in the fall but this doesnt always work and often he is challenged with the banner of "open gyms." The coach on the other hand, appears to be the key to the problem. If the coach truly is concerned about the total boy and the total girl, he or she will not allow these boys and giris to concentrate on one sport. The coach who is interested in the total person will encourage that student to get in- volved in at least one more activity. It is a sad thing to realize that some youngsters never got the chance to know how great an experience another activity might have been simply because they were influenced to stay with one sport. We must remember that high school athletics never were intended to chance to make the grade provide boys and girls with the in professional sports or gain a berth on an Olympic team. And equally important, we must strike out of our minds that high school athletics ever were intended to provide opportunities for boys and girls to receive scholarships to colleges even though most colleges and parents of most star athletes think so. Thess two points are the strongest arguments of those who support specialization. Another common defense for specialization is the contention that another boy or girl gets a chance to make the team if a star athlete concentrates on one sport. That argument may make sense to some but there must be a better way for another student to make a team than by sacrificing the "star athlete on the altar of specialization. StU another argument of those who favor specialization is the feeling tnat a particular boy or girl never would have made the grade in life." left the ghetto, etc., had it not been for the sport of (you fill in the name). That may sound good to some ears but' its got about 99 times as much emotion to it as eloquence. It would be best for all who have influence with young athletes or would-b- e athletes to help keep their athletic aspirations in focus with their total development from adolescent to adult. There's got to be time In life for more than just one sport; In fact, let's hope theres time in life for more than just sports, one or more. There must be time to be Just a boy or Just a girl, growing up in a world that needs men and women with sports In their backgrounds, not men and women with sports backgrounds who think they are what the world needs. - |