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Show Shawn Campbell Gears Up OGDF.N Saturday Nov. 17th seems much too far away, except in the situation for those who will he placing basketball for Neil McCarthy . THATS the date when the Wetheir ber State Wildcats kick-of- f 1984-8- 5 basketball season at home against Simon Fraser University. And perhaps the one guy w ho is more anxious for the new season to get underway is Weber's Shawn Campbell, who after one year with the Ogden school is being touted as 'one of the best big men in the West.' CAMPBELL, a native of Layton, has made a point to get serious about his senior season. The 1 'giant' has put on over 15 pounds in recent mom hs which has enhanced his lean frame. He now packs around over 230 pounds and 7-- at the same time has become a little stronger. Occasionally you'll find Shawn dipping for power lines as he does some jogging in an attempt to further his preparation for the new year. CAMPBELL probably couldn't have been happier about' the way his first season in purple and white went. He stepped right in and replaced Tom Heywood without skipping a beat, starting all 31 games, averaging 10. points, picking off 6.8 rebounds and setting a new school record in blocked shots with 67. McCarthy likes Campbell's ability. He can kill the opposition with his soft and deadly shooting touch from 10 to 12 feet and is improving rapidly in the rebounding area as well. Campbell has got the hint that hell have to improve in the rebounding statistics this season. ROD BOCKWOLDT, left and Brad Hawkins, right once played football for veteran coach Brent Hancock, center. This season they will all be coaching prep teams from different sidelines. A Bfiedtd Kind Of Mmmm Im Amgwd Starkey Snakes Out Title Scott Starkey of 1222 E. 1015 S. , Fruit Heights, is shown with the beautiful trophy he won during the recent golf tournament held in Idaho Falls. Ida. SCOTT NOT only won the Individual Sweeps but his team won the championship in the big event, which was sponsored by Little Tree Inn and Coca Cola Company. Members pf his team were Jesse Fugate, Clearfield; Jack Peterson, Layton and Jim Card of Ogden. SCOTT HAS also won two other tournaments in Idaho, one at Twin Falls and one at Blackfoot. The amazing thing is that Scott has not always been a golfer, he has only been playing golf the past three years, decided he really liked it and has been playing steady since. HE IS employed as the Green Superintendent of the Valley View Golf Course in Layton. He said It was a fun tournament and a beautiful course to play. Scott enjoys all sports and has a natural talent to excell in all. While a student at Davis High he lettered in many of the sports. He was a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams. SINCE graduating from Davis High he attended Weber State College for two years and one year at Utah State University. He is a lifetime resident of Kays-villthe son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports Reunions ,have run galore this summer, but none of them will be so unique as the Region One Football event coming up in late August. e, Starkey. His wife, the former Melissa Dodd is also from Kaysvil-land they have two sons, np e THATS WHEN Brent Hancock, d coach of the the veteran die-har- Clearfield Falcons initiates another prep season against two of his former gridiron pupils. One of those former students menwill be Webers second-yea- r tor, Rod Bockwoldt, who Hancock tended some of his coaching expertise to at Weber State during the ' 6 seasons. 75-7- THE OTHER will be Brad Hawkins wholl be debuting at Layton, not in baseball, but as the Lancers new head football coach. Brad played for Brent at Bonneville High where a keen friendship began and has only got closer through the years. So theres the reunion. Itll be the veteran Hancock on a different sideline than two of his former players who now have risen themselves into the head coaching ranks. IS IT REALLY unique though, that these three are uniting their coaching techniques in one year in the same region? Hancock said he didnt think so, even though he did admit that the odds go down when you look at them being in the same region. Scott Starkey is the proud new owner of a huge trophy, won after winning the individual golf tournament playoff in Idaho. BOCKWOLDT joked at first in saying, Personally, 1 think the cream rises to the top, as they all chuckled. Both of these guys are the cream of the crop. Brent has been in this thing for a long time and I have a lot of respect for him. The same goes for Brad who I played football with one year at Weber. The guy is intense and he deserves to be a head coach. It doesnt sur- - prise me that we are head coaches, but maybe a little unique well all be in the same league, he said. Hawkins, getting to the point, stated, To be truthful, I always wanted to coach with Brent, rather than against him. Hes the very reason Im in coaching, the person who guided me down the road to get here. THERE MAY be a unique bond between football coaches, whether on opposite clubs or not, but when region wars begin in September the money rides on winning. All three of the coaches had their views on that subject and Hawkins started it first by saying, Were all going to be there for one reason and thatll be to win football games, whether the friendship is there or not. BOCKWOLDTS feeling all along, even as he coached against Hancock last season, is as he stated, These guys will be friends before the game and after the game, but during the game they are competitors. Hancock said, Honestly Id feel bad if they didnt want to beat me or the other competitor. Theyre provenwin.athletes and Its a game, theyre driven to but when its over, its over. final five games of the year and help Bonneville into the state playoffs. Brent was and still is a second father to me, in fact I dont think Id be coaching if it werent for him. that youre influencing kids. I get a kick of not only influencing kids in football, but in the classroom as well, which makes it a WHEN I got the job at Layton, Brent was the first one that I visited with. Of course thats the nice thing about Brent, whether youre a player or coach, hell take the time to listen to you. He wasnt afraid to talk to me when I was a player and I learned to go to him about things even more than football, said because as he said, Ive never been footballs main man before. I just hope I can emulate half what Brent does if things dont go well for me. Hes been through some tough times, both in high school and college, but Ive never seen a man come back for more the next Monday, half as enthusiastically as Brent has. Hawkins. HAWKINS claims he spent a couple of hours with his former coach the day Paul Smith awarded him the head Lancer job and Bockwoldt could probably get the same kind of attention, if he You learn everyday, I besaid Bockwoldt, And if youre not, youre not going to be a very good coach. As far as my philosophy I have of football, I think it was Brent who I copied. lieve, BUT AT the same time, Ive changed things to fit my style. Hawkins further stated, Ill use of what Brent has nt BOTH HANCOCK and Bockwoldt were out of place when they first entered the scene at Weber State. The coach originally came as a defensive back coach and Bockwoldt was catching passes as a wide receiver. I thought it was ironic, said Bockwoldt, Brent wasnt doing what he was an expert in, coaching quarterbacks. But it took just one season and they had him on offense. move in the long run was good for Bockwoldt too. Hancock liked Bockwoldts strong arm and had him calling all the QB shots before the latters THE COACHES senior season was complete. Brent taught me nearly everything I knew about quarterback-ings- . The respect I had for him at the same time, said the grew former Wildcat star. hasnt already. taught me, I know that for sure. Even Tomm Budge (Bonnevilles present head coach) runs Brent Hancocks offense but hes just put different numbers in front of it. Inside reverses, slants, just basic fundamental offense that Brent taught me. Ill use some of what Dave Arslanian and Paul Waite taught me too, its just a never ending process of picking up a few pieces and then building your own thing. BUT THE thing Brent taught the most was how to treat people. He let kids open up to him and talk to him. To me, thats the name of the game. Hawkins, Hancock and Bockwoldt all are in the midst of preparing for new football schedules, less than six weeks away. As they gathered in Hancocks office at Clearfield last Wednesday they appeared like a nursery full of kids with a brand-netoy, but of course the new toy to them was the anticipation of another new football me w THE TWO were quite a pair in Rods senior season as Weber won their final three games and averaged 25 points a game in the process. One of the NCAA records that neither will forget was the 21 straight completions during the South Dakota State game, a record which still stands today. Hes a players coach, said Bockwoldt, I got real close to him inbecause hes not a tense type of coach. He wants you to have fan while you're out there and I certainly had a lot of fun while hard-cor- e, playing for him. STILL WINNING Soccer Bums just keep on winning wherever they go and are hoping for the same in the regional competition this weekend in Idaho Falls. They clinched the Layton championships, recently. The team Includes girls Laytons 12-1- 3. HAWKINS, meanwhile, was Mr. Everything as a prep. But a serious arm injury prior to his senior year curtailed things a bit. According to Hawkins doctor at the time, the verdict was that hed never play football again. But Hancock couldnt take that for an answer and went with Brad personally three consecutive times to see a specialist in Salt Lake City. The final chapter to that story saw Hawkins come back and start the year. HANCOCK, who appears to deage the most when August rolls around, commented, Youve heard it from me before, but this time of the year makes me young again. Even though weve struggled here, Ive still got that enthusiasm I had when I first began coaching. For the first time in a long while, Hancock will be misconsing some of the early-seaso- n ditioning as he takes off for a stint through Korea, the Hawaiian Islands and a stop at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Bockwoldt, who hopes to bring Weber a winner, stated, "If you don't enjoy being where youre at, youve got no business being there. EVERYONE who coaches isnt getting excited about it just now, they were excited two football months ago. "I suppose the thing that makes it exciting is year-roun- d job. HAWKINS CLAIMS he might be a little more nervous than excited IN LENDING some thoughts on coaches egos, and the coach figure, each of these three had their thoughts. Hawkins stated, If it wasnt for the kids, we wouldnt be here. Maybe its a little tougher to get them out today, but the ones who do come out will do anything for ya as long as you lead them down the right path. BOCKWOLDT remembered his high school days at Layton and said, Kids are achievement oriented, whether it be football, basketball or drama. Look at your big businesses today, the leaders of the time have been former athletes. Kids know they can achieve in athletics and later in business to. Hancock stated, Most successful people have had an athletic streak in them. More things are learned out there than just footnt ball. ABOUT EGO, Brent said ego can be called whatever a person wanted to call it, but he preferred to entitle it the competitive edge. He said people love being around winners and winners have the competitive edge. Bockwoldt doesnt know the meaning of ego, but he believes that any successful person has it. People that dont have egos are down to the Rescue Mission in Ogden. I have a big ego, if thats what its called, he said. HAWKINS ECHOED what Hancock and Bockwoldt said, in that people love to be around winners and winners can always be found in athletics. About the upcoming season, Flancock, Bockwoldt and Hawkins werent picking a winner, but they did lend a statement about their 84 clubs. HANCOCK CLAIMS he home big kids and excellent running-back- s and good speed spread over the team. We will be lacking some skill in some key defensive and offensive positions, so well be going back to ABCs and the basics, said Hancock. ast year, said Bockwoldt, , The games in region were so close it was nearly unbelievable and the same might be the case this Weve got some decent skill year. coming back this year but from there I don t know what to say at this point. HAWKINS has a good quarterback coming back from last year and another six or seven people who saw large .amounts of duty on defense. Well be competitive this year but its still too early to tell anything, said Hawkins. |