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Show Spiwnrs DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, JULY 3, 1985 Joe Wood To Take Reigns Of Lancer Football By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports LAYTON Joe Wood is coming to Layton, Utah to become the fourth head football coach at Layton High School. THE announcement was made official by Layton principal Paul Smith. Wood was to have arrived here from California this week to begin preparations for the school's sum- mer pre-footba- conditioning ll program. WOOD LEAVES as the defensive coordinator at Antioch High School in California to take the head post at the Davis County high school. Prior to that Wood was an assistant football coach at the Uni- versity of California. Wood is no stranger to Utah football however as he served four years as an assistant to Bruce Snyder at Utah State University from 1978 to 1982. During that span of time he made many friends in Logan and around the state, a few of which gave him high recommendations when applying for the Layton position. UN1DLN I KAYSVILLE soccer player gets control of situation and later moves in to score a goal. Action took place last Saturday east of Central Enright at Oregon and was later defensive coordinator at Canyon High in Saugus, Calif. Wood will fill the position vacated by Brad Hawkins who resigned after one year as head coach. It was reported that Wood had applied for the Layton job last year as well. Broncos running back Rick Parros to a new Aggie career rushing record. He joined the Aggie staff in 78 as a part time assistant and took over the runners in 1979. Earlier he was a graduate assistant to Dick IM VERY impressed with Coach Wood, said Smith, Hes polished and enthusiastic. I really believe weve got a good person for the job. Joes perception of all aspects of the function of a head coach really impressed me. take care of their registration Duncan 3-- The first signs of another prep football season began popping up this week as the three head coaches at northern Davis County high schools announced the dates for their respective schools to begin condi- Pre-footb- The following is the respective information for each camp. - Coach Brent CLEARFIELD Hancock has set Monday, July 8th aside as the date players should arrive to take care of physicals and registration for this years camp. 8th, sophomores should meet at the high school to 5 5-- p.m. The cost of this program be given for ing 6 years condition- is $20. $5. Physicals will ON JULY 15th is when the actual ll CLEARFIELD, Davis and Layton will all beckon those that desire to play prep football this fall to attend these camps. July 15th has been set as the starting date. be- 4 4-- ON THE met Simplicity Is Touth, Innocence Is Trnth conditioning begins, getting underway at the school at 5 p.m. - LAYTON Laytons new head coach Joe Wood arrived in town to make preparations on Monday of this week. "Coach Wood has called a meeting for July 8 at 6 p.m. and conditioning will start July 9. - Davis Jim KAYSV1LLE Dickson kicks off his 85 prefootball conditioning on the 15th as well. Dickson reported that the conditioning program would run through August 16th, going every day of the week. Softball Booms! By DAVE WIGHAM Clipper Sports During the summer months one can go down to the City Park on any given night, except Sunday, and see some hot softball competition. SOFTBALL has really grown in this area and it's time to start meeting some of the local teams. Starting this summer the Clipper will feature one of the local softball teams each week. Involved will be the sponsor, the players and the accomplishments of the team. Also any unique team situation should be considered so if you are aware of a softball team that deserves recognition by all means contact Dave at the Clipper. ...SPEAKING of softball the annual Bountiful City 24th of July tournament is accepting entries at this time. This tournament has become one of the better events ovp r the Pioneer Day celebration. Journal Sports Simplicity is beautiful. INNOSENCE is youth. After a week of wandering through Kaysville, Layton and Clearfield, with nothing more than a desire to seethe kids play, I've come to a conclusion that the first two lines oOhis column have more truth to them than most of us realize. But there is nothing that w ill compare to watching the really young boys and girls do their thing as well. p.m. Juniors should attend between p.m. The seniors should come between tween Journal Sports Summer tioning camps. All-Sta- I LOVE high school athletics as much as anyone and once in a while a collegiate event will lure me to its center. Even professional sports catch my fancy. Schools Announce Summer Conditioning 1985 Heights By KEITH DUNCAN AT UTAH State, Wood was in charge of the runningbacks. In 1979 he coached current Denver By KEITH Junior High as Kaysville-Erui- t team from Sandy, Entries are being taken at the Bountiful Recreation Center with the deadline being in just a couple of weeks. So if you have a team interested in playing be sure to get in right away. WHETHER IT was soccer. Babe Ruth baseball or anything a sunny June day could offer, these kids were playing for the fun of it. The kids werent really concerned about winning a championship, they didnt have a paycheck waiting and none of them were in any jeopardy of being recruited illegally. TAKE THE kids on Roland Utley's soccer team for example. It was a combination of Kaysville-Frui- t Heights soccer players that old. in from maybe years age ranged 2 They were playing a group from Sandy on Saturday afternoon on the soccer field just east of Central Junior High. THE KIDS just plain had fun. They had one goal in mind and that was to kick a spotted soccer ball around enough until it landed in the net. COACH UTLEY concerned himself with details of substitution, maintaining order on the sidelines and once in a while sending a cry across the field to do a particular thing. But kids really couldn't hear their coach, even if they were up next to him. They knew the only thing that counted, was to get that ball in the net. FRUIT HEIGHT'S Roland Utley talks to Kaysville-FruiHeights team during break in action last Saturday. t Aint this a ton offun. Kids everywhere AT THE break they gobbled dow n bananas and oranges and tried to take in some instruction from the coach, instruction that fell upon deaf ears. One Fruit Heights boy's comments summed things up, Ain't this fun? he said to a Kaysville player sitting next to him. The Kaysville player shook his head in agreeance and said, We're and they're 1 nothing. SIMPLE, but sweet. The kids created their own suspenseful moments in that game, they created a show that was good enough for parents and they got out of that game everything they put into it. IT WAS refreshing. Perhaps refreshing because it wan t win at all costs. Coach Utley wont be fired if he doesnt win and the kids can't pick up the paper the next day and read the standings. All that matters is that there is a next week and next week they'll try a little harder to get that ball in the net. ...ALSO THIS summer the Clipper will introduce a new type of article. A short article that simply relates to where are they now. It seems like whenever Im walking down the street and begin talking to someone I know the subject always turns to the topic of what ever happened to whats his name that played for you know who." To answer this I just might be calling some of you parents to find out where the youngsters have gone. We just might try to find out where the state basketball champions from Bountiful and Woods Cross arc now? In 1972 the Vikes won a football crown, where are those guys? IF YOU want to know about certain teams or even certain individuals be sure to contact Dave and well take it from there. REEI) SECRIST pounces on home plate in Farmingtons trouncing of HAFB in final game of local Babe Ruth action. Secrist was one of the most talented in this year's FIGHTING FOR spotted ball. - league. |