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Show "I DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, AUGUSTUS 985 By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports KAYSVILLE - On the night of August 29th, there may not be a prouder guy in Kaysville than its own Jim Schoneman. -- YES, ITS truer than it sounds. lege square offin the Kick Off Classic in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Of course Schoneman has nothing to do with that game in particular, but its the entire half hour of television time before the game that he will have plenty to do with. AIRING AT 5:30 p.m. that even-Thaing on KSL is a sports production ts the night that Brigham Young University and Boston Col- - entitled The Elusive Prize which was produced and directed by the Kaysvillite. Schoneman, along with a few of his colleagues from the Salt Lake City based television station, have worked several months to put the sports segment together. The Elusive Prize focuses in on college footballs most glamorous individual award, the Heisman Trophy. But it specifically takes a look at BYUs Robbie Boscos chances to win the coveted award in his senior year with the Cougars. SCHONEMAN, a producer and at KSL for seven years now, actually dreamed up the production himself. What began as nothing more than some excitable possibilities is now an entertaining half-hod of sports action and commentary which is sure to please even the most average diretor jam-packe- sports enthusiast. The Elusive Prize show takes on special meaning in Utah because of how well BYU quarterbacks have fared in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy in recent years. And once again the Cougars have another signal caller who is in the national spotlight and has better than average chances to win the award. THE ELUSIVE Prize production is by far the most rewarding effort Schoneman has accomplished since entering his field. He along with Stephen Hochbrunn, who did a masterful job in writing the script, were able to travel the country to do background work on the Heisman Awards past and to conduct interviews with some of Americas most influential sports personalities. As Schoneman himself put it, It was an experience Ill never forget. friends Most of my would have given their house away 'a ut sports-minde- d to see and talk to the people we did. of The Elusive Prize was Kaysvilles Jim Schoneman. Flanked near him is his wife Karen and their two Producer-directo- BYU's Robbie Bosco marcnes off field after the Cougars beat the University of Michigan in the born-oHoliday Bowl. Bosco's chances of winning the 1985 Heisman Award are better than ever as in the Elusive Prize to be aired at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 on KSL Television. r children. 5& SCHONEMAN also added, But we would have never pulled it off had it not been for the way Hochbrunn put the words together. I think he made a name for himself with this one. Schoneman has always had a love for athletics, from those earlier days of playing high school football for San Marcus High in California to today. But he does admit that 13 years ago as an offensive lineman he hadnt heard much about BYU football, which was just about the time LaVell Ed- wards was helping that school make its turnabout. JIM OBTAINED his FCC first class license at a school in Phoenix before landing a job in Montrose, Colo, at KREY. Two months later he moved up to the mother station at KREX in Grand Junction where he worked for six months as director, technical director, engineer, video tape operator, camerman and just about anything else an inside TV guy could do. Shortly afterwards Jim found himselfin Provo, visiting a friend. On one particular day he found himself alone and decided to visit Salt Lake and drop in an application or two at the major stations. either of them anything about the Heisman Trophy and they could probably recall it immediately. One trip that certainly was worth the money came as a suggestion from John Mooney of the Salt Lake Tribune. Mooney told of the early-Jun- e extravaganza where the Dallas Cowboys invite most of America's college coaches and college and broadcasters to sport attend a banquet, golf tournament and the such. SCHONEMAN and Hochbrunn wasted little time in calling Gil Brandt of the Cowboys and the next thing they knew, they w ere on their w ay to Teaxs. We got a big bulk of our footage at the Cowboy function, said Schoneman, And we also had the time of our lives being around those kind of guys for a few days. It was wild. WE GOT comments from people like Boston College's Jack' Bicknell, UCLAs Terry Donahue, Don James of Washington, Temples Bruce Arians, Dick Tomey of Hawaii, Furman Bisher of the Atlanta Constitution, Maury White of the Des Moines Register (been on the Heisman voting list for over 25 years), Keith Jackson of ABC Sports, Gary Bender of CBS sports and lists of others. Schoneman and Hockbrunn were invited to the banquet by Brandt and they sat next to Gramb-ling- s immortal Eddie Robinson w ho has coached that school for 43 years and has an unbelievable lifetime college coaching record. 320-106-- 'WE TALKED to Coach Robinson and his wife all night, said Schoneman. He told us stories about football until early hours of the morning. Finally we even ended up taking he and his wife back to their hotel and hearing even more from him. It was a sports nuts para- dise." Now after the production is complete, the interview over and the thing is ready to roll, are the two w ho put it together convinced that Bosco has a legitimate chance of winning the Heisman? to Schoneman, Boscos chances are there, but as slim as ever. If BYU repeats as national champs, then Bosco will win it, ACCORDING said Jim. If they dont repeat, then Robbie doesnt have a chance. I FEEL that way because of Robbies incredible competition who are all running backs. There is Ohio States Keith Byars, Napoleon McCallum. That is a tough field to compete against especially when you look at how running backs have dominated the Heisman voting in the pastJ' But Robbie has the ability to rise to the occasion," continued Schoneman, Like he did in the Holiday Bowl. I GUESS the neatest thing about this all , is that Robbie cares less whether he wins the award or not. He just wants to help the team to win." So there it is folks. Prize The Elusive directed by local Jim Schoneman and a dynamite script by Hochbrunn of Salt Lake City. DONT MISS it. It.--. ust one half Classic hour before the Kick-Of- f on Aug. 29. OUT OF the blue, KSL called and offered me a job, Schoneman, I guess luck or something. said it was dumb So in 1978 he came to Utah and has been with KSL ever since. Hes worked in the master controls, on video tape, video editor in the news department, technical director on the newscasts and he is presently working as producer-directo- r in production. I HAD visions of doing the Elu- thing when Steve Young was around, but it came a little late to do anything about it. sive Prize Ricky Smith does well in Explorer Olympics. Smith wins award - SOUTH WEBER Rick Smith, 19 year old son of Ronald and Joyce Smith of South Weber, re-cently walked off as winner of the prestigious Jesse Owens Award, at the National Boys Scout Olympic for Explorers held at Colorado State University, at Fort Collins, Colo. received his Duty to God award. A graduate of Clearfield High School, he received a science scholarship award from there. He was active in track. He attended the University of Utah this past year and participated in sports while there. He is a member of Explorer Post 33 of South Weber. THE AWARD is for outstanding athletic ability, academics, and participation in civic and church activities. He is an Eagle Scoutcr, THE EVENT drew Explorers from all 50 states. Rick also participated at water polo and handball, vsb 1 j I v I i But with Robbie (Bosco) doing so well last season, I thought to myself there was no way we could let a production of this nature slide by. The extra publicity surely couldnt hurt him or us. FIRST approached my department head, Steve Lowe about . I to get a cost breakdown. Once that was out of the way I had to find someone to write it. Of course Hochbrunn came up immediately becuase of his ability, Schoneman recalled. it and he gave me the THE TWO put in many hours of research, phone calling, taping interviews, editing and generally enough stuff that you could ask Au- burns Bo Jackson and Navys The Crestview Royals of the Layton Girls Elementary Softball League recently completed a very successful season. They finished second in regular season and took first place in the tournament that concluded the year. The team was also awarded the Sportmanship trophy and several girls on the team were recognized with individual honors. Cindy Rigby was given the Angie Kolcndrianos trophy for best all around player in the league. Stacy Kennedy was given MVP trophy for the tournament. Four girls on the team were named to the 10 member All Tournament Team. They were left to right, Cindy Rigby, Stacy Kennedy, Lori Hales, and Mishel Moon. Team members arc: front Jamie Sandberg, Mishel Moon, Kristin Kennedy, Mclisa Moon, Heather Burton. Back left to right: Steve Kennedy (coach) Teresa Child, Cindy Rigby, Lori Hales, Tammy Smith, Sari Anne Riley, Stacy Kennedy, Craig Kennedy (coach! Lisa Burbank absent from photo. |