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(mpKS, Kiel D '0 (or adult and hpesul )A tluh Carol) n Over ami a re trom her THE GIRLS game is a elude lo ihe fowls of ihe C s tournament whwh learns from Utah. FUTURE STARS California. tf imtwiriiiwi I'uuvhcJ second in Ihe Male tournamenl this jtaxt season. Viewmont. ihe slate champions. hat Debbie 1 JAMI3 LARKIN W lor students, Colorado. NesiJa and tpurit a OfcKh a high Khoul UMidlly likct to Dmiltct with a ha of brother. One that can continually (low into the program, the d nav well at Layton 1 1 ty will be earned on in yean to come. hc ihcKC I FAR RI D in thi week's paper are the five state champions from the Davis County area in wrestling. The question now arises who will be the champions of the future? The answer just might well be at North Davis Jr. High where there are three wrestlers who have brotherly lies with Ihe Lancers of Layion. RICHIE GALLEGOS, Jaimie Vigil and Donnie Zamora are the three at Ihe junior high just waiting their turn to perform for the blue and blue of Layton. Richie has seen brothers Sam and Kud compete for the Lancers. waMartinson, y - $ 'i ; with Dwain Martinson of ? Layton High School. I' ;. fc S j 5 S $ 5 $ move but not me. I like to let him know right away who's in control. THE STATE tournament was a couple of rematches for Dwain. His lone loss during the year was to a kid from Alta in a Christmas tournament by one point, he avenged that loss in the state semifinals by a 3 score. Then in the finals he met a wrestler from Brighton that he had beaten twice before but he still got psyched for the match I knew he would be after me like I was the Alta kid so I was ready for him." Ready and able. Dwain looks to next year with some definite goals, like to take state again with an unbeaten record. He reawizes that hell have to move up a weight, or maybe two, but that has little meaning to him. His advice to would-b- e wrestlers, simply. Wrestling is the most weights paid off this past year as he captured the state title in the 138 lbs. class of the state 4A tournament. The win in the finals ran his season record to 27-- 1 on the year and makes him a marked man for next season. Unless we forget this great little grap- pier is just a junior this year and looks forward to becoming a two time state winner. AT THE ripe age of nine Coach Gary Hansen of Layton I impressed Dwain so much with bis weight lifting program that be took to it like fish to I water. Later a wrestler at the e school named John Love got interested in his sport and so as they say inHolwas a star born, lywood After some great years in the . little league wrestling program I Dwain found himself involved in junior-higwrestling. As an Kv eiglith grader he placed second in the district meet only to come back his ninth grade sea-- " son to win all his matches by falls. Then as a sophomore last year in his first try on the varsity club he placed second in the region meet and then sixth in tthe&state competition at 132 " ' ' ifos.f little.-Dwai- demanding personal sport !l there is. if you try it then dedicate yourself to it. If you have second thoughts about it then stay away." jj j t- - ALONG THE way he was awso involved in the football program at Layton but soon decided to devote his time to Ii the weights and wrestling. I As one wcjuld expect Dwain Is looks to his strength as his main asset, after lifting so long I consider myself stronger fnost my size and I try to !C use that to my advantage." It ' ifcwld be noted that he bench : s' presses 280 lbs. His formula i ifyi winning wrestler is fifty I I percent knowledge, 30 percent rttrtngth and 20 percent speed. ;'than . y JZ: -- . CURRENTLY out of season Dwam tips the scales at 163 ;lfbS.t which meant dunng the iyeak, he had some meals to Vi- - skip'. Yea I had to cut about ; 20 lbs. to start and then on match days I would have to -- JEFF LEWIS 8-- I , IN WRESTLING the decision rests with the wrestler alone, win or lose it's up to him. Dwain Martinson is a winner. eighth grader and then won it this year. Jaimie Vigil has already made a name for himself in wrestling despite having only taken up the sport a year ago. He won the District meet as an The Division 4 basketball tournament under the direction of Garey Chadwick was just completed with the top two teams going on to the area to be held in Ogden. WINNERS IN each division are: Teachers, first, Fruit Heights Second Ward; TO GET to the state tournament he had a strong region tournament winning all four matches by pins. In fact about half of his victories this season were the pinning route. Jeff rates the 3A tournament tougher than the 4A. look at schools like Uintah and others that are rich in tradition. 1 honestly think the 3A Champions would have won in most cases over the 4A. ' Not only did he win the re- WOODS CROSS Some athletes would have taken a 24- 6 record as a great accomplishment, which it was. and sat on that record as a senior. Not the case with Jeff Lewis of Woods Cross High. AS A junior Jeff set that mark while wrestling for the Cats and he was bound and determined to improve on that, especially when he got to the state tournament. Well all Jeff did this past season was record a 29-- 0 mark and win the state championship in the 167 lbs. class in the 3A tournament. The actual state tournament results give a good indication of just how dominating this youngster was this season. In his first match he pinned his opponent from Pleasant Seniors, first. Orchard Ninth Ward; second, Centerville 14th Ward; sportsmanWards. ship. Bountiful VETERANS, first , Center- ville Ninth Ward; second. Bountiful Wards; sportsmanship, Layton 19th th Ward. second. Bountiful Seventh Ward; sportsmanship, Fruit Heights Ward. Life Life is just an everlasting struggle to keep money coming in and teeth and hair and vital organs from coming out. Breeze, Brookley, Ala. -- awong the way he picked up titles in the Bountiful, Clearfield, Orem and Burley. Idaho tournaments. IT WAS actually teammate Mark Tate and Jeff's father that got him going in the sport of wrestling. Once he took up the sport though it was all hard work and dedication on his own behalf that won the state championship. Jeff, who also competes in football and track at the school, forsees a future for him in college athletics. Right now Im just weighing all the possibilities. Weber State is looking at me and I'm told through my coach that a school in Arizona is also interested. Ill just have to wait and see. He has seen college wrestling and sees the main difference as the college people knowing their moves a lot more than the high schoolers. JEFF DOES have some outside interests other than wrestling. Sure I like girls, girls and other sports. This young man has great praise for several people in his life. Coach Steele has been great, he really cares about the sport and his athletes. Then I feel I have the two greatest parents in the world. They have followed me everywhere and supported me to the fullest. Then he serves a warning, I have a younger brother, Clint who is ten years old. Now hes going to be good, no make that great. He won the state AAU title last year in freestyle. I wrestle with him a lot and if I didnt have the weight over him he would win. SO THERE you are, there is another Lewis coming up through the ranks. He has some big shoes to follow in though as his big brother has set some impressive records of his own. James Larkins B) DALE MILIUM - mam-slay- this season as Drctl wrestled for Bountiful, In the ninth grade James w as going for Ihe championship al 1)8 in ihe disirtci meet when he pinned himself in Ihe finals ' W hen ihe ref hit ihe mai I had control and thought I had pinned Ihe guv. then they said il was my shoulders that were BOUSTIRL Very do ihe tofl xpoken the other two have been vrl-do- aihlciex gel Ihe recognition ihji ihey deserve especially when they do their thing in what ix determined by xomc ax a minor sport. IS ihe case of. senior SI around. T he Vigilv spent some lime in California before finding layton while the Zamora family was in Lurope for a while. All three younger brothers (ll down." James Larkin of Viewmont who recently claimed the state though look up to their brothers and gel peat support AS A sophomore he James is only ihe third wrestler from the school to w in an individual championship. Dave Shepard did it in Ihe early years of the school and then more recently Todd Overton did the trick a few years bask. ALL THREE families are dose knit and lose athletics and the coaches of Layion High simply say keep em James actually came on strong after the turn of the ncw year, prior lo that he had struggles just a little. During that struggling span he placed third at Ihe Cyprus tournament, fourth at the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, third at the Brighton Classic and second at his own school's invitational. Even his coach Steve San- derson noted the change. "For (fSome reason hesiarted stow.-b- ut since Ihe new year he was tougher than anyone around, he never lost. At the seeding meeting for stale I tried to tell them he should be ranked but they looked at his overall record and felt otherwise. But he proved it to them anyway." JAMES STARTED his wrestling career at Bountiful Jr. High in the eighth grade. At the school he was friends with Brett George and it was the prompting of that friend that got him going in the sport. It was a challenge. Brett had an older brother that had wrestled and he talked me into it. Its interesting to note that Brett and James faced each other HE STATES lhal his main asset is his knowledge of ihe sport although he also admits lo possessing good speed and quickness. James noted lh.it his most memorable match was in the stale semifinals against a kid from Uintah. Near the end of the match I used a gramby roll to score tw o points. The ref gave the points 'Jamfihewfn. 1 hen as I was sir ling in the stands they called me back down and made me wrestle in overtime because their coach had protested, there was no way I was going to lose, and I told him that. It was a great year for James, and the studentbody and coaches of the school presented hinr.with a plaque lor his efforts. But by his own admission there is a better Larkin on the way. Younger brother Todd, a sophomore, wrestled all yearvarsity at 167. "He'll be better than I am. a state champion." Wcll'his older brother has established a great goal to beat, not only on the mat but also his actions off the mat. ROGER PARSELL Parsed Mixture Brains And Talent By DAVE WIGHAM KAYSVILLE Wait until next year is a term that has become famous in the world of sports but in the case of Roger Parsed of Davis the term really held some water this season. A YEAR ago the team at Davis voted the prestigious Fish Award for choking the most at the state tournament to this senior. This year the award will have to look for another recipient as Roger topped a great year off with a state championship in the 126 lbs. division. That win in the championships gave him a 28-- 2 record for his last season at the Darts school. Also last season Roger placed second in the Bountiful tournament, third at the Jordan event, third at the Clearfield tournament and third in the region meet. This year he came back to win all those titles. including the region title and then added the state title to his list. NO CHOKING this season as his confidence improved with e?ch win. It was that confidence that he attributes his success. If you take the mat and believe in yourself and have some self confidence then you will win. He failed to mention that along with that confidence you better have the tools and knowledge. Roger admits that hes not overly quick or fast but that his main asset is his strength. I lift the weights a lot and then in the summer I work on a garbage crew and lifting those cans all summer certainly helped. As far as his knowledge is concerned he notes Spod Quiz Of that he might not know all the moves but the ones he does know he likes to perfect. ROGER DIDNT get a fast in wrestling, in fact it wasn't until his freshman year that he even started the sport. I knew coach Frank Thompson and he asked me to come out for the squad so did. He didnt tear up the league as a ninth grader but as a sophomore he showed signs of brilliance with a fourth place finish at region in the 119 lbs. class. His natural weight is 145 lbs., so he must lose some start 1 weight for wrestling. He doesn't do it at the start of the year though as he tries to stay up while playing guard in football. Then he misses a few meals and gets down to wrestling weight. sure I miss a couple of meals but the price is worth it. ROGER HAS a great outlook on his wrestling success and life. I have the satisfaction of knowing I did my best when it counted and can use that the rest of my life. When not wrestling this like- -' able senior enjoys the outdoor life of hunting and fishing along with playing a little basketball. As for the future he isnt sure which college hell attend. Weber State has shown considerable interest in his wrestling ability while the U. of U. has offered this 3.7 student an academic scholarship. NOT TO worry about this young man though, when he puts his mind to something he does it . No matter w hat college or career he picks he'll make the best of it. after all hes the best in the state right now. 1 . Who won the Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Classic? 2. Who won the mens singles U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championship? 3. Bruce Sutter plays pro baseball for what team? 4. Who won the 1976 Olympic gold medal in women's singles figure skating? 5. What year was Elvin Hayes Hill NBA scoring leader? Answers: Dale Eichelberger. 1. 2. John McEnroe over Jimmy Connors. 3. Chicago Cubs. 4. Dorothy Hamill, USA. 5. In 1969 with San Diego. Judo Club Hosts Annual Judo Tourney LAYTON Hill Judo Club is hosting its sixth annual Salt Classic Judo Tournament to be held at Layton High School. Saturday. March 29. THIS ANNUAL event is the largest judo competition held in Utah and is receiving greater and greater national recognition since its inception in 1974. Attendance keeps growing from many states near and far with entrants from Canada participating. Competition range from preschoolers to black belt experts. Competi- tors are divided into groups according to age. weight, and sex. Admission is free and starting time is 10a.m. The public is invited to attend this event. The event draws competitors from approximately nine states and Canada. Their families. coaches, club officials . nd judgeswillbeinourarea. Most d region meet. Then Iasi season as a junior he ptaceJ second in region and fourth in the state meet in the 1)8 lbs. class. To start this year James was going in the 145 lbs. class bul then w uh the help of his eoac h dcciJcd he would be belter off in the lower weight. IN WINNING the title Larkin complied a 27-- 6 record and also claimed the region championship lo his list of winnings. coming. wres-lie- in ihe junior sajsiiy league, a senior named M.uk Fleece kepi him oil ihe big club but lauglu him a lol all year in wwhoutx. lh.it year he placed a thud in the sophomre championship while wrestling for the Vikings in the 13 lbs. class of the 3A championships. from them. T he first fan locon-sol- e Jaimie when he lost in the finals was brother Mark who put his arms around him. Robbie was the first to congratulate Donmc and Kurt followed Richie throughout the season. 7. gion and state crowns but By DAVE WIGHAM Winners Of LDS Division Four Basketball Tourney PRIESTS, first. Bountiful Fourth Ward; second, Centerville 13th Ward; sportsmanship. Layton Fifth Ward. placed third in the district wrestling tournament as an of 24-- then counter with another DWAIN TOOK up both sports when he was just nine years old and all those hours of dedication and lifting the RICHIE II AS some credentials of his own already as he well-know- f-- Quiet Athlete, also placed thud in the state of Lull in the Junior Olympics. IM Ilk cave of Ihe Gallegos s family they have been in Layion for years, but 7-- drop around five pounds prior to weigh in." Part of his own style is his aggressiveness, some guys like to counter, let their opponents make the first move and Any athlete that looks to weightlifting as a hobby would more than likely be a natural for the sport of wrestling. Such is the case s'XAYTON e eighth g'aJer but lost a close daioon Hus year. He noted that be riant to wrestle a hole freestyle Hus season aim. Hit n olJer brother Majk is r his quarterbacking of the lancer football team these past two seasons and football is no stranger for Jaimie either. He plays a running back and defensive back for the school. Till RK LS also a family lie with the (iaw legits as Jaimie and Richie are cousins. Donntc Zamora is the younger brother to Robbie w ho this past seamn as a sophomore established himself as one of the lop underclass wrestlers in the state. Robbie won the reand comgion meet this year peted in the state event. Donnie is no stranger to success on the mat. he was second in the distnet meet as an eighth pad-e- r then won it this year and Grove, he duplicated the pin wfn ovcrt.'iniah irf the second round. In the semifinals he beat the American Fork wrestler 5 in a match that wasn't as close as the score would indi- -. cate. Then in the finals pitting the two top grapplers Jeff won the title over Payson by a score Captures State Title f Jaumic is ihe younger brother Vigil and Donmc has watched hisolder brother Robbie wrestle at Wayton this past season. The younger Gallegos has some big shoes to fill when he lakes the Lay lonchallenge this fall, Sam the older of the three was an in football and played baseball and track, lie ts currently play mg for Southern Utah after a peat career at Dixie. Kurt is just finishing up his senior year of wrestling where be won the region title and placed third at state. Kurt was also an football ptaycr. of Mark Jeff Lewis Fulfills Goal DWAIN MARTINSON hT By DAVE WIGHAM the foautrpi ef their older TW Ijtytan youngMrn in In mind becnu the name trutfmi in tlv you're Keep lincer. fuinf to hear tut ehwil them in the next three year IViuml with their gmumi fan, thrir mother, are Jaimie Vigil, RkliieGaOrgoaand Donnie Zamora (left to right). follow in s In LAYTON -l- g ' s of the folks spend at least one night in local hotels, motels, and eat several meals in res- taurants here, buy gas. etc.. thus providing a little nudge to our local Economy, which we all benefit from. THE HILL Judo Club is widely respected throughout the States and Canada and is invited to compete in their tournaments. Our club recently attended the state championships and the AAU Jr. Olympics where the majority of our members place. Our club has fought long and hard to gain this respect and we do feel a need forthe public to know more about judo and its talented members. Were hoping this event will be televised. If you would need further information contact Pat Siz2 emore. or Bill Wick 376-212- 825-726- 5. |