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Show WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JUNE 17, 1981 REFLEX-DA- VIS North By DAVE WIGHAM OGDEN The best senior baseball players in the state met this past week in the annual North-Sout- battle h with Davis County being well represented in the affair. EACH YEAR, the North squad, which is all schools north of Salt Lake City, take on those Southerners in this affair and for the second straight year the North side came out on top. This year the final score was 4 in favor of the good guys. 5-- Not only were the players from this area instrumental in the win but both coaches from the North side were good old county boys. Val Cullimore, who played in the event many moons ago, was the head man for this side and his assistant was Ken Hicks, who for years has been considered one of the best at his trade. Val is the head baseball man at Woods Cross while Ken has guided the Clearfield club for several players, so it is generally considered that these are the allstaters for the past year. That being the case, then, there was no fewer than seven players from the county. seasons. marked the first time, in memory, that all the county sides were represented on the teams. THIS IS the only game in the state for baseball all-st- Leading the way was View-mowho saw two of their stars play in the annual classic while Layton, Clearfield, Davis, Woods Cross and Bountiful all had one. This PITCHER Cl'RTIS Holt finished out a great high school career with his three innings of pitching. During that spell he only gave up three hits while striking out four. Curtis was somewhat of a surprise in the season for the Vikes since this marked his first year of throwing varsity ball. The other Viking player was outfielder Kyle Morrell who closed out a fantastic high school career. Kyle was also a first team football and it is generally thought that he is one of the best athletes to ever play sports. Kyle had a couple of hits in the contest one being a run scoring double. TOM WOODLAND, the for Woods fine Cross, was the starting pitcher left-hand- for the North side and during his three innings he allowed five hits and struck out three. Tom was the stopper for the Cats this past season and should have a bright college career ahead of him. Bountiful's Rob Allred saw action in the outfield in this contest although all year he was the catcher for the state championship Brave side. It was his consistant play behind the plate that was a big reason for their success this past season. Rob responded in this outing with a single in two trips to the plate. BIG LANCE Brightshue of Layton picked up a couple of hits in the win while playing first base. Lance was a great hitter this past season for the region By DAVE WIGHAM Congratulations for being a first round pick in the recently conducted NBA draft but unfortunately for you it was the Utah Jazz that selected you. Before you come out to our wonderful state I thought you would like to know what is going on here and what to expect. Matt Moscon checks rifle he will be using in the hunter .safety certification course that starts Monday, sponsored by the Davis County shooting sports. HUNTER SAFETY 4-- H Davis County Shooting Sports will sponsor a Hunter (Safety) Education course at the USU Horticultural pavilion, 1817 North Main St. in Farmington. Classes will be held from 1 a.m., six days he first week beginning June 4-- '.2. ing and one for shotgun training. The final class will include survival training and gradua- IS YOUTH education from USU and available to all citizens of the nation through extension services and volunteer leaders. Utah Cooperative Extension Service is an equal em4-- tion for the students. Parents and friends are invited to 4-- attend all events. Registration for the class is still open, anyone interested may call the Davis County Office for more information. Fee is $4. ployment opportunity THREE RANGE trips are ilanned, two for 22 rifle shoot em- ployer, provides services to all persons regardless of race, color, handicap or national origin. 4-- H (451-340- FIRST OF all the people out here are anxious to see you since no one really knows just how big you are. In most cases you are anywhere from 6 10 to 7 and weight between 230 and 260 lbs. I guess it just depends on what shoes you wear and what you ate for supper. Word here is that you can pass the ball. Sure hope so, because, even if you didnt youll have to learn in a hurry to survive on this team. Just memorize the numbers 4 and 35 in your mind and then practice passing to them. Even in your dreams just picture yourself on the top of the key throwing the ball towards one of these guys. Oh, yea, then head to the basket because believe me the ball is going up. THE PLAYS here are easy to remember, numbers one through six are when A.D. gets to shoot. Seven through ten are for Doctor Dunkensien. The other plays are for the other guys on the team but the Jazz has yet to come up with a point guard that can signal for play eleven. They say you have a nice touch from the outside, thats nice. But lets face it, outside in the Jazz offense is outside the three point range. Which is where the center sets up on offense. Its tough to get a rebound out there but the coach will blame a loss on you for not getting an offense rebound. THIS SUMMER I suggest you play a lot of two on one basketball. You be the one guy because come league time youll have to cover your guy and another one. We cant expect our two scoring machines to play at both ends of the floor. Some call you a project in the NBA. That means to us that youll need some top notch coaching. Thats going to be tough out here since our coach isnt exactly batting 100 percent in that area. See, last year, we had about three other projects and none of them are with the team this year. Lets both hope you can be number one. AS FAR as running is concerned dont bother yourself with it. Our coach doesnt believe in it Everytime we get a rebound you can look over to the bench and see a guy standing up with his hands in the air saying slow things down. Well, that guy is our coach. People in Utah love to see run and gun fast break type ball, the only guy who doesnt our coach and he calls the shots. ONE TIME or another during the year youll find yourself riding the bench for no apparent reason. Just take it in stride as every player gets into the coaches dog house and gets some pine time. The way he substitutes is a mystery to anyone connected to the game, even the press on the road runs contests to see if anyone can guess the Utah system for subing. Its great to have a center coming to town, but last year we had two who were listed as starters and neither are. Hope everything works out for you in your career. Just dont judge the entire state, or its people, on the Jazz. Yours Truly A faithful Jazz fan Layton side. Not only does he hit for a high average but also is very capable of the long ball. Shane Openshaw was the Clearfield player in this battle and he too closed out a brilliant high school career. Shane can play just about anywhere on a baseball field and it is believed he too will show up on some college team next year. JOHN SVED represented the Darts in this annual confrontation to close out a great high school season. John has caught the eye of many college scout and can play most positions so he should continue to play in the college rank. Its easy to see that the coaches in this area should take a bow for their efforts. After all not every county in the state can claim to have an at all their schools. Prep League Results In Prep League baseball ac- tion June II, the Bountiful Braves met the Roy Royals and increased their season cord to Pitching a re- for Bountiful was Phil Schmutz. ONLY TWO Roy batters reached base one on a dropped ball by the catcher and another on a fielders choice. Collecting hits for the Junior High School recently held their election for class officers and selected to lead the 7th grade are Heather Jensen, left, secretary; Jackson Kaiser- man, president; and Heidi Jensen, vice president. Heidi and Heather are the first twins to be elected together as officers in the schools history.They are the daughters of Dr. and Mrs. L. Bruce Jensen of 1098 East Sherwood Drive; Jack-so- n is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kaiserman of 601 East Mutton Hollow NBA Draft And Agents Kaysville SEVENTH GRADE OFFICERS Rd., Kaysville. By DAVE WIGHAM Editors Note: This is the first part of a five part series dealing with life in the NBA as told by Ben Poquette a member of the Jazz. Most players select someone they know and have confidence in, or someone that is recommended to them. In some cases, like Ben Poquette, several players from his school were drafted in previous years and he was told to use their same agent. Utah Jazz professional team. This week we deal with the draft and agents. Its the dream of anyone that ever plays the sport of basketball to one day be drafted into the National Basketball Association and to get those big bucks for your service. THE TOP picks in the draft, at least the top ten forecasted to be chosen, are flown to New York, which is the site of the draft, to be present when their names are picked. The reason behind this is unknown since about 20 players, to be sure that the top ten are there, are taken there at the expense of the NBA. Picking an agent can be good or bad. Frank Layden of the Jazz has some words about agents. Some I really respect and I know I'm in for a battle when we talk money. Others though give their clients some bad advice. Its important for these kids to get someone they trust. FOLLOWING your senior year in college, or whenever you declate a hardship case anytime along the line, any professional team can talk to you about the possibility of playing for them. They cant talk to you if you are an underclassman, not eligible for the draft. About the only players who actually know where theyll end up for sure are the first two guys selected in the draft. This past year for example Mark Aguirre and Isiah Thomas knew the teams but from then on its pretty well a guessing game, fn some cases a team that hasnt shown any interest in you at all will draft you high, it just depends on the teams needs at tne time of the draft. Summer Hours 10 till 11 Ice Cream Shirts Custom-Tailore- d for Dad. Dad love slicing into his cake 'n' ice cream Father's Day surprise. Order one in his favorite flavor. We'll add his will monogram. Only at prder Early Cake N Ice Cream Only Baskin-Robbin- BASKIN-ROBBIN- s. S ICE CREAM STORE 530 So. Main Bountiful 295-993- 1 State Clearfield 435 S. 825-313- 1 THE AGENTS dont come into the picture until after the draft in most cases, although, some of them will chase the big names such as the first ana second picks of the draft. Then its up to the player to decide on his agent and work things out with him. The reason for the agent is that most clubs wont talk to the players directly about money. Plus the agents all have a list of what the top picks ofayearagoare now making in the league and they use that as a guideline in negotiating the right kind of money for his client. FOR EXAMPLE, Howard Wood was the 27th player taken in the draft and his agent will know what the 27th player of a year ago is making and will talk the same amount of money, probably a little more with inflation, in talking to the . ONE EXAMPLE could be John Durren of the Jazz last year. He was picked in the first round, number 19, but he wasnt the first pick of the Jazz. His agent told him to hold out for big money and not to go to rookie camp or any of that stuff. Well, in the meantime, the Jazz traded for a point guard, which is Durrens position and when John did report he was behind and had to fight for playing time. As Mr. Layden notes, had he come into camp early with a contract he could have chat- -' lenged for that spot. Two weeks jater he was injured. Now this year he has to prove himself again for a spot. KNOWING HOW much to ask for and for what length of time are things worked out by the agent. So the player has to have confidence in his agent. By the way Durren eventually signed for much less money than he was asking. The agent must know about the legal aspects of a contract or a club could tie up a player or his money for years. For all this the agent gets about 7 per cent of the money involved in the contract. So its worth their time and effort. A top pick will get about $300,000 so 7 percent of that amount isnt Braves were Lex Brown, Todd Beck, Todd Smith, Mike Stevens, Steve Luddington, Dave Wilson, Steve Beyer, Jeff Pitcher, Eric Johnson and Bob Minhondo. The result was a score which ended the game in five innings. EARLIER IN the season, Bountiful chalked up victories over Weber, 26-- and Woods 19-- 0 too bad. NEXT WEEK well take a look at the contracts. What goes into them, what can and cant be put in. Cross, 12-- LAL10N MILLS MALL with Intermountain West Management Corp. presents ENERGY FAIR JUNE 18-2- 0 Join us Thursday through Saturday, June 0 for the most complete and displays on energy saving products and services. Youll learn how to use energy more efficiently. Just in time for Fathers Day The Energy Fair, 0 at Layton Hills Mall. June 18-2- up-to-d- 18-2- Mon.-- Fri. 10:00-9- :00 Saturday 10:006:00 |