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Show Lakeside Review South, Wednesday. March 21, 1984 7A Bountiful Native Among Nations Best For Wade CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Correspondent BountSALT LAKE CITY ifuls Debbie Asper has set and broken Lady Utes basketball re- cords ever since she began playing for the University pf Utah in 1980, and now in her fourth and last year, she has been nominated for the Wade Trophy. .The trophy is the womens basketball equivalent of the Heisman Trophy in college football. She was selected by a nation- FARMINGTON PLAYERS shed tears following loss to Kaysville. wide committee of 100 coaches, sports writers and sports information directors as a nominee for the award, which will be presented in New York April 4 to the top junior or senior woman basketball player in the United States. Ms. Asper is the only Utah athlete among the 30 finalists. She led the Utes in scoring this year with an average of 20 points per game, and she is second in rebounds for the team with an average of 8.6. But her most astounding achievement was in this years game between Utah and Wyoming where she became the first Lady Ute ever to score 2000 points in a career, and also the first ever to total 1000 rebounds. allShe has been a three-tim- e conference selection in the High Country Athletic Conference, and she has led the Utes to three league championships and three Photo by Robert Regan Sports Commentary Dont Get Too Serious ROBERT REGAN Review the game though, was the crowd. They were in pressing masses ts that filled the and aisles. My ears rang and my Start Winning is nice. In fact, winning is very nice. But let's leave the serious play to the pros. I end-cour- head ached from their youthful cheering. It was thunderous and photographed the Junior High Basketball Championship game between Farmington Junior and Kaysville Junior last week and was amazed. Actually, I was flabbergasted. It may well have been the best basketball game I have seen all year. The play of the ball was superb. Both teams played as teams, not as individuals seeking glory or the eye of Davis High coach Mike Gardner. Both point guards controlled the flow of their team. They chose plays with a sharpness that belies their age. , the game. The players in school ball or school-spirfilled. , any other amateur game need Everyone took the game seritheir peers, their parents, and ously. They took it very serioustheir supporters to cheer the play ly. Actually, they took the game of the game and not only for the too seriously. victory. And thats the rub. Winning The crowd should follow the became more important than lead of both Junior High coaches ' playing. Yes, winning is nice. In whose interests are for skill defact, its very nice. But not when velopment and losing is so devastating. building. There was such pressure to They should also remember win, from both the crowd and the word amateur comes from the players, even an Olympian the Latin word amare, meaning would make mistakes. The stress to love." Not a love of winning, was so intense that I felt pain for but a love of the game, a love the emotionally unshielded playfor the play of the game. it . . self-estee- m ers. The forwards hit the basket from distances missed by many college players. The most striking feature of There is a time when winning is important and play to be taken seriously, but the players in that game earn their living from The Farmington players who lost or fouled out were in tears. Winning had become too postseason tournament . BOUNTIFUL NATIVE and former Viewmont High standout Deb Asper passes off under pressure earlier this:, r season against Utah State. CSNOW DOESN'T STOP USs, DON'T LET IT STOP YOU ap- - youlive in Bountiful or North Salt Lake, put youF old r.ewpapers out in paper bags or bundles. Seagull ffc; landfill taxes, energy and?,; Recycling Co. is saving on your trash colec-tio- n bundles the trees by collecting day. Seagull Is the only authorized collector If pearances. Thursday the team will be traveling to Amarillo, Texas to the National Invitational Tournament playing Vanderbilt in the first round. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yes, winning is nice. But to Ron Asper of Bountiful, Ms. Aswatch a game with atomic pow- per was the leading scorer at ered energy and near perfect Viewmont High, and she went skills is truely a finer experience. on to become the leading scorer at the University of Utah. Next year she will be student teaching in Physical Education. - ofj: rbside newspaper in these cities. donates 10 to the Boy Scout Council F- gull THANKS, and TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS Youth Track Clinic Scheduled The Bountiful Jaycees will hold a Youth track and Field Clinic for boys and girls ages 8 to 18, March 24, 9 a.m. at the Viewmont High Track. The cost will be $5. University of Utah head track coach Mike Jones and his coaching team will be on hand to provide instruction in Sprint Running, the Long Jump, and Distance Racing. Registration for the Bountiful Youth Track Club will be held , at the Clinic. The cost to join the track club is $30, and includes a team uniform to keep, and full TAC Registration. All track and field events are included .. One year ago, the Bountiful Jaycees organized the Bountiful Youth Track Club. . Under the direction of a coaching team headed by Viewmont High track Coach, Lynn DuBois, the Club was able to win the Junior Olympics State Championship in its first year. Gun Shoots Slated LAYTON The Wahsatch Shooters Association has announced a number of upcoming events for rifle and pistol enthusiasts. The association will hold a .22 rifle silhouette shoot Mar. 24 at the Davis County rifle Range, located east of Highway 89 on 650 N. near- the county road shops and the animal shelter. - Entry fee is $2.50 per match. Also, the State Indoor Pistol Championships will be held at the Municipal Hall of Justice in Salt Lake City Mar. 25. .The range will host the NR A conventional introductory II course at 9 a.m. Mar. 31. Information about NRA matches will be discussed at Wasatch. The Davis County Rifle range will continue to be open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Summer hours will be announced later. For more information on rifle shoots, call Dudley Tarver, or Larry Seamons Call Charles Persinger, , for more information on pistol shoots, 776-581- I II I I I 1 1 1 1 III IN I I I I INTERIOR PAINT COLORS OKI wl 0, 544-547- 6. 544-35- 1 09 & S ONLY FUl-PW- unwnw kali paint $9.99 gal. Good quality for less Beautiful colors & white Easy soap & water cleanup ng oanjasUirusaS) Sorias. si Sa!e WALLCOVERING Selected Sanitas Look Sellers! for the Sales Stickers on our sample books. 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