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Show Lehi Free Press New Utah! - 17, Wednesday, February 1999 - Page 8 Sports Young mat squad finishes By Dean Von Memmoit What a splendid finish to the Lehi Pioneers' wrestling season. Despite taking only nine grapplers to the state at meet, held Feb. lSC's McKay Events Center. Lehi finished fifth overall and produced a state champ, too. First-vea- r Pioneer Coach Dan Rice said. "Taking fifth at state with only nine wrestlers says a lot for us." Among the nine grapplers representing Lehi at the meet was Travis Lewis, a He had sported one of the best records among this year's varsity wrestlers. He went undefeated in 3-- 12-1- 3 two-da- y r. their octafinal match. Lewis also pinned D.K. Taylor of Ogden and Fisher to earn the right to go against Uintah's Brett Johnson in the championship finals. e The match was a two between the grapmeeting plers. Of this, Lewis said, "I was nervous." His nervousness didn't show, however. After the first period ended in a scoreless deadlock, in the Lewis rolled ahead second quarter. The only points Johnson could score were singles on three escapes, which saved the Ute from getting pinned. Lewis still beat him 10-The win brought Lewis' prep wrestling career to an end. The tournament's first two rounds proved unkind to the 41 seconds into Lehi's four Region 10 dual meets this year, and he won the league title at the region's recent meet in Lehi. On the opening day of the state tournament, an outside chance existed that Lewis would meet fellow Pioneer Steven Ferguson in the semifinals of their weight class. That didn't turn out to be so. Dixie's Paul Fisher pinned Ferguson 45 seconds into their match. Ferguson got pinned by Josh Johnson of Richfield in a consolation match soon afterwards. made Lewis, meanwhile, short work of opponents. He pinned Cedar City's Kyle Gunn first-tim- 6-- 0 3. Pioneers. A Jordan Day could vouch for that. Morgan's Tel Carter pinned him 44 seconds into their match. r, In consolation action, Day pinned Troy Oswald of Cedar Cory City, but Uintah's Pioneer the eliminated Hackling 15-- 4. Though Snow Canyon's Curtis Spragg beat Pioneer in the octafi-nalultieliminated he got mately while Wilson took third. Coby Wilson - rrtr r - - t JT tSA . at State fifth 6-- 2 s, rJ I- Pioneers who made the semifinals with Lewis included Brock Merrill Delimont, Worthen, and Brad Nielsen. Nielsen made his way to the semifinals by winning 13-- 6 over Brandon Jacobson of North Sanpete and pinning Moriah Palmer of Morgan. Uintah's Willie Merkley pinned Neilsen in the semifinals, but he lasted long enough in consolation action to finish fifth. After Worthen had pinned Bear River's Jimmy Burton and outlasted Richfield's Traveesio Begaye 12-- the Pioneer didn't have a chance against Uintah's Jason Tenney in the semis. Tenney defeated Worthen 10-and went on to win state Worthen took home a third-placmedal. Delimont downed Carbon's Ryan Avery 4 and pinned Tony Torress of Canyon View to earn the right to go against Delta's Dalian Chase in the semifinals of the 152 weight class. The Delta grappler defeated but he bounced Delimont 13-back to win fifth place. to lost he Though Hurricane's Blake Holmstead 13-Mark Cutler worked his way through the consolation bracket to finish fourth. , Lehi's Brad Nielson (in the bottom)keeps a Hurricane opponent from getting loose during a Feb. 3 state bout. t 1 Laminated Structures Financing A vailablal 7 for rent. Sleeps 4 adults full kitchen, e 9-- 2, 3, Available March , 24'x32'x9' $5,535 36,x43,x11' $10,285 54' x 72' x 14' $19,675 5-1- Payson '' QjARY "V W ikJILDlXiCOtP mmmm w.ctr)building.cofn 1999. Seven nights, $385 or make offer. 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The incident had been rumored all day and the administrators tried to prevent it, but it happened any- It is a fact of life now that school administrators feel the need to have uni- formed police officers available at every major sporting event, not so much to keep the teams in line, but to prevent problems ith the fans. Some parents and other patrons feel containment measures have gone too far and robbed students of their opportunities to express themselves, but given what has happened just in Utah County this past few weeks, it's hard to blame the principals for wanting to take extra precau- w way. It was supposedly in retaliation for earlier, equally ridiculous activities directed at American Fork by Lone Peak students. I won't go into the details of the trading oil that has gone on among a few troublemak- Admittedly, there is a fine line between team support and youthful, poor sportsmanship, but this is a lesson and learned now. that needs to be It has application far beyond the confines of high school bleachers. The incident at I'intah a couple of weeks ago. when the bus of a visiting basketball team was "decorated" with a sheep, was so extreme that the perpetrators are heme prosecuted, and the school lost the chance to host the region wrestling tournament the next weekend. 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Students themselves should pressure the few that ruin the reputations of the e cut-u- p referee respon the floor in pursuit of sible for the perceived offense. I'll be the first to admit that many Utah referees leave a lot to be.desired, but, efforts to" recruit better" ones can't be helped by all the nonsense they know they're going to have to put up with. It's also true that in thousands of games I've seen over the years, only a handful have really been decided by the referees, and that's really beside the point. Players must learn to overcome poor or strict officiating the same way they do tough defense, injuries, trash talk and everything else that can distract them in a game. In fact, when officiating becomes the focus, coaches and players often make and mistakes that cost them a victory I've seen a few of those recently as well. There are three simple things we could all do that will help promote sportsmanship without dampening school spirit. students First, must be taught how to express their enthusiasm with class instead of crudeness or practical ers throughout the year, but I'm wondering which student body is going to be the first to put enough pressure on their peers to stop the cycle. Not all abuse is physical. Last week, Payson's male students said some pretty-rudthings to Lone Peak's girls as they came by during the contest, and I'm sorry to say that I've heard similar remarks at virtually every one of the games I've attended this year. Finally, and saddest of all. I've yet to attend a game where parents andor coaches aren't riding the referees. It's gotten so out of hand in some instances, I've seen the complainers actually start onto tions. high-spirite- just in z- NEW MEMBERS Keep your membership dues current and they will never go up for iife. Call for details. 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