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Show S.S. School News January 25, 2008 The Summit County Bee Page B5 A Wildcat and a Brave What do you get when a SSHS Wildcat and a NSHS Brave get married and settle in Marion, Utah? The answer becomes very apparent this particular basketball season with one son coaching and five of their grandchildren suiting up for the SS Basketball programs. This season is unusual because it marks the most relatives of Lyle and JoAnn PacePeterson involved in a single Wildcat season. Lyle played for the Wildcat program while in high school under long time coach, Hue Jewkes. Later, after his college and military service, he began the courting of NS Brave JoAnn Pace. They decided to make their home in the “greener” side of Summit County. JoAnn has had to learn to love the green and white due to the fact that she had six sons and two daughters play for their dad’s alma mater. The Peterson’s started following Wildcat sports when oldest son, Kim began playing high school ball in 1969. Kim played for several coaches, and then in his junior year Wildcat-coaching legend Kent Frazier took over the boy’s basketball program. Lyle and JoAnn watched senior Kim play for a state title in 1972. This was the first of five state championship basketball games in which both would watch their kids play. Second son Jeff entered high school the fall of 1972 keeping them coming to Wildcat sporting events. This trend continued with third son Paul coming into high school the next year, followed by fourth son Ray the next year. This marked the first of many years where three of their kids were playing at once for SSHS. They enjoyed watching Coach Frazier build a strong contending program that culminated in a first, and so far only - boy’s state title for the Wildcats in 1976. However, they were hooked long before that one state title and have remained so. 1979 brought sister Jan, the first Peterson girl, into the mix. They now had to split their time between both boys and girls games watched. From 1979- 1989 three siblings played for the SSHS programs with Kent, Sheri, and Chad entering school during those years. At this point Lyle and JoAnn were deeply committed to SSHS sports, especially basketball. Since 1989 and their last sons graduation, they have seen even more games. All of their kids have coached basketball in some capacity or another. Ray, Sheri, Chad, and in the upcoming softball season, Jeff will have or are currently coaching for 5SF-IS. Sister Jan has lived in Morgan for years and she has nine children. Five have suited up for MHS Trojans. With a running total of 45 grandchildren and almost 6 great- grandchildren the Petersons just keep following sports. This season finds them dividing their time between boys and girls basketball. Jeff has a senior Hayden, a sophomore Megan, and a freshman Paige playing. Paul has a senior, Conor, and a freshman, Trent, playing, and daughter Tan has a sophomore Angela starting for MHS JoAnn’s love of the purple and gold has had to take second place to green and white over the years, but once a Brave always a Brave and her heart has followed numerous nephews and nieces as they have contributed to NSHS athletic programs. Assistant boys’ basketball coach Jerry Pace is her nephew. She says supporting sports has been not only a hobby, but also a big part of their family life together. They have enjoyed seeing games from the top of the state to the bottom and even some college games while following granddaughter, Cheryl’s, basketball career. JoAnn will have another reason to break out the purple as they support grandson Alex as he runs track for Weber State. They have followed basketball the closest but have seen more football, baseball, volleyball, track, and softball contests than they care to even try counting. The Petersons are a familiar and comforting fixture at 55 home games. Lyle with his snow-white hair and ready smile sits next to JoAnn with her little notebook for scorekeeping. Both have had to go to padded seats after all these years. Their kids and grandkids love to see them still enjoying and supporting athletics. Many community members have expressed concern Creative Challenge Awards the last few years as Lyle has struggled with several health issues. The Peterson family members so appreciate the kind words and interest on Lyle’s behalf when he misses a game. After all these years and games, they are pretty good game analysts. They have enjoyed many rival games and still share memories of exciting finishes. They are stellar examples of how parents of players should behave. Coach Frazier honored them for this very thing before he retired. They don’t holler at refs or criticize coaches. They compliment and encourage their kids and grandkids to do their best and work harder if they feel things aren’t fair or going their way, but most of all, they have made their support known by consistently showing up to each and every game they could possibly attend the last 40 years or so. This has and does include many road trips, yet they still continue to enjoy the journey. It seems we could all learn a few lessons from this Wildcat who married a Brave. Thanks Lyle and JoAnn, for being an example we should all strive to follow? We hope you can continue supporting our county for many years to come. *We would love to hear other stories of South Summit North Summit doubles teams. Email ns@ss.k12.ut.us or qm@ss,k1.ut.us with your tales. Jump, Slide and Skate The South Summit Elementary PTO held their sixth annual Creative Challenge Awards in the elementary media center on Jan. 16. The theme for this year’s creative challenge was Dream for the Future. The winners in the literature, vocal and dance categories performed for the parents and students who attended. All winners were presented with Creative Challenge Medallions. This years winners are: Choreography and Dance: Madison McArthur, McKay Woolstenhulme, Jessica Bess and Kali McArthur Literature: Trent Frazier, Braxton Booth, Jessica Bess and Wyatt Angell Photography: Ethan Fryer, Alexis Crittenden, Jacob Jones, Taylor Crittenden, Braxton Booth, Ray Leavitt, Natalie Nichols and Alex Jones Science: Paul Harmston Go Classifieds! It Pays! 336-5501 WASATCH / SUMMIT COUNTY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AUTO & HOME INSURANCE Agent: Rob Sorensen representing Bear River Mutual and many other preferred companies 654-6664 123 S. 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Third Graders Share Civil Rights Thoughts The Youth WinterSports Alliance and the Utah Athletic foundation visited fourth and fifth grade students at South Summit Elementary to get them excited about jumping, skating and sliding, or any kind of winter exercise. The group used an interactive format held during physical education class. Their program exposed the children to the lesser-known winter sports of ski jumping, speed skating, skeleton and luge, as well as the burgeoning discipline of free ride skiing. Mr. Griffin, the P.E. specialist at South Summit Elementary believes that students need to be exposed to all kinds of sports and activities. Elementary Geography Bee Winners The SSES third grade classes of Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Draper celebrated Civil Rights Day by performing a choral reading on Friday Jan. 18. The reading highlighted some events known about Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. After practicing for a week, the students enjoyed singing the song, “Free at Last” to the attentive second grade classes of Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Querry and Mrs. Simpkins. Students enjoyed learning more about the Civil Rights movement through stories and song. Subscribe 336-5501 Wintertime is a hard time to keep kids physically active. The daylight hours are shorter and the cold weather often drives kids inside. By experiencing some of the training activities and exercises, and learning about winter activities, the students gain winter fun options and well as great exercise opportunities. Can you zero in on the High School Football by trying to determine the exact latitude and longitude coordinates? Many fourth and fifth grade Geography Bee students can. Twenty eight fourth and fifth grade students spent many Tuesday evenings after school learning more about their town, state, country, continent and world. These same students then competed in the 2nd annual Geography Bee. All of the students were given seven preliminary questions. Ten lucky students then moved into the semi final round. Lucio Rodriquez and Mindy Burgess came out the school winners. Both of these students took a state geography exam to determine who would be eligible to enter the Utah State Geopgraphy Bee. Mindy Burgess, a fourth grade student took top honors and is waiting for her invitation to the state meet. Congratulations students for a job well done. |