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Show friter rrjter riter Praises Praisesoab Praisesocib Praisesoab oab ocib Team Teamimewhat T Teaminewiat earn imewhat mewnat inewiat ) belated but nomess none noneless noneless recognitioihe recog11ltIone recog11ltIon recognition less [ appreciated ppreeiated Moab 1M0ab ffdoab high school toolbar football toolbarwhich footballwhIch footballI e 5 which has just completec completed completedessful completedcessfLil completeccessful I cessful cessfLil essful season was con contain tam tamBrent " Brent Goates column Inay's inay'S in inJF ay's ays ay'sDeseret ' i 's s ' ' Deseret eseret N News Nes e\\ e es \ ; s Mr Mrles Mrus Mrexplained JF les us e\.plamed e.plamed e .plamed plamed explained ' \ . why w outstana outstanaMoab outstanadoab outsfanaI outsfanaIyoab yoab Moab doab players were over overed overed overked ed in 111 < settcting celcting e ctmg the News Newstate Newstate NewsState tate teamr teamC team teamft ft r C Goates article was writim wnt writ writin 111 in response to a letter he lie hadyved had hadIved hadwed Ived wed from Bill Shea of Laardent La Laardent Laardent ardent Moab fan who took'News tookNews took tookNeVis tookes ' NeVis es sports ports < ; department toE to tofor tofor for ignoring Ignor11lg Moab playershe playerse playersic players ic e all state selections selectionsr selectionsS selectIOnsGoates [ r S Goates article \ which \ hlch hich will willf willinterest , ) f { mterest interest to Moab fans fol5tfemptiflg fol foll l tempting at1emptmg 5tfemptiflg to honor some somey.desen1l1g someydesering somey.deser\mg somey.desermg somey.deser someydeser mg y.desen1l1g ydesen1l1g ydesering . . \ outstanding outstandmg prep preptball preptbal preptall tball tbal ] players with posit ons onsn onsTi onsm n Ti all state team and there therebe thereit theret t he be e some players worthyuch worthy worthychrecogmtIon worthy1hrecognition 1hrecognition recognition chrecogmtIon it never failswA falls fails fallsworlt failswork worlt work an injustice mJustIce to othersMcast others othersleast othersleast least we would be led to be bee e so from the comments of ofe ofe w e who think thmk the boy fromir from fromr r school was left heft out 1 I kefamily ke kefamIly kefamily famIly cat .cat . at nightt ijightt IJlght ijight I t is humanly impossible to toess toess toness ess each of some 39 hIgh hIghI highol highaol ol I teams in m action over the thedurmg theduring thee during durmg a season Becausei Becauses Because [ i s circumstance our corres corresenls correShats corresdents enls hats submitted leglOnal iegional leglOnalfor icgionalns iegionalIs Is for all state recommenda recommendaand recommendab ' , and coaches were invitedtpial InvIted InvItednal invitedgoal goal nal the best talent for rccit rec rect [ t on The most equitable eqUItablehas | has seemed to be bea a -a - matterpssembly matter matterembly matteraembly embly aembly of reliable recomillation recom recomdation recomdation dation on our sports deskI desk deskthat deskthat that proceduie procedme was theiiod the theod thead od ad adopted adoptedthere ' there v . sas . as an ; > , om oni ssion sSlon deg deug de deI I ing ug g of complaint complamt it is only I , egard to Moab high schoolClass schoolClass school ! Class B semifmalistb semlfmalistIS semifinalistI semlfmalist semifinalist I is a little httlc town of about aboutpopulat aboutpopulat aboutpopulat populat on situated in ISOsoutheastern iso ' , southeastern Utah Moab Moabii Moatol 01 ii officials have thought'institution thoughtinstitution thought thoughtmstIt.ttIon thoughtiiistitation ' mstIt.ttIon mstItttIon iiistitation . to be so remoteother remote remoteother remoteother other Utah high schoolsiy schools schoolsby schoolsbl by bl their own election they'not theynot they theynot theynot ' not found membership inprep m in mprep inprep prep league leagu but played ailance a aance aance ance football schedule scheduleof ( of the Moab games areist are arest areSt st Colm Coloiado Coboiado ado teamsab teamsab teams teamslab lab ab contributes about 300 to tod tod toid d county s only school schopl m in mounty inounty incounty ounty s , only town They Theyless Theyless Theyless less thana than a -a - hundred boy boys boysiris boysiris : . [ IrIS in m the last four gradeswhIch gradeswhich grades > which athleti aU11etI atlileti " matenal material matenalates materialates materiallates ates This year Moab G\70ab G 70ab \ hadeligible had hadelIgIble hadeligible elIgIble bos bol bo ; > out for ior footKid foot footnd footnd nd was coached by a 23old 23 23l 23old 23old l old chap named Davis at a at at t graduate from BYU BYUrecent BYU- BYU BYUrecent BYUrecent - recent recente \\e e \ \ \ e need not men menh menth th ; h this entirely inexpen1 me\.pen me.pen me .pen pen ineperi me.pengroup ineperigroup ' \ . group Coach Davis tOIled tOIledand toiledand toiledand and effectn effectively effectnel el ; > to mold a akable akable arkable kable outfit remarkablesense remarkablesense remarkable ! sense that his eleven wonsem wonscm won < sem scm finalist fmahst berth beat beatasatch beatrasatch beatfasatch asatch rasatch Academy eventual eventualin eventualn n In 4 6 champions in the theThIs thess thess ss This win \ \ m in over the TIincIdentally Tiincidentally Ti Tiincidentally incidentally has put theon the theon theon on Region 4 0 6 cries cnes of ofIte we \Ite Ite werobbed werobbed \ Iterobbed robbed when UHSAA UHSAAahead UHSAAahead UHSAAahead ahead with play playoffs of fs withwaiting v.lth vlth with v.lthwaItmg withWaiting . ( waItmg Waiting the declaration dec.laratlOn declaratlOn . o'i-npion o'i oi npion o Os Osnpion ' 'nplon nplon npion - ' in 111 that league leaguementioned leaguementIoned leaguementioned mentioned in m our all state stateMoab stateMoab ' Moab membership was wascuously wascuously wasicuously cuously absent from our ourr ourr r selection selectiona " . because theWas theWas the > was not under the 'crutIny crutIny scrutiny ! ' scrutinyur 'crutInyr scrutinyr r staff or correspondents correspondentsaw correspondentsw 1W w the Moab club skate 111 in 111ud inud inBud ud at Masrra Magrra Magira hut but it was no son on to g go talent seek11lg seeking seek11lgen seekingiven seekingtven iven en the team mates could couldy couldIfy couldify Ify y one another in m that seapter sea sealer seaater ater ler and slush In fairness"i fairnessi faIrnesswe faIrness " we thought a word of ex"on exon ex cx cx'it " 'it it 'iton ' \ on must suffice sufflce to cover"s covers co"er coer " bs co"erbs coerbs " lack of representationr representationS representation ? r S tnan toan guess at the relative relativeY } y of players v \ \ e never saw sawornl saworni sawtorni ornl orni under normal condand condand cond ? and had few reports abouWever abouWever abou abouswever swever Wever we might venture venturelw venturew venturev ventureI w v suggest ons anent Moab s se SC sL I e C ' ' athletic course If recog recogn recOga I ? n a U is isexpected Jexpected J expected and demanded demandedlrl demandedn demandedii n ii such an excellent tcim te'tm tetm te-im te im ' - IS ISloped isloped is"oped isoped " loped Modb Moab should take18 takeS take S \ somelar to align al1gn itself with wlth somepar some somear thel lar ar UHSAA URSAA uusp league If the11 the thepopulatIOn l 11 ! theheast Population tucked in 11l thefheast the heast corner .Orn Orn ( . r of Utah can tr t tthe tthe the expense to bring brmg teamsw teamse teams e Moab should play a maw ma ma.of maIt It .of of . of f its lts eames games on the roar road ! all UHSAA UI-lSAA UI lSAA URSA-A URSA A - - spec itons 1.ons 1ons tons specitons spectons . here itonshere 1.onsere tonsere ere were , charges harges hurled ' it 1t itUHSA UHSAA 1tUHSAA itURSA URSA UHSA allow10ab allowIOab & thIs n- n nn , , - year - . - . - _ for < - - allow -n n - n.i .i i . , semifinalOff "oab oab 10ab IOab " in in 111 the state seml semifinal semifinalu mal maloU mterseca1 intersecat oU Off u because of Its mtersec intersec mterseci a1 at a1schedule atEthedule i schedule Ethedule and failure to tostror toStrorg tottrorg stror Strorg g enough Utah teams teams/rove teams rove teamsrove teamstoVe / rove toVe callThese caliThese its championship call cali These dlsgruntlded disgrllhtlded . , . , i partiestflplained ' - " 'b b ' * LLL1 LJ-Ut-LJ LJ Ut - - pCIJ parties t * a atb . " 'mplained mplained lIlplal11ed tflplained ' of playing playmg athn at at1th atVdth certifiedthe b \\1th 1th Vdth \ \ officials " " als not certified certifiedwgan the URsAsA URsAsAas ijpas ijp in I inI inorgan as provIded rultsnly rubcslily wgan organ zation zahon s rules rults rubcs rulesctK comphesctly compliesctly ctK nly lily when Mo Moab ci comphes complies ctly " ' codeit 'y y with the th UHSAA URSA-A URSA A - code codeill COOE it itthe n 11 " "ceive ceive celVe ill the just and un IVocal VOcal unVOcal . UHSAAia UHSAA UHSAA- - - r ognitionr , ogmtlondemanded re i-a i a ogmtior ogmtlon ognition demanded by loyal boost t- t ters - ers of the Moab eleven who de deSir desire desira Sir sire ; ' ! to see their outstand ng ngaggregahon ngaggregation ngaggregation aggregahon aggregation extolled |
