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Show Spotlight on Sport By Don Koliiiisou Stupid weather! It's been so lout; since it rained it lorgol how anil hiiiw instead. It was kind of a costly cost-ly stiirm for the Moab track team as they decided to cancel out on the Snow College Invitational. The annual an-nual meet is one of the big three in Utah and provides pro-vides a chance to see what the rest of the state has to offer. From the times and marks that were recorded there, it would seem the rc.st of the Mate, has plenty to offer. That's especially so in the case of Uintah High. They ran away with everything. Unfortunately for Moab the Utes arc in this region. It sounds very much like a repeat of the wrestling season and again jioses some questions of the method of qualification for state in the mat and cinders sports. For example: Four of the best long jumpers in the state arc in this loop. Only three can go to state. Ditto the ff!0 yard dash and ditto the mile run. In wrestling this year, Region Six was so tough that many quality grapplers didn't get a shot at state participation. Some studies of this situation have been made, but no action taken. Moab's fine baseball team has a strange situation. The Devils can win every game or lose every game and it still boils down to winning two out of three against champion Uintah. Also, they play the first two playoff play-off games at Uintah which is better than St. George, but not much. The scarcity of high schools in Utah that play baseball causes most of the problem. However, Moab is -1-0 against Utah competition which indicates they should get an even break at least when the playoffs play-offs are scheduled. Watching the pros play what used to be basketball is appalling. The game has become a contest of biological biolog-ical mishaps. Announcers marvel when a 7-2 star ties his shoes without help and dribbles without hitting both feet with the ball. Poor old James Naismilh, who came up with the idea of basketball back in 1871, must turn in his grave. His peach basket would never stand ten guys hanging on its rim. He also might be a little shaken to find thrt you no longer shoot upwards at the basket. |