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Show sports 7,Sfs . ft U By Ernie Milner Over the past few weeks, the lack of a pep band in attendance has kept the noise down at home games played by the local Red Devil cagers. That has ended now. The band came out in full force Friday night to lend to the leading of songs and I ' cheers for the Devil faithful, and , f ' boy, did they ever do a great job. I J Yt The Monticello band was also on I -V . f I hand, and at the start of the game, I V V a battle ofthe bands was held as they ' J " 1 both struck up "When the Saints Go jj ' Marching In" and both bands con- tinued strong all night. Keep up the good music and you were sorely missed during your absence. Speaking of bands, the junior high school winter concert last week was great. A program of this importance is usually overshadowed over-shadowed by sporting events and competition, but the work put out by individual students and the faculty members proved that the youngsters in this community com-munity are not all completely lost from the grasp of fine talents. One highlight of the Red Devil victory oyer the Bucks has to be the good one-on-one competition of Mike Steele of the Devils and Nick Torres of Monticello. Monti-cello. Both athletes are on the short side of 5'6" but that didn't stop them from working hard all night and usually against each other. Steele and Torres could be two of the most colorful. short men in the state and those who witnessed the play of these two last week saw some good action. While many areas of the state are in the grasp of icy roads and snowy conditions in general, the area of Southeastern Utah seems to have been one ofthe warmer and nicer areas of the state. At least a few of th e people in the Monticello area are a little concerned about the good weather, , and they have a right to be. The Blue Mountain Ski area is the only one in Southeastern Utah and during the past few years the popularity of skiing has really caught on strong in this area. The lack of snow in Monticello forces many of the local skiers to travel to northern Utah and eastern Colorado to do their thing. Hopefully, in the next couple of years, the Blue Mountain area can improve the facilities and extend the coverage of the lift now operating to give them and the other people of the area more and better skiing conditions. |