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Show u u 1 laJ9 i ii urn i i i i " wiMwwwwwt'li.'wigw- 1 1 n 1 1 . r.. rt'r-jnijfwwfuvNrw "jr -'" i ' . 5 : ,i - ; , i j t THE OUTSTANDING athlete trophy is handed ' to Jeff Good, right, by Uintah football coach, J Curg Belcher. John Millecam presented the award to three-sports-star, Good, during the annual Uintah High School Boys' Athletic Awards Banquet Thursday. ? r , f I I 1 1 . .' jr,'. t J 3 ; - - -' V i . , g THE MAUGHN COLTON award for the t outstanding wrestler is presented by Maughan t Colton, left, to Pat Jenkins. Colton's award is j the oldest presentation at Uintah High School. Jenkins was also named by Coach Chuck Henry as the outstanding wrestler. Jenkins placed first at state for the second year in a row. Jenkins had cartilage removed and will be ready for the football season. JKF (al DS DU(on?i(SL mjflsflomxalninigj otflhillefle Jeff Good didn't collect any of the individual in-dividual sports outstanding awards during the Uintah High School Boys' Atheltic Awards Banquet Thursday, but he didn't end up empty handed as he hit the jackpot by being named as the outstanding athlete. Good was presented a trophy by John Millecam. Uintah's Good lettered in football, wrestling and baseball. Good was a safety and wide receiver on the Ute football team and placed fourth at the state wrestling tournament. Good played first base on the Ute baseball team and was one of the top hitters on the squad. Gary Galley presented a toast to the community. "We know we will have your support and that makes us try harder. We always fill our seats with fans and other teams have trouble gaining gain-ing support," said Galley. A toast to the school was made by Rex Potter. Potter stated, "Uintah is well known for its academic and athletic ability. If you don't think there is pride then walk down the hall and look at all the trophies. Look at the pennants pen-nants in the gym and you will see that Uintah is number one." Jerry Allred delivered a toast to the parents. Allred said, "Parents are behind you when you win at state and they are there when you lose that game or match. They travel to the Wasatch Front once or twice a week to see our games. Mothers are really special-. They pack lunches and wash your uniforms. Dads are there to motivate you to be number one." A toast to the athletes was delivered by Monte Lee. "The champion does his best and then a little more. These young men have great desire to be champions. They have the ability to tighten their belts and give a little more," said Lee. Good presented a toast to the coaches. Good remarked, "Our coaches come in all styles and sizes. The athletes at Uintah High School have always been able to relate to the coaches on their own level. The coaches have always stuck with us to the end." A watch was presented to retiring wrestling coach, Chuck Henry, by Good and other Uintah athletes. Paul Hacking nabbed outstanding athlete honors in the sport of golf and Allred was picked as the top cross country coun-try runner. Allred netted the title for the second year in a row. Football awards were presented by football coach, Curg Belcher and Jerry Pope. "You usually have to work hard to find a sponsor for programs. We (Belcher and his coaching staff) were here a day and Ken Stringham was knocking at our door.fle sponsored our programs at Uintah High School," said Belcher. Belcher added, "We jumped into a new region this year and we have 32 let-termen let-termen coming back. We graduated a lot of outstanding seniors. We had a great season. Rick Morton broke his leg in two places in our first league game and we lost some key people, but we had people who came on and did a great job. We finished with a fine season. Our captains were Potter, Morton, Chad Stringham and Robert Schultz." Nabbing Nabb-ing the outstanding football athlete honor was Randy Smuin. Awards in the sport of basketball were presented by head coach, Gary Weight. "Our seniors demonstrated the type of athelte we would like to put in a basketball program at Uintah High School. They were a great example to the players coming up. They performed i 1 J! i I i 1 I ' : 3 if ; I I ! ' :; " . i. ! 'A' ""V ' . ' ' ! fT : " - & 4 . , h . i n RANDY SMUIN'S hand is shaken by Uintah Coach Chuck Henry ne is announced as the most valuable wrestler on the Ute wrestling team. Smuin pocketed his second state title in a row this season. Smuin also netted top football honors. well on the court and off the court," said Weight. The defensive player award was given to Galley and Randy McNamara was presented the quarterback quarter-back award. The outstanding junior award was given to Brian McNamara and Mike Johnson was named as the outstanding rebounder and most valuable player. Wrestling awards were presented by Coach Chuck Henry, Ranee Searle, and Maughn Colton. "I would like to say thanks to my wife, who has been a big part of me. I coached 40 wrestlers and she coached one, our son Tyler. She has a great time trying to keep him under control at tournaments. Some say you're not successful if you don't win the state title. We didn't want to lose. It just wasn't our weekend. We anniliated Pleasant Grove. My brother Darold has never had such a beating since he has been coaching. It was the first time that I had beaten Darold as a coach. We set a new record with a 66 to -1 win over Provo," said Henry. "We didn't place high at state, but our kids know how to lose as champions. Win or lose these kids held their heads up high. We finished finish-ed with a 12-0 record and won the Rock Springs Tournament for the first time. It was a great year. Our junior varsity team finished undefeated for the fifth year in a row. We had 29 lettermen and 24 return to next year's team." Woodey B. Searle awards were presented to state champions Randy Smuin, 155, and Pat Jenkins, 167. Dar-rin Dar-rin Bailey was named as the most improved im-proved wrestler. Jenkins nabbed the Maughan Colton outstanding tussler award. Smuin was selected as an honorable mention on the Ail-American team by the Wrestling USA magazine. Henry named Brent Morrill as the most improved wrestler and the competitor com-petitor award was given to Good. An achievement award was given to Felix Expinoza and Smuin was given the MVP wrestler title. Jenkins was selected by Henry as the outstanding wrestler. Lynn Bigelow pocketed the outstanding outstan-ding tennis award and Allred netted the number one trackster title. Rick Morton Mor-ton was named as the outstanding baseball player. Larson Caldwell was nabbed as the most improved trackster and Morton was given an award as a state champ in the 100 meter dash. Winslow Weber, announcer at Uintah football, wrestling and basketball games, was given the Harmon S. Sowards award by Bill Gibson and the most inspirational athlete trophy was . presented to Gary Galley. The Frank Wright Award, which consists of grade point and athletic ability, was given to Greg Limb, by Tony Wright. '- . x if . f.' t : 4A"- ..." f . . fai- - - - . 2..k f- f !- : ; I i . t . ' 1 i ... ;.j : Ii , f! : I. ' I U I r . ' wi -i n "U : - ' i H I ' ' V : 'Sr ft '1 r i " RETIRING WRESTLING coach, Chuck Henry, right, is presented a watch by Jeff Good during the annual awards banquet. ! . X-) : ; ... . . " ) . .. w ; ' , . - - - ' r y , '. , . t f' v -. - Si i ,; J v THE FRANK WRIGHT award is presented to Greg Limb, right, by Tony Wright at the Uintah Boys' Awards Banquet. |