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Show Page 6 THE SIGNPOST January 20, 1967 WSC-SEii : - . - :-. ....... .- ; -1 - Sark Rehired: That's News? Weber State head football coach Sarkis Arsalanian was rehired by the college's Board of Trustees Tuesay-something which was not exactly in doubt. Arsalanian was hired at an annual salary of $13,500. Line Coach Tom Ramage was also rehired at a salary of 10,800. Both salaries are effective Feb. 1. In two years Arsalanian's teams have posted a 14-4 record. The Wildcats tied with the University of Idaho in 1965 for first place in the Big Sky Conference. WSC Club Will Host Huge Rodeo By Joe S. Wright Signpost Managing Editor Weber State's Rodeo Club has announced the college will again host the Rocky Mountain Regional College Rodeo Finals at the Golden Spike Coliseum May 25-27. Colleges and universities from Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Utah and Canada will be represented at the meet. The two best qualifying teams will go to the NationalInter-Collegiate Rodeo Association World Championship Rodeo. Weber State has hosted the local finals for the past three years, club publicity director Gary Taylor said. The club at WSC was organized five years ago. Officers are Tom Sirrikins, president; Dick Bates, vice-president; Pam Tudor, secretary; Eva Jean Cann, treasurer; and Gary Taylor, publicity director. "The main objective of the club is to promote the western way of life on campus and in the community," Taylor said. The club regularly holds dances and other socials centered around a western atmosphere. Each Tuesday, beginning at 7 p.m. in the GoldenSpike Coliseum, the Club meets to practice bul-ldogging, calf-roping, saddle bronc and bare back riding. Girls participate in such activities as barrel racing and goat typing. The weekly practice session helps members to develop skills. A team is chosen from the club to represent Weber State at various rodeos in the region. College rodeo clubs in the United States have tended to upgrade the professional circuit, according to Taylor. Many circuit rodeo performers have graduated from colleges where they were members of organized rodeo clubs. More information about the Weber State Rodeo Club may be obtained by contacting any of its officers. Skiers To Idaho Weber State College's four-man ski team will travel to McCalT Idaho Saturday for their second meet of the season. Strongly favored to do well in the Big Sky Conference competition are Wildcat skiers Mike Lowe and Gene Timmons, who are paired with teammates Mims Barker and Buddy Brennen. Head coach Earl Miller said Rad Dye and Brent Parkin will also enter the Idaho meet as independents. Ineligible for National Collegiate Athletic Association competition, Dye and Parkin may not ski as official representatives of the school Coach Miller said he hoped both boys would be ready for national competition next year. Weber State placed third in its Invitational Meet held at Snow Basin, last weekend. l v S r k , tjf A' : V... 4 : ... S Weber State College Ski Club officers Linda Child, Linda Howard, Howard Collett and Ski Wheelwright gather to discuss plans for Saturday's skiing migration to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Weber Sfl. Shi Club Plans Jackson Yrip National Ski Week begins Monday, and the Weber State College Ski Club is celebrating by taking a weekend skiing migratioi to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Approximately 40 me mber s will leave Saturday at 1 a.m. for two full days of skiing, sunning, swimming and apres-ski at Jackson's Teton Village. The Village, beginning its second year of operation, is the largest resort in the United States with a tram, three double chair lifts and slopes for every type of skier. Club members will have their choice of six square miles of developed skiing areas which includes a 7 12 mile run from the top of Rendezvous Peak. Reservations have been made at Teton Village's sevel-level inn, 50 feet from th base of "Village Station," North America's Wrestling Needs Support Coach "Support is a necessity," remarked Weber State wrestling coach Ralph Hunter, in an Interview recently. "When you're winning, everyone's happy. When you're losing, no one seems to care," he said. Such is the fate of the hard-luck wrestling team this year. In a meet Jan. 13, the team was supported by a jubilant, enthusiastic crowd of six persons. The following night at Provo, a crowd of over 6,000 saw the BYU Cougars wrestle the UCLA Bruins. "There cannot be that much difference in 50 miles," noted Hunter."The fans are not aware that every college depends on its box office receipts to obtain scholarships for the various sports," Hunter explained. The Athletic Department looks at the support given each sport and then divides the scholarships accordingly. The last home matches of the season will be Jan. 21 and 25. "We need support", Hunter said, "and support is what it takes to have a good will-rounde'd collegiate athletic program." The WSC grapplers will face the University of Montana Jan. 21 and host Ricks Jr. College Jan. 25. Both matches will be held in the gym and begin at 2 p.m. largest aerial tramway. Club vice president Howard Collett said approximately 10 openings are still available for the Wyoming trip on a "first come, first serve" basis. Fee is $30 which includes meals, lodging, transportation and lift tickets. Collett warned that this may be the club's only weekend skiing migration this quarter, due to finances, and urged those waitingfor future excursions to "go now." A ski club meeting is scheduled for Thursday and agenda for the weekend trip will be discussed at that time. Officers for the 375-member club are Stu Wheelwright, president; Howard Collett, vice president; Lyne Bilton, secretary. Included on the board of directors are Terri Behumin, Louise Bybee, Carole Chandler, Linda Child, Taylor Ellis, Tad Lathrop, Diane Russell, Mike Southard, Jack Suttlemyre, Dave Wall, Roger Wise and Sharol Wood. Club advisors are Monty Shupe and Tom Low. Bowling Meet Results Pending Results of the Intermountaln Collegiate Bowling Meet, held in Pocatello, Idaho Han. 14, will not be available for another week, said Tom Kiernan, WSC games manager and coach. Five schools, Idaho State, Weber State, Utah State, University of Utah and Brigham Young University, competed. Beginning at 11 a.m., five games were played, running till 3 p.m. Kiernan said his team left Immediately and therefore did not receive the results. Weber was represented by five men and four women. Kiernan said a Regional bowling meet will be held in Tempe, Arizona on Feb. 10 and 11. Colleges from five states will compete. The next Intercollegiate meet will be in March on the BYUcampus. By CAROL DEEGAN Signpost Associate Editor Initiated by high winds, snow and hail, several members of Weber State College's Ski Club are now fully schooled in the hazards of setting up and running courses for a Big Sky Conference Ski Meet. Assisting head coach Earl Miller with the third annual WSC Invitational Ski Meet, Weber's "recreational" skiers have now had a taste of competitive skiing - - at least in the procedures for scoring, recording and keeping gates for slalom and downhill events. Armed with boxes of "new, blue Cheer," flags, markers, bamboo poles, gloves, position lists, stop watches, clip boards and by the second day, hot chocolate, ski club members struggled through the two-day Alpine competition. Friday's slalom event, set on the face of Centennial Run, was hampered by 20 mile an hour winds, and reoccurring hail, which forced both club members and competitors to stay on the slopes from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members coming down the slopes that day were not only wet and weary, but also thoroughly frostbitten. It didn't take much persuasion to talk them into relaxing at the lodge or at Miller's A frame for an hour or so, although several enthusiastic mx-bers just "brushed the frost off" and" headed up Wildcat to "make a couple of runs." The event was originally scheduled from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., but due to the bad weather conditions, took an additional four hours to run. Those situated on the higher slopes developed a bad case of "downhill lean", a term used to denote an almost vertical position on the hills caused by constant pressure from the wind. Deep ruts and sharp turns plagued the competitors, who managed to log a few spectacular nose dives into the snow before the slalom event was finished. Weber Wildcat Mike Lowe placed second in the downhill, followed by team-mate Gene Timmons in fifth place. Timmons bruised his ankle in the slalom Friday, which "bothered him a little" during Saturday's competition. The two-day Alpine meet was dominated by the Bobcats from Montana State University who swept all top place honors this year. Led by Wayne Berg and Bruce Patterson, MSU picked up both first places in individual standings for the slalom and downhill, as well as scoring first in team points. Weber State placed third behind Brigham Young University, with Rick's College in fourth place team standings. Tad Lathrop, one of the club's board of directors and instructor at the Earl Miller Ski School, un-offically ran the slalom with teammate Al Gei-berger, internationally known golfer. Club advisor Tom Low also clocked many unofficial hours for the meet, with assistance from members Stu Wheelwright, Howard Collett, Linda Howard, Linda Child, Mike Southard, Dave Hall, Carol Deegan, Suzanne Law, Rick Chapman and Marilyn Hards. Plans for Weber State's traditional "Snow Carnival" are now underway, with the Ski Club in charge of the torchlight parade and the inter-mural races. The parade will kick off the Wildcat's two day winter carnival Thursday Feb. 9 at Snow Basin.'' Double lines of skiiers carrying torchlights will traverse dowm Wildcat run in a fiery "snake chain." Members will also cooperate with the intermural department in running Saturday's giant slalom competition. All interested skiers should contact Tad Lathrop or Warner Thaler for details of the race. |