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Show All-state time is a joyous occasion for a few and disappointment for many. With coaches, sportswriters and players all having a vote, there is a lot of politics involved. Some parents cam - Mayer guarding him the final three quarters, Brown scored scor-ed four points and fouled out trying to contain Mayer, - 0 -How many coaches made the statement "tobeatMil- ford, you have to control Mayer foul him out of the game?" Not many were successful. And when Mayer did get into fould trouble, it was generally trying to stop somebody else's man. Both Mayer and Kirk were team players. They didn't worry about who scored only who won. In our book they are both worthy of recognition. rec-ognition. . 0 But how important is being an All-stater. Once the headlines head-lines are brown and forgotten forgot-ten in the scrap book. Likely none of the Class 1-A all staters will go on to play college ball. At best they m ight ride the bench of a junior college. Recruiters Recruit-ers are unimpressed with press clippings, they are interested in-terested only in performance, They care little about the player who scores 20 points a game while his opponent oppon-ent scores 30. If you're under un-der six foot, they don't care if you were born with ball in hand. If you're seven foot, they don't care if you have ever played ball they will teach vou if it's dos- paign with coaches and sportswriters all year long, for a vote for their kid.-Then kid.-Then there is the simple fact that there is partiality to respective regions from coaches and players, that really never see teams from other regions. And of course, the championship game generally gen-erally gets the most attention. atten-tion. - 0 - Then there is the effort to have as many teams as possible represented. All in all, it is such a fouled up mess, that it often can create as much harm as good. All this is said with no disrespect for those lucky players who get the nod. Certainly, everyone is an outstanding out-standing athlete. But it is said in sympathy for the fine athletes who, for whatever reason, felt the disappointment disappoint-ment of not being chosen. - 0 - So often, the emphasis is on number of points scored. There is no account of pre -centage of shots, defense is almost totally overlooked, and the playmaker, or ball handler, who often makes the sible. - 0 - So. life goes on elation and disappointment. In this nation of hero worship, we will always look for superiority. super-iority. But it's not enough to be just superior you must be in the right place . at the right time. 0 - Our beautiful person this week is Barbara (Mrs. James) Mayer. Quiet, un-asuming, un-asuming, Barbara daily goes about her business, but always al-ways with concern and com -passion for her friends and neighbors. In severe pain for many years, she rarely complained, complain-ed, and is always trying to help others to relieve their suffering. It's difficult to recount the thousands of little things she does daily for others. Never Nev-er asking anything in return. She is truly a beautiful person. per-son. She underwent surgery this past week and we sincerely wish her a speedy and complete com-plete recovery, and relief from the constant pain that has been her steady companion com-panion for many years. team click, gets little recognition. recog-nition. We're sure there were dis -appointments on almost every team, that made it to state. But what about the teams that didn't make it? Outstanding ballplayers on such teams were not even considered. - 0 - For instance, Daniel Rob- inson, Beaver, could have played for any team in the state tourney. And on a winning team, would have been a cinch to get recognition. - 0 - Right here at Milford, two players, who were an integ-rel integ-rel part of the 1977 Champion Cham-pion Tigers, were all but overlooked. Brad Kirk is a fine shooter, ball handler and one of the top defensive ballplayers in the state. Gary Mayer, was the Tiger Ti-ger quarterback. Probably the best all -around ballplayer ballplay-er in the state certainly in 1-A ball. Ask Paul Brown, Dugway. Brown scored 16 points and no fouls in the first quarter of the Consolation Consola-tion Championship. With |