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Show V I i -: ' 1 1 i ? ! i Exceptional athletes named to the Cipper All-Star Team MELISSA EGGETT MVP DAVE NEWBY MVP 1 .s m. i J" L ' ByJLDY JENSEN This year's Clipper All Stars rank with the best high school athletes to have ever played in the county. Students at each of the four south Davis County high schools can be proud of the outstanding athletes who represented their schools. Chosen as Most Valuable Player on the boys' 4-A team is Dave Newby of Davis High. Son of Con-ley Con-ley and Judy Newby, the senior forward remembered his performance perfor-mance in the Davis at Bonneville game as his best "I scored 29 points and we won. It was fun because we did a lot of because they aren't BYU." Sean is the son of Artha Ihler. The only junior chosen for the boys team is Viewmont's Steve Edgley. Steve said the game against Weber was his most memorable. "It was a hard fought battle the whole way through and we came out on top. We won at the buzzer,' he explained. Son of Richard and Pauline Edgley, Steve totally disagrees with Sean's choice for college play. "I'd like to play for B.Y.U. I am impressed im-pressed with the unity and teamwork team-work they've shown under the new coaching staff. B.Y.U. seems to be first class," stated Steve. JENNIFER JEPPESEN JENNY SIDDOWAY KIM BLACKHAM I r r r j ' -IT " -.J - ' "- -- i i Clipper All Star team. Jeremy, a senior center, is the son of Judy and Tim O'Brien. He too chose the Carbon game as the most exciting he played this year. "In the semi-final game of the consolation, I tipped in a shot at the buzzer to win the game by one point," he said. Jeremy said although he'd be happy to play "anywhere in the state," his first choice would be Utah State, "because that is where I would like to attend school. ' ' Kitt Rawlings, a guard at Woods Cross, is a senior named to the 3-A All Star Team. Kitt is the son of Steve and Jenell Rawlings. He plans to play football at Kansas State University this fall. "I plan to go into communications," stated Rawlings. Kitt felt that the most exciting game he played was against Tooele High. Ty Rogers, guard at Woods Cross, is another senior named to the 3-A All Star Team. He is the son of Vern and Pat Rogers. Ty's future plans include attending the University of Utah to study physical therapy. Ty's most exciting game was the one against Tooele where the team came back from a 20-point deficit Girls ' 4-A Most Valuable Player (MVP) is Melissa Eggett, a senior forward for Viewmont She said her favorite game this year was the recent re-cent all-star game. "We had the 12 best players playing and the two best coaches coaching." Melissa, who is the daughter of Lloyd and Mary Eggett, said she will attend Salt Lake Community College, "because I got a scholarship." scholar-ship." Teammates, Jennifer Jeppesen, Kim Blackham and Jenny Sid-doway, Sid-doway, join Melissa on the All-Stars All-Stars Team. Jennifer, daughter of Paul and Connie Jeppesen, plans to attend Utah State, where she will pursue her dancing. She recalled her most exciting game as the game with Bonneville. "We beat them for the region championship. We played great defense and only won by three f ! " v,-j i " ' -' ;- k - j it m BRAD GARDNER SEAN IHLER STEVE EDGLEY I I K'- ; 1- ! - . f 'I - V -- i Dawn Britton, girls' 3-A Most Valuable Player of Woods Cross and Melissa Eggett, girls' 4-A MVP, competed against one another an-other last year when both schools were in the 4-A region. DAWN BRITTON MVP JON RHODES MATT WALTON MVP ! . ' -- - -a f 1 L i '- s ( t j r gl ! JEREMY O'BRIEN NIKKI HANNI JEFF PARRISH Matt Walton, 3-A MVP, Bountiful forward stretches for a rebound re-bound in a game against Woods Cross. t V I i V H fast breaking," he said. Dave plans to continue his basketball career at Dixie College. "They like people who can play basketball and baseball," said the versatile athlete who excels at both sports. Dave's teammates, seniors Brad Gardner and Jon Rhodes, were also named to the team. Brad played as a swing man in both the guard and forward positions. posi-tions. Brad describes his tournament tourna-ment games as "fun and exciting. The first two were the most exciting because we were still alive to make it to the finals, but the Hi lie rest game was really run because the crowd was real loud and we had a lot of support," he said. Brad said he would love to play this fall for any major college. " If I could choose I'd play for BYU because that is where my Dad played, but 1'U probably just end up going to a junior college to play." Brad is the son of Mike and Linda Gardner. Jon Rhodes, the John Stockton of the Dart team, played the position of point guard. He too said the tournament tour-nament games were the most exciting ex-citing for him. "Playing at the University Uni-versity of Utah was great. The Taylorsville and Hillcrest games were great, but I played better against Skyline and Highland," he said. Jon said his future plans are not definite but he hopes they'll include basketball. "I would love to go to any major college, but I doubt that will happen. Dixie or Ricks or any junior college would be great I don't really care where I go. I just want to play basketball. Jon is the son of Gary Rhodes and Pat Christopher. Sean Ihler, a senior forward at Viewmont High, chose a game with Bountiful as his most memorable. "We played Bountiful at our place. Even though we aren't in the same region anymore, it was still fun. I know all of those guys and I like to play against them. It was also my best game of the season ' he added. Sean's sense of humor may get him drafted if recruiters from the right team are listening. He said his plans for the future include playing ball at "The University of Utah, M ft X PERIANN HORNE MAEGAN MAC KAY JESSICA OLSON The 3-A MVP is versatile Matt Walton, son of James and Sharol Walton. He played both forward and guard for the Braves. Matt said his most memorable game was played last year when he was a junior. "We were down by 20 points at the first of the fourth quarter, and we came back to beat them by two points. It was really exciting," he said. An all-around athlete, Matt would like to play basketball or baseball "somewhere in the state if the opportunity come up. Jeff Parrish made the 3-A All Star Team as a senior guard for BountifuL Jeff said he hopes to be able to continue his basketball career ca-reer at a junior college. Jeff named the state tournament game against Carbon as his most exciting this year. "Jeremy O'Brien hit a last second shot at the buzzer, and we won by one point in overtime," over-time," he stated. Jeff is the son of Richard U. and Dawn D. Parrish. Jeff's teammates, Jeremy O'Brien and Matt Walton, were also chosen as members of the 1990 points. It was a very interesting game," she said. Kim, a senior guard, agreed with Jennifer's choice. "The region championship against Bonneville was very exciting. I had 23 points, 1 1 rebounds and hit three one-and-one free-throws in the last minute of play," she said. Daughter of Steve and Susan Blackkham, Kim plans to play at Ricks College this fall. Jenny Siddoway, the Vikings senior point guard, recalled the game against Mountain View in the state tournament as her most exciting. ex-citing. "We killed them by 22 points. It was only their second loss of the year. The whole team played well and we won. I hit three of four three-pointers, making my total points 13," she said. Jenny said she "will probably attend at-tend the University of Utah on a presidential scholarship and try to play basketball as a walk-on. ' Jenny is the daughter of John and Sandy Siddoway. Davis High senior center Periann Cont. on B-9 ' '' i a ...... f ' I f i 1 , - ' I " I , , V - f W, '-V - i I ( '.; " j KIT RAWLINS TY ROGERS AMYTURMAN f i TMfr -mam - mm i vi a Allstars CONTINUED FROM B-1 Home was chosen as a member of the 4-A girls' Clipper All-Stars Team. Daughter of David and Kathy Home, Periann spent Friday trying out for the Dixie Junior College women's team. "If I had my first choice, I'd play at the University of Utah because they have a good program," pro-gram," she said. Periann said her best game this year was the game against Clearfield. Clear-field. "I hit everything and scored 19 points." Girls' 3-A MVP is Woods Cross Senior Guard Dawn Britton. The highlight of her high school basketball career came in her junior year. Dawn explained it was the game against Clearfield in the state tournament. "I made seven three-pointers," three-pointers," she said. Daughter of Larry and Linda Britton, Dawn plans to attend the University of Utah, where she will major in education and minor in art. Maegan MacKay, daughter of Lyndon and Toni MacKay, is another an-other member of the 3-A All-Stars Team. Senior guard Maegan said of all the games she has played, the state championship game against Ogden was the most exciting. "It was our biggest game," she said. Maegan said she has no plans to play college basketball at this time. Teammate Nikki Hanni is a junior ju-nior named to the All-Stars Team. Nikki too chose the Ogden game as her most exciting. "We were close the whole game, and it looked like we were going to lose because they were ahead by two. Cody Poole shot two foul shots, but missed miss-ed one. Jessica got the rebound and put both free-throws in with eight seconds left and we won the game," she said. If she could play ball at the college col-lege of her choice, Nikki would Dave Newby play at Arizona State. "I would love to live in Arizona where it is hot all the time," she said. Nikki is the daughter of Jim and Susan Hanni. Amy Turman, a junior at Woods Cross High, was named to the All-Stars All-Stars Team because of her expertise at the position of guard. Amy, daughter of Greg and Glenna Turman, would like to go to Brigham Young University, "because I've always been a B.Y.U.fan." "The most exciting game I played was against Bountiful in the 3-A tournament because we came so close to beating them and I love to beat Bountiful," Amy stated. Jessica Olson, a forward-center who played for Bountiful High is a senior. Craige J. and Kathleen D. Olson are the parents of Jessica, whose future plans do not include intercollegiate ball. "I will be entering enter-ing the engineering field," she explained. ex-plained. The 3-A state semi-finals game against Ogden was very memorable for Jessica. "We were down by one point with 8 seconds left. 1 sunk both shots of a one-on-one, and we won the game. Cody Poole made the foul shot that set up that play," stated Jessica. Congratulations to all of these exceptional athletes who have filled our sports section during the exciting ex-citing basketball season. Good luck in all your future endeavors. |
