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Show 4 by Jim Murray Mqniriraiy qpim gpqprttg Hairston: he got the ball for someone else to shoot PageBl Thursday, February 18, 1982 Miner basketball Game with South Rich lasts one half too long Friday's basketball game between Park City and South Rich was a tale of two halves. The home-town Miners, in the throes of a lackluster season, had their work cut out for them. Their guests, the South Rich Trojans, were leading the league in both wins and height. But thanks to a strong defensive effort in the first half, the Miners kept within range of the Trojans, leaving the floor for the intermission only six points behind, 21-15. But in the second half, the Trojans demonstrated why they are ranked among the top five teams in the state by both Salt Lake City newspapers. news-papers. They stretched their lead to 10 points with three minutes to play in the third quarter, then to 20 points just after the start of the final period. The final score was 56-32 in favor of South Rich. "They are the best team in this part of the state," said Park City Coach Bruce Reid. And if size is any indication indica-tion then they surely are. Starting for the Trojans are 6'6" center Joe Argyle and his 6'4" cousin Brent Argyle playing at forward. Not only can they rebound, but led by senior forward Gary Frod-sham, Frod-sham, they can make the outside shot and the free throw. "Frodsham killed us in the second half," said Reid. "He was the key to the game. When he started to hit from the post it opened up the middle for their tall inside players." Frodsham ended the game with five baskets and a pair of free throws for 12 points. In the first half, the Miners played terrific defense. They were able to box out the South Rich rebounders, keeping the shots to a minimum. The Trojans were missing many of their shots and the ball would come right down to Darren Lawless Law-less or Steve Toly. "Darren Lawless played a tremendous defensive game for us," said Reid. "He had some timely rebounds and worked well against Joe Argyle." In the first quarter, Steve Toly made two nice scoring plays, driving for a basket to make the score 8-4, and putting in a six-foot jump-shot jump-shot to make it 10-6. In the second quarter, Roger Burns scored three baskets to keep the Miners close to South Rich. Twice Burns hit on 10-foot jumpers, and with Park City down 20-13 just before the end of the half, the six-foot forward hauled in a defensive rebound re-bound and took it the length of the court to close the gap to five by scoring on a layup. Park City had the last shot of the half but Bill Simmons was called for travelling. With a South Rich free throw, the half ended 21-15 for the Trojans. The second half was all South Rich. Outscoring the Miners 35-17, the Trojans were able to start hitting from the outside and dominate domi-nate the middle where their big men made things very difficult for Park City. Park City was unable to continue getting those defensive defen-sive rebounds, as in the first half. With Frodsham starting start-ing to hit from the post and other Trojans scoring from the outside, the Miners found themselves in an offensive game they could not stay in. The Trojans played a man-to-man defense making it hard for Park City to find the open man. When the Miners could not get inside, their offense stalled. The leading scorer in the game was Joe Argyle with 20 points on six field goals and eight of 12 from the line. For the miners, the leading scorer was Burns with nine. In the foul-shooting department, depart-ment, the Miners were 4 of 10, while the Trojans hit 18 of 27 attempts. In the waning minutes of the contest, Reid took out Toly, Burns, and Lawless. Entering the game were Juniors Chris Cooper, and Doug Vincent. Also seeing action for the Miners were John Ott, Troy Orr, Chris Y : aNv 7.:. -- Park City's Roger Burns puts up a shot over the outstretched arms of a South Rich defender. Burns led the team in scoring against the Trojans. Sloan, and Tom Flinders. play the North Rich Mus- the standings. They beat This Friday night the tangs. The Mustangs lead Park City by three points in Miners travel to Lakeland to the Miners by one game in their last encounter. New machines give a boost to PCHS weightlifting program by John Sundquist For Bob Burns, the Park City Miners football coach, Christmas came again in February. Thanks to Larry Chambers, a Park City deveioper and ex-college football player, Park City High School will receive two new weight machines valued at $7,000 for its already-comprehensive already-comprehensive weightlifting program. Both Burns and Chambers, believe the benefits of weight lifting go a long way toward improving athletic ability and general physical exercise. exer-cise. Weightlifting is now established estab-lished in this country as an integral part of all levels of competitive sports, for maintaining main-taining and increasing strength and endurance. Burns, now looking forward for-ward to his fifth football season at Park City, is a firm believer in the positive aspects of weight programs for everyone, not just athletes. ath-letes. "I think it is an excellent program," he says. "It provides a competitive point to work for. We view weightlifting as a lifetime sport suitable for everyone. Over 35 percent of the student body are not athletes and we have 20 percent involved with the program." The programs for weight training are carried out in general physical education courses and in conditioning for the various athletic teams at Park City High School. It used to be said "Don't lift weights; you'll just be musclebound and end up with flabby skin when you stop." But the basic philosophy phi-losophy of weightlifting has changed. Burns maintains that exposure ex-posure to weightlifting establishes es-tablishes personal pride in one's appearance. It also is a good method of physical conditioning for muscle tone and development, he says, as well as cardiovascular and muscular endurance. The new equipment for the weightroom will join other devices bought since the introduction of the weight program by Burns. "When I first got here, there was one bar and one bench. I had used weight programs before and am convinced of their importance. importan-ce. But it was necessary to start from scratch here." Equipment was bought from funds left over after the construction of the football stadium, through fund-raising drives, and from general school funds. The new equipment equip-ment consists of a multistation multi-station weight machine called a Paramont, and a two-station machine for development de-velopment of the biceps and triceps. In addition, the school has purchased a leg sled machine for hip extension strengthening. "They are top of the line," exclaimed Burns. "Weight equipment has many advantages in use and availability to users. It is a great investment for the long-term use. It is designed to be here years from now. "We would never discour- is on reaching maximum power. In August it switches to repetitions. "We have charted players since the beginning and we have kept track of injury situations," said Burns. An example of the success of the program is seen in the development of senior Chris Mueller. As a freshman, fresh-man, Chris weighed 115 lb. and could bench press 95 lb. Today Chris weighs 165 lb. and can bench press 235 lb. age anyone from using this equipment," says Burns. "This used to be for athletes only, but now we let everyone every-one use it. To my knowledge, every high school in Utah has some type of weightlifting weightlift-ing program." With 20 percent of the students involved, it is not just the football team which benefits. Summer football training is highlighted by the weight program. The players must work out 20 times over the course of the summer in the weight-room. weight-room. This means about three times a week. There are four kinds of lifts used in the workouts : bench, squat, power clear, and dead lift. The workout is done in four sets where the weight is gradually increased and the repetition decreased. In June and July, the emphasis "Since the program started four years ago, we have had one broken collarbone and one serious knee injury. Both of these occurred in the first year of the program after only a few months of weightlifting training." An example of the success of the program is seen in the development of Chris Mueller. Muel-ler. Mueller was the senior starting offensive guard for PARK CITY ROTARY Meets Tuesday 12:15 Holiday Inn W0 When the Los Angeles Lakers won their first world championship in the season of 1971-72, the only player on the team, other than Wilt Chamberlain to put in 1,000 points and pull down 1,000 rebounds was Happy Hairston. Happy was a fixture on the banquet circuit that summer and, when the 16-year-old kid came up to him at an Orange County dias one night, Happy thought he wanted an autograph. He didn't. He wanted a partner. He told Happy he wanted him to come to his boys' basketball camp. "Which camp do you belong to?" Happy asked. "I don't belong to it, I run it," the young man told him, adding accusingly: "you guys never do anything to help kids' basketball." Coming from a kid, that was penetration. Hairston was intrigued. In the high-powered high-powered world of pro basketball, a "boys' camp" is usually a money-making proposition, proposi-tion, a place for kids to spend a couple of weeks (and a couple of grand) in the mountains and practice jumpshots instead of Boy Scout knots, and learn how to set a pick, not start a fire. Sixteen-year-old Jess Bishop's camp was in a gym in Westminister, Calif., and the kids paid $5 for three weeks' instructions in the rudiments of basketball and got a dose of citizenship for free. The game consisted ot 15 boys and girls. Happy agreed to join Bishop's enterprise with one proviso: He wanted to change the color scheme a bit. White-on-white is a litte monotonous. So, Hairston combed the inner city for youngsters who were "diligent in school and desirous of moving ahead." A realist, Hairston did not aim at the hard-core resistants, he wanted kids who still hoped. "We tried to find the ones whose intelligence was being smothered by lack of opportunity." opportu-nity." He wanted kids who had the questions, not the answers, kids who had the brain power but it was not being tested. None of the the Miners last fall. As a freshmen. Chris weighed 115 lb. and could bench press 9b lb. Today Chris weighs 165 lb. and can bench press 235 lb. The weightlifting program has its competitive outlet in the form of powerlifting contests held twice a year. Park City won the unofficial state title .last year, and placed second in the two previous years. A meet is planned lor Park City High School in April and the state meet will be held in May at North Summit. This is the fourth year of 1A and 2A competition in Utah. How does the future look for weightlifting programs? Look back over 20 years of athletics and draw your own conclusions. But Burns would describe it this way. "Today you see stronger, bigger, faster athletes. Every major college has a strength program. They are continuously evaluating training techniques, improving improv-ing weight equipment, and changing our programs for the better." comb-in-the-hair stuff or the toothpick-in-mouth insolent set. Neither did the camp want athletes per se. It was not an incubator for the NBA. "We tell the kids the goal is to graduate from school. How many basketball players make the NBA? How many ballplayers make the National or American Leagues? But, we do tell them that, in today's climate, the marginal or medium-good athlete who is a superior student is going to get the scholarship, thus, the opportunity. People are fed up with the moron in the football suit, or the criminal on the basketball court who should be in the night court. Society is turned off by that scene." With Hairston in the foreground, Jeff Bishop's clinic grew to 350, with 60 of them from the inner city. White parents in the area rallied around the program and provided food and lodging for as many of the campers as they had room for. Hairston took the overflow. He made a deal with a nearby motel where he still spends the three-week camp period with 20 of his youngsters. He buys the root beer floats out of his own pocket. The fee has gone all the way up to $25 for the three weeks, for the kids who can afford it, that is. If they can't, Happy's business associates in Century City can, and do. Happy passes the hat. "The only persons paid in this activity are the coaches," he boasts. "We tell the kids all we want from them is that they graduate from school. For their own sakes." In the NBA, Harold Hairston was a valued forward who, twice in his career, scored over 1,000 points and dragged down 1,000 rebounds. His lifetime point total was 11,505, and his rebounds were 8,019. But his job was service. He played with the likes of Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson. 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