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Show "try m in ly k n ) imW'I' Page B6 Thursday, November 20, 1986 Park Record The Park City High School winners are. t !" ,T'."'"T 'Ji "J ' -t 'T """' vZ3 ,e fe ' i 4m i by JENNIFER MADGIC Record staff writer The autumn stars shined brightly at Park City High School last week in an awards ceremony held in honor of the high school's fall sports program. pro-gram. At the helm of the evening's events was athletic director for the high school, Bob Burns, who launched the evening commending both the '86 JV football squad for the "best JV football foot-ball season since we've been in this building" and the girls' tennis team for finishing second in regions and third in state. Burns, head coach for the varsity football team, honored both coaches and athletes in the sports of volleyball, tennis, cross country and football, paying special tribute to the PCHS booster club, the student body, and the Buckner family for their "tremendous support throughout the season". Bruce Buckner, star halfback and mainstay for the 6-3 football team, was honered by Burns for his lack of selfishness and expertise on the field, calling him "the best football player ever to play here". Gail McBride, head coach for the girls' 2-12 volleyball team, said "Although the volleyball team didn't experience a lot of success this season," they did well considering the team was young and had been under the direction of three different head coaches in the past three years. McBride commented the team had only three seniors on its roster: Jodi Wimmer, Nichelle Spera and Jody Olsen, of which only Wimmer and Spera played the entire season. Olsen was injured the majority of the season after breaking her pelvis in four places before the start of the season. Team captain Holly Elkins was honored by McBride as the team's most valuable player. Elkins, who persevered through the season's ups and downs, will be a senior next year. Sophomore Jenny Wight was named nam-ed as the most improved player while the sportsmanship award went to Wimmer. . Bill Kahn, coach of the girls and boys' cross country teams remarked on "the outstanding job" performed on behalf of team members. The boys' team finished second in the region and fourth in state 2A competition this year, while the girls chalked up a third in regions and fifth out of the state's 2A high schools. Kahn said that although the top seven runners varied from meet to meet, junior Brett Hanscom prevailed prevail-ed as the top Miner runner, earning the MVP award of the year. Hanscom finished 14th in the state meet held in Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City on Oct. 29. The cross country sportsmanship award for the boys went to Scott Black, who according to Kahn "was always there cheering the other members on". Kahn listed George Toelcke as the most improved runner over the season, saying Toelcke went from placing "fifth, sixth, and seventh on the team to finishing up usually second se-cond or third by the end of the season". Captain of the team, senior Mike Eichner, was honored by Kahn for performing "a lot of coaching throughout the season," as well as being one of the main organizing bodies of the team with the ability to push other team members. Kahn said the girls' team "shows a lot of promise for the future," considering con-sidering the team was comprised of three freshman, one senior and one junior this year. The MVP award was a difficult choice, according to Kahn, since the difference between the top two girls was a single point. Freshman Cheryl Hannay topped her sister, Heidi, with the lowest point accumulation of the season giving her the distinction distinc-tion as MVP. Sportsmanship award went to sophomore, Julie Stewart, who said Kahn "always had a great attitude." Rachel Loble earned the Most Improved. Im-proved. Maggie Carley, coach of the girl's tennis team, marked the '86 team as "the best performing team in the school's history of girls' tennis," with three girls making the semifinals semi-finals in the state championship held Oct. 4 and finishing third overall in 2A schools statewide. Carley said team members were able to accurately determine the awarding for this year based on their personal votes and for the first time she did not have to make changes from the girl's choices. The MVP for the year went to the Miner's second singles player, Crissie Volla. Volla went undefeated during the entire season, winning the number one spot in number two singles in state. ., The sophomore pushed past the Miner's number one singles player, ill T$ If H -.. 1 xr Kathy Hannay was captain of the girl's cross country team. IHH.irti.Tt! ' yvviv - i Crissie Volla earned the girl's tennis MVP. Most Valuable Lineman went to Steve Knudsen. captain of the team, Stefanie Elkins. She finished second in the state meet this year after being defeated by Lisa MacKay, a freshman from Lehi. The captain has lettered in tennis in all four of her years at Park City High School and Carley said the team "will very much miss Stefanie Elkins". Carley gave the Most Improved and Sportsmanship awards to two respective senior members of the team Julie Burnett and Becky Smith. Burns returned to the spotlight as the tides turned to talks of football, saying that the sport "is unique because it allows you the opportunity opportuni-ty to be knocked down and to get back up. Hopefully this opportunity of getting knocked down and being able to get back up will help them later on in life." Players to earn varsity letters this year were: Brian McReynolds, Tim Horyna, Brodie Pollard, Bruce Buckner, Ron Mathews, Cam Hone, Justin Rino, Cliff Long, Randy Poison, Ryan Tat-ton, Tat-ton, Eric Hales, Brandon Ripley, Brook Oswald, Bart Davis, Brett Glissmeyer, Steve Knudson, Tom James, Chance Pellum, Gary Ingram, In-gram, Darrin Bean, Shawn McMillan, Clint Weaver, Tim i Team Captain of the girl's tennis team was Stefanie Elkins. ' ' ' .' :. 'J v-.. ' . ' . . . ' t ,j - Jenny Wight was named Most Improved on the girl's volleyball team. 4 dg V i i 1 iz:y -t,-;i 71 I tr Hi' a- i-T-i : - -v f . in. - 1 , ... 1 ' - - W Sisters Cheryl (left) and Heidi Hannay were one point shy of each other after totaling the points over the season. Cheryl was named most valuable. Quarterback, Brian McReynolds, won the football Leadership award. 1 v7 r Brett Hanscom (right) was cross-countr 's MVP and Mike Kichner was the team's captain. Deweese, Larry Winterer, Brent Benson, Todd Mullen, Brett Peretti and Scott Cartier. The brightest light of the evening fell upon the Miner's star halfback and team captain, Bruce Buckner. Coach Burns debated who he would miss more next year his number one player, Bruce, or his number one booster club supporter, Bruce's mother Linda. Mrs. Buckner was known for coordinating the team's weekly high-carbohydrate high-carbohydrate dinner. . Said Burns: "Well I can cook spaghetti, but I sure can't play football foot-ball like Bruce Buckner". Also honored at the Nov. 12th ceremony was senior player Ron Mathews. Mathews, once again at the receiving end, won the Sportsmanship Sport-smanship Award. Quarterback Brian McReynolds took home the Leadership Award and Steve Knudsen won the Most Valuable Lineman Award. -fT - t 4 Jm r f ' . Mn--, - OUT t .- j " f V: The Miner's MVP in football went, without a doubt, to No. 33, Bruce Buckner. Team captain of the girl's volleyball team, Holly Elkins, won MVP award. "We want to be close in the fourth quarter and throw the ball to Randy . Poison)," was the philosophy of the 7-1 junior varsity football squad said Burns. Between swigs of Sprite, head coach of the JV team, Jesse Schaub . told students and parents that the original expectation of the season was to teach fundamentals and play good football, "but let's not embarrass embar-rass ourselves. "After winning the first game of the season against Duchesne, we started to develop a sense of confidence. con-fidence. With a win under our belts, the team developed a will to win. They became a unit. "As the season went on and we kept winning, everything just seem-ed seem-ed to come together the "cheerleaders, the booster club, the parents. "But the real medal goes to the kids. They really made the commitment commit-ment and you as parents have a lot to be proud of. 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