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Show Orem-Geneva Times- -Wednesday June 15, 1988 Page 9 Three new head coaches named to lead Mountain View sports By Cathe Owens Three new head coaches will give new direction to Bruin sports next year leading Mountain View with new faces and new methods. In basketball, Jim Eakins stepped in to follow Joel Gardner, while Kayla Walker moved , up from assistant to head girl's basketball coach. Assistant baseball coach Jim Young has also moved up to head the Bruin baseball team. With that many changes in the coaching staff, Mountain View's athletic program has been shaken up a bit, but each of the new coaches is anxious to add to, and more fully develop the Bruin teams. Jim Eakins comes to Mountain View with a distinctive history of basketball experience. His face is a familiar one to many Utah sports fans who remember him at Brigham Young University, and later with the Utah Stars. After graduating from BYU, the seven-foot hoopster began his professional profes-sional career with six years in the Virginia Squires franchise in the bygone American Basketball Association. From there he was traded trad-ed to the Stars, then went to the New York Mets (now the New Jersey Mets) who joined the NBA in 1976. Eakins retired from pro basketball basket-ball after playing with the Kansas Ci ty Kings, which became the Sacramento Kings, but he was asked to come out of retirement for one more year with the Minnesota Bucks. When he retired for good, Eakins began a business career in Salt Lake City, and after several years, a chance to help out in 1A basketball put him back on the court. "Basketball was my life for so many years that I got over-filled," Eakins explained, but after being out of it for a while "I started looking for ways to help out." At Mt. Vernon Academy, Eakins led the team to a fourth place in state finish three seasons back, then developed the basketball program at Salt Lake Community College. After getting the SLCC team off the ground, Eakins realized that he really enjoyed coaching, and he seemed to be good at it too, earning a combined record of 39-16 with young programs at both schools. He has a challenge at Mountain View with a young team coming up. "The fans, the parents, and the community com-munity will have to have some patience," pa-tience," Eakins explained, "and let the players learn during the pre-. pre-. season. It'll take some time to mature, but we've got good speed, some good shooters, and we'll have to do something to compensate for our JIM EAKINS Head Basketball Coach I If Pine orOak WALL SHELVES and BATHROOM ACCESSORIES Prices Start At $Q99 For Six 5" 1J" With coupon FOUR STYLES TO CHOOSE FROM 04WO2DS as SOLID lone WOOD 373-1908 FURNITURE We will finish or show you now. 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THESE LOTS ARE ALL LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CURRENT CREEK MOUNTAIN RANGE ABOVE FRUITLAND, UTAH. llllil ' SOME OF THESE LOTS ARE CHOICE ' SOME ARE RUGGED BUT BEAUTIFUL ' SOME ARE ON MORE OPEN LAND BUT ' MORE ACCESSABLE TO ROADWAYS m """" -j "THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN IS GOING TO GO" LOTS WITH CABINS $3,900.00 TO 15,000.00 CHOICE LOTS $2,600 00 TO S 3,000 00 BETTER LOTS $2,000 00 TO S 2.500.00 REGULAR LOTS (ALL) SOLD-OUT S 700.00 (DISCOUNTS FOR REGISTERED SCOUTERS) OWN A PIECE OF OUR SCOUT MOUNT AINI ALL FUNDS WILL GO INTO CAMPS AND BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.... CALL THE BOY SCOUT OFFICE IN PROVO Frank Aydelotte 373-4185 P.O. Box 106 Provo, Utah (4603 1 I W Mill 111 BIUUIIIMI KAYLA WALKER Girls Head Basketball Coach height," he concluded. Eakins will be teaching U.S. and world history at Mountain View. Kayla Walker has been in coaching for 12 years since graduating from Utah State University. Univer-sity. Walker is originally from La Pointe, in the Uintah Basin, where she graduated from Union High School. She attended Ricks College before completing her degree at Utah State, participating in volleyball, basketball, basket-ball, and softball at both schools.: She began her teaching and coaching career at San Juan High School in Blanding, then returned to school after three years to complete a masters degree in physical education educa-tion and coaching at BYU. After obtaining ob-taining her masters Walker returned to her alma mater, Union, for eight years of coaching. During her tenure at Union, Walker coached the basketball team to impressive finishes (third to fifth place in state) for five years straight. "After eight years I felt like it was time to make a change," Walker ex: plained, and she moved to Mountain View last year where she assisted in volleyball, basketball, and track coaching. "I've been lucky," she admitted, ad-mitted, "I've always been able to go to the places I wanted." She looks forward to the nw UVCC to host 3-day volleyball camp Utah Valley Community College (UVCC) will be hosting a three day volleyball camp to individuals, teams ' and: coaching hopefuls in its Activity Center (gymnasium) July 11-16. - Volleyball Camp is sponsored by the United States Volleyball Association Associa-tion as a part of their national development program designed to raise the standard of volleyball by presenting the latest in coaching and playing techniques. These camps are high level, high intensity camps aimed at making each athlete stronger and more aggressive ag-gressive and each team reach its maximum potential. Student-to-instructor ratio will be no more than twelve to one. Instructors Instruc-tors include NCAA and open Ail-Americans, Ail-Americans, national team members and major college coaches. The primary goal for the Individual In-dividual Fundamentals Camp is to help each camper improve and build a fundamentally sound game. The use of film games, Olympic highlight films and video filming of each camper will be used. In the Team Power Camp, seven separate highchool volleyball teams will be brought onto the UVCC campus cam-pus for three days of intense team training geared toward the collegiate level of play. Each team will be assigned their specific camp coach who will train them throughout the nine training sessions. Fundamental skills will be covered the first day. The remaining two days will be devoted to team offensive of-fensive and defensive systems which best fit the needs and abilities of that team. ' challenges at Mountain View, and expects ex-pects some good things to come. ' 'We've got a lot of talented athletes," she commented, "so it will be a good year to find out what kind of coaches we have." The Mountain View team will be looking forward to a strong year after struggling with very young teams last year. Only two Lady Bruins graduated, leaving the bulk of the team with an unusual amount of playing play-ing time and team experience. Volleyball is Coach Walker's specialty, but she is excited to have a chance to lead the basketball team, "basketball is pretty good," she concluded. Moving up from assistant to head baseball coach, Jim Young is excited for new challenges at Mountain View. Young, who teaches at Lakeridge Junior High, was an assistant under Jack Chruma last year, and is excited for a chance to build on the program Chruma started. Young's baseball experience comes from playing on the top high school team in Indiana, then on a collegiate col-legiate level at Southern Utah State College. He tried out for several professional pro-fessional baseball teams during his college years, but a hand injury ended end-ed his hopes of a pro career. In 12 years of teaching, Young has spent two years coaching baseball, but has had a great deal of involvement in other sports, including eight years coaching basketball. "I've been a lot happier since I started coaching baseball," Young explained, "I really look forward to it." Young is the first to admit that it won't be easy next year, after twelve seniors graduated this year. "It'll be a challenge, and that's what I enjoy." he explained, "I like to make things happen." Coach Young wants the next season to be fun for all the players. To him, enjoying the game is the most important thing, but developing a strong competitive program is also important. "It all depends on the kids and what they want to do," Young commented. "We're going to play basic, fundamental baseball and do the best we can." With the experience Coach Young has had with the players as an assistant assis-tant coach, the transition should be a smooth one, "We shouldn't miss a beat switching coaches." i The Coaches Certification Clinic has level I and II certification available. ; This will include a , classroom coaching manual and 21 i . hours of practical classroom lectures and on-court instruction. Camp hours will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day with an hour lunch and dinner break between sessions. Once enrolled, more detailed information infor-mation will be mailed regarding what to bring, arrival time, lodging and pre-camp conditioning. Seven courts will be set up so enrollment will be limited to a first-come, first-serve basis. Tuition for Individual Fundamental Fundamen-tal Camp, Team Power Camp and Coaches Clinic are $60, $50 and $80 respectively. Enrollment is guaranteed only after receipt of the balance has been received on or before the starting camp date. If you need more information, please write to: UVCC Athletic Department, 800 West 1200 South, Orem, UT 84058, or call 226-5000, ext. 253. Wildlife board meets June 23 The Utah Wildlife Board will hold its next meeting at the Division of Wildlife resources Salt Lake Office Auditorium on Thursday, June 23, at B a.m. Items on the agenda include proclamations for nongame mammals, mam-mals, upland game birds, mourning doves, band-tailed pigeon, sandhill cranes, and wood products. mm mMmMmmmmmmmmm, k I f rl I " il : If '"V JIM YOUNG Head Baseball Coach Baseball Team of the Week... 4 Pizzas From Caesar's Little Caesar's Team of the Week is the 14-15 year old Giants coached by Rick Story. If hustle and determination determina-tion win games, the Giants are tops in the league. Sponsored By and (9) E88$ (Ssisbs? IFtaa Complete Towing Service Endorsed by: A.A.A., AMOCO Motor Club and most of the s Largest Automotive Business in the area. WE WANT TO SERVE YOU! 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