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Show Times Newspaper Wednesday. May 8, 1996 Page 6 ireGi E!e(Sire(oJDiiii Ce&nifeir n 1 , .? 4 . M7 il SI 1. IvftlSaNw- ''"tt Sg Scott Hammerstrom (left), a 9th grade student at Orem J unior High School, makes a point during a chess game at a recent tournament held in Orem. - j f f 'vy I 1 ' j ' r- " ' ,' , L J I X V r W J m - f $ v. C " : ' ,V!' ty; V7 " ' A' V j j''- T , f t; .U' i I 'llllf I I ' j ' l . if I ' ' f j I V 5 ' u ' x ' K i ' 1 Tale of a Tiger Team... The Orem Little Tigers and their coaches are set to take the AAU championship team on to national tournament play this summer in Ogden. Pictured are (front, left to right) Natalie Speirs, Dixie Millet, Amber Bodily, Laura Stevenson, and Tiffany Peterson. (Back row, left to right) Assistant coach Rob Millet, Jennie Johnson, Ryan Belnap, Cassie Montgomery, assistant coach Julie Montgomery, and Chris Stevenson, head coach. Little Tigers claw to win in AAU state tournament The Orem Little Tigers, an 11-year-old girls basketball team from Orem, clawed their way to a first place win in a recent AAU state tournament held in Ogden. In their quest for the championship, cham-pionship, the Orem girls won three games, tearing up the Ogden Wildcats 32-27 and icing . the Layton Penguins 42-16, before again taking on the Wildcats in the championship game. The final score was 29-19. Next step for the Little Tigers is national tournament play, set for June 29 through July 6 in Ogden. Coach Chris Stevenson said the team got together just within the last few weeks, folr lowing the Jr. Jazz season. Stevenson coached his daughter's Jr. Jazz team and had several "really good players" who, he felt, needed the opportunity oppor-tunity to take their game to another level. He called coaches of other Orem teams and held try-outs, where about 45 hoopsters auditioned for the ten player slots on the team. 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Team members include Amber Bodily, Natalie Speirs, Jennie Johnson, Tiffany Peterson, Peter-son, Cassie Montgomery, Ryan Belnap, Stephanie Leavitt, Laura Stevenson, Dixie Millet, and Lindsey Henry. Helping out with coaching duties are Rob Millet and Julie Montgomery. Michaelis makes his mark Kirt Michaelis has been the story for Orem High soccer's offense of-fense this season. The junior added to his excellent season another game-winning goal. This time, the loss was handed to the Jordan Beetdiggers. With seven minutes left in the first half, Josh Fitsgarrald made a great pass to Michaelis, who chipped the ball in for the goal and the Tiger lead. Jordan quickly answered back with a penalty kick goal by Josh Davis, but that proved to be all Jordan had. Three players were ejected with red cards, forcing forc-ing the Beetdiggers to play with only eight players for the final eight minutes of the game. Michaelis took advantage of . the mismatch, weaving his way to a second goal and a game winner. win-ner. Orem will finish its season against cross-town rival Mountain Moun-tain View next Wednesday. The Tigers took the first game in the meeting of the two schools and hope to match its success next week. The average shower requires 15 to 30 gallons of water. lllll n wpa mm. m g "A n a 1 1 1 il CREDIT UNION AMERICAN FORK OFFICE 700 East State American Fork, UT 84003 (American Fork Shopping Center) Phone 756-7697 The Orem Recreation Center was the site of the recent Utah State Junior High Chess Championship, Cham-pionship, which brought 172 students stu-dents from Tremonton to the north and St. George to the south to compete in the event, sponsored by the Utah Scholastic Chess organization. or-ganization. One of the chief organizers of the competition, Gordon Freeman from John P. Kennedy High School in the Granite District, said students could win individual awards as well as team awards based on the population of the school and the ages of the students competing. One-hour games are played, and all games are finished. The tournament was held on a "B.Y.O.B." (bring your own board) basis, with coaches furnishing equipment and clocks and being responsible for their team's preparation, "just like any other sport," Freeman said. The tournament has been going on for 32 years, according to Freeman. When it first began, high school students and junior high school students competed together. Utah Scholastic Chess is organized or-ganized through the schools and has some ties to a national organization. or-ganization. Students are encouraged en-couraged to join the U.S. Chess Federation. Freeman said the kids on his team are all members. Weekend tournaments are held in such locations as Ogden, Cyprus, Granite, West Jordan, American Fork, Lehi, and Provo high schools. About 120 schools participate in these regular Scholastic Chess meets. Freeman said that participating participat-ing in chess teaches students how to think and be creative. "Chess is the kind of game in which you have to think and solve problems," 1 im III v jvi m mti mi & 1 i y ft I ft I ALPINE he said. There is a high correlation between be-tween chess ability and math ability, and also with the arts, Freeman explained. The thinking and problem-solving skills that participants develop build self-esteem. And chess is a team sport where you don't have to be an athlete in order to play. David Lither, coach of defending defend-ing small school champions Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, said participation in chess has been proven to help students' reading and math scores. Chess is used at his school as part of the critical thinking curriculum. Evenvondeiere-you coma-get it 763 Columbia Lane Provo, Utah Phone: 373-2550 Now that you know Upholstering fabrics, Supply Items, and Courteous Serivce mi Don't Let it Break You Come See Us For All Your Money Needs! MAIN OFFICE 1510 North State Orem, UT 84057 Phone 225-0256 Lither said the game has been found to "substantially benefit" students with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD). "With all the bad press kids are getting, it's important to see they can spend quality time exercising exer-cising their brain," Lither said. "They love it...they meet new friends." . For more information on chess programs in the schools, call Lither at 355-7485. , lasted where, stop in and see us. v fyaff o A A A n 0oo0o o O o O Of i ( 1m SOUTH OREM OFFICE 376 East 1300 South Orem, UT 8a4058 Phone 224-6637 |