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Show c f 4 The Magna TimeaWest Valley News, Thursday, March 19, 1998 WP W tr'r?. xs Morality Art V arid morality both consist of drawing the line somewhere - G. f K, Chesterton .ftovo won its fourteenth state basketball championship last Saturday. : Provo has more state titles than any other school. After the game, three Provo players were led off the floor and handcuffed. lt seems they had , ; been stealingfrom the Univereity of Utah basketball locker room. ..Sports heeds to be examined from Little League to high school, to col- -. : lege, and they need to vaccinate the pros so they dont contaminate the ; free world. Sports agents are a virus that may destroy the pro games.They will even- v . tually eat the goose and the golden egg both, . -. Most of the world starts a job and grow into it slowly; making money a 'little A a tithes Professional dthlefes'get it all nowy They dont have to work hard. They have their lifes income in one year, or one day. A lot of colleges are guilty. They push the rules to the limit. The alumni bug in with cash and jobs. The big programs give away degrees like bal-- loons at a used car sale. Maybe we need to go back to the Ivy League way : of doing things. The Ivy League doesn't offer athletic scholarships. The playersr of today put self ahead of team. It's me and not us Players attack coaches and get them fired. They jump their contracts and o ; say, "I will only play on a winner, arid in a certain city," ; The owners of sport franchises are very much to blame. They try to. buy championships. Most of them have so much money that thejr team is ju$t another toy They seeni to enjoy the contest of seeing who caii offer the rich biggest contract. They end up with the kind of player they deserve-; . malcontent. 'ia j': cannot Integrity and morality are timeless arid must be protectedi-Yor- i. f cover them up with money. Owners, players, "and coaches need to practice; these virtues until they, becorne a habit;' otherwise,. sports, .as we know ,Y . yr-i- them, will disappear like a shooting star. YLife cant exist without rules and neither can sports. No one can be the i exception to the rule. Sooner or later, principles must be adhered to; If not i sports and civilization will both vanish. Fame and fortune are not nearly as important as protecting good morals. ; i - . , . r ... . ; Second-yea- r coach Betsy Specketerhas-led-th- e Lady Bruins unPU19 record over the past two years. ; Coaching staff leads Lady Bruins to success , , by, ALAN BLAIN STFF WRITER : n ' c When Betsy Specketer took over as head basketball coach for the a V at Salt Lake Lady Bruins Community College (SLCC) in 1996-9she had a couple of goals in mind. The first was to win as many games as possible. Just as important was her second goal of teaching her players about life as well as 7, basketball. - - -- o .( - "fhope . , ( ; - WbOcaic.U'ho:ii'bnthe;Little League hampionbi4jiU67.2, Vybat did thCyjcheat todait, and how' did the kids turnout. dVMEfRlEfSORENSGNIwaiV M; - Assistant Coach : ' AssidntiQoaohiw thd Abilities that apply to every day" life and for their Scenic West Athletic Conference futures," title. Specketer led her team to the Specketer said. "I like the dynamic, of coaching at the community second round of the. S WAC college level and I hope to teach Tournament, eventually losing to the? players more than just basketRicks College. This year the Lady ball lessons." finished with a 17-1- 1 mark, "i, . . .The second-yea- r coach , has starter Specketer was a four-ye- ar worked hard with her coaching for as a guard the Illinois State staff to not only bring wins to . Redbirdsy She also played softball SLCC but to give her players a at ISU. After earning her degree in total experience in life. physical education, Specketer went In Specketers first year as head on to coach for two high schools in coach, she led the Lady Bruins to a Illinois and also spent time work2478 record and a share of the ing with the Illinois High School C - A . ' r,- Association office as an administrator. u L:.. Specketer also serves as the Bruin Club Coordinator and has helped s raise: money for athletic the her with, work, ships through Bruin Club Auction, Bruin Club Roundball Golf Tournament, Ruckus, and other fund raising events. SLCCs Laurie Crocker is Kodak All America Women's Basketball Finalist for the .Salt Lake Community College basketball player sophomore Valerie Sorensen began her first been has Laurie ; ..Crocker, year as an assistant coach for the announced as a finalist for the Bruins this season. The Kodak Women's old Idaho Falls native was a Women's Basketball Team. The starter as a forward for Weber former Mountain View High .State,,...,...; f School standout is among 33 final-- , ists for the national honor. , See COACHES on page 5 f Crocker is now being considerec Kodak Womens Basketball Team which will be decided during a conference call with voting coaches on Saturday. Crocker was also an honorable mention selec- tion for the SWAC and is a former 1997 selection .of the ca ar " : first-tea- . amonth unlimited access (Prepaid yearly) The NattaM Dentist Herbal Mouth and Gum Therapy' M Available at Health and Natural Fpod Stores include: Unlimited Internet access - email account - 5 megs of web space and 33.6k access speeds. Internet content filtering also available for:a low price of $29. Month to month access only $14 per month. 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