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Show 8 1 M(;llMKVhSI Hh l 1.1.1 March 11,2004 NtWS Sports EnkisrSer wflEis aimotlhieir By STEVEN ROSE Start Writer It's not every day that things great happen. Electricity was discovered, cars were invented, men figured out how to fly. tyrants have been deposed, and. of course, high school athletic championships have been won Here in West alley City, not only did a local high school take state, the school took it in two sports' For the first time since Provo High School did it in 1982. one of Utah's high schools won the state championship in football and basketball in the same school year. At the end of 2003. Hunter High School's football team won the state 5 championship. On Saturday. March 6. the Hunter Wolverines boys basketball team faced the Cottonwood Colts at the E Center f oi the state 5 A basketball title In this low scoring same. Hunter's Carl Swanigan. the "big guy in the middle, the one who has been so dominant and important to his team all year long, sealed the victory for the Wolverines. With :04.5 seconds left in the game, big Carl was fouled as he battled for his ow n rebound underneath the basket. As Carl went to the line to shoot his free throws. Cottowood had the lead by one point. 32-3- 1. state dhiaomipSoiisEiQpS Cottonwood used its last two timeouts in a row to try But as and ice Swanigan. ev ery fan in the E C enter w as standing on his or her feet. Carl calmly, and perfectly drilled his two free throw but net - as the Hunter fans and players went Hunter head coach. crazy. Dave Filimoehala. quickly called time after out Swanigan made his second free throw. . . because and no fouls." The Hunter players did just that, and Andre Carter, who led the Colts with 12 points for the night, missed a last second baseline attempt from near the perimeter line Hunter 33 - Cottonwood 32 Hunter takes state! Hunter fans flooded the there were two guys in the lane, and I needed to get C arl back to defend, 'cause he's not fast" in getting back dow n court, said Filimoehala after the game Landon Jensen, one of Hunter s star guards, said that Filimoehala told his team in the huddle during that time out to "keep the in Cottonwood players front, not let them take it to the rack. and hugcourt. as Otis each other, ging Nelson and Landon Jensen danced on court side tables. Ingh-fivin- g accelerates test scores At the assembly, the RMR the staff explained "Accelerate Test Scores" program to the students of W hittier Elementary. drag lacing will come to Rocky Mountain Raceways to race down the quarter-mil- e drag strip The five winners from Whittier Elementary will be Mountain Rocky Pit Crew Raceways will also show a Members" for one of the video clip highlighting die Major Dra events at RMR in .L!0CU race season and teach the students about safety 2004 The grade lev el that show s while using mot- "vehicles. Cars from the drag strip the most improvement overall. will win a free "night at and the oval track will be on the races", courtesy ot display for die students to look at. RMR's official masRocky Mountain Raceways. RMR w ill hold two assemcot. Rocky Raccoon w ill also blies at W hittier Elementary be on hand to fire up die kids. School on Monday. March 8. We invite all media to The first session w ill begin at attend these assemblies and 10 am. followed by die sechelp spread die "joy of learnond session at am. ing" to America.s youdi. named "Honorary have been some time exoduses our state; some think we need more. Below are some that I would like to comment on; Rick Majerus - the big fella left without warning. In the middle of the night. He said his heart was bad. He flew' to California. Why go to California? We have pizza here. He left his players behind. They wept and then moved on. The may be better off. Time will tell, The big man has a girlfriend in California. So do a lot of people. He divorced Utah and his players and assistant coaches. He made a half a million a year. Hotel rooms with maid service; a new' car every other year; the university gas pump; a shoe contract; several legal assistants and Salt Lake tent and auming; quite an exodus. Karl Malone - went to Los Angeles to win. Now he w'hines out of the Staples Center; has a bad knee; can't take a joke. Took a big pay cut. Wants a championship; surrounded by stars; only one basketball; left Ostertag here to bug us. Kobe's his teammate. 'Karl Malone gotta do what Karl There Malone gotta do. John Stockton - shipped away quietly; lots of class. Works a little at Gonzaga his alma mater; miss him already; loved his work etl and his assist total; didn't wrear baggy shorts; shoulda shot more. Good luck, John. Michael Ruffin - gets injured, luckily, couldn't score if you locked him in the gym overnight. It's always nice when hes injured. The Jazz are better when Ruffin is in street clothes. Deshawn Stevenson went to Orlando. I didn't care. Deshawn was much improved; still not what the Jazz needed. It was a good trade; good luck Deshawn. Go get em. There were others who should have made an exodus, but didnt; maybe, they soon will. Some officials would cause a lot of happiness by just leaving town. We all want Urban Meyer to stay; Let's keep Kerry Rupp; Ostertag, you decide. Im prejudiced. -- Simons Says:." Ostertag makes all that money. What a shame. I cant wait for his first tax audit." e student at Whittier Elementary (above) A School gets behind the wheel of a Junior Dragster, (right) Rocky Mountain Raceways Safety Director, Jeff Midgley, tells the students of Whittier Elementary School about the "Accelerate Test Scores" program. third-grad- On Monday. March 8. Rocky Mountain Raceways would like to invite all media outlets to Whittier Elementary School in West Valley City, as we try and help students their improve test yearly scores. In an effort to help develop the citizens of. tomorrow. Local RMR is holding a contest for the students of W hittier Elementary School. The five students, vv ho show the most improvement in their test scores from the prev ious year, will win the opportunity of a lifetime. -- In 2004. some of the biggest names in the world of athletes made A total of four students from tli is area are included in the 2002-200- 3 edition of Who's Who Among American High School Students - Sports Inc.. Austin, Texas, is part of the largest recognition program in the nation honoring high school students. The Who's Who - Sports Edition Edition(. honors outstanding Who's Edition, Who - Sports by published Educational Communications. student-athlete- liUho s organizations based on athletic achievement and participation in extra curricular activ ities. Athletes are nominated by coaches, teachers and sports Who - and universities and public libraries throughout die coun-tr- Sports Local Edition students also compete for V 10.000 in scholarship aw ards. 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