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Show JANUARY 27, 1987 L, Packer an artist in many forms By TOM HARALDSEN KAYSVILLE No matter how you look at her, Kristin Packer is, above all else, an artist. On the volleyball court, she digs and dives with the best of them. On the basketball floor, she can rebound, play defense, shoot from the outside or go after a loose ball with incomparable zeal. And in the classroom, her artistry has earned her Davis High's Sterling Scholar nomination in art this year. Those who know the talented Davis senior sing her praises, from coaches to classmates. Kristin blends beauty and charm with athletic and artistic prowess. All the while, her friends add, she has remained in touch with her priorities, and her goals. Athletics came along early for Kristin, oldest daughter of Lynn and Elaine Packer of Farmington. Her mother recalls Kristin playing softball as a child. But it was in sixth grade that she first took a liking to basketball, Elaine recalls. She entered and won a hoop shoot at Bunder-so- n Elementary in Brigham City. Kristin went on to win in a regional competition, then advanced Yanowsky looks forward to the district championships. Though Lynn played basketball in high school himself, Kristin did not come from a long-lin- e of collegiate athletes. She developed a love for basketball and volleyball mostly on her own. When you first see her, she looks more like a model than an athlete. She remains a kind, generous person off the court, but even in game-pressu- situations, handles re her- court. During the Darts preseason this year, Kristin averaged about 14 points a game. Her scoring has decreased somewhat in league play, but only because others have developed and are sharing the load more. Besides, her coach offers, Kristin is very unselfish. She passes the ball to whoever is shooting Her artistry carrys on off the court as well. She loves to draw, currently serves as studentbody artist for Davis High, and will represent the school as its Sterling Scholar in art. Kristin entered her first Reflec-tion- s contest in sixth grade, Elaine recalls. Shes loved drawing since she was quite young. Trailblazers prospect One of her favorite subjects is athletics. Kristin often does pencil sketches of athletes from photographs that appear in the newspaper. A sample of one such sketch accompanies this story. Though basketball is her favorite sport, with volleyball second, Kristin enjoys track as well. This spring she will run the distance races for the Davis track team. An athletic scholarship would be a dream come true for her, but cer- 4-- H 4-- H care and management and also teaches riding skills. The group counparticipates in approved ty horse shows during the summer. Parents or guardians need to be actively involved in order to participate. If you are interested in joining the club please contact Sue or Larry at at 4-- H Hen-richs- Fik-sta- d 825-3- 1 544-173- 0. Don Yanowsky appears enVIEWMONT thused about the ways are going in his life right now, and, he has every right to be. The Chicago native who has served as an assistant coach at Bountiful High the past two years, was given the mantle of being the head football coach at Viewmont High School. Yanowsky will replace Warren Hatch, who served the school for four years as the head football coach. When I helped as an assistant coach at the University of Utah, I started seeing myself as a head football coach someday. I went from Utah to Bountiful High and have seen nothing but good, from the administration right down to the kids we worked with. People were always positive and it reflected in the success of the program, which made being a coach a great thing. In accepting the job at Viewmont, I sincerely see the same kind of situation. The administration, the faculty and the kid s appear super positive at Viewmont and you cant ask for more than that. Hopefully Ill be able to come in and get things off the ground." Yanowsky will continue to teach and finish out the year at Bountiful, but plans on meeting with Viewmont s football players next week to lay a foundation for the coming football season. Don isnt the only Yanowsky coaching football in the state. Dons brother, Joe, is presently serving as the offensive and defensive line coach at Brighton High School. Joe was as excited as anyone that Don received the head job at Viewmont last week. Don and Joe both played their junior college football at Snow College and both finished their Shes a magnificant person. -- Coach Jill Barraclough tainly she will be attending college on some sort of scholarship. She maintains a 3.8 grade point average. She is also active in student-bod- y and seminary programs. Shes a really good sport, her coach adds. Whether we win or lose, Kristin always finds a way to smile. She leaves the game on the Continued from previous page Last Friday night against East, Major made a major effort by gaining four steals, dishing out six assists and more importantly just keeping his club a runnin up and down the court. Another guard who keeps the intensity flowing is Brian Emery. Emery is one of the Dart cornerstones when it comes to keeping the ball away from competition in offense. Davis spread four-com- er Our spread offense is something we really try to be aggressive with, its not just to stall the ball, were really looking to score off of it. Were confident out there which is something that helps our inten- sity. I think our intensity is a reason 0 right now, but weve still were 13 points and along with Ma- jor and Brad Richins, kept the ' boost. scored 4-- got a tough road to go yet. People are going to be shooting at us more than ever now. Davis chances of surviving against Bountiful this Friday and throughout the remainder of the schedule will be easier if they continue to get the kind of effort they got out of Emery against East. 1 Davis offense a movin. Davis took the lead for good with 3:55 left in the third quarter when Mike Welling went to the hoop, scored and was fouled. His charity stripe toss was good and Davis led for good. But the pesky East team kept on fighting and it took gutsy efforts from Curtis Stoddard and others to stave the Leopards off. Stoddard at 6--1 was a pinacle of pride all night as he went inside against tall players and actually came out a winner most of the time. Curtis ended the game with 11 rebounds, tops for either team. That helped give Davis 8 a commanding advantage in total rebounding. Davis continued to stay on top throughout the fourth quarter as most of their points came from inside the paint, especially after a great assist from a teammate. Jeff Pearson, the high scoring Davis forward, was instrumental in the Davis victory as well. He scored 27 points on the night but surprisingly didnt tally a point in the final eight minutes of play. Ma 38-2- Lady Falcons destroy B.E. on the road Sophomore Kim Hill poured in points, and junior Amber Poll added 16 as the Lady Falcons of Clearfield toppled Box Elder in Region One action in Brigham City Friday. The Falcons, who got 10 points from Joy Trussel and seven from Promise McIntosh as well, are now 1 overall. 0 in league play and six added points, Cathy Kelsey and Stephanie Yeager added two for the Falcon cause. Clearfield is tied with Weber for the region lead , both with 0 records. The Falcons e Bonneville this will host at 4 p.m. afternoon Friday Weber had a big scare on Friday, as the gutsy Layton Lancers led for most of the game before falling, at Weber. The Lancers were ahead by as much as nine at one point in the third period, holding a advantage. But Weber fought back thanks to Layton errors. We played well offensively and defensively, Lancer coach Van Price commented. 23 62-3- 5, 12-- 3-- 3-- last-plac- 50-4- 6, 32-2- 3 TRAVELING Call Us To Cut Your Hotel Bills 50 295-HAL- F court, and thats an admirable trait. IF YOU THINK YOUR After a shaky preseason, the Darts are coming along, and appear poised to make a run for the state playoffs this year. Should they make it, it will afford the teammates and friends of Kristin Packer alike another opportunity to watch her weave her artistry in behalf of dear old Davis High. UNCLE ABBY HAS TAKEN CARE OF YOUR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH DONT YOU BELIEVE IT Darts keep Leopards wiiiless; beat East 78-6- 5 Brian dished out five assists, college careers back at Toledo University. Eventually the two of them were serving as assistant coaches with the University of Utah. The two parted ways a few years ago when Don went on to Bountiful High and Joe went north to become the defensive line coach for Montana State, the year that school won the national title. When Larry Wall got the job at Bountiful, Joe called Steve Dangerfield and settled in at Brighton. Joe really knows his football and if I ever get the chance, I wouldnt mind seeing him come over to the program at Viewmont. Hed be just the guy Id want. Weve talked about coaching together our entire lives, said Yanowsky. The brothers are from the Chicago area but started their college football careers at Snow College. Coming to Utah from Chicago originated wih Dave Arslanian, who was the head football coach at Snow at the time. Sark, Daves father, had ties in Chicago and learned of the Yanowski players. Yanowski loves the game of football like most coaches in that sport, but he appears to love the kids who play it more. There are more important things than just football, he said. These kids that play high school ball are just 16 and 17 year olds and there are other priorities in their lives. But to be successful, a commitment has to be made. But the kind of commitment I w ant from them is to become classy individuals and have poise in everything they do. If the kids become class individuals, winning will take care of itself. The little things will produce winners out of them. Im excited about getting on with it, said Yanowski, Weve got to get our system in place. By KEITH DUNCAN well. self like a lady. Shes a magnificent person, coach Jill Barraclough states. What more can you say than that. Shes a hard worker, but Kristins also very pretty, extremely smart and dedicated. She gives 100 percent at that moment to whatever shes doing. During the fall, Davis made it to the state volleyball championships, finishing fourth after a close match with Clearfield. Kristin was an important part of our team, and its success. Shes a team leader, she keeps others going and the kids really respond to and respect her, Barraclough adds. An aggressive player on defense, she is often diving for loose balls, making steals from opponents and working hard on both ends of the horse The Trailblazers is a club in Layton. Prospective members from 0 are invited to join the club. teaches all aspects of horse Kristin puts up this shot against Olympus Highs Sue Lyon during the Woods Cross tournament in December. Her shooting has helped her average in double figures for the season. An intense defensive player as well, Kristin Packer is not afraid to dive after a loose ball, or draw a charge. COME TO UNITED ANCESTRIES EXPO 87 A jor, Emery, Richins and Welling picked up the scoring slack during that span. East did pull within four points, with 1:27 left, but Davis then proceeded to score six unanswered lead. points to take a Robison was impressed with the 68-6- 4 nt effort given him by his players, but cautioned that things are not over yet. What pleases me most is that weve beaten four good basketball teams so far, this league. I respect everyone in "People must realize that were not blowing our competition away and in fact its been hard work at times that has kept us from losing. We teach that philosophy here that no matter where you are compet- ing, on the wrestling mat, on the football field or on the court, hard working athletes will win their share, said Robison. The Davis coach has seen the intensity talked about hence and explained its there on offense and defense, and perhaps as smooth as it needs to be on offense. We let the players do their thing here and it pays off, continued Robison. 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