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Show ortstacular r-Sp- Psopla ireteSl off msntoTEkte Ttx3 wilxfl sports experiences Thursday, December 13, 1979 Page 1 5 Mark Wilson: (Editors Note: Memorable sports experiences, they never cease to take place. SPORTSTACULAR wants to expose a few of those cherished sports memories with our readers. In order to accomplish this, we will make this a weekly feature within our sports tabloid.) Dave Brooks COACH AT WEBER HIGH SCHOOL One of the most memorable experiences in sports for me was back in college while I was playing for BYU. The University of Utah was battling Arizona State for the conference championship. If the U could beat us they would almost be assured of a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. h Our in game was going to be played on the astro-tur- f Salt Lake City. The Utes were loaded with some talented players that included Steve Odom, Ron Rydalch, Van Galder and others. On the other hand, we were hurting bad at BYU. (Gary) Shiede was hurt and Dave Terry was filling in. Needless to say we were a four tourchdown underdog. I was playing offensive left guard for the Y. I'll never forget it as we took it to them right from the start. We were playing in a snow storm and ended up beating them We also held them to minus total yardage and we never had to punt in the first half." BYU-Uta- DAVE BROOKS 28-- Harry Burchell HARRY BURCHELL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT BONNEVILLE HIGH My most exciting athletic experiences would have to be a toss up between three. Firsts occured in 1946 while playing football for Weber Junior College. We were playing in Ogden Stadium and while punting from deep in our own end zone I got a kick off that went out of bounds on the Compton 11 yard line. Second, would be in 1952 while in the Army when I was awarded the gold medal by the King of Denmark after winning first place in the shot put while competing in the military Olympics at Coopenhagun, Denmark. . Third, was in 1975 when I was chosen as one of the six national winners for athletic director of the year, by the National Athletic Directors Association. Norm DeVries COUNSELOR AT WEBER HIGH SCHOOL A memorable sports experience took place for me while I was a senior at Weber High the first year Bonneville had a football team and beat them bad. The year before, we had all been classmates. Harry Burchell, Larry Neeves, Mel Wood, Ed Preece and Paul Salvo were a few of the coaches I remember. Some of our players consisted of Brent Cragun, Bill Norris, Fred Thompson, Bob Taylor, Mike John, Thom Budge and Virgil Howe. Some of the Bonneville players included Bob Shaw, Bob Aldis, Larry Hershey and Rodney Thatcher. Dave Steele CLEARFIELD INSTRUCTOR gl DAVE STEELE In the crisp autumn air during the traditional rivalry between Gearfield and Layton, the overtime victory of the Falcons was a memorable experience from my recent past Four grueling quarters were insufficient to determine the victor on Laytons gridiron. Gearfield had the ball at the 10 yard line and four downs to score. On a third and goal a Falcon dove across the goal line to give Clearfield a great victory over Layton. That year the team continued their winning ways and ended up playing in the state quarterfinals at Rice Stadium. After Gearfields loss to West High School, the West High coach commented that he felt fortunate to beat Gearfield in as much as the Falcons were the strongest team the Panthers had playerd that year. (West was State Champions.) John Flint HEAD TRACK COACH AT CLEARFIELD IIIGII The most memorable experience has to be while I was involved in a college track meet at Balboa Stadium in San Diego with 42,000 people watching the San Diego Relays. 1 was running against world record holder and 1968 Olympic Gold medalist Lee Evans and Olympic bronze medalist, Wes Williams. The Western Athletic Conference champion was also in the race. I ended up having my personal best run ever while setting a school record in beating the WAC champion and finishing third overall. JOHN FLINT I alsoonjoyed a memorable experience at Clearfield High in 1976 when we won the school's first ever track and field championship in region competition. That year there were seven school and five region records set with six trackmen recieving all state honors. Is he better than third? By Bliss Fullmer Brigham Youngs Mark Wilson was third in this years balloting for the Heisman Trophy. Each year, the Sportswriters across the country cast a ballot for the best football player in the land, and this year Southern Californias Charley White beat out Billy Simms of Oklahoma and Wilson of B.Y.U. John Heisman was a leading football coach at a number of colleges from 1892 to 1927. He helped . revolutionize the rules and strategy of football in his 35 and years of coaching. He introduced the center-sna- p led a campaign to legalize the forward pass. Heisman ! was Director of Athletics of the Downtown Athletic Gub of New York in 1935, when a special award was instigated to honor the nations top football player. After his death in 1936, the club honored him, by calling the award, the Heisman Trophy. It is college footballs most prestigious award. Sportswriters and Sportscasters across America, vote each year for their choice of the nations best. Men, like Paul James of KSL, vote for the likes of Mark Wilson, the hometown favorite. It is natural that the d areas, also have their hometown favorite jock, and that makes it hard for men like Wilson, from the sticks of . Utah, to get a lot of support. Nationwide coverage by T.V. also plays a big role in cornering votes for the award. Teams like Southern California, Michigan, Oklahoma, Alabama, Ohio State, etc. appear on T.V., several times a year, and that helps their candidates in the balloting. Brigham Youngs Mark Wilson owns NCAA records for his exploits of two and a half years at the Provo School, but he had to settle for third place behind Southern Californias White and Oklahomas Simmons. Wilsons 3720 passing yards and 3580 total offense record should hold up in the record books for years to come. Mark and his Cougars are owners of 18 W.A.C. records, but still he came in third. If he had been quarterbacking the likes of U.S.C., U.C.L. A., Ohio State, The Crimson Tide of Alabama, or even Indiana of the Big Ten, he would surely have won the Heisman ' -for what he accomplished. Yes, but look at B.Y.U. s competition, as compared to the other schools in contention, say the skeptics. If the Cougars had been playing Indianas schedule, record. they wouldnt have had such a glossy win-los- s They have a point, and I believe that Wilson wouldnt have had his thirteen games of 300 plus yards passing, against Big Ten competition, or PAC Ten teams, or against the Southwest Conference schedule. The - Cougars didnt get 300 yards through the air against Texas A and M, but they did beat the Texans in their first game of the season, I would like to have seen the team, at the Holiday Bowl, Cougars against a top-te- n on December 22nd, just to see how they would fare. I still think that Indiana should be ranked in the and will be a good test for BYU. Steve Baglow Award Stable Publications, with its Roy Sun Chronicle, Roy Sun Times, Ben Lomond Beacon and Clearfield Courier, has announced its local version of the Heisman Trophy. The annual award will honor the male athlete at Roy High School. A similar award will be given by the Booster Gub to the best girl athlete. Unlike the Heisman Trophy, which honors footballs best athlete, the Stahle Publications group will present the Steve Baglow award for excellence in any sport If a young man excels in more than one sport his chances of winning are greatly enhanced. . Steve Baglow was a popular Physical Therapist from Roy, whose practice spanned the entire Ogaen Valley. He treated patients from cities in both Weber and Davis County, and was a special friend to high school athletes and coaches. He was credited with returning a lot of ailing athletes to the field of battle, and at no charge to the men he treated. Steve died last July from a brain tumor, when he was just 31 years old. A lot of people from the world of sports came to his funeral, in honor of his great contribution to athletics. Balloting for the Steve Baglow Award will be conducted with input from the local high school coaches and sportswriters of Stahle Publications. It will be Roys most prestigious award, and an honor that the recipients will cherish throughout their lives. John Heisman was a giant in the world of football, and is honored through the annual presentation of the Heisman Trophy. Steve Baglow was a giant of a man in our midst, and will be honored, annually when the top athlete at Roy High School will be singled out for his excellence in the world of local sports. : heavily-populate- half-a-doz- top-twent- y, most-valuab- le |