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Show Sporfsfocular Pag 22 Thursday, Decamber 13, 1979 fht GBSftS SI Sffltsllll fortuns o dlress a fioofiksHII pUsiye? By Keith Duncan ' One small link is as important as all of them and Weber States head equipment manager, Ray Weil knows it. It might be said that behind every successful college coach, there is usually a dedicated equipment manager. That may be the most unrecognized statement in collegiate athletics, but try asking any coach, its the truth just the same. Weil is proud of his position with the Wildcats, a job he has held since September 1 of this year. Theres no mistake that Ray is a Wildcat fan, who else would paint their desk lamp pirple. head equipment in believes organization and neatness. Despite having to store dozens of The first-yea- r specialist football helmets, shoes galore, and enough clothing to dress an army, Ray maintains one of the tidiest offices Stadium, Wildcat i in direct including competition with Gary Crompton, the athletic director. No offense Mr. Crompton! Football Coots High Ray helped reveal recently the astronomical costs in suiting up only one football player. Let your imigination think of the costs for an entire grid squad. Would you believe $245. Thats the amount in approximate figures to suit up jut one Weber State football player for ooe game. Multiply that by 35 to 40 guys. It almost makes those $8 and $7 tickets wen worth it. In Nebraska, they go as high as $100 per seat per game. The breakdown may be interesting. Take for instance the helmet a football player uses. Most players only go through one of these a season. This $50 device can usually be repaired at seasons end and used again. But if youre a Curtis McGhan or Mark Massey, forget it Curtis cracked a helmet in the Idaho State game and Massey went through three helmets before the . meat manager at Weber State College. final season gun sounded. Mouthpieces are $5 in cost, but worth every penny when you value whats in your mouth like a football player does. If too many, dont swallow them, then Ray usually comes ahead in this department A combination of thigh, hip and knee pads will come to $12 while a set of shoulder pads usually coats $45. j ykios m Wildcat football players usually receive two pair of shoes, one for turf and the other for grass. All grass shoes are mostly shoes differ in alike but astro-tur- f that linemen receive heavier shoes while backs use lighter ones. Just over $70 will be spent on these two pair of athletic shoes to take at least 30 jerseys a game to get sewn and mended upon. Even if its the slightest rip. Ill have it taken care of, said Weil. One pair of pants is usually enough for a player, but; these dont last too many seasons and it per player. See what I mean. Weil thoroughly enjoys his job. He gets the most pride out of seeing players, whether football, basketball, wrestling or even women athletes, perform their best with good solid equipment. "Some players are really picky about what they wear, but some others are just thankful they get anything at all, saying its the best theyve ever had, said Weil. Football was said to be 80-pcent of Weils job when he first took it but he thinks cent is more like it with all the work involved with theotjier sports. He isnt without assistants though. Earl Bullock serves as a fulltime assistant while Kevin Powell and Chuck Young are student er 60-p- er assistants. Summsrs hesji& gsspplsfs egQSvq By BUu Fullmer Coach Riley Summers has been keeping his wrestlers busy in dual meets and in tournaments and for the Royals, there is no relief in sight. Roy had three wrestlers, going for first place in an eight team tournament at Lehi, but (keg HipweU, Sid Parker and Bruce Odow all had to settle for second place, and as a team, the Royals finished last. They were competing against Lehi, American Fork, Springville, Payson, Provo, Juab and Orem. Last Tuesday, Roy won its first dual victory in a match with Bear River by a score of 8. The Bears scored three pins for their only points of the match. Winners for Roy were Due Hoang, Greg HipweU, Mark Housely, Sid Poker, Bruce Odow, Tim Tippetts, Mike Punk, Jay Winward and Shane DeHart. Roy entertained Logan, and Morgan in a doubledual match 43-1- Tuesday night. The Varsity and Junior Varsity teams were competing simultaneously on separate matches. e this Roy has been year, and the team has lost a number of matches because of the injuries. Kelly Skidmore, in the 187 pound division was injured at the Rocky Motmtain Tournament at Cyprus, and will miss another week, according to the doctor. Starters, yal Sanders and Terry Wheelwright have also injury-pron- been sidelined with injuries. The Royals will attend a one-da- v tournament at Weber High this Saturday against School, Ogden, Ben Lomond, Bonneville, West, South Summit, Kearns and Weber. The Royals have been busy, and will continue to compete in matches and should be physically and mentaUy ready for Region One Action, which begins in January. pre-seas- Roy g:s3s By Bliss Fsllmer last High Schools Gin BasketbaU Team has only one victory in three starts, this season, but dont count them out yet The Lady Royals were .defeated by Skyline, and by Bear River, before pulling out a win over Timp View, in pre season play. Skyline has three girls over six feet tall, and could be the team to beat in the state this year. Bear River has four returning starters from a successful season last year, and has community support for its team. Its hard to beat the Roy 48-2- 7 Before the shoulder pads go on, players will most likely wear a These $5 half or full lobbies are scarce, so players usually hold on to them pretty good. When a game jersey is finally ready for a game, it has about $30 into it and thats what it costs the college. Ray says he never foils rt worn costs $15 to replace a pair. Before the 1979 football season began, Weber coaches ordered 55 pair of white athletic socks at $19 dozen. These were primarily used for practices and the games. To go over these were the purple and white stripped socks which arent cheap. Count about $6 total in socks for a player per game. Now we come to the most expensive item of all, a football players shoes, one of the most important pieces of equipment a uniform can offer. 34-3- bGST3 49-4- 1 2 JfJmne. The Royals got their first victory at the expense of Tim View from Provo. Radene Johnsons team features a senior, three juniors and a sophomore on the starting five. Roy lost four starters from years team, including Deann Frew, stronger this year, but were daimi Coach Johnson. We are quicker and were bigger, she said,, and we have only two seniors on the entire squad." Radene listed as starters, Caroline Smith, senior, Bedde Widdison, Mary Kearney and Diane Owens, who are jimiors, and Mykele Gagon, sophomore. Pam King, a senior and Becky Sodenkamp, a junior, add good bench-strengt- h to the Royal lineup. The Region One Girls Basketball Team plays the same schedule with the boys team, but at opposite schools, and at different times. Most games for the Continued on page 23 |