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Show 'I Ben Lomond Beacon, December 27, 1979, CONTINUED FROM PAGE I was a memorable experience 1: v timed out that the difference was in Coach Hansen's strategy at the end of die game. Hansen prefered not to take the indeed! the winner's lockerroom immediately after She game, a visitor In CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 More winners noted in annual celebration unknown) 701 W. 600 North. Honorable mentions went to Rulon Cummings 3(H) S. 749 E.; Bennie Siemons 330 S. 757 E.; Steven Kearl 1025 W. 525 N.; Verl Jensen 163 W. 600 N.; George Stokes 102 W. 600 N.; Robert Dodge 330 W. too No. ; Marvel Riley 99 W. 600 N. ; and Charles Davis 1270W.200N. Gifts For Convelsent Center Another activity sponsored by the Clearfield Recreational Department was a project to rasie gifts for the Clearfield Convelesant Center. Many families within the Clearfield area donated food, gifts and money for the elderly stationed at the center. Most noticeable however were the dozens of gifts donated by elementary students in the Clearfield area. Over 500 articles were made and decorated then presented to the patients. The majority of these gifts came from Doxey, Wasatch and Hill Field elementaries. Friday afternoon these gifts were delivered. Page M Youve made believers out of myself and my staff, said Mr. Lawrence Cook, to the team last Friday night, he bang the principal of the school. Scott Wallace hasnt disappointied anyone this season, only surprised. After nearly being cut from the team last year, he leads thee team in scoring and rebounding. Clearfield gears a good portion of their offense to find Scott inside for the good percentage shot. Wallace usually hits the shot too. Another pleasant surprise has been the development of Troy Nye at a forward spot. Nye has started the past week's games and has been instrumental in several of Clearfields credit, but passed it along to his players, of which only six saw action in the longest game and only fourovertime game in the schools history. "Their poise aand confidence the kids showed is something they and a lot of people can be proud of, said Hansen. Hansen was quick to note that his team had to be considered an underdog in each of the three games they played. In the opening game, Clearfield needed a last second shot by Jeff Gorringe to win. The win over Olympus also required an overtime period after Brook Hicks tied it on an outside jumper. Greg Boarden then in iced the victory with a overtime. Everyone was a hero in the two-hobattle with Bountiful. "If someone says it was the coach that was the difference, theyre all wrong, said Hansen, It was the kids that won the game. Definite Underdog Clearfield has to be considered an underdog in most games mainly because of the lack of height. The Falcons might average 6 foot on the front line if Troy Nye starts, of which he has the past few games. But quickness, desire and a haunting defense is one thing Clearfield does have, a lot more than most. Thats why theyve won four in a row and their last six at home. two-point- Jeff Gorringe has hit the winning shot in two games making him a dangerous threat in tight clutch situations. Gorringe has been soaring high for rebounds and is sticky on defense although he gives up four to five inches in defensive assignments each game. The three guards, Danny Perkins, Greg Boarden and Brook Hicks are three of the quickest guards in the league and all are capable under lieavy pressure as has been shown in the previous weeks games.. Cory Schofield is the loudest player on the court when hes playing. Cory adds a lot of strength to the defense wlien hes playing. By John Peterson of .lie fun and excilemen'. of this time of the year is in the Spirits. There's a festive, holiday spirit that is felt everywhere. Theres a spirit of goodwill and a spirit of sharing that isnt as strong any other time. Theres lie Spirit f Christ by Dickens into past, present, and spirits, usually about 80 Inure. Theres even- fora lot of people-bottle- d Par: mas-subdiv- ided - ' proof. o list of resolutions for 1980, it might be And as you make up your good o keep: lie Spirit of Sports in mind. Building your game plan for the to-d- . coming calendar around the Spirit of Sports is a dandy way to assure .urself a prosperous, happy new year. The Spirit of Sports shouldnt be confused with sports itself. A lot of very line a It let es never do get the Spirit of Sports. On the other hand, there are d lots of axi drivers. Italian Barbers, Jewish Mothers, and construction workers that have extra helpings. The Spirit of Sports is ' really a sta e of mind. The Spirit of Sports is determination. Its a scrawny Kansas farmboy who suffers burns over his entire body and is supposed to die, but stubbornly hangs on to life. He not only lives, but further confounds the doctors h forcing himself to walk. Then hg begins running, and suddenly hes The World's Greatest Miler. Glen Cunningham. Determination is Rocky Bleier running faster than he ever did before and jumping higher than he ever has in order to catch the winning pass in last year's superbowl. That's the same guy who was shot up and left for dead m Vietnam. Determination is an important part of the Spirit of Sports. But there's more to it than that. The Spirit of Sports is compassion. The Spirit of Sports is Brian's Sing" w eh Gale Sayers. It s Roberto Clemente plunging into a dark ocean with a plane full of relief supplies for earthquake victims he didn't even know. I 's Arnold Palmer lending not only his name but also his full efforts and imo as chairman of a national charitable organization. e best shooting Compassion is Jack Twyman. one of the NBA's w ho a man 20 mermen, averaged nearly points per game for his career with the old Royals. Ilis 16.000 points and 5400 rebounds are impressive. Inr w hat lie did when the games were over was even more so. Un Twyman had been in the NBA for only three seasons a teammate, Maurice S okes. suffered traumatic encephalopathy-brai- n damage that left him completely paralyzed. Twyman did an amazing thing. Not only lid he organize several fund raisers .to help take care of the mammoth e nl'cal and rehabilitative expenses, but he went even further. There was nobody else to take the responsibility of caring for Stokes, so Twyman win o court and had himself declared as Stoke's legal guardian. For wclveears. until Stokes died of a heart attack in 1970, Twyman was in a legal ami moral sense Maurice Stoke's father and mother. He devoted his hie o his Iricnd- - a friend w ho not only couldn't do a thing for himself, but wbi couldn't even say "thanks. Itir compassion doesnt need to be Fans who leave the I He e Ccn'er early in order to get a little jump on the traffic snarl don' have the Spirit of Sports and they miss a nice little manifestation of it Iront ot tiers. Tliere are dozens of kids sometimes it seems like hundreds--Ita: line up and wait for the Wildcats to come out of the locker room o sign autographs. No matter how much studying a player has to do ha night, w liat kind of party is scheduled, or how pretty the lady standing la ien: ly by liis side is. no player ever leaves the arena until all the kids are satisfied with a signature and a few words from their heroes. is an everyday commodity too, not just a dramatic scene The Spirit of Sports is Honesty. Its calling the ace the other guy serves i the line. Its being honest about handicaps. Its not using a hand wedge out of the rough when nobody is looking. Ihmest is Roberto Clemente again this time the day bekre he became a professional baseball player. Raised in a dirt-poo- r Puerto Rican home, lie had been taught to be honest, and he was. A scout for the Dodgers had offered Inin a $6.uno bonus to sign a contract. Clemente agteed and shook. I Hinds on tlie deal, but wanted to tell his mother about it. He said hes sign lie (mints tlie next day. Shortly after that another scout this one from Milwaukee offered the . youngster Vtu.don to sign a contract. Despite the fact that the $34,000 was more than Ins family could expect to see in ten years, (lemente had iHveo Ins word, designed with the Dodgers. T lw Spirit ( Sorts is joyous, infectious happiness. People who have the its athletics, or selling, or shufflirg spri: '0111 joy what they liiHTs, or sweeping out the warehouse. Not all winners have this rare gift. I .lm McEnroe d'iesnt. Jimmy Connors doesn't. Nasty Nlstase doesn't. I tv Trav lint does. Who would you rather have lunch with? The Srit of Sports is trying liard. doing your best, and taking the tHiNcquetices People who have the Spirit are hard workers. They train Imr minds ami bodies to he tough, to respond, to achieve. If they win they :1k lvl goodlNt-aiisprize was legitimately earned. If the lose, they can s' 11 Icel good liecaiisc they haven't any regrets. Their accomplishments iiiiiit measured tlie next day in the newspaper or in he words of some llantirl moo-licannouncer. Success to them is the answer to the simple liNiitmn: "How do I led?" While I NTmauy reject the type of hmkoig. here is no doubt that some of the character trails that make for Mreess carry over into other pursuits. Bill Bradley, for instance, w.is a ivmnI high school athlete who earned his way to Princeton, where he lrimc a ipmI enough student to win a Rhodes Scholarship. When lie am Inn k Iront Hstord. lie put in several good seasons with the Knickx, .nil now lcs a senator Iroin New Jersey, Our country would be in a kit ! sliaN if tliere were more lawmakers like him. lw ran rt of ymr Ide. Wl wilier ymi're a star or a sub. a 'por mother, active yourself, nr a oath, ao administrator, a .i Hut i colly makes no thtfereiMT. The Spirit of .Sports is a way of bring nod mi mattiT what otlwr roles we have in life, we're all wnple a ins 4 all Ge "lw SMnS. ami you won't need my wish of "Happy New beer-bellie- ' , all-tim- Clearfield's Candy Making Contest insist that recreation director, Roger Thomas taste their candy. WINNERS of i, earth-shakin- post-gam- Com-passi- PART of the Christmas agenda for the recreation department included giving gifts to members of the Clearfield Convalescent Center. Here Jannte Kirk and Roger Thomas present gifts to Ernie James and G. Leonard Boren. dif-Iitci- kc do-whe- ther e io'r!s :t lie little-leagu- RECREATION director, Roger l nomas, play Ike Santa Clans role for a momeat as ke fiskes tbroogk Ike many lottery to Santa tkat were seat to tke department daring tke Ckrlstmas kolidays. ii loll Threat When the speculators were trying to figure who would stand out in Relgion One they pinned most of their votes with Sky View and Bon- pre-seas- ncville. They irohably still do. but with the emergence of Clearfield arid Roy in simulators arm- lia Region rue may be a lot closer race than earlier predicted. ire-seaso- - v wins. Spirit of Sports 'is a frame of mind' WINNERS of Candy Making Contest are seated, (I. to r.) Margaret Christensen and Je ttie, Anderson. Middle row (I. to r.) Barbara Hunter, Crystal Hunter and Janice Cheney, In back is Roger Thomas who directed the contest. Tough e 0 ? COACH RON JOHANSENS Viewmont Vikings finished third in their second consecutive prep basketball tournament. Last week it was a third in the Davis County event and two weeks ago they finished second in the Box Elder Tournament. Scots dnnlb Royals Royal wrestlers took a drubbing at the hands of Ben Lomond last week, and on the Roy mats. The Scots won eight of twelve matches to breeze to a 8 win over the Royals. : . Greg Hipwell and Jay Winward pinned their Ben Lomond opponents, and Mark Housely and Sid Parker each won decisions in thei matches, but that ended the Royal scoring. Ben Lomond is no slouch, when it comes to wrestling. The Scots are and come into the program from two junior high schools which includes wrestling in their 42-1- athletic curriculum. Weber County does not have junior high school wrestling for the likes of Roy High School to draw from. Coach Ryley Summers decided to give liis men a week off for Christmas. He left them at their own cognizance for daily exercise, etc. Summers has worked his athletes hard, through numerous dual matches and tournaments, and believes a rest may do the team a lot of good. They will have four or five days of workouts before entertaining Layton for their first Region One match of the season Johnson concerned about Lady Royals By Bliss Fullmer Coach Radene Johnson has been concerned about her Roy High School Basketball team. The Royal Ladies,' after six games have won only one contest (Timp View 2 while losing to Skyline Bear River Ben Lomond Kearns (49-3and Hillcrest 34-3- (40-27- ), (49-41- ), (50-31- ), (46-42- ). Weve had some key injuries, explained Coach Johnson, and thats why we got off to such a slow start in action. Roy lost its second best rebounder and scorer in Beckie Widdison to the injury list. Beckie suffered pulled ligaments in one ankle, and before shehad recovered from that, she incured a bad ankle sprain on the other foot. She'll be ready for league play in January. They sorely missed Beckies rebounding at both ends of the court in recent games and they missed her help in scoring. Miss Widdison appears to be quiet and passive, but when she trots onto the basketball court, she becomes a determined, competitive Royal, who loves to win. Beckie. according to her coach, is most effective on driving layins and she has a deadly shot from on top of the key. Caroline Smith is the only starting . senior on the Roy team; and the only letterman (person) with much playing time from last years squad. Caroline is the top rebounder and top scorer for the Royals this year. At 5' 11, she often competes with girls over six feel tall, and beats them on shear desire. She is tough inside, says her coach. Caroline plays with a lot of authority, and realty takes it to the competition. Miss Smith works better from the low post, where she is often double and triple-teame- d by opposing players, because they respect her agility and jumping ability. Caroline scored 20 points against Hillcrest in a losing cause. "Mary Couracy is coming on strong on. the defensive boards. is how her coach described her basketball knowhow al Roy High School. She has a good outside shot, continued Radene Johnson, and is coming on strong as a rebounder. Mary scored eight points in the Kearns game for her best effort of the season. Pressure defense is Diane Owens most valuable asset, according to Radene. She is effective from the key and the baseline in her shooting, and averages four to six points per game. Mykel Gagon was a pleasant move-i- n surprise for the Royal basketball team. She is only a sophomore and never had playing experience, beyond intramurais at an Orem Junior High School. Mykel is only a sophomore, but earned a starting berth on the Roy varsity team. As a ninth grader, she used to compete against eighth graders, and won her share of the matches. Mykel lacks basketball maturity in some phases of her game; she has a tendency to get discouraged on a missed shot, but Roy High School expects big things from their Super Soph. Mykels best game was at Bear River where she scored 17 points The sixth gal off the bench, and the one filling in for the injured Beckie is Widdison. junior, Becky Sodenkamp. Becky was a super track star, as a sophomore, last Spring, and played varsity volleyball. Now she is making her mark in basketball. Becky is a great rebounder, and a tiger on defense. She had a high game of 14 points against Hillcrest. Tlie Royal girls are struggling as a team. They have been plagued by injuries, and have had to make a lot of adjustments in their efforts to jell as a team, but they are coming. Coach Radene Johnson was encouraged, ini in losing, wlien they played Hillcrest. According to the Roy Coach. "Our quickness, and defensive irnwess are out strong points, while we are weak in experience and we lack height h. Next on docket for Roy. is the Davis County Invitational, scheduled for December 27th, 28th. and 29th at Clearfield. All high schiols of Davis County will lx competing, and Roy joins Skyline, and Box Elder as a guest teams for the tourney. one-on-o- ne 'Loss was uaiid' By Bliss Fullmer "Our loss to East High School was valid." admitted Roy Coach Ted Smith, but we should never have lost to Brighton. East bested the Royals behind the torrid shooting of Furgis. their ' 5 guard who got 29 points. The leopards led by as many as 20 points, ImI had to 4ay control basketball in tlie final two minutes of the game, wlrn lby rallied hack In w ilhin three mii!s. It) Ian Wculnickr was high for Roy Willi 14 points. Ihrt Rich got only two field goals. Ini! hit 9 of 10 from the line he 1.1 tiNNitm. I Minis Adams got an mm ilorcit. ns tlie Hoy kids cHlevted 21 lirid goals and converted 2 ot m slsils lit M points. IH I hi MMI :ie mtes Mining all tin way . They wire ahead 77-6- 4 lil I.VI0 after one quarter;. halftime; M7 in the third quar and won by 1.1 the taller E lty team 2t26 I si! tlie Itoyals also It iimre torn. hits i22 to 8i Itob Tlmii gd II b.iard for Itoy and Den Ailuns (tolled down nine. "We had sir usual 20 turnover! lamented Coach Smith, "ami !li killed us " 43-2- 7 Itrightmi 68 Itoy . Hie Itoyals persisted hi mat oh') to iro'.vl a foul, ami J lletigals surged Imm a seven Mm!, hi the filial lour luiuues l4.iv . to il.mii Ho) I.) 'wo poml 1 IfoVals had tlNir Hi.mhi's lor wiiiuit Itnglion employ nl its stall game In I mat mmutiMml.i hall H 4av. I a miss'll slug .mil a Turnover spHl . k ran nut Hea!. as :! i |