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Show Sun Times. April 30. 1 980, Page 6 Sun Chronicle, May 1, 1980, Ben Lomond Beacon, May Page 6 1 , 1 Clearfield Courier, April 30, 1 980, Page 6 980, Page 6 Russeii continues to buiid Lady Tiger cage dynasty By Keith Duncan What Phil Russell is to the Ogden High girls basketball program is what the backboard is to the game of basketball. You could manage without, but chances are youre much better with. Russell, who has led the Lady Tigers to one state championship and at least a placing every year hes been head coach, once heard a fellow lady coach remark, My biggest delight is to beat a man who coaches a girls basketball team. But Russell countered, There is only one important thing. Girl athletes deserve the best coach they can get. If it be a man it should be a man if it be a woman who is qualified it should be a woman. Coach Russell, as he is known around Ogden High circles, has been active in sports all his life but claims 'he most memorable experiences e taken place with woman athletes have thrived on competition. When Mr. Carter (former Ogden principal) asked me to coach the girls a couple years back, I really didnt know if I wanted to do it. After thinking about it, I thought what the heck, admitted the coach, Now I wouldnt give it for anything in the world. After guiding the Ogden girls to the state championship last year, Russell said hed never exeprienced a more memorable sports experience in all his sporting days. I had several mens coaches like Mike Gardner at Davis and Wayne Baker of Woods Cross come up to me - - 3-- A and after that experience congratulate me. They said that kind of honor doesnt come to many coaches and that I ought to cherish if for a long, lorfg time, said Russelll. The Ogden mentor isnt bashful in the least while admitting his Ogden girls have put together the finest womens basketball program in the state. There may be others who feel that way about their program, but we feel were tops here at Ogden, he said. Discipline and Care It hasnt been an easy thing for Russell to build the kind of program hes developed with the Tigers. He claims their seventh, eight, fifth, sixth and first place placing in state came as a result of uncanny discipline and a lot of caring on his part as the coach. Ogden High girls who become members of his team soon learn to appreciate his late night phone calls. At first I hated the idea of having to spy on them, but now when I call, all I basketball Jan Egbert, Cindy Delgato, Jill Katich, Coach Phil Watkins, Pam Gilbertson, Sandy Johnson, Ava Thom- crew that finished unbeaten in league play and sixth ' pson, Ann Handy, Michele Slama, Janice Masters, Russell, Lori Hutchison, and Karrie Watson, Laurie Berlin, and Mary McCree. Front row, (I. to r.) in the state, Back row, (I. to 4.), Julie Jones, Penny ask them is, Are you ready to play be gaining strength with every game. Sometimes youve got to beat your but suffered a crushing defeat to the state championships, bowed out on COACH PHIL RUSSELL'S Ogden High girls tomorrow? Its got to the point now, that they expect me to call, own drum, but I believe recognition stated Russell. The girls love what theyre said Russell of his . past doing, basketball teams. Girls who come out for basketball find the recognition that others receive being a class officer or something. Many girls Ive coached have found their real nitch in high school, just by competing on my, teams, he said If a 10-- 0 regular se cord, like the one the Ogden g.. ,ted this past year wont stir up some talk, Russell will see somehow that his girls receive the recognition that a due. , for the girls is important, he said. In a year that Ogden was represented by outstanding teams on both the girls and boys side, Russell commented that the school gave his girls the same kind of recognition the boys received. Contrast in teams Russell admits now, that losing a few games in the regular season, is a testimony of his he never had before. After coaching bhck to back years, two teams with varied contrasts, his thinkiifg was molded. The 1978-7- 9 girls dropped at least three league games but appeared to They knocked off previously unbeaten Woods Cross just before the playoffs and appeared primed for the playoffs. The Tigers blasted their first two opponents, dusted off Tooele in the third game and shaved Provo by a couple of points to stake claim to the state championship. This past year the girls, under Russells direction, danced through , the regular season unbeaten. The 10-- 0 ; 'record came even after the loss of 1 their team captain, Michele Slama, who married the summer before and became pregnant midway through the season. Ogden won their first two games Viewmont in the third game. The Lady Tigers never recovered after that and were ousted from the tourney by Bear River, of whom theyd beaten twice before. Always Active Before coming to Ogden, Russell led two Indian School teams to the championship of their basketball league while teaching in Brigham City. i f Russell graduated from Tooele tackle High where he made in football and in baseball as a catcher. As a senior, both his football and baseball teams played for the losing note. Russell then came north to pere form at Weber State on a athletic scholarship. He played freshman football with the Wildcats and varsity baseball before electing to e mission with the serve a L.D.S. Church. " I never had the desire to get back into competitive athletics as a player, after my mission, said Russell. But coaching appealed to me and it probably always will. all-sta- te full-rid- full-tim- Besides heading the womens program at Ogden, Phil also assists in the mens varsity baseball program. Roy iftlirrth among the best By Bliss Northern Fullmer The Varsity Scouts of the Roy Ninth Ward will compete in June at Weber State College against teams from the Scout Councils of Oregon-IdahTeton Peaks, Tendoy Area, Snake River, Cache Valley, Great Salt Lake, Utah National Park and Jim Bridger. This is considered the World Series of Varsity Scouting, because only those areas mentioned are organized to compete in this tourney. o, Utah. Competing events were held at Antelope Island, Syracuse, Ben Lomond High, Roy High, Brigham City and Washington Terrace. The Roy group won 14 of the 32 ribbons awarded in the region tourney, and won seven gold, two silver and a bronze medal in the 25 events of the Lake Bonneville Council. Under the direction of Scou- Mark Rocky Olson, Eggington won the gold in the heavyweight arm wrestle, the football throw, the softball throw and the Robert Dance took first place in basketball comthe Pepsi tmaster, The Roy Scout Troop qualified as champions by taking first place in the Roy, Hooper, Kanesville, Sunset and Clinton District, and then by winning the Bonneville Council, which includes winners from seven districts in shot-pu- t. Hot-Sh- ot petition. He scored 34 points in one minute, from designated points around the basket. Two competitors tied for second place with 31 points. Kent Skidmore threw a Frisbee 45 yards through some goal posts to win in that event, and teammate Brian Durbano threw 40 yards for second place. Durbano also took first place in running the obstacle course, with a time of 25.78 seconds. Gary Taylor captured third place in the 50 yard back-strok- e swimming event for the Roy teams bronze medal, and the team finished second in volleyball competition. The teams will congregate at Weber State, where they will be housed and fed during three days of competition, beginning June 9th. UTAH'S AAU- - champions in the 14 year old division. Front row, (I. to r.), Louis Meyer, Mike Harris, Jett Child, Mike Coe, and Mike Kempinger. Back row, (I. to r.) Coach Paul Newey, Reid Newey, Ray Meyerhof-fer- , Darren Cutler, Brad Merrill, Todd Chambers, and Coach Newel Cutler. Champion AAU squad prepares for Arkansas National Tourney By Bliss Fullmer A group of basketball stars from Royj Sand Ridge, Wahlquist and Layton Junior High Schools, teamed up to represent our area in the A.A.U. basketball finals in Salt Lake City, and came home, Saturday night with the gold medal. Using Roy Junior as a base, Coaches Newel Cutler and Paul Newey picked up Louie Meyer from Sand Ridge, Jeff Child, Todd Varsity Scouts, front Row L. to R. Kent Skidmore, Rocky Olson (Coach) Mark Eggington, Brian Durbano, Robert Dance. BACK ROW: Brad Peterson, Doug Colvell, Alan Gamble, Gary Taylor, Don Cheney, John Sorenson, Kenneth Barlow. ROY NINTH WARD Wildcat rodeo The Weber State College Mens Rodeo Team moved into first place in the Rocky Mountain Region by winning their fourth rodeo of the Intercollegiate season on April 18, 19 in Caldwell, Idaho. The rodeo was sponsored by Boise State University. Winners for the mens team for Weber State included Shane Prescott and dub jumps into first place Lance Robinson and Bret Siddoway. Shane won first place in the bull riding competition by scoring an 80 on his final ride; he was also in the top ten in saddle broncs. Lance and Bret won the team roping. Lance also placed second in calf roping. Mark Parker won the fourth place in the calf roping. Gay Robinson placed second in steer wrestling and Scot Folkman won third place in barebacks. Sam McCrone entered the final competition tied for second in the bull riding, but didnt compete the final night because of injury. Clay Kirkham made the top ten in barebacks and Jay Randall was in the top ten in steer wrestling. Chambers and Ray Meyerhoffer of Wahlquist and Brad Merrill of Layton to go with Redskins, Darren Cutler, Reed Newey, Mike Kippenger, Mike Harris and Mike Coe in the A.A. U. meet. come-from-behi- scoring with 99 points. The team is now seeking backing to travel to Little Rock, Arkansas for the National A.A.U. finals, scheduled for June They need to raise $3,500 to cover expenses for the week-lon- g 16-2- 1. on The team beat Hillcrest opening day, then lost to Provo beat Lehi beat Bingham beat Ogden 8 and then beat Provo 2 9 and twice more in the 78-6- 60-7- 6, 61-5- 0, 74-5- 80-6- 48-3- 50-4- Eagies, Scorpions to By Bliss Fullmer Sand Ridge baseballers are headed this week, with for a big show-dowWahlquist. The Scorpions survived on a game with North Ogden, and beat the North Ogden Knights 12-- 9 in eight innings. On Thursday, they take on the Wahlquist Eagles who are undefeated in Weber County play, and its winner take all. In the North Ogden game, the Scorpions got themselves in a heap of trouble in the second inning, when double elimination tournament. Darren Cutler led the Roy team in Nate Gallegos walked four men and gave up three hits while his team was making two field and throwing errors. The Knights scored seven runs and led a lead that held up until the fifth inning. In the fifth, the Scorpions came alive with four runs, but North Ogden also scored a run, and still had a 4 lead. In the sixth inning, Sand Ridge scored three, and got two more in the seventh to send the game into extra innings. In their half of the eighth inning, the Scorpions scored three 8-- 9-- tournament. They will compete against teams representing all fifty states at the Arkansas National Tournament. runs, and Gallegos shut off North Ogden to win by three. The Scorpions made 12 runs on 15 hits, and committed two errors. North Ogden had nine runs on six hits, and committed three errors. Hitting for Sand Ridge was Eric Gallegos (two hits) Brett Loftus (one), Lewis Meyer (two) Frank Battistone (two), Nate Gallegos (three), Zan Nuffer (a single and a double), Joe Facer (a double), and Jeff Charles worth (11 single and one double). |