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Show Sawley Goes After Another Challenge I ' coaching, but the money isnt the only motivating factor. Its simple, I just want to attempt to go after something like this and see if I can By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports KAYSV1LLE -- - Like the guy who climbs Mt. Everest and says ! that isnt enough, Ward Sawleys outlook on life is typical in that new : challenges are what make life I worth living for. I be good at something besides coaching," Sawley said. THE SOMETHING that Sawley will be doing is working for the IT WAS on July 30th that he told his former principal that he was going to call it quits to 20 years of coaching. With a new football season only weeks away, the news came as a surprise to many, even Ward's wife Pat who stated, I was stunned at first." I But for Sawley, who in five years as the head coach at Davis com-- t 2 record, j piled a very glossy f the decision was thought out care-- ; fully even though it seemed so abrupt to many. 44-1- ) r I PROVED to , ! j myself in at least the last five years that I could work with other coaches and high school kids and consequently have suc- cess. Now Id like to try something else and see if I can be good at it. "Sure, the new challenge might net me some more monetary re- wards than what 1 received in Johnson, Adams Corporation in Ogden which acts as both a consulting firm as well as working with investments. Already Sawley says he has found success and claims he is thriving on the new challenges that this new opportunity affords. But aside from new challenges, important decisions and everything else, Sawley does admit that hell never be able to forget the memories that piled up over the years from coaching high school football. THEY ARE embedded so deep that I doubt I could ever forget, he said. The former Davis coach has had some pretty remarkable game experiences over the past five years as head coach, five years in which his teams have either won or shared region titles. IN TALKING about it with people, 1 cant really single out kids and specific years because my entire experience as both a head coach and as an assistant was so positive. Even my years as a player at Davis were positive, so its really tough tocompare, Sawley said. But over the past five seasons, Sawley was able to point out some memories that perhaps a number of folks haven't forgotten as well. last fall in the state tournament, he said. Trauma and excitement may have been an understatement as Davis pulled off a dandy, beating the highly-favore- d Huskies in the last minute and twenty seconds and thus being able to advance into the state championship game against Alta. believe a group of kids that always remain dear to me was the fourth group had as a head coach who were not picked by anyone in the beginning to accomplish much of anything, remembered I will 1 WITH NO specific order in mind, Sawley cited the game be- tween Davis and Bountiful which represented the third year he was head coach. It happened to be the football as Darts first year in Sawley. Despite not being picked to do much, that 1982 group inspired many as they blitzed Region 4-- A Four and went undefeated. well. What a great football game, in fact it might have been one of the most remarkable football games that 1 ever witnessed, said Sawley. If you remember that was the night in Kaysville that the Darts beat the Braves on a Ben Horne to Spencer DeGraw long bomb pass in the final seconds. The Darts won the game 36-3- 0 and tied Bountiful for the region crown Four. in Perhaps the most game was the 28-- 0 whipping of Viewmont on a Kaysville night. IN SAWLEYS first two seasons at Davis, the Darts played as a club in the same region as Logan, Ben Lomond, Ogden, Box Elder and Bear River. They were tough years because everyone had good stand-outis- h 3-- A talent. It wont be hard to forget the first year I was head coach because Region AND HOW could I or anyone forget the trauma and excitement that surrounded the Hillcrest game of our final showdown game against Logan at their place. We had scored in the final two minutes and elected to go for two points for the win. We failed however and ended up tying Logan for the region crown. BUT i. xl many of our games were won on a philosophy of never-quittin- g. "When nitty-gritty- THAT LOSS to Logan in the first season coupled with a close defeat at the hands of Highland in this third season, were Sawleys only two region defeats in five seasons. In Sawleys second season as head coach the Darts were undefeated in their region play but it w in over wasnt easy as a one-poiBox Elder helped preserve the 0 year. "Box Elder has always been tough but in that game they came to play. We had one of our players receive a broken leg and generally were pretty beaten up after that win," said Sawley. I COULD probably write a book on the invaluable lessons that I. my assistant coaches and the players learned through all those years of coaching. But one that was nearly a way of life for us and we lived it to the very end was our motto of never giving up or quitting. "We didnt give up," said Sawley. Of course there wasthetimes against Alta when they w hipped us good, but even those kids didnt stop trying. s, it got down to the time of who is the winner time, our kids rose up with some solid discipline. In the games we lost, like the first year I was head coach and we were playing Clearfield, it was a tough mental mistake in the closing minutes that killed us. self-ment- al WE MADE some mistakes, but overall through the five seasons we knew what had to be done in the tough, gritty times and went out and did it. The kids were intellin gent, it w asnt just a or a freak play that won those games, but took some very good calculations by some very good 5-- snap-decisio- calculators." In our practices, we didn't practice football, but practiced to win. ONE OF MY favorite sayings and something we used as a motto through the year was "Being Perfect is Good Enough for Me. We practiced that, not just football. Of course no one is perfect, but at least we strove for that. Archery Winners See The Limelight u Shim Receives Wednesday, July 18 was the Bountiful City Archery Tournament. There was a recurve and a compound bow division with over 28 youth participating. WINNERS in the 8 and 9 year old recurve were: 1st place, Jared Pusey; 2nd place, Jeff Simons; 8 and 9 year old compound bow winners, 1st place, Russell Johnson; 2nd place, David Crowley; 10 and year old recurve winners were 1st place, Frank Eggett; 2nd place, Steve Luker. Ten and 1 year old compound winners, 1st place, Mark Haslip; 2nd place, Paul Corwley; 12 and 13 year old compound bow winners, 1st place, Paul Howard; 2nd place, Trevor Mavin. April Letz won the 8 and 9 year old girls recurve divi1 1 u 1 Marys fall but it certainly wasnt anything intentional. With bility for By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports CENTERVILLE s '1 - Mike Shaw received a new lease on life last week as the track and field enthusiast basked in a track and field haven, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. IT WAS like giving a room full of kid or like telltoys to a ing a fishing bum he could quit his job and fish the rest of his life... Shaw, who coaches track and field at Davis High School and who is a guy who loves everything about this sport, paid the price to travel and get through the gates in Los Angeles to three days of track and field Olympics. toy-crav- DURING the splendor of those three days, he witnessed a string of historic events. He saw Carl Lewis win his golds in the 200 meters and the long jump, saw the incident when Zola Budd of Great Britain and Mary Decker of the United States collided in the womens 3,000 meter, witnessed Henry Marshs heartbreak in the steeple chase and a number of other Olympic memories. "It was an experience that will be hard to match," said Shaw who drove in from Los Angeles on Sunwas particularly day night. pleased that 1 could witness so many long distance events because thats where 1 live and die. 1 imagine I would give up coaching track and field altogether if 1 could just coach cross country in the 1 fall. SHAW SAID that officials couldn't have run things smoother in Los Angeles and the facilities couldnt have been any better. The people were a highlight too, according to Shaw. I was impressed with how knowledgable the crowd was with track and field. In fact two of the days we were there we sat next to a couple of charter members of Track and Field News, guys who were at least 75 years old that were initial subscribers to that magazine. But overall all of the fans were knowledgeable about track and field gave everyone who was a participant a warm reception. MAYBE THE biggest disappointment was in the Mary Decker race. First off, I felt terribly disappointed for Mary who had worked so hard for eight years to win herself a medal. But I was really disappointed in the fan reaction to Zola Budd which emotionally destroyed may have had partial responsi her-Sh- f e the crowd booing her, it really hurt me to see her go through that. MY INITIAL impression was that Zola had cut in front of Mary as was the impression with most everyone in that stadium. But after seeing the replay on the screen, I dont think Zola was at anymore fault that Mary was. Ive been associated with longdistance running long enough to know the kinds of things that can happen. When Matt Kimball was a freshman he got tripped up in a race' and no one felt worse about it than ment. Our city archers finished high in the county. Jared Pusey placed 2nd in 9 year old recurve. David Crowley placed first and Russell Johnson placed 2nd in year old compound. Mark Haslip placed 3rd in 1 year old compound. Frank Eggett placed 1st and Steve Luker placed 2nd in year old recurve. Trevor Mavin placed 2nd and Paul Howard placed 3rd in 3 year old compound. April Letz placed first in girls 9 year old recurve. Jeremy Letz won the recurve division in the 7 and under. MOST OF these archers participated in the archery lessons taught by Bountiful City Recreation June through July at the Recreation Center. Their instructors were Tony Romano and Kris Coombs. For further information concerning the archery lessons call the Bountiful Recreation Center at 8-- 8-- 9 10-1- 10-1- IN A long-distan- race like AFTER WHAT happened in those three days at the Olympics and seeing the strange events at last spring's state meet, Ive come to accept all kinds of weird and strange things happening. Ive slowly accepted that fact. But aside from the disappointing things, being at the games was exuberating all within itself. Just being among 90,000 people at once can do that for ya. It was also uplifting to see such great athletes as Lewis win medals with ease. It just wasnt something you can experience by watching TV and thats why I decided to pay the price to attend the games. OVERALL IT was well worth the money and time spent." RED SOX WIN sion. ALL CITY winners received a and ribbon and were taken to Layton High School on Thursday, July 26 to compete in the Davis County Archery Tourna- me. that youve got to be careful and its my opinion that Decker didnt take enough precaution. After seeing the replay a number of times, I just felt bad that Zola was treated by the fans the way she was. Mary Decker had always been Zola's idol and as young as she is, she's very impressionable. But even today Decker blames Zola completely for what happened and wouldnt even accept her apologies afterwards. But you have to feel bad for Decker. She has always run with a lot of emotion and the anguish she went through that day was nearly too much to bear. FOR THE people in the stadium, there was a lot of anticipation before the glamour event and when Mary fell down and didnt get up you could just feel everyones hearts drop. It was a tough thing to sit and watch. It was also tough to sit and watch what happened to Henry Marsh, but he just happened to be sick at the wrong time. But that kind of thing happens time after time, in fact it happens in every sport. Farmington Red Sox were winners front row left to right, Jerry Holmes, Pike Nordgren, Geoffrey Reeves, Ryan Smith, Jason Parrish, Spencer Lawson, Nikki Checketts, and Coach Ron Osborn. Second row, Jason Woodley, Aaron Booth, Paul Spencer, Brad Wood, Kyle Day and Troy Osborn. Standing, Coaches Doug Rydalch and Ken Spencer. 1 12-1- Farmington Completes Biggest Tourney Ever 8-- 298-612- 0. Softball In Fall The Clearfield Recreation is now formulating its Fall Die Hard Softball program for all teams still desiring to compete in the great sport of softball. The program will consist of two mens slowpitch leagues, an A league and a B league. Games will be played at the Steed Park softball complex twice a week on T uesdays and Thursdays starting Sept. 4 and running for five weeks. TEAM applications may be obtained at the Clearfield Swim Pool, 934 S. 1000 E., Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting Tuesday, Aug. 7 and ending Friday, Aug. 17. Only 10 teams will be allowed to participate in each league, with Clearfield teams having first priority. Team registration fees will be $160 for Clearfield teams (no more than five out of city residents on roster). Outside teams will be $190 (having six or more out of city residents on a roster). FOR FURTHER information, call the Clearfield Recreation Department at nt . 773-330- 6. The Farmington City Recreation has just completed the largest Little League Tournament, ages 9 and 10 years, in the state. THE SECOND annual Fiesta Days Tournament drew 24 teams from throughout Davis County. The ten days, double elimination tournament had 47 games. The Farmington Red Sox, coached by Ron Osborn, the defending champions, were forced to play nine games, coming out of the losers bracket to defend their title. Of those nine games, two were played on Friday night arid three, the final Saturday. THE CINDERELLA team, of the tournament was the Farmington Pirates, coached by Tom Brant, which finished fifth place in their league play, and went undefeated until the final day, placing second in the tournament. The Falcons from Layton, coached by Dick Hansen, placed third, the fourth place team was the Farmington White Sox, coached by Ken Bell, and two teams tied for fifth, the Layton Red Sox, coached by Jake Trujillo and the Hill Air Force Base Giants, coached by Rich Kangas. OTHER teams competing in the tournament were 8 from Layton, three from HAFB, 5 from Kaysville, 1 from Centerville and Bounti ful, and six from Farmington. The Red Soc, with a season record of 17-- 2 and tournament record of 1 placed four players on the tournament All Star team, catcher, Paul Spencer, 3rd baseman Brad Wood, Centerfield Kyle Day and Team and the MVP and defensive player, received trophies for their efforts. 8-- shortstop Troy Osborn. Osborn was also voted tournament MVP. OTHER PLAYERS contributing to the victory were: Jeremy Holmes, Pike Nordgren, Ryan Smith, Jason Woolley, Jason Par- rish, Spencer Lawson, Aaron Booth, Geoffry Reeves, and the only girl on the team, Nikki Check- etts. The second place Pirates, also had four members named to the All Star Team, Centerfield Mike Brant, 2nd base, Adam Achter, catcher Patrick Carlsen and shortstop Jason Traveller, who was also named tournament defensive player. THE BALANCE of the All Star Team were from the 3rd place Layton Falcons, Ted Hansen, John Morgan, and Justin Leish-mafrom the fourth place Farmington White Sox, shortstop Lance Bell, centerfield, Jeremy Archin, bald. The two fifth place teams from the HAFB Giants, were Ron Stone, left field and from the Layton Red Sox was Danny Cabrera. Each player on the All Star THIS TOURNAMENT was a best team, no pitch tournament, a curvemaster pitching machine was used in place of a natural pitcher. This method is also used in Farmington, Layton, HAFB and Centerville league play. The pitching machine in league play was started in Farmington three years ago and has since been adopted in other cities. The main advantages of the machine, are absolutely no walks, the confidence these players gain by eliminating hit batters. STATISTICS show, by using the pitching machines, a player can gain up to Vi years experience per year over conventional baseball. Mostly because there are no walks, always 6 complete innings of play per game vs. 3 innings a game, with a pitcher. Each player acquires about three years of defensive experience per year with the curve-maste- r. The Farmington Fiesta Days Tournament started last year with 14 teams and is expected to have nearly 40 teams participating next year. THE TOURNAMENT Director is Farmington City Recreation Director Ron Osborn, kj Mens Flag Football Starting The Clearfield Recreation Department is now formulating its Mens Flag Football program for 1984. The program will be played Monday and Wednesday evenings at Fisher Park starting Sept. 5. TEAM applications and league rules may be obtained at the Clearfield Swim Pool, 934 S. 1000 E., Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting Tuesday, Aug. 7 and running through Friday, Aug. 17. Only 10 teams will be allowed to participate in the league, with Clearfield teams having first prrity. Team registration fees will be $160 per team. FOR FURTHER information call the Recreation office at 773-330- |