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Show Seasons Iromman Coada5 nis ITS ONE thing to mentally and Bv KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports he Ironman Triathlete" tough as athletes come. As for coaches, Davis High may have a coach this year that could head the list of the "Ironman Coach." is as T FROM EARLY summer (June! of February, Jim Dickson rarely gets a day off. That's because he does a rare thing among Utah high school coaches. The rarity is that he heads two sports, football and wrestling, back to back. Anyone w ho knows anything about Davis athletics and prep sports in general, could respect Dickson with no reservation in seeing how he's handled the past grid season and the current wrestling season. till the end physically coach two demanding prep sports but it's entirely another to witness Dickson do it and have the bounteous success hes en- joyed. One region football title, an 10-- 1 overall football record and now a wrestling team that is gearing up to repeat as Region Four champs, Dickson has been the main guy behind it all. there hes been toughing it mentally and jumping into wrestling with both feet. mornings. We don't have to do it but its something that winners must do. BUT THERES something about being the headman. In most cases you're the first to arrive and the last to leave and for good reason because it's your name that gets the shots if impatient fans throw a fit for losing. How long can Dickson keep it up? WHAT motivates this guy to give up his summer, his fall, his weekends (for scouting films and conditioning) his winters and even his sleep. AN IRONMAN coach he is, but a successful one too. The interesting thing is that Dickson really has been back to backing it for the past three or four years. Before Ward Saw ley left and Dickson stepped up as head man in football, Dickson was there nearly ev ery day as one of Sawley's most valuable assistants. From NOT TOO much longer, was the Davis coach's reply, "1 knew it was going to be hard coming into this season, but I didn't realize how tired was going to be. "1 won't lie to anyone. I'm tired. We've just started our big push in wrestling which brings me to school at 5: JO a.m. four out of five 1 Its the kids, Jim says. "There are many of these kids that have put in as many hours as I have, at least all those that played football. Thats the motivation. BUT YEAR in and year out dont think 1 could do this. "There have been a grundle of coaches in the past that have coached two or three sports, but the difference is that they didn't put in the time during the summer like coaches do today. There was 1 says hed be a mental case if it wasnt for a staff of totally unself- virtually no summertime work. BUT IF you looked at us today, ish assistant coaches. "Bruce Mike Gardner, Val Cullimore Bit-ne- we probably spent 10 to 12 weeks a summer in preparation. Thats in essence another whole season before school even starts." Dickson says he's fair too. "I hope I'm never guilty of cheating the wrestlers because I'm try ing to w oi k as hard with them as I ever have. BUT IT is hard. Most people don't realize all the little things like Frank Thompson, John Robison and everyone else don't have a streak of selfishness in them " said Dickson. One example was the entire staff's dedication to remove snow from the football field prior t0 a game last fall. Everyone was out there. AT PRESENT the Davis High administration knows Dickson's the summer time, the Sunday scouting sessions, the 5:30 morn- dilema and in time will probable take some action. But when they do, Dickson will most likely give up wrestline. Though he must, it'll tear at Jim because of the love he's kindled for that sport. ing sessions. The coaches are here everyday. "But time takes its toll, it always will, It's intense time." ONE THING is for sure. Dickson DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, JANUARY 23, 1985 who scored Davis By KEITH DUNCAN 62nd point lead Journal Sports which gave them a with 1:50 left. Layton's Rex Brimhall and Davis' Scott Moon enjoyed their finest hours of prep basketball last One more great compliment Gardner gave Moon was calling him "the quickest jumper I've ever coached." Now that includes a lot of kids, said Gardner w ho has been the head coach at Davis for 16 years now. It's Scott's initial jump that is the key to his success. Friday nioht even though one of those teams were victorious and the other wasn't. BUT DONT stop there you tw o. Coach (Mike) Gardner and Coach Once he gets the ball up there he has great body control and ba- (Doug) Moon would like to see you top your best efforts. Brimhall. a lance. junior forward, victory at Box Elder. he said. I don t know why I played so well. I was watching the junior var- - REX IS the younger brother to Dave Brimhall who graduated last year after enjoying a great senior athletic year. The older brother has now left for an LDS mission to ginia. Dave would have been mighty proud to have seen his little brother excell last Friday night at Box Vir-fens- e Elder. MOON MOVED back to Utah with his family in July. His father, Leonard, has served with the U.S. Air Force w hich took the family to Europe for the past few years. The Moons had lived in Utah when Scott was in the sixth grade 6-- at which time Scott's brother, Greg, had played for Gardner as a freshman. While in Germany the past year and upon finding out that the family would be coming home for Scotts senior year, Scott wrote Gardner a letter informing him that he'd be coming home and that he'd like to have a chance to EVEN THOUGH there is no con- solation in being defeated. Gardner was pleased with the way his troops battled Bountiful on their oan court. In the first half alone the try-ou- 2"-2- 4. nt (56-46- 62-6- "We're a contender in this region" said Gardner, "I think we proved that against East and Bountiful." Coach Mike Gardner explains his of the story. t. I'D NEVER had a game like last Friday night," said Moon, "It surprised me as much as anyone. "I was really surprised that Bountiful didn't come out and guard me more. Later they started putting someone out further on me but I just them to the basket. times and at one game was tied Davis time tte Darts were up even battled back from a ) to take the lead at deficit 0 MOON PLAYED and started for a high school team from his freshman season through his junior THIS FRIDAY the Darts will come home to play Highland who in league play like the Darts. year, playing for addition of Moon to the Davis team was more than a blessing for Gardner and his kids. Even though it's taking the new player time to adjust to the Davis system, the payoff is just starting to come The teams in Belgium and Germany. "The competition is ten times better here," said Scott. At Brigham City, a place many Region One coaches dread going, the Lancers posted a very impressive victory as Brimhall had his best around. game as a prep. Moon said he was brilliant offensively, defensively and in the rebounding IT ONLY leaves one to think here Davis could really be if Mike and playing in IdaOrton, now ho. had of stuck around. "But we're happy to have Scott around." said Gardner, "1 just wish we'd had him a little longer. If he'd had those younger years to understand our system thered be w 6-- ELDERS buggest problem is that they were not taking Brimhall serious at all. I was sur- prised they didn't box out on de- because I did most of the damage on the offensive boards," BOX sity game from the stands and for some reason I got psyched up out good." continued Brimhall. 6-- AT BOUNTIFUL, senior move-i- n Scott Moon, had perhaps one of the most impressive performances in Davis High's history as he netted 35 points and pocketed 10 rebounds. The 1 leaper was virtually unstoppable both inside and outside, despite the fact the Braves came up with a 66-6- 4 victory. "Scott had as good a game as any kid I've coached since perhaps the Brian Taylor days. He was scoring at his own will all night," said Gardner. is Layton High these days. "It's fun again and that makes me forget long I've been around this stuff," said a smiling Moon. AT 1 Scott can dunk the ball with both hands which isn't bad at all. Its tough on Scott though, because we ask him to guard kids on defense that have six or seven inches on him. splashed in 24 points and collected 12 rebounds in helping Lay ton gain their first region win of the year, a 66-6- 0 one-poi- 6 department. I WAS tickled at how well we played." said Moon whose team has now played very respectable three weeks in a row This Friday the Lancers will host the Weber Warriors who posted their first w in of the year, an overtime victory over Clearfield. In the Box Elder win. the Lancers were forced to change defenses early because of the Bees' . no telling what he could be doing. BEFORE the end of the year I think he'll be playing even better. Hes a good high school basketball player. "He's a fun kid to be around and we just enjoy having him on our ability to get the ball inside and score. The home team sprang to an 0 lead early before Layton regrouped. "If we'd stayed in that defense we could have been blown away," said Moon. club." 8-- MOON, who is the nephew of Layton's Doug Moon, was 14 of IS from the field last Friday night. His 15 first half points kept the Darts close through the first half. But it was in the second half that he became even more valuable as the Braves started to build a lead. It was then that Moon began eating the Braves up inside, both scoring and rebounding wise. It was Moon FROM THE Lancers worked patiently and got the ball into the hands of both Rex and Darrell Scott Moon was Mr. Everything last Friday night as he pumped 35 points, collected 10 rebounds and was a terror on defense. in Martin. With Brimhall's excellent basketball 1 per- formance and in fact seeing Layton's overall performance, is turning into fun at Moon battles with Darrell Dean for loose ball. |