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Show I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, MARCH 27, sow A!l-St- ar 1 I I 980 L Ov ty$ ... '. ' s ,. i' .;:v y t y.s ., Girls High School Basketball Game By DAVE WIGHAM ; ; Several local girls have . been selected to play in the ' Utah High School 'basketball game this Saturday at the University of Utah. The game is set for 5:15 p.m. with players from the 4A and 1A taking on their counterparts from the 3A and 2A schools. All-St- WOODS CROSS has the best representation with three players and a coach involved in the contest. Debbie Peel, who has built a great program at the school will guide the 3A club which includes Carolyn Martineau, Chim Creer and Cheryl Cleverly from her club that finished second in the state tournament this past season. Viewmont, the state champions, has Debbie Asper their leading scorer on the elite team. MARGO JONES, who has been the coach at Clear- field for several seasons and who has built up a winning tradition, will guide the 4 A club which includes her own Karleen Peart. Layton, a team w hich came on strong this season despite being young, placed Helena Townsend on the team. All proceeds from the game go to support Camp Kostopulos and the Utah Special Olympics. Tickets are $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for students. all-st- JAMES LARKIN THE GIRLS game is a prelude to the finals of the boys tournament which includes teams from Utah, Colorado, These Layton youngsters are following in the footsteps of their older brothers in the sports field. Keep these names in mind because youre going to hear a lot about them in the next three years as a Lancer. Pictured with their greatest fans, their mothers, are Jaimie Vigil, Richie Gallegos and Donnie Zamora (left to right). FUTURE STARS Nevada and California. By DAVE WIGHAM In high school LAYTON sports a coach usually likes to see those families with a lot of brothers. Ones that can continually flow into the program, well at Layton High the dynasty will be carried on in years to come. FEATURED in this week's paper are the five state champions from the Davis County area in wrestling. The question now arises who will be the champions of the future? The answer just might well be at North Davis Jr. High where there are three wrestlers who have brotherly ties with the Lancers of Layton. RICHIE GALLEGOS, Jaimie Vigil and Donnie Zamora are the three at the junior high just waiting their turn to perform for the blue and blue of Layton. Richie has seen brothers Sam and Kurt compete for the Lancers, Jaumie is the younger brother of Mark Vigil and Donnie has watched his older brother Robbie wrestle at Wayton this past season. The younger Gallegos has some big shoes to fill when he takes the Layton challenge this fall. Sam the older of the three was an in football and played baseball and track. He is currently playing for Southern Utah after a great career at Dixie. Kurt is just finishing up his senior year of wrestling where he won the region title and placed third at state. Kurt was also an football player. te RICHIE HAS some credentials of his own already as he placed third in the district wrestling tournament as an eighth grader and then won it this year. Jaimie Vigil has already made a name for himself in wrestling despite having only taken up the sport a year ago. He won the District meet as an eighth grader but lost a close decision this year. He noted that he plans to wrestle a little freestyle this season also. His older brother Majk is for his quarterbacking of the Lancer football team these past two seasons and football is no stranger for Jaimie either. He plays a running back and defensive back for the school. THERE IS also a family tie with the Gawlegos as Jaimie and Richie are cousins. Donnie Zamora is the younger brother to Robbie who this past season as a sophomore established himself as one of the top underclass wrestlers in the state. Robbie won the region meet this year and competed in the state event. Donnie is no stranger to success on the mat, he was second in the district meet as an eighth grader then won it this year and well-know- n also placed third in the state of Utah in the Junior Olympics. IN THE case of the Gallegos family they have been mainstays in Layton for years, but the other two have been around. The Vigils spent some time in California before finding Layton while the Zamora family was in Europe for a while. All three younger brothers though look up to their brothers and get great support from them. The first fan to console Jaimie when he lost in the finals was brother Mark who put his arms around him. Robbie was the first to congratulate Donnie and Kurt followed Richie throughout the season. ALL THREE families are close knit and love athletics and the coaches of Layton High simply say keep em coming. Fulfills Goal icDwain Martinson, Captures State Title ,.7 By DAVE WIGHAM Any athlete that looks to weightlifting as a hobby would more than likely be a natural for the sport of wrestling. Such is the case ; J v ; : with Dwain Martinson of Layton High School. f DWAIN TOOK up both sports when he was just nine years old and all those hours of 0 r 0 dedication and lifting the ? weights paid off this past year as he captured the state title in the 138 lbs. class of the state ! 4A - tournament. The win in the finals ran his season record to 27-- on the year and makes him a marked : man for next season. Unless "we forget this great little grap-- : pier is just a junior this year : and looks forward to becoming f a two time state winner. 0 : 1 r ; ; ; 7 1 " AT THE ripe age of nine Coach Gary Hansen of Layton impressed Dwain so much with his weight lifting program that he took to it like fish to water. Later a wrestler at the school named John Love got little Dwain interested in his sport and so as they say in Hol-- ; lywood a star was born. After some great years in the little league wrestling program Dwain found himself involved in junior high wrestling. As an eighth grader he placed second in the district meet only to come back his ninth grade season to win all his matches by falls. Then as a sophomore last year in his first try on the varsity club he placed second in the region meet and then sixth in the state competition at 132 Jbs." ALONG THE way he was awso involved in the football piogram at Layton but soon decided to devote his time to the weights and wrestling. As one would expect Dwain looks to his strength as his main asset, after lifting so long 1 consider myself stronger my size and 1 try to use that to my advantage." It sfktflld be noted that he bench ,Ws5es 280 lbs. His formula ifojriwinning wrestler is fifty ..'nt knowledge, 30 percent ijhgth and 20 percent speed. out of season at 163 scales the tips which meant during the he had some meals to XslfipX'Yea I had to cut about 20 lbs. to start and then on match days I would have to -- XUgRENTLY Grove, he duplicated the pin wjiyovejJUmtah n)he second round. In ihe semifinals he beat the American Fork wrestler 5 in a match that wasn't as close as the score would indicate. Then in the finals pitting the two top grapplers Jeff won the title over Payson by a score of 24-- drop around five pounds prior to weigh in." Part of his own style is his aggressiveness, "some guys like to counter, let their opponents make the first move and then counter with another move but not me. I like to let him know right away whos in control. THE STATE tournament was a couple of rematches for, Dwain. His lone loss during the year was to a kid from Alta in a Christmas tournament by one point, he avenged that loss in the state semifinals by a score. Then in the finals he met a wrestler from Brighton that he had beaten twice before but he still got psyched for the match "1 knew he would be after me like I was the Alta kid so I was ready for him." Ready and able. Dwain looks to next year with some definite goals, like to take state again with an unbeaten record. He reawizes that he'll have to move up a weight, or maybe two. but that has little meaning to him. His advice to would-b- e wrestlers, simply. Wrestling is the most JEFF LEWIS 8-- 3 demanding personal sport there is. if you try it then dedicate yourself to it. If you have second thoughts about it then stay away. IN WRESTLING the decision rests with the wrestler alone, win or lose it's up to him. Dwain Martinson is a winner. By DAVE WIGHAM WOODS CROSS Some athletes would have taken a 24-- 6 record as a great accomplishment, which it was, and sat on that record as a senior. Not the case with Jeff Lewis of Woods Cross High. AS A junior Jeff set that mark while wrestling for the Cats and he was bound and determined to improve on that, especially when he got to the state tournament. Well all Jeff did this past season was record a 29-- mark and win the state championship in the 167 lbs. class in the 3A tournament. 0 The actual state tournament results give a good indication of just how dominating this youngster was this season. In his first match he pinned his opponent from Pleasant Winners Of LDS Division Four Basketball Tourney The Division 4 basketball tournament under the direction of Garey Chadwick was just completed with the top two teams going on to the area to be held in Ogden. WINNERS IN each division are: Teachers, first. Fruit Seniors, first. Orchard Ninth Ward; second, Centerville 14th Ward; sportsmanWards. ship, Bountiful VETERANS, first , Centerville Ninth Ward; second. Bountiful Wards; sportsmanship, Layton 19th th Ward. Heights Second Ward; second. Bountiful Seventh Ward; sportsmanship, Fruit Heights Ward. PRIESTS, first, Bountiful Fourth Ward; second, Centerville 13th Ward; sportsmanship, Layton Fifth Ward. Life Life is just an everlasting struggle to keep money coming in and teeth and hair and vital organs from coming out. Breeze, Brookley, Ala. -- TO GET to the state tournament he had a strong region tournament winning all four matches by pins. In fact about half of his victories this season were the pinning route. Jeff rates the 3A tournament tougher than the 4A, look at schools like Uintah and others that are rich in tradition. I honestly think the 3A Champions would have won in most cases over the 4A. Not only did he win the region and state crowns but awong the way he picked up titles in the Bountiful, Clearfield, Orem and Burley, Idaho tournaments. IT WAS actually teammate Mark Tate and Jeffs father that got him going in the sport of wrestling. Once he took up the sport though it was all hard work and dedication on his own behalf that won the state championship. Jeff, who also competes in football and track at the school, forsees a future for him in college athletics. Right now I'm just weighing all the possibilities. Weber State is looking at me and Im told through my coach that a school in Arizona is also interested. I'll just have to wait and see." He has seen college wrestling and sees the main difference as the college people knowing their moves a lot more than the high schoolers. JEFF DOES have some outside interests other than wrestling. Sure I like girls, girls and other sports." This young man has great praise for several people in his life. Coach Steele has been great, he really cares about the sport and his athletes. Then I feel I have the two greatest parents in the world. They have followed me everywhere and supported me to the fullest. Then he serves a warning, I have a younger brother, Clint who is ten years old. Now hes going to be good, no make that great. He won the state AAU title last year in freestyle. I wrestle with him a lot and if I didnt have the weight over him he would win. SO THERE you are, there is up through the ranks. He has some big shoes to follow in though as his big brother has set some impressive records of his own. another Lewis coming James Larkins By DATE WIGHAM BOUNTIFUL Very seldom do the soft spoken athletes get the recognition that they deserve especially when they do their thing in what js determined by some as a minor sport. SUCH IS the case of. senior James Larkin of Viewmont who recently claimed the state championship while wrestling for the Vikings in the 138 lbs. class of the 3A championships. James is only the third w restler from the school to w in an individual championship. Dave Shepard did it in the early years of the school and then more recently Todd Overton did the trick a few years back. IN WINNING the title Larkin complied a 27-- 6 record and also claimed the region championship to his list of w innings. James actually came on strong after the turn of the new year, prior to that he had struggles just a little. During that struggling span he placed third at the Cyprus tournament, fourth at the Tournament of Champions in Vernal, third at the Brighton Classic and second at his own school's invitational. Even his coach Steve Sanderson noted the change, "For some reason he started slow, ' but since the new year he was tougher than anyone around, he never lost. At the seeding meeting for state I tried to tel! them he should be ranked but they looked at his overall record and felt otherwise. But he proved it to them anyway." Jeff Lewis DWAIN MARTINSON Quiet Athlete, JAMES STARTED his wreslling career at Bountiful Jr. High in the eighth grade. At the school he was friends with Brett George and it was the prompting of that friend that got him going in the sport. "It was a challenge. Brett had an older brother that had wrestled and he talked me into it." It's interesting to note that Brett and James faced each other this season as Brett wrestled for Bountiful. In the ninth grade James w as going for the championship at 138 in the district meet when he pinned himself in the finals "W hen the ref hit the mat I had control and thought had pinned the guy. then they said it was my shoulders that were down." AS sophomore he wrestled in the junior vaisitv league, a senior named Maik Preece kept him off the big club but taught him a lot all vear in workouts. That year he placed a third in the sophomre region meet. Then last season as a junior he placed second in region and fourth in the state meet in the 38 lbs. class. To start this year James was going in the 145 lbs. class but then with the help of his coach decided he would be better off in the lower weight. 1 HE STATES that his main asset is his knowledge of the sport although he also admits to possessing good speed and quickness. James noted that his most memorable match was in the state semifinals against a kid from Uintah. "Near the end of the match I used a gramby roll to score tw o points. The ref gave the points and Then as I was sit. ting in the stands they calleif me back down and made me wrestle in overtime because their coach had protested. There was no way I was going to lose, and J told him that " It was a great year for James, and the studentbody and coaches of the school presented him with a plaque for his efforts. But by his own admission there is a better Larkin on the way. Younger brother Todd, a sophomore, wrestled all year varsity at 167. "He'll be better than I am. a state champion." Well his older brother has established a great goal to beat, not only on the mat but also his actions off the mat. the,-wi- ROGER PARSELL Parsell. Mixture Of Brains And Talent Bv DAVE WIGHAM KAYSVILLE-W- until ait next year is a term that has become famous in the world of sports but in the case of Roger Parsell of Davis the term really held some water this season. A TEAR ago the team at Davis voted the prestigious Fish Award for choking the most at the state tournament to this senior. This year the award will have to look for another recipient as Roger topped a great year off with a state championship in the 126 lbs. division. That win in the championships gave him a 28-- 2 record for his last season at the Darts school. Also last season Roger placed second in the Bountiful tournament, third at the Jordan event, third at the Clearfield tournament and third in the region meet. This year he came back to win all those titles. including the region title and then added the state title to his list. NO CHOKING this season as his confidence improved with each win. It was that confidence that he attributes his success, If you take the mat and believe in yourself and have some self confidence then you will win." He failed to mention that along with that confidence you better have the tools and knowledge. Roger admits that hes not overly quick or fast but that his I main asset is his strength. lift the weights a lot and then in the summer I work on a garbage crew and lifting those cans all summer certainly helped." As far as his knowledge is concerned he notes that he might not know all the moves but the ones he does know he likes to perfect. ROGER DIDNT get a fast start in wrestling, in fact it wasn't until his freshman year that he even started the sport. "I knew coach Frank Thompson and he asked me to come out for the squad so did." He didn't tear up the league as a ninth grader but as a sophomore he showed signs of brilliance w ith a fourth place finish at region in the 19 lbs. class. His natural weight is 145 lbs., so he must lose some 1 weight for wrestling. He doesn't do it at the start of the year though as he tries to stay up while playing guard in football. Then he misses a few meals and gets down to wrestling weight. sure miss a couple of meals but the price is worth it." port Quiz 1 . Who won the Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Classic? 2. Who won the men's singles U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championship? 3. Bruce Sutter plays pro baseball for what team? 4. Who won the 1976 Olympic gold medal in women's singles figure skating? 5. What year was Elvin Hayes Hill NBA scoring leader'1 Answers: Dale Eichelberger. John McEnroe over Jimmy Connors. 1. 2. Chicago Cubs. Dorothv Hamill. USA 5. In 1969 with San Diego. 3. 4. Judo Club Hosts Annual Judo Tourney 1 ROGER HAS a great outlook on his wrestling success and life. I have the satisfaction of knowing I did my best when it counted and can use that the rest of my life." When not wrestling this likeable senior enjoys the outdoor life of hunting and fishing along with playing a little basketball. As for the future he isnt sure which college he'll attend. Weber State has shown considerable interest in his wrestling ability while the U. of U. has offered this 3.7 student an academic scholarship. NOT TO worry about this young man though, when he puts his mind to something he does it No matter w hat college or career he picks hell make the best of it. after all hes the best in the state right now. . LAYTON Hill Judo Club is hosting its sixth annual Salt Classic Judo Tournament to be held at Layton High School. Saturday. March 29. THIS ANNUAL event is the largest judo competition held in Utah and is receiving greater and greater national recognition since its inception in 1974. Attendance keeps growing from many states near and far with entrants from Canada participating. Competition range from preschoolers to black belt experts. Competitors are divided into groups according to age. weight, and sex. Admission is free and starting time is IOa.rn.The public is invited to attend this event. The event draws competitors from approximately nine states and Canada. Their fami- lies. coaches, club officials and judgeswillbeinourarea. Most of the folks spend at least one night in local hotels, motels, and eat several meals in restaurants here, buy gas. etc.. thus providing a little nudge to our local economy, which we all benefit from. THE HILL Judo Club is widely respected throughout the States and Canada and is invited to compete in their tournaments. Our club recent- attended the state championships and the AAU Jr. ly Olympics where the majority of our members place. Our club has fought long and hard to gain this respect and we do feel a need for the public to know more about judo and its talented members. We're hoping this event will be televised. If you would need further information contact Pat Sizemore. or Bill Wick 825-726- |