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Show Voters Hold Key New Tax Measures May Kill Prep Sports Stevens. By PHIL KIRKWOOD Sports Editor When Utah voters go to the polls on November 4th, the fate of local high school athletic programs will be in their hands. That is to say, if voters decide to pass proposition A (elimination of food tax) and B (property tax limitation) it ,va .will cut school budgets in Weber and Davis County to the point where its ", a.thletic programs will no longer be affordable. Sound drastic? Well according to Ron Stevens, Public Information Officer for the Weber County School District and Jim Hill Supervisor of Health and Athletics for Davis County School District, its true and the end result could be devastating. If proposition A and B are passed it could cost the Weber County District up to $5 million in total funding," said 1. cut like that would simply A devastate the districts athletic far beyond programs and probably that. Things like debate, drama, marching band, vocational education and transportation are sure bets to be cut and it might go further. If proposition A and B pass you will see cuts in all areas," added Hill. The heavy cuts would have to be in the extra curricular activities and that includes athletics." The Davis County School District operates on $87 million at the present time and officials estimate it would lose at least 10 percent of that amount and probably more if the tax measures were passed. Weber would face close to 16 percent in cuts.' The effects of such tax measures can already be observed in California which passed the famed proposition 13. The Districts high school football coaches threatened to walk out on the season unless the board of education restored some $570,000 in athletic funding. The L.A. City District is the third largest in the country with a lofty $1.8 billion total budget and an athletic program that supports over 7,000 athletes. But with inflation the root cause for soaring equipment and transportation costs, along with tasx reform measures like proposition 13, the district was going broke and the athletic program was the first to suffer. This is not to say that athletic programs in Weber and Davis would flourish if the tax measures were voted down they, wont. And if present economic trends Continue they most likely would get worse. At present, both Weber and Davis athletic programs have been operating Los Angeles City School on less than lean budgets due to last million we lost last year and junior high according to how much they expend sports was one of them, said Hill. We and the money gained is then used to money lost in the budget cut. started intramural programs in each The money the boys and girls each school so the kids can compete and we save about $46,000 this way. I really paid to play their sports helped out a lot dont think it will hurt the high school and I dont think they minded paying it, programs too much. Salt Lake City high but the policy has added some new school athletics dont have junior high pressures to the administration and programs to draw from and it doesnt coaching staff, said Cook. In a sport appear to affect the quality of play in like football where we carry a roster of 60 players on both varsity and junior those schools. Another new change in this years varsity squads, some players are going funding policy is the Pay to play to see more action than others. And method. Pay to play requires each since each kid pays the $25 whether he athlete to pay a set fee before he can plays or not, weve had a few comparticipate in the sport of his choice. plaints from parents about not giving a Those interested in playing football in fair share of playing time to each kid. Davis County were required to pay $25 Were either going to have to charge (the highest fee of any1: sport) at the less money to those who dont play as beginning of the season while those much or trim the roster to fewer interested in basketball will pay a fee of players. $20. All other sports fees are pro rated Continued on page 6B years cuts. The cuts were brought about when the districts lost the leeway tax election last fall and also when federal impact funds were cut short. This has forced both districts to exercise new athletic funding programs and that alone has officials worried about future years. Were dealing with a different animal than we were five years ago, commented Carter Cook, Athletic Director . for Layton High School. Weve had to sacrifice our program with a lot of cuts and changes and it doesn't look like it will get too much better for a long time. One of the major blows to the Davis program was the decision to drop junior high football, baseball and softball. "The citizens recommended we cut several things to make up for the $1.6 off-s- o et Page 4B Lakeside Review Thursday , October 30, 1980 t Falcons and Royals Make Quarterfinals Royals Stun Bonneville Roy High School defeated previously unbeaten Bonneville, 8 in Region One football, and Northern Utah is still buzzing over it. With their victory, the Royals laid claim to half of the league berth in the title, and the first-plac- e upcoming Utah State quarter-finalThe I Told You So crowd had seen their Royals play hot and cold football through a 2 season with losses only to Clearfield in league play, and Olympus in a practice game. The It Was A Fluke gang was stunned to see their Lakers bite the dust after outdistancing eight earlier opponents by a margin of 156 to 42 points. In Region One, the Royals had Sky View, Weber, Clearfield and Layton by a margin of 15.5 to 8.3, but the Lakers had humbled the same four teams 23.3 24-1- s. 6-- to 6.3. We gave away two cheap touchdowns and a field goal, said a disappointed Coach Thom Budge of Bonneville. We just ran out of time: Give us three more minutes and the ball and we would have caught them. Coach Jacklin was pleased with the play of his Royals. We held Boyer to he said, and he has been Sylvester's favorite target all year long. We intercepted two passes thrown at Boyer, added just two pass completions, Jacklin. Then Jacklin gave the real reason for winning the game. We held a skull session on Tuesday, he said, and I had every player put in writing what he was going to do to win the ball game. Jacklin was pleased with the positive attitude displayed by the Roy team, and singled out a statement made by Gary IF YOUR Ashley. Ashley said DREAM IS BIG ENOUGH, THE All of Roy FACTS DONT COUNT. had read of the Lakers and their impressive stats, but the Royals believed that they could win. Roy did not win a single game in league play, last year, but had J. V. and sophomore teams that finished first in Region One competition. They were young and inexperienced, going into the 1980 season, but they believed in themselves. They felt fortunate to meet Bonneville in their last scheduled game in Region One, because it gave them 24-1- 8 needed time and experience. Both teams played with great intensity, last week, and the hard hitting carried into both stands. Bonneville came out second best on the injury roster. The Lakers lost running back Cory Buckway for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury. Three other Lakers visited the hospital for checkups and-o- r after the game, but should be ready for play on Saturday. The Royals came out of the game with no major injuries. Next up for both teams will be action in the Utah State quarterfinals. Roy is scheduled to play East High at high-noo- n on Friday, and the Lakers have a date with Olympus the following day. In Roys bracket, Hillcrest will do battle with Skyline, and in Bonnevilles bracket, Clearfield meets Granite,, the Region Three champion. Should Roy and Bonneville both survive their next two football games, they would meet November 14th for the Utah State 4A championship. All games will be played at the University of Utah Rice Stadium on artificial turf. JP" ME i p r 4 f : t r j r BRAD MCCAULLEY hauls v in another pass from quarterback Wade Jacklin. Clearfield Upsets Brighton . . . Turnovers really hurt us that time and By PHIL KIRKWOOD Sports Editor Not since 1976 has J X Clearfield made it to the quarter finals of the state high school football tour-- t nament. But thanks to a surprise 9 X upset victory over heavily favored y X Brighton, the Falcons are there once f again. i Z " This was a big win for us and I think were the only ones who tought we , COTTONWOOD 23-1- that made us work harder. In truth, the Falcons have been in a situation since losing an overtime 3 game to Layton. And that fact will continue throughout the tournament as Clearfield's next matchie 14-1- up will be Granite on Saturday at 12 noon in Bob Rice stadium on the University of Utah campus. j- I havent had much of a chance to .could, said Falcon coach Brent "Hancock. We maintained good ball study Granites style of play just yet, J control and played super defense when said Hancock about the upcoming game.; But I can see theyre a good it counted. strong team and we'll have to be at our Three weeks ago the Falcons lost a best to beat them. They had a chance to f practice game to Brighton on Clearfield scout us at the Brighton game, but I score made the game dont think it will give them much of an turf and the I appear a lot closer than it was. edge. Weve been looking at some of think we came away a better their game films. football team from that game, said' Hancock says there is no clear out Hancock referring to the previous loss. favorite to win the tournament and that $ - 21-2- 0 V teams with all around team efforts rather than individual glory should do better. We really dont have any super stars on this team, said Hancock. Our e strength lies in playing football as a unit with lots of gang hard-nos- tackling, blocking and a good special teams. No team is inwincible this year and 1 think we have as good a chance as the rest to win it. Running back Milt Hill will hope to duplicate his winning efforts with some good rushing. In the Brighton game Hill set up the first Falcon score run to the Brighton one. with a Hill then punched it in from there and run then scored again on a two-yarlater in the game. It was a strong defense led by defensive back Fred Cook who had three interceptions that kept Brighton in check most of the day. d 4 SENIOR LINEBACKER Jay Winward does his job in stopping the Bonneville ground attack. |
