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Show I I WEEKLYREFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MAY 27, 1982. Eleven Years As A Referee Earns Robinson A Chance In the WAC Duncan clipper sports Lake City and Berdine Jarman and Phil Oyler of Utah County. Around here it seems to a lot of people that the WAC is a Cadillac of all the leagues. Thats the reason a lot of men make application. ; But even though the WAC is ranked as one of the top conferences in the nation, so is the PCAA where I officiated for two years. They (PCAA) rank with the top 12 NCAA conferences in the nation. Robison first began his officiating career in 1971 doing local high school games. Two years after action on the prep scene, he was asked to do games for small colleges in the area. That meant going to BYU to do a JV game or traveling to Ricks College for $30 to do a game there. Later he applied to the Rocky Mountain Conference where he did games for Westminster and Keith BOUNTIFUL Eleven years of officiating, which really doesnt tell the full story, has finally earned John Robison a chance to officiate football games in the Western Athletic Conference. Not many people, even the d football fan, can appreciate the hours and preparation mixed in Robisons 11 years of experience running up and down gridirons. But, its finally paid off, said the Davis High coach and teacher. Ive had my application in for four years to officiate football for the WAC and just a few days ago they notified me that Id been accepted. Robison, who is now one of six men in Utah who officiate WAC football, will now enter a two-yetraining program with the WAC. If after two years he has made the cut, he could then be considred a veteran. die-har- Southern Utah State. ar When Utah State entered the PCAA, John was notified that the new conference was going to bring in people from Utah. He prompltly applied and was The other five men who make up the 38 man officiating roster for the WAD, include Ray Hale of Bountiful, Doug Toole of Salt Lake City, Harv Murdock of Salt accepted. But two years, before beginning his stint with the PCAA, Robison developed the desire to get into the WAC. Every year he applied, including the application he submitted at the conclusion of last football season. There were some politics involved. Coach (LaVell) Edwards of BYU helped me along with some other people in the area, said Robison who received a letter May 1 that he had been accepted. Im stunned sometimes the way people think, said Robison. I had a neighbor of mine a few years back who had just got through watching me officiate a regional televised game between BYU and Utah State. He came up to me a few days later and said, I want to get into that. How do you apply. People dont realize the many free scrimmages a guy has done, the drive to Rexburg for $30 and being away, from your family for such a low return. Officials are also paid travel expenses to games and that works out pretty well except when airlines decide to raise their prices right before a roadtrip. If there is has any difference to be made up, the individual official to make it up. Robison says his family has got used to the traveling. period. If a Usually John is gone no more than a to be is he is afternoon, expected Saturday played game When in the hotel the night before the game. games are mornsame arrive he the can the evening, played during of the game. ing The travel has given my family a chance to take a few extra vacations than we could have other wise. They have enjoyed it, he said. Of course, with Johns acceptance into the WAC now, his salary has increased dramatically. As a WAC official he now receives $200 per game and $125 per game when he does Big Sky football games. Robison says he studies the rule book at least five to 15 hours a week and says during the course of the year he will meet on 14 different occasions with other WAC officials, outside regular football games. Besides this, John says he gets together with other officials in the area at least two hours a week to go over more information and to study bulletins that WAC officials receive twice a month. The $200 might be considered a pretty good wage for the actual amount of time you spend on the field, but there are a lot of hours that go behind three hours in a Officiating college football has had its ups and downs, thrills and chills. One of the chills came in Stockton, Calif, during a PCAA game where a team had just scored and was kicking the extra point. Robison was the official who stood behind the goalpost to greet the ball when it was kicked. While he was waiting a fan came rushing from the stands and dumped a 2 oz. glass of coke and ice down his back on a chilly day. game, 24-ho- ur This dall Robison will officiate four WAC games and Big Sky games. another six 1 I went into the locker room at halftime and tried to cleaned up the best I could. After halftime the same get team that scored before did it again and I had the honor again of signaling whether the PAT was good. While I was waiting the same fan came out of the stands again and dumped another glass of coke down my back, he said. said Robison. VonCollin Replaced Fear With Confidence B. v- - Being Scared, He Played Better f ss I '$ ' II J ; , Keith Duncan Journal Sports For J. C. VonCollia CLEARFIELD whose senior year at Clearfield High could blossom Into a bright future In athletics, has replaced fear with confidence. The 6'3", 205 pounder, who as a junior, was about the only thing that sparkled during a dismal football year, came on over Ihe past few months to bury the contending field In the shot put and discus, Is making big cif ' V 4 v teW 4 f'ft I r ft plans for his senior year. "When we played Roy last fall was scared to death to play In that game. I had watched them play before and could just picture myself across the line from some of those big guys. I Maybe because I was so scared, played well,' J.C. said. Fear, or whatever you would like to call It, promoted Wni : W"' 1 1 I ft': ,JU y something. J.C. went out and almost destroyed the Royals making 20 unassisted tackles and sacking the quarterback a few times along the way. The Roy coaches, happy they had won the game, were left with a definite impression of VonCollin, single-handil- W " , '! V 5 - ' ' , 'A"' however. 4M Photos began the track season he was the first to admit he was average and ordinary. Applying himself In both the shot put and discus, he eventually ended up netting state championships In both events. It was the discus that had to spend time on. knew was better than what was doing. After began winning -- .'f-- As Von Collin I I the meter race. starting line before the first North Davis 10,000 Despite A Few Extra Meters, I I I Over 250 participants mull around By BrrJn Gray First North Dans 10,000 a few meets my confidence grew," he said. J.C. has saved a place In his heart for track and field. Although football is where 98 percent of his thinking is, he admits that Coach John Flint Is the reason he stayed In track after first coming out as a sophomore. Flint just has a way of motivating us to do things we never thought possible. believe very stongly that can break the state records in both the shot put and the discus next year. Breaking the shot record will be a tough one But think can get the discus mark with a little more work,' said Meter Race Completed I 1 I I wm VonCollin. After capturing the state titles at Weber State College, J.C. visited BYU the following Tuesday and took home top honors in the discus competition against the traveling Austrailian team. But as stated earlier, football Is where its at for J.C. The Clearfield junior is quite sure that the coming fall won't turn out anything like what took place this past year. As VonCollin explained his feelings, they were not given as wild predictions, but simply plain fact. I like the seniors played with last year, but comparteam unity they had with the kind of feeling that ing the exists with the junior class, Is a big difference. We all like each other and get along pretty wel.l. All of us plan on getting the job done this fall' he said. VonCollin pointed out that the Falcons would be returning several key performers from last year's team, including guys like Robert Sherwood who played quarterback most of the year. A few of the other key people Include Todd Blair, Dean Foulger and Ron Valdez Steve Zeck and Mike Hale are a couple of move-in- s that also make the defensive and offensive lines look promising. j.C. will probably move from the nose guard position on defense to a linebacker spot. Tm not big enough to If I get a chance to play play the line and especially Til "But Von Collia said play where they college ball," me." need I 3d The state shot put and discus trophies haven't begun to gather dust on the shelf yet and J.C. VonCollin has football on his mind. the few months before his senior seasoa VonCollin his plans to do some total dedication towards building "I want to be the best In the state," he body physically. In said. know we can put It together,' said J.C, Todd and the guys usually gettogether and visit the spas and all we talk about Is next year. We don't talk about basketball or anything else, but football." The Clearfield Juniors posted an impressive 2 record In junior varsity competition last fall and were 1 as sophomores the year before that. The record speaks for Itself, the coming group are a bunch of winners. yje 7-- 8-- Keith Duncan Journal Sports The first annual North Davis Area Chamber of Commerce 10,000 meter run got off to running start as 270 participated and 159 finally found their way to the finish line. The race, which took place last Saturday, was run on a course between Clearfield and Kaysville. Proceeds from the race went to the Childrens Aid Society based in Ogden which also has outlets in Salt Lake and Ptovq. Doug Friedli, 26, who ran long distance for Roy High and Weber State College, was the first person across the finish line. His time of 33 minutes and 35 second was in his estimation a little too slow. So after officials began rechecking the 10,000 meter course, they discovered the course was perhaps a couple meters longer than what they thought. Jamie Durkin, 24, of Salt Lake City; was the top finisher among the women who participated. PIZZAS FOR THE PIZZA MAKE THE Ribbons were given to the top 10 places while gift certificates from the area merchants for 10.00 were given to the top 3 placers in each division. said Bryon Cealcnrillo 8 295-C2- 5 Gates Furniture Settee Fencing Columns Planters Jy 4 ? " I . ' Doug Fredli of Clinton finished first with a 33:23 time. Proceeds went to the , I' Children Aid Society. A DAILY IN OUR STORE ..... AND MONDAY THRU SATURDAY YOUR DOOR FASTER THAN ANYONE CAN CALL THE PIZZA WE'RE OPEN FOR LUNCHES.., Jr runner 546-344- 8. SMT VT k EVEIIGEII oniiMimm r.o:i mm ueideg Security Storm Doom Railings Steel Stairs ft 4i SO FOR THE BEST PIZZA WE KEEP RUNNING THE DELIVERED HOT TO A DAYS WEEKA AROUND, SEVEN PIZZAS y toff? fet In the womens division, it was Michelle Cox of South Weber winning in the 1 1 to 16 bracket, Durken winning in the 17 to 21, Veronica Dark of Salt Lake City in the 30 to 40 year old class and Billie Berger taking the title among the 40 and over. RUNNER... 813 So. t m Table Sets Window Guards Mailboxes Room Dividers i. A I - 1 I thought we faired pretty well for our first year, I Cooper who ran the event. With races being run in other areas on the same day, we had a pretty good turn out. Runners from Montpelier, Ida. to Provo, Utah ran in the race. Other top winners in the race included Christian Johnson of Syracuse in the 10 and under division, Rick Evans of Ogden in the 1 to 14 year old class, Bill Wilcox of Syracuse in the 15 to 19 bracket, Friedli in the 20 to 30 class, Robert Day of Layton in the 31 to 39 bracket, Bill Johnston of Salt Lake City in the 40 to 50 year old class and Ken Holmgren in the 51 and over division. |