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Show A WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MARCH 25, 1982 VIS afSMT Pi BountiWilson is the type of guy that every state championship team needs. BOUNTIFUL fuls Dave Having ' DAVE IS what the Bountiful coaches refer to as a utility player. "We feel very fortun- By KEITH DUNCAN ate to have a player of his for this season but he says one does stick out in his mind. He noted that the winning 3A state time was much faster then that posted in 4 A. He says that if he wins 4A title this season hed like to bust the old 3A mark. KAYSVILLE Spencer DeGraw set some athleat Davis High and though he admits he has achieved just about everything he hoped he would, you can bet hell be contributing 1 10 percent this spring as a senior sprinter with the track team. , tic goals as a freshman noted Phil Olsen the baseball coach for the Braves. Mr. Wilson isnt a starter for Bountiful, usually. But when someone gets hurt he steps in and takes right over. Usually when a starter gets hurt the team suffers but with Dave we dont feel we do." added Coach Olsen. OF COURSE DeGraw will have plenty of people battling him for th right to be called the faster prep. Just in our area Spence will have to compete d with Richard Davis and Keith Crockett of Roy and Brian Wright a speedster from Clearfield. The competion will keep Degraw moving and certainly add to the interest of the 100 and 200 meters for track and field fans. One thing the Davis senior sees is important is to give it his best in every practice. I can tell the others are watching me. Theyll sometimes ask me about some tips in getting out of the blocks and already Ive seen several of them improve, DeGraw said. DEGRAW, presently the studentbody president at his school, is the defending 3A champion in the 100 and 200 meters. The Darts explosive sprinter will undoubtedly be the hub that Frank Thompson will build his team around. Ive accomplished many of the things I set out to do four years ago. One of my goals was to be a state champion in the 100 and 200 meters and Ive achieved that goal. I plan on having some fun this spring. Ill be competitive, but its not going to be my live, said DeGraw. head-to-hea- TO STATE that he isn't a starter isn't really the total truth. Dave is the designated hitter for the state champions. Last season first baseman Jeff Pitcher was injured and in went this Wilson kid. Now Lex Brown is in a cast and will miss the first four weeks of baseball. so guess who's in right field for the Braves. That's right, one Dave Wilson. DEGRAW KNOWS if he leaves a practice early, then most likely others will follow him. Jeff Pitts, a good friend of DeGraw, is going to be some good competition for the Dart athletic star. Spence claims that they pace each other in practice and exhange tips all of the time. DEGRAW PLANS on working hard in practice and helping Davis win some sprint races because for one thing, he knows that the young talents coming up will have their full attention focused on him. "Thats probably the best thing for me. The other sprinters are going to make me honest and I believe some of them will be a good challenge too, he said. Maybe we really cant blame DeGraw for wanting to make the spring of 1982 fun. Afterall, he is a senior and its that time of year when kids in his position begin thinking more seriously about the future. He has already earned a pretty fair scholarship to BYU through student government. IVE ACCEPTED my role noted the as utility likeable senior. I don't sit fill-in- ," home with a voodo doll or anything, but to be honest. I do get excited to get a chance to play when someone injures them- SPENCE IS impressed with the sophomore class and says even the freshmen group has a solid bunch of runners. As both a studentbody president and as an athlete, DeGraw has enjoyed the competition and interschool relations among other 4A schools. Without question there has been some intense rivalries ignited, especially with Davis being gathered into a region with other Davis County schools. selves." Dave feels a little added pressure when he's just the DH for the club. "You realize that you ha ve to get a hit e very-tim- e you come to bat or they'll put someone else in that spot. . HOPEFULLY sports fans will help not too pile on to much unneeded pressure about having to win every week. Spence simply plans on having fun but at the same time hell be giving every race his full concentration and effort. Spence hasnt given a lot of time to specific goals When you play a position and hit you know you'll stay around to play defense. Last year, when I started out as the DH, I got two hits in ten at bat. Then when Jeff was injured, and I was playing first, I went four for seven in my first two games. The pressure to hit just wasnt on my mind I guess," he added. dont WHEN IT comes to track and field, DeGraw likes it even better. The competition will be tough, but I like it that way because its going to help me get ready for state, said Spence. Dave Wilson of Bounti ful alone in a deep corner. The Davis senior would pump a 25 footer and again count it as two points. It wasnt rare to have Kris get his 10 or 12 point average in a two minute span. Many of those Cottrell surges resulted in his team taking charge S . of a game, By KEITH DUNCAN If an award could be KAYSVILLE drummed up for the best Little Man in a big mans sport, youd have a unani- mous pick in Davis Highs Kris Cottrell., -- 1 ALTHOUGH, the basketball season is pretty much behind us now, its not hard to forget the heroics of a player like Cottrell. At and stretching to get that, Cottrell was a starting guard for Mike Gardner and the Davis Dart basketball team. m ir AS A FRESHMAN and sophomore, his 59, , WHAT WAS his worth? Without Kris we stood in jeopardy of not making the state tournament. As I look back at the season, I see his assets to our team were just as valuable as a main player could be to achampionship team, said Coach Garner. Not to overdo his strength to the Darts, one must also realize that Kris started in .. every varsity gam? this season. All of that came about as Gardner tried, in early seaLittle Cotson, to find the suitable line-utrell survived it all. ' THE DARTS reached some peaks in their season and knew the surroundings of low valleys too. It wasnt a year where the ' ; KRIS COTTRELL OF DAVIS Sunset Forms League The Sunset city recreation department is now organizing its little league baseball program for the 1982 season. THE PROGRAM includes four leagues for boys $10 fee; Minors, ages and girls: ages $12 fee; and seniors, $10 fee; Majors, ages $12. ages Registration fees will be accepted Mondays through Friday (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at the Sunset city offices, 85 West 1800 N. Interested adults are being sought to assist as coaches, umpires or league officials. ll, 8-- 9, 0, . lineup was filled with Hungers, Mounteers and Stakeys, but Davis did have probably the finest prep player in the state, Brian Taylor. And with him, Gardner was forced to do whatever he could to land another coveted berth in the playoff. Cottrell admits that the game plan was to get the ball to Taylor but at the same time there had to be others that could take the slack when Taylor wasnt or couldnt get the job done. THATS WHERE Kris began playing his role. "Taylor couldnt do it all himself so the rest of us had to take up what he couldnt get done. I think we as a team understood the situation more than those who critized thought. Taylor was probably the best player in the state and we had to work with him and learn to win, said Cottrell. KRIS KNEW the art of shooting outside and when he got his chance, hed let em fly. More than 50 percent of those shots found their target. Kris had a way of exciting a crowd with his jump shot too. Hed fly down the court on a two on one fast break and if his teammate was covered he would pull up 15 feet out and let go a jumper that usually hit its mark. Moments later when the Darts had the ball again, someone could find Kris all cali- ber ready to step in and play just about any position. coaches had serious doubts whether Kris could contribute on the varsity level. I only thought that because of his size, said John Robison, the assistant coach, "But when talking about the competitive desire within Kris, that was a different story. . When I was a freshman and sophomore, I didnt start in games. After my sophomore year I figur;d that if I didnt do something about it, I might as well hang it up. Thats when I began looking around and taking a serious look at other little guys playing basketball. If they could do it, I figured I could too. I went to work and practiced and it finally payed off. I got a few breaks along the way and was fortunate to play this year," said Cottrell. COTTRELL admits that much of his improvement came because of last summer and fall. While football was going on, where he would have been killed if he had played, Cottrell was practicing his jump shot, i Of course I got killed in basketball too, he said, Being little with all those giants is a battle sometimes." ONE OF the peaks in Cottrells season came against Viewmont in the game played in Kaysville. People thought we werent going very far and by beating Viewmont at home we proved we were a little more tough than what people expected. We beat the Vikings and did it in front of a crowd that was as big as any that have come. In fact I was proud we were playing in front of a large crowd all year. Although we didnt win a region championship, we were still competitive, said the Dart guard. It's a privilege to play at Davis High. It seems every year Davis teams do well. No matter what the odds are against you, you are expected to do well and teams usually come through, stated Cottrell. KRIS HAD some help along the way. His own father always told him that if he wanted to be something better than average, hed have to practice. In the seventh grade Kris was cut from the basketball team but came back with determination to make it the following year, and he did. Looking back on the season, I enjoyed every minute of it. We were a pretty close team and went a lot further than what most people expected, said Kottrell. DHS I USUALLY got to hit once a game until the St. George trip. There the coach inserted me as the DH and I did well in the tournament so he stayed with me the rest of the season, Dave added. When asked about his being Soccer Schedule The following is the soccer schedule for Davis High School 1982 season: MARCH: Mar. 16, home, Skyline (4-- 0 Davis); Mar. 19, away, Judge; Mar. 23, home. Bountiful; Mar. 26, home, Woods Cross. an asset to the team. Dave was quick to respond, "the coach likes my attitude. I just work hard and wait for a chance like football." - IN FOOTBALL Dave was a reserve defensive back while splitting some time as a wide receiver. "At first when I wasn't starting at safety I was mad. but then I realized I just had to work harder and wait for a chance. He went on to add. "Right now I'm in the outfield and I'm trying to show that I can play that spot and win the starting berth. Lex is going to have to earn the spot." I CAN accept the DH role again if it helps the team." he concluded. That's the one thing that stands out when talking to Dave Wilson. He's a team man all the way. "We won the title last year because we were a team and no one was looking for personal things. It's good to see your name in print once in a while, but that's not the important thing. The guys that get the publicity deserve it." he auded. SPEAKING of being the state champions, Dave has thoughts about it. "It was great to win it last year, but that's history now. No one is impressed that we won it. at least none of the teams we have to play this year. We won the 3A crown last year and now we're in the 4A ranks. We have a great shot at the title because we have a lot of talent on this team and they work as a team. No one tries to be the hero, they just do their job. We're not playing the same teams as we did last year either so we feel we still have something to prove by winning the 4A title." Dave then looked at the region a little closer. "Davis will probably be a top contender, they beat us in summer league last year. Then Viewmont has a lot of juniors but they are the type that can carry a club, much like the juniors did for us last year. Woods Cross has some good pitchers and they don't have that many seniors, either. I really don't know about East or Highland but they were good last year." SPEED QUEEN CLOTHES CLEANERS NOW OPEN! (By We feature: APRIL: Apr. 2, away, East; Apr. 6, home, Viewmont; Apr. 13, home, Highland; Apr. 16, away, Bountiful; Apr. 20, away, Woods Cross; Apr. 23, home, East; Apr. 27, away, Viewmont; Apr. 30, away, Highland. State play is May Home games played at 3 p.m. for JV, and 4:30 p.m. for varsity. 7. HOME GAMES to be played at Gailey Park. Coin Laundry Gas Dryers Budget Dry Cleaning Professional Cleaners Drop Bundle Bring Discount Coupons from this . paper ELMERS AUTO cunc 166 So. 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