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Show t t WEEKLY REFLEX I I DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 Lancer Game Layton Gals Dominate Falcons In Region Match Program Rates High - LAXTON The 1981 football program booklet sold at this years Layton High School games has been awarded third place in the nation, the first time any Utah publication has received such a prestigious award. By KEITH DUNCAN Layton must have felt fortunate the day the Zahradja family decided to move to their area. The school not only got a top notch tennis player for their girl's team, but also got a coach. JUST PRIOR to the new womens tennis season, Dave Nielsen moved from his coaching position with girls tennis to boys golf. Thats when Bobbi Zahradja was asked to step in as the new coach, gladly moving in. Bobbis daughter also got involved in this transi- tion and today Tawnja finds herself as the no. 1 singles player with the Layton girls. THE PROGRAM was cited by the American Press Association for its crisp writing and superior graphic design. In the past two years the school programs have received letters of commendation from the Association, but have not received national honors. This years program was designed and edited by -- Bryan Gray with cover art by Steve Egan, a Layton High art teacher. The program was made possible through advertisements of local merchants. AS OF Tuesday of this week the Lancer women had posted a 2 mark with victories over Clearfield and Roy in league play. Bonneville and Sky View have been the teams in region to defeat the Lancers. We're improving every day and Im excited about the future matches for these girls, said Zahradja 3-- GRAY, THE operator of Shades of Gray Communications in Layton," said the programs honor is a credit to the local mer- chants. THE no. 2 singles position is Joyce Helton. Serving as the captain of this years squad is Margaret Manis who also plays the no. 3 position. No. 1 doubles players are Jeanette Norris and Shawna Jones with Marci Pondexter and Angee Gib-be- y playing the no. 2 position. PLAYING THE NEW Layton coach says all her girls have continually improved and basically have all the same amount of experience, three to four years. Last Thursday afternoon the Lancers combined to down Clearfield who is headed by veteran coach, Lynn Thorne. Sept. 22 Sept. 24 Weber, 3 Layton, 2 Sept. 29 Layton at Sky View Oct. Roy at Layton Layton at CHS 1 Oct. 6 tion, and four pages of which change with each game including updated rosters and player profiles. The programs sell for 25 cents at each home game. Laytons team captain, Margaret Manis. Lancer-Schedu- le Hurrying to swat back a shot delivered by her Clearfield opponent is Tawnja 7ahradja. Tawnja plays the No. 1 singles position for the Layton girls tennis team. Her mother, Bobbi, is the coach. Thus far the Lancers have a 3 mark in region action w ith the region meet scheduled r. for Bonneville at Layton Hey Kid, Your Kind Deserve Better! 2-- By KEITH DUNCAN High Schools Get Green Fee Discount FARMINGTON County high school students will pay 50 cents less this year for green fees at the Davis County Golf Course. COUNTY commissioners, acting on a recommendation from the school district, last Tuesday agreed to cut student green fees from $2 to $1.50. Commission Chairman Ernest Eberhard said the high school discount policy has been in effect for several years. HE SAID representatives from the school district asked that the traditional discount rates remain in effect for another year. All high schools inside the Davis County boundary lines are invited to take advantage of the discount. Green fees for all other golfers will remain at $2. IN OTHER county bus- iness, the commission approved payment of $5,000 to the county clerks office for election supplies, mdm One Minute Sports Quiz Who pitched the first nohit game in World Series history? 2. Who won the B.C. Open golf tournament? 3. Who won the LPGA Rail Chanty Golf Classic? 1. 4. Name the winner of the Southern 500 stock car race. 5. Who did Muhammad Ali (Cassisu Clay) beat for the heavyweight boxing cham- pionship? Answers To Sport Quiz 1. Don Larsen, in 1956, of the New York Yankees. tennis battle last week in Teri Tsushima delivers backhand during the Clearfield Coach under are direction of The gills Lynn Thorne who has Layton. coached the Falcon tennis program for several years. d 2. Jay Haas. 3. Joanne Camer 4. Neil Bonnett. 5. Sonny Liston. I SAW your game today. I saw youdropthat pass in the end zone, or miss the free throws, or strike out with the bases loaded, or trip on that last hurdle. I saw you hang your head, and I know how bad you felt. I felt bad, too, but for a different reason. I felt bad fan bother you that you let a loudmouth, with his abuse. no-cla- ss MOST SPECTATORS around me felt the same way I did, kid. They wanted you to win, to do well, to be proud of yourself. The ignorant jerk that was on your back is a minority but you better get used to him because youll probably be meeting him again. Hell always be there at the games; second guessing every play, criticizing everything that goes on. and hell drive the Hes an obnoxious know-it-al- l, real fans crazy. - WHEN YOU leave school and go to work, youll met him again. The first day on the job hell come up to you with a dirty story, some tall tales about himself, and advise not to work too hard. Hell be on a bus with you someday, and hell tell you how the country is going to hell. If you ask, youll find that he hasnt bothered to vote for many years. LATER ON hell live nothing but a loser. Take the time you have to devote to athletics and use it instead in a job even at minimum wage while youre going to school and youd make a lot more than your scholarship is worth. But he doesnt know that, and its useless to tell him. He doesnt realize that every time you suit up youre running the chance of injury that could last a - - Dear Kid: Layton-Clearfiel- The national award is very satisfying, but without the businesses advertising in the Lancer book there would be no program at all." This years program is 16 pages, 12 pages of which with feaare tures and general informa- in your neighborhood, and hell complain about how crummy the schools are. Of course, he wont join the PTA or get involved with them. What Im saying, kid, is that you have no reason to feel bad when a creep like him gives you a bad time. Hes a nowhere man, a lonesome guy who will do anything for attention - even negative attention. He cant stand to see you out there being applauded. He knows that youve paid the price and he hasnt, but he resents you anyway. Hes got the attention he wanted, kid, and its all bad. -- PEOPLE WILL continue to pay good money to watch you play. Win or lose theyll respect your dedication and training. Hes just jealous kid, and hell try to drag you down. Dont let him. MY ADVISE is to treat him like a bad smell. Hell talk about how pampered you athletes are and how they should put on a better show. Hes a know-it-a- ll Cosell type who thinks the Bill of Rights has a clause saying the price of ticket includes the right to criticize freely. Trouble is, he doesnt know what hes talking about. He doesnt know that a high school athlete spends hundred of hours at no credit for a chance to be on a team. Hes not aware that the college athlete, getting a free education, misses out on much of the good things in school. - HE HAS no idea of the tremendous amount of dedication that it takes to be a winner - because hes -- lifetime. YEARS FROM now your broken bones will give you days of advance notice before a rainstorm. Your body may be so full of pins and plates that youll set of security alarms everytime you walk through an airport. Your knee, knifed to correct injuries you could receive any time, may look like a map of the LA freeway system from the scars. But he doesnt know that, kid, because he quit in high school after two weeks of freshman ball. Hes got a war story to tell now, of course, but the fact is: he quit. Thats why people are avoiding him and cheering you. HE DOESNT understand how you can have so much pride in yourself and your abilities that you can go out before thousands of people and dare to make a mistake. He doesnt understand, kid, because he does a nothing job all week, with a union that will keep him from getting fired no matter what he does or doesnt do. Even so, when an inspection is scheduled, hell phone in sick rather than let people see how he performs. You made a mistake today, kid. You let your team down, and yourself. Its natural you should feel bad we wouldnt respect you if you didnt. But next time youll do better... just like you did the time before last. Youve learned from your mistake, kid, and it wont happen again. YOUVE LEARNED a lesson about life, too, and will always be mistakes, but youre learning how to cope with them. You know its better to do something wrong than to do nothing at all. The slug-bu- tt who gave you a bad time has never learned that lesson, and never will. Believe me, kid, five years from now you wont remember this mistake. The success and the great plays will stand out in sharp focus, but all those losses will just kind of merge together into a blur. You dont feel that way now but it is the truth. youve learned it cheap. There - FIFTEEN years from now you wont remember either the individual good or bad. What youll have will be a warm, pleasant memory of working hard, doing your best, and having a wonderful time. Youll also have the friends youre making now, and theyll be yours for life. Being insulted by that clown is like being kicked by a feebleminded jackass, kid. stogie-chompin- g, beer-belchi- - IT ISNT really much of an insult when you consider the source. Shake if off. Even as you were walking back to the bench with your head hanging, feeling awful, and wishing the mountain would fall on you, you were twice the man he ever will be. And everyone there knew it, kid, especially him. |