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Show i ) WEEKLY REFLEX OAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. MARCH 29, 1979 ,n,: Nation Utah Players? winning every junior high championship in sight. He By DAVE WIGHAM ; AJright all you diehards who say that college clubs can t win with Utah products, lets take another look. FOR YEARS now the local colleges, with a couple of exceptions, have gone to California to get the players. They say that you cant win with Utah High schooi products. Brigham Young did a pretty good job with three local products in the starting five. Scott Runia, from West, Fred Roberts of Bingham and Devin Durrant of Provo proved that these experts were wrong. UTAH HAS Danny Vranes but This is a school where California thats about it locally. plays a major role. Utah State had a pretty good year with Rawlee Perkins and Dean Hunger in the starting five. As for Weber they only-hava couple of local players on the squad in Kurt Moore of Bonneville, Mike Kilgore of South and Steve Condie ot Skyline. But if you really want to see what the Utah products can do, lets take a look at the Dixie college club. With a lineup of nothing but local lads, the Dixie boys placed third in the nation. Thats right, the nation, and with a little luck they could have won the title. ; LOOK AT the people who are playing for the Rebels. Johnny Gilbert of Layton High, Eric Slaymaker of Skyline, Craig Hammer of Murray, Ron Ence of Olyrm pus and last, but not least, Bob Heaps of Brighton. Wait a minute skeptics. Thats an lineup that took third in the national junior college tournament. At least one of them will be named yet lets wait to see who picks him up. 1 a 5 2 all-Ut- TO TOP all this off is the fact that the coach is a Utah born and raised product. He even played prep ball in Utah. Coached in the high school ranks and is now con- sidered a top college coach. Neil Roberts went from Skyline High to take Dixie to their best ever finish. . And he did it with Utah players. . WEBER STATE has made a big deal about the fact that very few students attend their home games, yet when you talk to the students they say its because they really dont know anyone playing. Johnny Gilbert is from Layton, seems like that would be a good place to start recruiting. Seems like the entire Dixie starting five would be prime targets for the local started when he was a sophomore at Bountiful High Trae: Tiie Scorers after he had been cut from the sophomore basketball team. My basketball career lasted four days, then I was cut. Coach Petersen asked me to come out for wrestling and I did. Both coach and athlete are glad he did. le Publicity Get IN THAT sophomore year, John learned the ropes the hard way. He finished the record. I year with a didnt know a single move when .1 started and my inexperience showed. Boy I By DAVE WIGHAM The other night I received a phone call from a loyal follower of the Viewmont girls basketbaU'team. It seems that several people, at least the one that called, was upset at the article 1 wrote concerning the Vikes in the state had to learn the hard way. John learned hard, and fast because in practice he had to go up against Wade George and Mike Warner. Warner was fast and George knew the moves, combined these two taught me how to wrestle. tournament. IT ISNT uncommon to hear sayings like, Thats not a one man show, or Without the other players so and so wouldnt score at all. The fact remains though, no matter how much we may disagree with it, that the people that score the points get the public notice from the media. This is a fact that we have to live with. LAST SEASON as he compiled a 25-- 8 including a third place region finish and a fifth at state spot. Hell long remember a year ago though, through his classic matchups with Clear- someone on the street the day following a ballgame, the first question I get is something like, Who scored for them? Face it those who put the ball in the hoop get the scoop. WHENEVER I MEET fields Herman Martinez. If you dont believe me look in Sundays paper. All you see is Larry Bird and Earvin Johnson. Sure a few small paragraphs about the other members of the club, but nothing near the print the top scorers are getting. PEOPLE SAY, Okay, then thats the fault of the press. Well a few years ago a paper back East started printing nothing about the top scorers and more about the other guys. No one wanted that. Its not the press. Well well take some JOHN LUDDINGTON By DAVE WIGHAM - BOUNTIFUL No one likes to get beat but in the case of John Luddington, a loss was a blessing in dis- of the blame. But basically the press gives the public what the public wants. If the people didnt care who scored all the points, then the press wouldnt print it. guise. JOHN WAS wrestling for the Braves in the 145 pound class and all indications were that he would win the region crown at that weight. But in the semifinals he was beaten by Kevin Freestone of Viewmont. That was the last loss that Mr. Luddington suffered in the season, as he went on to schools. THE logic that without the other four, the one player wouldnt score at all. Put the shoe on the other foot, without the one player putting the ball in the hole, then the other four wouldnt get any notice at all. Without the supporting cast at Indiana State, Mr. Bird wouldnt score as much, but without Mr. Bird the team wouldnt be in Salt Lake City this past weekend. AS FOR DONT GET your hopes up though, theyll say you cant win with Utah players. Bring 'em in from Califor- s: nia. Dixie has shown me you can win with good old Utah raised players. It would be nice to see more in the big colleges. h . other members, really sympathize with the of a basketball team but the facts are still there. The point getters get the notice and the publicity. Just wait and see the players which will be coming out this week. When they are named, look at hpw many of them led the league in scoring, then count the ones that are there for their defense. ..... .. I d, win the state title at that same weight the following week. "I didnt like the loss but 1 honestly feel it helped me win the state crown. All-Sta- Will Sweep Your Parking Lot or Trailer Park or What Ever to Sweep CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE 766-18- 773-50-00 ft tilll . JOHN ISNT exactly your everyday wrestling story. State champions are supposed to be the kind that WHETHER YOU think its the media doing the wrong or the public wanting the wrong information, the facts are still there. And those facts are the scorers get the ; print and the public is happy. The majority anyway. 70 started wrestling in the crib and had nine brothers to wrestle while growing up and These were friends yet put them on a mat and you had a great fight on your hands. As luck would have it, they were in different weights this year and both won state titles. This year, his third in wrestling, he climaxed a great high school story with a 27-- 3 record and a state cham- pionship. WHAT DOES the title mean John Luddington? it means a lot to me. It means a goal reached and a reward for hard work. According to his to coach, they dont come anymore dedicated than He doesnt mess John. around at practice, and his hard work and dedication 1. Where is the worlds highest waterfall? 2. Who was the 3rd U.S. President? 3. The yellow Jasmine is the flower of which state? March 21: Sun Shines For Half Of The Day What actually happens on March 21st--th- e day that spring arrives? THE SUN shines exactly half of the day and the other half is night. Generally speaking, on that day the earths axis is perpendicular to the plane of the earths orbit. The tilt of the earth moving from one area to another is caught when the earths axis stands perpendicular to the plane of its orbit around the sun-a- nd if the earth did not lean, or tilt, then there would be no seasons. Night and day would be of equal length and our weather would be affect- school. INDEED, JOHN Luddington is no ordinary state champion. Rip Van wrote 4. Who Winkle? What was the internal revenue yield in 1794? 6. Which state has the most Representatives in the 96th 5. Name the Sooner State. What is the diameter of the sun? 9. Define coruscate. 10. Lent began on what Sun7. 8. day? ANSWERS TO WHO KNOWS Angel Falls, Venezuela; 1. 3,212 feet. 2. 3. Thomas Jefferson. South Carolina. 4. Washington 5. $274,000. 6. California. 7. Irving. Indiana. 8. 864,000 miles. 9. To glitter; give off flashes of light. March 10. 4. what we know as seasonal weather at all. RAY GORDONS AUTO REPAIR 166 S. Main, Layton Farm (next door Layton JOHN GOT to avenge one of his losses in the state meet I 766-206- when he beat Baker from Brighton. John never did get to wrestle the kid from West, who was favored in the weight, but he did beat the kid who upset the favorite. I would have liked to wrestle him but the only place I could 394-886- 5 studentbody president of the ed. WINTERS would not be as cold and summers not as hot, if indeed there was much of John also feels that this IN OGDEN: 2470 Wall Ave. Phone gpa and serving as 3.4 Congress? region was a great one for his weight class. Anyone from this region could have taken state, in fact it was the Weber kid I wrestled in the finals. IN LAYTON: 200 W. Gentile. Phone all this while maintaining a Who Knows? rubbed off on the other guys too, noted Coach Petersen. 376-429- 3 Both Stores Open a junior record have was in the finals. I was there waiting for him. Wrestling is only a small part of his school life. 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