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Show Sports A full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events oY1 i il ont Raider Backup QB Wilson ‘Excited About Season’ trailed the New England Patriots with time running out in an exhibition game. Finally, Oakland backwith 1:20 left to play and e ba yards get your chance. I've always tried to do my best wthee it’s ina game. a scrimmage or just playing cateh in the back yard While Plunkett is back. Pastorini isn't at least not yet He had to have shoulder surgery in the off-season after suffering a separation during an to go for a touchdown accident in a charity bike race He Slightly more than a minute later with 77 seconds remaining the runs during practice sessions but hasn't put on pads or participated in any drills Raiders scored on a pass and the extra point won the game. Thestar quarter back was not Ken Stabler (who had been traded to Houston) or Dan Pastorini (who had come from Houston) or Jim Plunkett (who would lead the team to the Super Bowl) No, the hero was a skinny rookie from BYU named Marc Wilson and that wasto be the highlight of his year except for playing on the best team in Wilson reported with the free agents this year to get on top of things early Last year he held out a week and was behind for most of training camp A play would be called andI didn’t know where the guys were going.’ remembers he “I'd just drop back and start looking around for someoneopen. I didn’t think it was myplace to say. Hey, Tom (Flores) let's run pro football. He played onlybrieflyin two regular season games — four plays against San Diego andfive against the Gianis when Plunkelt was shaken up. Three completionsin five attempts for something else — I don’t know this play 31 yards contract (three years). Now heis getting readyfor the 1981 it season and is rally excited about ‘Jim played so well last year that realistically he should start. But you never know whenthebellwill ring and The holdout. he insists. had nothing to do with money. ‘‘The moneydidn’t change What I got was a guaranteed Otherwise, it’s a one-waystreet You're obligated to them but they aren't to you. I think everyone should have a guaranteed contract. Unfortunately. it doesn't work that way aften enough And even thoughhe was taken in the Everybody's part of the team — there's ro division between veterans first round after being a consensus and rookies or among the veterans first teamall America, he wasn't too he explains It's a fun team toplay for thrilled “I thought their quarterback They don’t try to mold everyone As Situation was very stable — Stabler was here along with Plunkett and David Humm. But by the time I got there the puzzle starting fitting together _Humm had gone to Buffalo Stabler had gone and Pastorini and Plunkett are eight years older than I am Mare is throwing very well and long as you come to play and play well they don't care what kind of per- you have or what you dooff the field That's good for the carousers as well as for people like me trying tolive up to certain standards The only thing close to harassment he got last year was during a dinner looking good.” says Coach Flores the rookies for the vets. Two of the It's just a matterof getting him some biggest Raiders. Gene Upshaw and Art experience. We hope to use him in the Shell. wanted him to dance They wanted me to resist so they pre-season this year could drag me out on the floor but I calmly went on my own. We've been friends since. only theystarted calling me ‘Disco Wilson.’ If (Cliff) Branch would let it drop. the nickname would night before games. He'd want to stay go away but hereallylikes it — calls up all night talking. It kept him from methat all the time Now 6-5 and 205. Mare feels and getting nervous So I'd be yawning during the gamesandMillen became AFC looks stronger than ever before He Rookie of the Year didn't mention it much at the time but Wilson isn’t bitter, though. Theyare the appendicitis attack he suffered at rooming again andarepartof the one- the start of his senior year (1979) left big-happy-family feeling which him feeling subpar even though he led overwhelms visitors to this northern the Cougars to an unbeaten regular season California site Even though he wasused so sparingly last year, Marefeels he madea real contribution. “‘My roommate (270pound middle linebacker Matt Millen from Penn State) couldn't sleep the ferences between me finds seve! lege and some not so good In college. you attend classes an have try about academics ‘he got 1 economics) That's not a ns on each one Tha sibs ties Our 66 at BYU is here only the play will I an extra number anda stop. loop. cross r one of several other descriptions During to provide scout teams for both the offense and defense. With 45 players. you aren't two deep at each position so we work on one thing at a time Monday we watch films and jog Tuesday. we're off. Wednesday is of- fense day. Thursday is for the defense Friday is for special teams; Saturday Wilson (242), one day toput in the offense for the up- The announcementnotso long Department of Natural Resourceslikely did not set off too many conversations also supervises anywhere. It was just another administrator taking over from retired Gordon Harmston But, it could make somedifference in the Division of Wildlife Resources and the Division of Parks-Recreation. which the state's boating regulations. Temp has had years of experience in biological matters. as well as supervising Glen Canyon National Recreational Area, and other federally governed natural resources. But, the major change to some was in the exit of Harmston who was tabbed by manya “‘political realist Harmston wasnot necessarily pro-development, although those whoare calling for the ouster of Department of Interior Secretary James Watt on that point also had concerns about Custom Enginedefeated Reams 26-24 gamesinclude championship semifinal and Fun-Uy-It defeated Moose Lodge matches between Ewell Bros and 14-13 in the two closest games of the Bergman Heating and McCord Provo Citylittle league tournamentat Sailboats and Buffo's at 5 pm and Rotary Park Wednesday between Don Diego's and the Edge- Don Diegobeat ProvoFloral 15-3 and which ended in a 7-0 forfeit win for Singleton Tax Service when the Mullett-Hoover coach refused to send his team ontothe field after the second inning mont Lions for fifth at 6 50 p.m Friday the third place game will In other games ReamsCentral beat the Edgemont Lions beat Heritage Realty 14-3 in the other two games begin at 5 " a the championship Reams East 10-7. Arctic Circle beat Chuck Peterson Motors 11-8 and K P. Fun-Uy-It will battle Custom Engine gameat 6 at 6:50 p.m. for the consolation title Wednesday'sUroned League action Plumbing beat A&W 18-2 Tonight fourth andfifth placeswill be and fourth place tonight The other was marred by a dispute over rules a game) and EC. Morgan, tle league schedule with thethird place game at 5 and the championship matchupat 6 50. Carter, Vincent Oregon Boasts Lots of Stars Editor's Note: This Is the third in a series of ar from la: s BCI team. first team ticles oa teams playing in the Basketball Congress International (BCT) Suimuer Prep tournamentio all -metro player for two years, all state AAA performerlast year. and a the BYU's Marriott Center Aug +8 member of the AAA all -tournament By DICK HARMON team in 1981. from Parkrose in Herald Sports Writer Portland Ever since 6-8 All-America centerOn the guardline, Robertson will put forward Charlie Sitton from McMinn- Dean Andretta, a 6-3 sharpshooter who ville, led Oregon to a top spot two averaged 22 points a game for Henlry years in a row in BCI competition High in Klamath Falls Andretta was Nick Robertson. the McMinnville first team all-league, first team AA allcoach, has enjoyed top billing state andall-tourney AA in 1981 The other backcourt man could be This year should be no exception. He decided at 6:50 p.m. on Wasatcn Field when Singleton meets K.P. Plumbing and ReamsCentral meets Arctic Circle. Championship semifinals at 5 p.m pit Universal Credit Union against Beneficial Life and the Provo Jaycees against Carson's Market. Friday's Bronco schedule is the sameasthelit- Win Links Title a 6-6 Dorothy Carter and Carol Vincent won the TimpanogosState Tournament swingman from Jesuit in Portland Wednesday with a score of ‘plus 13 Washington The tournament was played on the Coaches are supposed to be proud of Chicago system wherein each player is their sons and Seattle's Ed Pepple is no given a point quota based on handicap exception The lower one’s handicap. the higher Pepple boasts his son Kyle on this the quota years BCI entry. Kyle Pepple is a sixCarter and Vincent play out of Timfoot guard at O'Deain Seattle. and was panogos. Finishing secondwithplus 10s. the most valuable player at the Bel- were Trudy Nash and Annetta Mower levue Community College 1981 Tourna- of Timp and the team of Gibson and ment and was namedto the top60 all- Pitt ‘no home course fisted) Mary Stars in the BCIall-star camp. Norman and Phyllis Van Wagener of Thetallest player on the Seattle team Timp shared third with Snider and Way has six players with all - star honors Johnhy Coppedge. another 22 point-per who average about 20 points a game game guard f Stayton who was is also the youngest. His Garfield High at plus seven Led byseveral big men, Oregon boasts twice all-state AA ‘as a sophomore and School's most valuable player, Frank Earningfourth with plus six were Eftwo 6-9 men with Jeff Stevens from Junior, Coppedge was three times an Wilson at 6-5 will be a junior The fefson and Ingersoll. Tied for fifth at Philomath. Ore.. who was first team all-Capital Conference standout Two shortness of the Seattle entry could plus five were Adams and McClurg hamper its chances of making it to the Oregon forwards to watch are Joe all -league and second team all state Alguire and Brotherson and Nelson and AA as a junior. and Steve Woodside Thompson a 6-6 Glencoe star 17 points finals Simpson At plus four were Timp’s Ruby Walker and Oris Merrill. Jackson and Vallette. Brown anid Hill and Beck and Kearns Karla Brereton and Vera Thomas finished seventh at plus three Francis Curtain and Barbara Jenkins Utahteam led most h County the way BCI but had finished with eight and Carl Pollard shared eighth at plus one with Ethel LAS VEGAS The Ut to have fin f a bit of luck at the end ot notch and Paul Sagers contributed team has reachedthe six each Cances and Fay Howard Char Carl was closest to the hole on the win 24-team basketball tc 62-61 victory over the New York The Utah County team beat the Las number two with a 7-4'e effort and McGinn led the victory with points Dale McCann scored 11 and Vegas all Gauchos Wednesday stars 8249 Tuesday No Camille McClurg was closest on number 16 at 6-6 According to coach Joel Gardner the Alan Pollard added 10 Gardner further details were available Eight of the Timpanogos Ladies beat pro Kean Ridd in a recent ‘beat the pro competition. Ridd shot a gross 75. The ladies whobettered that on a net basis included June Morgan (68), Carol Price and Chris Moss (71s), Ethel Cances By United Press International and embraced in a giant huddle Keith Magee of Cal 72; and LaRee Wilkensen Rudy BYU starter Fred Roberts The Russians won 38 gold medals Americans to a 93-87 Cougar recruit Scott Sinek were Soviet Union in the the competition with Romania Walker and Donna Hill ‘73s du Next competition for theladies is the members of gold medal-winning pionship with 31 points. » earning 30 and the United Stat es 29 basketball teams at the World Univer Sinek scored two points as the West club championships Monday and Tuessity Games and the National Sports beat the South 109-97 UCLA's Stuart day All members are encouraged to participate Festival respectively Wednesday the floor Gray scored 2 points County BCI Team Wins 2 in Vegas Cougar Cagers Win Gold Medals (2%) and Tory on magic He's not readyfor Las Vegas and he Travis gets a kick out of the coins. coming game cards and rubberball tricks Another difference is the offense itself Marc would like to work some magic The progression of reads is dif- on the field this year, too. He'd like ferent. Ona lot of our passing plays at some real games to work on finding BYU. the receivers curled and the secondary receivers and to try to im backs werein the flat. Here, it's more itate Plunkett's ability to dodge pass complicated because different passing rushers (‘at BYUthe protection . ‘as lanes are opened up. You might have so good I didn’ t get enough experience no different flare routes and then 20 in that area.”’) ing named director of the Utah Pair of Close GamesSpiceLittle League Play Toby Christensen (1) On the cruise to Mexico, the Wilsons befriended a magi cian, who got Marcinterested in books We limber up and travel. That’s only doesn't use swords or rabbits but ago about Temple Reynolds be- Peter Uluave hits the dirt as ball bounds away from Greg Dewsnup during Bronco play. Mare did spend time togeher as do Travis Is Change Likely? —Steve Heiner photo off-season. Christensen (they live in Alameda) Wixom og the work on his home in Orinda, Calif helped Gifford Nielsen with a clinic at SnowCollege. traveled to Mexico and through But there are a lot of Hawaii, skied in Utah and Idaho and threw to Todd Christensen meetings and film sessions At BYU. we worked on offense every day There were enough bodies Colleen Wilson and Kathy problem now but we doput in nine tc six s People think we only practice two or three hours and then we're Gordon. As I saw it within several committeesI was called ‘on to serve with. such as Gov Scott Matheson's citizen group on in-stream flows for the Central Utah Project. it appeared that Harmston simply reflected the governor's wishes. With Gov. Calvin Rampton, he was against more water in the CUP for fisheries perpetuation. However,it is no secret some thought Harmston’s administration too pre-occupied with con- trol, or “muzzling’’ biologists from speaking out about the State's resources. A recent issue of the Sports Fishing Institute Bulletin, the Bible of recreational and commercial fisheries biologists and fishermen, quotes local sports writer Tom Wharton of the S.L Tribune as follows “A new Utah Dept. of Natural Resourcespresspolicy. limiting its employees’ freedom of expression on department matters. has some of the muzzled field hands jittery and confused Then it goes on to say that the head of the Dept. of Natural Resources says the policy ‘is necessaryto keepthe opinionsof somestate workersor ‘misinformation’ from getting into the press."’ Later, an employee complained that, under the “muz: ale," he couldn’t even comment on the state of campgrounds for the next holiday weekend The director denied anyintention of “preventing the distribution of campground infor mation.”’ but it was clear things were not clear to employees Could biologists then say that eo. By MIKE TWITTY Herald Correspondent SANTAROSA, Calif. It was near ly a year ago The Oakland Raiders | but Reynolds is a biologicallytrained man, in all respect to Harmston’s organizational abilities and political loyalties. Of course, Reynolds would also have to follow any orders from higher up. but he could also report biological facts Hopefully. if there is conflict within the biologists and state decision-makers, including Reynolds himself, the latter can say: ‘Go ahead and publicize what your expertisetells you is best for the resource. But. if the state's higherofficials decide to take another course of action, any directive would simplystate some other value had a higher priority placed onit It seems too often in the past that the public isn't allowed to weigh those values. We wouldn't know, for example, how much big gamehabitat would belost in a given development. unless the trained people scientifically ascertained the facts. It was known for years by many Wildlife Resources biologists who were the major polluters in the Jordan River. But, they weretold to coolit. Not report or circulate their findings. That was tragedy, for conscientious employeeslike Norm Chamberlain had studies documenting who was putting whatwhere, and what it was doing to stream biota. He ought to at least be able to present his study to the director of wildlife resources, the Dept. of Natural Resources, and the governor's office, or even to release the data to the press. However, if the higher-ups decide they were not going to require the polluting industries to clean up because of weak laws, that would be a different matter out of Norm's jurisdiction I have confidence that the biologically-trained Reynolds, with manyyears of arbitrating such matters as whether power plants ought to be built on the shore of Lake Powell (I had breakfast once with then Dept. of Interior Rogers Morton who looked through the Wahweep Lodge window to the Navajo project smokestack andsaid: ‘Yes, thatis a hell ofa place to build a ee plant’) can handle the eat of this job. I believe hewill be fair to engineering and developmental interests as well I believe the biologists, who too often sit behind the test tubesin the laboratory, and saylittle can speak up too if they want to without fear of being terminated Utah Hunting eadlines Don't forget that July 31 at 5 p.m. is the final hour for submitting big game hunting applica- tain effects on the state's natural resources — afterall they're the tions toward the 1981 fall hunts. You'll have until Aug. 7 on open bull. But, on all others requiring experts on those biological mat- a drawing, only several days are certain causes would bring cer- ters — or couldn't they? I don’t think there will be that confusion or even hint of ‘‘muz: zling’’ with Reynolds. He certain left. You can apply on special forms at the regional offices, or nain one in Salt Lake City. For archery or muzzleloader re- ly won't grab a pen every ume quests, of course, you have even more time the Sierra Club has a complaint New Mexico Leads Prep Rodeo DOUGLAS, Wyo. (UPI) — New Mex: ico took the lead in the team standings Wednesdayin thefirst go-round atthe 33rd annual National High School Rodeo Finals, bumping Washington from first place into fourth. New Mexico was followed by defending champion Oklahomaat the close of the fifth of six performances in the first goround. Nevada wasin third place and Oregon fifth |