OCR Text |
Show i i Sun Chronicle Thursday, April 8, 1976 Page 15 meet goes today T ri Pending that the weather clears and the suns rays finally dry out the track oval, a three-wa- y meet, will be staged between Roy, Bonneville and Bear River. Coach Jim Maw said Tuesday night that the trimeet would most likely be held at Bonneville since the lines had not painted on the Royal track course. Roy is looking favorable for the first place position, returning several lettermen from last season. The Royals have to be favored in this one. Bonneville and Roy finished in first and second places respectively in last years Region One Track Meet and could stage quite a battle. Roy is picked to take the region track title this year, while Bonneville is a possible darkhorse despite its young team. The meet will be the season track opener outdoors for both schools. Bear River lacks depth as a track team, but could be a surprise. This Saturday, Roy and Bonneville will compete in the third annual Ogden Standard Examiner-Webe- r State Invitational Meet in the WSC stadium. This meet is the biggest major meet for the early spring and is expected to draw an unprecedented 47 total schools from Utah into the competition-includin- g nearly all the class 4A and 3A schools. In addition, Evanston High of Wyoming and local Morgan High will compete in the meet. Skyline High won the team trophy in this meet in 1974, while Olympus won it last year and Bonneville High finished a strong second place. Any athlete who attains any of the specified performance levels in his specialty at the meet will automatically qualify for the State Track Meet 5 which will be held on May also at WSC stadium. Roy High, although it may not possess the necessary over-al- l depth required to win the team title will hope for some outstanding individual performances. Mike McCoy a two time state long jump champion, will be one to watch for the Royals. He has blazed the century in 9.9 seconds and has leaped 228' 4 in the long jump In addition, McCoy has cleared 65 in the high jump and could challenge teammate Mark Howes, a consistant performer at 64 who has cleared the bar as high as'6-6- . Sprinter Carl Bastian, a strong senior who has clocked respective dash times of 9.8, 22.1 and 51 .5 in the 100,220, and 440 yard races could finish high in those events. Hurdler Bruce Lyman has skimmed over the 120 yard high hurdles in 14.8 seconds and will be a strong contender to win that event. In the weight events, Roy will rely on Big Mike Fosmark and Kevin Thompson who are tossing the shot around the 49 foot mark and the discus platter nearly 150 feet. All in all, the Royals will be a top contender in Saturdays meet and could give the traditionally strong Salt Lake City Schools a real down to the wire battle for the team trophy. Bear River has always been limited in track and lield because of its lack of depth and the fact that the sport has usually been avoided by the schools top athletes. The Bears have produced several outstanding individual athletes in track and field, lack of depth has but tor the most part, the over-al- l " 7 reduced (he program 7(6 also ran status. This season will be no exception for coach Bill Bingham and his team. The Bears have several good individuals, but have a serious depth problem and lack of experience. Rick Jones appears to be a contender for region and possibly state honors in the javelin. Jones will be backed up by Lube Barrera. Bear Rivers sprinters are all untested. Junior Kim Hales leads the pack. Other contenders are Cory Christensen, Brent Benson, Jeff Thomas and Burke Gibbs. Other contenders Cale Winkler and Mike Jones are the 440 runners, while Andrew Charlie is the top threat in the 880 and events. Doug Bruderer is another contender in the 880. Gibbs and Thomas will also double in the hurdles. Paul Finn and Todd Grant give the Bears a pair of threats in the shot, while Mike Jones will handle the discus. Lynn Perry is the top high jumper and Benson, Christensen and Alan Jones are the long jump competitors. Sophomore Willis LeFeber and David Jones will compete in the pole vault. All in all, it appears that the Bears are headed for another long season in track and field. Lakers could surprise Theres a new look here at Bonneville High this spring, as two new head coaches take over to guide the Lakers fortunes in track and baseball. The two faces may be new to the Laker head coaching positions, but theyre certainly not unfamiliar ones around here. Both Gary Van Velson, who moves up to the top track and field post, and Steve Gardner, who has been elevated to the head baseball job, served as assistant coaches in their respective sports here last year. Coach Ven Velson has the job of filling the gigantic shoes of Neville Peterman, the feisty little character who really turned the Lakers track and program around and guided it to the State last One year. .championships Region Peterman stepped down for health and other personal reasons, but he left behind some solid talent upon which Coach Van Velson hopes to build another winner. And the young, enthusiastic Van Velson is anxious to do just that. Masters Tournament begins this week In last and Ogden Standard-Examine- r TWO ROYAL TRACKMEN prepare for the upcoming Left to right are Dave Westmoreland and Doug Tellison. Coach Jim Maw looks on. tri-me- Legalized Ouimkiimg 14-1- The dunk is the most exciting play in said Michigans college basketball, Johnny Orr, the sport's coach of the year, in acclaiming the restoration of the stuff shot. The National Basketball Rules Committee, which governs all amateur basketball in the United States and Canada, voted last Wednesday in Philadelphia to allow dunking during season. games of the 1976-7If it wasnt good, the pros could have outlawed it and they .haven't done that, added Orr, whose Wolverines to Indiana in college lost basketballs national title game last week. 7 86-6- 8 think thats great, said Robert Parish, Centenary Colleges 71 center wholl be a senior next season. When Im close now. Ill just dunk it instead of I meet this Saturday. laying it in. It's no easier, but you make its in. It had been outlawed for a decade for the colleges, junior colleges, high schools and YMCA leagues. The rulemakers also decided that henceforth two free throws, instead of one, will be awarded when a coach is assessed a technical foul for his conduct from the bench. certain "Youre talking about a five-poi- play, said Randy Albrecht, St. Louis University coach, adding that this change could be more significant than the return of the stuff shot. The dunk was outlawed in part to keep the big men from dominating the game in the 1960s. But Dr. Clifford Fagan, secretary of rules committee which the annual meeting in wound up its two-da- y Philadelphia, recalled that the practice and use of dunking sometimes pulls down baskets, bends rims and damages backboards. With that in mind, the new rules say the dunk will be legal only during games. A technical will be called on any player who makes a stuff during pregame warmups or intermissions. The vote for the dunk was large, but Fagan, from Elgin, 111., didnt disclose how many of the 23 rules committee members favored it. In another action, the rules committee voted that time be extended to rectify correctable errors in officiating. The extension of time will come w'hen the ball is put back into play after the error. Dr. Fagan said the extra time will mean the clock will be justified when a mistake is made. -- Appear strongest The leakers appear strongest in the distance events, w here they'll boast the same cast w hich won this years Region One cross country crown. Top returning performers from last years state championship squad include a high jumper Jeff Swanger. a versatile junior who placed sixth in the state last yeartand has leaped as high as athlete who could also Swanger is a pick up points in the long jump, hurdles, 440 and-o- r javelin on a given day. 6-- multi-talente- d Coach Van Velson is also counting heavily on hurdler Scott Wheeler, sprinters Dee Cragun and Mike Mathieu, quarter-miler- s Rick Lucas and Kevin Kent, and 880 specialists Mark Pollard, Kenny Vigil and Carl Anderson. Anderson will join Mark Arave in the mile while Mark Arave paces the and is backed up by Bart Steckler and Kevin George. In the shot put, Mike McCall. Kenton Johns and Brian Wheeler lead the way while Johns, B. Wheeler and Darren Davis will handle the discus duties. B. Wheeler will also be busy in the javelin along with Kellv Kennedy and Brian Castlemain. two-mile- X7DG0t?DS gD(80DD by Ben Hyde The Bonneville Lakers established themselves as the Region I Cinderella team, taking a pair of region over Logan, and over the victories league favorite, Bear River, Taking the lead in the well balanced region, Bonneville has become the team to beat, having defeated Bear n favorite to win River, the the Region 1 crown. The two wins greatly enhanced the hopes held by freshman coach Steve Gardner and his tenacious Lakers for a region chama hope few special took pionship n seriously in the predictions. 5-- 4 10-- pre-seaso- pre-seaso- In the first game, a narrow win over the potent Logan Grizzlies, it was a hustling Laker attack that notched Bonnevilles victory. With the score tied, going into the bottom of the seventh inning, designated hitter Kevin Hurley slammed a long bomb to left field and outraced the throw to home 5-- 4 4-- 4 Greatest RHS k home run. plate for an A 1 score was broken in the bottom of the fourth as the Lakers hustled their way to a pair of runs. Second-basema- n Craig Halverson opened the inning with n a walk, on a miscue by Logans and a stolen base, Halverson advanced to third base, scoring on Hurley's subsequent double. Hurley then proceeded to swipe third base, scoring on a wild pitch. Thus, taking advantage of Logans lethargic defense and Bonnevilles tenacious offense, the Lakers mustered 2 runs on the strength of hit to take a lead. At that point, however, Logan began their comeback. After scoring a run in the fifth, the Grizzlies took advantage of a eosMy error by the Laker shortstop which left a man on first and second. Brett Watterson then stepped up to the plate and slammed a long single to centerfield, driving in a pair of Logan runs to tie the game, This set the stage for Hurleys inside-the-par- 2-- first-basema- 1 4-- 1 dramatic home run which clinched the Lakers first Rgion victory. Gary Tracy came in relief to become the winning pitcher. In the second game, Bonneville came back from a 0 deficit to upset a powerful Bear River team, 10-5-- Brian Castlemain, Kelly Shepard, and Kurt Nelson each had three hits to lead the Laker comeback after a disastrous first inning. An array of errors cost Bonneville 5 runs, yet the pugnacious Lakers still managed a comeback. An explosive 16 hit attack spelled the end for the Bears, who were simply unable to come up with an effective pitcher to contain the Bonneville attack. Joey Hill and Halverson also bolstered the Lakers with two hits apiece. Tracy again garnered the win, going the distance for Bonneville. Friday, the undefeated Lakers take on the Skvview Bobcats at Smithfield. athlete High School History. Only a sophomore. Friedli at 5'9 and 140 pounds is the premier distance runner at Weber State College this year. Indoors this year, he has already run a 4:16.2 mile, a 1:57 half-miland a 2: 12.5 clocking in the 100 yard run to set the Weber State record for that event. a Ireshmun. Friedli set two Weber State Freshman records by running the mile in 4:12.5 (2nd best e time ever on Webers list) and the 880 in 1:54.2 (4th best on Weber States list). In addition he also ran the two mile in 9:29.6 and linished op a lrosh by taking sixth place in the one mile run at the Big Sky Conference Track Meet. According to experts. Friedli is a "good bet" to break the Weber State mile run record ol 4:09.7 this season His best chance may come at Riverside'. Calilornia on May 8th when the Wildcat Track Team enters the Riverside Invitational. Ogden is at an elevation ol about 4300 is somewhat ot a hindrance to distance runners, because ol a lack ot oxygen, hut in Calilornia Friedli will have a shot ' at running at l most the Perhaps revealing indicator e Iist-springa- s all-tim- all-tim- e loot-whic- sea-leve- ol Friedli 's treendous long-winde- endurance is show n in his time lor a ten mile run On a tough and hilly ten mile long course trom Weber State College to North Ogden, he has clocked 52 minutes WSC Teammate Bill Tervort probably described Friedli's running ability very accurately when he said that he runs like an antelope. Friedli graduated trom Roy High in Tom Weiskopf all reached the finishing green with a chance to win after the three combined to play some of the most spectacular golf in tour history. Nicklaus won when both Miller and Weiskopf missed key putts on the final hole. As the three enter the 1976 event at Augusta, Nicklaus leads in money earned, even after putting across the fact that he would only participate in 15 or 16 tournaments a season. Miller is the next man in line behind Nicklaus in PGA money copped this season. "I won't go as low as 15 like Jack, but Ill cut it to about 19. In my first year (1970) I played in more tournaments than anyone, 39, and made $50,000 and the exempt list. The next year, I cut down to 30, then 25, 22, and 21. From now on it will be 19," said Miller. Miller said Nicklaus has to be the favorite in the Masters, but then said he liked his chances as much as anyone else after Nicklaus. "Augusta favors long hitters like Nicklaus, Weiskopf and mvsell. But there are so many good golfers, someone could come out of the woodwork and win, he said. Asked if the fact some writers call him the "Desert Fox because of his victories on desert courses, he said, I dont mind winning anywhere. Anytime you win two tournaments in a season on the tour these days, you are doing very good. But I don't like humid area courses. I like it dry. I play very well in Salt Lake and Arizona and California because I prefer dry weather to humid weather. Miller said he is planning on returning to Provo for an appearance to benefit the BYU golf team at the Riverside Country Club. Miller, Casper and former BYU golfers Ray Leach and Mike Reasor, took part in the first such benefit two years ago and it was to be an annual affair, but a conflict in schedules forced BYU coach Karl Tucker to cancel it last fall. Track meet on Saturday The Third Annual Standard-Examine- r Invitational Track and Field Meet will e staged Saturday, April 10, in Weber States Wildcat Stadium. Top high school track and field athletes from throughout the state will converge on Wildcat Stadium to participate in the annual event, which has been classified as one of the premier prep meets of the season. The meet was originated in 1974 and in the two previous meets, several outstanding and team efforts were produced. Both previous meets have gone right down to the wire and this years event is expected to be no exception. In 1974, Skyline emerged as the team champion with 71 2 points, with Cottonwood in second place with 70 and Davis in third position with 66. Salt Lake Coach Resigns Westminster basketball coach Tom Steinke, one of the most successful and popular coaches in the Intermountain area, announced Friday that he was resigning after 10 years. Steinke, who is an associate professor of physical education at the school, will remain for the time being as athletic director. His fine career ended in glory, as the undersized Parsons fought to the last week for first place in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title this year and lost to defending NAIA champion Grand Canyon. in the District Seven playoffs. As, Orioles Swap Star Players The Oakland As Friday night traded superstars Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for outfielder Don Baylor along with pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell. The announcement was made in a conference telephone news conference by As Owner Charles O. Finley who said, I feel this will lead us to another world championship. Finley said the As also gave the Orioles pitcher Will Van Bommel, who has been with the As farm system since 1971. outfielder, and lefthanded hurler Jackson, a Holtzman have been at odds with the owner over their contracts. Finley, asked whether there were hard feelings over the trade, said: Non whatsoever. Jabbar captures fourth MVP The Los Angeles Lakers are in danger of missing the National Basketball Association playoffs, but their has grabbed the leagues Most center, Kareem Abdul-JabbValuable Player award for the fourth time. said. I'm very flattered to win the award, Abdul-Jabba- r "I didnt expect I would because it usually goes to a player on a winning team. But I thank the guys I play against for voting tor me and I thank the Creator. Abdul-Jabbaonly the third player in NBA history to win the MVP title four times, leads the league in rebounding, blocked shots and minutes played, and is second to Buffalos Bob McAdoo in scoring. The Lakers center received 409 points in edging rival centers McAdoo and Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics for the award. McAdoo, who won the MVP trophy last year, finished second with 393 points. Cowens, the 1973 winner, finished third with 378 points in the closest three-warace in NBA history. In his first season with the Lakers after playing for six won the years with the Milwaukee Bucks, Abdul-Jabbleagues MVP award in 1971, 1972 and 1974. Center Wilt Chamberlain also was a four-tim- e winner and center Bill Russell won it five times. hard-swingin- g r, Doug Friedli excells at WSC By Lynn Arave Doug Friedli is rapidly becoming the .greatest collegiate athlete ever in Roy years Masters, Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, and 1974. He didn't even start his running career, though until the spring of his Sopomore year when he finally decided to give it a go. Instantly in his first leared threat track race, he became a to other competitors by clocking a 2:06.7 half-milTo cap the success ol his junior year, he came in second in the state one mile run However, a serious back injury got worse and nearly wiped out his running career. An promising operation was considered necessarv until the combined therapy ot his physician and chiropractor corrected the problem Then, as a senior Friedli won numerous races ami tied tor lirst place in the state on mile run with a time ol 1:259 Friedli also played a football lor the Royals during his sophomore and the varsity squad junior years-makinas a junior. The modest brown-haireathlete also served as junior class vice president and studentbody first during his Ro High tenure. The collegiate goal m track that he g d lias set lor himselt is a worthy one to quality lor the NCAA Track Meet and run near the tour minute mile mark. The ultimate goal he has set is to someday make the U S. Olympic Track Team in the 1500 meters (metric mile). He believes that a good runner needs concentration, guts "determination, and more ambition than in other sports." And in saying that he may have unknowingly stated his own qualities Friedli chose to attend Weber State College simply because it was the local college, but now lie's absolutely convinced that he couldn't have made a better choice in business is majoring He management and would like to make his prolession in the advertising lield His interests besides running are; art. water and snow skiing, hunting, fishing and virtually all athletic events. Doug is the son ol Mr. and Mrs Joseph Friedii ol 4820 S. 43(H) Hooper Smith leads tennis team Coach Ted Smith leads his tennis team into another trying Region One season, as the squad prepares to battle both the weather and some pretty stiff competition in Box Elder, Logan, and Skvview. Wednesday Roy was to meet Weber and Box Elder on April 23. So far the team has had two practice matches in the 1976 season. Jeff Wahl looks to be the first singles player followed by Jack Williams, Paul Forester and Larry Schenk. All four of these Royals are seniors. y The first double team will probably consist of Kevin Carmonv and Bill Oblock. Second team will mostly likely be Brent Hill and Rob Dabling. Other Royals that could crack the starting line-uin a match or two could be John Garner. Dan Smith, Conrad Hafen and Jack Gaborie. p "I am looking forward to a great year. Wahl looks to be the top gun at this point. He sometimes plays tennis said Coach like he plays football. Smith. Kevin Hurley Laker player of week t Kevin Hurley, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hurley, was named Baseball Player of the Week at Bonneville High School for his fine playing ability in the recent game, and also in the Clearfield-Bonnevillgame. Kevin carried his batting average at .438. He scored the winning home run against Logan High and also scored a line hitting run against Clearfield to bring Bonneville into a second victorious position. Congratulations on your fine placing ability Kevin! Logan-Bonnevill- e e |