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Show " gp - njt1 mil 0 "tti''11 rii' ',-n- "1qy l m)I ) -- J Jc: !, i 9, 1 S tiO, Page 10 Super effort gives Royais mat victory By Bliss Fuller Roy beat Bonneville in eight of twelve wrestling matches Friday night, but the outcome was up for grabs until the last two contests. Though the Lakers won only four matches, all four were of the six-poi- nt they variety; respectable 24 finished with 32. with finished points, Roy had no contender a while Roly in the 98 pound bracket, and Bonnevilles Scott Wilson won by default for six big points. From that point, the Royals won all matches except for pins in the 145, 167, and heavy weight divisions. Greg Hipwell, in an epic 105 pound struggle, defeated Lakers Brett Mark Housely got Roys Whelton first pin of the night. In the 112 pound match, he pinned Todd Rodgers, after Sid Parker, leading by a score of at 119 pounds got three points the hard way with a 1 decision over Tom Campbell. Next victory for the Royals came in the 126 pound division. Both coaches had expected their man to win, but Bruce Odow trounced Ron Baxter 2 to add points for Roy. Roys Jeff Gorder and Bonnevilles Ray Bowcutt were in a scoreless tie, after two periods in their 132 pound match, but Gorder rallied to beat Bowcutt 2 to add valuable pojnts for his team. In the 138 pound weight division, Roys Terry Wheelwright had a comfortable lead over Shaun Smith, but almost got pinned in the last minute of battle. Smith got a last 7-- 1. 7-- 6-- 9-- . 6-- period reversal, and then put a in pinning Wheelwright predicament that lasted for a full 55 seconds. Smith was credited with an but Wheelwrights early lead ear-iwas , too much to overcome. n, Wheelwright won on sheer guts in an exciting finish. Bonnevilles Dave Terry moved out to a 3 advantage over Val Sanders in the 1 . 45 pound match, and then pinned his Royal opponent to break 4 string of six consecutive wins for Roy." Both coaches predicted that their 145 pounder would win in that weight, but n Jay Winward, after several near-pisituations, finished with a superior (18-4- ) decision and was awarded five points. Roys Kelly Skidmore was in front of Steve Thomas going into the third period but Thomas pinned him. Skidmore is one of Roys premier wrestlers, but has not worked back into good shape after being side-line- d three weeks with an injury. 9-- The Royals were leading 26-1going into the 185 pound match, with only the heavy weight match to go. The dual meet was still up for grabs. Two pins could win it all for the Lakers, but the Royals had only to win one for the team victory. Shane DeHart pinned Dennis Jeffs to seal the victory for Roy and the fact that Bonnevilles Alan Watson pinned Roys John Cummings had no bearing on the final outcome. Watson, at 11-- 2 is Bonnevilles winning wrestler. It was a rewarding evening for Coach Ryley Summers and for Roy High School after two consecutive years of wrestling supremacy, the Royals emerged the victory against the Lakers. It was Coach Summers first win over Bonneville. Coach Dan Slaugh would not con- cede. any match going into his dual meet with the Royals but he was wary of them and knew they were hungry for a win. Both coaches are to1 be commended for their wrestling programs at Roy and Bonneville. Spoir&s slhoirts A realignment of the NFL? Theyre talking abourt realigning the NFL and Sportstacular got hold of some of the possible realignments. It will be interesting to see what takes place in the next three years. How about this one? AFC WEST Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, Loss Angeles, San Diego., puts his Clearfield opponent to the mat and pinned him in less than 40 seconds of the first round. V wrestling match hed been involved within over two months. WEBERS RICKY TANNER It NFC WEST Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Denver (with room for Phoenix). AFC CENTRAL-Pittsbu- rg, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Detroit, (with room OS j for Birmingham or .Memphis), -- . ("'( 1,1 NFC CENTRAL Minnesota, Green Bay, Chicago, Kansas City, St. was the first . ( lancers have tight grip on Region One It may appear to most that Layton has the top Region One wrestling squad and that appearance may be true. But anyone who knows anyting about wrestling will understand that anything can happen in a region meet when everything is brought together. Now that you understand that the sport of grappling is an everything, anything, and anyone sport, we will proceed. The Layton Lancers cleared up a lot of questions about the 1980 dual meet championship last week by pinning Sky View for their first dual meet loss of ths season, The Lancers probably wont lose anymore in dual meet competition 27-2- 5 though the Warriors of Weber could give them the best battle. But if predicted on the way the Lancers have wrestled so far this season, the Coach Hansen team would have to have the edge. In other dual meet competition last Thursday at local high schools, Weber got their first Region One victory of the season by demolishing Clearfield 5 and Roy earned a good victory over Bonneville 32 to 24. Weber crushed Clearfield Coach Scott Tennis knows his program is lacking in comparison to the squad he fielded last year at Clearfield, but he says his kids arent giving up and that was shown true last 44-1- Thursday. The Clearfield team is extremely young with really only one senior with any varsity experience at all. The future looks a lot brighter than the conditions that surround the next few weeks. Steve Ulibarri of Clearfield is a good surprise for Clearfield. Steve won both of his matches last week and both of them were pins. Steve pinned Wilson of Bonneville and Song Pak of Weber. Ricky Tanner, Webers wrestler, hadnt hardly touched the mat all season long till last Thursday in Clearfield. Tanner, a junior, came out aggressive and pinned his op 105-pou- ponent in green in less than 40 seconds. It was a good victory for Tanner who two days later claimed the championship in the Bountiful tournament for the second straight year. Bart Bushman defeated Manuel Perez of Clearfield 13-1- 0. Scott Van Orden of Weber then edged Simon Perez of Clerfield Cliff Vaterlaus, Clearfield; Brad Story, Weber; Andre Malan, Weber; Blake McMcllian, Clearfield; Eric Burton, Weber; Dennis Singleton, Weber; Danny Eastman, Weber; and Brian Harris, Weber all were victorious in the remaining matches. 5-- Louis. AFC EAST Miami, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington. NFC EAST Giants, Jets, Buffalo, New England, Philadelphia. That, obviously, is radical, and a complete jumbling of present affiliations. But it would work very well. Suppose, on the other hand, one wanted to minimize switches from one conference to another. By moving only Houston and Denver into the NFC, and only LA and SF into the AFC, one could get the following pattern: AFC WEST and NFC WEIST Same as above. AFC CENTRAL-Pittsbu- rg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City. NFC CENTRAL Minnesota, Green Bay, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, AFC EAST Miami, Baltimore, Jets, Buffalo, New England (Same as it is now). NFC EAST Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Tampa Bay. This wouldnt be quite as compact as the first plan, but a great improvement over the present system, say some sportswriters. This week among Utah colleges The schedule among Utah college teams this week starts this Thursday with mere heated action in the PCAA and Big Sky Conference. On Thursday night, Weber State will try to keep its winning streak alive as they play host to tough Northern Arizona. Utah State will toy to up its PCAA mark when the Aggies travel to Santa Barbara. On Friday evening, Colorado State comes to play the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, BYU, nationally ranked in both polls, entertains Wyoming. On Saturday, the Utes and Cougars will trade opponents with the Rams going to BYU and, the Cowboys traveling to Salt Lake. Other games Saturday find Nevada-Ren- o at Weber State and Utah State at Long Beach State. BYU Defeat; the University of Utah Defending Western Athletic Conference champion Brigham Young used a red-hshooting spree in the first half to whip Utah 89-7- Saturday night and take over first place in the WAC Standings. Devin Durrant scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half in leading BYU to the win, as the Cougars shot 62 percent from the floor in the opening period compared to only 34 per cent for the Utes. Scott Runia added 16 points for the Cougars, while Alan Taylor had 13 before fouling out in the second half. D anny Ainge chipped in with 12 points and Steve Craig 10 more for the Cougars. BYU has 12 consecutive field goals early in the first half to grabbing a 26-- 9 lead. The Cougars expanded the margin to 9 at halftime and led 0 midway through the second half. A BYU Marriott Center record crowd of 23,084 fans watched the Cougars BYU is now 12-- 3 on the season. Utah, after up their WAC record to forfeiting five December wins earlier in the week on a ruling by WAC officials, is now 1 in the conference and overall. 2-- ot 2 50-2- 69-4- 3-- 6, 2-- embraces Shane DeHart after the Royals edged Bonneville in region wrestling match. DeHart pinned his opponent to assure the Royal team of their first region victory. COACH RYLEY SUMMERS of Roy DeHart's pin secures victory for Royais. And ho w sweet it was 5-- Federal Aid for Fisheries Management May Increase Legislation is now underway to expand the Dingell-Johnso- n Act, a Federal-Ai- d program which assists states in their fisheries management programs. According to Don Andriano, fisheries chief for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the hill, if expanded, could bring an additional $250,000 to Utah for fisheries management. The Dingell-Johnso- n Act currently imposes a 10 per cent federal manufacturers excise tax on fishing rods, reels, creels and articicial lures. During the 28 years since the Dingell-Johnso- n enactment, $268 million has been collected. Utah receives about $500,000 each year on a 75-2-5 matching basis (75 per cent federal; 25 per cent state). The money has been spent enhancing the fishery resources throughout Utah. The proposed expansion would add fishing lines, tackle boxes and other accessories to the list with a 10 per cent excise tax and add a 3 per cent tax on boats (25 feet or less), motors and trailers. Kayaks, hydroplanes, sailboats and commercial craft would be exempt from the tax. The expansion would generate nearly 100 million new fisheries dollars per year Utah could receive an additional $250,000 per year should the legislation be adopted. According to Don Andriano, the additional funds are needed to keep up with inflated costs and increasing pressure on fishery resources Organizations backing the expansion of the Dingell-Johnso- n Act include the American Fisheries Society, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Izaak Walton League of America, National Wildlife Federation, Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, American League of Anglers, Federal of Fly Fishermen, Trout Unlimited, Northwest Steelheaders and other groups interested in saving the Nations fishery resources. |