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Show Sun Times, March 1 2, 1 980, Page 9 Sun Chronicle, March 1 3, 1 Ben Lomond Beacon, March 980, Page 9 1 3, Clearfield Courier, March 980, Page 9 1 By Bliss So MM-SSai-PS By Keith Duncan According to Pat Rhodes, director of the Al-Stjunior drill team in Clinton, Utah, it takes a special kind of girl to perform on what could be the nations finest team. junior miss drill And it might go one step further she explained, "It takes something special of a special girl. This years 68 young misses that comprise the group give their director and her assistants chills of joy everytime they take a field or floor to entertain. Its just one of those years in which the girls, the instructors and the parents have worked so hard together that our problems have been like we had none at all, said Pat. Its been a joy. I received a letter the other day from a parent that helps to make my job all worth the while, continued Pat. The mother said in the letter that her daughter had received a pair of skis for Christmas and to this date hadnt even used them. The mother supposed that dancing and drill team competition would be a passing fancy. Being on our team has been the girls whole world, Pat stated. Its probably been that kind of love for performing that helps to spread the fame of this already well established gathering of bright young girls. Plans to go National Theres probably little question that Mrs. Rhodes, who now resides in Kaysville with her husband Gary and their three children, was the first to piece together a quality drill team and perfect it enough to stage in front of large audiences. Whether youre in Logan or in San Diego, mention the words junior drill team and there arent too many professionals who havent either seen or heard of them. the For Pat that seems exciting! For the past seven months her thoughts have led her and her husband to take advantage of it. Theyve decided to go national with the People like to see young girls perform in this manner, but many who have desires to start a young junior drill team dont have any idea how to get started." ..vWe would like to help theip explained Pat. I dont want to safe anyone go through the 12 years of struggles I went through to get something as good as this started. The Rhodes have plans to bring interested parties to their studio to train them and possibly lend a secret or two about training drill teams. The national campaign began in February with advertising in national drill team go mansion wide magazines. The name will be used. Their plans seem to be going better than ever estimated and its nice to think it all started in our own backyard and with the quality of All-St- people the Rhodes are. Couldn't Leave It There came a point sometime last year while Pat was pregnant with her third child, that being home with her family seemingly was the most im- - she said further. Something for Girls There are cub scouts for boys, there are boy scouts for boys and sports are usually filled with young boys. Mrs. Rhodes feels her organization gives girls in the area something special for them. And of course to be an performer, it isnt easy, but being professional in your field never was designed to be. Young girls tryout for the at designated times in the year. After that youll be fitted into one of the three categories, all, small or mini, provided you make the team. 24 small-star- s Presently 24 and 20 mini-star- s make up the Clinton group. Pat is beginning to find her program is more ideal than originally planned for. By the time the girls reach junior high age, either theyre age or height prohibits them from performing any longer, but usually at that time they are finding more things to do. The ones that desire to continue usually get involved in school, said Pat. Each year Pat and her assistants have found ideas to perfect their group and make it more novel. A height limit was proven necessary. Now can be no taller than cannot grow five feet, a small-sta- r h limit and above the four-fomust be 4 feet 2 inches or shorter. Long Time in Business After 16 years in the teaching field, Pat was asked what keeps her going drill teams seem to strong. why? better, only get Its a hard auestion to answer. blood. pejMip6,-.it: ju6t - in . jny the Just Seeing girls perform aftef a few weeks of hard practice is a joy that many people never realize except those that work with the girls, stated Why so many fans All-Sta- rs big-tim- e All-St- home-and-hom- All-Sta- six-inc- mini-all-sta- Would All-St- MCCORMICK, mini-al- l star from Pat Rhode's nationally recognized junior drill team. six-tea- Pat first began teaching for her mother, Alleen, while a cheerleader at Davis High School. Later she attended BYU where she performed as a Cougarette. Pat always came back during the summers to teach young kids in the area of ballet, baton, tap and yes, some cheerleading. From those humble surroundings in her mothers basement to the Studio of Arts building she now operates in Clinton, Pat has seen hundreds of girls come in green and retire later with tears. Ted Livingston, assistant athletic director at the University of Hawaii, told Pat and her group that their performance during the Rainbow Classic was the most spectacular showing that Blazedale Center had ever had. From that performance, first big beginning with the trip, a performance at a halftime of the San Francisco 49ers, those kind of comments have become a common All-St- All-Sta- thing. While performing or should we say practicing for their show at BYU this from Clinton All-Sta- year, a man representing Stetson University in Florida saw the The kids showing during the practice session alone impressed the man, enough in fact, to extend an invitation for the group to come East and possibly perform in next years Gator Bowl and possibly at Disney are Felicia Antonio and Shannon World. Berbridge from For Pat and her group, sometimes it's hardly containable. Syracuse. LDS Church cage playoffs commense Regional playoff results are in and winners are scheduled for Divisional competition tocommence March 18th. Winners in the Veterans Division were; Terrace View 9th Ward first place. Riverdale 3rd Ward second place and Consolation prize to itiverdale 5th Ward. In the Seniors Division Washington Terrace 2nd Ward took first place with Riverdale 3rd Ward taking second place and Consolation going to Washington Terrace 6th Ward. In the Junior Division Riverdale 1st Ward took first place with Terrace View 49th capturing the second place prize and Washington Terrace 2nd taking the consolation award. The Division Three Basketball Cmjetition will commence March 18th. The Veterans will start the firsi round play at 6 p.m. at the Riverdale Slake Center. First game will be between Terrace View 9th Ward and a team yet to be determined. The second game at 7 p.m. will be a contest between Roy 12th Ward and Clearfield 12th. The 8 p.m. game will feature the winner to be determined in the Weber Stake playoffs and the Roy 1st Ward. The final game of the evening will be at 9 p.m. and will pit Syracuse 7th Ward against Riverdale 3rd Ward. In the Seniors Division all games will be played at the Roy Stake Center and will start at 6 p.m. on March 18th The first game will be between Roy 11th Ward and Weber No. 2. The second game at 7 p.m. will be Terrace 2nd and Washington Syracuse 2nd Wards. The third game at 8 p.m. will be between the winner on the Weber stake No. 1 and Riverdale 3rd Ward. The final game of the evening will be at 9 p.m. between Clinton 1st and Hooper 4th Wards. In the Priests division which will also be played at the Roy Stake Center the games will commence on Wednesday March 12th. The first game at 6 p.m. will pit Syracuse 1st ward against the Roy 16th Ward. The second game at 7 p.m. will be between Riverdale 1st Ward and the Ogden 50th Ward. The 8 p.m. game will be a contest between Ogden 75th and Clearfield 11th Wards. The final game at 9 p.m. is to be Roy 11th versus Ogden 49th Wards. In the Teachers Division to be played at the Clinton Stake Center no contests have been announced as of yet because playoffs in the Region competition have not been completed. Divisional playoffs will begin at 6 p.m. and the team pairings will be announced prior to the March 12 starting date. up' in meet held Saturday at Utah State University Royal tracksters 'eat-e- m The Roy Track Club sent six track meet at athletes to an Utah State University, last Saturday, and brought home three first-plac- e ribbons, one second, a third and a fifth. Winning for the Royals were Keith 50 meter dash (6.0 seconds), Jennifer James tied for first in the 50 meter low hurdles (7.9 seconds), and Becky Sodenkamp with a heave of first in the shot-pu- t Crockett 374. Sophomore Mark Eggington tied wi h a throw for second in the shot-pu- t of 509, Scott Howes tied for third in the high jump with a 5 10 leap, and also finished fifth in the 50 meter dash. The Roy Track Oub was recently organized, and has Art Hansen as Warren Bird, Vice President, Marvin Stanger, Secretary and Treasurer, and two as yet to be named women officers. The Club recently conducted a sale of cleanser as a money-makin- g project to raise funds for uniforms., The club is open for boys and girls of all ages, from elementary to senior high school. Contact club officers or Roy High School Coach Dan Sheffer for further details. President, tournament. A BYU spokesman plead his case from Provo. He noted how disappointed he was that the fans went against the Cougars, even though five of the team members were Utahns (Weber State has only two locals on its roster). One of the Cougar coaches noted the same thing, and said It's amazing how Weber State could cheer for Clemson, when about half of our team grew up on the farm next to theirs. If that Weber State-Lamgame had been played in Provo, said the coach, they would have had 23,000 cheering fans in their corner. One Cougar official offered an insight from BYUs position. We are a missionary-oriente- d church, he began. When BYU plays Saint Johns, of New York, there are 5,000 or 6,000 New York Latter-daSaints out to our games and that same support is world wide. If we play our regular Vi. A C. schedule, which will soon be 18 games, and six games, that doesnt leave much room for many games outside our own little domain. We are endeavoringjfl bring in the Notre Dames, Dukes, UCLAs, North Carolinas etc., but to date have had little success. He continued. We are always trying to upgrade our program, and playing Weber State or Utah State twice each year, just isnt in our plans. One of the coaches scoffed at the notion, that BYU is afraid of Weber State. We played the Wild Cats and beat them a couple of years ago, and thats when Collins, Smith and company were playing. We have a much stronger team, now, and they think they can beat us?" he asked. "Wait until next year, and well settle that argument. "Wait until next year, the Cougar says, but Weber will be without the services of four of its starting five, while BYU will have two coming back, and the BYU bench is loaded. But a December game, at the Dee Events e Center has been scheduled next year, and a four year, agreement has been worked out between the two schools. There will be just one game per year, but that's what Weber State has been wanting y home-and-hom- Mad at Coach Arnold for choice of words s. TWO MORE Mini have gone against Cougars anyway One Weber State spokesman predicted that 99 percent of the Wild Cats would have gone against the Cougars, had they been playing the likes of Utah State, or even if there had been another Utah school left in the Mrs. Rhodes. TIFFANY against BYU? d s, . Fullmer Why then were so many Weber State fans against Brigham Young on Saturday? I took a random poll in section K, during and immediately following the BYU Clemson game. I talked with ten people who acknowledged that they were Weber State fans. Of the ten, four were rooting for BYU, four for Clemson and two were sitting on their hands (neutral, as they called it). Some of the reasons I gathered for not supporting the Cougars were, Because they wont schedule Weber State. Because Frank Arnold said on the air, that he was glad Lamar beat Weber State. Inat Arnold made the statement, that he would never play Weber State as long as Collins, Smith, Matos, Johnson were playing. (That claim proved to be false). Because BYU is afraid of Weber State. That BYUs Arnold thinks he is and Weber State. Because BYU doesnt want to be bothered with little-olelected to play a Division II basketball team (Alaska) rather than play Weber State, when Syracuse postponed a game in February. I talked to coaches and others of high responsibility at both schools. The Weber State supporters claim that the Snubbing started when Frank e Arnold came onto the scene. That Weber State was working on a series, but Arnold put the kabosh to it. The Wild Cat faithful quoted Arnold as saying that We need teams of greater national stature, and then was the year they Weber State only to have Boise State show up on their schedule. When Syracuse University, of New York joined a new conference and had to cancel a planned trip to Cougarville, the BYU Athletic Director called his counter part at Weber State and invited the Wild Cats to Provo for a practice game. Gary Crompton told Glen Tuckett, Thanks, but no thanks, and explained his reasoning to me in this way. When we go on the road, we are given a guarantee of a certain amount of dollars $10,000, in the case of BYU. If we were playing a game at home, it would mean reason for saying no, was $42,000 in our coffers. But our number-on- e because we had no room on our schedule to play at BYU, that week. My Weber State source noted that a lot of Weber State fans are active LDS fans, who help support BYU through tithing, and they feel that the school owes them a chance to see the Cougars play their Wild Cats. He was quick to acknowledge that none of the tithing money went into the athletic fund at the Provo school. All-St- ar s. 980, Page 9 6 All-St- All-Sta- 1 When Frank Arnold and his BYU Cougars took the court against Clemson, Saturday, at the Weber State Dee Events Center, they were met with a chorus of boos from the predominately Weber State Wild Cat Fans. At least half of the fans cheered the Clemson Tigers to a upset win over BYU. I was amazed at the apparent animosity shown toward the local Utah team, and talked to a number of people from both schools to figure this one out. There was even one fist fight over the issue in my section. There seems to be a lot of rivalry between schools, but from my observations, most people rally behind the local schools when they are playing opponents from outside Utah. All of the Utah State, Utah and BYU fans 1 talked to were cheering like crazy for the fantastic comeback, Weber State made against Lamar University, in Thursdays contest. leader. My family comes first, my church second and the girls right in too, 2, Weber State fans cheer Clemson past Cougars portant thing in life, of which it always has been. I seriously had thoughts of leaving the teaching scene, but actually when it came down to it, after being in it for so many years, I couldn't leave. Its too much a part of my life. I love it. It s in my blood, related Pat. Shes adjusted her schedule now so teaching comes two days a week. Thats just enough time to allow my own amibitions out, stated the there 1 The people at Weber State are mad at BYU and especially at Frank Arnold. We were negotiating for some ball games with the Y, when Stan Watts was coaching, said Gary Crompton, but when Frank Arnold came to town, he took over the scheduling and left us off for two years. We get our new Dee Events Center and can't get BYU on the schedule," he lamented. What about these rivalries? I asked Mr. Crompton. A BYU coach said he attended several games at Utah State against Utah and Weber State, and there were plenty of vacant seats both times." Logan has never sent down sufficient tickets to fill our needs," said Gary, but Ill guarantee that it we doubled the admission for a BYU-We- ber State game, it would be a sellout. "BYU claims to be better than Weber State," said I, and they are up one game in their playing series with you?" "Yes. They are up one game on us on a 40 foot shot," admitted Crompton, but if we cant play them, we can't improve on our last-secon- d record, can we?" As I see it, we have a lot of misunderstanding between BYU and Weber. The people from Provo, and that includes the five Utah-borplayers, were team. hurt to think that Weber State would not give support to a Utah-baseThe Fans of Ogden feel that Brigham Young University, and especially Frank Arnold, has slighted them in not allowing their Wild Cats to do battle with the Cougars. I can understand why the Wild Cats were mad at Coach Arnold, because I think his choice of words has been less than tactful. But he has been quoted out of context, and Coach McCarthy must shoulder part of that blame. I can see why BYU would rather play the biggies for national exposure, instead of Weber State, who is the new kid on the block, but then that new kid was declared number 17 on the last national poll. They deserve a crack at BYU. I cannot understand people who would let their beef with Frank Arnold cause them to go against fellow Utahns like Scott Runia and Mike Maxwell of Salt Lake City, Fred Roberts of Riverton, and Greg Ballif and Devin Durrant of Provo. A good rivalry is healthy, but we should still support teams from our conference, or our state when they go against the likes ol the Southwest Conference or the Atlantic Coast Conference. If the visiting team happened to be Notre Dame, I would expect the Catholics to cheer for their team, just as the Mormons did in New York, but Ill bet that the other New Yorkers supported Saint Johns. Im glad that BYU and Weber State have resolved their scheduling problems, and I hope that a great rivalry grows out of the series between the Cougars and Wild Cats. When they go against one another, lets support the team of our choice, but when an outsider comes to town, lets support each other. n d |