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Show 1 poor copy sj Sun Times ApriM6 1980 Page 10 P- Sun Chronicle, April - 1 7, 1 980, Page 1 Clearfield Courier, April 16, 1980, Page Ben Lomond Beacon, April 17, 1980, Page 10 0 10 JET " Sand Ridge speedster posts a 10.9 in dash A' 100-met- er Bliss F llmer teams from three junior high seools met in track and field at Hoy High School, and all came out winners Just for the record, the Hoy Junior boys team beat Wahlquist and while the Sand Hidge Wahlquist girls trounced Roy and A Sand Ridge 64 - 35.5 - 13 5. The combined team totals favored Wahlquist 112 88 5 - 55 5 over Roy Junior and Sand Ridge. There was a lot of super efforts from every school Sand Ridges Richard Davis dominated the 100 and 200 meter runs with times of 10 9 and 22 7 and that is fast time, even for high schools. He finished five to ten yards ahead of the rest of the field. Wahlquist's Craig Kosoff put on quite a show in the 1600 meter run He By Six finished forty yards ahead of the field in winning the race with an excellent time of 4 55 minutes. Craig broke the old mile record, for County junior high schools, last year, with a fast time of 4 50 minutes. He is expected to run even faster this year, at county, when his times will be recorded for 1600 meters. David Kinglsey of Roy Junior High School had l.ttle trouble in winning the pole vault competition with a leap of 10' 3", and he is favored to take first in the county meet. "All I need is a said the personable longer pole, blonde star. I know I can go eleven feet, if they would only get me a longer pole. Wahlquists Joy Jackson is only a seventh grader, but took first place in both the 50 meter run and the girls long jump. Tnis little star to win the event, and 15 l1 2 it was the first time she ever competed as a long jumper. Rochelle Barton, Janae Barlow, Susie Parke and Ruth Lakey swept the 800 meter run for their school by finishing one, two, three and four. Poor Sand Ridge - Those lady Scorpions did not win one single track or field event in the meet. Lisa Weaver finished second in both the 100 and 200 meter runs, but thats as close as they got to the winners circle. Taunia Hoffman of Roy Junior had a big day at the track meet. She ran second in the 100 meter, first in the 200 meter and finished third in the long jump for valuable Redskin points. Taunia also ran on Roys 440 relay which finished second. long-jumpe- d J Cutler flipped the discus and won the event for the Redskins, last JUNIOR'S DARREN ROY BEST KOSOFF CRAIG WAHLQUISTS stS3 s was OF THE who topped David Kingsley, " 1 0 3 for first place .1 the junior at Roy. high school Countake King ley is favored to week. holds the Weber County, junior high school record for the mile run, and has never been beaten in the event. pole-vaulter- tri-me- ty this year. They appreciate Cort at Roy By Bliss Fullmer is just one of the requirements to become a cheerleader at Sand WEARING YOUR CLOTHES inside-ou- t and Dana Hupp. Ridge. (L. to R.) are Michele Stevens, Julie Oldham, Kim Saunders, Yvette Gallegos 5 0 r. s, yardage. Cort played but was not a bonifide Football never was my best game, he drawled. When he was in the fourth grade, Cort began playing basketball, and always played guard. When he was in the fifth grade, his team went undefeated, and won the Weber County Championship. He made the Sand Ridge basketball team, as an eighth grader, and started for the Scorpions the following year. As a sophomore, Cort played J.V. ball, and as a junior he dressed with the varsity. In this, his senior year, he was a starter on the guard-linand was voted by coaches and teammates as best defensive player. He also won the trophy for most assists over the season. Baseball may be Corts best game. He played recreation baseball, beginning when he was a fourth grader, and played through junior high school. When he was a ninth-gradat Sand Ridge, his Scorpions went undefeated, and won the league championship. Cort lettered at Roy in his sophomore year, and again as a junior. Now that he is a senior, he Owns third base, and is one of Roys better hitters at the plate. Only eight high school seniors tried out for Roy baseball, this year. There are only four seniors on the squad now and Cort is the only player to start every game. Cort Murdock was born on 21 January, 1962 in Ogden, to Stewart wide-receive- sports year has got to The be a dissappointment for Cort Murdock of Roy. The Royals, this season have been losers in football, basketball and now are trailing the league in baseball. Three years ago, at Sand Ridge, many of these same kids were the scourge of Weber County. Somewhere along the line, some of those promising athletes dropped out, or moved, or just failed to develop to their full potential. Cort Murdock is one who made contributions to the Roy High School Department of Athletics, but championships are not won with only one super-staIt was this season on the Royal campus. Cort has always been active in sports. He began as an eight year old, and is still going strong. His first sports venture was in the Wasatch Front Football League (WFFL) Cort played center on his 70-- team. They moved him to running back, as a nine year old - that was the year his 70-team went undefeated and won the WFFL championship. Cort scored on a seven yard run to tie in the last game, and his young Royals won the because they had more 1979-198- more recreation football, but didnt play school football again until he was a junior in high school. In his senior year he was a r, starter. e, and Connie Porter Murdock. He has two little sisters, Lynette, who is a junior and Shannon a fourth-gradeHis, is a close knit family. They all support him in his game. You can count on one hand the number of games in football, basketball or baseball, that his parents have had to miss, because of work schedules, etc Cort loves to hunt and fish with his father, and he credits Old Dad for teaching him the fundamentals ol athletics, before his coaches took over. He has always counseled me to listen, to my coaches, said Cort His fatfier, Stewart is President of the Royals Boosters Club of Roy. Cort Murdock is a serious student, and knows what he wants out of life He has a 3.2 G.P.A. in school, and plans to attend Dixie College, this fall, where he will begin as his college major in Forrestry. After that he wants to go on an L.D.S. Mission. Roy High School is proud of the likes of Cort Murdock. He hasn't exactly set Royal athletics on fire; He but to him, never even made just playing was what counted most For the coaches at Roy, he was always there, giving it his best shot They liked their six foot, 155 pounder, for he was so coachible, and always tried his best. He is just one excellent kid, said one of the Roy coaches, and that says it all. r. all-stat- e, Royals finish third By Bliss Fullmer Roy High School tracksters die well at the Weber County - Ogden City TODD VIGIL (left) and Richard Davis were the top sprinters at the at Roy High School Davis took first in both the 00 and 200 meter dashes. Ridge t, held 1 Track meet iures local gals Special To Sporlstacular Several area high school girls will the upcoming competing Slate Invitational he W in olles-Webe- r Track and Field Meet The meet, scheduled lor April 18. is the first invitational track and field meet fot high school girls to be held at Weber State Wolfe's Sportsmans Headquarters i. sjionsoring the meet and will pi eseel awards to all the top finishers s lie awards will include and icdal- - I01 all six place winners, a ophy lot the winning team and a lophy to the outstanding performei the meet .some of the outstanding local (malt track athletes to look lor in ludi (conifer James of Roy High tee-shirt- I I ' School who won the 1979 Region I 110-an- d hurdles, as well as taking second place in both events in the 1979 State 4A Championships , Reeky Sodencamp of Roy High School who won the 1979 State 4A shot put Ava Thompson of championship. Ogden High School and Kristen Frazier of Weher High School, both outstanding in the high placed second in the 1979 Slate 3A meet and Frazier placed fourth 111 the 1979 State 4A meet; and Allison Horsely of Davis High School who won the 1979 State 3A mile and two-nuchamuionshiDS. Invitations to compete have been extended to approximately 50 Utah high schools along the Wasatch front, as well as several schools in Idaho and Wyoming 330-yar- d son jump-Thomp- The meet will get underway next Friday with trials at 9 a m. and finals beginning at p m 1 Lake Powell reports good Creel census information has revealed excellent fishing success at Lake Powell According to fisheries biologists stationed at Lake Powell, fishermen are getting excellent results fishing for crappie and largemouth bass. After spending many days questioning fishermen to tabuiate the number and kinds of fish caught, the biologists concluded fising success is probably better now than it will be for the rest of the year track meet, held Thursday and Friday at Ben Lomond High School. Each ' team finished third in the seven school track and field tournament. Host-teaBen Lomond took first place honors in the boys division with 157 points, followed by Bonneville, with 141 points, Roy - 93 points, Weber, 69 points, Ogden, 68 points, St. Joseph, 4 points, and Utah School for the Deaf, 3 points. The Royals scored big in the mile and two mile meter runs, where Art Hansen finished in first place. In the two mile run, he broke Doug Friedlis record by four seconds. Sophomore Mike Reske high jumped 6' 2 for top honors in that event, and Roys 440 relay team won first with a time of 44.5 seconds. Keith Crockett finished second behind Ben Lomond's George Pearson in the 100 and 200 meter runs. Other Royals, who placed, were Marvin Stanger, 4th in the 120 yard high hurdles, and second in the 330 yard Int. Hurdles, Warren Bird, 4th in the 440 yard run, Mark Eggington third in the shot-puRalph Anderson, second in the javelin and Roys medley Relay (5th) and Mile relay t, (4th). The Roy team is small in quantity, but big in quality, and look impressive in the track and field meets, which feature half a dozen teams. In the dual meets, they lack depth. Roy Gals Take Third Weber overwhelmed the field in the girls track and field half of the meet. The Warriors amassed 195- points, while Ogden was getting e third points, 100 points. Roy Ben Lomond 61 points, Bonneville 30 points, and St. Joseph, 8 points. e The Royals picked up one finish, as Carolyn Smith tossed the discus 102 and a 440 team made up of Allison Field, Laurie Payne, Nykele Gagon and Beverly Bennion won that event. Others, who placed in the meet were Barbara Miller, second in the 110 hurdles, and second in the 330 yard Int. hurdles, Allison Field, 4th in the 100 yard dash. Nykele Gagon, and Beverly Bennion, 5th and 6th in the 440 yard dash, Michele Baxter and Becky Widdison. 3rd and 4th in the Discus, Charolette Johns and Wendy Mabey, e 4th and 5th in the run, Kathy Phillips, 6th in the long jump, and Roy won third in the mile relay third in the mile relay. two-thir- first-plac- 62, two-mil- Golden Spike Blue Chip Marathon again set for May 10th i I hi i:i-- Gulden Spike Track Club and Mutual Life 'Miner' ieut ii'ic Company join together to Mu historic Golden Spike Blue lie 26 mile 365 yard l.ii ; il'on will c the bos) ever with six '! ps a iiijii aid stations every a choice ol There will ). i teeliolvle i replacement at 5 tli. ( Irtish line runner i. 'ii ( i ,i li i U ' .1' I 1m- i will receive fresh fruit, juice, yogurt and cold pop On site computer tie-itimer will plus an electronic print-ou- t runners for division all results supply Rich in history the marathon helps celebrate the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Utah. The flat xmit course has the potential of the fastest times in the state Utah's own Steven P French, after n qualifying for the Olympic time triles to be held in New York, will run in the Golden Spike Blue Chip Marathon A spaghetti dinner is being given Friday evening the day before the race Later the same night a clinic will be conducted by Dr Phillip Allsen, including a lecture and slide presentation followed by a question and answer period. Dr Allsen is the author of Fittncss For Life used at BYU and several other schools. A professor at and with Dr. Garth Fisher a book on running. The race was first run on May 10th, 1975. The start is near Lampo Junction and finishes at the Brigham City Community Center. The course record of 2:33:11 is held by Steve Naylor which was set in 1978. BYU he has run marathons Brigham City with a population of 17.000 has been honored as an awardwinning community known for its cleanliness, friendliness and proximity to many points of scenic attractions. Of special interest is the Golden Spike and driving of the Golden Spike which will take place at noon, May 10th at Promontory. MURDOCK ROYS CORT best of it m Royal the making athletics. He s now a member of the baseball squad M. |