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Show I THE WEST MOUNTAIN TIMES, DECEMBER 17, 1981, PAGE SEVEN What is class anyway? And what are its implications for athletics? WTien 1 talk about class, I dont mean a school group or a social group. 1 am referring to a person who is unique or has shown excellence in an athletic endeavor. Class has many opportunities to reach the forefront in the world of athletics. The person who has class never runs scared and never builds himself up by tearing others down. He is and confident in the knowledge that he can meet life head on, and handle sure-foot- whatever comes along. Class doesnt come from aristocracy and has nothing to do with ancestors or d can money, the most affluent blue-bloo- be totally without class while the descendent of an immigrant miner can SPORTS Class Serendipity Sports ooze class from every pore. The athlete with class is the one who wins with humility and loses determined to do better on another day. He never makes an excuse, but rather takes his lumps and learns from past mistakes. The athlete who has found real excellence is considerate of his teammates and knows that he cannot do it alone in a team game. The class athlete knows that athletic triumphs are usually temporary, and that these too shall pass. Class is shown by those who can walk with winners and keep their virtue and be praised by the great ones and still keep the common touch. In the athletic world class shows up when the chips are down, when the fats in the flre, and when a team V By Dale Simons needs a big play. Cass seems to surface when times are tough, when the game is on the line, and when time is running out. Athletic coaches are looking for the player with class. The one who can make the big play, the one who carries the ball on fourth down and one yard to go, and who encourages his teammates to the extent that they play better than they know how. The class guy on any team is always instrumental in the victory. If he should lose, he blames no one but himself, and has the courage to prepare for the day that he will be a winner. So then the mystical attribute that we call class shows up often in athletic contests and always surfaces in the great competition of life. SIMONS SAYS If you have class you dont need much of anything else. If you dont have it, no matter what else you have it doesnt make much difference. Granger places fourth in Granite Classic By MIKE GYGI Times Correspondent of Kelly Overby and Chad Wilkinson and walked over Granite, The next game Granger played was for fourth place and pitted them againKearns. Granger had just st arch-rivbeaten Kearns a little more than a week before and the Cougars were definitely looking for revenge. Granger took control immediately in the first quarter. Overby couldnt miss. The Lancers forced about a dozen turnovers in the early minutes and were shooting close to 75 percent from the 82-6- 5. TAYLORSVILLE-T- he fourth annual Granite District Classic is history now and the highest place achieved by a West Valley team was a fourth for Granger. Even though Kearns, Cyprus, and Granger did not come out on top at the tournament; all three teams played quite well. Even though Cyprus finished the lowest of the three teams, in sixth place, the other coaches were impressed enough with the Pirates that three Cyprus starters were named to the team: Pete Sefakis, Jeff Sorenson and Ted Snow. Granger The Lancers played tough, physical games in the tournament and relied heavily upon their domination of the boards in their two victories. Granger was exciting from the opening game. The Lancers pushed and shoved Cottonwood all over the floor and under the boards but saw their dreams of victory fade away in the last 10 seconds on a jump shot from Cottonwood center Kerry Oliphant to win the game The Lancers moved into the consolation bracket to meet Granite. The Lancers were ignited by the power play 59-5- 8. al field. With three minutes left in the first quarter, the Lancers saw themselves ahead 20-- 2 and it looked as though Kearns would be blown off the floor. But this was not to happen. Kearns Coach Kenyon Clark did something unusual when his team was behind. He pulled all his starters out of the game and put in five players from the bench. The five Kearns substitutes were a little nervous but patient. They brought their team back within nine points at halftime. By then the starters for Kearns had a good rest and were ready to play again. They went back on the floor and hit Granger with a press that was impenetrable. Granger saw turnover after turnover converted into a Kearns score. They lead dwinalso saw their once dle away point by point. At the end of regulation, the Cougars and Lancers were tied Kearns had the momentum going into overtime, but the Cougars were in foul trouble. By the third overtime, six Kearns players had fouled out. Granger on the other hand sent only one Cougar to the foul line in overtime. The play by Kearns got sloppier while Granger remained consistent with its type of game. After three overtimes the Lancers were able to defeat the upstart Kelly Overby was Cougars, 80-7named the player in the tournament and Stan Winrow was named to the all tournament team. 62-6- 7. most-valuab- le Kearns in the tourThe Cougars were nament, but even though they lost, they were never beaten. The Cougars first loss came in the opening round against Sky- defending-tournament-champi- line. barn burner with Granger. Coach Clark said he was happy with the way his team played. Although his team didnt win as many games as he would have liked he was still pleased with the performance of his team. The teams are so well balanced this year and there is so much competition that no one team will be dominant. There are a lot of good teams this year and I'm glad that we play even with them. Our defense showed that they could get us back into the game with our pressure defense and we will win games that way this year," Clark said. Ronnie Judd of Kearns also was named to the team. Cyprus The Pirates did not have an easy time at the tournament either. They easily won their opening game but lost to Cotagainst Granite, tonwood in the semifinals, The Pirates played for third place against Olympus and saw themselves downed for a second time, Coach Dilley said he was pleased with his teams play, but said that Cyprus lost both games at the foul line. Our foul shooting was under 50 percent and you cant expect to win ball games that way. Also some of the guys we were counting on to score heavily missed some shots early and would not shoot anymore as a result. So we passed up some shots we should have taken, and took some shots we should have never attempted," Dilley said. The Pirates played good defense in all their games but it seemed to tire them out late in the games. Dilley said the kind of pressure defense that the Pirates play is an exhausting one and his team was tired in the late stages of their games. Upcoming Games Cyprus will be at home Friday to take on Jordan at 7:30 p.m. The Pirates will need to get their running game going again and do better at the foul line to beat the Beetdiggers. Granger will be at Bingham Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Lancers powerful offense and board domination will no doubt take its toll on the Miners. Kearns will be at home against Cleare triple-overtim- 59-5- 79-7- 2. The Cougars were in that game all the way but couldnt stop the Eagles. Skyline went on to win the championship again after beating Kearns in the opening round, The Cougars handled Taylorsville then came the easily enough, 62-5- 63-5- The Cougars have split with Gear-fiel- d the last two times they played and the Falcons will be tough to beat this year. If the Cougars keep the pressure on with their pressing defense and get a better percentage from their outside shooters, Kearns fans will have something to cheer about Friday night. Game time is 7:30 p.m. . A - N f A Mike Gygi) 85-7- 1, field. AN Ryan Harris of Kearns (32) blocks a shot by a Lancer foe. 1 he Cougars fell to In triple overtime at the Granite School District basketball Granger, 80-7tournament at Taylorsville High School. Granger finished fourth. (Photo by LORD ; CALVERT Ar- - bfa. Dave Vialpando of Cyprus and a Bengal opponent battle for the title of the division in the finals of the Brighton Classic wrestling tournament. (Photo by Mike Gygi) )12-pou- Cyprus grapplers lose at Brighton tournament By MIKE GYGI Tuna Correspondent MAGNA The Cyprus High School grapplers got a chance to see what a championship wrestling team looks like last weekend at the Brighton Classic Tournament. Brighton is synonymous with the title state wrestling champion and the Bengals showed why they are worthy of that title. The finals on Saturday night resembled Iowa State at nationals when Brighton lined up 10 men in 12 weight classes wrestling for first place. The Pirates did not do as well in the tournament as expected but it was not without a few complications. In the class, Frank Lucero was expected to take first for the Pirates but bruised some cartilage in his wrist. Although doctors say he will be out for six weeks, Frank says he will only be out a week. Another problem for the Pirates was a wrestler not making weight, which really hurt. The high points for the Pirates were the three men who made it to the finals. Dave Lucero, 98; Dave Vialpando, 112; and Wayne King, 126. Dave Lucero got the job done and took the championship by pinning his Brighton opponent and Dave Vialpando outpointed his Brighton opponent by one point. d In the championship, Wayne King led his man from Bountiful until the last 30 seconds when both d CANADIAN o ou 126-poun- LORD in CANADIAN i. a hui n ' offered to Jazz fans SALT LAKE CITY Jazz fans may now get four games for the price of three but only for the holidays. Each ticket package contains four S9 tickets, but cost only S27. The package contains tickets for the following games: Jazz vs. Houston Rockets on Dec. 26, Jazz vs. Boston Celtics on Dec. 30, Jazz vs. Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 2 and Jazz vs. Cleveland Cavaliers on Jan. 16. the Valley! Cafe separate from lounge Children welcome food Luncheon specials Take-ou- t 6 poo! tables in lounge Family atmosphere jj J Midway Lounge & Cafe 4319 West 3500 South ?? t "Holiday special" Midway Lounge & Cafe I repMtf tr 18'. The Pirates host Cottonwood Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and travel to Skyline on Friday and Saturday for the Granite School District tournament. The Pirates should do well in the meet and the tournament especially in the lower weights. If Cyprus can keep its wrestlers free from injury and down to weight the Pirates will beat Cottonwood and place very high at the tournament. FRESH DAILY f HttrtrftnH ftfuJtf' rjn-- sville, Best Homemade Mexican Food CALVERT r wrestlers went off the mat and Bountiful scored the takedown. King lost the match by one point and had to settle for second place. In the team standings, Brighton finished first with a total of 208 points followed by Bountiful with 128 Vi; Sky View, 98; Hillcrest, 92; Weber, 804; Cyprus, 72; Bingham, 59; and Taylor- Phone 966-093- 1 (cafe) i |
