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Show 4 The Magna TlmesWest Valley News,Thursday, April 13, 2000 SLCC Soccer Players Signs with Utah Pro League Salt Lake Two former Community College mens soccer team members recently signed to play with the states new outdoor professional soccer team, the Utah Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the state of Utah. Ask anyone who plays skyline in football. -- Of Course every athlete should play in his own neighbor hood. Anything else is ridiculous. There is no justification for any high school player to drive across town to play high school sports. Stay Home. Help your own school get better; build up your own community; your own team. The High School Activities Association and the Utha Legislature have done a great disservice to prep sports by allowing open enrollment. Wake up you leaders of men. How long are you going to allowthe uneven playing field? All you have to do is make high school kids play at their own school. Your rules have caused unchecked recruiting. You stand by with Bovine Indifference. Stop high schools from becoming colleges. We the people dontwnat high school recruiting. Why does every team have to be an all-st- team? If Skyline has seven from outside their district, what dows that tell you? Seven would make any school a champion. Good players make good coaches. If you pout all the good players on one tarn, they will win, and their coaches will be known as geniuses. Even the legislature, and the activities association should be albl to figur that out coaches Why should all the have to go for second place every year while their best players have become eagles. How come there are no complaints against all-stat- 5-- Book of Hag anyschool except the one at the toop of thirty ninth south? why is the playing field so uneven? Like a greased slide; Dwon hill for some? Schools who playthe Eagles suffer from clong. What is clong? Its that rush of panic to your heart when you watch them warm up. Does Skyline have good coaches? Of course! Are they better than other schools? No, do they have better players? Yes, where do those all staters come from? Here and there around the valley. Is it fair? No, consider the following poem: T.D. or not T.D. that is thequesticn. Consumption be doen about it? of cough; of cough. Do something about it legislature. Represent all of us; not just transfers. Our Kids dont wnat to teams. complete against all-stPlease give us suckers an even break. Save us from parents who shop their kids around. Give us back our best players. Open enrollment in high school is like face agency in professional sports. It will eventually destoy the system. ar Simons Savsr If John Rocker can talk the way he does why cant S hnml'if Savsl" 3 we been interested in what the legislature was doing, but Ive never really liked them. Simons Says; George Bush was seen picking his noise on National T.V. all I did was write this article. Blitzz. Eric Landon, of St. George, and Jorge Estrada, of Salt Lake City, both played for Salt Lake Community College. Landon, 24, played goalkeeper four years ago; and Estrada, also 24, was a forward-striker five years ago. With two players coming from our program, it speaks well of die talent we have in our program, said Enrique Velasquez, SLCCs mens team coach and minority health and human servicessocial work instructor. They both should be competitive players who make an impact on the team. Landon, who graduated from SLCC in physical education, played with the Arizona Sahuaros with the Pro :league of the USISL (United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues.) He was SLCCs first player to sign with the professional league in the programs eight-yea- r history. At SLCC, he was voted to the AH Tournament 1st Team at nationals in 1998 by only allowing 0.7 goals per game (17 goals in 26 games) against the Bruins that season. Hes a quiet leader who is a tremendously Velasquez said. One of Cyprus high schools students was recently honored by the national football foundation. Matt Astill was one of twelve Utah high school young men to receive this honor. On march 22, 2000 the Utah Chapter of the National Football Foundation had their sixth annual awards banquet. The young men were chosen for their academic accomplishments, outstanding football accomplishments and their extracurricular activities. They each received a $1,000 scholarship and will have their names listed in the national football hall of scholar-leader-athle- fame. worker, He has quick reflexes, good hands and was in charge of SLCCs defense. Hes really aggressive on blocks. and also was voted to the All Tournament 1st Team at nationals. Since leaving SLCC, he has played amateur champifor the three-tim- e onship team Botas, based in Salt Lake City. He also is a member of the U.S. National Pool team, of which players are selected for the Olympic team. Jorge has the feet ability to play one on one with any player. Hes strong and can be an asset for the team, but dangerous for the opponent, Velasquez said. The Blitzz open its first home game at 7:30 p.m.. May 19 against the Stanislaus United Cruisers at Stadium. In addition to these professional player, former SLCC player David Rice-Eccl- By KEITH LOBDELL EDITOR The Utah Jazz head into their final week of the season having come off of two tough losses to the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trailblazers, the previous in Houston and the Latter at the Delta Center. With the two losses, the Jazz all but assure themselves that they will only have home court for the first round of the playoffs, to start either April 22 or 23 at the Delta Center. IF all things remain the same, the Jazz will have company in Utah after their final game of the season in Sacramento, because the Kings would again be the first round opponent for the Jazz. The Kings have always given the Jazz a headache, but if there is one thing that can be an achilles it i3 die sparatic heel for not to be messed with in the stretch run of the season. The key games in this battle could be the Jazz Kings game, as well as a meeting between die two teams in Sacramento on April 18. With a win, the Kings would win the season series and would get the hire seed if both teams were to tie records in the regular season. With a Seattle win, the series would be tied and with a regular season ), the record tie (most likely 46-36- second tiebreaker would favor Seattle for the seventh seed. If the Jazz can make it past the Kings or the Sonics, they would then face the Trailblazers in the second round, with Portland holding the home court advantage. With a screwed up system like the NBA has, the Jazz get a two seed for winning their division, even though Portland has the better record. Portland wont have an play of point guard Jason easy time of it either, however, as Williams, who the team no longer trusts in the final 12 minutes, opting instead for Derrik Martin. Another possible outcome for the Jazz, and perhaps the more favorable one, is if the Seattle Supersonics were able to catch and n for the seventh pass in the west, which playoff spot would give Utah a much better match-u- p at almost every position for point guard, where Gary except Paytons speed should help in breaking down both John Stockton and the rest of the Jazz defense. The possibility of that looks very finrealistic, as die Kings (43-3ish with a schedule from the dark side, playing home games against San Antonio Tuesday, Golden State (the only clear winnable) Thursday, while having a road they 'will play those pesky Timberwolves in the first round. The Wolves create problems for almost everyone that they face thanks to the presence of Kevin Garnett, who has proven this year that he has always been there best player and the team leader, instead' Sac-Tow- of former point guard Stephan Marbury. Garnett can beat you at every level in the game, and will pose a huge threat to both Arvydas Sabonis and Rasheed Wallace when playoff time comes around. Of course, the ultimate question still remains, who beats the Lakers? 3) schedule facing the Lakers, Trailblazers, and Jazz in die season finale. Meanwhile, the Sonics have a breeze of a schedule compared to their foes to the Kings, with home games against Minnesota and the Clippers at home, while hitting die road for easy games in Dallas and Houston, although the Rockets have proven that they are a team Cyprus-Hunte- r HAM ieatthe ELUFFBM.E LIONS CLUB TURKEY SHOOT April 15 10 AM - 5 PM BRING FAMILY FOR LUNCH 15S00 SCAMP WILLIAMS R LOOK FOR THE SIGN SjZmtBSCOLAS soccer team, the Freezz. SLCC has one of the most successful college club soccer programs in the country, competing and four-yeagainst both two-year ar college programs nationwide. SLCC has competed in the nation- al college club soccer championship tournament in recent years, with placing in the semi-finathree years and in the quarterfinals, two times. ls For more information bout SLCCs soccer club, call Enrigue Velasquez, (801) 957-400- 2. , One of the biggest bright spots for the Jazz recently has been the play of much maligned center Greg Ostertag. Not only has tag stepped up to be one of the leading rebounders and shot blockers in the league from a sixth man position on Jerry Sloans bench (4th in the league in offensive rebounding), he has done something that a Jaz" center has not done since can remember. Tag can now hit his free thre -- The streak seemed to start against New Jersey, when Tag went the go-t- o center at the end of games where big men such as Sabonis, Robinson, or Shaq are Can the Jazz play with the Blazers or even the mighty Lakers? Of course they can. But in order to do so, they will have to play with the teams for the full 48 minutes. The Jazz showed that they were on the same level with die Blazers on Monday night, cutting a nine point fourth quarter lead into a two point lead before running out of gas at the end, giving the game away. The Jazz need to remember something you hear out of coaches and players almost every year, dial die season is a marathon, not a sprint to die finish. The same is true for the game, they need to be constant q concerned. As well as the philosophy, the hack-a-Ta- g rule of thinking has also gone by the wayside. throw the switch when they feel the time is right Then again, this is also die best from the charity stripe. In die 6--6 most recent game against the Trailblazers (Wednesdays game with the Clippers not included). 4 from the line, helping his percentage rise to6 1.6 percent, . On the other side, there is Olden Polonyce. While OP helps with the rebounding, he is not a shot blocking presence and is shooting just a shade under 30 percent from the line, which is a definite reason the Ostertag now finds himself as Tag went 3-- hack-a-Sha- J j One frightening trend that reared its ugly head in the past two games was thq fact that die Jazz were slow in starting, not really getting it going until the third or fourth quarter. The trend is a concern to players, coaches, and fans alike because there are no teams in the playoffs this year that can be taken lightly. throughout, not pick it up, or time to rest players up for the playoffs. Even though Jerry Sloan is not a big fan of taking players out for games, more minutes on the bench helps them get ready for the final drive to see who can win fifteen games in the next two months. In Houston, Sloan wenttoa lineup of Vaughn, Lewis, Padgett, Gilliam, and Tag to rest the players. Expect more of the same. Spring is in the air Spring has sprung and its time tostart making your outdoor The Slat Lke Buzz has the perfect remdy for your cabinfever.' , plans. Enjoy the spring breeze with your family and friends watching a baseball ; game with the 1999 Pacific Coast League Southern division Champions..' The Salt Lek Buzz would like to invite you and your group out to Franklin : Covey Field. Welcoming groups of all sizes, the Buzz offer a variety of packages. Company Parties, FamilyReunions, School Nights, Sxout Troops, Birthday Parties, Little League Teams, Church Youth Groups, Social Clubs. Scheduel your group in April and May and take advantage of: Additional group discounts, fim promotional nights. y card April y card April y May 3rd- - Pckemon card May 5th- - Mascot night Hurry die dates are filling up fast! for further information call Emily Humphrey at (801) 7' 'tome games in April; 10, 1 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 ome games in May: 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 1, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, . 30,31 Game Times Monday-Saturda- y 6: 15p.m. Sunday 2p.m. give-awa- 26di-Pokem- give-awa- give-awa- 485-399- baseball season into full swing (Right) Hunter Cyprus Age 910 Bambino Minor Allstar team, 1593 Utah State Basebaii Champion, was honored in April 8 Opening Day 2000 ceremonies at Hunter Park I row ): Mason Miller, Kyle Jore, Dallas Erickson, Colton Reilly, Chet Draper, Jeremy Wright, Teddy Brems Jeremy Hanson, Nolan Billings, Chad Ninow, Houston Neff; 2nd row r) coach Gene Billings, Manager don Reilly, Coach Matt Miller, Chance Terry. ) .p f M I wwix sat (l-- m i? i J f Photo by S. Dean Ledbetter f v iJx- i a Turkey or played professionally, having indoor signed last year for Utahs es (l-r- WIN a TURKEY Huber, a forward from Sandy, also Jazz head for playoff run, stumbling for the line Sac-Tow- n, Cyprus High School Student Honored for work on, off field hard Estrada played striker for SLCC y V (Left) Hunter Cyprus age 13 Allstar team, 1533 Utah State Basebaii Champion and Southwestern U.S. 3 Place winner, was honored In April 8 Opening Day 2CC0 ceremonies at Hunter Park. I- - row ): Manager Darwin Cuveller, Chad Reeves, Jessie Nichol, Sean Stephenson, Dan CuveEier,Nate Shakespear, Coach Ron Hutchings; 2r row ): Danny Hutchings, Robert Hanson, Conley Anderson, Joe IViee, Joe Ellis, Forrest Ledbstiar, Tyler Jones, Chits Gilbert, Coach Den Wice (l-r- (l-r- Photo by & Dean LmOwSar |
