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Show I 5 The Magna TtmesWest Valley News, Thursday, May 11 m After a win over the Colorado comets in over-tim- Friday, the e Utah Blitzz wrapped up the week- disappointing loss in Sundays match against the end with Many who are there scores ten, have fallen short of beingmenJ -- Karl Malone is passing a lot of mile stones; setting a lot of records. Is he good or great? Is he the greatest power forward ever to play the game? What lifts the very good to greatness? Karl is the number three scorer all-tiin the N.B.A. with over 31,000 points. Only Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are ahead of him. He will soon pass Chamberlain and maybe Jabbar, If he stays healthy. Many think of him to be the great power forward ever. You think? Some say he is not great because he has never won the championship. They point to the free throws he missed against Chicago, and say a great player would have made them. The dictionary says good is superior to the average. Karl is certainly that It also defmes good as competent or skilled. What makes a player great? Is Karl Malone great when he drops fifty points on Seattle in the playoff? Is he great when he scores n two thousand points per ,v overfor 12 years in a row? I would ;v: think so. Thats better than good. If Boulder Nova. The Blitzz victory on Friday was cosdy however, three key players were injured. Guest many folks are that good, (great) Can you be great without a Fullmer were unable to even make the trip to Boulder. Although Damian Munoz was able to play in Sundays match, his game struggled as a result of his injury. The loss of these players was evident in Sundays match as the Blitzz looked sluggish at times. Overall I feel we put up a good performance despite losing three series ring. Is Barry Bonds great, or Nolan Ryan. Sometimes the difference between good and great is like the difference between warm and hot Luke longley has a ring. Is he Michael Jordan and got his ring. He is so Medicare that Greg Estertag make him look like an impostor. Greatness, to me is being the best; usually, over a long period of time. Greatness is winning the most championships, or scoring the most points, or getting the most something or someone is great, they are remarkable. Malone is that and so is Stockton. Every time Stockton plays he sets new records. He is the all-tileader in both steals and assists. Is that great? To be great , you have to be able to pick you tam up, and put them on your back, and carry them to victory A1A Michael Jordan. Not 'i jj 2 s requires excellence beyond all others. An example of greatness? Read on: Bill Russell, the former Celtic Center, played in twenty one elimination games in his career, games where losing would have ended their season. His team won them all. To me, that is greatness. Simon Says: Perhaps Stockton and Malone are vampires. They dont age and they are better at ' ... night " Simon Says: Why are all the pro athletes so obsessed with money? Money cant love you back. Simon Says: The WNBA is starting. Do I care? I wouldnt give two bobby pins to see a game, cr even a package of may beeline. baseball season at midpoint by: S. DEAN LEDBETTER STAFF WRITER i rianter'Cyprus Age 13-- 15 Babe full-stea- ; j mohtSi, three teams have emerged f? as Serious league championship contenders: Mariners, Giants, and Athletics. The Mariners and Giants have . f- j : posted I I ! ; m T near-flawles- identical wins and loss, for s, records at 7 first and second places respectively 1 in, senior league standings. Positioned closely in third place is : another talented diamond crew, the H Athletics, with a fine 6-- 3 win-lorecord. The Mariners took a perfect 0 record into the May 6 match up with the Athletics, which handed the league leader the first loss of die young season by a 4--0 score. It was a dandy pitching duel through- ss j j i ! i ; 7-- The will in compete Springville City, May 12, and 13, 2000. The competition is designed to test the knowledge of professionals who earn their livings in trees and is sponsored by the Utah Chapter of the international Society and the Utah of Arboriculture Community Forest Council. This is a fun way to not only test an arborists knowledge of climbing techniques, but also to instill safety principles and improve techniques," explained Tony Dietz, an Urban Forestry Coordinator for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. The winner of our competition is then sent on the International Competition which will be held in Baltimore, Maryland this Year." Individuals wishing more information should contact Tony Dietz The competition at will be held Saturday, May 13. Both days offer walking seminars on tree care and problems, as well as a childrens climbing tree. The events will take place at the Springville Civic Center, 50 South Main Street, in Springville, Utah. The Blitzz will again face Stanislaus in their home opener at Stadium on May 19. Rice-Eccl- es made it to the state finals. Stephen Hennefer, a long-tim- e teacher in Magna, has announced Among those state champions are his retirement. , his three sons - Stewart, Paul and Its been 27 years, and time to Jim. But his daughters, Tami French, hang them up, Stephen said. My wife is retiring from Day Care after Bonnie Oldroyd and Ruthann more than 30 years and were going Hook, were not about to take a to spend more time together. back seat to the sport. All three 1967. were either cheerleaders or statisti, They were married in a has been cians. Coaching wrestling The girls, along twith their mothlarge part of Stephens life. In fact, he was a head wrestling coach at er, Charlotte, attended all the big Cyprus High while teaching mathemeets, cheering the boys on. matics and physical eduction at Steve graduated from Southern Brockbank Junior High. Utah University in 1973, and I was the only known coach of a immediately started his teaching senior high school while teaching and coaching career. at a junior high, said Steve. Steve was among four Cyprus But after 10 years of this, he High faculty to announce their packed his bag$ and moved down retirement at the close of the school - die street to teach mathematics and ;,ycar. Others retiring from CHS are coach wrestling under the fame Brenda Bensch, English teacher;, roof. ,, y Howard Roberts, student counSteve is one of. the most respected selor; and Diane Andra, secretary in the schools media center. . out. Joe Ellis was the As winning 12 strikeout pitcher with a shutout. In taking the loss, Joe Wice for the Mariners fanned 1 1 it, Baseball in Magna bas rRuth . reached the 2000 season midpoint After going for one Coach Agnello added, team will be prepared to put on a fully competiti it performance." state batters, scattered four hits, and gave up four unearned runs, due to errant fielding plays. The As victory over the Mariners this past Saturday narrowed the gap between first and third place to only one and one-ha- lf games. A 6-- 0 loss to the Mariners is die only blemish to the Giants record. The senior league top two teams met in Magna in an April 20 con- test. Winning pitcher Joe Wice struck out 15 batters and allowed two hits in the shutout Tyler Jones took die loss as the Giants Pitcher. Opening day for the 2000 Hunter Cyprus Babe Ruth Baseball season was on Saturday, April 8. Last day of regular season play will be on Thursday, June 15. group for Kids (ages 5 to 15) and adults (16 & up) wrestling coaches in the high school ranks - coaching several state champions and those who by: GARY R BLODGETT EDITOR h Youth ! 4. teaching after 27 years sea-t'so- . Stanislaus United Cruisers of California, on May 12. Last year Stanislaus posted a However, losing record of this year they have gotten off to a good start having already beaten defending champions, the Chico Rooks. Tree climbers form throughout the USA Tennis Free Hennefer retires from Blitz Lesson school coaching, high lessons 90 Minute free great? he hung around with Greatness and Jason Adolfo Ovalle championship ring? is Junior Eriffey great? He has no world rebounds. a starters. We slowed down a bit in the first half and allowed Boulder to score, said Coach Chris Agnello. The Blitzz will have two weeks off until their next game against Champion tree climbers to meet in Springville . 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