Show ) 12 V The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday January fr 1988 t J< ivAit l&iibmt Community Sports and Recreation Healthy Sideline Addition Prep Streaks Come and Go Volunteer Doctors Aid School Sports In Year That Wasn’t So-S- o "It’s been a strange year in sports The Salt Lake Trappers made history setting the longest winning streak in baseball winning 29 consecutive games The NFL Super Bowl champions the New York Giants fell on their faces failing to qualify for the playoffs And a woman was the er for a professional football game High school sports have been no different Streaks have ended begun or been extended Teams have surprised people either by failing preseason expectations or sneaking in and defeating perennial powers In national news a South Jordan archer became the youngest " gold medalist in any sport when she won play-by-pl- announc- the Pan American Games Denise at BingParker 14 is an eighth-gradham Middle School At the state high school basketball tournament in late March Clearfield defeated Taylorsville to win the girls’ crown That was no surprise But two newcomers to the top teams were Salt Lake Lutheran in division and Kearns in the competition A surprise team in the boys’ competition was Cottonwood which finished second behind Bonneville in the competition Expect the Celts to be back in the tournament this year They are almost unstoppable with Brad Sorenson Streaks in high school are difficult to keep alive But the Brighton Bengals have managed to do it — in several sports For 10 years the Bengal wrestling team has held the the No 1 spot in the state The boys' swimming team easily captured its fifth consecutive title and the girls’ swimming team won its sixth straight The girls’ tennis team not to be outdone recently won its seventh straight title with senior Ruth Ann Stevens finishing her high school career at 74-- 0 Murray High marked the beginnings of what Coach Larry Swim hopes to be a streak Both his girls and boys squads won their first swimming title last February Brighton is not the only school with outstanding winning streaks In October Mountain View coach David Houle showed up to school wearing a dress No it wasn't Halloween His girls’ cross country team had won its fourth consecutive state title placing all five runners in the top 10 Houle bet his team that if they won he would wear a dress It’s the new year Basketball swimming and wrestling are just around the corner er 4-- A A 4-- A By David Clifton Tribune Staff Writer Seventeen years ago Dr Earl A Lloyd became a team doctor for West High School’s football program Today he is just one of many Salt Lake physicians who volunteer time as doctors to valley high schools Dr Lloyd was one of the main proponents in instigating a team doctor program for Salt Lake’s schools in 1970 He was honored with the Special Award of Merit by the Salt Lake County Medical Society in November for his role in establishing the program but he stresses he was not alone in building the program “I feel uneasy about receiving awards and recognition for the program because there are so many other doctors who played key roles and have been doing this much longer than I have” he said “Dr Owen Smoot was the orthopedic consultant at West when I arrived and he By Patti Auer Tribune Staff Writer To say that Highland High has a good hockey team is an understatement As Coach Jim Levy put it: “If I were a betting man I wouldn’t bet against us” Odds show that no one should bet against the Rams Last year with a squad full of sophomores they won the state title This year they return the state’s No 1 goalie — Jeff Levy — two top scorers — Scott Levy and Chris Thomas — and three standout defensemen — Robert VanAusdal Larry Limb and Jason Wright If predictions prove correct Highland will take home its seventh championship trophy this season The Rams have already compiled a 0 record They have yet to play 7-- Libraries Host Weight Class Lose those extra pounds by taking the Utah Heart Association's Slim for Life course at one of three Salt Lake County libraries The course will begin Wednesday at the South Jordan Library 10300 S Beckstead Lane and the South Salt Lake Library 2480 South State Classes will 'be held Wednesday from 6 to 8 pm through March 9 Slim for Life will also be held at the Holladay Library 2150 E 4800 South Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 pm beginning Thursday through Match 10 For information on registration and fees contact the nearest Salt Lake County library branch Cottonwood the other undefeated squad in the state The two teams face off Jan 9 at the Cottonwood Rink Tradition and dedication are two reasons for the Rams’ success according to Mr Levy “We have a fairly comparable team from last year There is a good hockey tradition in the school and we have a great junior-varsit- y program I guess the ‘home’ HYGEA rink helped too” he explained HYGEA is no longer an ice arena so Highland has been forced to compete with other teams for ice time “Ice time is very limited so we do with what we can Of course we appreciate everything we can get But Highland has a very strong off-ic- e program We play soccer and team handball and do a lot of running Bountiful Hockey Squad Improves By Patti Auer Tribune Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL — Bountiful High hockey Coach Mike Holmes smiles when he thinks of his team and its record No his hockey squad isn’t in first place In fact the Braves don’t have much of a chance to win the state title in the AA division this year But they won’t finish last And that is good news to the veteran coch Bountiful has finished in the cellar ever since it joined the league in 1975 Not this year though The Braves are among the top four teams in the AA division Quiteadifferencefrom willing students and I don’t see a program that is just made up of doctors for every sport” he said “I think it would be more efficient and reasonable if we were to teach students how to administer first aid and to treat injuries and then place them with the teams” Since the program started Dr P Lloyd said the team coaches have been relieved of the burden of worrying about treating injured athletes and he feels that the number of injuries has decreased “We are there to give needed first aid until outside care arrives Our role however doesn’t stop there” he said “We also help rehabilitate athletes and try to direct kids who can’t play anymore into other sports 4 or areas that deal with sports “We are not there to tell them they can’t play but our philosophy which means we look to is long-tera student’s future when it comes to health” Highland Hopes to Ice 7th Hockey Title 4-- A 3-- A helped me immensely” Other physicians who have played a large role in making the program successful according to Dr Lloyd are Barry Olsen physical therapist and Randy Watson resident from the University of Utah who work with him at West High Team doctors are primarily reserved for football teams but Dr Lloyd said the committee of doctors originating the program is trying to expand it to include all sports “Right now all of the high schools have volunteer doctors for their football teams They are spotty in other sports because of the time involved with such sports as basketball which play two times a week It’s hard to find someone to be at every game” he said Dr Lloyd said they are attempting to initiate student trainers who would attend all games when doctors could not make them “I am a firm supporter of training last season when they were The difference this year has been experience “It’s largely luck of the draw on how many kids you get who have experience This year half the team knows about hockey In the past only one or two would have experience” Mr Holmes said “The big difficulty is when one half knows about the sport and the others don’t It’s hard to set up a program for everybody” Bountiful has several players with plenty of ice time Chad Little Ryan Williams Derek Johnson and Jason Holmes have all been playing hockey since they were little Goalie 8 Shane Klein is only in his second his coach plays “like he’s been on skates for year but according to years” Having inexperienced skaters is not unusual for any of the 18 league teams The players filtering in from the lower leagues would make about four teams The rest of the participants are players who decided to give it a try “This sport forces them to learn very quickly They don’t ride the bench regardless of their abilitites They have to pick it up relatively quickly” Mr Holmes explained “They’ll finish third or so which is better than finishing last They’ve already done better than last year” These players are dedicated to the success of the Highland team” the veteran coach said Two of those ‘dedicated’ players are sons Jeff and Scott Hockey has been a part of their lives for more than 10 years “They’ve played on competition teams for a number of years and have had great coaching They have a great background for leading high school teams” Levy said "When Jeff was 5 and Scott was 6 they saw a mite hockey game and they thought it might be fun That year they signed up and they’ve been playing ever since ” The state tournament is set for the end of February You can be certain that Highland — and the Levys — will be there in full force Basketball Leagues Taking Players Several recreation leagues in the Salt Lake area are sponsoring basketball programs The Salt Lake County Adult Men’s Basketball Program has' spots available in industrial and A leagues throughout the valley The deadline for an adult busie nessmen’s basketball league sponsored by the Police Athletic League is Jan 8 The fee is 850 a team The Central City Center’s basketball program is scheduled to begin Jan 19 The signup deadline is Jan 9 The fee is $125 per team three-on-thre- Multi-Purpo- F f f' I t '? r |