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Show tC The Sail Luke Tribunt, Friday, February 7, Taylorsville Star Prefers Basketball IMttfc Webers Tyler Sets Pace for Wildcats By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer BOISE Offer up the name Walt Tyler to Larry Fanner and the Weber State coachs immediate response would be Hard worker." Give the same opportunity to Wildcat assistant coach Dick Hunsaker, and his reply would be Dynamite Thats probably the first word that comes to mind when talking about Taylorsvilles Lori Dali, because whether its basketball, volleyball Weber at Boise St. or softball, the At BSU Povllion, 7:30 p.m. (107) Kodio ProMMt SMTMrt Am. WSC, 13-SU, A Km Cumpoell, 1C.4 G Own Childs, 10.2 G Eric Houm, 7 3 buy bouch, 6.3 John Mortm, 2.7 tigrrrte McLxmiel, 9.3 C F Wot Tirwr, 15 2 Rotund Smith, 6 F Curtis. Wtttlw, 11.6 Xeluih Rawlins, 10.5 excels. her out for because of her softball talents. basketball is the difference between his practices and his games 5 Tyler, however, recognizes he is not a complete player. He on dewouldnt make fense alone. "No," he analyzes with a slow shake of the head, "1 know I can play better on defense, and I am working at it 1 know 1 can do it if I want it bad enough. The product of Venice, Calif., has made a study of certain NBA stars work habits. Well, for example, Larry Bird will shoot 300 free throws before a game and its no mystery why he is so good and Magic Johnson, a 9 guard, had to work long and hard practicing his skills to become the best. I know what it takes and I am ready to give my all to improve. Hey, Ive got two years at Weber State and I want to excel. "I want people to come to my games and get excited over Walt Tyler can do out there. I want to provide a thrill. Tyler may not lead the nation in scoring, rebounding or playing defense, but he may have set some sort of record for high schools attended. "I dont know . . . lost track of them, but maybe six or seven, he smiled. "My mom moved a lot. We went from San Bernadino to Seattle to Portland and then to LA. major Eventually, the landed at Lassen Junior College in Susanville, Calif. Lassen has become somewhat of a Weber State farm club. Hunsaker has a lasting friendship with LJC Coach John Jones, and in recent years the talent flow has traveled the pipeline from Susanville to Weber. Tyler is the fourth former Lassen player to join the Wildcats. A year ago, it was tion "I think I am the type of person who gives all he has at all times. Otherwise, 1 feel, you are cheating yourself. You must con- tinue to reinforce the positive and the good habits will stay with you. "If you don't it (life) will catch " up with you someday For the moment, Tyler and his Weber State teammates are trying to catch up with the leaders in the Big Sky Conference (NAU, Montana, ISU). The Wildcats open the second half of conference play with Friday and Satur- 2-- 7. 3-- nt pre-me- d 3-- 4-- The Tuesday debacle against West was admittedly our worst game, Yerkovich added, but he still feels his team can contend and points to the Bulldogs traditional tough pressure defense and a genuine senior leader in 2 forward Grant Jensen as a couple reasons why. 6-- We re 3 in region), and I still think we can beat any team in this league, he maintained. South, with Darrell White, is of course the most difficult team to beat, but we could have beaten them the first time we played them had it not been for the 2-- im- PREP WATCH not only has the ability but puts everything shes got into it. She is a great softball player but her real love is basketball. Dali averages 25 points a game, eight assists and four steals She pulls a down four rebounds a game great feat, considering she u e The reaction was decidedly mixed down m Letai when the Pioto neers were demoted from in last autumn's region realignments 2-- 3-- Trtoune Staff Phot bv Rtcfc Epan guard Guy Beach who made the transition, and in past years Martin Nish and Charles Carradine began their careers at Lassen only to find their way to Weber State The Tyler is trying to travel a different route into professional athletics than his brother. While his forte is basketball, older brother Toussaint, a former performer with the Washington Huskies, is currently a member of the Minnesota Vikings. Before that, Walt says with some pride, "Toussaint was m the same backfield with George Rogers with the New Orleans Saints. And he averaged five yards a carry one season. Meanwhile, Walt is trying to reinforce the positive and, at the same time, try to improve upon a 49 percent shooting effort. I'm not satisfied with 49 percent. I should be in the 60s, he stated 45-3- Region Three: The four-teadogfight continues here this week, with Cottonwood at Taylorsville in what looks to be the headliner. The Colts are coming off their big 5 win over Olympus on Tuesday, but the Warriors are still in the hunt and are dangerous with center Todd Hailstone. Elsewhere around the league, Cyprus goes to Granite, Kearns is at Olympus and Granger travels to Skyline to meet the league-leadin- g Eagles Fred Roberts are the other two) will once again be the focus of attention Friday. In the other Region Six games Friday, West right in the thick of things after its win at Judge Tuesday travels to Jordan, while the highflying Murray Spartans take to the road for Tooele m 62-5- Elsewhere locally: Region Two: No doubt about it, all eyes will be on Orem Friday as No. 1 Brighton comes to town to take on the Golden Tigers in the rematch everybody has been waiting for. In Bengals-Tiger- s Round One at Brighton, Orem ran the show for a Region Four: Bountiful at Highland is the main event here, as the d Braves are trying to keep pace with No. 2 Davis, while the Rams are fighting for their lives after a slow start in league play. In the other games. Viewmont travels to East and the Darts go to Woods Cross to meet the winless Wildcats. third-ranke- quarter before the Brighton press was turned up to full throttle to key what turned out to be an easy win. In the other Region Two contests. Hill-cregoes to Alta, American Fork is at Mountain View and Bingham is at West Jordan. st Why? Well, by getting shifted from Rew gion Eight to Nine, the Pioneers ere taken from a league filled with Utah County rivals such as Payson and Spanish Fork, and shifted into a loop Wasatch where the closest rival High m Heber is a good 45 minutes Provo Canyon. away through But the up side to all of this was that the Pioneers, long a Region Eight whipping boy, suddenly became a big fish in a small pond com- and lineup of peting with the Nine. Region And the result is that the Pioneers are now winning particularly the Lehi boys basketball team, which is currently the state's No. 1 ranked team. The difference is that out of 10 region games last year, we had five games that either went into overtime or down to the buzzer, said Lehi Coach Ken Robinson, whose club is now 10-- 4 on the season and a league-leadin- g in Region Nine. We just didn't have the bench of those other schools Now at this level, the other teams are m the situation we were a 2-- 2-- The last time Weber and Boise met, the Wildcats won a strange one Weber State set an all-tilow field goal output for Dee Events Center that night and still won. Weber made just eight hoops, and Tyler scored four of those, in a 9 decision. All-Pac-- Judge Memorial Fighting for Life in Region Six internal difficulties throughout the preseason and early region going. We've played pretty decently, but whats added to our woes was that we had five kids out because of injuries and suspensions, Yerkovich continued. We had a full roster for the opener against Ben Lomond, and didnt have everybody again until the January 24 game against Jordan. Lori Dali No 1 interest I portant part of the Warrior girls hoop program. ath"She is just a great lete, said coach Ellen Lindsay. She Webers Walt Tyler is the teams role model when it comes to hard work. He leads the squad io scoring with 15.1 a game. 9-- 2 2-- A, 1-- 3-- (6-7-). The point guard has become an 6-- day night contests here first against Boise State and then in Moscow against University of Idaho. Weber State, w'hich defeated both the Broncos and Vandals in Ogden earlier this season, have a chance to pick up a pair of road breakthroughs against the two bottom squads in the league. BSC is seventh with a 5 record while Weber enters Idaho is last at with a 4 conference mark and a three-wa- y tie for fourth place. Tyler is one of the key reasons why Weber jumped to a surprising 10-- 0 record early season. He has a deadly outside jumper and is one of the better three-poishooters in the league. Walt is one of the hardest workers I have ever coached, added Farmer, who then said Tyler reminded him a lot of former UCLA star Rod Foster. Walt has excellent work habits in practice and they carry over into the games, the Wildcat coach continued. He is a gifted shooter but you really cant tell By Joe Baird Tribune Sports Writer It was just a little over a year ago that the Judge Memorial Bulldogs were 14-- 1 and well on the way to an eventual date with Provo for the state championship. Times, though, have changed. Today, Jim Yerkovichs club finds itself floundering at 9 after a home loss to West on Tuesday, and is now prospect of facing the dealing with Region Six powerhouse South on the road Friday afternoon. A setback against the Cubbies will almost assure the Bulldogs of what would be just their second losing season in the past 20 years, not to mention eliminating any possibilities of successfully defending their 1985 league crown. But Yerkovich professes not to be too worried. Ten years ago I would have been concerned, he said Thursday. But Im at the point where I believe the people aspect is more important than the wins and losses. Also easing the Judge coachs mind is the fact that he now once again has a full roster on hand, after going shorthanded because of injuries and Shes actively seeking "Shooter." Take the topic to Tyler and the 6-junior forward who leads the Wildcats in scoring with 151 average conjures up this introspec- The funny thing is, Lehi might have level thii been a contender at the season, what with a lineup that boaiu a legit allguard Darren Joses stater," according to Robinson along with point guard Chris Frier and twin towers Matt Calioo (6-- and "I dont know Matt Redmond about winning the title there, the Lein Coach said of the Region Eight, possibilities, "but I'd like to think we could've been in the top three earned a varsity letter in all these sports for three years runrung And while colleges are J ball-gam- 6-- 2 Taylorsville senior FSOS-FU- bench, year ago Weve got a and now we dont have to be at our be in the peak every night just to Talk about rising to the occa-- ' sion Going into league play it looked as if Skyline would dominate Region , Three girls basketball, and things were looking just that way until Cy prus traveled to Skyline to meet the the Eagles Tuesday. Cyprus coach Jennifer Orison knew that her team needed to score, if they were points a lot of them to beat Skyline. And thats where Sberne Snow came into play, as she' contributed 26 points in the Pirates' 54-5- 2 win. Cyprus has now upped its region with the victory. record to It was her best performance ever, said Orrison. Everything that went up, went in. They played her man to man and she still scored. She was really on. She wanted this to be her best game and it was. In only its first year as a Utah High School Activities Association sanctioned school. Salt Lake Lutber-a- n High is setting it's mark in the girls hoop wars. The Lynx are now in a three-wa- y tie wnth Dugway and Christian for first place of Region Eleven. Why the quick success? Well, try freshman Dece Christiansen and junior Jill Rathjen for starters Rathjen and Christiansen are the two top scorers for the Lynx. Rathjen averages 131 points a game, while Christiansen averages 16 4. They both show a lot of leadership, on and off the floor, says coach Mark Tornow, Both Rathjen and Christiansen were elected to the Wasatch Team. A special note Seven out of the eight team members were on the honor roll for the first semester. 6-- 2 On the coaching front, Jerry Simonson has been hired as head football coach at Cyprus High School, beginning with the 1986-8- 7 season. Joe Baird, Patti Auer Wrestling Meets Set Today ' A Special to The Tribune LEHI They're ready to get down to business m and wrestling, as both state tournaments begin Friday morning at Lehi and Monticello High Schools, respectively. Action gets underway at Lehi with the first round session at noon, while the evening's second round will begin at 5.30 p.m. Action will then continue Saturday at noon with third session matches, with the consolation and championship finals beginning at 5 2-- p m. At Monticello, matches will begin at 1 p m., with the evening session starting at 7 p.m. Saturday competi tion will also begin at 1 p.m., with the consolaiion finals getting underway at 6 30 p m. and the championship finals at 7 30 p.m. The Delta Rabbits are an overwhelming favorite to repeat as state, champs in the tourney, as they have defeated foes at each level this season including defending and should have champ Brighton no trouble with a field that includes contenders Wasatch and Union. . 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