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Show umvio ukuimi r v,UKrcn i u8Soay, Augusts, 1 9b3 D I PORTS Impact on Sports in Utah series Athletic director praises school sports By MELINDA WILLIAMS Correspondent - School sports BOUNTIFUL are a great preparation for life, according to the Davis School District's athletic director. Craig Hansen, the healthy lifestyles coordinator for the Davis School District, was the guest speaker Thursday at the Bountiful Rotary Club's "Impact on Sports in Utah" series. He said the benefits of school sports carry into all phases of life. They do much more than keep youngsters physically fit. He said, athletes learn the value of hard work and how to dedicate themselves to a cause, giving 100 percent. That, he said, is important in the work force. Sports also teach youngsters to be a part of a team and cooperate with others, sacrificing their own goals for the good of the team. Being part of a team is important not only in the business world, but at home too, he said. And, he said, athletic competition teaches the value of learning discipline. Like University Hansen said it's become a challenge to schedule enough coaches. Each high school uses 34 coaches annually. Administrators must find teachers who excel not only in academics, but who can participate in extracurricular activities as well. There are fewer young people choosing careers in education today and fewer still who are willing to coach, making it difficult for principals to fill coaching staffs. "Fifteen years ago we would have 15 teachers apply who would coach basketball. Now we may only have eight. It's a major concern." Hansen said with the growing emphasis on girls' sports, it's become a challenge to ensure equal for girls and a new programs as fund to challenge interest grows. Under the federal government's Title IX program, opportunities school districts must provide alternative programs for girls. To accommodate this law and the recent alignment of regions which pits several south Davis County schools against Salt Lake in athletic area schools competitions, the Davis School District has recently added a girls' sophomore program. Hansen noted when he was a youngster, anyone interested could go out for a team without paying extra. Today, with school districts facing funding shortfalls, students must pay $30 or $40 to participate in a particular sport. The fees will not ensure a youngster will be on a team, Hansen said, but those who express an interest must pay the fee for bussing, official's pay, coaches and equipment. He said there are more kids today than in the past. The problem is a lack of physical conditioning because too many kids watch television or play computer games rather than he physically active. While some people are pushing for more physical education programs in the curriculum to alleviate the problem, others think the tight funding available should be spent on academic programs. of Utah Football coach Ron McBride, who spoke to the Rotarians two weeks ago, Hansen importance of athletes' life. stereotype of doesn't hold up emphasized the academics in an He said the old the "dumb jock" anymore. Statistics show athletes often perform better academically than their non-athlct- ic classmates, he said. The average athlete in the Davis School District maintains a 2.80 grade point average and cannot fall below a 2.0 if he or she wants to remain eligible. And. they cannot have more than one F or U on their report card. He cited statistics showing a good number of youngsters participate in sports in school. Overall, there arc 3,480 students in the district who participate in some type of sports programs. A sampling of area high schools show 458 students involved in sports at Bountiful High; 662 at Vicwmont High; 507 at Woods Cross High and between 150 and 200 at each junior high. Krushers crush competition TuttloDavis County Clipper Game Week - Its first and ' goal for high school football players throughout the state. Kickoffs are set for Friday as the annual gridiron campaign gets under way. Three nonleague games will played locally with Davis visiting Woods Cross, Bountiful entertaining Clearfield and Viewmont playing host to Sky View. Junior golf champions honored For the second consecutive year, Davis Countys Krushers soccer team took first place in the recent "3 vs. 3 soccer tournament for the under-1age group. The annual tournament was held at Butler the Sports Complex' in Murray. Over 100 teams participatin the competition. Team members include: Kristen Child. ed Charlee Miller, Caroline Putz and Shauna Gurr. 3 WF.ST BOUNTIFUL The Junior Golf season has come to an end at the West Bountiful City Course. Trophies were recently awarded to season point leaders and club championship tournament winners. The West Bountiful Junior Golf Association is sponsored by West One Bank. SCOREBOARD t league Overall JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION Sponsored By WESTfyBE &WV Cottonwood at Bingham, 7 p.m. Clearfield Sky View at BOUNTIFUL, at VIEWMONT, 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Hillcrest at Highland, 7 p.m. Skyline at Olympus, 7 p.m. DAVIS at Woods Cross, 7:30 p.m. Region 2 Girls Soccer Pleasant Grove at West, 4 p.m. Granger at Cyprus, 4 p.m. Skyline at Olympus, 7 p.m. East at Judge Memorial, 7:30 p.m. Davis at WOODS CROSS, 7:30 p.m. Region 7 Girls Soccer GB Highland at 4 p.m. BOUNTIFUL, at Skyline, 4 p.m. Cottonwood at VIEWMONT, 4 p.m. DAVIS Thursday, Sept. 2 Skyline at Cottonwood, 3:30 p.m. BOUNTIFUL at DAVIS, 4 p.m. VIEWMONT at Highland, 4 p.m. L Olympus at West, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 A GB 0 Cottonwood 0 DAVIS 0 0 Highland 0 Skyline VIEWMONT 0 Tuesday, Sept. 14 BOUNTIFUL Highland at BOUNTIFUL, 4 p.m. DAVIS at Skyline, 4 p.m. Cottonwood at VIEWMONT, 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16 Skyline at Cottonwood, 4 p.m. VIEWMONT at Highland, 4 p.m. BOUNTIFUL at DAVIS, 4 p.m. Tanner 39, 3. Cade Miller 30, 6. Cory Keate 29. : 1. Jacob Knighton 104, 2. Bob Tateoka 78 3. Ian McDonald 72.5, 4. Jeff Wall 66, 5. Dylan Bullock 64.5, 6. Anthon Johnson 63. 13-11. Justin James 140, 2. Nate Weese 122 3 Marcus Johnson 87, 4. Matt Wlgham 87, 5 Kennv Lindley 80.5, 6. Cody Wicker 77. 15-11. Scott Yoho 31, Reed Bangerter 31, 3. Joe Walton 29.5, 4. Paul Holden 29, 5. James Sheldon 21 6. Brandon Phelps 11. 11-12- was younger, I thought no three words were scarier than those wc hear constantly this time of year-- "Back to School." Alter all, who would want to give up summer in late, sun vacations-sleepi- ng in Clark's Karen bathing backyard, neighborhood baseball, etc. to go back to school. As I've grown older. I've learned that other phrases arc at least as dreaded as Back to School, phrases like "Some Assembly Required" and "Your Mileage May Vary." Even so. the thought of hack to school hen I East at Olympus, 3:30 p.m. West at WOODS CROSS, 3:30 p.m. Region 7 Volleyball L GB 0 0 0 Olympus 0 West WOODS CROSS 0 Tuesday, Sept. 21 Olympus at West, 4 p.m. East at WOODS CROSS, 4 p.m. Murray at Cyprus, 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 Cyprus at East, 4 p.m. WOODS CROSS at West, 4 p.m. Judge Memorial at Olympus, 4 p.m. College Footbal Openers BYU: Sept. 4 at New Mexico So. Utah: Sept. 4 NORTHERN ARIZONA Utah: Sept. 4 at Arizona State Utah State: Sept. 4 at SW Louisiana Weber State: Sept. 4 SONOMA STATE 125, 3. Mike Price 128. 11-11. Anton Johnson 75, 2. Jeremy Parkin 87, 3. Dylan Bullock 91. 13-11. Nate Weese 76. 2. Tony Ferrin 80, 3. Jed Eastman 83. : 1. James Sheldon 72, 2. Scott Voho 73, 3. 15-17- Is this a great country, or what? W Foul Lines by Tom Haraldsen Cyprus East Region 2 Volleyball Season Point Standings 1. Steve Archibald 40, 2. Brad Marc Lindley 36.5, 4. Kyle Brown 32, 5. Club Championship 1. Marc Lindley 102, 2. Riley Bullock Region 7 Football Region 2 Football Brandon Phelps 79. bothers me now for another reason-ne- w clothes. When you're the parent of seven children, ranging in age from a college sophomore to a fourth grader, the thought of shopping, or should I say. spending for school clothes kind of gels stuck in your throat. And if the financial burden wasn't bad enough, last Saturday two of my extremely attractive and stylishly dressed teenage daughters persuaded me to do the unthinkable-g- o shopping with them! That's right, the mall. And this is where I want to focus my atlention-- on the mall experience. Now keep in mind I have nothing aeainst malls. After all. my livelihood center around the mall retail environment as it pertains to The Pro Image stores. I've been through malls in my states, and even spent almost three weeks literally living in one in Toronto. Canada three years ago. So I'm well versed in their virtues, their advantages, and their limitations. I've been left wondering recently why mall developers don't make a lew improvements, however, to make their centers more appealing to men. Alter all. our feelings should count too. Last Saturday, for instance, after having been drug through about a zillion women's clothing stores. I began feeling that medical malady w hich most men start feeling alter a lew hours in these places "Mall Legs." Men know the feeling: the legs get very tired, the feet start hurting (even in Nikes). and the eyes begin to drixtp (don't ask me what this has to do with the legs, but it happens). About this time, as the girls arc trying on every style of shorts and shirts in the place. 1 usually plop dow n in the token chair that these businesses set by the entrance to the dressing rooms, meaning for 0 minutes I get passed by every customer and employee in the store. felt like a relie in a museum, or the newest creature on display at Jurassic Park. ("Look. Mom. it's the Mall Legs exhibit." ) A friendly young sales clerk, spotting the symptoms, was kind enough to ask if I was all 15-2- 1 right. With what little energy still had left. I feigned a smile and nodded slightly. But the truth was that I was brain dead. This was worse than watching two guys fish. All the clothes began to look alike. The designer labels began to blend together like mixed fruit in yogurt, one of the very few things in life like less, by the way. than walking in malls. So as the afternoon ended and we headed hack to the ear. the sticky glue of parking validation tickets still etched on my fingertips. I had a thought, one that's crossed my mind many limes before but never strongly enough to become fodder for this column. Why don't malls have grass in them instead of linoleum? 1 1 Lots of malls put in expensive fountains these days, so why not stock the ponds with some trout. Build little piers for those anglers to dip their lines while the ladies are trying on new lines. Throw in a mall security guard to act like a game warden so he can harass the fishermen and give them a true feeling of being on the lake. Maybe malls can even have a young suntanned woman with a snack earl diivc through the mall giveaways and oiler cold drinks and sandwiches (how about Debbie Fields, for instance). OK. so this is getting larlctclicd. But let's face it. the mall experience isnt for everybody. especially men. Men don'1 life shopping, they like buying. find little joy in w andering aimlessly for hours, day v weeks or vears'w uh no del in itc diii'clion or goal in mind. I've been living in Utah for nearly 21 years, and I've done enough of that already. No. the mall experience can only he enhanced by a lew simple additions, so we can make it as enjoyable for men as it is for women. have a lot of ideas for any mall developers out there willing to listen. 1 Think abut this, sports Ians. We never gel tired walking on golf courses, huntin'' all around the hushes for those little white halls or trouncing through rocks and sagebrush to retrieve those temperamental Tit Icists from the hazards. Why dont malls put grass in the halls. And while we're at it. why not insinll some putting greens along the way. When expressed this idea to the young sales clot k. she told me her husband haled golf hut loved to hunt. Great. said, let's pul some animals in the mall as well, maybe an adult pelting oo And while we re at it. let's install a shooting gallery with targets and fake animals so hunters can take out their frustrations and win prics at the same lime. 1 1 1 In the 1WO's this process of change, this evolution of thought is praised and nurtured and is called equality. At any other time in history, it's called reducing to the lowest common denominator. Is this a great country, or what? I |