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Show December 2001 Carbon and Emery County Sports Guide Vikings core Head coach Steve Gutierrez Is No. Grade Name After all die 2000-200- 1 version of the VIldngB boys team won very few games last year. But that team was not as bad as its record would seem. Sure they lost their games, but in many they were very close to victory time and time again, only to have is a strong growing experience for any group of young men and is not lost on the returnees from that team. In fact, in mid December the team already had twice as many victories as they did last year, two. They also had two losses, but those came to two of the best 1A teams in the state. . "Wfe played Salt Lake Lutheran and their shooting and size ready tested us," Baid the coach during a e interview. "We also played and lost to West Ridge at their place and lost. That was a very tall team, and we did well against them. The tough competition we are facing in the preseason is going to make us better in ..I league pigy" That league, Region 18, has some very good teams in it, and according to pre season poles from coaches and the upstate media they believe the Vikings will finish last again. But the coach is half-tim- Coaches: Steve Gutierrez, Todd McFarland . positive they won't: . "With the competition we are facing in the preseason and how it is temperingus, Awwlutfd Food Stores 1 think we are front point guard to shooting guard to the'forward position bn certainly going to surprise many sure his basketball team at East . people1 says Gutierrez. Carbon High will be better that , That surprise will be in the form of a number of young men last years was. He is positive. who faced that dismal season last year and are determined not to have that happen this year. Almost all schools have cross over athletes who play a number of sports, but in. small schools like East Carbon the rate is even higher. So it is not surprising that the makeup of the VQdng basket-ba- ll squad looks a lot like thefall baseball team that went to the before losing to state semi-fina- ls Valley High School. The similarity starts with the coaches. Gutierrez was an assistant coach with the baseball team while Todd McFarland was the head coach. On the basketball floor, McFhrland is the assistant while Gutierrez is the head coach. When it comes to players, names ", like Tony McFhrland, fot Hanson, Joe Fryer, D J. Huitt, Kevin Cline, Jeremy Peak, Cameron Faiz and Austin Preston could be interchanged between the Bummer game uniforms and the on court game jerseys of the round ball sport ' ' The stars of each sport are somewhat the same too. bothsidesofthecourtHewastoe best rebounder on the team last year and the top scorer. Hanson, who returns as guard and forward gives a good ball handling dimension to the team and has some great moves to the basket.- Faiz, whose power hittingon the baseball field wasakeytoEast Carbon victories, brings an equally strong presence to the basketball court with his tall frame and his ability to fill the lane on defense. Preston, whose pitching flabbergasted many opposing teams with its lazy like sail and roll, also brings a strong guard presence to the court with some strong moves and smooth ball handling. FYyer brings aqukdmess to the defense and offense, while Cline and RMkbringesqdoshieness that other teams must guard against constantly It will definitely be a better season this year than the last How for this improved version of the Vikings will go is only up to them and their vision of what they can do. McFhrlandwas named in baseball this fall and was also considered one of the best in the 1A basketball woiid last winter. Things haven't changed there. McFarland plays almost very position on the court with his 62" frame he can move, and does move all-sta- te Foodiaitouin Ferron,Utah : fox: 435-384-28- 30 435-384-26- 99 Grants Restaurant Millsite Golf 11:00 ajn. to 8:00 p.m. ft Friday Saturday 11:00 aju. to 9:00 p.m. At Sunday-Thursd- ay Also availablefor Banquets, Reunions & Special Occasions 384-24- Good Luck to all our Local Athletes! ; from Southeast mainstays Yvv.Dt. Kelly D. Terry, D.C. 38 Tony McFarland 55 North 600 East, Price, Utah 84501 Fax (435) (435) 637-46- 21 637-533- 9 . in the has been one of the East Carbon basket- ball program. McFarland is considered one of the best players ifl 1A. He can play every position and often brings the ball up for the team when pres- -: sure is applied by other squads. , . |