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Show u it?' f - ' V "S' '. V t Page 14 - August 12. 1997 linemen work on their blocking skills and attempt to get in shape at GETTING IT RIGHT-Offens- ive also began the amt time during practice in shorts at Union High School. Duchesne and Altamont will Union and remain A class this year, practice as well. The Eagles and Longhorns will be in the 2-- a 3-- A team.' WHERE S THE END ZOXE-- A Cougar receiver catches the ball and tries to find the end zone before other football athletes pounce on him during the first week of practice in shorts at Union High School in Roosevelt. Union will battle Morgan on the road. August 29 in the season opener. ' fwrii qfc 7 W'l'WvUt r - J ....... v ?y?:v ! 7 . K jF O. .'Jit Kevin Eldredge pockets title of Utah, Neola, Kevin Eldredge won the mena compound division in the U.S. National Target Championships at Canton, Mich. He edged current world indoor champion Dee Wilde of Pocatello, Idaho. Salt Lake Citys Jay Bam placed third in the mens national championship, won by Butch Johnson of Woodstock, Conn. V f4' S-- . i ONE ON ONE-- A football player rushes after a quarterback during practice last week. Coach breaks his leg while playinghoops By Aldon Rachele Basketball enthusiast, Mike Roes has placed himself on the sidelines for at least three months due to a broken leg he suffered during UBIC 3 On 3 hoop play in Roosevelt, August 1. Ross is the girls basketball team coach at Union High School. However, the injury, which should be healed by November, wont keep him from doing his coaching duties. Ross missed a layup during 3 On 3 play and then attempted to snare the rebound. He came down on the base of the basketball standard. I missed the ball and broke my leg. I heard it snap and knew I had broken it. Both bones were sticking out of the skin," Ross said. Ross feactured his tibia and fibula in his right leg three inches above the - Neola runner wins 5K event Brett Rasmussen of Neola was the overall winner in the UBIC 5K-ru-n that was held on the Roosevelt GolfCourses Back Nine, August 2. He recorded a time of 19:31. Katrina Dart was the overall female winner in a time of 23:53. ankle. Ross was transported to the Uintah Basin Medical Center in Roosevelt, August 1 and then was taken to the Utah Valley Medical Center in Orem that evening where his compound fracture of the lower leg was treated by Dr. Creigg McArthur. He had a rod inserted from his knee to his ankle and then had it screwed in at the ankle and knee. Ross will be on crutches for three months. I'm taking it easy. I can't play basketball for a while, but I'm hopeful that I will be able to do so in the future, Ross said. I will still be coaching girls basketball, golf and baseball. Ross can remind his basketball players that missing a layup can have serious consequences. ,r I Practice in Shorts Jkc. (i .i Down, Set Just don't stand there. Anticipate where you are going to ow One More time. There you did it right there. That's better, looks great Come on lets get some new out there. guys on the bags-g- et Usually a low individual is despised, but in the case of an offensive lineman Low Is Better'. "Thats better stay low, drop those hips and boom right there, is what Coach Busenbark told his linemen. He added, One more time-goo- d, good-th- ate better. Too high, stay low. You got to be out quick. Give me some guys who havent been in yet. When you ere going backwards you are wasting time. Sometimes while trying to get in shape by practicing in shorts under the hot sun things just dont go your hips and drive those arms up, said Coach Busenbark. Get a new group in. Now where is my tackle? Coach Busenbark was instructing hie linemen on blocking for the weep and he said, You have to hold up this guy (defensive lineman or linebacker) so that we can get outside. Clear the linebacker inside. Again one more time. Stay with him until we are outside. Next group-le- ts go! Get some new guys in there! We don't want a fight! Let the first guy there and get it done, stated Coach Busenbark. Jam him and get up the field. Put you helmet there-i- ta legal. Throughout the practice Coach Busenbark also remarked, "I expect you to work on them (blocks, techniques, defensive and offensive plays) file way we taught you. Don't worry about the other guy just block your guy. We think we got to block this guy and that guy and we block The bats and gloves are pretty much bagged up and put away until Spring of 1998, and now the sounds and smells of football are in the air at Union, Duchesne and Altamont High Schools. Practice in shorts began Monday, August 4. Union High School will open its 1997 season on the road against new school, Morgan, Friday, August 29 at 7 p.m. and Cougar Coach Don Busenbark, a former offensive linemen from Brigham Young University, was totally concentrating on blocking by his linemen. Two former Union linemen, Kevin Wilson, Sam White plus defensive starter in the backfield, Brandon Dart, are members of the University of Utah football team. Coach Busenbark was busy bark- right want to step Wrong foot-y- ou ing out orders, instructions, cirec-tion- s, right Little better-betterjDont etc. to hie offensive linemen, give it away! I knew exactly where and some of his comments were: you were going. Get lined up. Lower ob. no one. All of sudden someone was missing in action, and Coach Busenbark eaid, I need a tackle over here. No one wants to play tackle? Good you . ; rJ.UOTARRiy.ED! y BFTWPH P. . fya IK Full Wf I. Tape self-defen-se Gasses are for adults only. You wear regular workout clothes and shoes. 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After the season opener vs. Morgan, Union will battle Carbon on the road in Price, September 5. The Dinos are coached by Jeff Jorgensen. Unioni first home game will be vs. new team Ben Lomond. The rest of the Union schedule is as follows: Union at Lehi, September 19; Park City at Union, September 26; Union at Wasatch, October 3; Union at North Sanpete, October 8; Uintah at Union, October 15; Emery at Union, October 23. Union has four home games with two of the contests in the final two weeks of the season. 1-- A Four bedrooms introductory workout 722-271- & heat large family comfort Roosevelt Fitness Center ISO S. 4S0 E., Roosevelt '41 2 pitch roof Perimeter is sweeping the nation because it takes the music, excitement, and energy of an aerobics program and teaches you techniques like jabbing, kicking, punching, and blocking. Cardio-KarateT- No Experience Necessary. And it's the most fun way to get in shape ever! r--' Football athletes begin to sweat into shape at Union 3-- A hopeful catches the ball rvt&'i t u t be-N- ITS ALL MINE-- A football team V OUT OF MY WAY-- A couple of Union High School Cougars attempt to gain the No. I position out on die grid iron during practice last week. Union's first home game is vs. Ben Lomond, September 12. By Aldan Rachele F r 'y(V '"V 1 |