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Show I 4 i i L-- Page B1 The Summit County Bee December 3 1999 S.S. Freshmen vs. Wasatch Student Writer: Maria Mondragon Cats Complete a Successful Season Local Students Included in Who's Who Students from this area arc included in the 33rd Annual Edition of The South Summit Freshmen basWho's Who Among American High ketball team played Wasatch, a 3A. School Students. 199894. team, on Nov. 23, at Wasatch. The Who's Who, published by Wasps had a height advantage over Educational Communications. Inc., the Cat, but that didn't seem to alTcct Lake Forest, IL. is the largest recogthe score or tlie players. nition program and publication in A ten point lead was maintained the nation honoring high achieving by the Cats throughout most of the high school students. Students are game. Jason Woolstenhulme did a nominated by high school principals great job helping the team maintain and guidance counselors, national this lead by scoring 2i points and youth groups, churches and educagrabbing 12 rebounds during the tional organizations based upon stugame. Also playing a great game dents' academic achievement and were Cody Edwards with II points involvement in extracurricular activand at least 4 steals, Jake Johnson ities. with II points, and Cole Sorenson Traditionally, 99 percent of Who's with 7 points. Who students have a grade point The Wasps came close to overaverage of 'B' or belter and 97 percoming the pressure put on by the cent are college bound. Cals towards the end of the game by The 33rd Annual Edition of Who's closing the gap to a 2 point lead. But W'ho Among American High School the Cats prevailed, winning the Students, 199899, published in 18 game with a Pinal score of 60 to 32. regional volumes, features over Great job on your first game frogs! 750.000 students or just 3 percent of the nation's 14.(XK) (NX) high school students. They represent approximately 20.000 of Site 24.(XX) public, private and parochial high schools in the country. Who's Who students also compete for $200,0(X) in scholarship awards. The book is distributed to up to 15.000 high schools, colleges, unilibraries and public versities the country. throughout To leam more about Who's Who Subscribe To Tie Summit County Bee I Among American High School Students, visit www.honoring.com. Local students selected include: Coalville: Tiffany Banks, Brett P. Black. Trapper B. Geary, Camillia Judd. Sara L. Madsen. I areas P. Berman, Paula Chappell. Niki Jones, Melissa K. Ia?e. and Drccanp Vernon. Hencfcr: Britney Fawcett. Tyicl Mikcscll, Yance Fawcett, and Daniel J. Rees. Kamas: Kelsey Allred. Shcnna Bigelow, Nicholas 0. Bishop, Erik S. Bradley. Amber L. Coonradt, Curtis C. Cox, Jessica Dewey, Megan D. Foust. Melanie Goatcs. Cody C. Howick. Penny Knight. Gina M. Mitchell, Shaun L Parkin. Heather S. Powell, Brandy J. Ricks. Annalei Russell, Mayon Sargcant. Robbie Smoot, Natalie Staples, Gary Urc. Melissa A. Ure. Emily Wheeler. Brandon L Yost. Lacey L Amann, Lind.i Bishop. Mary Lou Blazzard, Paulette S. Carroll, Coby L Coonradt, Becky Decs. Elisha B. Edwards, Sam T. Gines, Trisha R. Good worth. Sharia Jensen, Jamie Lambert. Cameron T. Page. Brittany PCarce. Tiffany Powell. Leslie J. Roberts, Anthony V. Sandoval. Austin P. Smoot. Julec Snelgrove, Tiffany A. Thomas. Laura Ure, Laura K. Wagslaff. and Britnie Woodard. W. Hearing For School Grade Configuration Dec. 9 A public hearing regaiding school grade configurations will he held on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Distr.ct On a cold, blustery fall day, the with 34 points. The Cats offense South Summit Wildcats look to the finally got on track one more time as field with high hopes and great anBrody Ixwis found the end zone late ticipation of bringing home the gold in the game. The Cats threw for the trophy awarded to the number one two point conversion to bring their football team in the 2A Division. At total to 15. Unfortunately, that's all the end of a long November day, a they could get and Manti rolled to lot of the bluster was gone, and the the win on the November 20, 1999. Now some may think that ending Cals were simply feeling cold as once again they were defeated in the this way means that the Wildcats championship game. The Templars had an unsuccessful season. Anyone of Manti proved to be the better who has followed the Cats all season leam on this day us they claimed knows that this just isn't true. The Cats enjoyed eleven wins versus their first ever state football title. Before the game, many of the only two losses. Two Cats set state players and coaches were asked records. And maybe most imwhat they thought would be the keys portantly, eighteen Seniors stepped to the game. Many stated that the forward to provide the hard work Cats could not afford to turn the ball and dedication needed to lead a winover to the Templar's potent ofTense. ning team. An awesome group of This proved to be painfully true as lineman including Bradcy Wilson. the Wildcats gave up an unusually Ryan Johnson. Brandon Yost, Casey Cody Howick, Aaron high number of interceptions and Lewis. fumbles. This had a huge impact Westerman, Curtis McEntire. and because it seemed that every time Bridger Miles gave their quarterthe Cats began to move the ball, they back lime and protection all year; turned it over. allowing him to set a career record The game started just like the for touchdown passes. They stopped coaches had it scripted. The ofTense opposing defenses from blocking came out and moved the ball well the kicks of a certain record setting going up early with a touchdow n run field goal kicker. Mostly under appreciated. these guys truly had a by Jarin Leavitt. Things were lookwell the as as huge stake in the Cats success. ing up defensively Without lineman, the glory guys Cats were able to stop Manti's offensive attack, and (he Cats took would never score! At this point, the early lead Throwing those career records fall After a started to Joey passes was quarterback. things apart. his A since Edmunds. of the starter sophoturnovers, Templars couple were able to pul three quick scores more year. Joey in his senior year on the board and ended the half up has lead with confidence. It is 21-important to remember that if there At this point no one was giving up is no one on the receiving end. a because the South Summit offense pass is just throw ing the ball. This had proven time and again that if year's corp of receivers for the Cats they gel into the flow of their game, made a whole lot of catches to help they can score points quickly. The Edmunds set the record. Lead by seCals came out strong in the second niors Jarin Leavitt. Curtis. Cox. half, but once again turnovers killed Dustin Pyper. Karl Tresncr. Matt drive after drive. In the meantime, Jackson. Dal Holman, and Trevor Manti's offense was using every Rezac; the receivers got where (hey play in the book to keep the Cats needed to be to catch the bullets defense on alert. Manti was able to thrown by their QB. Juniors Travis score twice more to end the game Miller and Gary Richins were also 7-- 0. 7. Office. Residents should plan to attend and give their input t important to the Cats receiving rotation. Rounding out the offense were the running backs who kept the defenses honest by having to slop a strong Ethan running game. Seniors Sandoval Atkinson and Anthony along with junior Brody Lewis made teams realize that the Cats were more than just a passing team. McEntire was the leader of the special teams that provided the third part of the well rounded Wildcat game. He kicked a state record field goals and kept the opposition pinned deep by booling kickoffs into the end zone. Last, but certainly not least, a large measure of the Cats success has to go to the coaching staff. Lead by Head Coach Garry Walker, this group of men has provided the knowledge and leadership to return the Cats to the top of 2A football. Walker leads the special teams and keeps a watchful eye on all aspects of the game. Calling the offense for the Cats is Aaron Tillcl. assisted Bowen. Gary Crandall calls the defense. Charles Mohlcr rotates the lineman and Max Lewis works with the kickers. Together, the coaching staff has spent countless hours watching game film, developing game plans, and working with the players to put the best leam possible on the field for every game. Although the championship game did not end as the Cats would have liked, the season as a whole was a success. The hard work, dedication, and desire to return to the championship level enjoyed by teams in the past was evident in the efforts put forth by the players, coaches, parents. and fans. The Kamas Valley community honors this level of effort and looks forward to supporting (his fine profor gram years to come. 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