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Show JANUARY 24, 2001 WASATCH COUNTY COURIER A Little Fan Mail RUSS RIGGS SPORTS EDITOR Wasatch ‘4 nooo et often that | get letters to the editor so imagine my surprise when | was handed a folder containing _ quite a few of them. You see, this fall I wrote a column on my unhappy experiences with the physical education system through- - out my academic career. Apparently, this sparked an entire girl’s high - school gym class to write their feelings on the subject. And, since we have limited space here at the Courier, all of them cer- tainly can’t be _ published. - Fortunately, I've decided to include some of the comments from these letters here in my column today — names withheld, of course. _ Hope you enjoy them as much as I did. | One reader writes, “Schoo! isn’t — like around teacher _ because — supposed to be sitting on your butt listening to the and fall asleep in your chair the class is so dang boring and you also had a hard nights at work that night, we want to have some fun in our young growing lives, and we want to have a lot of fun sitting in class listening to boring lectures isn’t one of them, sorry, and so if you think for one minute that it is a waste of time you had better think again and you had better think a lot harder in your life!” : I don’t know about you, but reading that statement made me tired. Anyone for a nap? Another reader writes “Maybe it was different 30 years ago-when you - went to school, but now-a-days it has changed. CATCH ‘UP WITH THE -~TIMES!,” while another writes “first off you are old if you grew up way back then: We do not do the same - things you did.” — OK, now I have a complex. Does that picture above this article make me look 572? Whew, I hope not. ] know that 25 is old, but retirement is still a few years off for me. Anyone know _ where I can pick up a set of dentures? Yet another student writes “we do Well, if times have changed that much since I’ve been in high school, © it really was the good ol days. I guess showering just isn’t “hip” any- more. Why, back in my day we - walked BOTH ways to school AND we wore deodorant.. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems we had an easier time getting dates also.... Another concerned student. states “I could be stereotypical of sports reporters, since this last article is pretty much the only sports article I've ever read. I could go around were positive about it.” RUSS RIGGS | SPORTS EDITOR . (And no I didn’t make this up.) it’s Tries: 10 Lull Opponent To Sleep— not shower after PE., must be another of those time changing things.” ell, A13 “This was a good game to get things together — you could feel the Bizarre. intensity,” That was the only word Uintah coach John Nielson could come up with to describe the third quarter of Friday’s Wasatch/ Uintah men’s basketball game. 3 “When we played mee a pat ago, it was 101-53. Coach Stanfield had a great strategy to beat us,” he said. “If they want to waste away the third giving all of them a bad best 3A teams in the state, Wasatch _-used the entire third quarter to their advantage — literally. In a strategy designed by the Wasatch High coaching staff earlier in asssistant coach ee On Wednesday, Wasatch used a more traditional approach in it’s 58-54 7 loss against Union. Even still, the Wasps were terrific through three quarters. ~The Wasps built their biggest lead | at 39-33 on a Tad Tuttle jumper with 3:42 remaining in the third quarter. However, a couple quick turnovers and a fev; missed shots by the men in black and gold and Union was leading 39-40 with a minute remaining. Things were all knotted up at 44 going into the final period, and Wasatch quickly jumped ahead 52-48 on two free throws by Jeff Gertsch. After a series of sloppy play where both quarter that’s fine. I’ve never seen any| thing like that in high school -— in junior high, maybe.” ~ Down 33-22 at halftime toe one of the name by saying they are all stereo-typical...never mind, I won’t A) what I'm thinking.” Good thing, because P ve heard enough about Justin Timberlake and ~ how cute all the ays are that ae Wasatch Steve North said. teams the week, the Wasps held the ball the entire third quarter. Utah high school committed three turnovers, Union took back the lead at 52-54 with - 59 seconds remaining in regulation. | for N*SYNC. __ basketball doesn’t utilize a shot clock, | Wasatch guard Derek Kohler Another writes “I personally have so Wasatch coach Greg Stanfield came missed a three-point basket that would enjoyed my experience in PE., up with this plan to limit Uintah’s scorhave given Wasatch the lead, and then which is why although I have ing ability. In fact, the Utes didn’t have — Darin Restad stole the ball on Union’s enough PE. credits to graduate, I one possession the entire quarter and next possession and was fouled drivchose it as an elective this year.” Or, neither team scored. | ing to the hoop. : ‘maybe it’s because a PE. class is “We came up with it right tert our Restad missed the front end of a much easier than English or va " last game with them—we knew what we one and one, and a goiden opportunity Hey, it’s what I did. were going to do. I thought the kids was lost. Tuttle was able to pull the _ And finally, one gym class mem_ did a good job,” Stanfield said. “It was Wasps closer with two clutch free ber writes “I very much disagreed the best job we could do to put our- _ throws with 30 seconds remaining, but ‘with what you were saying about PE: selves in a position to win.” Union hit key free-throws themselves ‘classes and the PE. teachers, such as And, in the end, they did have a to pull out a close victory. | you were saying all we do is stretch chance to win. Although the Wasps Next up for the Wasps is a road > and whatever else you said we don’t.” missed a few shots down the stretch game against Lehi on Friday, and the — Anybody else get lost? and lost the battle 36-48, this was clearWasatch coaching staff is certain that After reading these letters and ly one of their better performances the Pioneers will be guessing as to pondering the subject for awhile, I against a very talented team. : which offense they will be running. have come to the conclusion that “The kids played well together, they 7 “The Lehi coach was in the stands physical education in America is -were. disciplined, and we ran the _ for our game against Uintah, and I’m doing just fine—maybe I was too offense. Our team was really into it,” sure he has no idea what we'll do,” hard. on gym propia in pubee Stanfield said. “They doubted our Stanfield said. | schools. _ strategy at first, but afterwards they Friday’s game will begin at 7:00 p.m. It’s the English classes should be worried about. we : And lastly, it just wouldn’t be a_ sports column without a Super Bowl prediction, now would it? ae The Raider/Viking match- “Up many people were hoping for fell through, and now we have Baltimore vs. New York. The average Giant offense should struggle with the spectacular Raven defense, therefore I'm going with Baltimore, 21-10. See you next week, and enjoy the Super Bowl and all those lovely commercials. After all, it’s the ads that everybody looks forward to any wey, right? 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