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Show Cyan Magenta Yellow Black A8 Sanpete Messenger / Sanpete Messenger-Gunnison Valley Edition ‘Big tough’ Badgers on a roll, win three By John Hales Sports writer EPHRAIM—For the Snow College men’s basketball team, coach Jon Judkins described games against Salt Lake Community College, Idaho College and Colorado Northwestern Community College as “tough” and “big.” Tough because they made a long journey to Coeur d’Alene, ID to play against the North Idaho College Cardinals on Jan. 6, and then came right home to battle against the Bruins of Salt Lake Community College on Jan. 8. Big, because the Badgers came out ahead both times, 8973 and 78-63, respectively. Judkins said that good defense and persistent rebounding were keys to both of the wins. At Coeur d’ Alene, Snow fell behind early, but the team rallied defensively, giving their offense Templars (Continued from A7) jumped out quickly in the first quarter, with eight consecutive points from Travis Thompson and six from Taylor Salanoa, helping to give Manti 18-8 first quarter lead. North Sevier stepped up the pace in the second quarter and matched Manti’s play, ending the half 30-20. Salanoa had five in the third period to move the Templars further ahead, 43-27, but North Sevier made a run in the fourth, outplaying Manti girls drop two to North Sevier, San Juan By Karmal Mandel an opportunity to take over the lead. Toward the end of the game, free-throws confirmed the win for Snow. Free throws had been an issue for the team in the past, and Judkins said he is pleased to see the team “getting better” in that area. Four Snow players scored in double figures against North Idaho: Brandon Sholly, Dan Henry, Conner Nielson and Ian Elseth. The same four all posted double figures against SLCC as well, although Judkins says that defense—particularly rebounding—was key to winning the game. “Rebounding was a big part of our game plan,” Judkins said. Snow beat SLCC 39-29 off the boards; Henry and Elseth accounted for 22 of those. Judkins said he would have felt good if Snow had pulled off only one of the two games, so of course he’s extra pleased about going 2-0. The wins put Snow in third in Scenic West Athletic Conference rankings, but another win last Saturday against Colorado Northwestern moved the Badgers up a notch into a tie for second place with SLCC. But even the “big and tough” Badgers had all they could handle from the Spartans of Colorado Northwestern in an 86-78 road win. “I think everyone will agree that Colorado Northwestern is one of the toughest road games,” said Judkins. “It’s a long trip and they always have talent that plays tough at home.” Henry led the Badgers with 21 points. Kasey Winters had 20 points and seven rebounds while Elseth chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds. Snow College plays against Colorado Northwestern both Friday and Saturday with tip-off times at 7:30 p.m. at the Snow College Activities Center. and outscoring Manti by four, but it was too little, too late for the Wolves. Salanoa was on fire and scored a game high 23 points, Thompson pumped in 14 and Josh Hugentobler added 12 on the night. Manti played some hard defense and ended up giving 16 fouls, but North Sevier couldn’t capitalize from the charity stripe, shooting less than 50% from the line. On Friday, Manti disappointed San Juan by handing them one of their two losses for the week. San Juan played a tough first quarter and kept up with Manti 1012, but lost the game in the second, when Manti outscored them 23-7. Down 35-17 at the half, San Juan was never able to fight their way back into the game despite only losing the third and fourth quarters to Manti by a combined three points. San Juan head coach Ryan Nielson said the loss wasn’t totally unexpected. He explained that having only three seniors requires him to rotate in three sophomores and a freshman, which makes playing a tough team like Manti even tougher. Manti played one of the most well rounded games of their season against San Juan, with scoring spread out among Josh Hugentobler, Travis Thompson, Tyler Gunderson, Taylor Salanoa, and Andrew Clark among others. Manti will face Gunnison at home on Wednesday before traveling to Richfield. tude that a child has to learn to stand up for himself or herself is ineffective and leads to unnecessary suffering with potential longterm effects. Mrs. Hansen’s program increases a bully’s awareness of his or her own behavior, and it also helps students who are bullied to react in more effective ways. It can also help adults create a safe school place for children. Mrs. Hanson will also share the program on bullying with the PTA. She hopes to flood the community with information so that children will get the message from more than one source. Mrs. Hanson thanked the district for supporting the program. Other presentations to the school board included a financial report from Darrin Johansen, district administrator, and the annual district audit from the independent firm, Gilbert and Stewart. Johansen reported that there was nothing unusual about the district’s finances. He said the unappropriated fund and undis- tributed reserve balances were in a healthy state despite a sevenyear trend of decreasing enrollments. Gilbert and Stewart reported that the school district had stayed within its budget and described the district as “fairly fiscally responsible.” In other financial matters the school board voted to buy a car that will be rotated into the driver’s education program. The state will reimburse the district up to $25,000 for the purchase. A larger purchase is slated for North Sanpete School District’s Middle School. It will have its phone system replaced for $16,448. The existing phone system was donated by Auto Meter with a useful life expectancy of three years. Now, after six years, the school will receive an updated system. At the request of North Sanpete High School Principal John Ericksen, the school board agreed to spend $20,000 to help the school acquire an electronic Sports writer WWW.GOODSPORTSUTAH.COM Daniel Henry (22) gets fouled as he puts up a shot against Salt Lake Community College. Snow won the game 78-63. North Sanpete to take message on bullying throughout district By Holly Nicholes Staff writer MT. PLEASANT—The attitudes that “boys will be boys” or that “they’ll grow out of it” are not longer acceptable as excuses for bullying, a counselor told the North Sanpete School Board last week. At the Tuesday, Jan. 11 meeting, Elise Hansen, elementary school counselor for the North Sanpete School District, described a bullying awareness program in the elementary schools that is being extended to all schools and personnel. Recent studies show that bullying is ubiquitous in schools and that it is often fostered by a culture of parents, teachers, administrators and other students who do not appropriately intervene, she said. Bullying is rarely an isolated incident; many children are left alone to face repeated incidents of bullying that may go on for months, Hansen said. The atti- marquee to replace the manual marquee currently on Mt. Pleasant’s main thoroughfare. In other high school news, the school board approved requests for the varsity softball, soccer, baseball and tennis teams to travel to St. George and Moab despite the concerns from other faculty over cost. The concerns were voiced by the local teacher association representative Brian Baker. Principal Ericksen justified the requests by saying that school athletes can’t train in the local climate and that the trips include multiple games that give the teams some good practice. There was also some discussion of collecting data on artificial turf and indoor sports facilities. Policies under consideration include allowing children of staff and volunteers on activity trips, background checks for school employees, certification, prayer in board meetings and medical emergencies involving do-notresuscitate directives. Sterling Scholars lend a hand to tsunami victims By Kathy Lin Eggleston Staff writer MANTI—Central Utah Sterling Scholar nominees Dale Nielson and Austin Pieper are assisting victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster by making hygiene kits to send Asia with the help of the community. Pieper and Nielson are seniors at Manti High School and have recently been selected as Sterling Scholars: Pieper in trade and technology and Nielson in business. “We wanted to help the people of the tsunami disaster with our special service project,” said Nielson. “I feel bad for the victims,” said Pieper. “We are really blessed for what we have here.” Pieper and Nielson will accept donations of supplies for the hygiene kits until Jan. 31. A kit contains two combs without sharp edges, four packaged toothbrushes, one 6-8 oz. tube of toothpaste, two bars of soap and two new towels. Cash donations are welcomed. For information call Dale Nielson at 851-6121 or Austin Pieper at 283-0538. Wednesday, January 19, 2005 SAN JUAN—The Manti Templar Girls lost their first two games of region play, to the always tough North Sevier Wolves, 70-36, on Tuesday and to San Juan, 4436, on Friday of last week. On Tuesday, the Wolves overpowered the Templars with a tough press, made almost every shot they put up and had minimal turnovers throughout the game for an easy victory over Manti. The Templars on the other hand, got into foul trouble early in the game, had a hard time working the ball inside and could not seem to get their shots to fall no matter where they shot from on the court. However, it appeared that Manti Senior Lori Jonson felt anything but inferior to the Wolves. She stepped up again and led the Templars with 14 points, hitting two three-pointers in the game. Post player Sili Hafoka got into foul trouble, but still came away with nine points. Other scorers includeed Andrea Litteral with seven, Candalyn Hawks (Continued from A7) remaining 14 minutes of the game, a short jumper by Tyler Anderson early in the fourth quarter. The Hawks stayed in the game with good defense, as Anderson’s bucket to open the final period pulled the Hawks to within three at 30-27. In the second half North Sanpete took only eight shots from inside the arc, making three, and was 0-for-7 on three-point attempts. In the game North Sanpete was 0-for-10 from threepoint range. Lehi’s big man, Ben Walker, turned it on in the fourth quarter pouring in nine of his game high 20 points. North Sanpete was forced to foul and Lehi scored its last 11 points from the line to close out the Hawks. Snow auto program gains ASE certification Staff writer Donation drop boxes are located at Manti High School, Ephraim LDS chapels, Ephraim Church of the Bible, Snow Col- lege Institute, Snow College Greenwood Center, Snow College West Campus-USU, Curves, and Ephraim Ace Hardware. No one could get into double figures for the Hawks as they were led by John Anderson’s nine points and Watson’s eight. Austin Jorgensen scored seven points and pulled down eight rebounds. Matt Gardner hit for 13 for Lehi. Lehi evened its region record with the win at 1-1 after being shocked by Delta earlier in the week, and moved to 10-5 overall. North Sanpete dropped to 0-1 in region and 9-4 overall. This week North Sanpete continued region play at Emery on Wednesday (results not available at press time) and will play at Carbon on Friday. Emery finished the first week of region play in first place with wins over Carbon and Delta. Carbon is tied with North Sanpete at 0-1, and is 5-9 overall. Allen Jensen and Steve Ward, automotive technology instructors at Snow College, receive notification of ASE certification from Stan Nielson, division dean, and Noel Bailey, CTE director. By John Hales Manti High students Dale Nielsen, left, and Austin Pieper assemble hygiene kits for tsunami victims. The boys are asking the community to donate supplies and money to support the project. Kjar and Cassie Tucker each with two and Holli Harman and Karen Johnson, who both scored a single. The Lady Templars then lost a close game on Friday in San Juan. The Templars started the game slowly, falling behind by 11 points, 6-17 in the first quarter; a deficit that proved to be too much fore the Lady Templars to overcome. In the second and third quarter the scoring was pretty even, with the Templars losing each of those quarters only by a point. Manti outscored San Juan by five points, 13-8 in the fourth quarter but it was not enough to come away with the win. Junior forward, Andrea Litteral was on fire and led the Templars with a game-high 16 points, including two three-point shots. Lori Johnson and Cassie Tucker both scored six, Sili Hafoka had four, Kelsie Johnson had three and Whipple finished with one. Next week the Templars will play both games at home, on Tuesday against Gunnison and Thursday against Richfield. EPHRAIM—The National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) have certified the automotive training program at Snow College West Campus. Noel Bailey, director of Career and Technology Education at Snow, says, “We are delighted to join the ranks of ASE certified technician programs. Students will be assured of a quality education, and shop owners will be assured of getting quality job applicants.” The college’s automotive training program, led by instructors Allen Jensen and Steve Ward, underwent rigorous evaluation by NATEF to achieve the recognition. The program had to meet nationally accepted standards of excellence in areas of instruction, facilities and equipment. NATEF Board of Trustees Chair Al Duebber said of the award, “This is great news for automotive-minded young people and their parents in the Central Utah area. Certification of automotive training programs increases cooperation between local education and industry leaders. It also gives added reassurance that Snow College graduates will be employable entry-level technicians.” The automotive training program is certified for the next five years, after which it will again be reviewed to ensure that it continues to meet certification requirements. |
