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Show Cyan Magenta Yellow Black A10 Sanpete Messenger-Gunnison Valley Edition Wednesday, March 30, 2005 VIDEOTRONIX 96 North Main • Richfield JOHN HALES / MESSENGER PHOTO Snow head coach Jon Judkins shares a laugh with Badger sophomore Dan Henry during team practice. Coach (Continued from A1) Judkins admits that his teams often don’t have some of the talent other teams in the conference might have, but that his teams make up for some of that by playing together. Judkins’ USU player’s bio says, “ . . . he brings an instinctive ability to the game,” which coach Olson names as another reason for the team’s success. “He’s got a great basketball mind,” says Olson. “He knows the game so well, he sees things that most people don’t see. Judkins says that, more important than winning, or even the game itself, is that his players get an education. He boasts that since he’s been at Snow, only two players have not graduated. Sophomore Kasey Winters says, “Education is important [to Judkins]. He wants us to learn more than just basketball.” Judkins himself says, “It’s not just basketball. It’s life.” In the world of college coaching, 13 years is a long time to spend in any one place, but Judkins doesn’t indicate any intention of leaving anytime soon. “I love it here. It’s a good place,” he says. “Why change when you like what you’re doing. And you don’t want to leave something when you’ve worked hard to built it up.” And of course, it’s hard to say goodbye when you get as close to something as Judkins does to his players. After the game that put Snow out of the Scenic West Athletic Conference tournament three weeks ago, the sophomore players weren’t the only ones with tears in their eyes, knowing they had played their last game together. Seeing Judkins with red, puffy eyes, one could understand a little better what Moses Hawkins meant when he said, “Coach is like one of the boys.” Gunnison Provider Clinics Monday through Friday Kim Beck, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE Kimberly Beck, MD ........ 528-7935 Cary Judy, D.O. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB Jan Christensen, MD ...... 528-7291 Dwight Inouye, MD ........ 528-7202 Christine Jackson, MD ... 528-7752 John Jackson, MD .......... 528-7752 Monroe Clinic ............. 528-8866 Jan Christensen, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB Jan Jonson, PA-C ........... 528-7227 Cary Judy, DO ................. 528-7227 Richard Nay, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB Richard Nay, MD ............ 528-7231 Richard Anderson, MD ... 528-2151 Christine Jackson, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB John Jackson, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE Visiting Specialists Marvin Allen, MD C. Barton Anderson, MD Scott Bingham, MD J. Cordell Bott, MD Dean Bristow, MD William Collins, MD Ronald Duerkson, MD Trenton Jones, MD Patrick Kronmiller, MD Matthew Parsons, MD Robert Pearson, MD Warren Peterson, DO Brian Tudor, MD Jeffrey Wallentine, MD Mobile MRI Service Cardiology Audiology Cardiology Oncology Urology Urology Electrodiagnosis Plastic Surgery Urology Ophthalmology Ear, Nose & Throat Dermatology Oncology Orthopedics 801-429-8128 435-867-5761 801-429-8128 866-374-2367 801-465-2511 801-465-2511 801-357-7770 801-418-8172 801-465-2511 800-854-6201 435-867-8719 801-794-1490 866-374-2367 800-475-5373 435-528-2125 Von Pratt, M.D. EMERGENCY MEDICINE Richard Anderson, M.D. GENERAL SURGERY Central Utah Public Health Department Immunizations 1st Tuesday each month – No Appointment Necessary Jan Jonson, PA-C Connie Vail, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE RADIOLOGIST Bevan Bastian, M.D. RADIOLOGIST |
