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Show RayEnglestead Leaves Coaching Duties Ray Englestead, basketball and basebaU coach at the Cedar City High School for the past several years, will leave the coaching ranks at the end of the current school year, and devote his entire en-tire time to teaching. Mr. Englestead, who has been popular with students, faculty and townspeople alike, submitted submit-ted his resignation from the coaching position to the Board of Education Wednesday and applied ap-plied for a regular teaching Job that was open in the high school. The board accepted the resignation resigna-tion and approved Mr. Engle-stead's Engle-stead's appointment In the teach- ing vacancy in keeping with his wishes, and at the beginning of the school term in September he will take his place on the faculty In that capacity. Superintendent lanthus Wright stated that while he and the board members regretteJ loln Mr. Englestead from coachlno and physical education fields they were pleased to to have hlr remain in the school as an instructor. in-structor. "Mr. Englestead has rteacher'MrrWrtght'said." we are pleased to haw him remain re-main on the staff.' His teaching teach-ing assignment will be work out in the next few davs an his contract submitted to h'r with other teachers in the near future. In his letter of resignation to the board Coach Englestead indicated in-dicated that he and his wife had (Continued from Pag On) jmmniMiiiMnaiMMiMHMvnMMi i V n 1 RAT ENGLESTEAD -ENGLESTEAD RESIGNS POST (Continued en Bock Pag) considered for some time the advisability ad-visability of leaving the competitive compe-titive athletic field and entering the academic field, and that "looking toward security and the best interests of our family, we tiave decided that the change - 'would be t our best Interests, and that we should make the change now." "There are many rewards one gets from coaching." he says', "but there are disadvantages also, al-so, and it seems that this time the disadvantages outwelght the advanages." He stated to a representative repre-sentative of the Iron County Rcc ord that he has' enjoyed his work In ' competitive athletics very much, and that he will miss thi-acivity. thi-acivity. "However, for my own "best interests I have reached the decision," he said. Englestead has coached basketball bas-ketball and baseball at the high school, handling physical education educa-tion work, and has acted as assistant as-sistant to football coach Clen Jackson. He took his basketball team to the state tournament the past two years, making a commendable com-mendable sTiowlng. On both occasions oc-casions his Redmen team met the ultimate state champion in the opening round of plav, losing In Toth Instances by only the nar-rowest nar-rowest of margins. He also won district honors with his baseball team last year, and has a well balanced team organized for the current season. He will be missed by the many young athletes with whom he has been working and carries the very best wishes of them all In his new endeavor. The superintendent has, of course, had no chance yet to giye much consideration to the selection of a replacement for Mr. Englestead, but whoever gets the position can rest assured that he will have the wholehearted whole-hearted support of Mr. Engle-, stead. |