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Show Athletes Honored at 1st Annual Fall Banquet I MMWe, mtm,m m. urn ii-. in. i, .. .mm..,, i.il.hpi .WKpiLi-uwW- iinn .111. . 1 mini j mi., m iinhhw nwwuu n, w , in...,.. I -x 3 ; '. : . S . I , j ? 1 ; A large crowd of 240 people attended the First Annual Fall Athletic Banquet Saturday night at Park City High School. The town's athletes were honored with many certificates, awards, and trophies. Before the ceremonies began, an impressive buffet dinner was enjoyed by those in attendance. The food was donated by many parents of the Park City players on the football and volleyball teams. Guest speaker for the evening was Bill Orwig, well-known sportscaster on Channel 4 in Salt Lake: Orwig began with several jokes, but then grew more serious as he told the audience that the only way to develop a top quality football program is through sheer dedication coupled with an intense desire to be successful. "If you want a winning season bad enough, you must start today to prepare," said Orwig. Orwig cited the Indiana football team as an example. He said the Indiana team had losing seasons for many years, but decided to "turn it around" and establish a good team. Closer to home, Orwig added there was basically no difference between South Summit and Park City football teams. "Somewhere along the line, they (South Summit) wanted it," said the television sportscaster. Finally, Bill Orwig said: "You can turn your own program around at any time." And high school Principal, Jack Dozier, emphasized Orwig's thoughts, saying "Coaches experience ex-perience more emotion in 1 Friday night than most of us do in years time." Dr. Dozier acted as Master of Ceremonies for the banquet, introducing speakers and giving out awards to various groups and individuals. Before giving certificates, letters, let-ters, and pins to members of the varsity football team, Coach. Richard Groth told those gathered in the multi-purpose room that he appreciated the continued support sup-port from members of the community. At times, Groth's address was emotional as he stressed his gratitude to the people of Park City and how glad he was to be working at Park City High School. "It means a lot for me to be here," Groth said, adding "There's a lot of enthusiasm in Park City." Of the team's performance this year, Coach Groth said, "Next year, we'll put it all together. We're on the move." Although the Miners did not have a winning season, Groth pointed out. "We've learned a lot I saw a lot of bright spots." Coach Groth said the task ahead is to build on the positive aspects of the football team. "You have to pick out the positives and go from there. Pretty soon, the program starts." As Groth handed out the awards to the players, he shared little stories about each one. "They (the players) mean so much to me," he said. The varsity volleyball team members also received certificates, certificat-es, letters, and pins for their performance this year. Coach Gail McBride gave out the awards. The junior varsity team also were honored with certificates. Bruce Reid, football JV Coach Head football coach Rich Groth handing out varsity football awards before the large audience that turned out for the first annual fall athletic banquet at Park City high school. presented certificates to the JV members of the team. The Park City High School cheerleaders received necklaces in appreciation from members of the football team, and the all lady line crew was given a pecan pie from Dr. Dozier for their hard work on the field. One of the highlights of the banquet came at the end when special awards were given by various organizations to deserving deserv-ing players on the football and volleyball teams. Cory Provost was the recipient of the Jack McKessick Most Valuable Player Award. Jack McKessick was a former Park City resident who excelled in athletics. Mr. McKessick died during World War II in Iwo Jima. Provost was given the award by Mr. McKessick's wife. Marge Sessions, and Booster Club President, Pete Martinez. Pat Whitfield, U.S. Ski Team Public Information Director, gave Barbara Uriarte the Most Valuable Valu-able Player Award for her play in volleyball. This award was sponsored by the Park City Booster Club. Coaches Groth and McBride gave Captains trophies to Cory Provost and Sandra Burns for football and volleyball, respectively. respec-tively. John Birchumshaw, Exalted Ruler of Elk's Lodge 734 in Park City, gave Sportsmanship Awards to Brad Goff in football and Colleen Burns in Volleyball. And Cory Provost received another award, this one from the Chamber of Commerce, for Leadership. Dr. Dozier gave Cory the award. Linda Simmons, representing the ParentTeacherStudent Association (PTSA) gave the girls leadership award to Sandra Burns. A Most Valuable Lineman Award was given to Steve Mann by John Newland. The 1977 Fall Athletic Banquet was organized by Jenean Bair, Mary Eley, Willow Gebauer, Elaine Jarvis, Jesse Johnson, and Connie King. The success of their efforts were clearly seen Saturday night. I 1 I i i, -... I t I . ' 3 : i- .1 - - ! : ii- 3 I ' I I ' " ! -'1 . i t.llji j if ? ; h " i n j i H, ; I i": , : I ( ! Marge Sessions and Pete Martinez give the Jack McKessick Most Valuable Player award to Cory Provost. Brad Goff receives the Sportsmanship Award from Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler John Bircumshaw. |
