Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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With nerves of steel. Patrice Boshard. Class III Optionals. performs a back walkover on the beam. During this tri- meet. Alta defeated Brighton and Cot- tonwood. Coming out of a turn. Sherry Forbes maneuvers to regain her balance. Stratigically placing her hands. Sherry Forbes begins a front walk over. This optional move, appear ing extremely difficult, is merely routine for the accomplished gym nast. Keeping balance is difficult on a four inch wide beam. Patrice Ba shard, a veteran of this event, is well in control as she goes into her next move. Gymnastics • 85

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Twisted, Stretched And Jarred “Strength and flexibility are musts, observed Mary Ander- son, gymnastics coach, listing the abilities necessary to be a good gymnast. However, chal- lenging one’s body by twisting, stretching, and jarring, often left team members not only sore but sometimes injured. This year several gymnasts missed compe titions because of torn liga- ments. broken bones, and severe sprains. Often the girls pushed themselves to perform even with the pain of these injuries. Be cause of such dedication the team racked up another success- ful year of competition. Many of the gymnasts first re- ceived their training in the mid- dle schools; a few were given pri- vate lessons at early ages, but many freshmen joined the squad with no formal training except for beginning gymnastics classes taught in the P.E. department. “The Class III routines are ex- cellent; all the parts are correct. In optionals, four out of six places are filled with girls com- peting as all-arounds. Also, this year’s team is very slim and nice looking; that adds points, fur- ther commented Coach Ander son, stressing the strengths of the team. Working hard on eliminating falls, wobblings, and incorrect movements, the team practiced Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; and on Saturdays when necessary. Working on the bars required arm and stomach strength along with timing. Floor and beam re- quired good tumbling ability and elegance. Vaulting challenged the legs and demanded an aware ness of body position. Pushing their flexibilities and strengths to new limits, the gymnasts not only provided shows of strength and beauty, but were one of the top 4A gymnastics teams in the state. Getting ready to perform a kip. Trisha Young builds momentum for her routine. Trisha competed as an all around in Class II optionals. With legs extended. Trisha Young looks to her dismount from a half on vault Having her best year ever as a competitor. Monica Franz prepares for her dismount from the uneven parallel bars Monica's performance as an all around Class III com petitor added to the success of the team. 84 • Gymnastics

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Dribbling In ’n’ Out Of The Captain’s Poll The most important aspect of any team is unity. And we’ve got it! We have more unity than any year, says 6’ 2 forward Chuck Cutler. Good Coaching was another reason he gave for Alta’s winning. We’re building many new traditions,” added Darrin Long, a 6’ guard. Most players described being on Alta Basketball Player in one word-fun. Just knowing they were good enough to be a winning team was the biggest boost they could have. There are a few disadvan- tages in playing, however. Each night from 6th period on, the team practiced for three hours or more. Another disad- vantage was teachers were harder on them instead of sup- posedly giving them special benefits. It was certainly not a piece of cake! The Varsity was favored to win Region, and in an early Captains Poll, they were rated number six. They were strong and proved it by losing only once in their pre-season to Jor- dan. Starting the season off right, competing against eight teams, the Hawks captured the consellation trophy in the Provo Tournament. Alta suffered a crushing loss to Brighton early in the season. Then three encouraging wins, one against high-rated Hillcrest brought the Hawks back to life. Then a dissapointing loss to Bingham brought the team down again; but not for long. The Hawks came back and de- molished region number one ranked Brighton by 32 points, and regained their number six spot on the Captains Poll as well as a number two rank in region. This years coach was Myron Long and he was assisted by Coach Black. Coach Long used an unusual defense-offense pat- Passing to Pat McGinnis Travis Clark sets up a play to hopefully score a basket. Going up amidst Brighton players. Roger McDonald scores a basket. The Hawks defeated 1, Region-ranked Bengals by an incredible 32 points. 86 • Basketball