Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Two more points as Jeff Davis sends one more through the hoop. Steve Neeleman avoids a block and sends the ball through the air. Doug Boudreaux takes a successful shot in a J.V. game against the Bengals. Basketball 175

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CAM EXPLODES in c D V T3 C u V £ (0 O) -C 5 • • —I —I OQ H UJ )£ CO QQ AT SEASON’S END J.V. BASKETBALL: Troy Hymas. Sonders. Mike Maires. Mike Day. Sean Todd Templeton. Lowell Richards. Landrum. Ben Dellapiana. Chad Cook. Matt Bradshaw. Steve Neeleman. Chris Moving closer to victory. Troy Long scores win over Mountain Crest. after a gruelling three over- times. As the season drew to a close, the Hawks only needed two more victories to go to the state playoffs. With many dis- appointing losses during the year, state was in question. But for friends and family of the team members, this had been a year of supporting the team in good times and in bad. During the year, this year s junior varsity squad didn't have as many close wins and losses as the varsity, but they did have some very exciting ■ he Bingham Miners, one of the top ten BIB teams in the state, lived up to their standing and won, over the Hawks by nine points, in a very low-scoring, slow paced, stall game. There were a total of seventy-nine points scored during the entire game. Going into their next game, the Hawks knew they had their work cut out for them. They rose to the occasion to play ' spoiler'’ to the Hillcrest Hus- kies, another one of the top-ten teams in the state, by beating them by six points. It was a narrow, yet nevertheless a deci w st Jordan's 20 tries unsuccessfully to block Troy sive victory that was helped by 1-009 s in a 9ame that went in o triple overtime, the fact that everyone who played, scored. Next, a game matches. In preseason, they won by free throws. The Hawks lost to Jordan and beat both actually beat Brighton from the Granger and Timpview by a to- field. but the Bengals scored tal of twelve points. During the thirty-nine out of forty-two free regular season, the games were throws to our seven out of more varied. The Hawks defeat- twelve. Then came a heart- ed Kearns by 22 points and lost breaking loss against West Jor to Hillcrest by 27. Juniors dan. The Jaguars won “any- sometimes played on j.v. and body’s game by two points varsity squads. 174

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BASKETBALL: 00 C1 T- O c ■— a o 9 V) o -C 5 • 'xaMOBBSsaai .wan With power. Jeff Larsen throws the basketball to an eagerly awaiting Jared Larsen. SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL: Row 1: Troy Hymas. Mike Sumner, Kelly Jen- sen. Brad Jensen. Pat Holmes. Kurt Bri- an. Tim Peterson. Nick Goetren. Row 2: Todd Templeton. Andy Mishmash. Wayne Chappie. Brett Alvey, Jeff Jackson. Crucker Halsey. Chris Saunders. Kurt Hogge, Paul Larsen. Chris Conneley, Ryan Losser, Jason Petit. ALT DISNEY REFEREES hat a great sea- son! The Fresh- men finished the season 3rd in re- gion, having successfully won every team, excluding Hill- crest, at least one time! High points of the season in- cluded their highest score, which was 72 against Bingham. Another high point occurred when the team played Brigh- ton. With 6 seconds remaining, Brighton shot the ball, sinking it. To Brighton's dismay one of their players called a time out just before the shot, making the basket invalid, allowing Alta to win. In a game against Hillcrest, an Alta player was running alongside an opposing player and the player reached in, knocking him out of bounds. The refree called an offensive foul against Alta! Coach Dustin was infuriated and ended up re- ceiving a technical for being in the center of the court telling the referee he had “an imagina- tion good enough to write for Walt Disney.” “This season was a some- what disappointing one.” said Coach Haslip. The entire sopho- more basketball team was split into two groups with the more experienced players placed on the Junior Varsity team. Todd Templeton. Troy Hymas, Chris Saunders, and Krooker Hal- sey's promotion to J.V. deplet- ed the ranks of the sophomore team. The team did well if they were ahead. However, if they fell behind they often had some trouble catching up,” com- mented Coach Haslip. The best game of the season was against Brighton. The team played well and led by at least ten points throughout the game. To top it off, it was the first time Brighton's sopho- mores had been defeated for two years. The most improved player was Kurt Hogge and did much to boost the morale of the entire team. 176