Timpview High School - Talon Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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HIT THE SLOPES. Ready to head up the canyon. Shane Reay glows with the excitement of the ski season. Shane loves to ski the mogals and go off the jumps to practice his skiing. READY SET-GO. Chris Poole is dressed and ready to go biking through the valley. Chris rides his bike regularly to keep in shape and to have a lot of fun doing it. UP AND UP AND UP. Steve Radle has the unusual hobbie of climbing rocks and mountains in his spare time. For Steve, climbing is a challenge both physically and emotionally. ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’. Rain or shine Isaac Wilson is always ready to head up to the mountain trails for a workout on his bike. The Alpine Loop is one of Isaac’s favorite rides. Individual Sports 97

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 INDIVIDUALS Athletes show excellence in specialty s EXCEI ports L Isaac Wilson started bike rid- ing in 1985 and said. If Matt Ohran can bike, so can I. When I ride bikes. I forget all my prob- lems. Colorado was the place for Isaac; he liked to race there most of all. Chris Poole was another Timpview biker. Chris started his racing in 1983 and remem- bered. One of my dad's stu- dents started me with bicy- cles.” Chris has won several awards. He took first place at state in his age group and then went to Nationals and took twenty-first place. Travis Whitlock started dirt bike racing in 1982. His dad took him out and he loved it. Travis took second place over- all in Colorado and fourth place overall in Montana. If there was ever a time when Travis wasn't on the race tracks, he usually was on water or snow skis. Gymnastics was Shane Stur- gill's specialty. Shane started gymnastics at a very young age. I think I have natural abili- ty and flexibility. Shane won several honors taking sixth place overall at a regional meet. There were students from Utah, Colorado. Idaho and New Mexico. He was a member of the All American Gymnas- tics Team. Shane Reay loved to ski. He said. It takes a lot of practice; I have been skiing since I was four. My family skis all of the time. Shane could usually be seen skiing down the icy snow packed hills of Sundance. Shane commented, “The more times you go. the funner it gets. Steve Radle climbed rocks. He said. Steve Crandall took me climbing once and I have loved it ever since. Steve started climbing in 1985. He loved it because it was a chal- lenge. I used to go every day during the summer, now I only go a few times a week, Steve remembered. Mindy Peay was not only a cheerleader, she was a second place National Championship Winner in Horsemanship. She also had one Reserve Cham- pionship. second place. It was a lot of work, but Mindy wanted to get better. Mindy had been around horses since age five. Mindy hoped to continue her winning ways. HEAD OVER HILLS. Shane Sturgill does a head stand in the gymnastic room. Shane is working on his form, preparing for upcoming competitions. He loves to work out in gymnastics. HORSING AROUND. Mindy Peay and Missy Coles ride through the fields on Mindy's prize winning horse. Mindy and Missy are both cheerleaders who create spirit at Timpview. FLYING HIGH. Travis Whitlock soars through the air in a fearless display of his unique hobbie. Travis and his dirt bike have competed in the famous Wi- dowmaker Hill Climb. 96 Individual Spor

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THE WINNING SHOT TOOK It’s a team effort but individual heroism ‘There’s three seconds left on the clock, our hero stole the ball and started the drive down court. Two, he went behind his back. One, he put up a last chance half court desperate shot and scored! Timpview had won this ball game by a score of 94 to 93.” While it might sound like winning was a one man job, it was really the hard work of the entire team that made a win- ning season. Coach Don Cham- berlain, continually reminded his players that, “You can pass the ball a lot faster than you WAKING THE MOVE. Jeff Lindstrom and Logan Lundahl take defensive ac- tion against the Layton players. Both Jeff and Logan spend many hours after school perfecting their game. can run with it.” The Varsity and JV Teams practiced daily from 3:00 to 5:00 and then practiced on their own. Being a basketball player meant sacri- ficing many things players took for granted. Players couldn’t play basketball for any other teams, couldn’t be involved in any other team sport during the season, and practices really cut in on free time. Being a basket- ball player wasn’t easy, but it did have its rewards and no matter who won, either by a close or long shot, proved it was a team effort. UP FOR THE SHOT. Richard Rawle puts in a lay-up as another dodges out of the way. Rich, like the rest of the team, enjoys basketball and is willing to sacrifice a lot for it. DRIVING DOWNCOURT. Jeff Lind- strom shows some of his dribbling technique. Jeff also plays quarterback on the Varsity Football Team and is on the baseball team. 98 Varsity Basketball