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but for now, Alta vs. Timpview is on...
if you want people to notice, move to Iowa or Heber, otherwise don't worry about it-
it people ACTUALLY cared, then people would want to hear about it more..
Being involved with wrestling for over 30 years, I believe many people 'do care'. To say "no one cares about wrestling" is totally incorrect. There are many people who care and enjoy reading about wrestling. I enjoy reading about any high school sports. It just would be nice to read more about sports other than football and basketball.
Utah does quite well nationally in wrestling. We have had some of the best wrestlers in the country in the past years and Utah is represented well. An article on some of those outstanding individuals would be great. (Like the one on Ethan Lofthouse)
Congrats to all those high school football and basketball players who have received mention in the Trib and let's hope more articles will be coming on other sports and their athletes.
And, hopefully, comments on this site will be positive and upbeat toward ALL high school sports and get fewer comments from those who either don't know what they are talking about or those who love to see their negative comments in print.
but guess what the GENERAL public doesn't care about wresting, they don't care about Ethan Lofthouse or some kid from Springville.
that is not to take anything any way from those kids..
I use to ski race. there are a lot of great ski racers in Utah - does Dnews talk about them - no - should they - no - because the GENERAL public doesn't care.
never heard of him...
So I guess the DNews should just print football and boys basketball games from Salt Lake and Utah counties since that is what you think the "GENERAL" public wants. Utah is a great high school wrestling state and it deserves more coverage.
Alta's only loss this year was to Grant High School out of Sacremento, CA. Grant just won the open division state high school football championship over previously top ranked Cal Poly from Long Beach. Not a bad loss for the Hawks!
With the football season now in the books, Alta has finished the season being ranked 31st in the nation by Max Preps. The next closest Utah team to Alta is Timpview who finished the season being ranked 63rd in the nation. That's right, Alta is the BEST high school football team from the state of Utah!!!
Way to go Alta for finishing a near perfect season!
Alta players/coaches/fans need to get over this INFERIORITY complex and just MOVE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who cares if people think Timpview is the best/top program in Utah
LET IT GO ALTA FANS...
I'm not going to say that one program is better then the other. I would love to see it decided on the field. When I talked to Les Hamilton at the state game he said TV refused to play yet again so hopefully the posts at the top of this page are correct. That being said, can you really blame the hawks? All year for the last two years TV fans have been running their mouths about how they're ranked higher and how they would roll us yet continue to refuse to play. Lots of smack with no action is going to get people riled up. It's the nature of the beast. We just want to see some action behind the words. Play an out of state team once in a while. Play a good 5A team once in a while. Beating one or two weak 5A teams doesn't mean you own the state. A little humility will go a long ways. TV should be proud of what they've done as should Alta. Until they actually play each other this will never end.
And just because our newspapers don't have a clue doesn't mean the sport doesn't exist or that the sport turns out more nationally recognized athletes from out state in one year than basketball has in a generation.
Newspapers have limited space and limited resources. It can not be all things to all people.
It's a life lesson, please learn it.
But more coverage would be nice fans like myself.
And to "soaptheman", your comment "Our sport is by far the toughest of them all" is inappropriate. I have no respect for athletes who dare belittle any other sport. Have some class.
To answer your question:
"IF cottonwood and Tiumpview both show well against Alta and Bingham does that mean that 4A really HAS been the best classification the last 2 years?
NO- by the way what does 'show well' mean? If TV ends up playing Alta and beat then next year, it just gives some justification to all the TV fans that during their streak of UT county foes they can argue that they are or were the best team. The rest of 4A doesn't automatically become better than 5A.
GET A CLUE!!
5A is the better classification either way. 5A wins over 2/3 of the games every year in the head to head games. The all star games ---WOW--- talk about blowouts. The 3rd best 4A team got blown out by NR and beat a 1-9 Freemont team by 7 against their only 2 5A opponents.
Interesting notes:
Grant finished #14 in the nation and were the CIF champs and beat Poly/Long Beach. It was Poly's only loss. Poly started off the season with a blow out win over 2 time 6A Florida champ Northwestern. Northwestern was coming off a national #1 ranking in several polls. Northwestern lost in the 6A finals this year.
Why does this matter?
The Utah teams are not as far behind the so-called national power HS teams.
ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Rivals, USA today and Scout have Timpview ranked in the Top 25 in the country (which is ahead of Alta).
ESPN had TV at #50, not in the top 25. btw- Grant was #10 and Trinity #9 (after Allen, TX #2 got payback from a earlier loss to Trinity and won 5A-region 1 in TX)-Good luck next year Bingham.
SI.com -Now there is a reliable source. Poly who was ranked #2 and finished ranked #13 after they lost to unbeaten Open CA St champs Grant. What did they rank Grant after beating their #2. They didn't-Go figure.
As a UTE fan I want to send a memo to the Bronco and his coaching staff. PLEASE....PLEASE.....PLEASE... keep recruiting TV kids. I love seeing them get smoked in big games and especially on national TV. Keep them coming, need more slow guys in the secondary.
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The schedule makers are listening.
Alta and Bingham both play each other AND Cottonwood AND Timpview.
Break out the popcorn, I'll be all over those games.
But one question. IF cottonwood and Tiumpview both show well against Alta and Bingham does that mean that 4A really HAS been the best classification the last 2 years?