$1.50 February 23, 2024 | Vol. 3 Iss. 07
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Unified Sports program champions SPORTS inclusion, empathy and friendship By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com BOUNTIFUL—Logan Bodily loves basketball. He’s the team manager for boys basketball at Clearfield High and he’s also a Unified Sports athlete who competed in a tournament held at Bountiful High last week. The Unified Sports program champions inclusion, empathy and friendship by bringing together athletes with and without intellectual disabilities on the same teams. “I have fun and I like the teamwork,” said Bodily, who plays alongside peer leaders without disabilities. “I play offense and defense and I score a lot. I like talking to them (peer leaders) and getting to know them.” Bodily is a senior and this is his third year as a Unified Sports athlete. “It’s so fun. I’m not nervous – I’m excited to get out there.” “I’ve played for two years,” said Unified Sports athlete McCoy Barlow, a junior at Bountiful High. “I like all the people and making friends and dribbling past everyone.” This is paraprofessional Rose Eyre’s third year coaching Unified Sports at Bountiful High. “I love this,” she said. “This is the highlight of the year. When I watch from the sidelines it Please see UNIFIED: pg. 2
TAYLOR HARVEY, BOUNTIFUL (10) gets bumped from behind by Woods Cross’ Mari Nichols. The bump propelled the Redhawks forward as they continued their winning ways doubling-up on the Wildcats 66 - 33.
Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
THE UNIFIED SPORTS GAMES held at Bountiful High School, Feb 15, were all about helping kids play the sports they love in a friendly and supportive environment.
Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
By Catherine Garrett c.garrett@mycityjournals.com
Parents of kids killed in Parkland shooting come to Utah in support of school safety bills By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com UTAH STATE CAPITOL—The mother of a girl who was killed in the Parkland shooting in Florida in 2018 and the father whose son was also killed were at the Capitol on Tuesday in support of the School Security Task Force and related legislation. Rep. Ryan D. Wilcox, R-Ogden and Sen. Don Ipson, R-Washington County are sponsoring HB14 and HB84, both bills regarding school safety measures. “We have some special guests with us today from their home state of Florida,” said Wilcox at the press conference. “We’re here because they invited us out there as part of the work of the Task Force to learn from what they had gone through. To
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Bountiful girls basketball secures Region 5 title in undefeated fashion, Davis takes Region 1 crown
learn from the experiences that they had both good and bad. Because in the wake of the disaster that took place on Valentine’s Day in 2018 when we lost 17 and injured another 17 they weren’t quite as prepared as they might have been.” They are here today on their own, he said, “so they can help make sure that we are prepared in the event of such a disaster in our own state.” “My daughter Alyssa Alhadeff, was murdered on Valentine's Day six years ago,” said Lori Alhadeff. “Alyssa was the heartbeat of our family and she was shot eight times in her English classroom. That horrific day my husband and I turned our pain into a reason for action to make our schools safer.” Alyssa’s Law has now been passed in five states,
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that when there’s a medical emergency or active shooter situation, the teacher can push a button and it’s directly
Top-ranked Bountiful hasn’t lost a Region 5 game over the last three seasons – in 34 matchups – and the Redhawks closed out another region title with wins over Roy and Woods Cross last week. On Feb. 14 against the Royals, the Redhawks won 64-33, scoring 39 points to start the game and were up 23 by halftime. They put in 25 more points to run away with the game. Milika Satuala had a monster game of 24 points and 14 rebounds with Taylor Harvey and Maleah Nelson also in double figures with 15 points and 11 points, respectively. Also producing on the offensive end were Mae Johnson (six points), Adelaide Stevenson (two), Anna Larson (two) and Sila Tu’akoi (one) with Johnson grabbing 11 rebounds as well. Against the Wildcats Feb. 16, Bountiful won 66-33 by starting strong – holding a 14-point lead after the first two quarters – and keeping the offense rolling in the second half. Harvey’s 20 points led the Redhawks with Satuala (15 points), Stevenson (10), Johnson (seven), Larson (five), Charlotte Johnson (four), Isabeau Hoff (three) and Maleah Nelson (two) also scoring.
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LORI ALHADEFF, mother of Alyssa Alhadeff who was killed in the Parkland school shooting in 2018 speaks at a press conference about school safety legislation.
Photo by Becky Ginos
she said. “Florida, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Texas and we want to see it passed here in Utah as a standard level school safety protection in every school so
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