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Show Thursday, Dacambar Mattangar-Entarpr- i, Sports 1 , 1983 Templars notch belt with first season game with Gunnison Badgers skin Wildcats in 91-5- 6 runaway win The Dixie Flyers from St. George are opponents this Friday in a home game for Manti High School. Coach Mark Poth and his team are newcomers to the ranks after having been a member of the classification for several years. Even though the southern Utah Saturday in Ogden as the Badgers dumped the Wildcat junior varsity by WUbur Bralthwalte 2-- high school was divided this year into Pine View and Dixie, the original Flyers remain one of the schools in Utah. This largest game should be a severe test for the Templars. 2-- 3-- MHS started the home season off on a winning note over Gunnison A glance at the Templar past 49-4- Badgers qualify on region honor teams Snow College placed a number of players on the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 1 honor teams and the Intermountain Athletic Association teams. Mike Norseth, Badger quarterback, was chosen NJCAA Regional and named to the ICAC second team. Other Badgers who made the First team on Region 1 offense were Andy Ludvig and Kevin Van Voorhis. Named to the second team on offense were Alan Kendrick, Joe Trujillo and Robbie Bezzant. Making the Region 1 first team on defense were Don Hobbart and Kevin Van Voorhis and to the second team were Ralph Merrill, Kent Lapa. Robbie Bezzant and Tony Tucker. The Snow players who were selected for the ICAC First team on offense were Alan Kendrick and Joe Trujillo and to the second team David Ontiveros. Andy Ludvig. Noble Jackson and Mike Norseth. Special interest fireside set 1 members gained experience in a game that was fun to watch, and well played for an early. On Dec. 10, another of the state's Wasatch of Heber is top teams 27-2- 9-- be held in the Manti Third-FourtWard chapel Sunday. December 4 at 7 p.m. President Don V. Tibbs will be the guest speaker and special musical numbers will be presented. Anyone desiring transportation may contact the High Priest group leader in the respective wards. h 49-4- 2 at MHS. This Saturday the Templars travel to Emery. 39-3- 43-2- Lady Templars Saturday afternoon several recent Templar graduates returned for a In r. double-overtim- sport one win, e they defended the 1983 team 72-7- Brotherhood in action one loss Brothers go into action on Templar basketball rosters by Brace Jennings Manti High School's basketball teams are brotherhood in action. Four sets of brothers are members of the varsity and junior varsity teams. Jqhn Squire, a senior, is a starter on the varsity and plays either center or forward. His younger brother, Glen, is on the junior varsity, but could also see some varsity action. Theyre the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Meade Squire and their dad played for MHS for several years. He graduated in 1945. And their older brother David, now playing for Snow member of College, was a three-yea- r the Templar varsity. Eric Dean and Curt Dean, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dean, are another brother combination. Eric, a senior, is a forward on the varsity and Curt, a sophomore, plays forward for the junior varsity. Chris and Eric Nelson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Nelson, a senior and a sophomore, are also seeing action at forward. Chris is a starter on the varsity and Erie is playing for the ' v m t I r Mr i jpsws?''.' M A I III VT.K W U The Templar girls have won one and lost one in play. They won their opener with Wayne, decision to but then dropped a Wasatch High. title Wasatch is the defending holders, having defeated the Lady Templars in the state championship game last year. Delta won the Region 10 championship last year, with Manti Finishing in second place, but then ended up in fourth place at state. e : Vr t The Lady Templars will play Delta tonight (Thursday) in the First league games of the Region 10 basketball season. Game times are 5:30 and 7 in the Manti gym. junior varsity. Rory and Tyler Nielsen, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Nielsen, are the youngest of the four duos. Rory, a junior, is a forward on the varsity, and Tyler, a freshman, plays on the . . junior varsity. Are there advantages to brotherhood in basketball? Several, the coaches think. For one thing, the younger brothers emulation learning from the older ones. And the furtherance of family interest and tradition. And maybe even a little healthy competition. ,, ' 34-4- 1 2-- 1 Snow College found revenge on the Wildcats of Weber State Templars participate in tournament Manti High Schools wrestling team took two Firsts, one second, two thirds and six fourths at the four-teaGreen River Invitational over the Thanksgiving holiday. Terry Bradley, competing in the 105 pound division, won a First place w ith a bye in the First round and a pin in the second. Miles Van Gordor, wrestling at 132 pounds, took a First with two points. Kay Ray Jensen took second place in the 185 pound class; Craig Cox, 126 pounds, and Dave Simmons, 145 pounds, were third place winners. Snow lost four games last year and one of the four was to Weber State. We had just defeated Dixie in St. George the night before, and no one was really up for the game then, said Robert Cochran, star sophomore forward. "This year we came to win." The game was never even close. Snow jumped to a 14-lead as the tough Badger defense surprised the Wildcats. With eight minutes to go in the First half the score was 34-and at the half Snow led "We've been working hard on 0 4 48-1- Q Two changes were made by the Manti Chamber of Commerce in Manti's Christmas promotions after the 2nd section of the paper had been prin- ted. (See page B5) Santa will NOT come after the December 10 drawing, but the 2nd drawing, and the 2nd drawing will be held December 17, NOT Decem- ber 23. Manti Chamber of Commerce . . it gets harder to believe." Don't Over Extend Don't overload your extension cords. Putting more than three sets of Christmas lights on one extension cord may cause it to overheat and start a Fire, says Steve Bilbao, USU extension safety specialist. Pick Fresh Tree According to Steve Bilbao, USU extension safety specialist, dry Christmas trees are one of the biggest causes of Christmas disasters. He says when shopping for a fresh green tree, bounce it up and down on the pavement a couple times. If very many needles fall off, the tree is already too dry to be safe in your home. 15-2- 1 Snow travels this week to Lancaster, California, for the Antelope Valley Classic, a junior college tournament. The next home game is Dec. 9 against the BYU J.V., 7:30 at the Activity Center. Clyde A. Swenson, a member of Snow College's Institutional Council for over four years, is now Vice Chairman of that group. He is Administrator for Spanish Fork City, and a partner in a farm and cattle r business. Mr. Swenson has been actively involved in civic affairs for many years. He served for 12 years on the Spanish Fork City Council, and is completing his ninth year on the Nebo School District Board of Education. He is Vice Chairman of that Board. He is presently serving as First Vice President of Utah State Treasurers' Association, as a member of Mountainland Association of Governments Steering Committee, and as chairman of that association's Governments Executive Committee and chairman of their Association of Governments Coordinating Council on Aging. In addition, Mr. Swenson has served for the past seven years w ith Spanish Fork's Senior Citizens Director in keeping records, accounts and making reports for that group. He is President Elect of Spanish Fork Citys Rotary Gub, a member of American Legion Post 68. He received the Distinguished Service Award for City and State from the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Prior to becoming Spanish Fork's Administrator, Mr. Swenson worked with the J.C. Penney Company and U.S. Steel Company. Mr. Swenson and his wife Maurine are parents of two sons and one daughter Craig and John Swenson and Elaine Swenson Selby. Correction on recipe The recipe for the Van Blankenstein cookies in the Messenger and Enterprise several weeks ago contained an error. The recipe read one stick butter and one cup margarine whereas it should have read one stick butter and one cup sugar. rMpn ONE NIGHT FREE! JUST BRING FOR THIS AD DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WEEKEND PACKAGE. hotels, stay either Friday or Saturday night at regular rates and get the next night tree1 Enjoy a weekend away from the kids, and do your Christmas shopping where the selection is best' There's also line dining, recreation, entertainment and more' At participating Experience Christmas time m downtown Salt Lake' Make your reservations now! Call: Hotel Utah outside Utah Sheraton Hotel outside Utah h "Each year Bill Floyd and Varlin Law led the balanced scoring for Snow with 16 each, while Pete Brown, James Johnson, and Ogden local Preston Hardy all had 8 points. Snow shot 50 from the field and hit for 72 from the foul line. The Badgers had 41 rebounds to Webers 42 boards. Chairman of Snow council m EBQe'uDC'a 31. Clyde Swenson now Vice The Templars placing fourth were Joe Wernz. 112 pounds; Devon Larsen. 119 pounds; Tony Blauer; 138 pounds; Alan Stevens, 155 pounds; Gerald Brcinholt, 167 pounds, and Kenneth Nielson, heavyweight. Four oat of brothar aro on this yaar'o Manti High School baskatball team (varsity and unior varsity). Top row; Rory Nielsen, Eric Dean, John Squire, Chris Nelson. Bottom row; Tyler Nielsen, Kurt Dean, Glen Squire, Eric Nelson. defense, and its beginning to pay off," said a very pleased Coach Ron Abegglen. The Badger defense caused 32 turnovers, and kept Webers field goal percentage at 91-5- 1 For MHS Daniel Maynes showed a flair for rebounding. Chris Nelson continued his accurate shooting (16) and John Squire added 15. Bob Finite had 10. Blake Howell and Dean Hatch 8 each. All squad Quarter scorers were: in favor of the and Templars. 1 he junior varsity added another 8 win to go with their earlier downed as over victory they Wayne, Gunnison 42-3- 2 An adult Special Interest Fireside will Jim Nelson, Terry Bean and Alan Nell were from '83. Danny Witt and Roger Barton represented '82. Steve Jackson returned from '81, and Mitch Peterson and Mark Russell returned as '80 representatives. Steve Jackson drove for 19 points while Alan Nell hardly missed a jump shot as he hit for 16. Big Mark Russell dominated the boards and got 11 points. Danny Witt mixed drives and jumps and 6 foul pitching for . Roger Barton, Mitch Peterson and Terry Bean all Fine defensive players in high school were still tenacious, while Jim Nelson dropped in a couple of jumpers at crucial moments. shows this to be victory number 134 out of the last 151 home games for an 89 winning average. As usual the Bulldogs were a well coached, scrappy team. Although a young group, they performed like veterans in a losing effort. Morgan Jensen and Jay Greenberg were top scorers with 11 and 10 respectively. For MHS, the defense was spearheaded by senior guards Dean Hatch, Blake Howell and Bob Foote who limited the usually high scoring Bulldogs guard duo of Val Hill and Jeff Bartholomew to a total of 12 points. John Squire was active at center as the 65" senior came up with 18 points and played a good game on the boards. Chris Nelson added 14 points to go with Bob Foote's 11. Other scorers included Hatch. Howell. Eric Dean, Jeff Bennion and Dave Simons. Matt Jacks showed solid ball handling and quickness. Junior Rory Nielsen saw second quarter action. Stephen Braithwaite is still recovering from a hand injury. by Steve Peterson 5 Paga w .. .355 2961 Temple Square Hotel 600 453-382- 800 outside Utah 328 2000 '7? 1J I i Oiler good lor a limited time only t 'a. :( )i:sssB, . fc. iwuMBwmaa mam, ,,mii ww a. ..aa . i I i mm juh srr rxiwlV a i i ia. j. m. m ia Justice of the Peace Position Open Manti City will be considering individuals for appointment to the position of Justice of the Peace. Parties interested in this position are encouraged to make their interest known to the Mayor and City Council in writing and deliver to the Manti City Hall on or before December 16, 1983. . am |