Show 1 A Topple Net et Foes In Salt Lake Tournament A top-spin top serve and dash to the net by Douglas Dyreng initiated the final point of the 1965 Class B tennis champion champion- ships Return of service was made by Dennis Jensen of Juab Dyreng volleyed back to Tom Johnson the exchange was Intercepted by John ElIason Ellason Ella Ella- son and angled to Jensen Jensen's Jensens Jensens Jensen's Jensens Jensen's Jen Jen- sens sen's cross court shot floated long and wide of the 78 by 36 foot c court urt Doug said moments later As I hit that add point add point serve I thought It doesn't seem possible my high school schooldays schooldays days are over this over this will be the thelast thelast thelast last point And it was as the Dyreng Dyreng Eliason Eliason duo made th the final point of the day Two previous wins had moved them into the third round They had bested Reese and Meyers of Milford 6 0 6 1 and Randy Worthington and Paul Didricksen of Grantsville 6 0 6 1 earlier in inthe inthe j the day f For a combination having I only three weeks practice together to to- 1 gether Doug and John played cohesive tennis Coach Wilbur Braithwaite said Johns John's angled volleys and fleetness and Doug's hopping service sharp volley and overhead kept them In command of their three r matches Four seniors and one sophomore soph- soph f amore carried the red and white colors to a team and four individual championships For Dyreng Eliason John Halland Hall Halland Halland and Jim Peterson it was a aa a repeat of 1964 but it was Leland Thompsons Thompson's first taste of state competition Earlier in the week the boys qualified for action at the University University Uni of Utah courts by sweeping Region VII competition competition tion in four separate divisions Forty-eight Forty regional winners and ups runner joined them for the Salt Lake meet Satur Satur- day Playing in the No 1 singles category John Hall had little trouble disposing of East Carbons Carbon's Carbons Carbon's Carbons Carbon's Car Car- bons bon's John Jones 6 2 6 0 in first round play The key semifinal semifinal semifinal semi semi- final match with Grantsville's Don Wayne Nelson was an entirely entirely entirely en en- different story Nelson a star quarterback in football t and main string basketball j player put on a fantastic exhibition exhibition exhibition ex ex- of retrieving In a at t battle of power vs doggedness e and steadiness the forceful Hall finally prevailed Nelson jumped to an early 6 3 first set led by using shallow balls to bring John to the net and then lobbing offensively just over Halls Hall's head for winners In the second set the IHS 1 netter rushed to a 5 2 lead by anticipating the lob and going back early for accurate over over- heads However Nelson tightened tightened tightened tight tight- ened his game and went on to tie the score at 5 John found himself fighting off two match points before he was able to finally go on to an 9 11 win in the thin thirl Both boys were extended to their physical limits as the fast action had taken over two hours to com com- After a two hour break John came back to soundly defeat St S1 Marks Mark's talented Charles McDonald 6 1 64 6 inthe in inthe inthe the final round It took a great show of heart to carry him to the last round Jim Peterson stroking with classic form decided the only area of the court he would shoot for was corners In the No 2 singles Peterson found the medium slow lay cold courts a soft composition asphalt asphalt asphalt as as- to his liking and he played the top tennis of his high school days Each opponent opponent opponent ent found himself running from corner to corner A favorite tactic employed by Jim was to vary the alternate alternate alter alter- nate cross court shot with a down the line return This invariably invariably invariably in in- variably caught the player on the other side wrong footing the return In order Jim defeated defeated defeated de de- Barry Johnson East Carbon 6 1 6 3 and Glade Gamble of Grantsville 6 2 and 8 86 6 His best tennis came at the expense of St. St Marks Mark's Ronnie Ranger in the finals Ranger had earlier eliminated Waynes Wayne's Marvin Brinkerhoff and was playing well He could not cover the court fast enough to keep pace with Petersons Peterson's long forceful forehand and backhand drives Not to be outdone by his older teammates rangy Leland Leland Leland Le Le- land Thompson used a big serve to command three straight matches In the first round he defeated Duane Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett 6 0 6 0 of Delta Next match was more extended as ashe ashe ashe he was pushed to a 6 2 8 6 win over David of Uin Uin- tah The final round found Le Le- land against land against George Young of Wasatch Academy In Region VII competition Young had Leland on his knees trailing 5 2 in the third set With a ashow ashow ashow show of courage Thompson f fought off four match points and went on to an 8 6 final set victory At state Young could never quite handle the serve and volley tactics of his taller rival and buckled under 6 3 6 63 Final team standings with witha a point per match won were as follows Manti 12 St. St Marks 4 Grantsville 3 Wayne 2 Juab 2 Wasatch Academy 2 Parowan Parow an 1 Millard Millard Millard Mil- Mil lard 1 I and Uintah 1 Members of the 1965 squad beside those mentioned in- in Kenneth Joe Shand George Braithwaite Gordon Jorgensen Richard Nelson Richard Johnson Ted Christensen Craig Armstrong Rand Beacham Wayland Gray and George Sears |