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Show Lrnfiil Holds girufl eontcnilop ByDAVEWlGHAM BOUNTIFUL -- With a Td back that has lost only ftl game over a two year iod the Bountiful High L hall team should be S for a region title. if no question that this Ip of seniors have some I tented players returning i velr but the big question is the quarterback nation. COACH PAUL Wane has ys managed to come up i a great quarterback at , Brave school and this year wal to have had his best rat that spot. However ,r ng the summer Lynn air injured his knee while Lg baseball and has been wed down considerably. Cordis right now that Lynn U be ready by the second season contest or by the It league encounter. BITH MU1R at the helm , Braves will have a great ssing attack to complement air always impressive run-is run-is same. Without Muir the ining game will get the jus of aitention and will get it much better. If Muir doesn't play the arierback the job will obably go to senior Bob rjth with juniors Kevin Kott t Dave Marchant right (jnd. Kott has improved his lung immensely over the , tuner while Marchant is a id leader. Smith has been a 'J ikup to Muir the past two ' its and knows the offense, is also slated to start as a ensive back. I0UNT1FUL isn't as big on I line as they have been in it years but they have some Id blockers who can create jie holes. It has been these is who have been the linstays in the winning pam the past two years. Seniors Joe Denning (200), N i Murray (180), Randy (ts (160) and Mark Farber 10) are slated for action ng with another senior ive Smith who is operating from a bad mo-cycle mo-cycle injury to his leg. I'N'IOR CLARK Mabey a '200 pounder, should fill or Smith if he's unable to 1, Layne Christensen is ther junior who might get ok on the line somewhere, unning backs are one of J bright spots for the ' ves as they return three d seniors along with a 6c pie of pushy juniors to do j bulk of the running. 3c WIN LUDDINGTON saw a . (action last year filling in " Injured players and will 9c oably be the Braves ober one runner this 1 ton. Mike Krammer has the speed and size to ome a great running back 3c ;Brad LaCombe has been , i by Coach Waite "the I blocking back at the. 0c l since he came." 1 ob Cottle is a junior run-A run-A S back that is built solid low to the ground while ry Hilton is a hard nosed 'who isn't afraid to run where. HE RECEIVING corps for Braves is one of the best Ihe region with light ends t Stewart and Ken Allen I wide men Blaine Ber-. Ber-. Danny Glenn, Jimmy rkins and Mike Haslam. art and Allen are both J Uight ends with excellent s while Bernard has the utation of being the best 79 iver on the club. Glenn 'good speed and runs pat- well while Perkins is 9 fastest member of the ! Haslam has good speed ? i'S a good blocker. l'NkEACKING is the 3 11 8h ?efense and this , r have some top 9( " Sttn. Steve Aste.Ed-. Aste.Ed-. ial ,e'!nd Rob Ho mes " p0cV,eareiuniors up by the only return ing starter from last year in senior Jeff Anderson. Other candidates for the spots are Glenn, Bernard, Bob Smith and Wayne Nelson along with juniors Perkins and Gordon Okawa. Nelson will also return re-turn to handle the kicking game for the Braves. COACH WAITE is anticipating an-ticipating a strong league again this year, "as you look over the teams and returning personnel you'd have to say that this year is even tougher than last. There are no weak sisters in the league this season. I would say that from top to bottom this is the best football league in the state." Even though Coach Waite places his troops down the line a-little when talking about region titles, one has to be impressed with their record and the players they too have returning. Although not many saw varsity action all of them have that winning attitude and desire to play. BOUNTIFUL will again field a strong football team, one that will battle for the league crown and a berth in the state tournament. |