Show 4 jU 1 12 2 Phone Wanta s lit IId ERN S UTH RN TEAMS FORGE TO FRONT IN 1928 To Wasatch 3 3 BEES TOOELE UNBEATEN IN IN- IN SEASON PLAY West Defeats East by One Point New Grouping Works Out Fine A decidedly bitter taste was left in the mouths of the majority of scholastic football fans again this fall when no state champion was was- roi eIO lo ned nd Boxelder won the class A title tille but did not care to meet mt Tooele class B winner to settle h he state championship Regardless of the tW two l teams teams- not I playing laying for the title scolastic football football foot foot- ball ban proved pro to be even more popular popular popular lar during the 1928 season than during during during dur dur- ing previous years While It is true that football is regarded as s the outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing sport locally such an abundance of statewide Interest was pot hot anticipated BOX BOXELDER ELDER UPSETS WEST HIGH Boxelder high school provided the outstanding upset of the season BeaSon b by by defeating West high school by a G- G G 0 J count fo fo fo- the class A championship o o 0 the state Coach Earl Fergusons Ferguson's eleven displayed ed a lot of power hi defeating the Red fled and Black team and outplayed ed the tle Panthers In every department of the game Tooele captured the class B championship by winning the re rei r glon gion two title in a game with Coal Coal- ville 76 to 0 O. Tooele then drew a abye abye abye bye In the first round of the B n pla playoff off Moab region eglon five champion champion cham cham- pion plea defeated Pa Payson son region three 13 to 0 0 while Hinckley region region re region re- re gion six winner battled to a 6 tie tio with Wasatch academy The following fol lowing week Wasatch defeated defeat if 6 to 0 and I trounced Moab 48 43 to 7 7 Tooele then had little trouble defeating Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- a satch 47 to 0 0 for the B honors The placing of schools Into A N and B n groups proved to be popular popular popular lar with the fans when the announcement announcement an an- was made by the officials ow- ow daIs of t tie e Utah State High School Athletic association before the start of the season However the stipulation stipulation stipulation lation that the A champion did not have to play the B champion champIon- unless the former team chose to to proved to be the weak link in the chain It Is expected that the rule will be changed hanged to read entirely different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent next season The A division consisted ot of schools In region one and the local division of region two Logan Preston Preston Pres Pres- ton South Cache North Cache Oden Orden Ogden Og Or- den Bear River Davis Weber and Boxelder elevens ens making up the region region re region re- re gion one league East West L. L D D. D S. S Provo Granite and Jordan competed competed competed com com- for the A honors In region two In state championship West Vest high team came through to win the 1928 divisional title by nOsIng nosing nos nOs- ing lag out East high h 7 6 in their an annual annual ap- ap nual battle Taking into consideration consideration tion the scores and performances of or orthe the two teams against the same elevens the dope must be In favor of ot the Leopards for the better team tean East did well wen in all Its games ex except except ox- ox the West high battle while the Panthers did not sho show anything anything anything any any- thing sensational before or after tho the title clash with East |