Show iL p Topics From The iThe Tepee 1 By TOMMIE PORTER ordan Ogden Bingham and Granite set a precedent in Utah Utah h school hool athletics during 1940 by retaining four of the seven state prep championships they had won von the previous i lc Morgan attained th the title ranks for the first time in tory st completely Dunn Taylors Taylor's Jordan squad ane the first in 17 years to toa toro a to ro suc- suc Sive state class the first ethe esthe rs to be- be football eat eater r chem cham- bet t laThe rhe Beet- Beet ers nosed out 1938 V Lion o n ner 7 6 for z K Litle title East of f Salt Lake Avon Wn n the grid 11 jn In in 1919 i c j Inclusive e Tooele B Bler ler teg in 1928 state A Aels Dunn Taylor Talor els eIS In 1929 l ingham took the state base- base tle for the second straight Coach Bailey How having a total of five ond lond championships in eight eights s IJ ousting Cyprus after the thena thena na no school had reigned for iI ears Carbon was runner- runner 0 I. I den n fl which In 1939 wrecked Provos Provo's year four-year supremacy In track again captured the cinder laurels and became a double winner win wm- ner ncr by annexing the basketball honors for the first time in eight years under the direction of Coach DIxon Kapple downing Dixie 41 26 in the finale Ogden had last previously held track laurels in 1925 and 1926 Jordan was second this year rear Murray third on the cinders Granite retained the prep swimming swimming swimming swim swim- ming title it IL had won in 1939 when the paddle sport was first established established established as s a part of the official state competition Box Elder placed second to Granite with Logan third Morgan became the third newcomer new new- corner comer to break into footballs football's throne room in three years when this past fall it tipped Bingham 1939 class B grid champ 14 0 inthe inthe in inthe the semifinals and routed Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field 7 20 in the title game It was the first time any Summit district school had ever gained gamed a I state crown or even reached the finals finals of any state event Bingham Bingham Bing- Bing ham and Delta had gained state grid rid honors for the time also in class B in 1939 and 1938 re re- re |