Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-12 | Page 10 | Carbon May Join Nebo and Alpine Division

Carbon May Mau Join Nebo ebo and AI ine Division 3 Miners Seek New Foes in Third Region I Price School Plans to Brea Relations With Units in Emery County Carbon county hIgh school iron ironi P rice Price wIll compete against Nebo and i A Alpine dv division lon schools from region 3 next season it if region 3 schools accept ac ac- c ept a recommendation of the state Stat HIgh School hool Athletic association In seeking permission ot of the s tc b body ody to switch Into region 3 PrIc r es said Friday that the tb chool s proposed to maintain r relations with only Moab In the E Emery mery county group Besides s seeking stronger competition U tion on In all all' branches of sport Carbon p proposes to sever athletic relations w with ith cr Huntington Ferron a and nd Castle Dale Bitter feeling developed de- de v eloped between the Emery county s vs last wInter when Carbon was v voted out of the championship picture I In n via th protest route Traveling Problem Region 3 officIals als have evidenced a friendly f attitude toward the Price in in- s which has dominated the E Emery mery the past decade but n a number ot of schools may hesItate to at aa a accept the Miners because of the long t trip rip to Price Ut Utah h county or Nebo division s schools ore ere favorable toward accept accept- I Ins ng Carbon according to Dave Mitchell Mitch Mitch- c ell li region 3 representatIve ot of the b board oard Three ot of these schools schools- S Spanish Fork Payson- Payson h have ave been said to be heartily in favor of o f the plan Inasmuch as Carbon must play at l leG east five rivals tn In football to qualify f ft or state championship consideration t the he Miners must depend upon at least o one ne foe from rom the Alpine section in a addition to the traditional gime with Moab to fill out their requirements ments Accustomed to Lone Lant Trips Carbon does not object to the trav trav- e ling problem on Its Own own part The The Miners Miner have pointed out that they already ol- ol r ready eady travel more than miles to play Moab and that Carbon is only 70 miles mUes from Spanish Fork which would be its nearest rival in the new s setup It If the Alpine divisIon which In- In e cl ludes s de-s ProVo Lehl Lehi Grove and American Fork agrees to pro provide vide Carbon with at lea least t one football game each season the plan will probably a ably bly go into effect Except for pos pos- a Ible playoffs in basketball and competition com com- p petition in track the Alpine schools will not be directly affected in th the for for Carbon Cubon would probably c ast its lot with the thc Neb schools in b ll Carbon has won the Emery distrIct t rack championship nine times In ten ears and hAs dominated on the and basketball court wIn win- 42 football games against 10 and three tJ ties and chalking up 73 hoop victories agaInst 32 defeats