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Show December 2, 1966 THE SIGNPOST Page 9 PEDRPILE IKKIDSYS PEPPEKDINE Football Team 6-3 BY Roger Petersen Signpost Sports Editor With winter winds chilling the grass on the gridiron, Weber State fans turn to the inside for their thrills and spills." Swimming, wrestling, volleyball, handball and above all, basketball, will dominate the attention of young and old until spring. Coach Dick Matta's crew plays its second game of the season against Pepperdine College of Los Angeles in the Weber gymnasium Saturday night. Game time for Frosh games is 6 p.m. and varsity games 8:05 p.m. Weber's basketball squad is for the most part new, and lacks the 0 experience of the well-seasoned clubs they'll face during the year. With only two returning letter-men, the Wildcat cagers will have a tough time competing against clubs like Seattle, West Texas State, Fresno State, Northern 111. Southern Colorado, plus the tough Big Sky schools. All of these will be making an appearance in Ogden throughout the season. On the road Weber will face such teams as last year's NCAA champs, Texas Western, and take the University of Arizona. Greg Harrop, the only senior on the team, and Ted Bryant, who came on strong during the latter part of last year's season, will form the nucleus from which Motta must expand. A bulk of junior college transfers plus several tough freshmen holdovers give the team good depth. Dan Sparks, a lanky Indianian, fills the post position well'. At 6' 8", Sparks rebounds with consistency and shows agility and ac-'curacy for the board shots. Sparks played on the Vincennes JC national championship team. Nolan Archibald, JCAll-Ameri-can, will be tough to stop at the forward position. Archibald shoots with precision from long or short distances. Across the court Charles Rucker and Larry Bergh are possible starters should Bryant fall short of expectations. Wes Jessup, from Pierce JC in Los Angeles, will be working with Harrop to put action in the guard slots. Wes, at G' 3". has plenty of muscles and coordinates them quite well. Close behind Jessup, Monte Vrenon, an all - r A r " "" t V, J 1 Nolan Archibald, JC transfer from Dixie, will be in the lineup again tomorrow night when the Wildcats take on Pepperdine College in an 8 p.m. tilt. conference pick at Dixie JC last Bergh and Joe Johnson probably year,"7 will be contending for a hold the top spots, starting berth. The Wildcats also have several Depth and future potential are the holdovers from last year's frosh two call words this year which quintette, among whom Rucker, should typify the season. Cats End Year The Weber State Wildcats finished the season with a 6-3 record and a third place finish in the Big Sky Conference. In the final outing of the year, Weber was trampled by the University of Idaho Vandals 42-12 in a Big Sky game played in Moscow. Ray McDonald, Idaho's all-America fullback scored three touchdowns in the rout and set several individual records as he led the Vandal slaughter. Weber finished ninth in the nation among the small college teams. Two teams who defeated the Wildcats, San Diego State and Montana State, also of the BSAC, finished first and second in the nation. This was to be a re-building year for the Wildcats and Coach Sarkis Arslanian and his staff had to beat the bushes to round up transfers to fill many holes left in the offensive and defensive lines by graduates. Devensive end, Ron McCall was selected to play in the East-West Shrine game in San Francisco. He is the first WSC player to be so honored. hUCall Chosen For East-West Shriners Game This week's announcement from San Francisco that Weber State's Ron McCall has been invited to play in the annual Shrine East-West Football Game was accepted enthusiastically by the Wild cat gridder and the Weber State Athletic Department. McCall is the first Weber State player to be selected to play in the Shrine game. In fact, not many college division teams are able to send representatives to this fine post season all star game. McC all's selection is a great tribute to his football talents. He made all-conference honors the past two years as a defensive end. Actually he plays an outside linebacker position in the pro-style defense used quite often by the Wildcats. Some professional football teams are interested in him as a linebacker and he is expected to be drafted by the pros in January. Indications are that he will play linebacker in the East-West game on Dec. 30. The husky 6'2, 235 lb gridder is a native of Clearfield. He was a junior collegeAll-Ameri-can at Dixie two years ago under Arslanian and now he is a prime candidate for college division Ail-American recognition at Weber State. A dedicated football player, Ron Ron McCall has speed, strength and quickness. He fears no one on the field and loves to hit. Extremely coach-able, McCall's serious dedication and cooperation on and off the football field draws never-ending praise from his coaches. Coach Sark, obviously pleased at McCall's selection to the Shrine game early Tuesday morning, said that "Ron has the ability to be a fine professional football player." "I am confident that he will give a good account of himself and Weber State in the East-West game,'' Sark said. "His selection is a great honor for him and his school.'' v.. Come in and meet the Guys and let them Fashion Coordinate your Shoe Wardrobe with your Clothing. Ye Carry A Full Line Of . . . FLORSHEIMS, GUARDSMAN, JACK PURCELLS, WEEJUNS, MOCS, and RUFF OUTS TO M NYE CO |
