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Show Daily Utah Chronicle January 31, Page Six 4? 1 fSrM mm ,: t i .Uifcr" Utes face Wyoming; 'must' win r i vn-- 4 194 -, by ROGER GRAVES Chronicle Staff Utah's basketball players have packed their bags and taken to the road for two crucial Western Athletic Conference games this week. The Utes meet Wyoming in Laramie Thursday and then jog to Fort Collins where they meet Colorado State University Friday. Tip time for both contests is 7:30 p.m. Both games are essential for Utah, due to the fact that Arizona State beat the Utes in the Special Events Center Saturday. m Steve Odom, drafted Tuesday by the Green Bay Packers, pulls in a Don Van fielder pass against Arizona State. . v .'i-- "., ........- i .. mirnr .m n mn in , Hon Hydalch, drafted by the New York Jets Wednesday, braces for tackle on Arizona State running back. ii muminiri aMt(MMBtM,MMMl,M,.l iiiii i - wii inn I Four Ute footballers get NFL nod held Tuesday and Wednesday. Odom. holder of five NCAA kick return records, went in the fifth round to the Green Bay and Packers. Hydalch, defensive tackle, was picked in the eighth round by the New York Jets. Gary Keller, another by FRED KEMPK Chronicle Staff Utah's Steve Odom. Hon Keller Don and Hydalch. Gary Van (ialder were drafted in the in preliminary rounds of the annual National Football League draft FREDAY NOON return yardage per game (111.6) and total career kickoff return Vikings. Don Van Galder, yards (1602). Odom was also drafted in the quarterback and the VVAC's 1972 Most Valuable Player, was fourth round to Toronto of the picked in the 14th round by the new World Football League last week. He was the Packers' Washington Hedskins. second pick although he didn't Kick return records "go" until the fifth round. Green Odom holds five NCAA kick Bay traded away its second, return records: most kickoff third and fourth round picks. return yards in a season (984), Steve Odom. despite his most return yards per game 165 pound frame, averaged 20.9 (89.4), most total yards for punt yards every time he touched the and kickoff returns in a season football and scored a touchdown (1,228), most kick and punt every 8.8 times he got hold of the 5-- DEVOTIONAL EAST INSTITUTE CHAPEL ELDER .OR!N C. 1st Council of the Seventy Attend devotionals with or without Institute defensive tackle, was picked in the 13th round by the Minnesota THE CHURCH OF ESUS CHRIST SAINTS OF LATTER-DAY Women host ball. ski contest of the Hydalch was and 250 pounds, Utes. At Rydalch has the size and The undefeated women's ski team will host the Western Slope meet at Snowbird, Thursday and Friday. 75 skiers from the area will compete. The slalom begins at 11 a.m. Thursday while the giant slalom will be run Friday morning. The competition will be held below Snowbird, near White Pine at 2 p.m. Friday. Last weekend, the women's team won all three individual strength cross-countr- in 6-- 4 y in trophies the first Collegiate League meet of the season Ski at Sundance. Pat Northrup took one first and one second in the slalom races as did Pepin Corso. The was won by Christina Hindert. registration cross-countr- y drafted Co-captai- needed to play professional football. He was selected to all three of the teams chosen. All-WA- C Keller, another all-WA- C tackle, also has the professional stature. Keller stands 6 and weighs 244 pounds. Keller is also one of Salt Lake City's best amateur hockey players. Van Galder was with Rydalch and was the WAC's MVP in 1972. Although he had a disappointing season, he was drafted by the Washington Redskins, who don't pick up many rookies. The Redskins also have 6-- in quarterbacks Joe Theisman, Billy Kilmer and Sonny Jurgenson on their roster. WINTER BOWLING TRYOUTS WILL BE FEB. 2 AT 10:00 WOMEN'S TEAMS AM AT UNION LANES INTERESTED BOWLERS PLEASE FILL OUT FORM AT UNION LANES, RM. 142, UNION BLDG. INFORMATION CALL WHIT JONES, 467-4990- 3 The Pokes' probable starters are Craig Shanor and Jack Adams, both sophomores, at forwards; seniors Ron Crowell and Larry Crowe in the back-courand junior Stan Boyer, the post. The Utes will counter with Luther "Ticky" Burden and Ty Medley in the backcourt, Scot Jones and Chas Menatti at forwards, with Mike Sojourner in the middle. All five Utah starters continue to average in double figures. Ticky Burden is counting 21.5 points per game, Ty Medley 18.1, Sojourner 14.4, Scot Jones 12.4 and Chas Menatti 10.4. The Utes are leading the WAC in team scoring, putting an average of 92 points on the scoreboard each game. t; FT. FG. PCT. PCT. A Luther Burden .520 .858 1.7 .847 4.8 Tyrone Medley .517 1.8 Mike Sojourner .612 Scot Jones 5.2 .542 Chas Menatti 1.5 .486 .808 Charlie Whiting .416 .857 1.3 Tom Bergen 0.0 .439 .388 Dean Porter 1.000 .5 1.000 768 .5 .389 Craig Nielsen .222 1.3 .461 Doug Terry 1.9 Jeff Jones .500 .833 Mike Dunn UTAH Opponent .444 .504 .467 2-- . .729 .723 RB 3.5 2.6 11.9 4.8 6.3 3.4 3.0 1.5 1.7 2.2 .9 .8 1.1 19.7 43.6 21.3 44.1 Total WAC Avg. Avg. 21.5 22.4 18.1 14.4 12.4 10.4 4.4 19.0 17.2 3.5 3.7 3.0 2.2 2.0 2.0 92 83.2 13.0 8.2 5.0 1.6 4.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 90.6 90.0 Utah is outshooting its opponents from both the foul line and the field. Utah is also scoring over 90 points a game. Still the Utes are only 3 in the Western Athletic Conference. The reason is rebounding and assists. Utah trails its opponents in both categories. In Utah's loss to Arizona State, the Utes had only 13 assists the whole ball game. Scot Jones had more assists against Arizona the previous Friday. single-handedl- FOR MORE 200 wins for Foster Two wins on the road would also give coach Bill Foster 200 career wins, a milestone which may be the spark needed to ignite a Utah twin-win- . Although the Cowboys may not win the WAC, they will most likely decide who will and Coach Foster doesn't like the situation. "You know that Wyoming is going to put it all together and the law of averages indicates that it should happen right away. Hopefully that doesn't mean Thursday night," said Foster. First-yea- r Wyoming coach Mo Radovich is having a few problems with his Cowboys. The Pokes have yet to win a conference game and are a disapon the year. pointing Whomever the Cowboys victimize at home can hang up their togs for the season. Team lineup Name .465 .551 & tention. Stats Box UTE KEGLERS ANNOUNCE TRYOUTS FOR MEN'S One win on the road will keep the Utes in contention, and a sweep could put the Foster kids on top of the WAC. 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