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Show EAOLI-ADVEXTl- Region Three's All Star Grid Team Chosen By Coaches Thunday, Nov. 23, 1967 omores. It's Ron End JonWinget SamAloia End Tackle Tackle - JohnFassio Davidlsom . Nick Capece Jerald Warner Quarterback Halfback Halfback r. Jerry Davis Pete Van Valkenburg Fullback BiiiinrMii ni 230 6' 2" 5' 8" 5'10" 6 1" 6' 2" 6' 1" 5'10" 6 1" Hillcrest Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior 215 190 215 6' 2" Judge Jordan Granite Granger Granite Granite Granger Granger Greg Matsuura Center 0 0 Murray ' Doug Maughn Guard Guard 6 4" 6 2" Hillcrest Hatch 185 175 190 180 165 155 175 Grlener Cited Guard Guard Linebac f 4 L. Granger Len Bawden Rick Martin Kearns Tooele 6' 1" Judge 6 6' 1" 6' Senior Senior . 5'10" mm: Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior 275 235 200 185 195 160 165 6' Granite Granger r v J 6 3" Hillcrest Bruce Taggart BOCK V Herzog Albert Winkler Dennis Bearden Brent Sorensen f 1 r GRANGER. Except for the most faithful of Lancer athletic followers, area grid fans have undoubtedly forgotten that the football season just ended was to have been a 'rebuilding year at Granger high. Such a year, an offspring of heavy losses through graduation, generally produces few victories and is most often considered as a period of I& A ') f 26 In I !i o m v is. 111 0 o Cream Of Region 3 - Fullback: Every offensive team must have a power runner and Pete Van Valkenburg of Hillcrest provides block-bustimuscle on the '67 star team. Operating with emphasis in the Huskle backfleld, he was the type of runner who hit hard enough to break off tackles, then moved swiftly enough to take advantage of his opportunities once in the secondary. He compiled a miraculous 1,- 212 yards rushing, for an av erage of 7.1 per carry, plus 10 passes for another 183 yards. There were enough good backs in Region Three this year that the coaches weren't entirely in agreement. Support showed up in the balloting for several others, which lends credence to the theory that an other backfleld of equal ability to the first lineup might be created. The coaches gave a nod to Golden talented Richards, Granite Junior; Mike Chambers, shifty Judge Gary Sanders, a bright spot in Murray's season; both Scott Davies and Tom Parker, who ran well In Tooele's single-win- g formation; Ron Giacoletto, the best Cyprus had tooffer;KerryOtte, bruising Granite fullback and Craig Harper, an effective run ner for Jordan's Beetdiggers. Defensive specialists in the '67 All Star lineup were principally linemen. Evidently on the theory that Wlnget (a defensive regular at safety) and Hatch could take care of the flanker chores, the mentors went strongly for a pair of big tackles as a starter. Bill Herzog, huge (275) Gran ng Forward Wall Vith College-Siz- e reet, Hard-Chargin- Backf ield g rt Spartan star was also a power on defense. Wlnget caught a phenomenal 46 passes been selected by Region Three during the year for 011 yards coaches In cooperation with the and 38 points. Creen Sheet. Ron Hatch, Hillcrest, whose The defensive line tips the height (6-- 4) made him a favorscales at 212 pounds per man. ite target for passes and whose The offensive one averages an bulk at 215 pounds gave the even 200 pounds. The light' Huskies a defensive flanker of weight backfleld, which would great ability. Top receiver for weigh in at a trifle shy of 169 the Huskies, he caught 15 passpounds per player, would feat' es for 126 yards. ure a devastating passing game, The coaches also cast ballots along with both speedy and In favor of some other fine powerful ends, Including Leo Gibby, a ' 190-p- o In all, 18 players were tabbed 2, under from Tooele, by the region coaches, seven as Scott Sharp, 4, defensive specialists. Only two from Hillcrest; Dave Gibson, were unanimous choices, reGranger wing-mand Virgil Beck, whose flecting the wide range of talent In the region. Getting a vote receptions of Capece passes from every coach -- - and all 10 netted much yardage and many in the region cast a ballot scores for Granite. were Jon Wlnget, Tackles: Alola, a three-ye- ar Murray end and SamAloia, huge letterman for Judge, was one Judge tackle, whose play was a of the toughest in the league highlight of another successful and went both ways with equal Bulldog campaign. power. Proof of his consistency The All Star teams approxi- was the fact every opposing mately paralleled the finish In coach chose him for the All the league. Granger, the over- Region starting team. all champion, picked up three Doug Maughn, a big (6-- 2, offensive and two defensive 230) Jordan senior, who anberths. Granite, runnerup in chored the middle of Coach division one and third In over- Bob Sanchez' line and was one all team standings, had four of the major reasons the 'Digselections. Hillcrest, which gers showed vast improvement nabbed the division one crown over a year ago. and was second to Granger In Guards: Jim Fasslo, Grangthe region had three. er, whose Improved play in '67 The remainder for the star was somewhat accountable for squad listed two from Judge the Lancers nabbing a first footand one each from Tooele and ball crown in their Murray. Plus a standout from history. He coupled to his other the cellar-dwelliKearns abilities an accurate toe, which crew In defensive strong-ma- n produced most of the conversion Len Bawden. kicks. When the offensive lineup of Greg Matsuura, Granite, a ar the mythical team took the field, regular for Coach It would shape up this way: Darold Simmons. A tough comtnos: w ingot, who was a petitor with the chips down, season-lon- g standout on a Matsuura helped spark a good Spartan team Granite crew which tied both which won only two of Its nine Granger and Hillcrest. starts. His reception of passes Center: Dave Isom, an alert was little short of brilliant Granite senior whose ability and his ability to run after the to capably block In pass procatch made him a constant long tection after the snap was andistance scoring threat. The other reason the Farmers were so effective In the air. Pushing Isom for the berth were Keal Hendricks on of Granger and Vernon Baari of Jordan, both of whom received some support In the voting. In a region Quarterback: which boasted several fine passing quarterbacks, Gran485-112- 0 ite's Nick Capece, a 2, senior, stood out. Not only did he fling the pigskin with for recorded meiioge 24 hewn a day accuracy and for distance, but MURRAY. There's sufficient three-spo- size for a college eleven In the All Star grid squad which has rs. 6-- an ng glue-finger- ed . 10-y- ear signal-callihis level-head- ed was a big cog In the ng Farmer success. His passing netted 1,175 yards and 10 TDs during the season. Competing for the starting berth would be Todd Chrlsten-se- n, the aerial artist in Granger's attack; Dave Welchman, whose throwing was Instrumental In Bingham's offenslvejSteve Pratt, engineer of Tooele's contingent; Blaine Church, who threw effectively from the shotgun formation utilized by Murray, and Doug Crebs, whose accuracy made Jordan a surprise In the region race. Halfbacks: It's unusual when a pair of backs from the same team garner All Star laurels. but it's happened on this aggre gation. Jerald Warner, a 1, senior holdover from Granger's good '66 team was the wheelhorse of the squad this fall. An able pass runreceiver and a ner, he was a key to the crown. catching 19 passes, five of them for TDs, plus racking up an average of 4.6 yards per carry. Running as his opposite was Jerry Davis, perhaps one of the swiftest in Lancer history and surely one of the runmost dangerous open-fie- ld ners of this season. Smallest member of the All Star aggre gation, he weighed only 155. ball-movi- ng 6-- 165-pou- nd title-winni- ng zip-alo- ng ball-lugg- Davis also ers nabbed 19 passes, three of them for scores and averaged 5.2 per carry. ng two-ye- SINGLE ADULTS 6-- 180-pou- nd South Stafo Auto Wreckage & Trailer Supply Co., Inc. HEAT TAPE- T - COMFY INSULATION Daman and HYDRO FLAME HEATERS t Furnaces I EP AIR PADTS mi s0 sfrrf., Three Tilts On College Weekend Slate SALT LAKE. L'tah college grid tans will have a choice of two games this weekend. The University of Utah, try- ing to break a string of tour losses In a row, will play host to University of Texas El Paso. The Invaders, better known as Texas Western, will be decided favorites to make It five straight defeats tor the luckless Redskins.' Brlgham Young, which could still finish second In the Western Athletic Conference race, will close the season at home with San Jose State the foe. The Cougars will be favored, but It should be an Interesting ball game. Utah state, riding three straight victories and owning a record, will try to break the winning string of San Diego SUte. The Aggiee nd Aztecs meet tn the West Coast city. Whether or not they can whip the nation's small college leader, the Ags can lay claim to the Utah college title. They 1 handed Utah a setback on Saturday, fiving them supremacy over both the Cougars and Ules. BYU, meanwhile, dropped a 1122 decision to Arizona State It Tempe, leaving Its WAC record at 12. The Sun Devils are 11 with Arizona remaining to be played. Champ Wy oming, ready tor I Sugar Dol appearance, ts 0 M the WAC and 10-- 0 for the season. Weber SUte closed 1U seas on with a solid 300 via over Western SUte at Gunnison, Colo. Westminster wound up IU year with a lopsided 66-loss lo New Mexico Highlands, SB undefeated eleven. -1 25-ga- 19-1- 5-- 11 hmaxiiueMa. 20 .i.2W ball-lugg- er; was no easy man to dislodge along the Lancer ger senior, forward wall. His height (6-made him a formidable 3) also pass-rush- er. Albert Winkler, at 235 only one of several 'monsters' in Tooele's lineup, was not only tn the Buff a power-block- er single wing, but headed the defensive corps when the foe had the ball. Almost as big was the fine Judge guard, Dennis Bearden, who tipped the scales at 200 and was a brute In the Bulldog defense. Paired with Alola, he rugmade his team's front-li- ne ged indeed. Another guard of no little ability was Hlllcrest's sturdy Brent Sorensen who, at 185, is the smallest defensive spec ialist on the All Star aggrega tion. He hit with authority and was one of the reasons the big Huskle forward wall did so will prior to the playoffs. At the linebacker slot, coaches like Len Bawden, who vu 'Mr. Everything" In the Kearns defense. A second-yestandout tor the Cougars, the was good for 10 to 14 tackles per game, plus 6-- ly 5- -8 -1 6-- 11 h'L, i character-buildin- g. a i squad la 6-- Rebuilding Job Wins 'Coach Of Year' Plum in Bill smallest 6-- DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTS Tackle Tackle - the physical size Pve had at Gran-ite- ," Hill said this week. He backed up his observation by pointing out that the squad's tallest members are Steve Wallace, a 5 senior and stan 5 and Mark Buchl, Stilwell, both sophomores. The 4, other 14 contenders are to 6- in height. from In early drills, Wallace and Stilwell have been paired with Martin, Golden Richards, a Junior and Nick Capece, a senior. Pushing for spots 1 are Virgil Beck, a '67 varsity squad member; Paul Burt, a Junior; Buchi and Jay Smith, a 8 Junior. Of the varsity hopefuls, stilwell, Wallace, Richards, Pg. 3, Col. 5) more than his share of assists. The defensive backfleld twosome selected Included a most versatile player in Rick Martin of Granite. Not only did he deal fits to the opposition while in the Farmer defensive secondary, but he ran ably at tall-baon offense and was a receiver when he operated at split end. Dean of the league's was Bruce Taggart of Granger, who pirated seven. He had no peer when it came to pilfering enemy aerials and on more than one occasion es his timely stymied promising opposing drives and ignited Lancer counter-attack- s. Others given more than nominal support as defensive backs were Dennis Steadman of Hillcrest; Matt Brennan, Judge; Mike Van Tassell, Bingham and Kevin Ennls, Jordan. among the , Included aggregation were two fine punters. Taggart, who booted 32 times for the Granger eleven, had a creditable average of 38 yards per kick. Wlnget, who handled punting Murray's chores, boasted an average of 35.T yards, booting the ball 29 times. Also within the ranks of the All Star aggregation is a place kicker, Granger's John Fasslo, who split the uprights 15 times in 24 attempts. ck sure-finger- ed ball-swip- 18-m- an When togs were checked out last August, it was indeed apparent that losses were heavy via the graduation route. No fewer than 18 Lancers, most of them regulars, played as seniors during the 1966 campaign. It was last year's squad which compiled the best league record to date in the school's history and came within a point of equalling the school's best overall season mark. So it was with this outlook, that the head coaching reins of the 1967 Granger high football team were taken by the man whom the Green Sheet names this week as 'Coach of the Year" Ken Grlener. Taking on his first head coaching assignment, Grlener took a mere handful of veterans and blended them with a crew of Inexperienced, but eager lads to mold a team which produced Granger high's best football in its 10 years record of competition, as well as the school's first clear-cregion championship in a major sport (the 1967 basketball team was a division A somewhat less impressive record would seem to have been sufficient to place Grlener in strong contention for the 'Coach of the Year" honor. Other coaches in Region Three were, however, in the running for the award. One would navetobeRaynorPearce, who, in his first year at Hillcrest, piloted the Huskies into the sUte quarterfinals, winning the division one title and losing only to Grlener's Lancers. Another with Impressive credentials is Darold Simmons of Granite, last year's 'Coach of the Year" winner. It was the Simmons- - coached Farmers that tied both division champs, and, save for a mid-ye- ar lapse when Judge won by a single TD, would have been undefeated. Although in his first year as head mentor of the Lancers, Grlener is not new in Granger high athletic circles. H had served as assistant 1) ut p). 1 ' - - Don't "go Hollywood1 when you're driving at night It can be a pretty dangerous game . . . wearing dark glasses, we mean. When you use any kind of tinted lenses Ken Griener in football and head coach in track since 1964, having begun his career in education at Kearns junior high in 1961. Griener was graduated from the University of Utah In 1961, having completed his first two years of college at the College of Southern Utah, where he was a starter of that school's grid team both years. An in football and basketball at Cedar City high school, Grlener letterman was a four-spo- rt there, having won his monogram three years each in football and track and two years in baseball and basketball. all-stat- er The Lancer head football coach and his wife Sharon reside at 3750 El Glen Ave., in Granger. They youngsters, Susan, 17 have two 7 and Jeff 4. Still In Varsity Togs For Granite GRANITE PARK. Seventeen players have survived Initial squad cuts and are vying for varsity berths as Granite high's basketball team prepares for its season opener against East on Friday, Dec. 1.. if'tn "'' iCoach Jim Hill, who piloted the Farmers to fifth place in the Class A tourney last March, has only one returnee who played a great deal of varsity ball last year, Rick Martin. Four seniors are among the 17 still in the varsity fold; seven are juniors and sixsoph- - at night to cut the glare, you're only cutting down your vision. Using special windshield or asses, . . tinted, reflecting, or polorlzed . . . llmlU the light entering your eye, act ually making it harder to see . for you simply see lesa These driver aids don't do anything about glare, the real disturbance, caused by the contrast between the headlights and surrounding darkness. Night driving may seem harder without these gadgets, but you're probably safer seeing sights for sore eyes than hardly any sights at all. Don't look darkly at im portant subjects . . . like pharmaceuticals, for exam ple. The more light on that subject the better. For fast, friendly service to suit your exact needs, come to DYCHE3 PHARMACIES, 1796 South State St AM 2 2541 . . ; Your Friendly Rex all Drug Stem, This Week's Household Hint: Candles on the blrth-- i day cake will burn slowly and evenly If they have been stored in the refrigerator fori a day before they are used. Title Tilts Sot Friday SALT LAKE. It's champion- ship day in Utah prep football tomorrow (Friday). In the 11 o'clock opener In Ute Stadium, Dixie of St George and Wasatch of Heber City will clash for the Class B. crown. It'll be followed by the rematch of Davis and Skyline for the Class A diadem. Dixie made it to the finals by thumping Gransvtlle 40-- 7 In a semifinal game at St. George on Saturday. Wasatch was equally impressive In whipping Millard 24-- 7 on the Wasp turf. Davis, which has shown steady improvement, handed (TITLE, Pg. 3, COL 4) W so. sr.jf long-await- ed S SANTA ARRIVES l up at ar 195-pou- 11 Bantam Teams Begin Signup MALL vi 11 ..itr.. Hero Friday will begin MURRAY. Slgn-utomorrow (Friday) tor the Bantam Basketball League, spon- sored by the Utah National J. 10:30 a.ni.- Fri., Nov. 24 ps Guard. Boys between the ages of 11 and IS inclusive may register at the armory, 8189 So. sute, from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. Additional reg. Utratlona will be accepted up to Dec. 1 between I and iJQ p.m. dally at the armory, according to league officers. Player who live in Murray, Mldvale, Sandy, Granger. Beniuon, West Jordan and Kearns are eligible to compete. la signing up, boys must be accompanied by a parent. It ts planned to field eight teams and no Interested purer will be turned down, officials said. COTTONWOOD n SANTA will be in his GAZEBO until 9 p.m. end Weekdays -- 1:30 9 p,m. Saturdays -- 10:30. 8 p.m. Trtoti for tht Youngsttrt XMAS SHOP TIL 9 P.M. Additional FREE Perking |