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Show at Sundance Ski Season Opens ANN YOUNG Herald Ski Writer SUNDANCE Last Friday was one of tbse beautiful days when the snow was good, the weather clear and warm and the lift lines as Sun Bv MARY - dance opened for the 1978-7- season on a limited basis IM 1 w But if the big thing you like about skiing is just being part of the beautiful mountain scenery 9 - that i the big thing to me it as your kind of day The trees still nad snow on their branches and '.he sun put a sparkle on the crystals The sky was a beautiful blue The snow was well groomed and there was no ice The skiers fortunate enough to Navajo and Flathead were the lifts running and limited passes were sold to preserve the snow until more storms come into the area And forecasts are for that to happen this week only Provo, Utah U "' Tuesday November 21. 1978 SPORTS get out jumped on the lifts, without waiting, and came back down in magnificent splender and near isolation It was like having your own private run And the weather had skiers shedding parkas and hats It was just one of those rare November days on the slopes I ' s 0 LOOKING DOWN from the top of Navajo Chair Lift's unloading point at Sundance this is the way the trail back looks to skiers from that advantage point. Sundance opened last Friday and reports to NAVAJO LIFT carries skiers up mountain at Sundance Ski Resort in the North Fork of Provo Ca- - nyon last weekend as storm enabled resort to open, SKIERS UNLOAD at top of Flathead Chair Lift at Sundance and then face the pleasure of long glide down the slopes as ski season gets underway in area, day hint at mare snow to come in next few days. Photos by Mary Ann Young. ' ' L SH i - r t "H J df ft SKIER WORKS HIS WAY down one of Flathead's runs at Sundance Ski Resort in North A Fork of Provo Canyon where the season got underway last Friday and many slatsters took ad Campbell Leads Oilers Past Miami, - HOUSTON (UPI) What Earl Campbell has done for the Houston Oilers can be told in the. story of the simple slip screen pass play Back in 1973 Oilers' quarterback Dan Pastorini was trying to surprise NFL a pass defenses with the slip screen thrown across the field to a wide receiver who has stepped back behind the line of scrimmage - it a lot. probably too much," Pastorini said "But it was a potent play We used it even though it didn't work half the time " "We used Then came Campbell, who is after 12 games the NFL's leading rusher with 1,143 yards and the eighth rookie in NFL history to gain more than 1.000 yards aground later following an interception he took Shula for making my night a track meet," Alexander said "He's one of the greatest of all time His game plan was magnificent We didn't know unstoppable " where they were coming from next." The Miami Dolphins would not disThe Dolpins appeared to have enough agree after their disheartening to win the game when defensive end t of loss a Monday-nighthriller in the A.J Duhe made a spectacular sack of Astrodome Campbell ran for 199 yards Pastorini in the end zone early in the and four touchdowns, and a fourth quarter for a safety and a slip screen passes to Burrough, Rich lead But the Oilers' defense, despite Caster and Mike Renfro worked every being riddled for almost 500 yards, held time for good yardage Miami after its free kick was returned Eight-yea- r veteran cornerback Willie into its territory Alexander said the Oilers, a possible Houston's offense took strength from team now, have never won a Before, people didn't respect our running," Oilers wide receiver Ken When you have a Burrough said " back like him, the slip screen is almost 35-3- 0 half-doze- n 23-2- 1 playoff bigger game ponent against a the defensive tougher (live credit to (Miami Coach op- Don stand and pounded 80 piays for the touchdown run Campbell's capped that drive, and then moments yards in 12 d Utah Tech Claims Tourney Win - Utah Tech opened TUCSON, Ariz. its basketball season by registering its first opening round victory in three Inyears in the annual Pima Aztec here Tournament Basketball vitational Monday night. In two previous tournaments coach in the first Gary Gardner's team bowed Utahns got the round, but Monday night off to a fast start and buried Navajo Community College, 107-6- Tonight Utah Tech will play the host team Pima at 8 p.m. and a victory will put them into Wednesday night's championship game against the winner of tonight's game Arizona Prescott-Easte- Utah Tech jumped to a 2 lead and was never headed against Navajo The winners shot 64 percent from the field hitting 45 of 71 and they dropped in 19 of 10-- 32 J vantage of the opening to get in early skiing at the scenic skiing resort. 35-3- 0 pitch out and fled down the right sideline for 81 more yards and a a clinching score "Earl won't listen to instructions," an obviously delighted Phillips said "I told him to just get the first down and run out the clock " Miami, with the loss, fell one game behind New England in a competitive championship race in the AFC Eastern and The Patriots are Division with four games to play. Dolphins remained two games Houston. behind AFC Central leader Pittsburgh but remained solidly in position to vie for a wild card plavoff berth 9-- 3 downs 27 Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts 23 23 27 32 Rushes-yard- s 141 34 29 1 46 4 5 - 265 42- 320 - 33 Fumbles-los- t Penalties-yard- 4- 8- 9- -96 Miami 7 Houston 45 0- -1 7 toul attempts Steve Gardner played an outstanding floor game and scored 16 points. High point man was Kraig Raines with 19. Craig Jessen scored 13 points, Ray Walker, Ken Ward and Steve Rowlev had 12 each, Mike Hatch had 10, Joe Tate 9, LaMar Ewell 6, and Curt Nixon 2. Walker and Ward controlled the boards Hou Mia First 7 7 7 7 - 2 -0 5P 3U 14-- 35 Miami-Housto- RUSHING Miami-Williams Harris Houston-Campbel- I, Moore Wilson Co!, man Harber Renfro - Miami-GriesPASSING Houston Pastorini RECEIVING MUmi-Moore 3 84 Williams 2 Rulaich Cefalo 2 24 8 Gnese l 4 I T Harris 20 faster Harris I) 46. Tillman 3 45 II Hous'on Barber Hurrough 10 Rather 3 56. 39. Renfro Coleman SKIER DOES splits as he sails over a jump on slopes at Sun- dance. The early winter storm enabled Utah Valley skiers to get on slopes last Friday, |
