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Show Thursday. August 30. 1364. THE HERALD. Provo. L'Uh Reloading' Weber Bye Big Sky (lace By RAY SCHWARTZ Htrald Sporu Writer Weber State will have only 11 seniors returning for the 1984 football season and most coaches would be calling it a OGDL.N - I i i rebuilding year. But not Coach Mike Price of the Wildcats. "I don t look at it as a rebuilding year,'' smiled Price. ""We are just reloading. However, I would be kidding if I didn t say we are e young in many positions. Our meals will be catered by $ t pre-gam- Gerbers." Entering his fourth season at Weber State with an overall 6 record of he was last season i. Coach Price can look back and find only one other lootball coach at WSC who was in the black after three seasons. Our r al remains the same as " We always. Price emphasized want to find the 22 best players as starters. That means a lot ol contact drills, situa- Travis McLean. On the offensive line, the tackle positions are the biggest question marks. Both of last year s starters graduated. Leading prospects are senior Frank Krepsz, sophomores Kevin Thomas and Jim tions, scrimmages and film Potresebosky. and freshmen 17-1- 6-- 4 " one-on-o- watching. Our number one priority will be to find a quarterback to replace Tim Bernal. who graduated i his back up Dave Critch-lodeparted ior ran LDS mission i. We have pae Tedshirt, two junior college transfers, plus Tony Michelson ia freshman last fall to look at and evaluate for the quarterback spot. The Weber mentor s mam concerns are the offensive line and inside linebackers, where the Wildcats lost a lot of two. three and four-yea- r performers. But Price still is still confident. "This team has a very aggressive personality, much like the first Weber team I had in 1981, he said. They are going to be awfully tough, both physically and mentally. I don t know if they will do every thing right all the time, but whatever they do. they'll do it in a fiesty manner." With the loss of Bernal and Cntchlow, the quarterback position is wide-opeJunior Kevin w i illars last season alter transferring Irom Northred-shirte- d western ol the Big where he Villars practiced all last fall with the Wildcats and has a good knowledge ol the system as does to sophomore Michelson. Dave Stire-maa junior Irom Hartnell Junior College and Phil Cooper, another junior, from Santa Anna J C. are new to the squad, but both have an exceptional arm. Stireman is more of a roll-otype passer while Cooper is a straight dropback passer. Another quarterback prospect is Con- - Sylvester, out of Bountiful High by way of the University of Arizona. He is a junior. Price has no problems at running back as the Wildcats are deep and talented. Freddie Cook 185 junior) was an honorable mention Big Sky conference selection and was the team s second-best rusher in 1983 behind the departed Dennis Rogan. Then there is Gilbert Vasquez 180 junior), who was the team's third best rusher in 1983. Other leading running back prospects are Wes Cooper, Eric 10 started as a freshman. (5-1- 6-- Brown. Wayne Mitchell and Wally Pierce and Stewart 19S4 ECC2T . Vl Ffcl Dessisirre SswnEg &-- S133M0 4f will try to del end us Big with 27 returning lettermeo trie Beavers and lirst team imluduig In sjlety Pat Hunter. Idaho State, which mushed second with a i-record, returns lirst team ivnter Todd Price and 32 lettermen. laiversity ! Idaho, which tied with Boise Slate tor third last year, is returning 31 lettermen including yB Darel Tracy. Boise State also returns 31 lettermen and has 16 redshirts and 16 transfers on its roster The lettermen include quarterback Gerald Despres and All-Bi- g Sky players Mark Koch iDTi and inside Carl Keevef LB' Caiversiry of Moataaa returns 38 letter-me- n including quarterbacks Bob Connors. Johnny Coppedge. Kelly Richardson and Montana tied with Marty Mornhinweg Weber State lor liflh pa Ice in the conference at 34 Norfcera Arixoaa, which finished seventh will return 34 in conference play at lettermen including quarterback Mike Men-doz- redshirts. 6 transfers and 16 - ; 5 r.i lacee ? 53 ar -- ut Pj ikjv Bad t H ?9C ar-- a 1134 TETJKBUBIID 3227. Elan., Power Steering, Radial! Tires., Tinted Glass, Power Locks., Bodyside Moldings. V 8 Engine, Mats Aulo Overdrive TransmassaoiL, Speed Control, Bear Window Defroster. Air Conditioning AM FM Stereo Cassene WAS $15,732 NOW $13,599 NOTHING DOWN LEASE S2&0M0 S Mootjas Lxreste i 2"60 By mom-ti- Pin Tsm b Bci an $6 923 YOD SAVE J $2,133 84 TEMPO 4 Dodi Power Steering Radial T.ses Body Sde Snipes, Deluxe Wiiec Covers,. Special PaiBl WAS $8,418 NOW $7,495 Nevada-Rea- o freshmen. Moataaa State, which finished last in the conference standings with a 6 record, will return 32 lettermen including first team defensive end Mark Fellows and quarterback Kelly Bradley. M: YOU SAFE S936 Big Sky: Sky lille 24 ftf Pri Brakes. BsS:o. bodrcde WAS $7,331 NOW $6,395 NOTHING DQWtflEASE 6-- rudowa oa the rrsl el the . Dr:e. Sae W:do RadiaJ Tie. Mac-Inne- s. The top guard prospect is Dan 3 . 255 senior tt who Wiedenhoff Price says may be the teams best player and top pro prospect. Craig Slama is the top light end. He has good speed, great hands and runs precise patterns. Heading the receivers are senior Kelvin Hodrick and junior Pete Sefakis. The top place kicker appears to be Craig Winberg. 230 junior, a Dave Penrod noseguard. is the only defensive lineman with any real experience. At inside linebacker, junior Karl Wilson is the best of the bunch and the same can be said of another junior. Mike Powell, at outside linebacker. The leading comer back is Junior Crockett, a junior who was an honorable mention honoree last year. Seniors Rick Ryan and Gus Lawler are expected to get the nod at thesalety positions. Ryan and Wes Cooper are capable punters, but the best bet is Bob Hagedorn. a Dixie College transfer, where he was the best Junior College punter in the nation with a 47.5 average. A Inxxlc Hood 3427. 4 uoot NOTHING DOWN LEASE S149M0 48 at 149wwth Pl Tax and knoemse. But Bark at i3,6Ct3 MorcShs TOD SATE $923 immmmlK f f Pafe UA |
