Show November 26 Page 6 969 Utags eye b - ball season The Utah State a 23game schedule basketball Marvin Roberts has been shuf teams are busily preparing for their season openers next Monday in the Nelson Fieldhouse Varsity coach LaDell Ander sen and his eleven man squad are awaiting Pepperdine Univer 1969-7- sea Sacra sity to kick off the One night later son mento State invades the Nelson Fieldhouse to test the Aggies 0 THOSE SAME nights the freshman basketball crew under the direction of coach Dutch Belnap plays host to Belluvue Community College of Washing ton The frosh will be initiating ON i 1 fled between forward and guard in recent practices giving the Utags a potent threat wherever he plays Roberts averaged 276 points per game as a sophomore Sophomore Nate Williams was in the last very impressive one forward and has scrimmage can too down nailed Nate post also play the guard position The guard and center situa-tion- s are sill undecided with Walter Bees and Tim Tollestrup waging a fierce battle for the pivot position Paul Jeppesen Jeff Tebbs and Ed Epps are the top guard candidates ' seaJOHN STRYCULA (16) and inset was one of the bright spots in the (3-7- ) Aggie footballmore son 'A sophomore tailback from Covina California Coach Chuck Mills plans on two seasons of greatness from the versatile athlete :S§terar BY Sff STAN STOTTLEMYRE Sports Writer ‘He’s one heck of a football player” confessed head football coach Chuck Mills while talking ’about John Strycula after the Army football game this past fall rpufe: Remember that name It should become on of the most familar monickers to be associated with Big Blue football in quite some time Strycula is a sophomore from Covina California who moved into the Aggie backfield in the first tailback-quarterbac- k OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o SAVE MONEY o o o with o 6 o o Gas for Less o o REGULAR 299 o o 0 o o o o Car o o o m o :o o o § o o :8 o o i° o p OIL COMPANY oo o 78 West First South o loqan § o OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o o 10 o o o o o o o o o o 0 o 0 0 o o O o self-ser- OW ve Wash Twm : game of the season and was the number one rusher for the re mainder of the season THE BALDING ATHLETE was one of the brightest performers dismal year for in an other-wis- e the Utags scoring four touch downs in nine games He missed the BYU game due to an in jured knee It is the feeling of the sports staff of the STUDENT LIFE that Strycula was the Most Valuable Player on the Aggie squad this year Even though only a soph omore Strycula played winning ball in the Aggie schedule even in defeat He led the team in rush ing and was the leading pass receiver until his injuries felled him for the final two tilts Strycula accounted for the only Aggie touchdown against Wichita in the season opener He took a punt and raced 81 yards for score He finished high in the national rankings for average on punt returns IF IT running power you the likable it On athlete supplied young more than a few occasions Stry cula netted big pickups with his second effort—a la his touch down against the sticky Utah de fense in Salt Lake City But Strycula was also a double threat He could pass the ball from his tailback position as he did against Colorado State He set up an Aggie score with a 2 pass to Wes Garnett that put the Aggies in front Moments later in the same game Strycula darted 21 yards with a screen pass for an Aggie touchdown one of those Gale It was runs too' Sayerstype a defensive as available Also came into his halfback Strycula as an season own in his first Aggie football player It remains tc be seen how far this young man can go He’s already gone a long way WAS were looking for rd LTCK Use Your Interest Free Charge Account Always Free CLOTHES FOR EVERYONE 4th and 2nd NORTH Open 10:00 to 700 Mon Thru Sat Parking EAST Fri till 9:00 |