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Show ipir, , iin. r t'-irt- i liilJilW .Ir. ijrViJii'ill 1p. nui' 0 n,r'- ipyiYTTiHfr- DESERET does it all uctiui' rtd Vast insurance Deseret News sports venter B NOVEMBER 16. 1973 FRIDAY 1 5 grid crown 4-- A Bv Lee Benson NEWS hki vk1 For Pandit Coach Pl.ua it was a sv.cd win lus first ch tmpion'h p .ifttr state seven wai' 01 tic .id 10b trying These kill' came 0 pi. s iid tin game lligi 'Thtvre llu smalU't In ever co.iChtd bul 1 II iw to ax they rc tin bt a If it w as a college field that made the difference, then West High Coach Gean Placid ought to take his footballers to A s L Coliseum He might find he has a pro team on his hands I The Cinderella W grid captured Ltah s crown on Lmversitv of Utah V 4-- Last August hoped to tin 7 4 with the t dent it looked like we had lut we tew had we ie lucke intunes and got compute from all the ball efforts placers all year lorg It was a sad ending for Fad after Coach l.rmt Mar tin had miced bis exput smee an earlv st json loss to skvline U w.ts then fust fat tiv in many tins There were leopard stand out' especially on detonse Matt Ralugh and Matt Rich were in on most tackles Offensively cal llickcn ..ace He broke it Ills best shot tackle lor tackle after second effort yards llu p4 passing carelagi was tops oi both dubs 1 isli West First Downs Rushing Yordoge Passing Yordage Return Yardage Cost 0 08 2 ?44 ur b3 67 Poises 4 Punts Fumbles LOit Yards Pertained 60 $66 12 u4 4 4? 66 " AstroTurf yesterday bombing and looking every bit as polished as the collegians that normally use the field arch-ma- East l tib 36-2- :v C And that s a kindly compliment for ne of the classic's smallest pound for pound winners of all time Plaga's platooners. slight underdogs for the title, treated more than 12,000 fans to a masterful if not miniaturized a show display of football ' & 1 Vv Av. p'aymg including coaching even spectating On this day, West High did it all So convincing were the Panthers they turned a bash ito a bore Drama left before the make-udried 1 West's Steve Peake danced for three scores, paced Panther state championship effort. p Three East scores came I. n fuleceiauea For East Coach Grant Martin it was a long day, but his gutty Leopards managed late rally. when it didn't matter any more, after the W'est siders had a 27 point head start But that does tell something about the tumor-ladeLeopards They didnt give up. The first half, a farce that saw them fall to a 20-- deficit was the worst thing to hit East since the fire But a touted second-hal- f bull club came back to play To prove lus variety, lie added two more scores during the dav, once bv charming himself into the end zone from nine yaids. and again by bul lying his v ay from eight who But to sav Peake rushed for 203 yards in 20 carries did it all would be like saving Napoleon won France bv himsell n ham-penn- But the rally came entirely too late For most minutes West's astro-stag- e it And was the smallish Defensively, conWest line completely tained East s usually potent star running back named Steve The Panthers peaked with In the opening minutes. when it looked like East had more drive, slippery Steve swept left end, got key blocking from Wade D01 Brad Mitchell and Judd Werner and raced himself 78 yards to give his club a lead 6--0 1 A touchdown salute was High's Gean Plaga, appropriate for West state title coach. 's attack George Brian Moreli Roger Brad Little Werner and Mitchell were Sanford and exceptional Lloyd ty pitied the Panther ploy when they led a rush that dragged East's John Bradley 20 yards into the end zone for a safety late m the second half Fred Sanlord Peaue West stars Peake (left) and Steve Civish reflect early title game tension. But Panthers handled it, moving to first state title since 927. The Lc'opards dieln t lose the title the Panthers won it Doulgerakis. Freckleton the show was a typical 1973 West High athlete a highly underrated small structured of running Peake indie uliiai passing And in fairness to F.ast West s 147) championship was no fluke He had plenty of help Kerry Nielsen kept pressure off with good alternate run mng while QB Eddie Bywater mixed his plays well, and threw for a couple of touchdowns to Nielsen and Steve Hernandez Kevin Heuglv added even more backfield strength along with junior Billy Williams Johnny-come-Iate- Moore Receiver Dan lie contnb-utea lions share with two TD receptions and d arils d It was East moving with some momentum when the pistol Tom Quarterback popped Watson, just a junior, was leveling his passes, finally finding his targets instead of thin air. g the tension Clearly, Easts youngsters had finally left C t , 0 Deseret News photos by Don M Grovston and Howord 1 And the secondary was superb By water Peake. Llovd and Todd Austin kept Watson honest with his throws Cov- - Peake accepts enthusiastic congratulations from assistant coach Don Johnson, after racking up 205 rushing yards in 20 carries. Wesf savors great joy Bullock shines, but Eagles gain tie of Utah grid champions By Brent Checketts He the exciting deadlock kicked away 47 shots, several with spectacular saves Deseret News sports wnter According to the most recent statistics Seattle's Bruce Bullock is the most effective goalie in the Western Hockey League Bullock took over the leadership in goals against average in the latest weekly stats with a 2 85 average per game The 3 179 fans who saw the Salt Lake Golden Eagles and overTotems battle to a time tie Thursday at the Salt Palace, know why the diminutive Bullock heads the list By Dave Kadlcck Deseret News sports writer is small If they hit like that all game, theyll beat West East It was impartial Steve Marshall talking m the opening minutes of the East-Wefootball Class classic held on University of Utah Astroturf Thursday before a crowd d 4-- near-recor- A play Minutes 4--4 d later East fumbled later West scored The East s Matt Mendenhall who injured an ankle in the clash l Leopard s witn Kearns or senior taskle standout Reese Higgms who suffered serious knee1 damage eorlv in Thursday 's thrasher If (lies cant convince vou ask Wests si mot .!' aap semi-fina- 1 The tie was the 'irst of the season for the Eagles and in brought their record to overtime games The Totems remain undefeated in overtime with a 1 C 2 standard I was saying a prayer on that tinal shot, Champoux I was lust !vrelv able said to get my skate on it Totems Steve stone Lane Gould both had and point-blan- k shots m the final seconds only to have them stopped bv Champoux I looked up and saw the clock counting down pst 10 as thew fued those final 'hots and thought oh no ' F agios manager coach A1 general Rollins said What a temble wav that would have been to lose Key to the game mav have been the second period The Eagles outsort Seattle 165 that stanza yet both teams scored only once thanks to the heroics of BuLock was a tremendously t xcitmg game and it s a lot better to come awav with one was disappoint than none pointed in our nower plav however V.e had tour chances on tlu manpower advantage and tonkin t score Tonight ogoinst Tams 1 no had Siefame Rabalis qualms about the outcome of the game 'Weve been a second half club all year We'll comeback, she said in the closing minutes of the final period j Ask star ot the Picked the No the and subject of postgame game press and fan chatter Bullock himself wasn t entirely happy with the performance I let them (Eagles) have three goals in the third period or we d have won it, he said I should have made the save on one or two of those goals It was satisfying to 'top Bradley on that breakaway in netminder Bob Faglcs Champoux made some fine saves with the two best coming in the final 10 seconds It East sophomore and mascot pre-gam- r pro turned n the finest goaltending performance seen at the Palace this season in W hatd I tell vou. Marshall yelled across the field as he senmmaged with lus Ite teammates in preparation for Saturday s Ltah Utah State football classic It was nice to see Plaga give all his boys the opportunity to play in the championGene Munson ship game, said But I waS hoping for a whitewash Forty siv years is a long time"' he concluded Dick Ruberts agreed with a e Deseret News prediction of 30 19 published the It night before the game could be higher than that Ruberts promised rrunuks before opening Kickoff Needless to sav, Ruberts and that little company before the game Astroturf isnt particularly popular with either East or West teams second-yea- 5-- About midway through the overtime period he stopped Eagles center Lyle Bradley on a breakaway. sprawling headlong across the crease to do so overtime alter he'd beaten me badly on the same plav m the third period He beat me on niv nght side oi the goal so I p'aud lum to that side on the over time breakaway He seems to like that side and played 't the same way again I was still fortunate "to make the sac e Stars to end home stand By Dan Pattison Deseret News sports wnter West High School's tactician, Gean Plaga, gets state title kiss from his wife, Pat. candidate Steve Ci.ish Or how about Panthers Robbie Clark and Kevin Hesleph who suffered serious knee damage on the same play without making contact' Plaga doesn t mine an. words on the subiect either 'We enjoyed the opportunity to play at the stadium and we'd like to be back next year, but my team hasn't had that many knee lnjune all season. And we played 12 games Wests win over East was victory No 10 on the season Tht Panthers lert 15 9 to East m regular season Olvrrpus nudged West 19 12 tor the nub other loss Savoring the v.ctorv Thursday as much as anv ol the near 12 MU fans was p.,. e Greenwood He played for the Panther's last State championin 1927 ship team One East booster on the West side of the field asked for the Panthers Plaga There U be no mercy mercy today.' Plaga said while generalling the West win Winning is a habit for the Plaga Panthers In his seven years as head football coach he has nev er posted a a losing season and his gnddeis have qualified for state playoffs three times Plaga Panthers aren't new to the State throne, either His baseballers won state championships in 19bi and 1468 His American I egion baseballers own state championships too -- m 19tii 14711 aid The Memphis Tams third visit to the Salt Palace this season will end a home stand for the Utah Stars tonight at 7 30 p m are nding a ) The Stars e winning streak and would like nothing better than to make it No 6 tonight against the Tams They have defeated Memphis twice already, but both games uent down to tne wire. 111 109, and 1971 (9-6- five-gam- 121 115 The Beeh.ve State club is leading the ABA Western Division by a mere The over Denver Rockets are at San Diego tonight and they've had their problems on the road The Stars, with a victory over Memphis, could possibly take a game lead in the west to Carolina for a Saturday night game (5 45 pm MST broadcast over KALL 910) half-gam- e (8-6- Stars coach Joe Mullancv has been concerned with ois clubs defense The Stars had trouble keeping big leads against San Diego. Wednesday night They built big leads and then experienced defensive lapses Then the Q's would come back Utah will have to put on the brakes defensively or just outscore the Tams like the Virginia Squires diJ Wednesday night The Squires had to shoot 60 percent for the game to jurt edge the Tams, 11M08 Memphis has been improving each contest under coai h Bill van Breda Kolff. who formerly coached the NBA Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns Forward Wilbert Jones has been returning to lus 1972 form In one game this season, he scored 22 points and pulled down 21 rebounds and he likes to make things rough against defensnley Stars Willie Wise, who should be ready to go tonight after a mild battle with the fiu rookie Roy Ebion ui the middle The Stars guards James Ron Boone, Glen Jones, Combs and bobby Warren, have played brilliantly this season Combs came up with his top effort against the Q's. in which he didn't start He scored 19 points and shot 3 4 from the three point area Gien can do nothing hut help the club if he can continue to come up with an effort like that coming off the bench lit mam problem was getting too anxious Our guvs didnt icmembci that vou have a full two minutes" to score on the power plav In- stead of holding the puck lor the good shot, thev kept firing awav before getting set up Ive got to get them to start taking more time 19 01 Wayne King and I.rtv Pale" connected at 0 45 and 4 38 of the third stanza to give the Fagtes a 3 2 lead Pates s goal was a shorthand-i1 fieri Dan Gloor beat Champoux on a power pluv backhand a 7 11 to tie the tilt but again Bradley beat Bullock on the beautiful stickhandlirg effort at 7 11 to give t6 Eagles the edge Gene Sobchuk got the tune marker for the Totes at 15 3 when he fired a sharp-angl- e shot from the left board oft Champouxs pads and into the tie vide nee ol the tense ait.011 overtime was the fact thut m 10 minutes 20 shots were tlre jj salt Lake nine bv (heTote!j Tlle EaSks rc from Samc dL'lon tonight then host the m loacue-leadin- Phoenix g Roadiunners Saturday night Only goal of the first penod bv Dave was Seattle's Wi'cnei alttr a mad si ramble in In ni ni (lie F'aglts net at 17 2S guards will have their hands fall against the Utah- - Tams Neumann oung Johnny has been this season In the second ptnod Tom ,r who av eraging 20 5 OR SMALL HOME CABIN ' E.rV or Shell on Fc nfat m F 0 B So Lake Area S x 20 20 y bu It on your $3,995.33 Inn uefes p'v xr Asphalt S nr'es E Back Door i Lo OOt & Sta 'way front IXkiRai Pv it Wais F rc RfdJy Door tor Uffie W ndows Verted rr de Fin $h Dun O WQ0Q OISPIATO Iry Tfc r es RMS r v ON BALANCt trd AT 1474 S4t 6ifi sj utocty LUMBER SERVICE INC. 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