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Show n I$ Consider: Dry powder snow, skiing the sunshine, shorter lift lines and easy access to more than 20 Alpine skiing areas. Surely, it must be a dream come true. Yes it is, all part of the Idaho Connection. This year Idaho will offer skiers some of the best dry powder available. In addition, the excellent weather will allow one to ski under big bold canopies of sunshine and take home an Idaho Complexion. Shorter lift lines and night-lighte- d slopes means more skiing. But perjaps But perhaps best of all is the fact that six jetports located throughout the state allow easy access to some of the best ski areas in the world. Out of Idaho Falls, theres Targhee. From Boise. Bogus Basin afid Brundage await the skiers pleasure. Boise or Twin Falls are just minutes from world famous Sun Valley. Sweitzer or Silverhorn are accessible through the Spokan gateway. In all, Idaho and groomed has 22 ski areas. During the past summer these areas have been hard at work improving, building and updating their slopes and facilities. Snow is plentiful. Last year in the upper panhandle the average at Sweitzer was 65 inches. 77 at Brundage, 48 at Sun Valley and . 98 inches at Targhee. Skiing Idaho can be an incredible experience; not only does it offer great downhill skiing, but the range of winter sports makes it a true winter wonderland of activity. Winter cartheir parades, ice nivals, with sculptures and snow games, are held throughout the state. Snowmobiling, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and winter camping are just a few other ways of enjoying the great outdoors. Check into Idaho skiing packages. Idaho is indeed snow country. When winter wraps a white mantle across mountain slopes and fluffy snow blankets the landscape the length and breadth of the state, a quietness comes to towering crags, wooded meadows and upland plains. n Its all part of a great winter the Idaho Connection. in I is i . ... vac-taio- ITS SKIING time once again for Utah and Idaho skiers. All Utah and Idaho ski resorts are open now and skiing conditions are reported brilliant. This powder skier slides down hill in Idaho a few weeks ago. (The Ben Lomond Beacon accepts all ski news and pictures free of charge) He has good quickness, he jumps very well, he can get down on defense and he has a good medium i i i range jump shot. That scouting report tells part of, but not the all. the Keith Hood story, an otherwise modest, restrained young man. Hood went through a frustrating season as a freshman last season. That was due primarily to a veteran set of guards, guards he played behind. Hes playing better now, was Dutch Belnaps summary of Hoods performance earlier this season. "Were expecting him to help both on the guard line and as a swing player this season. Keith is an ex- ceptional jumper and with his quickness and tenacity he could be one of our best defensive players." Hoods ability to play the game under control, a problem at times last year, could make him a very important factor in Utah States success season. in Logan prior to last season the coaches were cautious, as is the case with all first-yeplayers, to not expect too much during the i i 1978-7- When Hood 9 arrived ar too soon. the heydays of little Max 50s (late early 60s) has a pure Perry guard put together as fine an offensive season as Keith McDonald's junior year at USU. Not since Perry averaged 16.1 points a game and "Mac" was as a senior (1900-61- ) USUs number two scorer last season (behind Mike Santos) a 15.4 points a game. Leroy Walker and Shaler s seasons llalimon had some in Logan, but they were forwards and played only rarely at guard. Game-iMac will and game-ou- t likely be LSU's scoring leader on a team that will have many leaders during the course of the season. "One of the most gifted athletes I've seen on the college level for awhile." was Golden State Warriors Head Coach Al Attics appraisal of Mac following the Aggies' victory over St. Marys last year on the coast. "Considering every phase of the game, he's the best big guard I've coached." said Dutch Belnap. "He drives to the hoop very well, yet because he can pull up and shoot from outside, he's really a double offensive threat. He can do a lot of things at the offensive threat. He can do a lot of things at the offensive end. but he's also a guy who takes a great deal of 20.0-plu- n But it was obvious from his high school performance at Pasadena High that Hood had promise. A mentally tough person, positive and aggressive in his approach to the game he had the advantage of a head start on many other high school athletes because of the outstanding coaching he received as a prep from George Terzian at Pasadena High. the Aggie Spider Man Hoodro" was the floor general for Terzian s 4A state championship team. Finished the season 29-- and beat 2 Long Beach Poly in the title game, and that earned Pasadena a ninth place ranking nationally on one high school poll. Keith averaged 15.6 points a game second team honors. and won Shared the limelight at Pasadena with teammate Barry Brooks, a guard later to sign with USC. back Some called the court one of the three best guardlirn combos in all of American high schoo basketball. all-CI- F 6-- 6 Hood-Brook- s pride in his defense." Quiet, not much of a rah-ratype but definitely an achiever. One of twx current Aggies with junior collcgt experience (the other is guard Rict McElrath) Keith came to USU befort season from California's the 1377-7Santa Rosa JC and was an important element in the drive to the MT. He played at Santa Rosa for Bill Trumbo but spent his first year in junior college at Laney JC. both places, He was his second season, Santa Rosa was 29-and won the Camino Norte League-- . Seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to defense, a nice element to go with his outstanding offeasive skills. His Aggie career seemed to reach a zenith early last year with 34 and 30- point games December 21 and 23 against BYU and Utah. Those two games constituted the last half of an four game set which saw early-seasoMac hit 40 of 60 shots (67 per cent) to average 24 points. That left his sesasonal shooting mark at 53 per cent after nine games; he eventually finished at 47.5 per cent. Had another prolific stretch late in the year (games 17 through a) which included totals of 24 t Boise State). 27 (St. Mary's). 23 (Denver) and 25 (Idaho State). h 4 n i KEITH HOOD is standout with Utoh State Aggies. i |
