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Show L First quarter Top Templars K Mr. Petersen Page 2 Petersen when asked to sum up the meaning of this award. The faculty selects two students every quarter who they feel are well deserving of this ing, he still finds time to participate as a member of the yearbook staff. Most students are passive their first three years and wait until their Senior year to become involved, but not Shaun. He was a member of the Seminary Council his Sophomore year and has participated in football all four years. Shaun award. For first quarter, the two students given this honor exemplifies what the Top Templar award stands for. By: Trenton Young The Top Templar award is Manti tradition a which honors students who are long-standi-ng Page New students 3 Page 4 Music Critics 5 FFA Page 6 State Volleyball Page 7 Poetry Corner Page 8 Spanish page Page were Jamie Peterson and Shaun Kjar. Shaun Kjar is currently leading Manti High School as student body president Shaun also participates in varsity football as offensive tackle and defensive end. Even though these Teacher Feature Page 9 Page 10, Page hard working and well rounded, said Principal M-Fil- es Sports Morals 1 1 activities are very time demand Editorials Page 12 This years yearbook editor, Jamie Peterson, also shows the outstanding qualities necessary for this award. She is currently an officer in FBLA, one of the student body artists, a member of NHS, and plays volleyball. Jamie has also been ac tively involved in athletics all four years. She was a member of the 6th place varsity volleyball team from Manti High School. She has thrown the discuss in track and is a member of the girls basketball team. It is hard to keep up with Jamie, said Jamies yeaibook advisor and mother, Mrs. Peterson, she stays up so late getting things perfect These two students exemplify what it means to be a Manti Templar and are well deserving of this award. Manti Templars hammer the Kanab Cowboys, By: Brad Barton After a media titan hit the Sanpete Valley this past week, it did not faze the Manti Templars as they hammered and the Kanab Cowboys, 33-annihilated the Rich Rebels, 4 1 7 in their 2 home playoff games n and in the the rounds of Quarterfinal Templars had avenged Jeremiah Churchs past, and given head Coach Brennan Jackson a victory over his alma mater by the appropriate score of 33-7. The next weekend, the 7, -- Inter-regio- playoffs, respectively. On the weekend of Halloween, the Kanab Cowboys left Templar Field with a trick rather than a treat as the Templars dominated through- out McKay Anderson returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, and Brady Nielson added to his legend with a 4 yard TD reception. Jake Williams and Curren Christensen were also able to strike paydirt, and when the dust cleared, the Manti Templars hosted the 2A in football only Rich Rebels that hail from Randolph, Utah. Manti again made quick work of their opponents as Cy Tidwell found the promised land early on for a 0 Templars lead. When Channel 2 got some footage, Jeremiah Church caught a 20 yard TD pass from rocket-arme- d QB Steve Jones for a 14-- 0 Templars advantage after the 1st period. 7-- In the 2nd Quarter, the Templars kept piling it on as Cade Andersen, in a game full of Barry SandersWalter Payton-esqu- e moves scored on a 21 TD run for a 21-- 0 lead. yard McKay Anderson then caught a 5 yard TD pass from Jones for a 27-- 0 lead at the intermis- thy of the rest of the playoffs. As I gaze... .Ah, I see some- sion. thing, I see Milford giving the Templars a pretty good game, but faltering at the end, lets call In the 2nd half, the Templars showed no mercy to but determined the Rebels as Curren Christensen found the end zone twice from 24 and 7 yards out, respectively. Rich finally found the end zone, late in the 4th Quarter when fullback Ed Hernandez bulldozed his way through the Templar line of defense to make the final score 41-As Jay Drew of the Salt Lake Tribune mentioned in his article that went to press this past Friday, "A football state championship for this town would be something that this town has never experienced before. I will now morph into my d, 7. prognosticating realm and try to summon up a prediction wor it..42-2- 6. Now, well look in the South Summit-Beave- r match-u- p which will be following us. I see the Mighty Beavers? giving Joey Edmunds purgatory, (for lack of a better word), by forcing him to throw 4 interceptions. I see Craig Foster having a big game for Beaver scoring a couple of touchdowns, and I see the Beavers chopping down the Wildcats of South Summit by a score of Now, this brings us to Nov. 20 w here we will have to battle those pesky Beavers. I see the Templars pulling away in the 4th Quarter, due to the Roman Candle," Brady Nielson scoring on a back 35-2- 0. 33-- 7 breaking 97 yard TD reception on a 3rd and forever play that the Beavers had cautiously put Manti in. That play will break the Beavers back and give the 1 Templars a victory. Now.if you think Im totally insane, just remember that Ive had my moments, and this is more like a Denver Bronco pick than a Louisville pick. Mark my words, the next time you are favored to read one of my glorious articles, if my calculations are correct, w e will be heralding the first-evhigh school football championship that the communities of Sanpete County have ever experienced, (the first of any kind since Snow College won it in 1985.) This is Bart typing off with the same thing as Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. hard-foug- 28-2- ht er |