Show IV y f 1998 27 August West Side has big holes 86 of his moves and because he's a Shane Frazier sports writer smart nmner" Henderson said Reeder another player will have a spot at flanker and comerback waiting for him He proved he's still their fastest man at the annual presea-so- n forty-yar- d dashes But perhaps more welcome than speed this year is the size the Pirates are sporting They have seven guys weighing more than 190 pounds a rarity at West Side One of those hefty boys is Ky Nelson a with decent speed who Henderson said "has the inside track on fullback" Another is Brock Buttars a captain who will likely play linebacker and offensive guard or tackle He is the other Pirate with experience from last year Many are vying to be his including Zach and Josh Beus Jon Williams Bracken Git-tiand Jon Robbins At the running back spot Charlie Weatherspoon Brad Mumford and Zach Buetler — all underclassmen — will be competing for playing time Henderson said he’s glad to have a good group of underclassmen — “our kids are well balanced between grades" — but he may wish he had a more experience! signal caller All-Vall- ey DAYTON — Hie word at West Side this year like it or not is Utah “rebuilding" Three players return with ample experience from last year's squad which went 3 and took third place at state Gone are head coach Lyle Henderson's quarterback fullback split end and oh yeah all but one of his linemen On both sides of the line But Henderson as always is optimistic “I think we're bigger this year but equal in speed — our fastest man is back in (Ryan) Reeder He and (Judd) Austin were a kit (dour offense last year so that helps to form a nucleus” Henderson said “We really don't know what to expect from our team ’cause of the lack of experience and young players but we had a good JV squad so who knows?" Then are still many questions — the starters haven’t even been 8-- Logan ’98 The 16 named Page yet But what Henderson does know is that Austin will be his tailback Last year he earned over 1200 yards in the backfield and was named to the and teams “Austin’s an excellent running back He's not blazing fast but he's darty He's deceptively fast because AU-Vall- ey ict ict Diane BushHarald Journal West Side coach Lyle Henderson guided the Pirates to a third place flnleh In 1997 but getting back to that level In 88 could prove to be a challenge more respectively will vie for die quarterback spot No one has ran away with the starting role yet Three Pirates — Nick Blair Bryan Choules and Jon Wood — hope to get time at split end The same three are battling for a posi- tiott at comerback Last year West Side was able to run over people with its ground game but Henderson sees mis son he may have to mix it up a bit to ' Collisiori'Repair JV'1 -- 'V Go Logan Grizzlies! PROFESSIONAL AUTOBODY & PAINT CUSS REPLACEMENT FRAME STRAIGHTENING & HEAVY COLLISION REPAIR PINSTRIPING & CUSTOMIZING WE CAN HANDLE All Of YOUR INSURANCE OAIMS 1500 N 600 W 787-823- 1 Christensen has handed the g reins to Kurtis Loveland (6--0 170) a mobile junior who led the Grizzlies to a third place finish at UNLV Ifcam Passing Camp in Las Vegas a tournament Logan won last year “When we went to Vegas in June we really didn't know what to expect — we’d only had a few practices" Christensen relates “But Kurtis took the bull by the horns and got excited about the position Not only did he gain confidence in himself but the other kids gained Confidence in him which was really important for us after losing Robbie Running back Chris Falk (5-- 9 160) who got his share of carries in '97 will likely be the backfield workhorse this seasignal-callin- line-mat- es Gary Bingham and Jake a junior and a sopho- - Continued from Page 13 “Early on that's a big concern for us he says “That's our youth" er ns Grizz Logan “We're going to experiment and do some of both — running straight ahead going outside passing" Henderson said “We’ll mix things up and try to get some balance in our attack" As always the young Pirates have a tough schedule And as Austin said That first game will be our big test — we’fi have to see from that what we need to work on" son Easing his load will be Justin Johnson 0 175) fallbacks Wilkinson and Richard Sanders 1 210) and the (5-1- (5-1- diminutive but nifty Amir Malek(5-- 7 145) As for receivers Christensen says “I've got to really be pleased with our ability to catch the ball with Steve Woods at receiver and Jason Stephens at tight end and then Chris Falk coming out of the backfield" |