Show Badgers Clinch Clinell Football Crown By Downing Dixie College Rebels Snow Colleges College's football team brought back to the campus the championship of the Intermountain Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain Collegiate Athletic Conference following a 7 13 defeat of the Dixie College Rebels In St. St George Saturday The Badgers did It by beating Dixie twice Ricks once and tying Mesa during the season That adds up to a 3 1 record for league games the best In Inthe Inthe inthe the And the Badgers won the championship game the hard way There were behind 7 0 at the half but caught up In Inthe Inthe inthe the third period and went ahead in the fourth for the second 7 13 win In a row over Dixie this year An alert Snow College de defensive defensive defensive de- de unit that has played exceptional ball all season provided provided pro pro- vided the Badgers with the breaks they needed to beat the Rebels In the third period Badger defensive ace ce Stan Jones Roy recovered a Dixie fumble on the Rebel yard 17 line Three plays later Mike Green freshman halfback from California raced across the goal stripe for a touchdown Kevin Hess Logan kicked the extra point to make the score read 7 In the fourth period Glen Jordan intercepted a Dixie pass Moments later quarterback Jim Borla Price passed to Chuck Larry Ogden for the winning touchdown This time Hesss Hess's kick for the extra point was blocked The game wasn't the only uphill struggle for Snow football football football foot foot- ball the entire season was It began in September Only nine lettermen returned They were joined by a contingent of freshmen eager to learn but Inexperienced in inexperienced inexperienced In- In experienced In collegiate foot foot- ball The coaching staff headed by new head coach Ray Odette began the task of shaping the material into a team The first season pre-season games were lost but by season mid-season the Badgers had come pf pi age began to win and prove proved their maturity by winning the cham- cham ch cham x In a season post-season statement Coach Ray Odette said They have been a wonderful group of young men to work with enthusiastic teachable and dis dis- They must come from fine homes The co-captains co of the championship championship cham cham- team were Eldredge and Larry s f Y 1 Y r t r I I Ii II y 4 i t r. r 1 M V f 4 W Ll f T I 1 s r r M Mir r ir LEADING OFFENSIVE PLAYER and Co Captain of the Champion football team t m. m Chuck Lowry p picks k up yardage in action which helped load lead the Badgers to the conference championship |