Show Quarterfinals Coming Coining Co ing Up 1 With four quarter final games on tap this weekend lets let's take a look at each game and check the relative strength of the teams involved in this years year's state class AA play play- offs REGION I Champion Bonneville Bonneville Bonneville Bon- Bon neville will host the Granger Lancers second place team for Region II in a game Friday in Ogden This is Bonneville's first football football foot fool ball playoff ever and they expect expect expect ex ex- to make a good showing Bonneville is a relatively young team with many juniors filling key positions JUNIOR quarterback Bobby Martin seems to be a very capable leader with a better than average throwing arm The Lakers have rolled over most of their region opposition with little trouble The Lakers opponents from Granger are reported to be strong defensively but only omy fair offensively GRANGER IS no stranger to the state football playoffs but this is not one of Grangers Granger's Grangers Granger's Grangers Granger's Gran Gran- gers ger's best teams Bonneville will win this one and get started on the right foot REGION ONES ONE'S second place Box Elder Bees will travel to Salt Lake City for fora a Friday tilt with the Granite farmers champs of Region III This will be the stiffest test for the Bees to date Box Elder has some nifty running backs and have scored plenty of points during the regular season The Bees have also given up a few points THE GRANITE Farmers made it to the quarter finals last year only omy to get thumped good by the Davis Darts This year they have a team capable of going all the way THE FARMERS have one of the th largest teams in the state including our four major colleges Their offensive backs are also big MARK BUCHI at fullback tips the scales at about Granite is a power team and throws the ball only rare rare- ly GRANITE SHOULD have too I much power and size for their Region I opponents Granite should win by two touchdowns or more DEFENDING STATE champion champion champion cham cham- pion Skyline will host the i Spanish Fork Dons Friday at at Skyline High School The Eagles are the pre pre- f tournament pick to repeat as state champion and keep their football dynasty in tact 1 THE TIlE EAGLES are big and 1 fast and boast of having no not two but three of the states finest running backs t Junior Dave Barton the hero in last years year's championship championship championship champion champion- ship game isn't even a regu regu- lar 4 HE COULD be starting for almost anyone else in the state Regular backs Jeff Lyman and Steve Marlow are both over pounds and fast THE DONS of Spanish Fork are a physical team Some consider them better than Orem the Region IV champions The Dons are not an explosive explosive explosive ex ex- plosive team but like to ram the ball down their opponents opponent's throat Tl THIS S TACTIC has worked I against their smaller region IV opponents but Skyline wont won't be so easy Look for the Eagles to win big in this one and send the Spanish Fork boys home to start basketball |