Show Wt t t 1 b r t i G r Y F Y v v. v M y r rl 4 y I yA i K i. i r r r v j G rif g W irEY N 9 x Y Cw v. r f fy y b. b 11 r 1 fi l rb f 11 r fh ref r rf r- r r r noix 1 a vY rah 1 4 t tb b 7 C E f M tf I- I r b t f r o i. i i- i w 7 I r. r rr t J V. V r i 4 r f 9 Qi a E 44 i r f f fh II I I h 4 w I rr r Y r S w J I e. e wt I 4 t- t 1 N u v. v i Bountiful High Basketball fans ans have compared this years year's ears ear's team with their great champIOnship team of a couple of f years ago WHILE THIS years year's team does possess some som fine talent and size they probably are not quite as good as the State Champions of 1969 attack will cener center center cen- cen ter er around big and agile Mark who is one of the states state's finest prep players MARK a 6 7 center has II all the tools to be a great performer Many feel that he is the best est in the state at his tion AT THE present time Rick Fadel and Chuck Humphrey are the two starting forwards for or the Braves Both of these young men possess good size being 64 and are considered excellent basketball players by their coach Jon ODell FADEL IS big and strong and uses his weight to great advantage under both bank- bank boards He is an excellent but only a fair outside shooter HUMPHREY IS a good goodall goodall goodall all around ball player He can score rebound handle the ball and is an excellent defensive defensive defensive de de- de- de player The Brave starting guards are not extremely large at 5 11 but they are very good basketball players DEAN l is in l his s second season as a starter for the Braves He is a good ball ball handler and a great scoring threat His outside shooting ability is a great asset particularly against teams who sag their defenses to stop three big men underneath DENNIS GREEN the other starting guard is only a more His greatest asset now is his ball handling ability lie He is also considered a good shooter DENNIS IS very cool coolon on the court and possesses the composure of a good senior There is little doubt that before his career is over at Bountiful he will be regarded as one of the best guards ever to come from that school SEVERAL OTHER players have seen considerable action for the Braves this season Big Cliff Cole a 65 senior forward was a starter in some of the Braves Brave's earlier games but due to an injury has not played a great deal during the past couple of weeks CLI CLIFF FF IS A fine ballplayer ball ballplayer ballplayer player however and will be bea a great asset to the Braves during the remainder of the season Curt Hoehne and junior guard Jory Oman have also shown considerable talent in inthe inthe inthe the early going and will undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un play a key role in Bountiful's success OTHER TEAM members are Rick Hanson Glen Burningham Burningham Burningham Burn- Burn ingham Carl Cook Brad Davies Craig Case Lee Hoi Hoi- brook and Gary Malmrose 1 If the Braves had one shortcoming shortcoming shortcoming short short- coming they could correct it would probably be their con- con THEY HAVE beaten some of the states state's prep powers and lost to some teams that are not considered to be too good Jon Braves have been picked by most experts to win winit it all in division one this season but after the first couple of league games they find it is going to be no easy chore THE BRA BRAVES YES beat the Layton Laton Lancers in their first league encounter at Layton then lost to a good Clearfield Clearfield Clearfield Clear- Clear field team on Brave Bra hardwoods hardwoods hard hard- hardwoods woods in the second round The loss to Clearfield be a deciding factor in this years year's title race THE BRAVES should still be a favorite to win the title in division one but its it's going going go go- ing to td be a n tough struggle Some people feel that a 5 3 record will be enough to win the championship this season and they could be right BOUNTIFUL supporters can be sure that their favorites will be in the thick of oC therace the therace race to the bitter end Wm Crow Jr |