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Show Hi iRc;nAY nrmRFR 91 1976 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1976 Roundabout Races Over for Season The final race of the season will be the topic of c onver-satio- n through all the long winter months ahead. During qualifications Marty West timed an unbelievable 18.2 seconds for his second time out in the Modified class. Jacl Elwell really met the challenge and ran a 17.7 seconds for a new record. Norm Rhodes had a clear course to victory in the Stock Dash. The Super Stock even-ts were the races of the day. Tenseion ran high as Danny Houston led by 4 points over Howard Sorensen. Sorensen set a fast time in the class and pulled into the lead by 6 points. Danny took the trophy dash with Soren--i sen still maintaining a 3 point lead. Craig Chynoweth took the lead in the Modified dash and the win. Slow Stock Heat The slow stock head was won by Dan Turner for his first win of the year. Pete Campbell was out racing in the fast stock division but af-ter 2 restarts he just wasn't fast enough to maintain the lead and Norm Rhodes took the flag for his second win of the day. The Super Stocks came back out on the course for another go at the points. Houston sneaked through the pack and into the lead only tc spin out and Sorensen wasn't waiting for anyone. Howard now pulled a 13 point ad-vantage. Marty West worked his way through the pack beautifully into second position only to get hung up on the west bank. Jack Elwell took the win with Theron Nay 2nd in the modified class. Stock Main The stock main ran for 25 laps with 16 cars starting. Of the 6 that finished Dan Tur-ner took his 2nd win of the day and ran out of gas on the victory lap. John Kunz won a cake from Cakes Unusual and Robert Newman's place trophy won for him a trouble light from F.G. Ferre. The super stock main was a 20 lap event and it was do or die for Sorensen and Houston. Clayne Burningham from Bonneville raceway in Salt Lake looked very good as he took the lead. Houston edged his way through the pack with Howard pushing right behind. Sorensen and B exchanged places a couple of times but Houston took the flag and the win af-- . ter a grueling race. Sorensen's second placed kept him in the lead with 8 points and the high point award for the year. Steve ' Turner had the award sewn up in the Stock Class and i Jack Elwell took the modified honors for the year. Modified Main I The Modified Main event was another win for Craig Chynoweth. A Powder Puff race was held and Linda Tur-ner, driving hubby's car, took the win, while Liz Willingham finished on three wheels. 'In the sponsors, Jack Jen-sen and Pete Campbell will have cars of their own next season. They have surely been bitten by the race bug. A special event was held for those stout hearted men who like to crash on purpose. The Demolition Derby is run in reverse and everyone tries to back into their opponents. Kim Gardner took the win with a car from Myron's (that's a wrecking yard of course. Special Awards Announcement was made of the special awards for the year. Steve Hansen took best looking car in the stock class. Danny Houston in the super stock and Cliff Campbell in the Modified. Rookie driver of the year was won by Robert Newman in the stock class, Howard Sorensen in the super stock and Cliff Campbell in the modified. These trophies will be awar-ded at a banquet in Novem-ber. Car No. 5, Howard Soren-sen, high point winner, and Car No. 20, Dan Houston, winner of best looking cut last paragraph out should be in cutline. - -- " ' --av ; It' a,"' ''-- ' ' 4 I f J y i ' ' I ' - , - , I THEY'RE BEST Car No. 5, Howard Sorensen', high point winner and Car No. 20, Dan Houston, winner of best looking car in super stock, are shown in picture. SPORTS REVIEW ! ; Monty VVilhite ! Hits 'em Hard Football players; big rough, like to fight and dumb. Right? Wrong. Although a few of today's gridiron warriors might fit the above I sterotype, most do not. Take Monty Willhite, ' sophomore corner back for I Pleasant Grove. At 5 foot 3 inches, 105 pounds, well mannered, mild tempered I and a B plus student, you wouldn't think he would have i the reputation as the "best i hitter" on a team with a 5-- 2 record. . . but he does. Monty plays in the defen-sive secondary as a corner-back- . On sweeps to his side, l he must force the play inside ,and help on the tackle. Usually the sweep is lead by MONTY WILHITE a guard or fullback, 1 pounds bigger than Monty. J According to his coach 3 (John Hoover, Monty is the J best tackier on the team. One ! ' hit in the Uintah game was a i i classic. Meeting the runner I I head on, "Monty drove himj j back into the turf, stunning j i the Ute for several seconds." J i Winter will find Monty onj jlthe wrestling mat and April) I I showers will fall on Monty J i the baseball player. As the Jiyear 'round athlete who knows only 100 per centj when it comes to effort, Mon-- 4 l ty represents all that's goodj about athletics. J . v ; - i l - - :r - in I I ' . I e ! m I 1 I : ; .... j . i n . . ' - ! ' ' ' - w. i It I' --J: , - " - K v i TENNIS TEAM Tammle Chrlstensen, Vickie Orton, Rosemary Jacklm, Tami Ben-- nett and Nena Williamson are members of the Pleasant Grove Viking tennis team. In Tournament ... Girls Compete in Tennis Jacklin and Tami Bennett played as the doubles team while Nena Williamson was 5th in the region in number 2 The Region Six girls tennis tournament was held in Price on October 4-- and the state Tournament at BYU on Oc-tober 14. Coach Bobi Jo Ear-nest reporst the following results. Tamie Christensen placed second in the Region and 6th at state in number three singles. Vickie Orton was fifth in the region num-ber 1 singles. Rosemary singles. ! Boys Bantam Play ! Will Start Soon Plans are under way for an i expanded Bantam Basketball program this comming year. This program is for boys in the 7th and 8th grades (9th ! grades are pending) and is co-- sponsored with the Pleasant l Grove City Recreation and the Utah National Guard un- - der the direction of Mike l Johnson. Those persons who would like to coach in the league i this year, should contact Bill Hoglund or Mike Johnson. Boys interested in playing, will need to plan on signing up with the regular Saturday basketball program which will play during November and begin team practices the early part of December. League play will begin early in January. Wrings Lose Two This Week, Will Hove to Play Against American Fork Today Statistics p.Q. Sprin First downs 10 14 Pass-com- p 20-1- 1 10-- 5 Yards passing 141 73 Yards rushing 56 224 Total yards 197 297 Punts-av- e 6 2 SPANISH FOPK Cliff Christensen, Spanish Fork junior fullback scored twice to lead the Don's to a 15-- 6 win over Pleasant Grove Tuesday. Bret Frampton hit Greg Johnson with a beautiful 40 yard pass for the Viking score. Statistics P.G. S.F. First Downs 8 9 Pass comp 14-- 6 5-- 4 Yards passing 152 0 Yards rushing 46 230 Punts Ave 0 6 A solid defense coupled with a multiple offense produced a 20-- 2 win for Springville over P.G. in last weeks big Region VI game. Host Springville intercep-ted four Viking passes, recovered two fumbles and consistently throttled the Viking "veer" offense in han-ding the Vikings their second Region loss. Scott Phillips, the best football player in the region did not have a "GREAT DAY", but he completed five of 10 passes, rushed for 37 yards, intercepted a pass in the end zone, scored two touchdowns, held the ball for two extra points and punted for a 32 yard average despite having one blocked. Neither team scored in the opening quarter. Pleasant Grove had a yardage advan-tage, four more than the Devils. Aroughing the kicker penalty kept P.G.s first drive on the move. After the Vikes finally had to punt, Craig Walker made a terrific hit on the Devils first pass com-pletion with Ty Harding recovering in front of the P.G. bench. Moving to the 32 yard line, on fourth and nine, Bret Framptons pass fell just beyond the reach of Gary Jackson who was open at the five. Phillips and Co. took con-trol of the game during the second quarter by scoring a pair of T.D.s on 147 yards of offense. Kyle Elder smashed in from the six, then kicked the P.A.T. for a 7-- 0 lead with 9:34 to play. Three minutes later Phillips powered in from the one and again Elder kicked the point after making the halftime score, 14-- During the second quarter, P.G. lost starting center Ray Fugal to an injury, later diagnosed as a multiple frac-ture of the right arm. Viking Kurt Christensen prevented another Springville T.D. by batting down a pass in the end zone. Pick Pocket P.G. got a big break on the second half kickoff. Greg Johnson made a clean steal of the ball, giving P.G. first and 10 on the Devil 31. The drive sputtered but on thenext poseesion, Jackson made the catch of the year, good for 13 yards to the Devil 18. Leaping high in the air, Jackson pulled the ball in just a Phillips cut his legs out from under him, dropping Jackson on his head. A Viking pass completion followed by a fumble and a Devil recovery put the Devils deep in their own territory. Unable to move the ball again-st a Viking defense that played with occasional sparks of brillance, Phillips punted from his own end zone. Tom Strasburg blocked it clean, the ball going over the end line for a saftey. After both teams ex-changed fumble recoveries, pass interceptions (one that Springville ran back for a touchdown but lost it on a clipping penalty.) With 5:04 to play, Phillips broke loose for a 20 yard scoring run, something that seemed inevitable. The P.A.T. hit the cross bar, falling short. The 20-- 2 win gives Springville a share of the Region VI crown with Payson. I AH 1 1 1TOM STRASBURG will lead) J Vikings against A.F. in to - Vs5 "1 V clay's playoff game. j Photo by Jim Walker . 'J Vikings Play A.F. Today, Lehi Pleasant Grove will play American Fork today at 3:30 p.m. on Lehi's field. P.G. won a Wednesday coin toss and will be the home team and wear dark jerseys. Winner of this game will qualify as the fourth place team from Region Six and will play Cedar or Dixie next Tuesday or Wednesday on a field near one of those two schools. Utah tourism. Whatfs it to you? . Utahes like Mountainland . Mountainland is a popular tourist region for fellow Utahns. In 1975, Utah residents spent $11 million here for recreation purposes. Our forests, lakts, mountains and other attractions combine to be extremely appealing to Utah travelers. Their expenditures here is new money for our region and it's money that benefits all of us directly or indirectly. This year, tell the visitors you meet about everything Utah has tooffer. Invite them to stay an extra day. It'll pay! Statistical Source Inslitute tor the Study Of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Utah Slate University A public service message of this newspaper and the Utah Travel Council.) VSn r--V p-- ONLY WITH THIS COUPON 1 (C" FOUR HOT DOGS, ONLY Cp)p) uV I r , (Chili, Kraut or Mustard) I I I i : Good only at participating I y S'", Trv locations I SB ! I , (lTJl i';-5-- 314 North State I V VW 0rem' Utah I 9 Wt 1230 North j !lFm0f Provo, Utqh A special money-savin- offer for , I you from Der Wienerschnitzel. CI2T I i offVxpi97k I WisnsrschnitzgL Jut thlnkln'boultho hot dogs makes you hungry. . -- J Mens Slow end Fast Basketball Leagues Will Start Soon Mens slow and fast leagues Interested individuals and or sponsors who are interested in entering their teams in the Pleasant Grove Basketball Winter Leagues, should con-tact Bill Hoglund 785-396- For a team to be eligible it must be made up of the residents of Pleasant Grove, Manilla or Lindon (Zip Code 84062) or they may work within the City Limits of Pleasant Grove. Also those who have played in past years are still eligible for play. The gyms will be open in the near future for practice with league play beginning in the latter part of November. Those persons who are in-terested in playing but, do not belong to an organized team, may either organize their own or attend the organization meeting to be held November 4th. Time and place to be announced latter. |