Pleasant Grove Review | 1981-11-12 | Page 21 | Jinx Hits County Teams

Jinx Hits County Teams 'happened again! For the ump-taith ump-taith straight year, teams South of to Point of the Mountain failed to get )the3A state football semi-finals. Advancing to the final four, all at tile expense of Utah County teams were Judge, West, Ogden and Jordan. The Bulldogs of Provo came the closest, but fell in the closing minutes to a powerful Jordan Beetdigger team jWe American Fork, Orem and Springville were all easy victims of Northern foes. No one has satisfactorily ex-Plained ex-Plained the reason or reasons why the southern teams have consistently on unable to win the state football Playoffs. In other spot sports, "asketball, wrestling, track, volleyball, etc., Southern teams win Ule'r share of state honors. However, ?nthf gridiron, the prolonged drought nas local high school football fans shaking their heads. , Al that's left is that oft used Pwase, "wait 'til next year!"