fe: PAGE ee et THURSDAY, HIGHLANDER 4 BEN LOMOND 0 OGDEN 32 LOGAN WEBER 31 36 OCTOBER BEN 31, 1963 LOMOND 7% SCOT THINCLADS SEEK STATE CR OWN BEN LOMOND BEN LOMOND 6 7 BOUNTIFUL 7 (See Story Below) Radi Kightabout By RICK HASSETT Highlander Sports Editor When the Davis Darts, the top powerhouse of Northern Utah football, take on the Weber Warriors tomorrow night at Weber they can clinch the Region Two football championship — something which no school has dared pull on the classy Ogden Tigers for quite a few years. Two weeks ago, the Darts hurled themselves into the ranks of the mighty as they became only fourth the Owens team in two Company. and years able to beat Tigers, The still retrieve the region crown Henry however, can from the fire if We- ber beats Davis. The Warriors could very well serve Davis’ head to rival Ogden on a silver platter, fit for a playoff kill. i Despite their loss to the Darts, Ogden has not let down at all as proven by their 42-7 burial service at North Cache last Friday. Meanwhile, back at the Dart field, Davis was bombing Clearfield with Ben Lomond runner football classic. At escapes right, “TIGERS. KEEP Henry Owens, on the grasp Ron ground of would-be Moore behind Tiger —Photo Courtesy tackler, Jay of Behling, (64) looks on, as does Ogden’s Moore, and David Bott Fe eh in Iron Horse heralded halfback, (11). | TAKE TWELVE < By RICK HASSETT den back, High’s Owens, fleet-footed scored five Og- wing- spectacular touchdowns against Ben Lomond Friday, October 4, to lead the Tigers to a lopsided 32-0 triumph over the Scots. The traditional battle for the Iron Horse trophy, staged on the sandy Ogden Stadium floor, saw a strong Tiger eleven walk off with the trophy ninth straight year for the and rise from fourth place in the state’s rankings to third. - Before 8,000 fans under the lights, the classy, flashy Owens, recently selected as All-Ameri- can, romped in his graceful manner for touchdown runs of 82, 27, 20, and one yards. And for insurance, he scored from 38 yards out on an intercepted pass return. ere _ Midway in the first period, Owens disposed of five Ben Lo‘mond tacklers to carry the pig- skin 20 yards for his first TD. He also ran the extra point which put Ogden ahead 7-0. Just before the half ended, Ogden marched to scoring position and Owens, taking a snap from center, ran it over from the one. The Bengals added the ‘PAT and increased their lead to 14-0 at halftime. - With’ 3:20 left in the third period, Owens, capitalizing on a Ben Lomond fumble after a blocked punt, scooted 27 yards to the end zone. The Tigers passed for the extra point, but the pass failed and the score stood 20-0. Three players later, Owens intercepted a pass by Kirk Black and scampered 37 yards dirt. The conversion run (Personally, I prefer “Cheetah” more). Ben Lomond’s eleven, it appears, has finally found itself after scoring an upset tie with the Bountiful Braves. The Scots stopped the Braves cold most of the day and struck a warning note to upcoming opponents, Clearfield and Bonneville. il probably win a clads, incountry team Ben Lomond has sophomore meets, have ever had” will today compete cluding amassed a twelve-win, no-loss a 12-0 posse team, proud cross co record, will step off the bus at the U. of U. as undeniably the best C.C. team in the entire state. record this season. The varsity team has trounced Ogden, DavThe Scots, picked by most ‘is, South, Granite, West, WeUtah coaches as a heavy favo- ber, Bonneville, Bountiful, and rite to walk off with the state St. Joseph, all by big margins. supremacy again, will enter the Delane Bell, described by meet at the University of Utah Coach Chick Heslop as ‘“Probas the most balanced team in ably the most improved runner the state. on the team,” has shattered two Last Thursday, the Scots existing records this season. He made five other schools eat the cut the 8:32.6 Granite record cinders as they won their sec. down to 8:26.8 and broke the ond Region Two championship Little Brown Jug record of in a row. The scores at that 9:20.5, set by another Scot, Lou meet, lowest score winning, fol- Michelson, running the two-mile low: Ben Lomond 23, Weber course in 9:18.5. 58, Davis 77, Ogden 132, BounRicky Anderson, running retiful 140, Bonneville 150. Also at the Region meet, cently with an infected foot, has Ben Lomond, namely Delane also developed into a record Bell, Sid Smith, Ricky Ander- shatterer. Against Davis on Sepson, Steve Felt, Doug Stephens, tember 27, he set a new course Bell, and sophomores Ron Zefferer, record of 8:32.6. Wade Jake Candelario, and Kent Beus, Mr. Everything of Ben Lomond picked up four of six medals track last year, held the forand a total of eight out of the mer record at 8:46.2. (They could even get there faster on foot than on _ the bus. . . well, maybe). Several other runners have helped to give Ben Lomond that extra winning boost. They in- Idaho’s Southern Conference and remain the Gem State’s two top rated teams, respectively . . . Reg- ts Henry (The Cat) Cook. 24-6 ammunition, mainly a Carter (‘The Tank) Standard-Examiner for their second state championship. Soon after the fourth quarte) had begun, Owens sneaked through an open space in the Ben Lomond line to outrun three Scots 82 yards for the fi: nal TD. Ben Lomond put up a brick wall defense to stop Ogden short of the goal line on the run for the extra point and to keep the score at 32-0 The Ogden Tigers, heralded as the state’s best running team, completely dominated the statistics. They chalked up 300 yards rushing against 101 for Ben Lomond. Owens contributed 257 yards of that 300 himself, averaging 13.5 yards per carry. Score by quarters: _0 0 0 0— 0 clude Sid Smith, Steve Felt, Doug Stephens, and Ron Zefferer ,who at 4:44.7 in the mile, has chalked up the fastest time ever set by a sophomore runner at Ben Lomond in the fall. | Three sophomores, Kent Beus, Jake Candelairo, and Phil Johnson, have done an “outstanding job” for Ben Lomond this season. Coach Hislop feels that Ben Lomond will have little trouble defending either its varsity or sophomore state crowns. Only Granite and Weber rate as possible opposition and Ben Lo- mond has defeated both han- a ine — It looks like yours truly made a little slip in the prediction for Region Three football. In my last column, I made this statement, “With such stiff competition as South, East and Skyline, Highland — shouldn’t do as well this year.” Two down, one to go... duh. Hot Off the Wire Ben Lomond’s football team next year will have silver helmets with Scottie emblems on the sides ... A game between Kanab and Cedar City had to be catied with several minutes left to play because of several unsportsmanlike calls on Cedar City who trailed and lost, 32-0... . A big fight broke out on the field at the Las Vegas High-Reno High game last week at Vegas High stadium. Previously, the Los Angeles High Romans rolled over the Wildcats, 13-7 . . . Johnson, DeMatha, Lee, and St. John’s top the grid poll in Washington, D. C. . .. Boise High and Borah High, both in Boise, continue their high scoring wipeouts of opponents in ion Four’s first place team, Bingham, pulls year’s big upset by beating Region Four’s second place team, Jordan, in 19-14 thriller . . . The Irish of St. Ignasius turn San Francisco’s prep standings into shambles with scores like 58-0 over highly rated teams .. . The trophy between was discontinued traditional revolving Provo High and because it caused Liberty Bell Carbon High school spirits to reach dangerous fever pitch . . . Two Chicago prep schools, Hyde Park and Englewood, to play remaining football games without any of their own fans. The school board banned the two schools’ studentbodies because of their continued remember, Cricket can be fun! rioting .. . East cancels latest game because of death of two star athletes in grinding auto wreck... South Mountain and Camelback turning in big wins down Phoenix way .. . Minnesota edges Michigan to retain Little Brown Jug . . . That’s all for now and