FY PAGE HIGHLANDER 4 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963 Ben Lomond’s Jim Gillespie hauls down Bonneville’s Gene Van Shaar (22) during Scot-Laker battle. Other Scots on the scene include: at left, Ron Moore (64), Kirk Black (10), Bill Evenhuis (72), and, at right, Jerry McFarlane (24). Lakers watching include Craig Gladwell (20) and Milt Jensen (66). The Scots sunk to (Photo courtesy of Standard-Examiner). the Lakers, 25-6, at Bonneville High Stadium. -GRIDDERS Kicks Kightabout Not one, not two, not a crew, but a fleet of fired-up Lakers pushed over two touchdowns and an extra point in the last fifty-nine seconds of play Saturday afternoon, November 9, as Bonneville High upset the favored Ben Lomond Scots, 25-6. By RICK HASSETT Highlander Sports Editor gee \ aa ‘ “Howdy there, .podner, © This here is Grizzly George, Valley, welcomin’ Region One. ya all The loss dropped and anchor- the voice of old Cache Scots Lowmund Bend into Don’t let that. there little news item in yur Ogden Standard-Examiner a while back about our cattle rus- have done ya any. We bother here tling up the best little high schools in this here state to provide ya with real tough sports competition. (Well, they’re little, all right.) that the Utah Now Schools Activities Associa- High tion has done and forced Ben Lomond, Weber, Ogden, Bonneville, and Roy High School into the same region as Box Elder, Bear River, Logan, South Cache, and North I’m hankerin’ Cache, play to like really to tell ya the secret of what it’s rootin’-tootin’ cowboy sports. style No need for you to worry yourself much about our cold football weather, ya hear, ’cause we don’t play football games at night. After can’t all, we afford to shell out our hard-earned milk and egg money just for lights for our little football fields. Transportation won't be much problem, either, since we have daily stagecoaches from Logan to Richmond and sometimes even to Hyrum. But aren’t ya glad, anyhow, since ya won’t have to travel so fur to Bountiful, Davis, and Clearfield anymore? — Just think, ya can bring all the fans with ya that ya want, ’cause we don’t have big enough studenthbodies to even fill our own side of the bleachers. And I know our ya'll enjoy halftime shows football at the and bas- ketball games. The local dairy princesses always have a cow-milking contest to see which one gets to churn the butter for next week’s lunches. Sounds real excitin’, huh? yes, Oh, if ya see some player leave a ball game right quick like in the middle of play, don’t ya go and fret, ’cause he probably just has some harvesting to get done on the farm. Like I done said beefour, welcome to Region One, farmers! PRE-SEASON 1. Jordan 2. Bountiful 3. East 4. Weber 5. Ben . Lomond END BASKETBALL POLL 6. Skyline 7. West 8. Highland 9. Provo 10. Davis : ed the Scotties into last place in the final Region Two football standings with a 0-4-2 record and boosted Bonneville into sixth place in the region with a 1-5 slate. Kirk Black, Ben Lomond quarterback, notched the Scots only score late in the first half, when he ran it over from the one. In review of this year’s football season, Ben Lomond has not won a football game, as it sports an over-all record of 08-2. . © The Scots launched their grid campaign on September 6 against the Jordan High Beetdiggers. The ’Diggers at the time were ranked sixth in the state. Ben Lomond’s defense could not hold the strong Jordan offense, namely Steve Densley, as they lost 21-7. For their second game, the Scots again traveled to Salt Lake, this time to challenge the state’s No. 2 rated team, Skyline. The Eagles broke a first half deadlock late in the third quarter and scored again in the final period to edge past the Scots, 13-0. Ben Lomond lost its final preseason game to the Spanish Fork Dons, 16-6, in a night battle at the Ogden City Stadium. Davis High’s well trained, mechanized Darts, Region Two champions this year and second only to Highland in the state’s rankings, unleashed Carter “Cheetah” Cook on the Scots. He bulldozed his way across for three touchdowns in leading Davis triumphantly over Ben Lomond 26-0. Spirit climbed to an all-time high in anticipation of the traditional Iron Horse clash with SEASON Ogden’s “Terrible Tigers”. The state’s top running back, Henry Owens, shattered all Ben Lomond hopes of retrieving the little train when he romped over for five touchdowns. The classy Orange and Black Raiders, edged out of the region title by Davis, downed the Scots for the ninth straight year, 32-0. : Bruce Charlesworth and Jim Harrop led Weber High’s Warriors to a 37-6 victory over B.L. on Oct. 17 in a league battle played at Weber’s stadium. In an afternoon contest on October 25 at Bountiful High, quarterbacks Dave Bott and Kirk Black passed the Scots to an upset 7-7 tie with the Bountiful Braves. Oddly enough, the Scots scored another 7-7 tie one week later against Clearfield. And finally, Bonneville surprised everyone by dunking the winless and windless Scots, 25-6. Ben Lomond To Open ‘63 Hoop Season With the commencement of basketball practice Monday, November 11, Ben Lomond’s athletic interests have turned hopefully to the rapidly approaching basketball campaign. The Scots, training under second-year Coach Don Dinsdale, have scheduled six preseason basketball games this year. Ben Lomond will open its 1963 hoop season next Friday night, November 29, when it travels to Garland-Tremonton for a game with the Bear River Bears. The first of two evening encounters with the Morgan Trojans has been scheduled for December 3 at Morgan. Three days later, Box Elder’s Bees will clash with the Scots on the Ben Lomond hardwoods. The Scotties’ next game, slated for December 13, will have SCOT SPORTS SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL: . Ben Lomond 7, Clearfield 7. Bonneville 25, Ben Lomond 6. CROSS COUNTRY: Scots repeat as varsity and sophomore state champions at meet held on Oct. 31 at U. of U. BASKETBALL: Practice began Nov. 11. Ben Lomond will play Bear River next Friday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. Morgan on the road, traveling to Ogden for another contest with Ben Lomond. . St. Joseph will welcome crosstown opponent, Ben Lomond, to a night game on December 17 in the Jay gym. The Scots will close their preseason basketball schedule in an afternoon encounter with defending state Class A champion, Jordan, on December 20 at Sandy. The complete pre-season schedule follows. All games, with the exception of the Jordan contest, will start at 8 p.m. Nov. 29—B.L. at Bear River. Dec. 3—B.L. at Morgan. Dec. 6—Box Elder at B.L. Dec. 13—Morgan at B.L. Dec. 17—B.L. at St. Joseph Dec. 20—B.L. at Jordan.