THE PAGE 4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1964 HIGHLANDER Tracksters Romp To City, Region Crowns BEN LOMOND’S MIGHTY SCOTS rolled over all opposition in both the city-county and region cinder meets to add a couple of sparkling championship trophies to the Scottie showcase. For the third consecutive year, B.L.H.S. notched an impressive win in city-county competition, amassing a total of 106% points. The Scots swept first place in eight of the sixteen events. Ace miler Delane Bell streaked to a new record in the mile, touching the winning tape 4:30.9 after he started. The old rec- == Dave Spencer Bott HIGHLANDER SELECTS The Highlander proudly presents its first annual all-Ben Lomond team in this edition. The following boys were judged according to their ability, their desire, their willingness to cooperate, and their dependability in various sports. Mr. Football: David Bott. Stationed in the important quarterback position on _ the Scottie eleven, Dave was a classy passer and a hedging runner who Kirk Wright BEN LOMOND'S gained big chunks of yardage in the face of great odds. Congratulations to you, David Bott —Mr. Football of 1964. Mr. Basketball: Spencer Wright. This flashy, cat-swift guard always provided basketball fans with a fancy display of net scorching with his famous one-handed jump shot and a variety of other shots. Congratulations to you, Spencer Wright, Mr. Basketball of 1964. Mr. Baseball: Kirk Black. The hustlér who was hidden behind all the pads and face mask on Ben Lomond’s baseball squad this year was a junior who already rates as one of the state’s best catchers; a good slugger, too. Congratulations to you, Kirk Black—Mr. Baseball of 1964. Mr. Track. Delane Bell. One thing about BLHS’s track meets Brent Belliston Niel Bergeson Kirk SCOTS LAKERS _ Denny g ng with a javelin and I purposely sat more than 206 feet away from the javelin throwers so I wouldnt’ get stuck ’eause it hurts; then I watched the rest of the track meet ’cause it was really interesting and we were really doing good but Delane Bell hurt his leg and we lost our big chance for second place and maybe even state ‘cause he only came in seventh in the mile and they just give points to the first five and so we didn’t get any, but other than that it was fun sitting behind Highland’s cheerleaders all in black and white, not blue, and they were sitting behind some girls from East High who were cute because they went to East High, and Ben Lomond’s new cheerleaders were there so it was a big cheering contest between Highland and Ben Lomond ’cause no one from Bountiful, who came in second,, thought their school would do much but they did and I bet everyone was surprised ’cause I sure was and I don’t surprise very easy but when I do, zowie, I really do and, all in all, it was a blast, or a “steam” as Highland calls it, and I lived happily ever after. 000 . O01 BEST ATHLETES Football: RICK HASSETT ot as in Delane) and your. estes reporter were traveling on our merry way to Salt Lake, and by the way in case you didn’t know, Mr. Bell owns a bakery and he must have really trained his car well ’cause it sure knew how to eat up the mileage and just south of Lagoon we got a flat tire, no less, and after we fixed the tire (well, they did, anyway) we arrived at good ole University of Utah stadium and I had these two big posters ‘that the cheerleaders had given me to put up, so we walked over to the east side of the stadium and taped them to the cement walls at the edge of the track and, boy, we really hurried fast ’cause we didn’t know if it was legal to hang them there or not, but as usual I got stuck with a big roll of masking tape for the rest of the day, and later on, I felt like taping some of those Highland kids’ big mouths ’cause they yelled so loud, but I didn’t have the tape anymore, the cheerleaders’ did, ’cause I had given it to them after one of the posters had fallen down so_ they could put it back up but they didn’t want to either, so I returned tapeless to my seat high in the bleachers where I didn’t have FOUR ord of 4:32.3 was set by his brother, Wade Bell, last year. Ricky Anderson, another top. Delane Bell fleet, nudged out Weber’s Gary DeVries for second in the mile. Steven Felt nailed down first in the 440 for the Scots with a time of 51.3 seconds. Doug was always assured: no one, absolutely no one, could beat De- Stephens, third place finisher, lane Bell, particularly in the added 3 more points to the Ben mile. Injury kept him from a Lomond cause in this race. state championship, but not Bob Gillespie captured first from the admiration of Scot place and Steve Archibald ziptrack fans. Congratulations to ped in second to lead the Scots you, Delane Bell—Mr. Track of in the low hurdles; the 880 1964. found another Ben Lomond And what person will be re- sweep when Delane Bell and membered as Ben Lomond’s out- Sid Smith left all their compestanding athlete of 1964? Our titors in cinder dust; the time vote goes to Spencer Wright. 2:01.3. The Scot medley relay team, composed of Archibald, Gillespie, Anderson, and Felt, cruised to another first place finSteve Geary ish with a clock-stopper of Guy Stoddard 3:45.2. B. L.’s mile relay team Phil Johnson nabbed first place (what else?) Scott Jones as team members Udink, CanRichard Marriot and Singh aged delario, Smith, Kevin Massey aced around ti D: tate — Lettermen Kich Kightabout _By Black | 100 170 OI X—9 Black Butler Robert Ito Jerry Kap Gary Lawson Jerry Macfarlane Richard Marriot Carl Marsing Ron Moore Dan Taggart Jim VanLeeuwen Lyn Weenig Don Williams Basketball: Niel Bergeson Kirk Black Boyd Egan Robert Ito Wayne Jepsen Dan Taggart Steve Taylor Jim VanLeeuwen Track: Richard Anderson Dave Brown Delane Bell Kent Beus Doug Carlson Stephen Felt -THINCLADS SALT LAKE CITY, May 16— Ben Lomond High’s powerful track and field squad captured third place here today in the state meet held on the University of Utah turf. The meet, held in blistering 90-degree heat, saw Highland High’s Rams add another state championship to their loaded trophy case with 45 points. Bountiful, fourth place finisher in Region Two, showed considerable class in garnering the second place trophy with 40 points. Ron Zeffer _ Kirk Black Baseball: Kirk Black Denny Butler Guy Goddard Jerry Kap Gary Lawson Ron Moore Daryl Morgan Jeff Porter Jerry Tobias Jim VanLeeuwen Wrestling: Eddie Archuletta Richard Emmert Steve Geary Gary Lawson Greg Trappett Tennis: Steve Mitchell Golf: Bill Thorsted Scott Steele FINISH THIRD Ben Lomond placed a strong third with 34 points, despite the loss of Delane Bell’s services in the mile due to injury. East High’s Leopards, another favorite, came in fourth with 30. Other schools finished in this order: Ogden 21%, South 20, Tooele 17, Weber 15, Granite 10%, Bingham and Box EIder 9, Bonneville 8, Hillcrest and North Cache 7, Springville 6, Cyprus and Murray 5, Granger and Carbon 3, Clearfield and Provo 2, Jordan, Logan, West, South Seg and Payson 1. p, and thr ott innae walked off with all ‘the honors in the shotput. Doug Carlson paced the throwers in first, Dave Brown in second, and Gary Greenwood in third. Doug’s throw measured 50 feet, 8 inches. Scott Maw added another first place for Ben Lomond when he flipped the discus 140 ft. 7 in. on the torrid afternoon. At the Region Two track and field meet at WSC on May 12, Ben Lomond reclaimed the region championship from Weber High. — BLHS’s medley relay boys, hotter than the sun itself, shattered the region record of 3:40.0 when it ran the laps in 3:37... Delane Bell, unbeaten this year in the mile, ran a swift 4:28.1 in the race but did not break his brother’s 1963 mark of 4:24.5, the fastest mile ever run in Utah prep history. Dan Taggart grabbed second in the high hurdles, with Mike Judd adding a fifth place in the obstacle course. Steve Felt and Sid Smith of Ben Lomond again notched a one-two finish in the 880. Felt, who runs like velvet, was timed at 2:00.3. Gillespie and Archibald ripped up the turf for second and fourth places in the low hurdles, respectively. Brown, Carlson, and Greenwood, in that order, muscled their ways to first, second, and fourth in the shotput. Ben Lomond’s discus three, otherwise known as Martinez, Geary, and Maw, secured the first three places in their event; the best throw sent the discus 148 ft., 11 ins.