Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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On a perfect crisp fall day for a football game. Alta met Roy for a Semi Pinal State game at Rice Stadium. Dean Langston and Dave Stoedter stop a Roy Royal with an important defensive tackle. The east side of Rice Stadium eminate with the colors of black, silver, and red. Enthusiastic fans display their pride inside with t-shirts, pompons, ribbons, and school colored attire. Protecting the quarterback. Todd Handley, Howard Baliff charges the Roy defense with an offensive block. Halftime at Semi-Final game was per formed by the marching band; an elaba rate show of music and flag girl rou- tines entertained both schools. A pre-game highlight. Roger Williams, and another professional paratrooper freefall to football field to promote new movie In Search of D.B. Cooper. The paratroopers performed aerial stunts to amaze crowds. State Football • 75

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Underdog Hawks Visit Rice Stadium DATE: October 23, 1981 TIME: 5:00 p.m. PLACE!: Hillcrest High School Football field Disappointed Alta fans on their way home recall the close game between the two teams in which the Huskies were victori- ous. Before football season start- ed, the Hawk’s were highly rat- ed in the S.L. Tribune’s Cap tains Poll. As the season pro- gressed. Alta’s losses dropped them out of the poll. The pre- dicted potential seemed wrong. And then the hawks' loss to Hillcrest cost them a tie for re- gion champs. DATE: October 30, 1981 TIME: 2:00 p.m. PLACE: Smithfield Utah— Skyview High School’s football field In a playoff game the Sky- view bobcats were favored to win. The hawks having the dis- advantage of being 75 miles away from home, startled ev- eryone by taking the game. DATE: November 7, 1981 TIME: 2:00 p.m. PLACE: Rice Staidum, U. of U. With beautiful autumn weather, the Hawks and the Da- vis Darts met for the State Quarter-Finals. Alta once again the underdog; but the determi- nation to win, led them to a resounding victory over Davis. DATE: November 12, 1981 TIME: 2:00 p.m. PLACE: Rice Stadium, U. of U. Again outstanding fall weath- er and the tremendous amount of school spirit building during the last weeks made this Semi- Finals competition with the Roy Royals one everyone would remember. The Royals scored first with 39 second left in the half—a defensive domi- nated half of play. Twice Roy had opportunities to score but was held back by the awesome defense. At the halftime break, the marching band and flag girls gave a flashy performance for the packed stands, represent- ing our pride in yet another field. The excitement of the close- ness of the game brought the crowd to its feet. Alta’s costly mistakes caused the clock to run down and made it an im- possible task to win the game. The Royals went on to win the 4-A State championship. The Hawks ended the season third in State; their highest attain- ment ever. Before the State Semi-Final against Roy. the Black Machine gathers on the astro turf for a pre-game huddle. The unification buildins for an important game ahead. Showing their school spirit, the Pep- pers unfurl a large banner to show Roy students across the field our pride. Un- fortunately an announcement stating rules against banners in the stadium required the Peppers to remove the dis- play. Alta 74 • State Football With running action to the right. Dean Stewart maneuvers around Roy's 44.

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Two Region Champs Two region champs out of four 'ain’t' bad, was an excel- lent motto for this year's foot- ball teams. Junior varsity tied for region champs, the sopho- mores had a good season with six wins and three losses and just missed placing in region, and the finest freshman team Alta has ever had waltzed through the doors of Alta and represented the school by win- ning every game they played. The varsity squad had a 5 4 regular season record. The sea- son started out on the wrong foot with a loss to Jordan 14-3. Alta, in a strong region, lost to Granite, Brighton, and Hillcrest. But their five wins gave them third place in the region, only missing a tie for first by one game. This year’s team was an ex cellent football team, Coach Berry said about his Hawks; finishing third in the state meant that Alta was now a state power to be contended with. Many of the mistakes in games were caused by inexpe- rience, but during the season the team matured and finished the season as one of the finest in the state with many juniors already anticipating next year. Alta is hot and can’t be stopped, can be said for the Giving Hillcrest Huskies a helping hand. Sean Babcock and Mark Bana siak complete a defensive tackle. junior varsity team. Carrying on the varsity's example, the j.v. had one too. This year the j.v. team showed spectators ex- citing football and great skill. Four of their games were won by shut-outs and one in over- time by one point. Lee Fair- bourn commented about the Kearns game, This could have gone either way; we went into over time tied 12-12 and knew we had to win. Having only two losses for the season, the j.v. went on to be co-champs with Brighton for the season, when asked if the j.v. team would benefit the varsity team next year, head j.v. coach, Gary Garcia replied. Yes, many of the experiences asso- ciated with success were gained by these players. This is often difficult to teach and comes as a result of a success- ful season. Sophomore Dave Walker commented on the Alta-Jordan game, This may have been the most important game to us as a team, because a lot of us used to play with the guys on Jordan’s team. We played well for our first game. Our defense got better during the year and the offense learned to play as a team. With six wins and three losses, the sophomores played well as a team. Confidence was boosted as they creamed Gran- ite with a 27-7 victory. As the Demonstrating his bionic legs. Mark Brower, jumps high into the air. block ing a Hillcrest pass. Holding on to the ball as though it were a bomb. Todd Handley rushes down the field avoiding tacklers. Alta’s varsity team was victorious in the con- test. 76 • Football