Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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In midair Darren Handley flies to snag a pass at the Box Elder game. Hawks Claim State 214 ■ State Football The state title, dreamed of. hoped for. coveted. After only six years it belonged to Alta, not given as a gift, but earned as a result of determination, hard work, and persistence. A tense battle in the finals, op- posite the Davis Darts, ended 19-7 in favor of the Hawks. It wasn’t the result of one per- son. but a total team effort, cheered on by the largest crowd of Hawk fans ever as- sembled. Appearing in the state playoffs had become an expected occurrance for the team, so no one thought twice when they went in again. But when they won and kept on winning, it became exciting. Victories over Bountiful and Box Elder placed Alta against 1 ranked Oly in the semi-fin- als. A fast paced game began with Handley recovering a fumble on the Titan twenty and Morley brought it in put- ting Alta in front early. A safe- ty then another fumble sent Ogden racing 57 yards to the end zone, making it 16-0 at the half. A dry third quarter, ended with another safety in the fourth by Walker. The Ti- tans did manage one pass for a mere seven, but the persis- tent Hawks concluded an 85 yard drive with a Morley pass to Long and they earned their first semi-final victory. Against Box Elder, Alta scored on the first drive and Morley was unstoppable throughout. The Bees popped an 80 yard pass to tie it late in the first, but Long took it in from the one after a costly fumble and Morley zoomed in again to make it 20-7 at the half. A superb defensive stand ended. 34-13. Against Bountiful. Long caught two Jensen passes for t.d.'s and Morley ran for 76 yards. Efficiency and a tough pass rush by Walker. Thornton and Beesley stopped the Braves and wrapped it up 30- 0. Alone in the back field, Troy Long lunges forward after skillfully catching a kick-off return. Foul weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of the cheerleaders or the crowd as Alta rolled over Olympus in the semi-finals An elated offense maps out the next play under the direction of QB Mike Jensen

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Scrambling tor a tirat down, Tony Elggren escapes the grasp of the Brighton defenders “Being undefeated is the reward of a perfect season of committment and sacrifice. ” Troy Hymas SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM: Row . Chad Cook, Mike Mares. Kevin Worlton. Ryan Nichols. Ray LeVitre. Doug Johnson. Casey Wright. Thane Walton Row 2: Guy Hardcastle. Ed Dey. Troy Cichos. Tait Eyre. Courtney Curtis. Paul Barker. Craig Schmitke. Lowell Richards. Dave McQuivey. Row 3. Jay Sitter. Brian Smith. Mike Swasey. Scott Taylor. Chris Petrick. Sean Landrum. Tony Elggren. Mike Gmes. Row 4 Jay Barney. Mike Smith. Jim Mikkelson. John Wilken- son. Jerry Zmyslo. Jim Blanchard. Kelly McClure. Danny Thompson. Jeff Carroll Row 5 Jason Taylor. Troy Loader. Phil Nofi. Tim Christin. Thayne Dibble. Randy Ferrel. Ryan Walker. Row 6 Craig Haslip — coach. Richard Abster. Scott Mulky. Steve Neeleman. Rod Katwyk. Clark Wilker, Brad Ross. Ron Ricks. Dan Holladay — coach Whitehead. Trent Loveless. Tad Ol- son. Tim Nelson Row 3 Joey Peder- sen. Chris Morey. Shad Clausing. Kurt Brian. Lance Eddington. Chris Baggs. Charlie Scalise. Kelly Jenson. J.D Kel- ler. Todd Templeton. Troy Hymas. Brett Alvey Row 4 Wayne Chappel. Troy Enniss. Kevin Kemp. Jeff Decker. Jeff Wartman. Glen Barney. John For- bush. Brad Nelson. Curtis Morey. Bill Strong. Jeff Donalson Row 5: Barney Zipkowsky. Jimmy Cherry, Shane Kel- son. Andrew Mismash. Brooke Larsin. Randolph Jones. Dave Thornton. Row 6: Chris Connelly. Douglas Yates. John Vanderbeek. Jeff Jackson. Brad Jensen. Steve Thorum. Chris Ran- dolph. Troy Lachance FRESHMAN FOOTBALL: Row 1: Ryan Loaser, Jeff Fisher. Bill Haight. Rod Wiseman. Chester VanWoerkom. Mike Sumner. Darin Knowles. Jerry Cullins. Shane Eagen, Kevin Bouw- man, Trent Ogden. Bill Blodgette. Jef- frey Christensen. Row 2 Paul Casper. Tyler Conley. Tom Moore. John Zdun- ich. Jake Hunt. Todd Childs. John SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL Season Record 5 Wins 4 Losses Pre-Season Alta 14 - 7 Jordan 7-8 Granger Season Alta 0 - 7 Taylorsville 32 - 7 Bingham 43 - 7 Kearns 7-13 Hillcrest 32 - 0 West Jordan 5 - 38 Brighton Soph-Frosh Football ■ 213

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Sunny and warm weather drew students out ol class, cheering their team on to a decisive victory against Box Elder Hurling the ball over defensive blockers. Mike Jensen struggles to find an open receiver “We weren't expected to be here this year but everyone knew we'd be tough on defense and defense keeps you in games no matter what99 Todd Thornton VARSITY FOOTBALL; Row 1 Tony Wartman. Mike Jensen. Pete Morley. Jon Roderick. Jerry Brewster. Stan Price. Dave Walker. Troy Bangert. Mike Gonsauge. Chad Brown. Row 2 Ron Harrison. Brian Barnhill. Eric Knowles. Doug Warr. Todd Thornton. Pat Mcgmnis. Neil Wardle. Mike Zdun- Leaping over the line. 21 Troy Long is assisted by 77 Carl Hothan and 30 Chad Ogden in his struggle for a first down Photo by Carma Christensen ich. Jeff Davis. Jim Read Row 3: John Birrell. Jeff Farmer. Jono Oswald. Randy Blevins. Tyler Pettit. Chuck Godfrey. Darren Larson. Bret Smith. Terry Sylvester Row 4 Timm Lakey. John Beener. Ken Wayman. Dave Rake. Robbie Gilleland. Todd Paul. Dave Bush. Todd Rodriguez. Byron Warr Row 5: Jon Beesley. Jon Ten- ney. Troy Long. Russ Perry. Roger Taylor. Jay Holeman. Scott Vanwoer- kom. Ron Yates. Brad Rentfro. Row 6: Chad Ogden. Buddy Zarbock. Jon Worlton. Steve Hardy. Darren Hand- ley. Kory Young. Mark Frkovich. Sam Mismash. Jesse Mcleod. State Football ■ 215