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Record Searchlight from Redding, California • 38

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HappyCamp might come Crowd mDnck Mount known Shasta not as winner 1 -If hi I at 175 should provide plenty of running power in the backfield The line has such stalwarts as tackle Mark Scott 185 guard Gary Madden 180 tackle Tim Freeman 190 tackle John Burns 205 and tackle Evan Salmon 185 But some of oth er linemen such as Swenson 160 and tackle Tim Stewart 165 emphasize quickness Halfback Mark Jantzer and end Charle Moss are two other returnees add to the Mount Shasta attack Combined they might confirm the fears of those other coaches and make Rossetto a believer after alL MOUNT SHASTA The word has gone out gonna be tough this rival coaches are saying at Trinity and Burney and Weed they'll go all the way A real fine But Bear coach Damien Rossetto apparently hasn't got the news not known as winners" he says engagingly before adding pretty optimistic We have a pretty good returning crop with 10 lettermen back say we have guarded Rossetto figures or this year for Mount Shasta since the junior varsity talent falls off sharply and the next good bunch be along for three more years The 1969 Bears played 500 football with a 4-4-1 record and a one-touchdown loss to powerful Trinity Some of the stars of that team like halfback Cliff Bulierwell guard Ken Palfini tackle Rich Vanni and end Mark Barnum are gone but the nucleus of the squad remains Rossetto can count on two good backs in Mike Brown and Bruce Birimisa and on returning all-league defensive lineman Vernon Swenson only a junior And enjoying pattern EUGENE Oregon figures to score plenty in football this season but so do most teams and the success is predicated on how well the defense comes through the defense goes is how going to said Jerry Frei starting his fourth season as head coach here with 29 returning lettermen Frei has a bountiful crop of offensive stars including halfback Bobby Moore who could be one of the sensations As a sophomore last year Moore set six school and two Pacific Eight records This season Moore will play as a tailback He set those 1909 records as a flanker back when he seldom carried the ball from scrimmage Moore and end Bobby New land were one-two in the conference in pass receiving last season Newland also is back have the best corps of receivers had in the last three Frei said Others include tight end Greg Specht and flanker back Leland Glass The biggest question on offense is quarterback Bom Blanchard who has a history of knee trouble Blanchard was on his way to setting several school passing marks in 1969 when a bad knee decked him again He had another operation late last year and Frei said he stronger than he has been in years" the big key in our Frei said The backup quarterback is likely to be soph Dan Fouts of San Francisco The coach also is high on halfback Dave Jones who is coming off a knee operation and was red shirted last season Fullback Greg Marshall a senior and a fine blocker returns TNI SCHEDULE Sept II at Etna II Ynka at ham IS at Burney Oct 2 Hague River at heme at Dunsmuir Weed at home 23 at Mo dec at Alturoi 34 Tulefake at home Nov I at Trinity THE ROSTER Dorian Alalia quarterback lM Mark antxer halfbock 151 Bruce Blrlmlta fullback IIS Mike Brawn halfback ITS Mark Scott tackle IIS Tim Freeman tackle HO Tim Stewart tackle 15 Chart ia Men end IIS Evan Salmon tackle IIS Melvin Smith quarterback 141 Steve Pigonl center 14S Gary Madden tackle 111 Mika Stewart tackle ISS John Burnt tackle MS Prank Ynnez halfback 141 Dana Blackman halfback 150 Dennii Marin end III Stan Neptune tackle ITS Sandy Wllllamt guard ISO Mike Murdoch guard 155 Steve Benton tackle 1M Duane Betier halfback 125 Conley Vornum end 145 Mack Du Bote end 151 Tom Bollinger center 170 Jim Whorton guard 141 Vernon Swortion guard 140 Tyrone Carmichael guard 145 Phil Fachlne end 150 Den Fitzgerald end ISO right back HAPPY CAMP either feast or famine for the Happy Camp Indians Winners of two Evergreen League titles in the last four years holders of a 7-2 record in 1968 they lost all the wheels last season with an 0-10 mark we understand a lot of teams are down this year and says coach Bob Everett no reason we win it this year barring injuries" Everett has two good quarterbacks in sophomore Randy Cantrell and junior Tom Brown has one of the best arms in Northern California Brown can throw too a 440-yard dash man in track and punted 60 yards in He figures the team has the size and strength as well as the finesse to score plenty of points this year have 28 boys out this year which means our almost doubled The fact that our jayvee program came into effect last year made the Everett says He figures Fall River may offer the Indians stiff opposition since it has a veteran club in league competition all But he's confident that Happy Camp like the Phoenix can bounce back strongly FRED JONES Tiger eagemaster THE SCHEDULE Spt 11-at Crater lt-at Etna McCloud home Of? Modoc In Alturos t-Mount Shasta home l-ot Tulelake Trinity homo at Burney THE ROSTER Dwayn WMmo 140 fullback Kim Griffin 10 guard Tam Gilleipie 145 guard Kandall Nafcaa 170 fullback OftMr lulin Bill Bogart 155 guard Mark Maben HaPW' 170 tackle La than Wilton 110 end Junior Leftermea Butch Cook 14a halfback Bob Patterson 155 and Jan Pereira ISO quarterback Ed CaMII 135 halfback Curtfi Smith 17a fullback David Alta 14a halfback John Detgata lta center Tim Raven-croft lta tackle Pat McCormick 121 guard Tim Ragan' 155 halfback Rich Stewart 1SS guard Chuck Yeung 2IS tackle Dunsmuir not entirely dead DORIAN AIELLO Throws for Bean biggest turnout in SO players which gives him more of a bench than most other Shasta-Cascade League coaches have big question mark is Rossetto says have to get them to work Some of the earlier Mount Shasta teams were bearlike big but comparatively slow Rossetto aims for zip and coordination in his offense Quarterback Dorian Aiello at 180 pounds fullback Birimisa at 185 and halfback Mike Brown points in its winless season Jones a recent Chico State graduate who was assistant coach at Pleasant Valley High last year has one consolation no place to go but up have an improved season over last he says small in size and we have only about 20 players but been high-spirited so Jones has five lettermen back from the 1969 squad Kim Griffin outstanding guard and Bob Patterson Tom Gillespie Tim Ragan and Frank Happ is a young he says plenty of- juniors and He calls junior Ed Cahill a potentially fine fullback Though only 3" and 135 pounds Cahill is built like a fireplug and can move In addition to its lade of last year taking over from Doug DeBartoli who moved up to principal after guiding the Bulldogs to a 5-5 record in 1969 run out of the pro I eet Van Vandt says junior quarterback Rusty Hunnicutt and junior halfback Joe Samuelson who both look real good in practice line averages 172 pounds and our backfield 163 We have September 12 1979 DUNSMUIR When new coach Fred Jones took over the Dunsmuir Tigers this year he found himself in a- spot with plenty of tradition but not much material For the past decade under Lynn Elliott and Jim Bujol the scrappy but diminutive often outweighed 20 pounds per had given their Shasta-Cascade League foes a lot more trouble than received But last year the roof fell in Jim Harrington's 1969 team finished dead last in the league with an 0-8 record Most of problems were he had hardly any players The home team bench in the old Dunsmuir baseball park held only two or three forlorn substitutes And the 1969 junior varsity fared even wane if that's possible by scoring only six depth Dunsmuir has weaknesses in its passing game Jones says years ago when I went to school in San Jose high school teams were all playing out of the pro set But they throw much up However he hopes to have a deeper in quarterback Jon Pereira whose in skill has surprised him Jones also thinks highly of tackle Mark Maben a senior transfer from Arizona and guard Bill Bogart a transfer from Mount Shasta New to the league Jones know how it will shape up this year though heard that Weed and Trinity have potential powerhouses better watch their step though he warns -when approaching supposedly dead Tigers They could get clawed not scared a real tough last defensive Van Vandt figures the Buldogs have a good chance of knocking off Tulelake in the opener despite the Honkers' 27-6 victory ova: defending Evergreen League champ McCloud show me much offense but they have a good defensive team It was the first game and there were lots of mistakes" The offensive line looks sharp actually lost only two out of 17 offensive Frei said has to be a Defensively Oregon looks good in the secondary with Bill Brauner who played only seven minutes last season back in shape as safety Also returning in this unit are Lionel Coleman Bill Drake and Bin Steber are four pretty perienced people with good speed" Frei said experience will be the people up front on the coach said Veterans include defensive end Steve Buettner end defensive tackle Dave Walker But backing up that defensive line will be junior Tom Graham who was named to the UPI All-Coast team as a sophomore and is All-America potential this year Steve Rennie is another experienced linebacker Frei has improved on his record in each of his seasons at Oregon He was 2-8 in 1967 4-6 in 1968 and 5-5-1 last year New Butte coach DORRIS The Butte Valley Bulldogs have a new coach this year in James Van Vandt who at all intimidated by the prospect of facing the likes of Tulelake and McCloud with 14 kids outlooks are bright if we can get more bodies out for football" he says Van Vandt coached at Wasco High School near Bakersfield Record-Searchlight Saturday Page 24 Redding (Calif).

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