| Deseret News and Telegram
Saturday, Sep 7th, 1963: "Football was king Friday as Class A and Class B teams throughout the state got their first taste of grid as the 1963 season officially got under way. Most of the action went as usual with the so-called favorites overwhelming their adversaries. But there were the upsets. Winning as predicted were East, South, Jordan, Tooele and Box Elder."
South 34, Bingham 6
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Tuesday, Sep 10th, 1963: "There's no denying East the favored spot in this year's Region Three football race. Fact is, the Leopards are picked as the team to beat for the Class A title by a good share of the pigskin pickers. But the Grant Martin crew will have to do more than march to the title table and claim the cup. East will have to get over second-ranked Highland and top contenders South and Skyline with Granite, West and Olympus tagged with the darkhorse role. So it is, East, Highland, South, Skyline, Granite, West and Olympus in that order for our 1963 prognostication."
South figures it lost last year's region three title on the bounce of a ball it figures to catch up this season. Quarterback Jack Gehrke is one of Coach Dale Simon's reason for being optimistic. Backs Terry Dimick, 160, Larry Garlock, 175, Mike Fisher, 185, and Dave Edmonds, 140 are four other good reasons for Southern optimism. Add to this ends Dee Allred, 175, and Mike Burbidge, 170, tackles Don Carter, 6-3, 200 pounds and Lee Peip, 6-2, 190 pounds and South's chances are enhanced. The Cub chances are increased even more with the addition of guards, Doug Poulson and Jim Henderson and center Joe Sasich. Simon is counting heavily on Steve Pohlman to handle a good share of linebacking chores."
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Saturday, Sep 14th, 1963: "Murray coach Bill Dickey will remember the third quarter of Friday's football game with South for a long time. South scored four touchdowns in less than nine minutes in that period and blasted Murray, 25-0, on the Highland gridiron in a game filled with plenty of water and about two dozen fumbles.
Murray was guilty of most of the fumbles and it cost the team sorely. Three times South pounced on the bounding pigskin and turned the errors into scores, all during the wacky third period.
Murray got its own way during the scoreless first half, pushing South around rather handily. With Jerry Bronical doing most of the lugging the Spartans moved to the South 15-yard-line. However, South's line and a holding penalty combined to stop the drive.
On the opening kickoff in the third period, South's Dave Edmunds apparently discovered how to master the slippery field and raced 80 yards for a score. Dee Allred's kick was blocked.
South linebacker Steve Pohlman then recovered a fumble and quaterback Jack Gehrke turned it into a touchdown. Allred kicked the point and South lead 13-0, with only four minutes gone in the period.
On Murray's first play, Pohlman recovered his second of three fumbles. Terry Dimick, on South's first play, raced 34 yards to score. The pass from center was bad and the score stood, 19-0"
South 25, Murray 0
Roger Pusey, Deseret News
Tuesday, Sep 17th, 1963: "Most post mortems of preseason football have been administered.
The dilemma now facing Utah's coaching fraternity is deducing some sense from the findings two weeks of play time football are supposed to produce. It will pose a problem for most.
Pre-game guessing has Dale Simon's South High Cubs favored over Olympus. This edge is slim but is there due to the talents of end coach George Souvall. South, by a pass."
Deseret News
Saturday, Sep 21st, 1963: "Football reached new heights in Utah High School play Friday when nose plugs and water wings became a part of the gridder's equipment.
But even the addition to the equipment wardrobe wouldn't have been enough to keep all teams active in the 45-minute downpour that drenched literally thousands of prep followers and hundreds of footballers who hoped to launch the season on a successful and dry note.
Region Three openers with East dumping Granite 14-0 and South dipping Olympus for a 20-0 touchdown drowning.
Some of the top action next week has East and South butting heads in a crosstown clash in Rugion Three."
South 20, Olympus 0
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Saturday, Sep 28th, 1963: "Baby-faced Jack Gehrke, dealing with his South High Cubs with the confidence of a Mississippi gambler, shuffled East High from Region Three's title picture with a 13-7 hand Friday before nearly 5,000 hysterical and unbeleaving fans at Derks Field.
Gehrke opened with three aces in ends Dee Allred, Paul McKinley and Mike Burbidge. Never before so vital a role in victory as these aces who performed top defensive tasks throughout the 48-minute test.
When Gehrke wasn't watching his flankers stop East's mammoth offense, the slightly built six-footer was working hard-charging Terry Dimick who literally shredded the huge East line in short-but-sure plunches which kept South after the Leopard skin most of the hot afternoon.
Dimick was spelled by teammate halfbacks Mike Fisher and Dave Edmonds who also took big cracks at the East defenders."
When East found it couldn't go around South it turned to the middle where it was met by Joe Sasich, Pat (60) Garcia, Ray Addison, Steve Smith, Don Carter, Rick Eoff and Dave Weatherhead.
South scored the first time it had the ball on a 75-yard drive sparked by the ripping of Terry (The Terrible) Dimick who climaxed the effort from three yards out. The play was set up when South gambled on a fourth down with Gehrke passing to end Mike Burbidge who carried to the E-46. Dimick then romped to the eight and three plays later scored. Gehrke converted.
East drove to South's 10 but was stopped.
South took over on its own 15 when romping Steve Pohlman blasted through East's defenders and blocked Butch Fairbanks' field goal try.
It was the turning point.
East performed well in stopping Terry Dimick once. But Dimick was without the ball. Gehrke kept on his own 28 and raced 72 yards for the game winning score. The PAT failed.
East came back strong in the second half when Ben Stowell took South's punt and returned it 63 yards. Fairbanks converted.
East drove to South's 22 in the third period. South held.
East drove to South's 18 in the closing minutes of the game but was puched back to the 35 before the Cubs made their stand.
The score was identical to last year's game, won by East."
South 13, East 7
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Tuesday, Oct 1st, 1963: "South's due for a let down and so's Skyline. Each eleven is undefeated. It can't go on. South has Gehrke and Dee Allred for one of the state's finest passing combinations. Skyline has Curtis Canning, a giant of a quaterback who's getting used to winning. The game promises one thing---a winner"
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Saturday, Oct 5th, 1963: "A football approach to the David 'n Goliath tale unfolded on the Granite grid Friday as South's Dave Edmunds caught two Jack Gehrke slings to down a classy Skyline giant by a 13-7 margin."
Little David (135 pounds), who might be taken for the team manager were it not for his football helmet, hid among the giants of the Region Three clash: dashed down the middle on "three" looked up and took a Jack Gehrke wobbler that wiggled its way through Skyline fingertips. David scooted 17 yards for the game-winning score.
Only a half dozen minutes showed on the clock. but the battle was won.
An identical pattern counted for South's first score that was set up by Terry Dimick who gambled on his own 34 with a yard to go and scampered to Skyline's 36. The Cub offense dilly-dallied for its way to the 17, Gehrke faded and flipped. Edmunds folded his arms around the ball and bounced into the end zone untouched. Gehrke converted.
The middle quarters, was a defensive battle with South's defensive wonder Terry Dimick doing most of the hauling down of Skyline's classy quarterback Curt Canning, Frank Zupo and Mike Callister. Skyline's trio busted open for four "touchdown jaunts" that were stopped by last ditch efforts of Dimick.
But while Dimick was carrying the defensive load in South's secondary, Dee Allred, the Cub's classy flanker, combined with Mike Burbidge to trun the action to the middle where a sponge midsection gave way to Camming "keeps," Zupo "slants" and Callister's power.
Skyline moved the ball with much more ease than the hard working Cubs who left most of the load to Dimick. But Dimick's defensive pounding took a toll. South's offense felt the pinch.
Skyline did muster a 57-yard effort in a stedy march for its only tally. Canning paced the action with his "keeps" and slipped the ball to Zupo and Callister who gouged their way toward paydirt. Zupo opened the final stanza with a diving score effort. Sam Efnor, Skyline's big end who contained South's outside game most of the afternoon, converted."
South 13, Skyline 7
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Friday, Oct 11th, 1963: "South High Cubs added a twist to the knock and roll circle Thrusday night at Derks Field as it stomped Granit, 19-0, before 6,000-plus Region Three football fans.
While the Cub's mighty forward wall knocked Granite's line, Jack Gehrke alternated his rollouts left and right between Terry Dimick dashes through a bewildered Farmer team.
The two could have danced all night but Coach Dale Simons gave Gehrke a second half rest while keeping the pressure on with regulars till the final minutes of the game.
South got of to a shaky start but quickly recovered and went to work showing Granite the class that could see the Cubs in the Class A football finals at the University of Utah Stadium come Nov. 23. Only West and Highland stand in South's Region Three football path.
The Region Three title winner travels to the Region Four champ in a Class A quarter final on a date to be determined.
It could be South and Jordan.
South's "shaky" start was launched by a 55-yard kickoff return by Jack Gehrke from his own 15 to Granit's 30. A 15-yard penalty, a five yard penalty and Gehrke to Dave Edmunds incompletion saw South punting from their own 48.
Granite took over on its own 30 and punted three plays later from the 31. South alternating Gehrke's rollouts with fullback Larry Garlock and Dimiick's plunges, moved 65 yards with Garlock going over from three yards out for the score. Gehrke converted. The whole thing took 10 plays.
Granite had the ball for seven tries during which time Dave Swanson took a crack at Cub defenses. A put gave South the ball on its own 16.
Gehrke started his rolling left while Dimick and Garlock fired into the righ side of the Granite wall anchored by sophomor standout Arden Ashton. The routine went over big but was capped by a "rollout right" with Gehrke carrying over from nine yards out. Eighty-four yards in a dozen dashes.
First half scoring was over.
An untimely penalty stalled a Granite second-half-drive that started on the G-35 and ended on the S-35. South took over and with smooth-working Frank Florez calling the action, scored with Granite interrupting briefly before fumbling.
While Granite was recovering from the fumble, Cub Dimick steamed his wasy trhough the left side of the Farmer wall, picked his wasy through a host of defenders and steamrolled into the end zone from 30 yards out.
Saout, with two of its biggest games behind it, takes next week off before finishing the Region Three football story against West and Highland."
South 19, Granite 0
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Friday, Oct 26th, 1963: "South's Cubs were sharpenig their claws Saturday in preparation for Friday's Region Three showdown with unbeaten Highland at Derk's Field.
The Cubs tuned up for their "must" game with a 21-7 victory over West Friday on the Panther field. South scored twice in the first period and added another TD in the third period while holding West to a single TD late in the game.
South took the opening kickoff on its own 32 and marched 68 yards to score before West got the ball. Terry Dimick, Jack Gehrke and Larry Garlock packed the ball most of the way and Gehrke scored on a quarterback sneak.
He kicked the PAT and South led, 7-0, with five minutes left in the period.
South's Dave Cavazos intercepted a Gary Kraus pass and returned it to the West 47. Gehrke cracked for a first down and a personal foul on the play put the ball on the West 9.
Dimick lugged it in on the first play and Gehrke added the PAT for a 14-0 halftime lead.
South's reserve quarterback Frank Florez intercepted a West aerial and ran it back to the West 36. Gehrke pitched to Dee Allred and then hit speedy Dave Edmunds in the end zone for the score.
Gehrke kicked the PAT and South led 21-0.
West averted a shutout in the fourth period when Gehrke's quick kick was blocked and West recovered on the South 33.
Billy Miller hit Darrell Quinn on the 11 and Miller climazed the drive with a quarterback sneak. Kent Maxfield kicked the PAT with one minute left."
South 21, West 7
Roger Pusey, Deseret News
Friday, Oct 26th, 1963: "Figure Highland by 11 points when it tangles with South in Region Three's championship game Friday at Derks Field. Kickoff, 2 p.m.
That's a touchdown, field goal and safety.
One point will win it, however, and that's the margin South Coach Dale Simon's is counting on when he sends cornerman Terry Dimick to the field with one of the finest defensive units in the state.
So it is, Highland's offense spearheaded by tricky Steward Simpson versus South's defense anchored by ends Mike Burbidge, Dee Allred, tackles Don Carter and Doug Poulson, guard Pat Garcia, center Joe Sasich and linebacker Steve Pohlman.
And it promises to be a chore for the Cubs who have a fine Ram line to penetrate to get at Highland's rugged Garth Hall, tricky Simpson and Doug Wadsworth who could give Highland a chance for a third state Class A crosn.
Highland's offensive edge comes from the series of lopsided scores the Rams have compiled the past five games. Highland defeated East 20-7; Skyline 32-7; Olympus 27-6; West 20-13; and Granite 39-27, in region play while bombing Murray, 40-13 in a practice affair.
South has played it closer to the belf with a 13-7 win over East, 13-7 over Skyline, 19-0 over Granite, 21-7 over West and 20-0 over Olympus. The Cubs defeated Murray 25-0 in a preseason game.
Total offense for Highland 178 points made while giving up 73. For South 111 points while giving up 21. south has nine-point edge over Highland in the defensive department.
Rams Bob Clark, Doug Hammer, Ed Furness and Ed Lapine will combine their respective line talents with Bryce Wade to stop South's Jack Gehrke, halfback Dimick, fullback Larry Garlock and diminitive Dave Edmunds.
The game promises to be one of the Class A highlights of the season with 8,000-plus fans expected to fill the bleachers."
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Saturday, Nov 2nd, 1963: "Highland High School, hungry for a chunk of the Class A football pie, gnawed on South's Cub midsection for 48 minutes before 8,000 fans at Derks Field Friday to win Region Trhee's grid crown."
Highland 28, South 0
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
Sunday, Nov 24th, 1963: "Utah has its newest edition of All-Staters.
Fourty-four of the state's finest footballers were named to the Deseret News honor roll Saturday.
These 44 join the longest list of All-Staters in the state's history.
All Region footballers also were named to the Derest News honor roll.
Coaches throughout the state voted for the 1963 honor teams.
Highland's Stewart Simpson was voted the top signal caller in the "A" ranks and will direct that mythical team. Simpson is baced by Ogden's nifty tailback Henry Owens and South's powerful Terry Dimick at the halfback spots with Davis' chunky fullback Carter Cook.
Highland's fine defensive end Bob Clark teams with South's two-way flanker Dee Allred at the flanks with Logan's Mike Meservey and South's Joe Sasich holding down the heavy duty tackle spots. Jordan's Dean Anderson and Ogden's Robert Williams are guards with Fleming Christensen of East clinching the line at center.
All Region first team: Dee Allred, Doug Poulson, Joe Sasich, and Terry Dimick. All Region second team: Steve Pohlman and Jack Gehrke.
Dave Kadleck, Deseret News
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Rememberances
Thursday, Mar 30th, 2011: "Gaylen, received your note on the new postings on your web site. Wow, shocked me when I opened it up to find comments from people who have been posting on Classmates. A pic of me and my comments to you...hummmmm scary huh?
It was fun checking out what others had to say and what they have been doing with their lives.
The recent pics of them were cool!! Guess I'm not the only old "Fart" in the crowd. Some real beauties too!!
I was blown away when I went to the football link. Where in the hell did you get all those newspaper clippings?? Made my day!
As I read through them my gut tightened and got this urge to kick some "Butt". I also got sick all over again as I read that 28-0 from Highland's game. What a big disappointment in my life.
That game was relived in my mind for many years. Couldn't come to the realization that those POS beat us.
You know what the real slap in the face was? It's when I started school the next year at USU to play football. I had to room with Garth Hall, nice kid, who played for Highland and was there when we got slaughtered. I ate crow for that whole year. My other two roomies were from Highland also. Three to one, I liked those odds but not when your eating crow!! :(
The Junior High school link was great as well. Lost that book years ago. Relived some of those moments too!!
Anyways, thank's for all the good and bad memories. Your dedication for all your hard work is awesome and appreciated"
Terry Dimick
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| Salt Lake Tribune
Saturday, Sep 7th, 1963: "South High; superbly quarterbacked by angile Jack Gehrke, capitalized on two Bingham fumbles and a pair of blocked punts to easily dispose of the Miners, 34-6, Friday night on the West High turf in the 1963 curtain raiser for both squads.
It was Gehrke who loped across the girdiron for a pair of touchdowns in the first half, one on an eight-yard spurt through the left side of the Miner line and the other on a baffling 72-yard gallop with no one within 30 yards of him and the goal line.
The first came when South blocked a Bingham punt on the Miner eitght-yard stripe. The second came after the Cubs had fielded a punt on their own 32. Gehrke rolled out with the ball on his hip and while the Miners were grappling wildly in the middle of the line, Gehrke was well on his way.
The Cubs forged a 26-0 lead with less than six minutes gone after intermission with another pair of tallies. Fullback Terry Dimick barreled up the middle for a six-yard touchdown and two minutes later after the Cubs had covered a mishandled pitchout, Dimick skipped 41 yards through the middle to paydirt.
The Miners finally mounted a scoring drive just into the fourth stanza when a Grant Milner pass found its target in the hands of Randy Schouton for a 14 yeard score.
South blocked another Bingham punt with 3:17 left in the game and tackle Mike Burbidge caught Schouton in the end zone with the pigskin for a safety."
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South 34, Bingham 6
Dick Rosetta, Salt Lake Tribune
Saturday, Sep 14th, 1963: "South's Cubs, taking advantage of a Murray team which acted as if the football was contaminated with bubonic plague, scored four times in the third period Friday to smear the Spartans, 25-0.
The Highland field was virtually flooded for the game and this could excuse some fumbles, but Murray let the pigskin squirt away at least a dozen times, three of which cost the Spartans six points apiece.
Actually, Murray was belting the Cubs around pretty good in the first half, making a couple of long drives with Jery Bronicel doing the high stepping and once even penetrating to the South five-yard-line, but after the first play of the second half, it was all over for practical purposes.
On that first play Dave Edmunds ran the kickoff back 85 yards for a touchdown and south had a 6-0 lead.
And then in the next five minutes South scored two more touchdowns and had its fourth before the end of the third period.
Murray fumbled shortly after the kickoff and South's brilliant Jack Gehrke engineered a touchdown in six plays with Gehrke rolling out for the counter. Dee Allred, who caught some of Gehrke's passes to have a fine day for himself, kicked his only extra point after this score.
The Spartans fumbled again, right after the kickoff and on the first play Terry Dimick sped for 32 yards and the touchdown.
Again Murray fumbled and South gobbled up the apple on the Murray 20. And again Gehrke took over. After South was penalized, Gehrke hit Allred for 16 and then on fourth down Gehrke rolled to the weak side to go over standing up.
South 25, Murray 0
Bill Coltrin, Salt Lake Tribune
Saturday, Sep 21st, 1963: "South High's Cubs scored the first time they got the ball, then capitalized on Olypmus miscues for another pair in the second period, to take a 20-0 victory from the Titans Friday afternoon in a game played during a driving rainstorm.
The skies were clear for the intital drive of the Cubs, a drive which started with the opening kickoff on the South 37-yard marker and which ended on a four-yard sweep of left end by versatile quarterback Jack Gehrke with four minutes gone.
As the threatening weather progressively engulfed the Olympus High area with dark clouds, the Cubs slowly turned on the steam.
The third time the South aggregation touched the ball Gehrke engineered it to paydirt.
With big fullback Terry Dimick doing the damage up the middle and Gehrke around the ends, South counted with 3:43 left in the half on a two-yard plunge by halfback Mike Fisher. Fisher also ran the point.
Olympus ran only one play after the kickoff before a Titan pass was picked from the airways by the Cubs' Spencer Hind and returned 43 yards for the score. This tally making it 20-0, came with 2:42 to go in the half and that was it.
The second half became an exchange of fumbles and punts--mostly fumbles---as the pigskin became as slick as the proverbial greased animal from whence it came. Neither team mounted a serious scoring threat although Olympus did push to the Cubs 25-yard-line in the third period.
Statistics explained the differenc ein the first half. South piled up 182 yards in total offense with 12 first downs while the Titans could manage only three first downs and 52 yards offense against the fangy South foward wall."
South 20, Olympus 0
Dick Rosetta, Salt Lake Tribune
Saturday, Sep 28th, 1963: "South's Cubs called on football's finest asset, a don't give-an-inch defense, Friday to hurl the Leopards of East back time after time deep in Cub territory to turn in a tremendous 13-7 victory.
It was that simple. East couldn't budge South when South had its back to the wall.
In the second quarter East had a first down on the South 12 and couldn't score; later in teh first half the Leopards had a first down on the South 11 and couldn't score; East drove and missed a first down by inches on teh South 26 in the last quarter, and then after a pass interception had a first down on the South 19 near the end of the game.
So ferocious was the South defense, that on this last situation after four shots by East, South took over on the South 35-yard line. South's defense made 16 yards when East had its last try.
Some of the finest end play ever seen was turned in by Cubs Dee Allred adn Paul McKinley with Mike Burbidge helping out. And that Cub interior line and linebackers Rick Eoff, Steve Smith, Pat Garcia, Joe Sasich, Steve Pohlman, Don Carter, Spence Hind, Dave Weatherhead and Jim Henderson were something to see.
South may have fooled East a bit when quarterback Jack Gehrke, a great if there is such a thing, sent his churgging backs, Terry Dimick and Mike Fisher, ripping into the interior East line.
He ignored his favorite rollout and he scored with the tactics.
The Cubs drove 74 yards in nine plays with the key play being a 45-yard sprint to the East eight when it was fourth down and a yard to go for South.
Dimick carried it in on two bangs from the eight-yard line, both inside tackle.
Gehrke kicked the point to make it 7-0
East launched a drive with Steve Harris, Jim Beckstead, Ben Stowell, and Kent Norris carrying, but it fizzled on the South 13 and a field goal attempt was blocked.
Three plays later, Gehrke faked East out of ist shoes, held to the ball, sped to his left, cut back up the middle of the field and went 72-yards for the second South touchdown to make it 13-0 at halftime.
East's only score came right at the beginning of the second half when Stowell raced 50 yards down the sideline, returning a punt all the way for a touchdown. Butch Fairbanks kicked the extra point, but from then on it was South's defense against East's offense.
South's defense won the decision."
South 13, East 7
Bill Coltrin, Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, Oct 4th, 1963: "Take unbeaten untied South High, voted the No. 1 team in the state this week, mix well with Skyline High, also unbeaten and untied and voted No.2, a hair behind this week, scramble on the Granite High football field Friday at 3 p.m.
The recipe has been steaming all week, will come to a boil Friday and the result should be a dish fit for a king, King Football that is.
This game may be billed as a championship game in some quarters, but more level headed rail birds know that rebardless of the outcome nothing will be settled in Region Three."
There are too many games left to play in this league noted for its fratricide."
Bill Coltrin, Salt Lake Tribune
Saturday, Oct 5th, 1963: "South High School's Big Blue football team, gambling for inches and striking for yards, edged Skyline, 13-7, in a bruising, bitter battle be tween the state's top two ranking teams on the Granite field Friday afternoon.
The victory left South the only unbeaten team in Region Three while the loss, its first, was a serious blow to Skyline's title hopes.
Going into the game South was the top ranked A team in the state with Skyline in the No. 2 spot. And it was a hard nosed game that made the pickers look good. There was only one difference between the two teams Friday: The Jack Gehrke to Dave Edmunds passing combination.
Gehrke and Edmunds gave South its two scores and both came on electrifying plays.
In the first quarter South forced Skyline to punt taking over on the Cubs 24.
With a fourth and 24 inches to go for a first down situation on its 33 1/2, South sent work horse Terry Dimick int the line for the yardage and the speedy back broke into the clear and raced to the Skyline 32, a 35-yard gallop.
South moved to a first down on the 19, picked up tow yards, then Gehrke stepped back and lofted a pass, to Edmunds who was behind the Skyline secondary alone in the end zone.
Gehrke kicked the PAT and South led 7-0.
Skyline stymied by fumbles and a pass interception, moved 52 yards to tie the score, the touchdown coming on the first play of the last period.
Sterling Patrick, Mike Callister, Curt Canning and Frank Zupo carried the ball on the march, with Zupo going over for the TD from the one. Sam Efnor kicked the point that tied the score at 7-7.
The with six minutes to play, South had the ball on its own 36. A run failed to gain an inch, a pass fell incomplete, then Edmunds out-raced the Skyline secondary, took a perfect pass from Gehrke on the Skyline 20 and raced to the winning touchdown. The try for point was blocked but that was the game.
It was the second straight big victory for South and the second straight time the Cubs won 13-7. They beat East by that score last week."
South 13, Skyline 7
Marion Dunn, Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, Oct 11th, 1963: "Workhorse Terry Dimick and racehorse Jack Gehrke combined their considerable talents with those of a huge South High line Thursday night to outrun the Granite Farmers, 19-0, in a Region Three game at Derks Field.
The victory left the Cubs unbeaten with a bye next week and then West and Highland left on the schedule; their only hurdles to a regional championship, but admittedly hurdles which may be high.
Gehrke, the irrepressible quarterback, returned the opening kickoff 60 yards to the Granite 30, but two big penalties, one on a 25-yard run by Gehrke, kept the Cubs from scoring.
Next time they got the ball it took them 10 plays to go 66 yards with Gehrke rambling for 30 on one and Dimick hitting for 18 on another.
Larry Garlock spelled the two runners off with some solid gains and scored the touchdown from two yards out.
After Gehrke had kicked the point it was 7-0 in the first quarter and then South added another touchdown in the second period.
This time it took 14 plays to go 80 yards and Gehrke carried the ball four times for 21 yards, for 10 yards, for 11 yards and then nine yards for the touchdown.
That ended Gehrke's play for the day. He carried seven times in the first half and 84 yards rushing. Once he was tossed for a yard loss which hurt the old average.
Aside from Dimick's dash up the middle for 30 yards and a touchdown immediately after Steve Pohlman had recovered a Granite fumble, neither side really threatened in the second half.
Granite's Leonard Nielson and Dave Swanson grabbed off some good gains and little Earl Ohlson hit some passes, but the Farmers couldn't put together a sustained drive.
Joe Sasich, Doug Poulson and Dee Allred played their usual rugge dgames up front for the Cubs and a giant sophomore, Arden Ashton, a tacle looked like one of the best prospects in a long time."
South 19, Granite 0
Bill Coltrin, Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, Oct 26th, 1963: "The undefeated South High Cubs struck for two touchdowns in the first quarter, added another in the third and ground out a 21-7 victory over West on the Panther field Friday afternoon.
Workhorse Terry Dimick, South's versatile fullback, sparked the first South drive that went from Cubs's 32 to paydirt. Dimick plunged over for the touchdown and Jack Gehrke kicked the point to make it 7-0, South.
Moments later the Cubs intercepted a Panther pass on the West 43 and drove to the nine. Dimick belted over from there, Gehrhe kicked the point and the Cubs had a 14-0 lead that held up to halftime.
South made it 21-0 in the third.
The Cubs intercepted another Panther pass, this time on the Panther 35.
The Cubs drove to the 15 where Gehrke rifled a touchdown pass to Dave Edmunds. Gehrke again kicked the point.
West recovered a fumble on South's 34 in thh final period that led to the Panther score.
With Ted Horsley and Dennis Hutchinson doing most of the ball carrying, the Panthers drove to the touchdown. Jack Corbridge kicked the point."
South 21, West 7
Salt Lake Tribune
Tuesday, Oct 29th, 1963: "It takes all sorts of fathers to make a high school football crowd.
There's the father who was a great high school player, all All-Stater, who hopes his boy can do likewise and there's the father who was a regular steady-Eddie type, but who seldom was the star.
Then there's the father---and we think this one has the most fun---who for some reason or other couldn't compete in high school sports.
He's not only living junior's life, he's leading the one he wasn't able to years ago.
And there's the father whose interest in sports was absolutley nil until junior made the team. Now he goes to all the games, is thrilled by it all, but really doesn't know the end zone from left field.
In an effort to find the "typical" father-son combination we came up with Ely Sasich and his son Joe. There are many others similar to the Sasich family, but their names were drawn.
Ely, now a trim looking 220-pounder, was a 180-pound "steady-Eddie" type of football and basketball player for Bingham back in the late 30s.
He played on what a lot of Binghamites consider the first really good football team in the canyon, a team with such stars as Joe (Air Mail) Frisch, Joe Church, Frank Callan and John Pollock among others.
Warren (Sunny) Allsop, who coached Bingham basketball in those days, recalls Ely as a fine cager, a workhorse and "probably the first kid who moved into Bingham who was an exceptional athlete. All of the others were home grown.
Young Joe Sasich is five pounds lighter than his dad. He weighs in at 215 and is a top lineman for the unbeaten South Cubs.
He's a fine young player and his dad daily encourages thim to try to become a better one.
Dad, fortunately, is not a grandstand coach. He is emphatic when he says that South's coaches can't be topped, and whether or not this is true, it is the kind of parental attitude coaches appreciate."
Bill Coltrin, Salt Lake Tribune
Saturday, Nov 2nd, 1963: "Highland's Rams, so high they virtually were in orbit, smashed South, 28-0, Friday at Derks Field in the awesome display of prep pyrotechnics before approximately 7,000 roaring fans."
Highland 28, South 0
Bill Coltrin
Sunday, Dec 1st, 1963: "Utah's All-State footballers, as fine looking a bunch of young Americans ever gathered any-where, were All-State in every respect Saturday as they were special guests of the Salt Lake Tribune at an honor luncheon at the Ambassador Club.
The Class A offensive team has a line composed of [East High's Fleming] Christensen at center, Alan Pace of Skyline and Ken Mitchell of Davis at guards, Brent Olson of Payson and Bryce Wade of Highland at tackles and Brent Watkins of Bear River and Joe Clotovich of Bingham at ends.
The defensive team's line---a six-man front, most used---has Bob Clark of Highland and Dee Allred of South at the ends, with the middle composed of Gordon Churchill of South Cache, Max Flinders of Weber, Dean Anderson of Jordan and Doug Hammer of Highland.
Backs on the offensive team are Stu Simpson of Highland at quarterback, Henry Owens of Ogden and Jack Gehrke of South at halfbacks and Carter Cook of Davis at Fullback.
Devensive backs are Curt Canning of Skyline, Garth Hall of Highland, Ted Bradley of Davis, Dave Hooley of Orem and Dave Swanson of Granite."
Bill Coltrin, Salt Lake Tribune
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