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Metro clubs chase DowlingRANDY PKTERSON Des Moines Tribune Written for Associated PressDES MOINES (AP) - Des Moines Dowling is again the unanimous choice to claim its eighth straight Dps Moines Metropolitan Conference football title.The feat would keep Intact the Maroons’ record of never losing to a Metro team since the conference replaced the city series eight years ago.If you're looking for a team that has finished in the pack the past few years But could challenge Dowling, look no farlher than city rival West Des Moines Valley.If you’re locking for a team to fight Valley for the No. 2 spot, look no farther than your favorite Metro squad. Any or.e of the other six are capable of finishing behind the MaroonsWithout Dowling, this would be a hell of a conference race. one coach joked.Valley returns 19 starters from last season, Des Moines Hoover has nine back, and East, North and Roosevelt each have seven returning. Des Moines Tech probably bas the speediest backfirld ever in the conference.Dowling Coach Jim Williams Inst his entire defensive unit from last year's S-l team, as well as all running backs. Also gone are ail stale offensive linemen Don Godfroy and Chuck Goodrich.Williams, in his Uth year a*. Dowling, has four regulars from last season, forming a good nucleus far a better than average offensive line and one of the best passing combinations in the state.But Williams isn't making any predictions.It’s a little early yet. so we'll just wait and see, he said. .We've got some kids who act like they want to hit and we've got the potential for a good-sized offensive line. * . -The Maroons' offensive attack will probably be guided by Phil Souss. a 6-foot-5, left-handed quarterback.Suess will have one cf the state's better targets in Mike Schwartz, a 8-foot-l, 175-pound receiver who started on both offense and defense last season and may go both ways this year when needed.Valley Coach Lee Crawford returns nine starters on offense and 10 on defense,The Tigers have some good sire at some key positions, but must face a very strong early schedule Bgainst Ames, East. Hoover, Dowling aDd North, Crawford noted.Halfback Brent Hansen could be the key to the Tigers’ attack. As a sophomore, he was the team's leading scorer, punt returner and pass intercepter and started the last three games at quarterback.Says East Coach Bill Charles: At this point we're more balanced than last year. We've got more players with more of an even talent...we don't have that big dropoff wc had last year.East also has Mike Wortham, a player who developed late in the season. If he picks up where he left off, things could be bright for the team.Guiding the offense for East will be quarterback Rich Powell, with either Terry James, Jim Ixive or junior Chtco Lewis his prime receivers.North got to the Class AAAA playoffs last season, but a new rule by the Iowa High School Athletic Associalion dampens prospects for a second straight trip.North has a smaller enrollment than olher Metro schools, but the IHSAA says all Metro learns are now in Class AAAA, with the champion automatically qualifying for the class playoffs.The Polar Bears had their best season last year under Coach Alex Glann, finishing 8-2 behind Dowling, But the bulk of the squad has been graduated.Glanr. has five starters returning on offense and two on defense. He doesn't have a proven quarterback and lost a vital asset in kicking specialist Bill Woodyard.But the Polar Bears hail a productive summer \yeight program and, with breaks, the team could be among the tops in the leagueFair speed and good size is the outlook from Hoove. Coach Bill Hodam Nine regulars among 17 returning lettermer. bocst the Huskies’ hope for a belter mark than last year's 2-7.The Huskies will have a strong back field in experienced quarterbacks Brian Harding ar.d Mike Owens, fullback Scott Anderson and elusive tailback Mark Jefferson.Roosevelt's Don Prior, entering his 19th' season as head coach, has one of the better running backs around in Ijrry Fowler, a 5foct-10, 175-pound senior on whom the Roughriders will pin their hopes.Fowler- gained all-league status a year ago and. with the improved offensive line, could go on to lofUer honors 'Returning on defense, where Roosevelt lost nine of 11 starters, arc linebaek Jim Deremiah and middle guard Tom PhippsWhen you see Tech on the field, you'll have to look twice to know it's really the Engineers. They have altered uniforms, new helmets and a new coach.Bud Mounts has replaced Dave Dirksen at the helm after being highly successful at Allison-Bristow.And he'll probably have the fastest backflold of any football team in Metro history in sprinters Ricardo Duncan, Willis Humphrey and Terrill Terrill.Lincoln Coach Cecil Hhoads has the biggest rebuilding task this season, with only three starters returning and a senior class he says is short on numbers. •-The Rallsplittcrs will have a pretty good kicking game In Dave Olson and Mark Morgan, a returnee who also plays tackle and end.Also back are center and linebacker Chuck Agan and running back Roger Hart.
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Muscatine Thursday Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 04, 1975
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