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Barbra Neel, Farrell Wright, Ernest Jacklin, Craig Boyer, and Lane Fawcett

In the 1964-1965 football season, the North Summit Braves won the class B state Championship. North Summit was dobted by many experts throughout the season. At the time it was the greatest accomplishment in North Summit's history.

North Summit's team

1964-1965 North Summit Braves Logo

In 1963 coach Ernest Jacklin was hired as football and wresting coach at North Summit High School. Jacklin's squad was possibly the greatest running team in the history of North Summit. Jacklin used this as an advantage, he had his team lined up in a Winged-T. The Winged-T was made popular by Chicago Bears Quarterback, Sid Luckman. The Braves executed the Winged-T perfectly. The key was every player knew his role.

For Coach Jacklin, Bob Swenson was the primary center. The younger boys, Dennis Pace and Ron Wheadon were his understudies. At guard was the great Lane Fawcett and Buck Butler. Their substitutes were Fred Workman, Ronald Geary, and rough and tough Mike Williams. Good ends were necessary for strong defense and receiving on pass plays. These ends were Carl McQueen and Don Woolstenhume backed by Don Blondquist, Tom Swenson and David Smith. The backs are the heart and soul of the T-formation. The starting backs were Craig Boyer, Steve Richins, and Dee Stephens. They were supposed by backups, Alan Jones, Van Jenkins, Brad Meadows, and Ray Steigleder. None of the offensive magic could happen without the great Farrell Wright. His Quarterback peers were Alan Sinister and Jan Bendixion. The North Summit Braves were a well oiled machine led by coach Jacklin and coach Chidester.

Home Turf

The North Summit Braves played there home games on the field of Coalville City Park in Coalville, Summit, Utah. The field was at the current location of North Summit High School. Later in 1968 earthquake and fire safety in the old high school was questioned. Therefore, a new High School was built on top of the field ending the glory days of North Summit.

The Great Crime of 1964

On October 23, 1964 the Braves were taking on Grantsville. To most there the important thing was that North Summit won 20-14. Behind the scenes there was something more interesting. 5 Grantsville teenagers broke into the locker room. They nabbed $26 and a official football. The police soon caught wind of the incident and returned the items and posted the children to juvenile authorities.

State Quarterfinal

In the state quarterfinal North Summit played an undefeated Kanab team. The game was very cold and it was hard to hold the football.

In the first half North Summit had 6 first downs but a penalty forced them to put no points on the board. In the first half Kanab struggled. Kanab only got one first down. They were also at -25 rushing yards. Not a point was scored until there was 10 minutes left in the contest. On North Summit’s scoring drive Craig Boyer did most of the work on the ground. Then Farrell Wright threw a touchdown pass to flankerback Dee Stephens. Carl McQueen later dropped a 2-point conversion. Later with 2 minutes to play Kanab had the ball. QB Milton Ketchum threw a touchdown pass to Lane Little for 45 yards. With 2 minutes left it was down to the Kanab Field goal kicker to keep their state crown dreams alive. The Kanab coach did not have enough faith in his kicker and elected to go for 2. Fullback Pat Lewis could not get threw the North Summit defensive line.In the days of 1964, when a game was tied it was by the team with the most yardage. North Summit had 185 yards and Kanab had 137 yards.With seconds to go the Braves tried to catch the Cowboys off guard. Farrell Wright threw a pass that was intercepted. Kanab took a timeout. Their season was on the line. They needed at least a 49 yard gain to win. This was impossible because they were on the 38 yard line or so. They threw a desperation heave to the end zone that was caught, but 3 yards short of the end zone. North Summit defeated Kanab 6-6

That game was the most thrilling and important game in the long history of North Summit athletics. North Summit’s phenomenal defense in the first half is what won them the game.

State Semifinal

Delta was North Summit’s next opponents. Early on, the Braves dominated. Led by their chief Farrell Wright they scored 13 points in the first 13 minutes.

After Delta took the opening kickoff the Rabbits gained 30 yards. Then Buck Butler trucked a Delta Rabbit and picked up the fumble on the 45. After working down the field, Farrell Wright lobed a pretty aerial to Dee Stephens. Stephens raced down the sideline and scores the touchdown. Moments later Craig Boyer booted in the extra point

On the next possession North Summit’s dominant defensive line really pestered rabbits. They took no gamble and decided to punt. Later, Farrell Wright made a key adjustment. For a single play he put Craig Boyer in at end and Carl McQueen at running back. Wright the tossed a pass to Carl McQueen who pulled in the catch and remained untouched all the way to the end zone.  Then the Rabbits blocked Craig Boyer’s Field Goal. At the time it seemed as if it did not really matter. The Braves had a 13-0 advantage. Delta continuously had bad plays, penalties and jumped offsides. Then North Summit's Steve Richins fumbled, with Delta recovering. Later, after trading turnovers, the field was dry. This led to better grip and better play. Delta took advantage and Stanley Hayes caught a touchdown. The Braves knew there was a chance at another tie game. They made sure they got good yardage at the end, piling up 255 yards. So it was official the North Summit Braves were going to the State Gridiron Championship, on a 13-7 roast of the Delta Rabbits.

State Championship

“Outweighed, outmanned, out-publicized but never out-fought, the North Summit High School Braves flabbergasted all the “experts” in University of Utah Stadium Saturday by defeating the Most Red Devils 39 to 26, and bringing the first Class B State Championship in history to Coalville”.

Moab (now Grand) had already beaten Wasatch a team that had beaten the Braves. On the opening kickoff Moab was already nerves. Moab fumbled and Roger Smith of North Summit recovered. On 7 plays North Summit Marched up 35 yards for a touchdown. Moab got even when Bynum fired a 58 yard pass to tie it at 7. Farrell Wright and Craig Boyer carried a 90 yard burden and rushed for another touchdown to give the Braves a 14-7 advantage. Moab soon came back with 68 yard drive and a Ron Trimble Touchdown. North Summit’s line blocked the point after touchdown to give the braves a 14-13 lead.

At the beginning of the second half you could have not guessed what happened. Moab fumbled another kick return with Don Woolstenhume recovering. The next play Farrell Wright went 15 yards. Then Craig Boyer capped it off with a 20 yard touchdown. After his touchdown Boyer missed the extra point. North Summit lead 20-13. Again Bynum and Moab answered with a TD to tie it at 20. Once more Farrell Wright threw a beautiful pass to Carl McQueen who went 70 yards for the touchdown. After a great defensive stop. Farrell Wright went on the quarterback keeper into the end zone. Moab went on another battle and scored to make the score 33-26. The Red Devils were not done fighting. After nearing another score. Craig Boyer intercepted a Bynum pass and took it 79 yards for a touchdown. That play made by hero assured the North Summit Braves as Class B 1964 Football Champions and forever submitting itself among the greatest sports team in North Summit History! North Summit had silenced the experts. Too much surprise Kanab was the most difficult team to defeat. This team not expected to make the playoffs were the state champions. And they won it the hard way. They deserved every ounce of the State Championship trophy. Later they were honored for there efforts in the Henefer Ward Chappell in Henefer, Utah. Ray Nagel the football coach at the University of Utah was a speaker in Henefer.

External links

• Newspapers
• UHSAA
• https://utah-football.com/s/1964/1areg6n.htm
• https://www.uhsaa.org/RecordsBook/Records_Book.pdf

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