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Show Orem-Geneva Cougar Commentary Times Wednesday October 14, 1987 Page 6 J With a bye this week, the BYU Cougar football team will have time to regroup after falling asleep defensively defen-sively and offensively in the third period against a fired up Wyoming Cowboy team to lose a crucial WAC and Homecoming game last Saturday afternoon, 29-27. What happened to the Cougars in the third period is a puzzle to the coaches, according to weekend reports. They had a "good feeling" during halftime when they went into the locker room with a 14-0 lead. When they got the ball in the opening of the third period, they didn't do much with it and had to punt. This has become a pattern that must change if the Cougars want to have any success the remainder of the season. During that third period, BYU made only 19 yards offense while the Cowboys were racking up more than 200 yards and three TDs. Was it the play calling? Was it the execution? Was it the coaching? Was it the refereeing? Was it the defense? Was it the offense? It's a "yes" to all of the above. Scouting reports would tell in a few series of downs that BYU almost always runs a draw or trap up the middle on first down. That happened all too often again Saturday, as it has in most games this season and last. When a team becomes predictable, predic-table, it can get shut down in a hurry offensively. When there is no element of surprise, the offense suffers, especially against a well-coached and disciplined team. The Cougars executed fairly well in the first half but should have scored at least two more TDs. With the ball on the six-inch line on third down, QB Bob Jensen made a dive over the goal line behind center Brian Rodoni, but the referees would not call it good. Bob insists that he clearly had the ball over by at least a yard-but no call. On the other hand, when Wyoming Wyom-ing had a similar situation, the refs were quick to signal a score when the ball was clearly NOT over the goal line. On Wyoming's third score, the refs called a TD good in the third period that was clearly NOT good. The receiver, on instant replay, had State announces waterfowl stamp art competition The Utah Waterfowl Stamp Committee Com-mittee announced it will hold a competition com-petition for the state's third waterfowl stamp. Utah residents will be able to show their skills in producing a realistic rendering of a mallard in a Utah setting for the 1988 stamp. "We want to give our Utah artists plenty of time to produce a winning stamp this year; entries will be accepted in February," according to Committee Chairman Dr. Michael Romney. Utah artists can submit their original, unsigned entries from February 16 through February 29, 1988, to the Waterfowl Stamp Committee, Com-mittee, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 1596 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116. Artwork ' may be drawings or paintings in any Cheerleading clinic at OHS for boys, girls A mini cheer leading clinic will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, for boys and girls, ages 7 to 14, at the Orem High School. Registration will take place from 8 : 30 to 9 a .m. in the A gym. Cost is $5 per person. The clinic will run from 8:30 until un-til noon. Instruction will be given in dance, cheers, and gymnastics. Instructor In-structor will be Kaye Woodward assisted by Orem High School cheer leaders and yell leaders. Athlete of the Week Orem High MACY SANDERSON Sponsored By . c$ lull I rem enclta Stme$ and CHUCK CUTLER DAVID MILES the ball slipping down his body out of control while his foot and then knee were out of bounds of the endzone. Then there were two or three other times that "no calls" were made on obvious pass interferences and holding by the Cowboys. On the last TD drive for Wyoming, Wyom-ing, replays on TV showed how a Cowboy receiver scrapped the ball off the grass to the back side of him. A couple of plays later, the Cougars were burned on a long pass for a TD, which happened to be the winning margin. What can be done about obvious prejudice against BYU via WAC officiating? of-ficiating? Do the coaches or athletic color medium and must be formatted to 13 by 18 inches and accompanied by a $15 entry fee and an entry registration registra-tion form. Entries not conforming to the above will not be accepted. Only realistic renderings will be accepted--no photographs. Entry packets will be available in late October through the Salt Lake Division of Wildlife Resources office. Judging will be the publisher and the state's Waterfowl Stamp Committee. Entries by Utah artists will be judged against national entries for the final winning artwork. In 1986, tundra swans graced the first of state stamp; the 1987 stamp has pintails painted by Arthur Anderson-the 1987 federal duck stamp winner. Funds from the waterfowl water-fowl stamp will help pay for wetlands habitat acquisition and restoration and may someday help restore waterfowl water-fowl marshes destroyed by the Great Salt Lake. To date over $600,000 has been collected. Several wetland areas have been acquired through this money. All waterfowl hunters over 16 years of age are required to have a state waterfowl stamp to hunt migratory waterfowl in the state. In addition the stamps and prints make beautiful collector items. Nonresident artists interested in competing for the Utah stamp need to enter through Petersen Prints, A Division of Petersen Publishing Company, Com-pany, 6725 Sunset Blvd., Suite 429, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Macy Sanderson, a freshman attending at-tending Lakeridge Junior High, earns Athlete of the Week honors for Orem High after qualifying for state tennis competition on the varsity level. Macy was 4-3 in region competition, and 4-2 in the region tournament. She will compete for Orem High in the state girls' tennis tournament this Friday at Liberty Park. The Athlete of the Week receives a free pizza from , Little Caesar's. Y' directors have any say about who comes? The fans witnessed a "homer" in reverse Saturday. How far back in WAC play would one have to go to find when a team scored three TDs against BYU's defense in just one quarter? Probably a long time. What happened to BYU's vaunted defense in that third period? It's obvious that with a 14-0 lead, the team should still have that "killer" instinct in-stinct to go ahead and REALLY try to score. But so often, BYU football and basketball teams seem to be so gentlemanly that they come on as if to say, "It's your turn to score now. We don't want to beat you too badly." Much talk is going around among Cougar fans about the coaching. This is probably the most sensitive area to consider why the team isn't doing so well when it should have won the losses to Wyoming and Pittsburgh. Surely the athletic material is there. Bragging about recruiting has been commonplace for years, but BYU went 8-5 last year. The athletic training room is tops, as is the weight-training weight-training program. But many fans are wondering what's happened to the creative BYU offense and defense. Is it that too many former linemen are coaching in positions they have never played. A run down on the assistants has been done by a local newsletter, causing quite a stir. But apparently changes will only on-ly come about when there is MORE cause for concern. After all, a 3-3 record to date isn't bad when one considers con-siders the quality of teams played. But when it should have at least been 5-1, something is definitely wrong-and the fans know it. With six WAC games remaining, the Cougars could win all of them and end the season with a 9-3 record. But almost all of those games will be tough-especially the next home game on Oct. 31 with Air Force and at UTEP on Nov. 14. Wyoming, on the other hand, plays its last four WAC games on the road against New Mexico, Utah, UTEP and Hawaii. The Cowboys, now in the WAC driver's seat, must lose two of those (very unlikely) or lose one and have a tie, while BYU must win all six to represent the conference con-ference in the Holiday Bowl. It CAN happen for the Cat, but will it? Want to place any bets? Falcon Flight Canyon View held the yearly Falcon Flight on October 5 after school. Many enthusiastic joggers and walkers completed the two-mile t , course. Winners were: 7th grade: Kellie Rasmussen, McCall Anderson, Holly Nelson, Andrew Jacob, Ted McAr-thur, McAr-thur, Curtis Williams. 8th grade: Heidi Campbell, Hillary Hooper, Jayna Larson, Jeffrey Scofield, Jason Norton, Nathan Ure. 9th grade: Elyese Woodhouse, Laurie Randall, Kara Streuling, Alan Atwood, Chris Pusey, Chad Wood. Tigers, Bruins maintain top spot in region volleyball competition By Cathe Owens With wins against American Fork and Brighton last week, Orem and Mountain View remain tied at the top of region two volleyball competition with identical 7-1 records. Orem's match started with the Tigers in complete domination with a 15-0 game. "I think we were mad at Orem's Jeanine Utley powers match against American Fork. games, 15-0, 14-16, and 15-3. MMJjJMJIIMIMWMiW'lll'''lIMIIl'IWimWjMH'!l)l .tf,' HWyw mim 1WW HI l I DumiH pi IIIU1UJ,MII1.HII) ( ) fg ' . & -. f- ; :v,'i p 1 L ,v rf w.a -;-'. ft y X - : - vu !- -"'-.v-sV (JL-Tvi - , , jfo, t ' nr- f f"m " - Iiiiii fin """ " ' "" -J Bruin running back Mike Kirk is surrounded by a host of Spanish Fork defenders in the non-region battle last Wednesday. Mountain View came back to win the game 27-24. MV gridders stage comeback over Dons 27-24 in non-region battle By Cathe Owens After falling to a 24-9 deficit, Mountain View came back with 18 second-half points, capped by a 39-yard field goal with just 33 seconds remaining to don a 27-24 non-conference non-conference win against Spanish Fork last Wednesday. The Bruins drew first blood in the game when a blocked punt put Mountain Moun-tain View at first-and-ten on the Don 23. A pass to Scott Cusick moved the ball to the 14, and two power drives by Randy St. John gave the Bruins second-and-goal on the three. Mike Kirk blasted through the line to paydirt. Dallen "Carter's kick was wide, leaving Mountain View ahead 6-0 with 1:54 remaining in the first quarter. Spanish Fork answered back with a drive that ended the first quarter and began the second, capped by a pass to Brian Argyle in the end zone. The PAT put Spanish in the lead 7-6. The ensuing Bruin drive marched march-ed the ball down the field, but 13 plays later the Bruins were in trouble with f ourth-and-f ive to go on the 10, so they losing to Hillcrest," commented Orem coach Debbie Zirbes, "We came out there fired up and blitzed them:" The Cavewomen battled through the second game winning 16-14, but the Tigers turned on the heat in the third game to take the game 15-3 for a 15-0, 16-14, 15-3 match. "We tried a spike over the net in the Tigers' Orem won the match in three settled for a Carter field goal and a 9-7 score. The Dons answered again after Jarod Davis returned the kickoff to the Spanish 35. A Toby Richards quarterback sack stalled the Don drive, but the nine-play march was capped by a Brunson pass to Eric Smith in goal territory. The kick put Spanish Fork up 14-9 at the half. Jon Blackham started the Dons' second-half scoring, snatching an interception in-terception and returning it ten yards for a score, then a 24-yard field goal by Kell Grotegut put Spanish Fork out in front 24-9. The Bruin comeback started late in the third when Toby Richards interrupted in-terrupted the Dons' touchdown attempt, at-tempt, pulling down a Spanish Fork pass on the five and scampering 95 yards for a Bruin score. A St. John two-point conversion left the Bruins down 24-17. In the fourth quarter another big play tied the score for the Bruin team when Josh Benson sprinted 86 yards from scrimmage for a score. Carter's playing some different people in the second game and didn't play very well," continued Zirbes, "but we got it back together in the third." Across town the Lady Bruins battled Brighton, and after the Bengals jumped to a 7-0 lead, Mountain Moun-tain View bounced back, finally edging edg-ing the visitors 16-14. Brighton started the second game with more momentum, and held back Mountain View's comeback attempt to record a 15-10 win. In game three the Bruins sprinted to the win, building a 9-0 lead, and hanging on for a 15-7 win to claim the match 16-14, 10-15, 15-7. of Mountain View DALLEN CARTER Sponsored by remenetut 2Ttme3 and PAT tied the score at 24-24. The Bruin defense held, and the Dons were held scoreless in the fourth, then a final Carter field goal with 33 seconds remaining put Mountain Moun-tain View up for good at 27-24. "Going into the game and coming out at the half I felt like we were ready to play," commented Bruin head coach Steve Park, but when the Dons gained a big lead, "We got a little lit-tle down. But the interception picked us up." The interception and the big play turned the game around for the Bruins, and gave them the momentum momen-tum to go all the way. The Bruins, 3-2 in region, now 4-3 overall, face American Fork at the Caveman field Thursday at 7 : 30 p.m. Maple Lanes Bowling scores September 29 Tuesday Tornadoes High Series Janice Parcell 543 Mary Lou Bartholomew 539 Cindy J iron 531 Vicki Forsyth 528 Deanna Kelander 515 High Game Vicki Forsyth La wana Dotson Janice Parcell 214 212 203 HiSpot High Series Sherrie Rhoades Larry Boren Mikey Boren Roxanna Atkinson Kent Burnside BobWorthen Jerry Long Lynn Tisdale Dave Riches Jerry Brown High Games Roxanna Atkinson Kent Burnside Bob Worthen Lynn Tisdale Jerry Brown 543 528 505 531 574 524 519 564 514 454 202 221 208 203 210 Athlete the Week Senior kicker Dallen Carter played a crucial part in the Bruin offense, of-fense, as well as defense last Wednesday Wednes-day kicking the extra point that tied the game, then booting the game-winning game-winning 39-yard field goal. On defense he made two tackles on kick returns, one on a punt and the other on a kickoff that kept the Dons from scoring. scor-ing. Carter represents Mountain View as the Athlete of the Week, and will receive a free pizza from Little Caesar's. ' |