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SUU at WEBER Wildcat Stadium 6:05pm ftyvccwct fvc(6att Fhufcffj The first big play for Bountiful came with 3:18 remaining in the first game 5A UPPER BRACKET Mountain View at Northridge Friday, 6pm Hunter at Highland Friday, 7pm VIEWMONT at Bingham Friday, 6pm Clearfield at Orem against Davis. The Darts were leading the ball deep in their own territory. With Davis looking as if they would move on to play Cottonwood, they called a questionable play. The Darts gambled and put the ball in the v' air. :: From there, Bountifuls Jeff Rigby got an interception and returned the ball to the Dart 14, putting the Braves in position to steal the game away. ' Friday, 6pm LOWER BRACKET BOUNTIFUL at Kearns Saturday, 1:30pm Bonneville at Brighton Friday, 3:30pm American Fork at Layton Friday, 7pm West Jordan at Skyline Friday, 3:30pm 4A UPPER BRACKET Ben Lomond at Judge Saturday, 1pm Olympus at Springville Friday, 3:30pm Jordan at Mountain Crest Friday, 3:30pm Provo at West Saturday, 1pm LOWER BRACKET Bear River at Pleasant Grove Friday, 4pm Box Elder at Murray Friday, 3pm Timpview at WOODS CROSS Friday, 5:30pm Cyprus at Logan Saturday, 4pm -S- COREBOARDRegion 2 Volleyball CORNERING A COLT: After giving up a touchdown on the game's first play, Bountiful defender Jamie Bennett and the Braves' defensive corps kept the wraps on Cottonwood star Cal Beck. Braves prevailed 10-- They ran a pass, said Rigby. Which was interesting with them up one, but they ran a slant and the quarterback put Victories send Braves to state By DIRK FACER Sports Editor Three plays and a punt later, Davis had possession near midfield with less than two minutes left in BOUNTIFUL Sweeping, a doubleheader at Tuesday Viewmont helped the Bountiful the quarter. Braves avoid strike three. The Braves earned a trip to the 5A state playoffs by prevailing in a three-wa- football playoff with y Davis and Cottonwood to capture Region 2s final postseason berth. Bountiful, which rallied in both contests, defeated the 4 Darts and the Colts 10-- 7 to survive the tiebreaker. All three in league play. schools were Well take it, said Bountiful coach Larry Wall. There arent many times in life you get a second chance, but we did. I liked the integrity of our kids to get the job done. The Braves open state play Saturday at Region 3 champion Kearns. Kickoff is set for :30 p.m. te 21-1- -4 However, a fumble on first down proved costly for the Darts. B.J. Stark forced the turnover and Jamie Bennett recovered the mis-cu- e in Davis territory. Quarterback Matt Jacobs then engineered a scoring drive, which included a scramble, to knot the score. Steve Baggett capped the drive with a touchdown run. Brad Haslam added the extra point to knot the 28-ya- rd rd score at 7-- 7. Momentum? Just when it looked like Bountiful had all the answers, along comes Kyle Rigby. The Davis running back galloped 73 yards on first down to quickly put the Darts on top again. The PAT made the score 14-- 7 with the ball up and I was able to get to it." Four plays later the Braves were able to crack the end zone 11:16 left to play. and go ahead for good, and advance to the second game of Momentum? Davis boosters began making reservations for Kearns after the Darts shut the Braves down on the ensuing possession. After taking over near midfield, Davis methodically drove down field. While chopping almost five minutes off the clock, the Darts moved inside the Bountiful 20. k However, clipping penalties eventually forced a field goal attempt which fell the day against Cottonwood. The second big play came in ; v the second quarter with the Colts leading the Braves the first quarter of the game Bountifuls Brock Beattie took matters into his own feet. After a pitch, Beattie did not stop, until 80 yards later in the end zone to tie the score back-to-bac- 44-ya- rd at. 21, DAVIS short. Momentum? Trailing 14-- 7 with less than five minutes remaining, the Braves wasted little time marching 80 yards into the end zone. On first down, Brock Beattie surpassed Rigbys earlier feat by rambling 80 yards for a touchdown. 3 With the score with 4:37 see BRAVES " on page 27 7-- 14-1- 14 V'-'- was ready to go in all game if they needed me, said Rose. I always throw on the I hard-luc- k 14-1- Thursdays Games (late) VEWMONTatBOUNTHJL Highland at Skyline Cottonwood at DAVIS End of regular season Region. 2. Volleyball I 10-pl- Cyprus def. WX Olympus at East (ppd.) Thursday's Gamas (lata) Olympus at WX Cyprus at West End of regular season L.. .r.test. Quarterback Kyle Olsen capped drive with a touchdown run with 4:40 remaining in the first quarter. Chris Morgans PAT gave the Darts a 0 advantage. Momentum? 80-ya- rd 8: 7-- TCKBSS3ata"f side line in case they need me, and I was ready. The biggest play from Rose however, came when he was playing on the other side of the ball. With the Braves up 10-- 7 the Colts had one more chance to extend their season. With Rose playing defensive back. Cottonwood went to the air when Rose secured the game with a spectacular ' interception. We knew they were going to pass," said R(?se. The ball came right down to me, it had to be done,' theres not much else to V say, we had to do it, The Braves find themselves with a difficult task Saturday as they travel to Kearns, but if they get the same kind of big play afternoon as they had Tuesday, they might surprise a few peo, ple.: one-hand- ed -- Tuesdqrs Results 7. thing and just kept going. In the end zone it was great, everyone was going nuts. The score remained 7 until an injury to starting QB forced Matt Jacobs to rest on the sideline and his backup, Terry Rose, entered to engineer a drive which put the Braves in field goal position and give Bountiful ': the lead. Darts, plagued all season long by turnovers, did it again. 3 Holding the ball and a lead with just over three minutes remaining, Davis threw an interception which set up a winning score for Bountiful in the last two minutes. Coupled with an earlier Braves score, turnovers led to a pair of Bountiful touchdowns. We find a way to lose it," said Davis coach Jim Dickson. We turned the ball over twice and lost the ball game. Theres nothing more we can do or say. After Bountiful fell short on its initial possession, when a 51 yard field goal attempt missed the mark, the Darts took control of The 7-- It was a triple option, explained Beattie. I took the ball and went all the way, I didnt see anyone or hear any- 1 BOUNTIFUL In 7-- 0. two-quart- er Matt Jacobs derails a run by Davis standout Kyle Rigby. Bountiful rallied to eliminate Davis from postseason contention. DART BLASTERS: ;; |