4 Thursday, September 30, 2004 PYRAMID THE Snow capitalizes on home Held advantage with convincing victory over Phoenix SPORTS Hawks spear Spartans College Badgers proved that on a neutral field, a even SNOW COLLEGE SPORTS home game can do great two MANT- I- After long wonders. road trips to begin the season Behind the momentum of a with mixed results, the Snow Brad Barton Doug Johnson THE PYRAMID MT. PLEASANT- - The North . Hawks Sanpete celebrated homecoming Friday night with a dominating 30-- win over the Emery Spartans. The Hawks move to in league play with the win and 24 overall, while and 14. Finery drojTS to . Although North Sanpete totally dominated the game on the scoreboard, Wake Turner was not satisfied with his teams overall performance. Our defense stepped up great, said the 1 head coach, But we have a lot to do offensively. ;The North Sanpete offense scored three times, but five trips into the red zone resulted in only one touchdown Hie Hawks t umed the ball over five times apd were flagged 16 times for 1 0-- 1 and penalties, however, North San-- ; ete earned its first shutout of the season, holding Emery to 102 yar ds of total offense, a ,y for the Hawk de-inse. And the Hawk offense also recorded its best game of the season with 437 yards of to-- t al offense, breaking 200 yards on the ground for the first time PiLs season with 205. 'The Hawks scored first on a end around by Tyler Giristensen. Tire score was set tip by a Hawk fumble recovery ' by Tyson Church two plays earner at the Emery 34. As the opening quarter drew to a close, wide receiver John ' Anderson got behind the Spartan secondary and Kyle Fbulson ' hit him in full stride for an touchlown. Ihe last Hawk offensive score came on a scamper by Church with under three minutes left in the first half. Church Kid his third consecutive game, picking up 141 yards on 16 carries, and now averages 07.3 yards per game. Poulson had his test game of the season with passing for 232 yards and a touchdown, raising his season completion average to 53.4 percent. Junior running back Ty ler Walker was imseason-bes- t l' 22-ya- 100-yar- d , pressive mopping up in tire final 37-1- 4 30-1- 4 John Anderson, 81, North Sanpete High School, carries the ball in a defensive maneuver against the Emery Spartans during the homecoming game, Friday, Sept. 24, which resulted in their first shutout of the season; scoring 30-- 0 against the Spartans. Hawk defense held the Spartans at 102 yards offense and recorded 437 yards total offense of their own. Photo courtesy of Zac Seeley, period, rushing three times for makes the play hes supposed to. 53 yiards, including a dash on his first carry. "ullback Church, Bean, Anderson, Spencer Cook led Emery on the Skyler Zabriskie and Curt Houghton also had QB sacks in ground with 51 hard-fougaddition to Mecham. Emerys yards in 14 carries. With as well as the Hawk de-- , deepest penetration of the night it was fitting that it came on the last play of the final two scores. game when they got to the line. Just before halftime, Anderson Hawk 40-ya- rd ht the game ensued, Snows defense also stymied every Phoenix attempt to get in the game as the Bears ended up amassing only 137 yards of offense, including a paltry seven yards through the air. The restored victory Snows chances of contending for a conference champiin onship as they are now WSFL while Phoenix the Snow College Badgers proved, playing on the Manti High School footin league dropped to ball field, that even on a neutral field, winning a home game does wonders as Landon Beus, RB, 11, breaks for a touchdown against the standings. will now reThe Phoenix Bears, Saturday, Sept. 25. The Badgers were victorious over turn toBadgers road for two conthe The Snow College field has the Bears with a winning score of as they secutive weekends, been closed due to the installation of artificial turf. Photo courtesy of Arizona face the Eastern Gary Chidester. Gila Monsters Saturday, Oct. 1, in Thatcher, AZ. Game 1 0-- time will be 8 p.m., Utah time with all the action available on the local radio station or on the Internet. 17-ya- rd three-gam- e grabbed Bernards pass in the left flat and returned it 19 yards for the 2 34-1- 7. North Sanpete continues a home stand this Friday by entertaining Layton Christian in a tilt. The Eagles are playing their first year of football and have a Their win came in record of Week 2 with a trouncing of leveled Spartan quarterback 17-ya- 85-yar- d obtain a victory over the Phoenix Bears Sept. 24 at Manti High School. Still, as things started, momentum swung between the two teams greatly as the Badgers recorded a safety. This was soon followed by a James Pritchard fumble which was returned by Bears LB David Henderson 31 yards for a score and a Phoenix lead. stunning Nevertheless, throughout the rest of the half, consecutive scores by Jason Knight-en- , Todd Daniels, Pritchard and Landon Beus led Snow lead at intermisto a sion. As ar 153 yards, all season-high,, Despite the turnovers -- 7-- 2 0 irst-ye- first half, the Snow College Badgers were able to 30-poi- nt non-leagu- score. North Sanpete took the second half kick-of- f and marched from their own 35 to the Spartan two, but the Hawks second of four fumbles gave the Spartans the ball at the one. However, on the Spartans first play Hawk lineman Kevin Bean tackled Bernard in the end zone for a safety for the final score of the 51-- 3 Whitehorse. The Hawks finish their home stand next week in another nonleague match up when they host the Uintah Utes. It will be their first meeting since 1996 when North Sanpete earned its only series win, 32-- in the four-gam- e schools. the between history North Sanpetes 1 record in was particularly Region 8 puts the Hawks in third Lehi and pleased with the performance of place behind Mecham. The senior tight end Delta Either the Rabbits or the pulled in three receptions for 71 Pioneers will take a stranglehold yards and had six tackles and a on Region 8 this week as Delta sack at linebacker in addition to travels to Lehi on Friday. Either his interception Mecham had a Carbon or Emery will get its first great game, said Turner. He league win Friday when the visit Emery. never drops a ball and he always night. Jeff Ericksen Turner 2-- 0 SPORTS WRITER 0 Di-n- MT. PLEASANT-Rabbit- s traveled Snow College Badger Todd Daniels, RB, 28, has the ball in a Heisman maneuver against the Phoenix Bears as they play a game hosted by Manti High School for the Western States Football League (WSFL), Saturday, Sept. 25. The Badgers prove themselves victorious with a win over the Bears, Photo courtesy of Gary Chidester. 34-1- Pleasant on Sept. 22, and went home with a goose-egg- . The Lady Hawks beat the Rabbits, 0 in varsity play. That brings their record to 11 wins, two losses overall and four wins, no losses in re5-- gion play. The first singles Sami Sego convincingly beat her opponent, Second singles netter Diane Slack had one of the most exciting matches of the day. Slack made a dramatic second set comeback to win the match, She was losing the second set, 5 and then went on a streak of five straight games to take the set and the match. Carlee Earl continued 0 her dominance in a win. Carlee in third singles makes this team very strong. She is almost a guaranteed win every time. I love having her there! commented Coach Ericksen. Heather and Toni Gar-lic- k continued their unbeaten streak winning, In second doubles, Maria and Andrea Peel also continued their hot 2 win. play with a This season both Andrea and Maria; and Carlee 6-- 6-- 2, i i i ym prrtte i 'fiw fw? yw prrttf ym h 7-- 7-- 4 Bathroom Mirror Refrigerator Television 6-- h ft 'fme ri0 h ft . 'Tim bmf yW ticked- ymiurnt!f h f' ym hmQ6f - 4l 4) 0. 6-- 6-- 0, Closet Door Microwave have lost only once. 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