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Show DAVIS SEPTEMBER 11, 1985 REFLEX-JOURNA- SECTION ports Happy Fri.: Falcons, Darts, Lancers, all win Plowing open holes on Friday night against Clearfield will be Roger Horne and Trevor Page from Davis. The Dart's Chris Card (center) will have a pigskin in his hands most of the evening. 1 Time to renew an IT ALL usually makes for a pretty good night of football. This years contest will pit Clear-field'- s By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports - When ClearKAYSVILLE field and Davis play football, it's a big deal. JIM DICKSON and Brent Hancock may not come right out and say it, but the game has plenty of meaning since the two schools are so close and the fact that many of the kids' parents at Clearfield once attended the school in Kaysville. n It's also the final pre-seaso- game for these two and both coaches will be making some serious and final preparations for the respective league seasons. THE GAME is also good at the ticket booth, where either school that hosts and, and itll be Davis this year with their new stadium lights, makes a bundle in cash. Perhaps another reason is that the Davis and Clearfield kids know each other, probably more than they are acquainted with other teams in their ow n league. offense against a Davis squad that has made good progress in each of its first two outings. with the five he got against View-mon- t. He is one man that the Darts will have to contain. But despite the slow start, the Clearfield coaches still insist that their offense is no w here near mature yet. We haven't jelled yet," said Hancock. THE FALCONS have more than doubled their opposition's total offense in the first two games, but it has scored them only three touch- downs and one victory. They gained 282 yards to Viewmont's 120 and last week against Woods Cross they mounted 211 to the Cats' 96. Perhaps what that tells us is that Clearfield doesn't have the big offense they were touted to have. It's their defense that has kept them in their first two games. PEOPLE LIKE Jeff Folk. Paul Taylor, Darrell Hicks, Brett Barber, Vaun Waite and others have given Clearfield a defensive name so far. Folk played brilliantly against Woods Cross, gathering in four quarterback sacks to go along THE ONE bright spot for the Falcons has been the running of senior Craig Carter who tallied 105 yards on 18 carries against Viewmont and last week against Woods Cross had 107 yards on just 15 carries. That is nearly 6.5 yards every time Carter gets the football. He probably could have had a bundle more against Woods Cross but a banged up knee in the second quarter forced him to sit most of that quarter out. is the Carter's favorite pick-u- p sweep where he's deadly. In the only touchdown drive against Woods Cross. Carter picked up 39 yards (including the end around sweep from eight yards out for the touchdown). PERHAPS the area that Han- - cock hopes his kids will improve is in the penalty department. Prob- ably more than anything, penalties in very key situations killed Clearfield in their game with Woods Cross. They had eight penalties for 85 yards w hich included some very costly holding calls in tight situations. On the Davis side, the team knew they made their share of mistakes against Weber but came back against Ben Lomond and cut them in half or nearly out. CLEARFIELD will be looking at a team which has made good improvement in just two games. The Dart offense has piled up 62 points in just two games (a 31.1' points per game average) which is something not many people thought would happen. What's scary is that this offense has the ability to be better than last year's or even the year before. THE OFFENSIVE line blocked quickly, crisply and effectively against the Scots which helped Davis' running game pile up over yards. The Falcons again will be tested w ith the good ole double wing which boasts some better than average athletes running it. You have to say better than av er-aw ith kids like Chris Card. Kurt Mounteer. Clay Singley and Curtis Stoddard running it. Look what Mounteer himself did last week. He piled up nearly 2(H) yards of total offense with an amazing 174 on the ground alone. As teams begin to figure the Darts out, they 'll quit spending so much time keying in on Card which will make Davis only that much more explosive. 300 SINGLEY has a good arm and can pass in good percentages. The Darts may have the edge there. Defensively Davis has allowed 41 points in two games which is an area they won't beat last year in. But then again, the Darts have played two very good football teams too. Both Weber and Ben Lomond w ill make the play offs this year because both have good offenses. PEOPLE LIKE Trevor Page. Roger Horne. Stoddard. Rob Warden and others are coming through and with time they may make the Dart defense the main topic of discussion. Blake Hart, considered to candidate bebe a prime fore the season began, will probably come back this week from an injury that has sidelined him. He'll start playing defense first and move slowly into the offensive picture. What it boils down to in Friday night's game is that Clearfield's offense must get untracked. Less penalties and more concentration to get the ball across the goal line when down in that area would help. Maybe it's about time, maybe this is the week when they'll blow it open. DAVIS IS going to score points, just count on it. Even with Clearfield's solid defense, the Dart'' will get three or more touchdow ns. But can the Dart defense shutdow n the Falcons? Show up Friday night in Kay sv and we'll all find out. Despite costly penalties, Falcons still victorious career. He tallied unassisted tackles, five assisted and he got to Dave Larson, the Wildcat QB four By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports - In Clearfield CLEARFIELD there are going to be some records set. Not the kind of records we often hear about, things like big rushing totals, passing yardage and the such, but to the contrary things like sacking the quarterback, holding the other team to low total offense and generally anything that goes with the word defense. THE FALCONS, for the second straight week, put on quite a show defensively and this time it earned them a 3 victory over the Woods Cross Wildcats who are still scar-- ! ching for their first win of the new season. 7-- j I I It really wasn't a matter of Woods Cross playing poorly, it till boiled down to the f alcons playing tremendous defense. Folk played CLEARFIELDS one of the best games of his football times. Folk also batted one pass away and nearly intercepted another. I was up for this one." said Folk after the game. "We let Viewmont get away from us and I for one wasn't going to let it happen twice." CLEARFIELDS only touch- down of the game came in their opening drive as they marched 76 yards in 13 plays for the score. In that drive Craig Carter picked up 39of his 107 total yards rushing and e it was he who ran a sweep for the winning touchdown from eight yards out with 6:52 left in the opening quarter. Paul Taylor's PAT was good and that was the balance of Clearfield's scoring.. It was the second straight week that Carter gained over 1(H) yards and this lime he did it on only D carries. He sat out much of the left-sid- second quarter with a banged up knee or the damage could have been worse. WOODS CROSS certainly had their chances to score six points and in fact did before having it nullified. Right after Carter's touchdown, Carl Ward returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown only to have it called back because of a clipping penalty. Only minutes later Taisi Avei nearly picked oIT a pass and could have gone all the way for a score. WOODS CROSS only points came late in the second quarter when Clearfield was forced to punt deep in their own territory. The punt was terrible and the runback great. The Cats started on the Clearfield 25 yard line and when Ward took it to the eight yard line it looked as if Woods Cross would score for sure. But the Wildcat offense sputtered as Clearfield's defense lose up and with just 2' Woods Cross Carl Ward (20) finds rare daylight against Clearfield defense. Brett Barber. Paul lav lor and Kent Godfrey close in for the tackle. seconds left Woods ( loss' I .andon Shiotani kicked a field goal from IS yards away. As the second half woie on. Cleat field's defense only got toughei while then offense could do nothing right. The killer for Clearfield was penalties in especially key situations. When they'll gel a break and recover a Woods (loss fumble, thev'd pick up a holding penalty that would lake the break away I oi the game Clcai field had eight penalties lot S' negative v aids. FOR THE! night. I Ic.u field pu k ed up ? ? v aids total otlense i out pan'll to Oids l u"' h, I |