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Show I Sophs drop one to Bulldogs, 20-9 Provo scored 20 second half points to beat the PG sophs 20-9 Thursday. On the third Viking play of the game, Darrin Henry took a pitch from Russ VanDyke and passed 45 yards to Lynn Green for the game's . first score. Mike Hanks made it 7-0 , with a down the middle kick. Later, an errant snap on a Provo punt sailed over the Bulldog punter's pun-ter's head and the covering official , erroneously blew the ball dead in , 1 the end zone, just as the Vikes were about to recover. The safety made it ' Mathalftime. Provo scored early in the third , , period when PG fumbled the first snap of the second half and the ' Bulldogs recovered and later scored. Alter forcing PG to punt, Provo drove to the 25 yard line where Darren Brown, PG's strong safety, intercepted and ran 75 yards for an apparent PG score. The play was called back on a defensive holding , call. "Somehow the official got the call backwards," said soph coach Jack Hill. "He (the official) called J holding on our defensive end (Justin Atwood) who was rushing the passer," Hill added. Another 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike un-sportsmanlike conduct gave Provo a first down on the Vikes' 12 and the Bulldogs took the lead 14-9 three plays later. "We lost our composure with the bad call and didn't recover in time to stop Provo," said Hill. "I hope we matured as a team and learned to accept an official's mistake audi got on with the gama," Hill added. ' ? For the sophs, it was the first loss in the last 13 games and Hill, who is a Western Athletic Conference football official on Saturdays, was quick too add, "We made too many mistakes, fumbles, etc. to blame the officials when we lose." "If you blame the officials when you lose, you have to give them credit when you win, and I'll bet Provo didn't give the officials credit for the win and neither would I," said the smiling coach. PG travels to Timpview Thursday for a 4 p.m. game with the soph Thunderbirds. |