Show Page 8 ridders get first win Golden Record now stands at 5 for season 1-- ' by Willie Gilbert of the Eagle Staff College of Eastern Utah was crashed by Dixie College 47-- 7 in a recent Western States Football League game The loss dropped the Eagles to M in league play As in previous losses the Eagles struggled on offense especially in the turnover department The Eagles lost the ball on snaps from center three times in the first half each gave the Dixie Rebels good The Golden Eagles fought hard to come up with a win against Arizona Western scoring opportunities Dixie's Kevin Minifce led the rebels first half scoring with two touchdowns as the rebels sailed into halflime with a 217 lead The Eagles score came by way of a sustained 70 yard drive capped with Tuan Taylor's 1 yard run into the cndzonc Unfortunately Taylors score was the last CEU would sec all game long The Rebels running game came to life again in the second half as Thor Christianson took over the scoring reigns to finish the game with three touchdowns CEU 7 E Arizona 28 CEU opened its season with a 28-- 7 loss to Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher Arizona Youth was evident early in the season as the offense struggled to attain the timing and fluency needed to run a successful wishbone and option offense CEU returned only 11 to this years squad The Bears controlled both sides of the ball especially in the passing department as CEU passed only 5 times only completing two of them for a total of 25 yards CEU 14 Glendale 34 The CEU losing streak continued the following Saturday as the Eagles traveled to sunny Arizona to face another Arizona rival Glendale Community College The continuously improving Eagles looked better than die previous two games on offense doubling its touchdown output in a 34-1- 4 loss to the Glendale Gauchos CEU 23 Arizona W 22 To finally end a throe game losing streak the Eagles booted a44-yar- d field goal to beat Arizona Western 23-2- 1 The Eagles struggled for the full 60 minutes of football never giving up hope The winning field goal came with just eight pressure filled seconds on the dock The game winning field goal was set up with two spectacular pass receptions by John Johnson Frank that booted the game winner The Eagles continued their marked improvment both on offense and defense as the turnover ratio ended up in the Eagles favor CEU 6 Snow 47 res CEU 9 Phoenix 40 The young CEU gridders next faced the more seasoned powerhouse Phoenix Bears The Bears ranked 7th nationally at the lime handed the Eagles their second loss Jubilant Eaglet rejoice after the game-witiMi- ig field goaL by a whopping 40-- 9 final The only bright spot for the Eagles came in the 4 th quarter as speedster Eric Barber broke around the left endon a reverse to scamper 75 yards for the Eagles only touchdown The Eagles ran into an offensive steam roller inthe Snow College Badgers on Friday Oct 16 But the Eagles' young defense rose to the occasion through the first half as the Badgers' offense was largely held in check The score stood at 13-- 3 at the intermission but turnovers in the third quarter proved to be the Eagles' downfall Snow was able to turn Eagle miseries into 21 points in the third quarter on the way to high-octa- ne a 47--7 victory |