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Show t ' fi T. I Sportstocular Pag 14 Thursday, November 1, 197$ Brook Hicks said it best, There were some seniors who came here to play and they gave it their best." Best may be an underestimate in describing the way Clearfield hard running tailback, Tim Gooch, who romped 28 of his 106 total yards for the first score of the game. Capitalizing on turnovers seems to be what the Falcons do closed the 1979 Region One best. They scored three of their football season when they blasted four second quarter TDs as the the Weber Warriors 4(H) last result of Warrior errors. To get week. the second quarter rolling,' It was a must win game for Clearfield QB Brook Hicks hit both teams. Weber had the opflankerback Greg Boarden in the touchdown. portunity, if victorious, to par- end zone for a ticipate in the Region Four Weber then coughed up the ball playoffs as a 4th place team. All on their own 8 yard line, setting hopes Of that situation coming to up Clearfields third TD of the pass were shattered by an ex- game on a reverse carried by tremely fired up Clearfield ball Boarden. In keeping with the club. tempo of the quarter, Kevin Coach Ray Meibos stated after Tracy fell on a loose Warrior ball Clearfield balanced out to a 264) allowing Hicks to find Scott lead, Coach (Brent) Hancock Bybee alone at the goal line for said be had some special ones he yet another score. Not letting up, had reached way down in his bag Jim Valentine picked off a Steve for. The kids executed what he Shaw pass, initiating a t Hicks to Boarden mapped out the best that Ive seen them ever do. TD pass for the final score of the From there the Clearfield quarter. Falcons went to Bingham only to Clearfield led at halftime 334). and thus conclude their lose The third quarter was score season with a final mark of tree as both teams were temBut the victory over Weber was porarily stagnated. The final sweet, probably the sweetest of points on board came as junior the season. There havent been Mike Crawford dashed 32 yards too many teams in Clearfield into the end to ice the cake, with history to score 40 or more points four minutes left to play in the In a single game and hold their game. In talking about bow his team opponents scoreless. - On the opening kickoff, was sometimes up and down this Clearfield marched 37 yards season, Clearfields Hides said down the field, and fed the ball to his team was right on line when they played Weber. Clearfield principal, Lawrence Cook said he thought the team was reaching their peak and said it was fun watching them. Greg Boarden, said, We have played on a lot of emotion this season and today was beautiful. Coach Brent Hancock, the head coach, For too long it hasnt been happening around here and today the kids finally put it together. We didnt play that bad against Layton and probably should have won that game. Today the kids just wanted it more than Weber. Its one of 'those days when everything wait right, said Coach Ken Hicks, Its the best effort we had as a team. rd . 21-ya- rd picture-perfec- 25-1-4 4-- 6. hymen mm irasm The fireworks and explosions were terrific last Saturday, but they came much to late and in lesser amounts. Bingham High took advantage of plenty of Clearfield miscues and lax play for three quarters to eventually post a 4 victory and thus advance into high school 25-1- m state playoffs being held this week at the University of Utah. The Falcons, who the Wednesday before had completely demolished the Weber Warriors, 404), let the Miners jump out in before they front of them decided to do something about it. Coach Brent Hancock and his 19-- 0 of Weber in a Region One football final for both clubs. and Brook Hicks. (L. to R.) Greg Boarden, Gooch ueameuoi cimoi season) Falcons will now hang up their football gear and try to remember of the good things season. about their As Clearfield did so many times this season, they drove die kick-of- f and initial drive deep into their opponents territory. But things, strange things, seemed to 4-- 6 take place once they got too close to the goalline. The same story took (dace last Saturday in Riverton as Clearfield took full command of the game by taking the opening kick off and driving deep into Miner territory. The drive ended on the d line. Coach Hancock opted to kick a field goal but Brook Hicks had his six-yar- boot blocked and without the momentuam question changed hands completely at that point. Five plays later Miner QB Rick Shafer threw a strike to wide receiver Jack Singleton for the first score of the game. The point after was missed. Strong hopes for a Clearfield 77-ya- rd recovery were dissolved moments later as Mike Richards picked off a Hicks pass. A few plays later, Tim Johnson went in from the seven yard line to give Bingham a 124) lead. Defensive end, Greg Ridler blocked the extra point. The Falcons have been a tough bunch though and opponents will agree they dont die early. It was costly penalties and a heartbreaking fumble that cost them a chance to score before the halftime break. Tim Gooch lost the ball on a fumble after gaining big yards on previous plays and Greg Boarden was called for offensive pass interference on a long pass play. 8ecoadHalf Action Once the Miners had snuffed out a Clearfield drive which had 44-ya- gives instructions to Shan Openshaw in Clearfield's 40-The win propelled the Falcons into the state playoffs where they were slaughter of Weber. defeated by Bingham. 'COACH BSSNT HANCOCK Tim 0 taken the Falcons all the way to the Bingham line, they e tried some by foldng a field goal and running for aTD. It worked but had to be called back because of an illegal motion call. Bingham tried the same play again, hoping Gearfield would be caught off guard again. Rick Shafer ran for the corner of the end zone and barely made it in from 18 yards out That made it 194) for the Miners. This is when the Clearfield 20-ya- razzle-dazzl- explosions began to sound off, first when Brook Hicks connected with Gooch on an TD pass play. But it was getting late at that point with just over nine minutes remaining. A Hicks pass to Boarden for two points was no good. Shafer put the game out of reach for Bingham whe be scored on a 1 yard plunge. Gooch helped Clearfield salvage another late touchdown when he ran over another score late in the game. Hicks pass to Greg Boarden was good for the extra two points. Defensively the Falcons had numerous standouts including Kevin Neville, Mike Ckawford and Greg Ridler. Clearfield played without file services of starting fullback. Dean Vernon who had suffered a sever ly sprained ankle against Weber the Wednesday before. Dean was not only missed on offense, but was missed on the defensive side where he usually calls the defensive signals. rd |