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Show page 14 Friday, October Davis County Clipper 20, 1995 0 0 Parts grab soeeer rowm Doug Lang Sports Writer We are the champions" was the the Lady Darts of Davis took as cry the 5A soccer championship for the first time n the school history by coming from behind again to beat the Mountain View Bruins 1 in dramatic form. Both teams could not get the ball into the nets in the first half. The Lady Bruins got the first goal as Athelia Graham headed a free kick from Lisa Anthony just out of the Players of the Week Darell Phippen 2-- Davis Cross Country Darrell Phippen was a happy runner Tuesday when he caught and barely beat Davis rival Trent Hooper to win the Region 2 cross country title. Ive been battling him all year and never could beat him, Phippen said. reach of Davis goalie Jessica Hewlett. Melanie Miller tied the score from a penalty kick as she lofted the Melanie Miller ball over the outstretched hands of the Bruins goalie. Both teams struggled to get an edge over the other until Megan Jensen made a diving stab at a pass from a teammate to get the go ahead goal and the win. I didnt know that it was going in. I thought I missed it and it just flicked in, said Jensen. We just like com- Davis Soccer Melanie Miller has been an instrumental part of the Davis soccer team this season. She scored two goals in the state championship match Tuesday to help the Davis girls win their first state soc- - ing from behind. After the win all thoughts not just on the victory as the had dedicated the season to a teammate they had lost ea Her were Darts fallen in the year. Davis lost Callie Vance to a tragic death, so in honor of Callie the Lady Darts had her number on their shoes for the season and had her in their thoughts this year. At the start of the championship game, with tears in their eyes, they released two balloons, one brown and gold, into the air dedicated to Callie. Many parents along with the Vances, had tears in their eyes as they watched the balloons rise into Braves, Rams gain ground Clipper photo by Brett Taylor DART SCORER: Melanie Miller of Davis battles for the ball in the 5A state title game Tuesday. She hit two goals for the Darts and helped them win their first girls state soccer championship. the sky. It was like Callie was there in spirit as the game began and rooted her team on to the win. After the game Davis head coach remembered Callie who was killed in a car accident the first day of practice. That helped us all sea son. Caldwell, along with many parents and students, wore emblazoned with Vances name and a tag on their shoelaces bearing her number. The kids didnt want to let her down. Caldwell gave a lot of kudos to his team. They deserve all the credit for a great year. They have a lot of guts and heart. Most of these players have played for Caldwell since they were seven years old so to get this win says a lot for his coaching and their drive to be the best. on Davis :: r; The Bountiful Braves ball team improved to volley- in victory over Cottonwood on Tuesday. Lisa Hasiam and Rachel Ariotti led the team with their kills. The Colts dropped to 0-- 6 in region. The Braves were scheduled to play at region leader Skyline (7-on Thursday. At Highland, the Ram upended the Davis Darts 1 to improve their record to 4-3 and join the Braves at one game behind Davis ), Brook Barton led the Darts with 13 kills.: Davis-wihost Viewmont on Thursday, region with a 15-1- 1, 15-- 4-- 3 9 0) 13-1- 5, 15-1- 2, 15-1- (5-2- il At Viewmont, the Skyline Eagles remained unbeaten in 15-- 7 region action with over the Viewmont victory Vikings. Because of Highlands will victory, the Vikes need region victories to have a chance for postseason play Hi ghland played three-straig- 15-- 3, (1-- 6) ht Cottonwood on Thursday. Clipper photos by Brett Taylor MORRIS SCORES: Woods Cross senior Megan Morris scored one of the the Cats' two goals in the championship game Tuesday. At right, Mandy e Butterfield consoles goalkeeper Jenny Waldron after a goal by Olympus meant defeat for the Cats in the title game. late-gam- Fisher snags record trout A new strut record tiger front was caught in Huntington Reservoir on a homemade black colored fly. The trout hybrid measured 22. 5 Inches, tod a 12. $ inch girth, and weighed 4.56 poundsif Jason Arave, Provo, caught the cross between a brown trout and a brook trout oh Sept, 30. The tige tr ut was placed in in hopes $L rervoir Huntingtod of developing new predator to control nongame fish competing with rainbow trout for food. Tiger trout have been in Huntington for two years. Wildcats lose heartbreaker in finals The SALT LAKE CITY Woods Cross Wildcats came up short in their attempt to add another state championship trophy to the case Tuesday when they lost 2 to the Olympus Titans. The Cats fell behind early rallied to tie the game with goals from Megan Morris and Shauna Gurr, and then gave up a goal in the final 30 seconds. The game ended a dream season for Woods Cross in which they went undfeated in region play. We basically handed the first two (goals) to them," said Woods 3-- 2-- 0, Cross coach Kevin Rigby. At times we looked great and at other times pretty youthful. The veteran soccer coach was disappointed because the first two goals came off comer kicks. Ive never seen that before, we werent marked up. WX3, Sky View 1 In the semifinal game the Cats fell. behind the Lady Bobcats of Sky View when Mickey Folsom tapped in a score at 29:17 in the first period for their only score. The lead continued through the first and most of the second period. Woods Cross kept fighting until they ignited when Celeste Collins tied the game, followed by sophomore scorer Shauna Gurr getting the first of her two goals, all within a five minute period. With that goal the Bobcats had their fire doused and the Wildcats kept throwing wood on the fire till the game ran out with the Woods Cross faithful going ballistic with the chance of another championship. Woods Cross Head Coach Kevin Rigby sang the praises of his team with the win. We felt that we were going to win this game. We had to go with Shauna and she hit the mark. Gurr said, We knew that we had to score. We had to win. You cant come this far without giving it all you have. The Cats should have a powerful team again next year losing only six seniors. They return goalkeeper Jenny Waldron along with scorers Celeste Collins and Shauna Gurr. For Olympus it was their -straight 4A soccer title. Woods 3A soccer Cross won titles in 1991-9second- back-to-ba- 2. |
