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Show I I A9 CLIPPER TODAY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 Amber Strickland scores two in the double overtime victory JORDAN LIVINGSTON Clipper Sports Editor It was a game that seemed may never end. The Layton Lancers pulled out a double over the overtime win Clearfield afternoon Lancer Falcons Tuesday 3-- 2. junior Amber Strickland led her team, scoring two goals, including one in ; Davis Darts beat the Viewmont Vikes 20-- 8 the second overtime, to give Layton the win. This was Strickland's first game back for the Lancers after suffering an injury earlier Friday. in the year. Davis vs. Uicivmont , The Davis Darts came out on top of the Viewmont Vikings last Friday night, 20-- 8 rallying on an explosive start. Joe Toone opened the game with a drive to give Davis and early lead. Viewmont got on the board when quarterback Travis Henderson hit Jake Randall for a touchdown, and Mike Ball converted the two-poiconversion for an 7 Viewmont lead. Davis then got a touchdown from Bryce Stevenson and another from Toone to finish with the win. Davis record improved to 3 on the season and Viewmont fell to 0-- The Darts play Skyline on Friday (see preview). 71-ya- rd ,! ' 8-- nt HUGE EFFORT: Despite Clearfield's Katie Colohan (right) driving past a Layton Photo by Marv Lynchard defender, the Falcons lost to the Lancer 4. 3-- 2. Clcsrflcldv&Sttlins I ; Viewmont seeks first win of season BY JORDAN LIVINGSTON Clipper Today Sports Editor The Northridge Knights, w ho were able to deliver a blowout to the hated Layton Lancers Fnday night, are in preparation for their next contest against the Viewmont Vikings this week. The Vikings have yet to win a game this year, but that is deceiving according to Northridge coach Fred Fernandes. Theyre a whole lot better than their record shows, said Fernandes. Even though the Vikings lost to Davis 20-- they played a fairly solid offensive game, totalling 207 yards. Travis Viking quarterback Henderson gave a decent performance, throwing for 159 yards on seven completions with one touchdown and two interceptions. But according to Fernandes, it's Viewmont's defense that causes concerns. Seeing them on film, they've got the best defense we've seen to date, said Fernandes. They did good keeping Skyline (4-- out of the end zone, so we're definitely keeping that in mind. Northridge, who will be working to get above the .500 mark Friday, have been running the ball exceptionally 2-- 2) 8, IlcrCrtdrovs.lsytcn In a classic cross-tow- n rivalry the Knights put the hammer down on the Layton Lancers Friday night, handing them a 42-- 7 beating. Although Northridge only threw for 50 yards in the game, game was superb, as Jared Larson ran for 109 yards and one touchdown on 13 carries. All six of Northridge's touchdown came on the ground, as they rushed for a total of 387 yards. drive that was Northridges first score came from an touchdown from Mike Mathis. capped off with a Four of Northridge's TDs came in the second half. Layton got their only touchdown of the game when Jon Adams picked off a Kusuda pass and returned it to the Northridges line.TVvo plays later, quarterback Brandon Henderson connected with Riley Lowry in the end zone. Henderson was starting his first game at quarterback, because Layton starter. Derrick Thomas has decided to retire from his high school football career. The Lancers also played without four other starters, three of which were caught painting the goal posts at Northridge High before the game. With the victory the Knights came out with their first Region 1 win. and Layton fell to 3 on the season. Northridge plays Viewmont this Friday and Layton faces Mt. View (see previews). then-runnin- 80-yar- d 30-ya- rd 40-ya- rd . , 1 well. L We're glad to have her back, said Layton coach Shes Nancy Christensen. very hungry for that goal. Clearfield scored the first goal of the game when freshman Darcee Kawaguchi fielded a comer kick from Jennie Smith, and booted it in. Despite Clearfield's early start, they seemed very slow and unexited in the first half. We had a homble first halfi said Clearfield coach see LANCERS pg. All Against Layton, the Knights scored all six of their touchdowns on the ground, racking up 387 total rushing yards along the way They also piled up 250 rushing yards earlier this year against Region Three's Alta. Their passing game however, has not been quite as consistent, with quarterback Jeff Kusuda losing a little confidence in his game, only working about 50 yards against Layton. Were really concerned about our game right now,said passing Fernandes. Northridge's airbom game is only one of a handful of Fernandes worries though. The Knights could be playing without five of their key starters against the Vikes on Fnday. Senior defensive back Jared Miller has played his last game of Northridge football, as he is out with a broken collar bone. Northridge faces the possibility of missing linemen Gerald Bourdeau and Mario Westbrook, along with senior starters Anthony Fresaues and Kenny Moon, all of which are day to day with knee injuries. Were just dropping hke flies." said Fernandes, Theyre all getting MRIs and are not guaranteed for anything. Northridges ailing starters and shaky passing could just help Viewmont chum out their first win. The Vikings will be celebrating homecoming at the game on Friday NORTHRIDGE QUARTER BA QC Jeff Kusuda will have to form Friday night against the Viewmont Vikings. Photo by Marv per-the- ir Lynchard Despite injured starters Cottonwood Colts beat Woods Cross gets 0 Davis Darts in Region 1 in 1 soccer sleeper victory over Highland 1-- , -- Knights look to spoil Vikes' Homecoming Clearfield was handed its second loss of the season, falling to the unde-- , feated Skyline Eagles 22-- I 15 on Friday. The Falcons fumbled the opening kickoff to fall behind .early in the first quarter. They took the lead when Nate Russell ran for a touchdown, but had their hopes ruined as Skylines star. Bo Nagahi ran a Falcon kickoff for JARED MOULTRIE and the to set up a Skyline score. Falcons fell to Skyline Skyline quarterback Brandon Van Leeuwen rushed 17 times for 75 yards against Clearfield, while the Falcons were able to find only 46 rushing yards in the game. Clearfield (1-- 1 meet Cottonwood Friday. ds - Richard Swanson. I didn't have the team prepared, it was my bad. Clearfield's defense had troubles getting to the ball, allowing a faster moving Layton team to keep the ball at their end most of the first half. The Lancers evened things up when sophomore Chanty Weston beat four defenders to take a pass from midfield. Weston then sent a perfect pass to a spnntmg Knsten Coombs, w ho sent it past a div ing Haley Barker, putting the score at Barker was one of the bnght spots for the Clearfield defense the whole game. Following the Layton goal. Barker made two nice sav es. to prevent Stnckland and Lissa Braithwaite from scoring defense Gearfield's seemed unable to find good footing on the ball, and was unable to locate the center of the field for most of the first 2-- 9-- Cress vs. 1,'cst BY LYNN AVERETT Clipper Sports Writer The Woods Cross Wildcats got their first Region 5 victory and their second win of the year with a 4 win against the Panthers of West last Friday. Woods Cross, who are plugging along without their leading rusher John Castlebury got strong efforts from the rest of the team in his absence. Quarterback Mitch Malmrose ran for 133 yards on 14 carries, and also threw for 68 yards on seven completions. Jason McNeal also gave a tough effort rushing for 86 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries. With a 14-- 6 lead at halftime, the Wildcats weren't about to let West into the game. Malmrose got an interception at the beginning of the third quarter to fire up his team. sweep by He then ran the ball for 50 yards to set up an Jed Ferguson to give Woods Cross a 20-- 6 lead. After a rushing touchdown by McNeal, Woods Cross in their own end zone to finish off the fumble recovered a Panthers. Woods Cross has Coming of a rather disappointing 98 season, established themselves as a legitimate force in Region 5. This Friday Woods Cross travels to Olympus to face the always tough Titans (see preview). The Titans were upset by the Highland Rams last Fnday m a 7-game. 26-1- s i ' I I f I enemy Woods Cross was the aggressor the entire game as the Cats outshot Highland 25-Our defense held and our offense kept up the pressure, said coach Rigby. Late in the second half, Megan Winegar scored for the 'Cats to seal the victory for Woods Cross. We've lost three starters to stress fractures. said Rigby. Were an extremely young squad and the younger girls have stepped it up and were playing well as a team. Today, everyone had their moments. Mikelle McLeod recorded the shutout and the victory moved Woods Cross to 6--4 m region while Highland fell to The 'Cats continue Region 5 action this afternoon at Murray Highland will play host to Olympus. 8. WOODS CROSS - In a closer than expected match, Woods Cross stopped Highland 0 Tuesday afternoon in Region 5 soccer action. We seemed to start quick but just couldn't finish, especially in the first hair said Woods Cross coach Kevin Rigby. The first half was a defensive struggle as neither team was able to score. It wasn't until midway through the second half before the Wildcats scored on a goal by Brennan Hession. Even when I was pacing the sideline, I knew it was just a matter of time, said Rigby. I knew we were going to get more shots but I was becoming concerned about the time. Time was our 2-- 18-ya- ; worst 13-ya- rd 2-- 8. BY DOUG LANG Clipper Sports Writer SALT LAKE - When the Lady Darts of Davis drove to the home of the Cottonwood Lady Colts, they decided to teach them some spelling. Can you say Butt kicking? That is just what the Lady Darts did as they dismantled the Colts m a 1 yawner. According to Assistant coach Richard Vixier. Statistically when you have a four goal lead on the team you will win 97 percent of the time." Davis had a 1 lead in the first period, but the game w as m hand for the Darts as they were just getting their motors running and ready to pour on more gas. In the first 20 minutes, the Darts were slow and not very good, so this gave Cottonwood a chance to get the first score at the 10 minute mark of the contest This really put the fire under the Lady Darts and they went on to score four goals in the first half. 9-- 4-- I Aw Aw XfcJK i TTl Ti iTrn -- Contributing to the scoring fest in the first period was Val Hymas getting the first of her three goals for the game, getting herself a hat tnck. Helping with the scoring was Bryndie Maag netting her two goals and Julianna Barlow crossing the goal line. Going into the halftime. Coach Curt Caldwell kit the team know what he expected. Heather McPherson felt that Caldwell hit the nail on the head. He told us that he would be playing some girls that didnt get a lot of playing time." Caldwell said. But most important was to come out strong and make a statement. we did that and we saw a lot of girls come out and have a great game. We had great games from Paige Morgan on defense and Val Hymas in scoring who gave us three goals. We needed that from these players and we got it In the second half the Darts got more scoring from Hymas as she collected her second and third goals, along with see soccer pg. A10 |