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Show niever aniiite satisfied By KEITH DUNCAN Reflex-Journ- was just another good ole thrush;1 e ,, the Jans finally beat Woods Cross They rolled U U yards rushing on 48 Blake Hart led the carries and amassed 402 yards total tla gmund in just on 124 carries. he as yards gained charge It Sports al 49-2- otu-nst- KAYSV1LLE Its scary to think what might happen if the Davis Dart football team got perfect one week. ' WHO KNOWS? It just might happen the way they try so hard. Late in the third quarter as the Dart coaches were taking out the build-uover Woods Cross High seasoned players from School, it was assistant coach Mike Gardner who walked over to one of his prize running backs, Chris Card and extended his hand in congratulations. ON OFFENSE, Davis intercepted pass's and they got to the Woods Cross quarterback on four occasions. Hut despite the 22 point win, the I'mUs still were not happy, totally at least. CARD HELD out his hand like a limp dogs paw and muttered something under his breath. Gardner snapped back at him to accept his congratulations and even though Card tried, it wasn't wish people could see these kh'v ;.i ade themselves on film, I especially the grading of the Ben "nm! game. We had a big score there and many people would lake that to mean great play all the way through. 35-1- p 2 what Gardner was looking for. Later Gardner put the experience COACH JIM Dickson described las non- perfection. I words. in teams coping with BUT ALL of a sudden you get 'hem together and get them being critical of themselves like missing a block, or two uu allow or someone touchdown a and not controlling gap guys not being in man cover and allow in. a hie play to happen. All of a sudden they start seeing and forget the big write up in the paper that tells them n meat they were, said Dickson. I shouldnt have called that, were the words lion. ( mrd-ner- . But just moments later Dickson was turning to Gardnei and telling him of a smiliar bad call that he shouldn't have n, .d. We as coaches make mistakes and we want to alu,.,- - g.t Jimmy. better, said Dickson. THE DARTS went irio the locker room leading 28 6 which looked like a tromp. But the Darts only had three first do., ns m the first half and 90 yards worth of penalties. "We mi that, said Dickson who was sure the kids got the poim d pne being up by three touchdowns. At Davis the Darts trademark in football is to get tin. t ehall and march as far as it takes to get a touchdown. hat the defense off the field which is exastly what they want ha-pu- I AND BELIEVE me, those guys will practice till they until it happens the way they want it. Chris Card commented, "I haven't been satisfied all ' ine t . ,.i som-mm- ITS AMAZING, simply amazing. Our kids just wont accept mediocrity. Of course we as coaches wont allow them to., "I thought Chris Card played a super game against the Cats but he knows he is capable of doing better. I guess the thing that is really exceptional, is that our kids can't get too excited w hen they know they could cut down on penalties, get a few more first downs or tackle a little harder, even if they are up by more than three touchdowns. Maybe if it were another school, the kids would be going ape with a 23 point lead heading into the fourth quarter, said Gardner. cl t ; c DONT TAKE me wrong, continued Dickson, We're never satisfied, but were happy at the same lime. We're happy we won but not satisifed that we gave t.p seven turnovers and lost five of them or lost 132 yards in pen.. lilies. We had 90 yards in penalities in the first half alone. This striving for perfection thing starts with the coaches first. TRUTHFULLY, Card did have a great game. He rushed for 77 yards and averaged 6.8 yards per carry. He intercepted a pass and ran it back 24 yards for a touchdown and nearly had a kick-oreturn for a touchdown had it not been for a referee that got in his way. He was also terrific from his middle linebacker position. ft ON FRIDAY against Woods Cns. Gardner made a bad call offensively and told Dickson so. "You know that was a bad call THE WOODS Cross game was the best yet but we soil Havent arrived yet. Penalties, turnovers and referees have always found themselves to get in the way. Card isnt concerned with getting 150 to 200 y aids per game his main emphasis is winning as a team. "I'd much raihcr have the team win than see me get a bunch of yards. We don't have any superstars here, we win as a team. . BLAKE HART commented that he wasn't content because most of Davis first half points came from Woods Cross turnovers rather than their own controlled offensive punch. "Coach Gardner told us we had to get the double wing offense going that it was a shame to get just three first dow ns in one hah Those words got me motivated, said Hart who was a tenor in the second half. , reflex-journ- al DAVIS REFLEX-JOURNA- SEPTEMBER 25, 1985 L, 35S3S2N S Darts Top-ranke- d spoil Wildcats homecoming game By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News WOODS CROSS encounter was winding down. Weve made too many mistakes - There were fireworks, balloons, marching bands, and the whole whoop-de-d- o that goes with a football Homecoming game. But after the opening kickoff, there was little for here tonight that we can't afford against Bountiful. DAVIS HAS a powerful fast running attack with a -- - and better-than-avera- passing offense Woods Cross alumni to cheer which rightfully makes the Darts, on the season, the states now about. No. team in the sportswriters 4-- 0 1 WOODS CROSS fumbled on the first place from scrimmage and Davis Highs Roger Home recovered on the Wildcats 17. Two plays later, the Darts were on the scoreboard as Chris Card skirted TD romp. left end for a One minute and 20 seconds into the grid game and the states No. team was off and running. And they just kept on running, and passing, until the final score read: Davis 49, Woods Cross 27. DAVIS SHOULD face a much tougher challenge Friday, however, as it hosts Bountiful in the Darts Homecoming affair. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. Bountiful won again last Friday, whitewashing the East High Leopards, 28-- 0 in the Braves Homecoming tilt. We expect a real tough game from Bountiful, but well be ready for them, said Davis Coach Jim Cross Dickson as the Davis-Wood- s 14-ya- rd 1 poll. There were a lot of mistakes in s Cross game Frithe day night - a dozen of them between the two teams. Davis, for example, intercepted six Wildcat aerials which does one of two Davis-Wood- pay dirt from the 17. Woods Cross scored its first TD and narrowed the margin to 14-after returning a Davis punt to the 33. There was a pass interference against Davis and Dave Larson lofted a pass to Taisi Avei who ran to the 15., From here, Larson kept the ball and skirted left end for a touchdown. The PAT was missed. CJS, -- things - puts Davis in good scoring position or stops a Wildcat threat. And it did both. -- THREE TIMES Woods Cross scoring drives were halted inside the 25, one being a Dart interception in the end zone. Both teams could have, and should have scored even more points than they did. But thats not to take away from the battle on the field. Both teams had their moments of glory on offense and lapses on defense. NOT ONLY did the Darts strike first after the recovered fumble, they were on the scoreboard again Falcons, Lancers hungry for win - Region One has perhaps proven one thing could beat any other on any given night. team that thus far, any CLEARFIELD just a few minutes later when Kurt Mounteer intercepted a pass and returned it to the Davis 32. Four plays later Mounteer waltzed into -- SOUNDS LIKE scripture probably, but its true. No one has shown any kind on total dominance. DAVIS intercepted its third pass of the first half to set up a TD and Bob Warden ,move ahead off aerial the and returned it picked to the Wildcats' 37. A Clay Singley to Greg Willard pass was good for the score. Card picked off a Woods Cross pass, the fourth interception of the half for the Darts, and romped unmolested 18 yards for a TD. The score came midway in the second period and remained 28-- 6 at halftime. DAVIS apparently put the game on ice early in the third period on a seven yard run by Mounteer, makLater in the ing the score 35-called Davis was for pass quarter interference in the end zone, giving the Wildcats the ball on the 11. From here, Larry Kimbrell, now in 6. league. By the results from the first week of league action, Clearfields task will be to show some consistency on offense. They allowed Roy only 15 points but could muster only 14 themselves. of Clearfields games, which excludes the Davis Falcons have allowed only 31 points which is pretty the game, good defense. But on the other hand, they have scored only 33 themselves. IN THREE continued next page 49-2- ssam at quarterback, lofted a TD pass to Avei. Davis upped the score to 2 fourth quarter after recovering a fumble at midfield. Two long runs by Blake Hart moved the ball to the five from where Hart pluged in for the score. IT WAS the first action for Hart since the opening game when he broke a hand. "He's looked good 42-1- early in the add greatly to commented Coach in practices and will our offense, Dickson. Coach Dickson Leading 42-1began substituting freely and soon had most of the reserves on the field. WOODS CROSS scored twice in the last eight minutes, the first run coming on a beautiful by Carl Ward who started up the 2, 50-ya- rd middle and skirted the left sidelines almost unmolested. The final score for Woods Cross came wdth 4:23 left in the game when defensive tackle Kirk Herh-is- h scooped a loose ball (fumble) and rambled 38 yards for the TD. Hart of Davis came right back w ith a romp to make it 49-2Kyle Knowles booted five extra points for Davis without a miss. rd Its a big deal om Friday when Darts meet Braves KAYSV1LLE -- The game of the week in Region Four this week w ill pit a big, strong Bountiful High team against the Davis Darts who despite penalities and turnovers have still been able to put points on the board everytinie they've taken the field. 38-pl- THIS FRIDAY the Layton Lancers invade Clearfield in both teams second region outing. Either team would like to show some dominance that evening a both try for their first victory in VV IT 1C 19 Vl i IlLI HI? 'THI? 1 n JC 21-- Woods Cross quarterback Larry Kimbrell (9) unloaded this pass just in time, as Davis linebacker Roger Horne (55) zeroed in. The Wildcats enjoyed their best offen sive showing of the year, but it wasn't enough to prevent a 7 Davis victory. Photos by Ron Bosmll. THE BRAVES are 1 entering the game to be played in Kaysville under the lights on Friday night. They are big and strong and the Davis scouts say Joey Covey is the best quarterback theyve seen this year. said, it at Davis until tin cant. "Big Steve Badger is as good offensive lineman as I've seen in vears. There is no question that the Braves will pick up the ball and run theyre told they Dickson says it will be game. a hellal-v- a DICKSON SAID it even better, "We're both going to line up f , other over." Region Four Football Standings League ,.i each other and try to knock each All Games ACCORDING to Dec Robins, the long time Davis scout, the Braves "have one of the finest quarterbacks in the state." He also 4 I |