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Show dfoeduled KENT schools in the area these past 15 years, havent played for a decade is like the favorite son in the family not traveling 12 miles to see dear old Mom. It just isnt Review S Although they are only about miles away from each other as the gray blur of rolls, neither Roy nor Davis High has seen fit to stop the bus and play each other in a high school foot12 right. But the remedy comes Friday when the undefeated Region ball game for 15 years. Four champions Darts, 10-But that will change Friday af- meet Region One ternoon when both schools bus Roy, on the artificial turf at to Rice Stadium for their quar- the University of Utah. terfinal state playoff game at For Davis, it has been these 1:30. same quarterfinals that have The fact that these two ended the past two seasons. But schools, which have been two of this year, Alta, the team that has the most dominate football soundly beaten the Darts the 0, 8-- 2, ' So must keep Davis from controlling the ball offensively to win the game. Youve got to stop their offense because they control the ball, he said. Another important aspect of playing Davis is to stop the Darts from obtaining good field position by playing well on special teams and not turning the ball over, according 17-- jumbo-s- Finally Flay year in the Royals, who also have smaller team than usual. But what concerns Sawley about Roy is its passing attack, which developed in the latter part of the season. They throw the ball so well, Sawley said about the Royals. Granger was cruising along with 7 lead then bang, bang, ized teams. Roy wins the ball game, he We have usually met some resaid, explaining Roys comeback al strong teams, said Sawley. win over Granger in the first Its been Alta the last couple of game of the playoffs. years. Roy Coach Ernest Jacklin is The Darts will be meeting equally impressed with the someone more their size this Darts, and knows his Royals two previous seasons in the playoffs, is in another bracket and is not as strong this year. We have had trouble in the Davis Coach quarterfinals, Ward Sawley admitted. But dont start throwing around the jinx. The Darts havent blown the games so much as they have been blown out of them by to Jacklin. One thing happening is Davis has been able to get turnovers, Jacklin said. "Theyve gotten good field position, especially against Viewmont, he added. a rv The Darts also present a few problems for the Roy offense, said Jacklin, and the Royal passing game will have to adjust. They change up in the defensive secondary, Jacklin said, which some teams never do. That presents more of a problem. And Sawley agreed with Jack- that special teams will play an important part in Fridays lin game. The big problem on the kicking game is turnovers, Sawley said. ; Page 1C North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, November 2, 1983 Dans Control the Bengals, 27--7 SCOTT MONSEN Review Correspondent KAYSVILLE - This is the second season of Utah high school football, the playoffs, where anything can happen and an opponents record is not the best indication of its strength. The Davis Darts got their first taste of the second season last Saturday fternoon, hosting the Brighton Bengals, only the fourth-plac- e team from Region Three. But consider that the Bengals luck has been as good as a barebacked hitchhiker on the outskirts of Las Vegas in loosing several close ballgames, and add the fact that Brighton is the defending state 4 A champions and one could expect a close, game. In the end, however, the Darts quickly and surely put an end to the championship reign, chiseling out a 27-- 7 victory over the Bengals. That may look routine for Davis, which has sent 10 straight opponents on a gloomy trip back to their homes, but Dart Coach Ward Sawley didnt : see it that way. ; I didnt think it was an easy win, Sawley said after the game, although I did like the score. I thought we had the worst draw in the first round for any of the . hard-foug- . ht - - first-plac- e teams." Brighton is bet- ter than a fourth place team. They have; beat some good teams' and lost some 'tough games. I knew we had a battle on our hands.' It was a tough game for us and Brighton hit us hard, ley continued. Both teams will have some bumps and bruises tomorrow. Not to worry too much, however, especially after the game Staff Photo by Rodney Wright HIGHS Dave Kinard prepares to bring down a Brighton runner during last Saturdays playoff game in Kays- DAVIS started. The methodical Dart offense churned up 301 yards, 275 of them via the famed DHS double-win- g running attack .led by Ryan Smith and Jeff Hammer, who each had 100 yards rushing for the day. The rest of the mileage was gained by Mark Miller, who also had a down, and Dave Kinard. ' Our offense did a good job moving the ball and scoring twice in each half, Sawley remarked. We felt that if we ville. The Darts, by virtue of their win over the Bengals, now meet Roy this Friday in Salt Lake City. could control the ball and use time off the clock we could make it tough for them, especial- ' ly when we got ahead. We have four excellent run- ning backs, the veteran coach continued. Today Smith and Hammer had an outstanding day. On another day it might be Kinard and Miller. The defense was just as deliberate in passing sentence on the . , former champions. Although Brighton found some success in moving the ball in the middle of ; the field, the Bengals found the going tough close to the goal lines. The Dart defense also was responsible for five turnovers, several of which killed potential scoring threats. Our defense did a good job inshutting them down and giving us the ball in good field position, Sawley said. We had to covern run a lot of like we to, and age, more than some did things to take Brighton how they it. Thats of advantage Continued on 2C. man-to-ma- Staff Photo by Robert Regan VIEWMONTS running duo of Mike Allen and Reese Kidman led the Vikings to their second straight state cross country title last week. Come Back to Nip Granger ROY Roy Coach Ernest Jacklin had heard before Friday afternoons game with Granger that the Lancers were a good ball club. Some people even told the veteran coach the Lancers match up man for man with the number-one rated Olympus team. And Granger looked that good for much of Fridays game, takdriving the opening kickoff and ing towards a field goal and then scoring a touchdown before half. The Royals found themselves down. 10--0 in a hurry. Skidmore to tight end Brent Hadley, and then missed a field goal at the end of the half that would have tied the game. 50-ya- rd The Royals were able to come But the Royals came back in back' in the second half against the half to score a touchdown on Granger, winning the game with pass a pass from quarterback Steve 55 seconds left on a 55-ya- rd from Skidmore to Hadley for the 7 score. final ; - 21-1- Granger, according to Jacklin, was every bit as good as he had been told. They had the big lineman, he said. They had big backs both of them were 200 more. Granger is a or pounds physical team. KENT SOMERS Review Sports Editor ' The Lancers were able to score 17 points against a Royal defense that has carried the team at times this year. But that is not necessarily a sign of a defensive breakdown, according to Jacklin, who said the Royals are expectedly playing better football teams at this time of year. Theyve got three running backs that are good ones, Jacklin said, explaining why the Lancers stay on the ground. They had 16 yards passing. They didnt get much passing. But Granger was able to hurt the Royals with an outside running game, according to Jacklin, who said neither of his outside linebackers had oustanding games. Maybe it was something Granger was doing, he said. The Royals again had success throwing the ball, thanks to the passing of Skidmore and the receiving of John Coy and Hadley. Jacklin said that Coy has been one of the main reasons for the Royals passing success in the past few games. John Coy has really picked us up, he said. And the emergence of a confident Skidmore has also helped the Royal fense, which was sluggish in ofon games. When he (Skidmore) gets out and does it right, he can throw it. .i K-- DEFENSIVE BACK Chad a Granger Vigffjries in vain to tackle ?3y HIGH Start Photo ty Rodney Wright runner in Roys win over the Lancers last week. Vikings Win State Cross-Countr- y Title The Royals meet Davis High this Friday at 1:30 at Rice Stadi urn on the ca,mpus of the University of Utah. For preview information on the game, see the article on 1C. SALT LAKE CITY The predictable, as well as the unexpected, happened in last weeks state cross country championships in Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City. Viewmont, as predicted by anyone who knows cross country from an 880, won the boys championship title for the second straight year. But the boys individual medal went to Brett Williams of Bonneville, who easily defeated favored Reese Kidman and Mike Allen of Davis. Williamss time of 15:24 was nine seconds faster than Allen, who finished second, and 18 seconds fase ter than finisher Kidman. But Viewmont Coach Lynn Dubois said he wasnt surprised at Williams winning the race. We knew he was good, but we didnt know how good, Dubois said. Wed never seen him, but it didnt surprise us. What was surprising for Viewmont was the finish of Mike Nelson, who took 10th place in the region , meet the previous week. Nelson hung with the leaders to finish an astonishing fifth, giving the favored Vikings more depth than anyone expected. He ran extremely well, e said Dubois. It (the was a finish) quite surprise. 4-- A third-plac- fifth-plac- Viewmont scored only 48 points in the competition to easily beat second-plac- e Cottonwood, which had 106 points. Davis County schools dominated the boys race with Davis finishing third and Clearfield taking fourth. Davis was led by John Kimball, who placed sixth in the meet. Clearfields top runner was Todd Davis, who finished 12th and Kelly Briggs, who took 20th. Roys brother tandem of Kerry and Steve Easthope also scored well with Kerry placing fourth and Steve taking seventh. In the girls race, Davis was the highest local finishin er, capturing fourth-plac- e the meet. The Darts were led by Wendy Hunter, who finished fifth in the meet. Hunter said she thought running the same Sugar-houcourse in the Region Four helped her in the state competition. You know when to speed up and slow down. Compared to our course, it (Sugarhouse) is easier. Cindy Sorenson of Davis helped the Darts with a e finish and Myra Palmer came in 18th. The only other Davis County girl among the top 20 runners was Kim Ward of Viewmont with a 14th place. The Viewmont girls team took eighth in the meet. se 17th-plac- |