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Show Page IB': South Edition:-- - 3WA Lakeside Review Wednesday, September 12, 1984 : Vikings, Braves, Barts Remain Among Unbeaten GARY HATCH Review Sports Editor Viewmont, Bountiful and Davis remain unbeaten, Clearfield lifts its record to M and Layton, Roy and Woods Cross drop to 2 after the second round of preseason 0-- action in high school football Friday. Viewmont passed its way past Layton 14-- 6 (see related story on page 2C 2B). Bountiful, posting a 24-- 8 win over Roy Friday, now stands with Viewmonts Vikings at 0 against Region opponents. Meanwhile, Davjs, by dominatnow ing Ben Lomond stands at 0 against Weber County schools. Clearfield now stands at against Region 4 schools by virtue of a 0 overtime win taken from Woods Cross. 2-- ti? . 1 48-1- 4, 2-- -1 21-2- nt drive, this time for about 60 yards and much of it in the air, before the half ended to make the score 8 at intermission. Braves coach Kim Peterson said before the season began one of the things he was most pleased about with this team is its versaaffording itself the optility portunity td take advantage of whatever the defense 'gives it. 15-- Friday it was the Bountiful air attack that proved fatal for the After the success Bountiful had running against Layton late in the opening round game on Aug. 31, the Braves seemed determined to Royals. We played well offensively. Especially we threw well. Covey 6 was something like and had about 220 yards, Peterson said. 40-ya- rd ut If two-poi- Bountiful 24, Roy 8 run against the Royals Friday. But after failing to establish a drive in the first quarter, the Braves took to the air on a third, and long situation early ini the second and connected on pass from sophomore quarterback Mike Joey Covey to wide-oIV attack of their own. . On the next play from scrimmage, Royal quarterback Rich McNeeley lofted a bomb to flanker Darin Putnam, who raced to the end zone untouched. conRoy also got a version. That, however, was the last time the Royals would cross the goal line in the contest. Bountiful put together another Steed. Roy coach Fred Thompson be- moaned his team's effectiveness at stopping the Braves running attack, as Bountiful immediately connected on .three more passes to cap an scoring, drive. Bountiful fumbled the snap on the attempt to kick the extra point, but ran the ball into the end zone to make the score But the Royals werent down yet, they roared back with an air 80-ya- rd 8-- 0. 19-2- As the Roy defense stopped the Bountiful ground game,' the Bountiful held the Roy ground game almost in check, too. We threw for about 175 yards in the air, but gained almost no net yardage because they got on the some big sacks ground, Thompson said. The Royals were in scoring position a couple more times during the game, but the Bountiful defense responded with good defensive plays, sacking McNeeley and taking Roy out of position to score. Bountiful meets Granger Friday in the last round of preseason competition. Granger is a physi- ' Photo by Rodney Wright DAVIS WINGBACK cal team that missed a Dave Kinard tries to push his way past two Ben Lomond defenders Friday. After about midway through proved over last field goal Davis 48, Ben Lomond 14 in the closing seconds of a game Friday to fall to Alta. Roy travels to Ogden to take on the Tigers pass happy Mark The score would indicate a d rout, but just like after the game when the Darts downed Weber Davis coach Jim Dickson said it wasnt that way. Dickson, almost apologetically, first-roun- 34-1- Hclsop. . 3, drawled, Well, we got some pretty good breaks. We got a couple of fumbles in good scoring position, but we also got complacent in the third quarter. We have plenty of room to expand and get better. Bad news for Region 4 foes.' Dickson was pleased with his teams performance. Even though we got some breaks we were able to take advantage of them and turn them into scoring opportunities, and as a coach thats what we try to do. You know with high school kids things are going to happen. All you can do is hope they happen to someone else and then take advantage of them when Dickson said. The Dart running backs ran for about 160 yards and, surprise of they do, surprises, the Davis quarterbacks threw for somewhere near 120. lo-- v e Contrary to what cals might think, Davis coaches do realize there is such a thing as the forward pass. Were going to throw when we can or when we feel its necesold-tim- , I pS 4 i Photo by Richard Lynch BOUNTIFUL andRoy found each others defenses too effective against the run so both teams took to the air to move the football Friday. Bountiful won 24-- 8. sary. That part of our game plan is the same as last week, Dickson said. the second quarter when Davis had jumped to a 28-- 0 lead, the only unanswered question concerning the Darts was whether the coaches had selected a No. quarterback. But Dickson says no. Seniors Greg Norton and Casey Lloyd will continue to battle for the spot as top signalcaller. Friday when the Darts travel to 1 Clearfield. Well be taking a careful look at them when we play Clearfield. The Falcons will probably be the toughest team weve faced this year, and its always a close game well get another good look at both of them," when we play, so Dickson said. Falcons 21, Wildcats 20 At Woods Cross, the Falcons were comming off a 39-- 6 drubbing from the Viewmont Vikings and the Wildcats were ready to win one after nearly knocking off scrappy South the week before. Both coaches felt their teams played well, but the Wildcats couldnt overcome its five fumbles, three deep in their own territory, and were outlasted by Clearfield for the win. Compared to our first outing, we were 100 percent better, said Falcon coach Brent Hancock. They made some mistakes and we capitalized on them. We were more consistent and blocked better this week. We still didnt tackle as good as we need to, but we were im week and that's what we are trying to do, he added. Woods Cross Larry Eldracher said his team was very disappointed after losing' the second close game in as many outings. The team really took it bard. We were up seven points after the first half of the overtime, and thats a pretty good position to be ! in. But I just told the kids they were an improved team over last week and I know theyll be improved this coming week, Eldracher said. The Wildcats ran for more than 250 yards on the Falcon defense and passed for another 100, but the turnovers cost Woods Cross the victory. Wildcat tailback Jeff Hawkins continued to roll up offensive yardage, as he ran for 170 and caught passes for another 38. The Falcons tailback Craig Carter popped loose for three touchdowns, including a on the ground. lead 3 Woods Cross took a in overtime when Hawkins broke into the end zone from the one and Mike Shabries kicked the extra point. Clearfield scored a touchdown run by Carter, and on a won the game when Brad Sher-- . wood hit Ken Ashby for the conversion. The Wildcats meet Layton Friday at Woods Cross. Both teams but are better teams than are their records indicate. er 20-1- two-yar- d two-poi- nt 0--2, Legislature Refuses to Buy Wolf Creek Wildlife Habitat ' before it could obtain the propertThe Utah State Legislature de- Lake, pushed through an that required the state ynied a request to appropriate a $1 million downpayment to pur- -' to sell off as much land as it proRep. Ron Stephens, chase 10,500 acres of land that is posed to buy from Wolf Creek. said the ammendment would prime northern Utah wildlife ' habitat. The land included several thousand acres of critical, big game winter range near Huntsville in Ogden Valley. The Division of Wildlife Resources and developer John Laub wanted the state to appropriate he money in the legislatures special session that ended Thursday. The sprawling Wolf Creek Resort property, valued at $4.7 million, includes over six miles of quality stream fishing water along the Middle Fork of the Ogden River, and Geertsen Creek. Laub now has to decide if he can afford to wait until the Legislatures January session to try the sale again, or whether he should sell the acreage to private devel. - opers. After one half hour of debate on the House floor legislators, disgruntled about being called in for a special session, voted down the appropriation Legislators from both houses said the state already owns too much land 'and should not buy any more. Sen. Brent Overson, 32-3- 7. R-S- i greatly hinder the opportunity to buy the land. This is a fine piece of proper- I think well be sorry later and ty , if we dont buy it now. Blit the ammendment passed and lawmakers then voted down the bill. Both streams that run through the property are on the unique quality inventory list for their1 aesthetic values and natural fish ' propogation capabilities. All of the Middle Fork is cur- rently closed to public access, and 83 percent of Geertsen Creek is privately held. William Geer, acting director for the Division, said before the legislature met this kind of opportunity doesnt come often. The Wolf Creek property is being offered to us to preserve the area for wildlife, Geer said. If its not purchased during the upcoming special legislative session with available surplus funds, use of the land will be lost to the public, possibly forever. ; Geer' added that the landowner will likely sell the property to private developers if his agency cannot reach an agreement for tl)e. - ; sale. - ; Laub said, he doubted the Legislature would pass a bill to purchase the land in its Jantfafy session, and added the price would go up by then. We negotiated the price way down to much less than what we would have sold it for to a private buyer. The price has got to go up, he said. Continued on page 2B. |