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Show i The Magna TimesWest Valley Newskearns, Thursday, September Olympus Blanks Cyprus in regional opener dhports The Uten Gojik . hy tkik- Sbr.urtH ; I cut up there; paid rny money and everything, ft was ; like tomb. No one came; Even the band and marchinr " 1 groups were Forty-si- x thousand seats and it was half empty. - Whit few people did come had very little enthusiasm for die game. Supposed they have a new offensive coordinator. If they do, he is using the other guys playbook. It was mostly run right and run left No imagination, no surprises. High school teams have more pizzaz than the Runnin Utes." I took along some ts and some hotdog money to help fight off the boredom. It was dullsville. When Utah did pass, the ' ball fell on empty ground. Three times the Utah receiver I was so open that almost any- - thing thrown in the air would have resulted in a touchdown. . The Quarterback couldn't find them. He threw the ball so far over their heads that Manute Bol could not have reached them if he was wearing; platform shoes. "He's a Lousy Quarterback" my sons all said. "lie cant be too bad," I said. "His Grandfafiier built the stadium.". 1 v Utah has a way of lulling themselves to sleep, as the game goes along. About the time we were running out of . pistachios, th Utes went into a reverie and let Utah state run a punt back! Thaf s a no-n- o for r any good football team. Utah did show the makings of a ; good Running Attack; three big horses ran from the right and iefs, which gave them good versatility ' , There were no plays, or anything that could be called fancy. Their offense could be Called " three yards and a cloud of dust," except . there Is no dusebn lurf fields; v By S. DEAN LEDBETTER Staff Writer 7 p.m. After shutting out Hunter in die second half to record a ' i short-hande- d. pista-chionu- , mis-directi- on around me were disguises as empty seals. I started watching the few, the proud, the Ute fans with my binoculars. Most of those left were either asleep or eating. Football fans have die digestive apparatus of a billy goat Im sure, if you eat 10 of those hotdogs in anyone season it would kill you. ' If Utah would have been playing their fans instead of Utah State, they would have lost Those fans were vicious, there a terrorist group in the west chair seats disguised as the booster club. r P 3, 2001 5 Sports Serendipity ; j 1 Olympus blanked Cyprus 27-in die high school football REgion 5 conferences opener for 0 3-- mentally unready to compete with the Titans. "Only one team (Olympus) showed up ready to play," said Cyprus coach Sonny Sudbury. "I dont want to take anything away from them. Olympus is a good team. They make their own breaks." 2-- -- 2-- Junior Pirates down Grizzlies By S. DEAN LEDBETTER Staff Writer er 1 Harrison. Cyprus Junior head coach John Sudbury especially recognized Derek Dilley, Tony Gleaves and Wil Gamer for leading the team with fine performances. ' The next challenge for r Cyprus Junior is Hillcrest in . Hunter Park at noon on Sept.. c'' broke open the scoreless deadlock a few plays later when Derek Dilley forged ahead 2 yards into the end zone. Anthony Gleave added the run for a 0 Cyprus point-aftlead. A pass intercepted by Sioni Matagi on the Copper Hills 37 set stage for a second Cyprus TD soon thereafter. Derek Dilley broke several tackles as touchhe rumbled on a run down run. The extra-poiGleave increased by Anthony the Cyprus lead to 14-The score remained 1 4-- 0 the . 23-ya- rd nt 0. 32-ya- rd 27-- 7-- In 2 of 3 football contests the Titans, the Pirates were victorious. Senior captain Jason Meyer was the defensive player of the varsity game. The Cyprus nose guard seemed to be everywhere against Olympus, making 15 total tackles, including 1 1 solo tackles and 4 assisted tackles. Meyer recorded 2 quarterback sacks and had 5 consecutive tackles at one juncture. Jason Murdock had pass receptions 34 yards. Chris Hemsley 2 reception 29 yards and Tory Tima 5 catches 24 13-1- 2. w ith 0. Upon reflection after the week ended, there were some silver lining edging the clouds of dtspair. The following are examples of fine performance against Olympus that the Cyprus football program can take heart from, with an eye to future battles. The Cyprus Sophomore team beat Olympus 1.3-- 7 and the Cyprus Jayvees edged Olympus 48-ya- rd 1 tm i k Editor Goalie Nick Vorberg has accomplished twice something that is a rarity for indoor soccer a shutout , the Saturday, at the Utah Freezz indoor soccer team shut out the the St. Louis Steamers 0 for the teams second shut out in two years and in indoor only the fourth shut-osoccer history. Lat season, in a game against the Monterrey La Raza, the Freezz, with Vorberg attending the net, won its first shutout. "It was pretty special." .Vorberg said. "I really didn't have to do a lot. It was such a team effort that it was amazing." What Vorberg did do was save the ball from going into the net 7 times during the game. In the second quarter, with the Freezz up by two points. The Steamers launched its attack, shooting three consecutive times only to have Vorberg foil each attemp 1 over in shutout Freezz-e- d Bv DEBBI OLSON yards. Cyprus QB Kyle Huntsman completed 10 of 24 passes and 3 interceptions. Pirate backup QB Joey Perea completed 4 of 6 passes for 33 yards and utes of the third quarter to secure the Freezz lead and totally shut down the Steamers. , The Steamers tried to pick up the' pace in the waning three minutes of the game by using a n attack, but could not get past the Freezz defense that controlled the ball most of the . wA sWr -- t T.' y 3-- ut six-ma- .. game. "We knew if we controlled the ball we would win," said Coach Jeff Betts. "The team defense was awesome." Betts said the team placed with more maturity and patience than it had in its first three games of the season. "We realized we needed to pace the game and control the ball." Betts said. "We played a fast game and they were tired, but we're tired too." With Betts on the side line coaching instead of playing due to an injury sustained in Friday's 5 win over the Sacramento Knights, he was able to control the pace of the game to keep the ' Steamers1 'off balance. Nick Vorberg with dramatic saves. "I was worried about getting the balls in my hands," Vorberg said. "They could have come back real easy but we kept our heads about us and worked as a team." Working offensively for the Freezz. Brock Varoz scored the first goal, unassisted, w ithin the first five minutes of the game. Virtually unchallenged. Justin Labrum scored the team's second goal off the back of the Steamer's goalie's back and into the net. Scott Jones scored his first goal 1 6-- of the seasop irj,die opening nnn- ' ' ' f 15. Football Scores 7-- er 14-- 0 runner Wunderli plunged to payTD rush. dirt on a The third period was scoreless for both teams, but Olympus added an insurance touchdown at the 8:34 mark in the fourth period. Titan defender Rice intercepted a pass on the Pirates 25, returning the turnover for a sudden score. The Eschenfelder PAT kick increased the final margin to And breaks Olympus did make, to the tune of 4 pass intercepted and 3 fumble recoveries. The Titans convened 3 Pirate turnovers into points. The first Olympus score came with 9:38 remaining in the first quarter. On an option play, Titan quarterback Thomas faked a handoff and instead blazed up the middle on TD run. 0 led after Olympus Eschenfelder kicked the extra point. Near the beginning of the second quarter, the Titans quarterback did an instant replay of earlier successful option play, this time for a TD run. The point-afte- r was added by Eschenfelder for a 4-- 0 lead. With only 2:08 left before halftime, Olympus went up 20-- 0 as Steamers remainder of the game as both teams hunkered down. Cyprus defense collected 2 turnovers in the second half to shut down Copper Hills offense. Beau Byington snared a Grizzlies pass on the Copper Hills 23 late in the third quarter, but the scoring opportunity was foiled. A jarring tackle by Poto Finau caused a Grizzlies fumble, which Finau quickly smothered. The turnover halted a potential Grizzlies scoring drive on the Cyprus 8. "Our defense was outstanding," praised Cyprus assistant coach B. J. Cyprus Junior Pirates downed the Copper Hills Grizzlies 1 4--0 on Sept. 8 at Hunter Park in West Valley City. Cyprus converted 2 of 4 Copper Hills turnovers into points to seize a 2-- 0 record in the young 2001 Ute Conference season. Leading the way for the age 14-1- 5 Junior Pirates were runners Derek Dilley and Anthony Gleave, and defenders Wil Gamer, Beau Byington, Sioni Matagi and Poto Finau. Gamer blocked well on offense and tackled strongly on defense all game long. Beau Byington recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass, Sioni Matagi intercepted a pass and first-quart- 0 4-- -0 Poto had 9 fumble recovery. Beau Byington recovered a Copper Hills fum-xlthe 0rizzl ies 29, to set up the initial touchdown. Cyprus 8-- great 24-2- 0 comeback victory on August 3 1 , Cyprus entered the conference opener as a chief challenger to Olympus. The Titans upset Logan 33-- 0 on August 31, which was ranked No. 1 statewide in A prep ranks. What a difference a week made for the Cyprus Pirates, who unfortunately played as a team both varsity squads on September 7 in Salt Lake City. The gridiron decision placed the Olympus Titans in a four-wa- y tie for the early lead in 4--A Region 5 standings. Olympus shares a conference record with Bountiful, Highland and Woods Cross. Olympus is 1 overall, followed by 1 bountiful, 1 2 Highland and 1 2 Woods Cross. Cyprus, 0-- 1 in conference action and 2 overall, next faces Bountifu) in the 2001 Homecoming game in MAgna on September 14. The tilt begins at -- 1 Jordan Bingham 19 , Box Elder 28 Brighton 38 Hunter 29 Olympus 27 Park City 47 Skyview 30 Taylorsville 20 Tooele 48 7 Granger 21 Copper Hills 6 Century, ID 27 Cyprus 0 Grar.tsville 8 Kearns 7 Bonneville 8 Judge 27 rr Golden Living J!r writ. flew or Used? Charge offs? Repossession? National Assisted Mving Week Late Payments? Tax Lien? First Time Buyer? EZELIC3ES Jit dlldjLL : Our new automated Credit Check ' makes it easy. for you to know what ear and what payment Is RIGHT FOR YOU? m. 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