Show orts A8 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete Wednesday September Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n 2004 1 Templar defense tops season opener By Bob Season opener jor Hawks cross country By Bill Bedford Bahlmann Sports editor BEAVER — The defending slate champion Manti Templars opened the 2(XW football season against Heaver High Schx)l last Friday The Templars showed some first game jitters at times but came through with enough championship-style play to earn a deciwin over the Beavers sive Before the game Coach Cole Meachum said the key to beating the Beavers was tough defense against their option The Templar defense answered the call holding Beaver to 85 yards rushing on 35 carries Beaver's opening possession was the only sustained drive they could manage in the first half while Manti racked up 143 yards rushing and 128 yaids in the air to lead the game at the half Mann’s fn st seme came near the end of the first quarter Two 'lay lor Salanoa passes the first to a wide open Richard Newton for a 40 yard gam and then to Devin rischknechl on a 14 yarder set up the fust score Kyle Hatch got the handoff at the five and squirmed into the end one lot a 6 0 Manti lead On their next possession the Templars moved 48 yards on three plays to reach pay dirt latch carried for nine yards Jaee Mcxire picked up another 16 and then Salanoa broke through the middle of the Beaver defense for a touchdown run Frischknecht went high to bring down the pass for a conversion and Manti moved ahead Manti misflied with an intcr-ception but the defense held The Templars got back on track to score passing touchdowns before the end of the second half The fits! came alter Frischknecht snagged a perfectly thrown pass and then Salanoa connected with Newton for a touchdown Salanoa carried the ball for FORK— High school AMERICAN racing started Saturday Aug 28 with the annual Grass Relays hosted by American Fork High School The North Sanpete Hawk team’s highlight of the day proved to be an overall win in the Junior Varsity Boys’ race by Bryce Carr Carr had a strong finish and won over rivals from various 3A 4A and 5 A programs to take the win in 1:25 Senior teammate Eric Hey wood placed 41st in 12:26 In the girls’ race junior Rebecca Boekweg paced the Lady Hawk runners with a 33rd place finish in 15:16 Sylvia Bedford placed 43 in the field of 169 runners Lady Hawks tennis wins first two MT PLEASANT— The North Sanpete High School girls’ tennis season got underway last Wednesday and Thursday with two wins against Richfield and Manti In the varsity ranks this year for the Lady Hawks are Sami Sego at first singles Diane Slack at second singles Carlee Earl at third singles Heather and Toni Garlick at first doubles and Andrea and Maria Peel at second doubles Jen Nielson will also com- Earl for the third singles spot In first singles against Richfield Sami Sego lost but Diane Slack won her debut singles match Earl continued her winning ways from last year finishing Carlee pete against In secIn doubles Heather and Toni Garlick won Maria and Andrea Peel won In first singles against Manti Sego beat Sharidan Bird Earl moved up to second singles and beat Manti senior Karen Johnson Jen Nielson received her first varsity experience of the season by beating Terrell Chandler The Garlick doubles duo beat Amy Peterson and Amber Allred And finally the Peel team faced off against Jillann and Rachael in second doubles and won ond doubles PHOTO COURTESY Kyle Hatch repels a defender on his way to producing on their way to a less than perfect victory the conversion The second passing touchdown came on an yarder to Frischknecht the Templars Leading seemed to lose a little focus in the second half Ten f penalties added to six in the first 10 yards half cost the Templars and a touchdown Hatch took the second half kickoff all the way to the Beaver end one but the return was called back on an illegal block The officials seemed unsure of w ho the penalty was on first saying it was on Hatch who couldn't have been blocking for himself and then assessing it to a player that had been on the sidelines during the run MESSENGER BOB BAHLMANN 75 yards Manti turned the ball over on the next play and Beaver took advantage of the turnover for their only score of the game Quarterback Moigan Bradshaw connected on passes to Brennen Orton and Weston Bradshaw to set up a touchdown run by Ben Roberts to make the score The Templars rebounded on their next possession with a drive that took up most of the third quarter' Salanoa opened the drive with a run and then capped it off with a keeper up the middle for the nal score of the game The leading rusher for Manti was Hatch who had 74 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown Moore carried four times for 37 times yards and Salanoa rail of PHOTO rushing fo the Templars for 34 yards and two touchdowns Justin Wayman ran tw ice for five yards and Dexter Rowley carried once for 13 yards Salanoa was 8 of 14 passing for 141 yards Frischknecht was his favorite receiver with six ceptions for 95 yards and a touchdown Newton caught two passes for 60 yards and a touchdown After the game Coach Meachum said the team "definitely has some things to work on” The Templars will have two weeks to get their timing down and iron out the rough spots before taking on Grand in the 2004 homeopeneron Sept 10 Last year Manti beat Grand and the Red Devils will be looking to avenge that loss and the Templars will have to show iip and play to win Varsity girls soccer team is 5 going into region By Dona Brady The Lady Hawk varsity soccer team has played five games in the last two weeks winning two and losing three That gives the varsity an overall record of while the J V is 2 with one tie Statistics for the girls soccer AAA Division show that Arwen Lott is the No scorer in the state with eight goals so far while Shar Anderson is tied for third place with six goals The varsity team beat Union on Aug 8 Anderson and Lot both scored two goals while Kacie Farley scored the last goal On Aug 20 the varsity played St Joseph beating them for Andersort'ind the first time in three years Lott each scored three goals while Teni Franks Jessica Curtis and Hailey Ricks all scored one Recent games have been disappointments for the varsity soccer players They lost to Spanish Fork on Aug 24 to Canyon View 4 Aug 27 and to Cedar City on Aug 28Skyler Dunn played an excellent defensive game against Cedar City withlO saves helping to keep the score down to only three goals for Cedar City Improved Hawks fall to Timpanogos Gunnison intercepts win from Wolves By Doug Johnson Staff writer MT PLEASANT— After a lackluster showing in their season opener at Dixie the North Sanpete Hawks were a much improved football team hosting the 4A Timpanogos Timberwolvcs last Friday evening Although Timpanogos held on for a win the Hawks showed it was not going to be as long of a season as many had thought after the first week Timpanogos’ running attack was able to the ball consistently against the Hawks picking up 310 yards But when the defense needed a stop North move Sanpete usually stepped up with a big play The North Sanpete defense showed marked improvement over their opening week at Dixie much of it attributable To the return of captain John Anderson at safety according to Head Coach Blake Turner “John is such a leader for us defense” said Turner tells everyone on the on “He field where to go and what to do” Anderson who missed the Dixie game with an ailing knee led the Hawk defense with 15 tackles Turner was also pleased w ith the performance of Zack Barton who like Anderson was not available for the open- ing game at Dixie “Zack really gave a lift to our defen- sive effort" commented Turner Barton had nine tackles including two for loss and had a quarterback sack Sophomore Austin Jor- had his second big game in a row at linebacker 12 tackles and contributing Tyler Anderson added 11 gensen Timpanogos scored on its first possession in each of the first three quarters The first came on a quarterback keeper by Nate Fullmer In the second Nathan Curtis rambled 30 yards on his first carry of the game to put the Timbcrwolves ahead 2:0 (See “Hawks” on A9) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On Tuesday Sept 21 2004 at 7 pm the Fairview City Council will hold a public hearing on a moratorium for signs for six months within the city limits of Fairview and Fairview City’s “outside corridor’’(s) per the Utah State Code The hearing will be held in their Council chambers at Fairview City Hall on 85 S State Street Fairview City Utah 98 By Sean Hales Staff writer GUNNISON — The Gunnison Bulldog football team reversed the fates of a turnover riddled loss against Monticello in the first game of the season with an impressive win over the North Sevier Wolves last Friday In the season opener against the Monticello Buckaroos Gunnison fumbled the ball five times which led to 19 of the Monticello Buckaroos' 38 points In the game against North Sevier Gunnison only fumbled the ball three times and the Bulldog defense only allowed eight points olf those turnovers More significantly Gunnison's delense was able to produce turnovers and stymie nearly all of the Wolves' offensive possessions The Gunnison defense intercepted the ball five times and forced and recovered a fumble Those turnovers resulted in 36 points for the Bulldogs Out of 14 possessions by the Wolves Gunnison forced punts or turnovers on of them “When you force six turnovers you have to tip your hat to your defense” said Gunnison Head Coach Rhett Jackson “Our execution was pretty dam good” iim'ii PHOTO nated the first quarter of play by shutting dow n the Wolves offense and producing two interceptions Ben Dailey punched the ball into the end zone twice for a Gunnison lead after the first quar (See “’Dogs” pint Jf Ml H & J s on A9) “Gwley Slnytt Tetye Alehzn 'll COURTESY SEAN HALES MESSENGER PHOTO 5 Gunnison defensive back Ryan Frandsen picks off a North Sevier pass Gunnison had 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