Show A10 Sanpete Bulldogs tally to 20 Jackson said ironically that in the end the Bulldogs' unbeatable running game could have from A9 Continued touchdown pass Manti quarterback Taylor &aIanoa to receiver Devin Frischknccht Gunnison spit up the ball on their next possession and Manti didn't wait long to take advantage of the miscue On the first play Salanoa sprinted 25 yards lor another Manti score Manti scored again on their and a missed next possession extra point brought the Templar a Mrom been their downfall "When you run the ball 58 times you're doing something right" he said but added "T he more snaps you take the bigger the opportunity for a turnover " Gunnison's only score 4 04 in the fourth quarter Gunnison poulticed a lot of through the air which set at came when yards up a Lady Hawks tennis perfect in region prepare to defend title touchdown run by Guy Mellor "I was pleased with the way the kids played" said Jackson about the game “I think we showed that when we play well we’re right there with everybody" Gunnison will MT PLEASANT— The North Sanpete Lady Hawk tennis players finished the season with a perfect region record f against Juab this Friday for the Bulldogs' homecoming game Juab lost to Juan Diego last week which pruned the ranks of the 2A undefeated teams to Manti and Juan Diego from A9) yards and scored five touchdowns Church scored on runs of 63 6 2 17 and 23 yards before sitting out the second half A pan of seniors quarter bac k Kyle Poulson and receiver John Anderson teamed up for the other two Hawk scores in the first half Poulson threw to Anderson for touchdowns of 28 and 7 yards Sophomore Matt Jacobson scored from two yards out in the third quarter and junior Tyler Walker went in from 28 yards in the fourth to finish North Sanpete's scoring on the night Jacobson ran for 63 yards on 10 carries and Walker ticked up 64 yards on five runs as they filled in for Church in the second half Sandwiched between the Jacobson and Walkertouchdowns however Layton Chiistiun drove for a score early in the final quarter Engle quartet back B J Porter look it in from the one for the tally Porter only a sophomoie had an impiessive game completing 13 of 28 passes for 180 yaids Porter’s speed and quick delivery prevented the Hawk defense ftom recording a sack for the first time this season Emery and beat the Spartans Then the next day the Lehi Pioneers came to town and suffered their second defeat to North Sanpete and tied for third place Sanpete is in Region 8 and Uintah is and tied for fourth in Region 10 Church now has 839 yards rushing on the season with nine touchdowns on the ground and First singles Sami Sego had a rough time in Emery but came back in the end to win two through the air Poulson has thrown for 558 yards and six touchdowns Anderson leads the lawk receivers with 395 yards and seven touchdowns Snow keeps ranking by U f r I preparing to defend the region crown they have worn for the last nine years On Wednesday Sept 29 the Lady Hawks traveled to This Friday North Sanpete plays the finale of a home stand when they host the Uintah Utcs Both schools have overall records of while North another CT-- after two wins against Emery and Lehi last week and are now Hawks (Continued Wednesday October 6 2004 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n She also won Lehi Diane North Sanpete’s second singles player dominated Emand then couldn’t ery quite make it over the hump Lehi against losing Third singles Carlee Earl conagainst Slack tinued her excellent play with two wins over Emery and ) over Lehi “Carlee has the footwork PHOTO COURTESY JEFF ERICKSON Carlee Earl (center) gets hugs and congratulations from Kayla Prestwich Whitney Ericksen and Maria and Andrea Peel after one of her many wins and motivation to win every match That is what sets her apart from her opponents” commented Lady Hawk’s head coach Jeff Ericksen Heather and Toni Garlick only gave up four games in their wins over Emery and Lehi Andrea and Maria Peel had to played well to beat (4) Emery 3 and Lehi The Hawks’ record is now in reand 2 overall and gion play The Lady Hawk netters now await the region which will be held tournament at Snow College on October 8 at 9 am beating Eastern Arizona By Brad Barton Sports writer 1 HATCHER AZ— There’s a simple truth in college football if a ranked team comes to your house this game’s the time to ptove you belong This was the case for the Eastern Arizona Gila Monsters Saturday night as they gave the 15th ranked Snow College Badgers all they could handle before finally bowing In the early going though it seemed as if Snow would blow the game wide open when in the first quarter Badgers Landon Beus and Travis Henderson provided touch- downs Joey Mack also contributed as he nailed a field goal to give the Badgers a com lead manding Nevertheless Eastern Arizona began having success with their offense as Eastern Arizona quarter back Lance Patonai attempt was successful started seams tailback at to find receivers in the 's defense Despite the Gila Monsters’ sudden ability to move the ball of Snow Badgers Gila Monsters Marcus Oiopeza Snow entered the second half with a lead but that Pleasant MATR Treatment Center 265 N State 7 pm Mt Pleasant 896 N 500 W 7 pm Manti 450 W 600 S (Gymnasium) Tue: pm Mt AND REBUILD - Florida Hurricane DONATEt FUND 1 wwwFLAHurricaneFundorg fund itablishud by Govrnor Jb Buih Thu h1 w ii However Snow was not to be defeated and the Badger’s running game stole the show over the couise of the next 15 minutes Although star tailback Landon Beus who proscore injury duced 86 yards and a was sidelined with an halfway through the period reserve Currcn Christensen was able to pick up the slack After two short touchdown scoots by Snow quarterback Janies Pritchard the defense took care of the rest as Snow emerged unscathed from John Mickelson Field Still much credit must be given to the Eastern Arizona offense as they amassed 446 yards of offense on the vaunted Snow defense and continually kept the Badgers riddled with their prostyle attack After the game Eastern wideout Left to right: Kelen Steck DJ Ransom Blake Wheeler Justin Crosland Jordan VanOrman Jake Jacobson Matt Lyons Tim Kjar In back: Coaches Bob Jensen and Gerald Wayman Manti golf from (Continued non wiwn 3 ll rwu hisiiiiii ir line deserves “My (offensive) all the credit” With this win the Badgers improved to on the season and will return to Arizona next week to take on the Mesa Thunderbirds Jensen said “It’s paid off” The state tournament will be held at Spanish Oaks golf course Wednesday October 6 and Thursday October 7 “All year long our goal has been to play on the second day of state” said coach Gerald Wayman In order to accomplish that goal the Templars will have to have one of the four best scores opening on day Manti girls exit state quickly saw improvement over season Davian win" Badger running back Landon Beus applauded the performance of the big men A9) ness!” Jensen said that the team is averaging ten or more strokes better than what they were shooting at the beginning of the year “We’ve stressed putting chipping and approach shots” By Bob Bingham said “I just try to be successful and help my team RELIEF TO as Trevor Deed tied it up about Arizona Sanpete 2’- 17 field goal from a Anonymous Meetings in RISE 31 up and down the field the Badgers only sui rendered a 47 yard touchdown strike fiom Patonai to flanket Davian Bingham and Mon: 7 Narcotics quickly dwindled when Patonai threw another scoring toss to Omar Turner from 8 yards out The ensuing conversion Bahlmann Sports writer MANTI — The Manti High School 2004 girls’ tennis team had one doubles team make the tournament but a draw against the eventual state champs guaranteed an early exit In the first round Jill Ann Mackey and Amber Cox were were eliminated by a Juan Di- ego team and watched of the tournament the rest “It’s hard to compete against the private schools” said tennis coach Andy Naylor “They’ve grown up with lessons private and Most of our girls are r players” Mackey and Cox have im- proved dramatically from the first of the year and “made Juan Diego earn it" said Naylor ‘Tin pretty proud of them: think they played really well” Mackey and Cox earned the trip to the state tournament with their fourth place finish in the region tournament First doubles team Karen Johnson and Rachael Howe also played well at region and finished fifth Singles players Amy Peterson Sheridan Bird and Joann Kim all finished sixth place in their divisions the Naylor was pleased with team’s commitment and work ethic “They may not have finished high in region” he “but I think these kids said made great strides There’s been a huge improvement from the first of tha vear” Have you dreamed of a college education but knew that you couldn’t afford to attend? 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