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Show Darts DeGraw Relives 36-30 Davis Victory... gave the Darts their first victory vic-tory over Bountiful in three years and more importantly set them up in the 1981 4-A state quarterfinals at the University of Utah. "Even on that play it was such an emotional thing," said DeGraw, "1 really can't remember re-member Ben calling the signals at the line of scrimmage, but I just had a feeling about the time to take off. "THE COUNT seemed like a long one regardless," he said. With the snap of the ball, DeGraw took off like he was trying to defend his 100 meter championship. He never broke stride as Home's pass connected on the numbers. Whether it was the unmistakable speed of DeGraw De-Graw or a defensive mistake on the part of the Braves, it didn't matter, the touchdown was decisive. AS PLAYERS, DeGraw says the entire team was confident confi-dent they would win. "We walked through the halls Friday Fri-day and though we wouldn't talk about it much, we just smiled at each other, confident we would win." said DeGraw. And because of that confidence confi-dence DeGraw may have been upset when he came to the sidelines with two minutes left in the game. "THE GUYS on the sidelines side-lines looked like we had lost the game, like there wasn't any hope. 1 yelled a couple of things to get them up again. I knew it wasn't over yet." he said. DeGraw, who carried for over 142 yards on the day, also scored the first touchdown of the night. It happened to be the first play after the opening kickoff and of it, DeGraw says, "It came so early and so easy it didn't seem like it was for real. I was looking for yellow flags on that play," he said. BUT IT wasn't only DeGraw De-Graw that was caught up in the emotionalism of this game, in fact it was an offensive lineman. line-man. Cary Blood, that showed DeGraw just how emotional the game was for the players. "Cary had a holding call pinned pin-ned on him after 1 had picked up some yardage. I was taken back a bit when he began to almost cry about the penalty. "HE WAS saying to himself. "Why now. Why in such an important im-portant game." 1 realized then just how much this game really meant to us. 1 remember walking walk-ing back to the huddle and talking talk-ing to Cary. trying to turn his frustrations into anger. It worked, he played great from then on." said DeGraw. There is little question that the Davis triumph last Friday is going to make the Davis-Bountiful Davis-Bountiful rivalary even more heated in years to come. It has always been intense and Fri- By KEITH DUNCAN KAYSVILLE -- No one. except the players and the coaches, could feel the real electricity and intensity that generated from Davis-Bountiful Davis-Bountiful gridiron clash here last Friday night. OF COURSE there were fans, on either side, that were touched by the emotionalism of the prep war, but no one felt it in the genuine way the players play-ers were touched. The 36-30 Davis win goes into the record books as a simple sim-ple typed line and will never really mean anything to those who never payed for a ticket. BUT TO those who did attend, especially the players, that simple typed line will bring back memories that will live on for lifetimes. Spencer DeGraw, a hero in the victory, called the whole experience "really weird, so emotional." "I'VE NEVER been in a game that was so emotional and so intense," said Spence. "My feelings about the game got a chance to settle a few days later. "Looking back on it is weird. During the game I was on such an emotional high. I didn't notice the fans or anything any-thing that didn't directly have something to do with the game. It was almost like we were in a box," said DeGraw. IT WAS this speedy and oft times explosive prepster that caught a Ben Home pass in full stride and raced down the Davis sidelines untouched for the final and few points that day's battle was a classic in a long list. I "I HAVE a good friend. Darrel Welling who plays for Bountiful. But he's about the I only friend I have from there." said DeGraw half jokingly. j When DeGraw was a sophomore sopho-more he remembers the Dart's victory over Bountiful on the sophomore level. "They hadn't forgotten that, because up until this year it was their only loss as a group." said DeGraw. De-Graw. THE DAVIS studentbody president also preferred to call the 36-30 triumph a more meaningful victory than the two victories Bountiful had taken in the past two years. "This was a league game where a region championship was on the line. The past two years have been practice games and 1 don't think they had quite as much meaning," he said. DEGRAW WILL now have two weeks to prepare for the winner of the Alta-Sky View contest which will take place on Nov. 7 at the University of Utah. And he could probably use the rest too. During third quarter quar-ter action last Friday he was hit hard on the leg and last Saturday Satur-day had to use crutches to get . around. However, Sunday he reported the leg was feeling much better. DEGRAW ended his comments com-ments w ith the assurative comment. com-ment. "I guess I finally proved to those who thought I couldn't catch a football that I can. He said it with a bit of humor mixed in. |