Show I Fast Start W WhirLwind he wind e Finish I Puts I I West Over Omer Twin Fans Fak by 1813 I II I By Jack Schroeder It might have seemed a little i sacrilegious to do It or on the East I high field fJeld but West highs high's football team reversed a 1947 defeat at atthe atthe atthe the hands of Twin Falls to take a thrilling 1813 18 victory Thursday night for the Panthers Panthers' second consecutive consecutive con con- win of the young season But the boys from the west had to apply a whirlwind finish to sew up the game after it became apparent that the v visiting Idaho eleven was no soft touch And a a. a couple reverses did the trick I in n the waning minutes of the fourth period DeMar Stout who played a asen sensational sen sen- game for West Vest took the theall ball all on a simple reverse and scampered scampered scampered scam scam- 38 yards around his left before before be- be fore ore being pushed out on the three three- yard ard line by little Wayne Vayne Bucken- Bucken dorf orf From there George Yates plunged lunged over for the touchdown to o put the game safely away West Vest First Half West Vest had the game all to itself in n the first half alf piling up an early carly 2 0 lead and was stopped one one- quarter inch from the goal line lineas lines as s the gun sounded ending the half alf All the Idaho aggregation seemed to be able to do was to stop top the sustained Panther drives on n severn several 1 occasions Jack Cross who at pounds was as one of the finest prep performers perform- perform ers rs ever to play in this state kept the ie visitors in the game in the first half Cross playing at fullback full full- back ack got the first nine tackles for or Twin Falls He got off a 56 yard ard punt that set the Panthers back on their heels and on one i occasion kicked out on the five- five i yard line But Cross wasn't sufficient to stop top the West Vest eleven cleven Yates and Stout hit holes in the line consistently consistently consist consist- and the Panthers got good blocking in the first half halo Yates and Stout piled up tremendous yardage during the first two pe pe- pe- pe Sensational Catch CatchIn In the first quarter Yates c carried carriedo to o the Twin Falls 15 where the Panther attack was temporarily stopped topped But Yates threw West's Vests only pass of the night to Don Brady right end who made a sensational sen sen- catch to snag the wobbly pigskin for the first touchdown In the second quarter Bruce Miller filler recovered a Twin Falls fumble umble on the visitors' visitors yard 26 line ine and another West Vest march be be- gan Here again the attack was almost stopped but West Vest finally hit lit pay dirt when Yates powered through his own right tackle for forthe forthe forthe the tt touchdown After Cross ran the kickoff back backo to o his own 42 42 little Wayne Buckendorf Buckendorf Buckendorf Buck- Buck endorf took over and gave the fans ians one of the most sensational sensational sensational sensa sensa- running performances ever seen on a high school field The Th series seris ended up with George Nally scoring the touchdown on an end- end around play but Buckendorf set setup setup up p the counter Recovers Punt Aruid Cragg recovered a blocked West punt on the Panthers' Panthers 38 and immediately Buckendorf took over in the third quarter to engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer another touchdown The little carried the ball over o ona on ona a right through the center center center cen cen- ter of the line and scored un un- touched But West Vest began to roll 1011 in the final quarter with a couple reverses reverses re re- re verses responsible for the final touchdown Yates carried the ball over o on a quick play through right ight tackle A host of West Vest backs were re responsible responsible responsible re- re for the victory Stout and Yates were outstanding Jim Fisher Tosh Miya Bill Wyllie and Demetrios Kyremes all were in instrumental instrumental in in- In the outcome The Panthers impressed the fans Thursday night with the superIority superiority superiority of their backfield although the play in the line was spotty on occasions During the second half West's Vests blocking was shabby but finally got going in the last stanza |