OCR Text |
Show Bingham Defeats Park City Saturday For State Title Bingham high school "Mighty Miners" were crowned state "B" champions Saturday at U. of U. stadium by virtue of their 14-6 victory over Park City. Bingham received the kick off but after two plays Bingham fumbled and Park City recovered recover-ed on Bingham's 30-yard line and before the fans had even settled themselves in the stands, after six plays scored when Joe Nichols, Nich-ols, Park City back, went over standing up. Bingham had a hard time playing over the ice sheet that covered the stadium and breaks and bad punting helped Park City keep the Miners deep in their own territory. But midway mid-way in the second quarter Bailey Santlstevan Jr. got off a beautiful beau-tiful kick while standing on the 50-yard line that rolled out of bounds on the Park City 3-yard line. This was the turning point of the game. Park City was rushed rush-ed and kicked out to the 33-yard line and were given a 15-yard penalty for holding. This put the ball on Park City's 18-yard line. On the next rjlav. behind homi- tiful blocking, Billy Boren sprint-ed sprint-ed around his left end and scored. scor-ed. Jack Knudsen was inserted i and he kicked the extra point, ' putting the Miners in the lead j 7-6. From here on out the Miners came to their own. The half ended end-ed with a 7-6 score- In the third quarter Bingham was twice denied de-nied in their goalward thrusts. But Park City was rushed by a hard charging line which partially par-tially blocked two punts and forced for-ced the Park City kicker to continually con-tinually get off poor kicks. In the fourth quarter Bingham, after af-ter playing in Park City territory, terri-tory, took the ball on the 29-yard line. Billy Boren picked up a first down on the 17. He then picked up 8 more yards. Bud Jones made it a first down on the 7-yard 7-yard line and two plays lateu Boren scored on an off tackle play. Knudsen was inserted and the extra point was allowed when Park City was off side. The score was now 14-6. The game ended with Santistevan intercepting a pass on Park City's 30-yard line and Bingham holding hold-ing the ball until the final whistle. It was a great game for the Bingham Miners and their coach, who saw his team win his third state class B championship. The team was well coached and they won their title the hard way. All through - the season they have stuck to a ground game and their great defensive play and hard, consistent blocking on offense has featured their efforts. Hundreds of Bingham fans were in the stands and flocked out onto the field and congratulated congratu-lated the team and their coach. It was a moment of pride for every ev-ery Bingham follower who saw their team rise to great heights and come from behind to win. r |