Show Devils Drop Close Finals Game North Summitt's cinderella la la team launched three long I bombs tombs in the second halt half to rip Moab's defense and push Moab hopes for a first state championship Into the wet turf of the University of Utah stadium 39 The Braves' Braves Craig Boyer ran fo fe touchdowns to lead the scoring parade and help set a scoring record for Utah title football The game played In rain and snow was all nil offense as Moab gained over yards and the Braves slightly less Moab's Mike Bynum alone had yards rushing amiRon andRon and ami andRon Ron Trimble 75 yards Moab trailed through the thO ball game except for tie tic scores at 0 00 and 20 2020 The North Summitt team got and made the breaks of the game and the Braves never missed capitalizing on them On the opening kickoff North Summitt recovered Curfman's fumble on the 36 yard line In nine plays Craig Boyer pushed it across from the one yard line Une and converted converted con con- to make It 70 7 Moab tied it up with 2 40 left In the first quarter and did Jt It In spectacular fashion Bynum broke loose over right tackle and sprinted 58 yards to score tHIs was good l Still more scoring was due If the first quarter With q quarterback Farrell Wright eating up 45 yards on three runs I runs ns the Braves moved 60 yards to score again Boyer took the six points on another on one yard plunge and Wright added the point for a 7 14 score The Red Devils stormed back from their own 32 yard line Ron Trimble broke loose to the Brave 45 Bynum ran to the 34 for a first down After a loss and an incomplete incomplete pass Trimble broke Into into In Ino in- in to the clear on the 20 to take Bynums Bynum's pass and go all the way Big pound Buck Butler blocked Bynums Bynum's conversion conversion con con- version try Moab had a chance to take the lead before the half when Art Hopkins recovered a fumble fumble fum fum- ble ile on the Brave 32 The Devils Do- Do vils moved to the four yard line ine of North Summitt but a fourth down field goal tr try was no good North Summitt punted from the 20 yard line after no gain and the ball got jot away from Reed Draper Wright went for 22 yards on the first play and Boyer hurdled hurdled hurdled hur hur- tacklers for another 20 yards and the score The kick I was wide and the scoring action ac- ac Jon tion stopped with one minute I left eft North Summitt led at atthe atthe atthe the half 20 2043 Moab appeared ready to move in the opening minutes of the second halt hall Duane Bronson broke through to dump Wright for a 12 yard loss oss and the Braves had to punt to the Moab 32 Ron Trimble ran to the Moab 41 then picked up a first down on a fourth down gamble on the Devil 44 On the next play Bynum got a great block from rom John Wright and rambled rambled rambled ram ram- bled to the Brave 28 Shifting Shifting Shift Shift- ing to half Bynum took u a pitch out from Trimble and romped in for the score That made it 20 2019 The conversion converson conver conversion conver- conver sion son was good though the Devils Devils Devils De De- De- De vils were set back to the seven seven se se- se- se ven von for delaying the game With the score tied the Braves launched their bombs Farrell Wright faded deep from his own 30 on the first play after the kickoff His Ills I long pass was on the ma mark k to Carl Carll McQueen on the Moab 40 and the Brave end got good blocking to go the route The conversion put Moab behind behind behind be be- hind 2720 27 Neither team was able to move the ba ball bail l in their next possession Moab fumbled tumbled on their own 25 but the Devils threw North Summitt 30 yards In losses After Moab punted out of danger North Summitt pushed to the Moab 41 on the running of Wright and fullback Richens From there Wright ran to the sidelines sidelines side side- lines evading one tackler tackier and raced untouched into the end zone to give the Braves a 33 20 lead Moab roared right back to scores score Bynum sprinted 38 yards ards to the North Summitt I 24 yard line to set up a score Ron Trimble slanted off tackle tackle tackle ta ta- ta- ta and ancl was stopped a half halfyard halfyard halfyard yard short of the goal line On the next play he rammed it across but the conversion attempt was no good Moab got two big breaks In succession In the final ter They recovered an onside on on- side clde kick but lost the ball on ona ona ona a fourth down play In their own territory after two successive successive suc sue losses North Summitt Summitt Sum Sum- mitt drove for what appeared appear appear- ed to be a score but they fumbled rumbled in the end zone and ami the Devils recovered Bynum and Bill Curfman drove the tho ball Into Brave territory with only 29 seconds left In the game and a chance for a tie But Boyer Intercepted on the tha Brave 21 and it was wa's all allover over Boyer after two plays add add- added added added ed some Icing to the North Summitt cake when he broke broka loose from a gambling Moab defense and ran 75 yards for fora a final touchdown Bynum blocked the kick but It was all over for the Red Devils North Summitt a second place team and tied In the tha playoffs had won their first state title In the Inthe the history of the school 11 |