| Show w t SPOT SPOTLIGHT by LIGHT D DON N ROBiNSON T T The on on again off again Moab Red Devils had their first firt taste of region competition Friday against East Fast Carbon Car Car- Carbon bon anti and found it a little salty East Carbon was big but the Devils have met bigger this year East East I Carbon was also fast and therein lies the story The Vikings ran the Moab ends e like t no one else has been able to do It was a good ball game for the first two quarters Moab leading at one time timeA A 7 to 6 6 The roof fell in right after the start of the second half East Carbons Carbon's biggest threat was the same nemesis that ruined Moab last year Coggins Goggins is the name and you'll hear it alot a alot alot lot when the league play geta gets fully under way lie He scored three times for keeps Friday Friday Fri Fri- Don Robinson day and twice for The latter two should have Wi worn m him out but they Coggins swept left end for 78 yards yard to score only to have the play nullified by an illegal motion penalty When the ball was put back in play he swept the opposite end for 83 yards and the TD This time a a. clipping penalty cut the run in half and cancelled the six points Roger the Devil was out for the game with an injury and is likely to miss the Fruita game Friday also Moab escaped any other injury hunting has b been n extremely spotty Most of the reports say No birds and no tracks However the birds may may be moving again now that the country is drying out a II bit Hunter success has been reported in areas where earlier nothing was doing Just where I cannot say say and and live e eThe The duck season coming up shows little promise locally Civilization has encroached upon the feed and the waters in Moab Valley There are some birds on the river and there will be more when winter moves into the northern north north- ern marshes Its It's going to tobe be a three-shot three year if that good Hunters may get to unload at nt one flight but they will be bevery very IVery lucky or very patient to See aee any more than that Time was in this Hiis valley when the blackened corn fields during feeding time and the marshes west of Moab had flights moving all day The corn com fields are sprouting houses and the sloughs industrial development and a II fringe of residences residences now The Moab golf course never looked better The Usable fairways thanks to generous use of commercial f fertilizer are filling filling in beautifully The newly seeded holes are all sprouting grass Three more weeks of growing would mean may play on the new areas early arly next season Thanks to the generosity of a II member some work I that had been put aside until bigger things could be done is now underway An extra man has been hired to handle the watering wile while pro-manager pro Jerry Clauser and crew attend to some refinements on the playable course The new road has been roughed in including a creek crossing The project V contributed by Isbell Construction Company will be one of the biggest improvements to date |
