Show Moab Earns Plaudits in Lo Loss ss to Heavy Favorite The Red ned Devils of Grand county high school won the hearts of everyone and ev eve everything but the score Saturday Saturday Satur day in the state Class 11 Ii semifinals se see finals mi-finals against an and highly rated Judge Memorial Me Me- morial high school team Smarting at the published question Will Judge really pour It on little tittle Moab the tho Red ned Devils tan their biggest opponents into the ground until un til ill the breaks went against them and they lost 20 G. Moab the Bulldogs Bulldogs Bull Bull- dogs yards to tp and embarrassed embarrassed em them even more In Inthe Inthe Inthe the opening period with a 67 57 edge in the statistics Moab punted only twice to five times for Judge but the Devils lies De Dc vils gave up one fumble and andone andone andone one intercepted pass more and It cost them the ball game Moab threatened three times time tim es before any scoring was done When it was done the Bulldogs got It capitalizing on a fumble at the Moab 28 yard line tine Moab started out with a drive to the Judge 17 where a penalty and Incomplete pass stopped them Judge had to punt and Moab fumbled on the second pl play y Crandall recovering Moab came right back and sent ent Roger McNeely off tackle tackle ta ta- ta clde 69 yards down the side line McNeely slogging his v ay through the d deep p mud that covered the field was fi finally fie fl nally dragged down on the Judge eleven The Tire score failed fail fall failed ed when Ron non Trimble slipped and fell feU on the three yard lI line A heavy and wet snow made the field a quagmire hampering hamp Bring ering the smaller but faster Red Devils It could cout have ha been the deciding factor as Moab threatened every time they took possession of the ball batt When the Devils struck It was lightning fast Doug Stewart Ste Ste. wart stole a pass from three defenders as Trimble had plenty of time and nd threw well Stewart W was s dragged down on the six she yard liner line On the first play lay the hard running Devil half Terry Leech slammed Into the end zone Leech play ed eft a spectacular game offen lively and defensively Moore had halt no chance to convert a athe as the center went awry and the half halt ended C. 7 7 G. Judge opened the second half with a strong threat bu buIt but It was cancelled by a pass in In on tire the fourth down by Bill Dill Hines at the one Deep In a hole Moab didn't get a good punt and were again In trouble A staunch I Devil line stopped the Bulldogs cold coM for three plays but a fourth anc and ten pass shoveled over the theline theline theline line gave Judge the ball on Moab's 20 Seven plays later tater Judge had the winning margin margin mar mar- gin although it took another fourth down crisis to get over Coach Glen Richeson's defensive tigers The defensive line was tested again and Judge got gol another break with a pass interception in i iI I on the tire Moab 42 Handy Randy Stack took a pass from Mike Murray to set up the score Scribes at the game and many observers said that Stack trapped the ball batt as did the Moab coaching staff but the referee claimed It was caught on the 11 Another first down by Inches was made on the one foot line tine and Ra- Ra verino took It over In two plays from there Moab never gave up The Devils gambled on their own 20 with fourth and one onu and went over Tim Kelly Kelly Kelly Kel Kel- ly for a first down Ed Dyer going a tough seven yards ards on the play Trimble hit Leech Lee h for 18 yards McNeely McNeely McNeely Mc Mc- Neely sprinted for nine and andRick Rick lUck Engstrom threw one to Doug Stewart that no one could catch except Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art who took It on the Judge 22 yard line Time ran out on Moab It cant can't be 00 said that the Red ned Devils went down They soared up and In doing so won even the toughest of converts the blase newsmen covering the game Tackles Rex nex Moore and Doug Tipple spotted their rivals riv rive rivals als and 55 pounds respectively respectively respectively and made them look bad had for most of the game None of the Devil linemen Charlie Phillips Max Thomas Cap Tibbetts Sam Grubbs except except except ex ex- Jim Hart were within 20 pounds In weight of the men they faced yet the they beat them In the battle baute of yardage Only Jim Hart Bart the Moab center center cen cent ter was not outsized and the dl distance tance they made over him was measured In Inches End Doug Stewart caught five passes each one more spec spectacular spectacular than the last It was a tremendous effort effort ef ef- fort lort and one that sent Moab Moah fans lans home proud that they i were Red Devil fans lans I two penalties were called one on each team It appeared that thata a few lew were missed both ways but the game was cleanly played under muddy sloppy and cold conditions i Coach Glen Richeson said I Ive never ne been prouder of ofa a bunch of kids in my life It was our best game of the year ear the breaks just went against us us It also was a great coaching effort for IU- IU cheson and assistant Frank Carbajal who devised a stun stunning stunning ning defense for this game alone and the youngsters ran it like they had had it for fora a lifetime |