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Show Men!) Griddsrs Set Their Sights For Union After Less fo Centra! by Danny Price The Moab Red Devils (2-2) will be looking for f:.hflr first home victory of the season Friday night, but the win won't come (.Wry as the eighth-ranked eleven in the state take on the Union Cougars (4-1), (4-1), ranked fourth in the latest Class "13" poll. Came time is slated for 8 p.m. Moab, who dropped their home opener 30-6 last week to Grand Junction Central, a Triple A eleven from Colorado, are hoping to trim the Congers, a team that won four ptiuight g:imes this season sea-son before falling to Uinta last Wednesday, 18-14. The Cougars, who slip-po slip-po dfrom number 1 in the standings to fourth position posi-tion due to last week's loss: have a devastating attack' and are known for scoring1 at will as they did against East Carbon a few weekti ago. Union won that game 68-0. M'oaJb gild coach, Glen. Richeson, will face another: big problem Friday night, as seVor quarterback Jini Cowan, who was injured in the second half of the, Grand Junction game, isi expected to be out of action ac-tion for at least two week;i according to Richeson due to a shoulder injury. Richeson will call on Jim's younger brother, Jeff, only a sophomore to" handle the signal calling chores against the mighty Cougars. Jeff has seen action ac-tion in all four games this season and has connected for two touchdown aerials. The Red Devils, with the1 exception of Jeff Cowan, will start its usual back-field back-field against Union withi halfbacks Rodger Maynard Moab's leading scorer, and John Fossey along with hari running fullback Richard Green paving the, way. Junior Randy . Brooms and senior Grant Gordon will open up. at the end spots for the Red Devils',, while Richeson will .probably .prob-ably go with senior1 Dwiglht Johnson and Dar-rel Dar-rel Benson at- tackles. At the guards will be Dan Carter and Earl Snow with McOviatt complet- ing the starting lineup at center. Also slated for plenty of action are center Mel Walker, reserve team q ia'terback Jeff Jacobson and sophomore end Bob Knight, who made the Red Devils only touchdown a-gainst a-gainst Central-as he hauled haul-ed in a 41-yard pass from Jim Cowan. In last, week's' loss to Grand Junction it turned out to be . the Warriors . night from the ' start as the visitors scored two quick touchdowns within flhree minutes. after the opening gun. Central's Stan Muhr, who rambled through the Red Devil-, lane with ease all evening broke through the line 1 on a . off-tackle play, headed for the right sidelines ' . and scampered 68 yards for the first score on the third play of the -contest. . - Chris . Bruster booted . the PAT and the Warriors, led. 7-0. A fumble ' cost the Red Devils the ball-a few plays later and 'Steve Heald, col- ' lecting his , ninth touch- . down of the year, plunging plung-ing the final two yards and the Warriors second store- of the quarter. Grand Junction place kick er, Howard Mizushima, booted the PAT and the Warriors led 14-0. The Red Devils, their heads spinning from Central's Cen-tral's two quick scores, settled down the rest of the half as the Warriors were unable to put together toge-ther another scoring threat. With 53 seconds remaining remain-ing in the opening halt the Devil quarterback Jim Cowan hit sophomore end Bob Knight for a 41-yard touchdown pass. Cowan, wiho rolled to his right to avoid Warrior defenders, was chased back to mid-field mid-field before he unleashed the pass as 'the aerial came close to sailing 50 yards in the air. Moab tried to pick up the point after attempt, on a running play but the ,t.ry was in Vain as the .Warriors line stiffened. ,Theh'alf ended with the .Warriors in command 14-.6. 14-.6. Grand Junction held the .Red Devils scoreless in the .second half while mounting mount-ing an even bigger lead as jihey tallied 10 points in (the third period and six in jthe fourth quarter as the (Warriors came close to (totaling more markers in jtihe contest than has been yscored against .the Red j'Devils in the three previous pre-vious .games this season. Howard Mizushima started start-ed the second half scoring (with a 23-yard field . goal and halfback W'ally Lynch followed by hauling in a 36-yard pass from Chris (Bruster. Bruster collected (his second TD in the fourth period hitting Ken (Hendrickson on a 30-yard piay. |