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Show . r-- 4 ' - - -'. ... , - .. i,.. ,.-.,.--. " "" ;; wowr r a ' Ife. " "'ill, ' : : ' ; - - nt X' ' v; i ' ... . ,. ;cr,-- . .: , ' "i tk - " ' ' i ..." 4 5- ) v. y ' i .' : ' - , - j i sOOSEVELT'S CHAD RICHARD, right, avoids .ing tackled by Vernal's Gary Swim, left, iichard gave the Panthers problems throughout the game and the Vernal crew was blanked by Roosevelt, 28 to 0, Thursday. ' f . ! . , 1 f . r . . , ; ' t 'it' 1 r ' " . - - - - V " , , : - '-, ' - df ' '" - V -' v , ,'.. - x ; '' - i "I PANTHERS' Bobby Rasmussen, left, tries 5 push a Roosevelt tackier away during the foal-Roosevelt clash, Thursday. Roosevelt defeated Vernal for its first victory over the Panthers in four years of tackle football. Mac- , I f -m- r 4 -.' " ,N " ': ' ;v -S., t , V ' , j . , ,i;DON SMUIN, right, rushes down the field with the football. Anthers toppled Craig, 28 to 12, Saturday. Rough Kidsrs shock Verncil iferrt hsrs wish 28 tfo 0 vidtarv The Roosevelt Rough Riders were massacred by the Vernal Panthers, 46 to 16 and 42 to 8, last season and the Roosevelt crew gained revenge Thursday on their home turf as they staged an uprising of their own and toppled Vernal, 28 to 0. The victory was the first triumph by Roosevelt over Vernal in four years of tackle football. Roosevelt gained an 8-0 lead midway in the first quarter. Chad Richard, Roosevelt, returned the football 20 yards on a short punt. Matt Freestone advanced the ball to the nine yard line and Richard moved the ball to the two yard line on a quarterback keeper. Richard scored the first touchdown of the game when he darted two yards on a quarterback sneak. The Rough Riders pulled a fake extra point kick and the kicker, Richard, fired a pass to Freestone for a two-point conversion, which gave Roosevelt an 8-0 8-0 lead. Troy Carter of Roosevelt intercepted a Kurt Robb pass and dashed to the eight yard line. Roosevelt i..3ved the ball to the two yard line and Richard carried the pigskin to the one yard line. However, Vernal's defense shut down the Roosevelt offense and took over the football on the one yard line. Vernal's Neldon Smuin advanced the ball to the nine yard line, but a few plays later Robb was pulled down by Kevin Casper, Troy Carter and Donnie Reed for a safety at the 1:01 mark of the second quarter. The score at the end of the first half was: Roosevelt, 10 and Vernal, 0. Vernal received the ball on the kickoff in the second half, but a few minutes later Steven Miller, Roosevelt, intercepted a pass and advanced it to Roosevelt's 44 yard line. Tracy Hall, Roosevelt, darted 56 yards down the right side on a reverse play and scored a touchdown at the 9:20 mark of the third quarter, which gave Roosevelt a 16 to 0 lead. A pass interference call on Vernal's Brad Richens placed Roosevelt on Vernal's 40 yard line early in the fourth quarter. An aerial from Richard to Raymond Sundin placed Roosevelt on the three yard line. Richard blasted up " the middle on a quarterback sneak for a touchdown at the 9:09 mark of the fourth quarter. Roosevelt's Richard pulled a fake punt and fired a pass to Ryan Adams, who marched 42 yards down the field and into the end zone for a touchdown at the 8:25 mark of the fourth quarter, which gave Roosevelt a 28 to 0 advantage. ad-vantage. Vernal had a scoring threat going late in the fourth quarter. Robb darted 15 yards to Roosevelt's 30 yard line and a pass to Neldon Smuin put Vernal on the 14 yard line. Lloyd Merkley advanced ad-vanced the ball to the ten yard line on a quarterback sneak, but the Panthers turned the ball over to Roosevelt when aerials were tipped away by Rough Rider defenders close to the end zone at the last moment. The final score was: Roosevelt, 28 and Vernal, 0. "This is the first time ever that Roosevelt has beaten Vernal. My kids had a lot of confidence and good intensity in-tensity and we did what we had to do to win. We worked hard on defense and we tried to stop the coach's (Leon Smuin) son, Neldon Smuin, the running back spot. Our win was a great team effort. We felt if we could hold Vernal down to one touchdown that we would beat them because we felt we have the long bomb ability. We have the capability of scoring on a long pass. Our quarterback, quar-terback, Richard, can throw the ball a long distance and we have good receivers," stated Roosevelt's coach, Gordon Eldredge. m Vernal has a 3-2 record and Roosevelt has a mark of 3-0. The Rough Riders ' have also defeated West, 40 to 8 and Duchesne, 28 to 8. "Chad Richard is a fine quarterback. He started for us as an eighth grader. He has a rough arm and is a good solid all around football player. He also hits well on defense and is a good team leader. We had good second and third efforts from our tailback, Freestone and our wingback, Hall. They played very good games. Troy Carter, left defensive end, did a fine job and has played well at the defensive corner in all three games," said Eldredge. PETROLEUM LEAGUE Team Standings W L Oaks Construction No. 2 10 2 Oaks Construction No. 1 9 3 Western Petroleum 9 3 Gale Trucking 8 4 Hatch River Grand Canyon 8 4 High Series Al Woehrman 644 Dan Price 628 Terry Hadlock 574 High Games Dan Price 245-215 Al Woehrman 244-211 Richard Hill 299 Terry Hadlock 224 it rr:. ji i ' i - ' .' , ' I x - t 1 - - , . - . " . " ' - r " ' . - ' S ; ' - . ' n ' - . 4 -V - 1 " ' x ' x 1 v " - -' J - y f . ' N " - . ' -' . , ROOSEVELT'S TRACY HALL, 25; Kevin Casper and another footballer stoo a Vernal runnlngback from gaining any yardage. |
