Show Vernal finishes season with perfect 8 0 record The Vernal Junior High foot footballers bailers garnered a perfect mark of oC 80 8 but they gained their eighth win the hard way as they scored two touchdowns In the fourth quarter to nip the Rough Riders In Roosevelt 26 to 22 Wednesday Oct 27 Vernal kicked off to Roosevelt and the Rough Riders moved a ways down the field before the Panthers forced the Roosevelt crew to punt the football The Rough Riders punted the ball from Ver Ver- Ver Vernal's nals nal's 30 and the Panthers gained the ball ballon ballon on their own 17 yard line Jine Vernal scored on the second play when Jody Williams completed an 80 yard halfback pass to Todd for tor a touchdown and a 60 6 lead WIlliams suffered a broken arm during the touchdown score as a Roosevelt footballer fell Cell on Williams arm just after he released the football The Rough Riders turned in another good drive but Vernal's defense began tough and Roosevelt was forced to punt However Roosevelt Intercepted a Ver Ver- Vernal nal pass and scampered into the he end zone for Cor a touchdown Roosevelt gained the two point conversion which gave them theman theman an 86 8 lead Vernal regained the lead when Jon Nash returned the kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown which gave the Panthers a 8 12 lead Nash didn't even get touch touch- touched ed Our return team did a good job of blocking remarked Vernal football coach Craig Roosevelt overcame the Vernal lead with a touchdown and a two point con con- conversion version In the s second cond quarter for Cor a 1612 lead at halftime The Rough Riders scored the touchdown on a 20 yard pass The Rough Riders increased sed th their ir lead to ten points paints at 2212 22 with a touchdown in the third quarter Roosevelt blocked a Vernal punt at the Vernal Vema 1 40 yard line Mike Olsen caught a screen pass and marched 40 yards for Cor a touchdown Nash nabbed a pass and marched 70 yards to the Roosevelt five yard line in inthe inthe the fourth quarter and then scored a touchdown on a trap play which narrow narrow- narrowed narrowed ed the Roosevelt lead to four Cour points at 2218 Vernal's defense held the Roosevelt oC- oC of Tense and the Rough Riders were forced to punt the ball away Nash scored a touchdown on a 65 yard pass play and Brett Durrant garnered the two point conversion on a run on a good lead block by Nash to deliver a lead of oC 26 to 10 22 to the Panthers Roosevelt drove down to Vernal's 12 yard line but the Panthers stopped the Rough Riders a couple inches short of oC a first down on a fourth down play with left in the game Vernal Junior Highs High's athletic depart depart- department ment will sponsor Jack Lythgoe master hypnotist in a program Nov 15 at pm The funds from the program will go goto goto to the girls and boys athletic depart depart- departments departments ments at Vernal Junior High |