Show e O Os s i i Gry t t m The rest of the state of Utah found out what Uintah has known all season and that Is that the teams in Region 7 are tough and arent aren't just known for their powerful basketball teams and In Uintah and Pleasant Groves Grove's cases wrestling Basketball is also wall known Ht at High School Uintah finished in a sixth place tie with Mountain View behind Provo Pleasant Grove first pl place ce third place American Fork fourth place and Orem fifth place The Utes defeated the fifth place team Orem 7 17 and had some bright points In losses to Provo Pleasant Grove American Fork and American Fork pulled the big shocker In the state tournament Friday as they knocked off the number one rated A 3 team In the state of Utah West High School by the score of 22 to 14 The l downed Uintah o Jt The Cavemen knocked off previously unbeaten Provo the week before and they added another upset win to their list with witha a triumph over West American Fork grabbed a 7 0 lead on a 55 yard pass play from Brock Knight to David Holland West roared back to take a 7 14 halftime lead American Forks Fork's Troy Hansen capped a long drive with a two yard run for a touchdown which cut the West lead to toone toone one point at 1413 The Cavemen were go- go goIng going Ing for an extra point kick but the snap was bad Knight took the bad snap and hit Troy Burke for a two point conversion to give American Fork a 1514 15 lead Junior Robert Edwards In- In a West pass with five minutes left in the gam and darted 40 yards for fora fora a touchdown which put the game out of reach for the Panthers Judge Memorial defending state champions found out how tough the league that Uintah plays football is as the Pleasant Grove Vikings knocked the Bulldogs off their throne because of a 21 to 20 win Pleasant Grove rushed for yards in the game Curt Harrison capped a 77 yard V Viking touchdown drive In the first quarter a three yard run but Judge staged a ral- ral rally rally ly for a 7 6 lead on a two yard touchdown run by Shawn Rodman Clark lull darted one yard for a touchdown and a 7 13 halftime advantage Rodman scored on a short run to deliver a 14 to 13 lead to the Bulldogs in inthe inthe the third quarter Harrison scored from short yardage and Hill passed to Craig Hilton for a two point conversion for a 21 to 13 lead Rodman scored his third touchdown of the game for Judge Memorial but the Bulldogs failed to con con- connect on the extra point kick and the Vik Ings won the game by one point The Vikings toppled the Uintah Utes in ina ina a region game this season 38 to 6 but the Utes scored the first touchdown in the game on a pass to Mike Lance The Ute defense held the Vikings and forced them to go for a field goal which they con con- connected connected on In the first half The final score could have been a more respectable 24 to 6 as two touchdowns were scored on bombs In the closing seconds of two quarters Provo blanked the Utes 41 to 0 In a regular season game but the Uintah crew held the talented Provo team to one touchdown in the second half which was set up on an Interception by a defensive lineman The Utes shutout the Bulldogs In the fourth quarter South found out that it Isn't much fun to play Provo as the Bulldogs thumped the Cubs 41 to 13 in the state tournament Quarterback Sean Covey threw for yards and two touchdowns However the team was led by the super running of Fine Unga and Clarence Hofheins An Intercepted pass by Les Roy set up upa upa a 19 yard touchdown pass from Covey to John Ford for a 7 0 lead Hofheins darted five yards for a touchdown and gave Pro Pro- Provo Provo vo a 14 0 lead South scored a touchdown to cut the Provo lead to seven points at 7 14 A 35 yard run by Unga gave Provo a 7 21 lead Jason Briggs netted an In- In Interception interception and Covey scored a touchdown on 10 yard run Provo scored two more touchdowns on a short run by Unga and a pass from Covey to Brook Haws flaws was the only Region 7 team that didn't get any respect as the Jordan beat the thunder out of the Thunderbirds by the score of 31 to 6 Jor- Jor Jordan's Jordan's dans dan's Darrel Van Amen scored touchdowns on runs of 43 yards and 21 yards in the first 11 hall The rs Rob Farnsworth rushed for two touchdowns In the second half only region win of the season was a win will over the Orem Tigers but the Orem team advanced to the state stale tournament because of two wins over Mountain View and American Fork as compared to one win by the Utes Orem was downed by Dixie 14 to 9 but they scared the Flyers as they grabbed of 90 9 out to a 0 20 F cad ad on a safety ball sailed over ni 11 the punters punter's head and out of t the e end zone Rick Hick Fowler scored a touchdown and Lane Herrick added the extra point for fora fora a 90 Orem lead In the second quarter Dixie quarterback Dave Esplin con con- connected connected on a 52 yard bomb to Ron Wade and Esplin added the extra point kick lck which cut the Orem lead to two points at 97 after two quarters Dixie scored the winning touchdown with 24 seconds left leftin leftin in the third quarter on a nine yard pass from from Esplin to Wade The extra point kick was good and Dixie owned a 9 14 lead The utes didn't get to compete In the state tournament but they have satisfaction satisfaction tion In knowing they competed In a tough region and that many of the teams from other regions would have had a tough tine time qualifying for the state meet If they had competed in Region 7 h hF F z 1 t r q di n r f ih lEtl B Bf f 1 A MEETING with quarterback Rod Harmon left and Dearman's Jesse Schurz is about to take place in a battle Bear Bear- Bearing ing |