Show delivers 1 1st sf loss to Utes Mothers always tell their children If you cant can't say something nice dont don't say anything The nicest thing a person can cans cansay s say y about Uintah's game with in Provo Friday was that they weren't shutout in a region open open- opening ing loss to the Thunderbirds by the score of 21 to 8 as everything seemed to togo togo go wrong for the Uintah varsity football utes The only item that the Utes won In the game was the coin flip before th the game and they elected to receive Uintah moved the ball to the 43 yard I line but a penalty penally placed the Utes back in their own territory The first part of the wrong went day for the Uintah Utes took place when Troy Liebhardt fumbled the football on a pitch out and recovered the ball on the Uintah 49 yard line A completed pass from quarterback Scott Pierce to Craig Werner placed the Thunderbirds on the Uintah 30 yard line and Todd Wolfe darted up the middle to the 26 yard line Th The Thunderbirds motored to the 23 yard line on a fourth down play and gained a first down The crew was stopped four plays later on the Uintah 18 yard line and the utes took over the football A holding penalty placed the utes in territory at the 45 yard line but bad luck bugged the Utes as Van Linford intercepted a pass which was intended for Mike Lance at the Timp view 17 yard line carried the ball to its 19 yard line and then Rob Carlisle ripped up the middle and then cut to the left for a touchdown on an 81 yard run with left In the first quarter Thor Christl was suc suc- successful on the extra point kick and a 70 7 lead was owned by the foot foot- footballers bailers Uintah got its offensive machine into gear as Pat Jenkins carried the ban ball to the 50 yard line for a first down and Liebhardt netted a first down at the 20 20 yard line Liebhardt pick pick- picked ed up ten more yards and placed the Utes Ules on the ten yard line However the Utes encountered the everything everything- wrong go seems to go wrong sickness once again as they were pushed back to the 17 yard line where Jenkins was sacked on a fourth down play The ute We defense caine alive and gain gain- gained ed a number of quarterback sacks and the ban ball was punted away by the Thunderbirds The Utes Ules gained the ball ballon ballon on their own 29 but they fumbled the hall all away at the Uintah 2 23 yard line and recovered the ball with left in the second quarter the ball to the one yard line on a 22 yard run and quarter quarter- quarterback back Pierce was stopped at the half halfyard halfyard yard line The Utes Utes didn't stop Pierce the second time around as he darted up the middle for a touchdown with 51 seconds left in the first half Christian Christian- sons son's kick was good and the score at the end of the second quarter was 14 to 0 in favor of began driving down the field with a touchdown on Its mind but the football had different ideas A pass to Werner placed the Thunderbirds near midfield mid and an aerial to Rick moved the ban ball to the Uintah 30 Carlisle darted 20 yards to the Ute ten yard line and Pierce motored toward the end zone and pitched the ball at the last second to Carlisle who fumbled the football before crossing the goal line The utes recovered the ball in inthe inthe the end zone to take a touchdown away from the Thunderbirds Clark Emery carried the ban ball to the 46 yard line but the Utes were forced to punt Jenkins got off a good punt and was stopped at Its own 13 yard line to placed on Its own 28 yard line and Wolfe roared down the field for a first down at the 43 yard line Another first down was gain gain- gained gained ed by Pierce at the Uintah 38 yard line A penalty placed on the 43 yard line and then Pierce pierced the Uintah defense with a 43 yard touchdown pass to Carlisle However the touchdown was erased because of a holding penalty by the Thunderbirds Carlisle nabbed two passes and plat ed the crew on the Uintah 5 yard line A personal foul pushed Timp- Timp view back to the Uintah 20 yard line but buta a personal foul against the Utes ad to the Ute ten Pierce blasted ten yards up the middle for a touchdown and an extra point kick by gave a 21 0 lead with left in the fourth quarter Jenkins pulled off a fake punt and gained a first down for the Utes at their own 39 yard line A 23 yard pass was hauled in by Bill Carmickle at the 38 18 yard line for a first down However Ryan Lindstrom Intercepted a pass near the end zone which was in in- in intended tended for David Gentry gained the ball on Its one yard line punted the ball to the Utes and Uintah gained the ball at the Thunderbird 41 yard line Gentry nabb- nabb nabbed nabbed ed an aerial at the 25 yard I line and a pass interference call gave the Utes a first down at the 22 Jenkins carried the ball ball to the 18 and delivered a halfback pass to Gentry for an 18 10 yard touchdown pass with 54 seconds left in inthe th the game The ball bounced on two defenders defender's hands and then was nabbed by entry for a touchdown A fake extra ex- ex extra tra point quint kick was pulled off by Kurt Robb Hobb as he fired a pass to Carmickle for fora a two two point point conversion which made the final score 21 and Uintah 8 DINAR DINAH BOWL CLASSIC W WL L Guffey 17 2 Big Macs Mac's S 17 2 17 2 High Series Bob Rich S Wade Mohl Don Lewis High Games Bob Rich Jim Huff Wade Mohl |