Show Express sports Utes grab 6 0 lead but Vikings net win The Uintah Utes jolted the Pleasant Grove defense with a 6 6 lead in the first series of the game but the Vikings scored 38 points and handed the Utes a 38 to 6 setback in Pleasant Grove Fri Fri- Friday day for the Vernal crews crew's second region loss in a row Pleasant Grove tried an onside kick on the opening kickoff but Uintah's Mike Karren leaped on the bouncing ball at the Uintah 40 yard line Troy Liebhardt advanced the football to the Uintah 47 but a penalty placed the Utes on the 42 yard line A run by Pat Jenkins gave the Utes a first down on the Pleasant Grove Grove 47 yard line Uintah pocketed two first downs in a arow arow row lS as Clark Claris carried the ball to the 35 and Liebhardt moved the ball to the 24 on a pass from quarterback Jenkins A sweep by Jenkins placed the Utes on the 22 yard line and then Jenkins netted a first down at the 13 yard line on a quarterback keeper A penalty pushed the Utes back to the 18 yard line but a pass to Mike Lance ad- ad advanced advanced the Utes to the seven yard line Jenkins went to the well once again as ashe ashe he connected with Lance on a seven yard pass in the end zone for a 6 6 0 lead with left in the first quarter The extra point kick by Jenkins was block block- ed Uintah's usual extra point kicker Kurt Robb was out with an injury The Utes smile turned to a frown as the Vikings scored a touchdown on their first series and tied up the game at 66 6 Pleasant Groves Grove's Tim Chambers broke some tackles and carried the ball 21 yards to the Viking 31 yard line on the kickoff by the Uintah team Curt Harrison motored with the foot foot- football ball to the 41 yard line and quarterback Clark Hill gained a first down on the Uintah 48 yard line but Ute Jody Young charged through the line and dropped Hill for a six yard loss at the Pleasant Grove 46 A pitch to Jason Allred placed the Vikings on the line linee arid and another pass moved the Vikings to the 30 yard line Pleasant Grove gained its game tying t touchdown on a 30 yard run by Allred with left in the first quarter Hill failed to connect on the kick due to heavy pressure by the Uintah defensive team members The Utes Liebhardt carried the ball to the Uintah 40 yard line but Pleasant Groves Grove's Harrison intercepted a Jenkins pass and carried it to the 35 A pass to Craig Hilton placed the ball on the Ute 20 but Hilton fumbled the football and David Gentry recovered the ball for 1 ii ti I w f t J y T Tw Tk f k ib 1 4 t Ai r a Y 4 L f oc S t R if Y 3 t re I r Ea iw I Iw Ik K av avEa t J 1 fk j k w t tt t UINTAH UTES Bucky 66 and Troy Liebhardt right try to stop Pleasant Groves Grove's Darren Frampton dead in his tracks Frampton gained the ball on an interception and a block by Todd Jasper right opened up a big hole which Frampton motored A SACK is gained as Uintah's Jody Young center Plea Plea- Pleasant S sant nt quarterback ack Clark Hill Also rushing after the quarter quarter- S 1 SS SS Uintah However three plays later Uin tah fumbled the football and the Vik Vik- Vik Vikings ings gained it on the 17 yard line Har Har- Har Harrison rison carried the football to the seven yard line and two plays later darted with the ball to the 1 yard line The score at the end of the first quarter was 66 6 Uintah's defense became rough and tough and Pleasant sant Grove suffered the bruises as the Utes kept the Vikings out of the touchdown heaven and forced them to go for a field goal The Ute defense stopped Allred at the one yard line and an penalty placed the Vikings on the 16 yard line Hill c connected nn te onn on a 26 yard field gall g sl with 11 1114 14 left in the second quarter to give the Vikings a 96 9 advantage Pleasant Grove pocketed a lead of 17 to 6 midway in the second quarter on a touchdown and a two point conversion A pass to Scott Walker placed the Vik- Vik Vikings ings on the Uintah 41 yard line and a run put Pleasant Grove on the 26 Allred charged into the end zone on a run rune but the officials ruled that he stepped out of bounds at the six Allred carried the ball to the two and then darted around the left end on a yard two run for a touchdown with left in the second quarter Hill pulled off a fake extra point kick and rushed into the end zone for a two point conversion and a 6 17 ad ad- ad advantage vantage The Utes offensive machine became juiced up and charged into Viking real estate A pass to Lance gave the Utes a first down at the Uintah 37 and Clark Emery motored to the 46 Jenkins traveled to the 50 for a first down and runs by Emery and Philip Daggett put the Utes on the Pleasant Grove 35 A screen pass reception by Daggett advanced the Utes to the 30 The Utes gaind a first down fOn th the fourth down pass to Lance at the 20 yard line Jenkins motored to tile the 14 yard line Uin t tah h failed to connect on a fourth down pass and the ball was returned to Plea Plea- Pleasant sant Grove with 48 seconds left in the first half Allred ripped down the field to the Uintah 48 yard line and a penalty placed the Vikings on the 43 Hill conS con nested on a 43 yard bomb to Walker who charged Into the end zone zene for a touchdown with 31 seconds left in the se se- se second cond quarter Hills Hill's extra point kick was good and the Vikings took a lead of 24 to 6 into the locker room through for a 46 yard touchdown ran Uintah grabbed a 60 6 lead leadIn leadin In the first quarter but Pleasant Grove scored 38 points for a 6 38 win p e r rp 4 SS 5 A r I Ir tOj i J 3 r 4 r f fi i a t s g 4 Ey 7 4 a i k 4 4 1 e 1 back are Uintah Utes Scott Gardner 60 and Derk Hopkins 54 IJ Pleasant Grove motored to the Uin tah 46 on a punt and a pass to Darren Frampton placed the Vikings on the 20 An aerial to Chambers moved the Vik ings to the 16 and an offside penalty placed the Pleasant Grove crew on the 11 However Uintah's defense came alive as Daggett intercepted a Viking pass in the end zone with 6 44 left in the third quarter Uintah turned on the gas and motored down the field due to four first downs Emery gained a first down do on the Vik ing 31 yard line and pass to Lance delivered a first down to the Utes at the 40 Jenkins charged to the Viking 48 yard line for a first down on a running rushed to lo the 40 and Emery gained a first down at the 35 However penalties and a quarter quarter- quarterback back sack pushed the Utes back to the 48 Jenkins got off a good punt and the Vikings took over the ball at their own ten yard line Harrison moved the ball to the 16 yard line and Hlll Hill fired an 84 yard bomb to Hilton for a touchdown with 30 seconds left in the third quarter Hills Hill's extra point kick was good which gave his team a 31 to 6 lead Pleasant Grove scored its final touchdown of the game when defensive player Frampton intercepted a Jenkins pass and marched 46 yards for fora fora a touchdown with 11 07 left in the fourth quarter Hills Hill's extra point kick was good and the final score was 38 to 6 in favor of the Vikings Pleasant Grove is in first place in Region Seven at 2 wins and 0 losses Orem and Provo own records of 10 American Fork and are 11 1 and Uintah and Mountain View are 2 02 The Utes will battle American FOrk on the road Friday Uintah will host Pro Pro- Provo Provo vo Wednesday Oct 6 and will wiil battle Orem Oct 15 In the annual homecoming ing game The Utes will wiil take on Moun Moun- Mountain tain View in Vernal Oct 21 21 American Fork blanked Mountain MountainView MountainView View 20 to 0 and Pleasant Grove down down- ed Uintah 38 to 6 Provo defeated Timp- Timp view 37 20 Grantsville Morgan and Wasatch are in first place in Region Nine at HI 10 and Union Emery and Lehl Lehi are 1 0 01 Morgan nipped Lehi 2320 and Wasatch shutout Emery 14 0 Grantsville downed Union 28 to 19 |