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Show Mwq epariie Booms - rnsfey era Mugs ver's 12 yard line. After three unsuccessful attempts the Wolves were forced into a 4th down decision. Again Beaver's defense held and nailed the North Sevier back -field for a loss. The game situation continued with both defenses allowing no offensive offen-sive thrust. Early in the 4th quarter, Beaver's defense again forced mistakes and picked off a fumble on North Sevier's Se-vier's 24 yard line, but were unable to capitalize offensively. offen-sively. With approximately six minutes remaining in the game, North Sevier rushed Don Atkin and he was unable to release the punt, which forced a substantial loss. North Sevier resumed play in good field position, but a recovered fumble from Kelley Smith gave Beaver the ball again. Beaver fullback full-back Daniel Robinson found running room and picked up a couple of crucial first downs to run down the clock. North Sevier had one final attempt with eight seconds, but the Blue and White defense unit sacked QB Steve Lambert-sen Lambert-sen for a loss and it was over. The fans obviously didn't witness much offense, but the defensive show was super. Beaver entertains cross -county rival Milford this Friday night under the lights at 8:00 p.m. Should be a good one see you there. by Mel Osborn Defense was the name of the game Friday night on the Wolves' hometown gridiron, grid-iron, with Beavers' defense outlasting North Sevier's crew. A key punt from Junior Donny Atkin's toe from mid-field mid-field to the North Sevier eight-yard line set up Beaver's Bea-ver's first and only score. Tenacious Dave Crook nailed running back Steve Camp for a 5 -yard loss and the Wolves were in trouble. With 3:40 remaining in the first quarter, the Wolves were forced to punt. Dave Crook and Bruce Carter teamed up for Beaver's score, as Carter Car-ter did the blocking of the attempted punt and Crook fell on it and scooped it into his breadbasket for 6 points. The PAT failed with the snap delving the action. From that point it was all defense. The younger and much smaller small-er Beaver defense (about 20 lbs. difference per man on the front line) was amazing amaz-ing as they consistently greeted the challenge. Senior cornerback Lary Gurr, who weighs 130 pounds, was all over the place tackling and assisting his team-mates. David Crook was awesome on the front line and Bruce Carter, Ricky Carter, Mike Smith, James Lindsay and Chad Dalton followed suit, stacking North Sevier's running run-ning attack behind the line of scrimmage most of the time. Late in the third quarter, Beaver's quarterback Jeff Williams did start the adrenalin adren-alin flowing for the offense as he connected to his right end, Blair Smith. The series fizzled out and Beaver punted punt-ed again. North Sevier had two opportunities op-portunities to score in the second half, but excellent defense failed both threats. Wolves QB Steve Lambert-sen Lambert-sen evaded a potential big loss and scampered 40 yards to mid-field for the first action of the night. The next play Beaver was penalized 15 yards for a face mask infraction, which moved the ball to Beaver's 35 yard line. The Wolves ground out eight more yards, but Beaver Bea-ver held on 4th and two and took over deep in their own territory. The Beavers were unable to move and were forced to punt. North Sevier blocked Don Atkins' punt and captured great field position on Bea- |