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Show i godta doff h Girie 8-1 mm m tovGr-Bociboy rivalry GeonffifiUEnee r YrJ 1 "1 I! 1 l .ft .v I si .SK ' f fc. Jt L..,.. JL. J uuaMiML; ' . . k i&..Mx.M-i I by Mel Osborn I The rivalry between Beaver Bea-ver and Kanab thickened Fri-; Fri-; day night as the much small- er Beavers hung on to defeat de-feat Kanab In an overtime 1 thriller, 3-0. I Beaver QB Jeff Williams n opened the game on the sec-! sec-! ond play with a 12 yard pass to Daniel Robinson and it appeared Beaver would start the scoring bid early. However, How-ever, Kanab's defense put the "crunch" on Gary Goff and Daniel Robinson and Beaver was forced to punt. Steve Martin raced 32 yards on the return, but a clipping call erased the effort ef-fort and at that point the penalty flags established precedence. After the walk-off, walk-off, Kanab's Kenford Davis and Steve Martin went to work alternating the opportunity oppor-tunity to carry the pigskin, picking up two first downs. I The third series was all Martin on three consecutive plays, but Beaver's Bruce Carter foiled a pass play with a solid on-the-spot tackle and Kanab was forced to give up the ball. Goff immediately went to work for Beaver on their own 28 yard line and picked up 8 yards in two carries. Robinson Rob-inson followed with a two-yard two-yard plunge for the first down. Williams missedRob-inson missedRob-inson on a first down pass play and Goff ground out one yard on second down. Beaver moved to the Ka- nab 45 yard line on a pass interference 1 call. The fol-4 fol-4 lowing play, Steve Martin intercepted a Jeff Williams pass and returned it to his own 44 yard line, but a clip-s clip-s ping call returned the ball to his own 29 yard line. Practically every series ' with both teams fostered a yellow flag and the tempo was up and down all night. The first quarter registered regis-tered goose eggs on the score -board and after Lory Gurr's key defensive play on Martin, Mar-tin, Beaver was ready to go to work offensively on the Kanab 38 yard line. Beaver was nailed with a motion penalty and again was forced to punt on Kanab's 42 yard line. Don Atkin hung one high and long to the Kanab goal line, but Martin was able to slip away from the Beaver Bea-ver defenders for a 9 yard return. Davis and Martin went to work again, clawing up the turf for Kanab and with 4:30 remaining until intermission, Kanab was sitting sit-ting on Beaver's 11 yard line. Kanab was caught moving on the line and it was first and fifteen from the 16 yard line. A fumble on the next Play forced them back to the 19 yard line and it was second down and long yardage. yard-age. After giving up 52 yards to the Kanab offense, Beaver's Bea-ver's defense suddenly became be-came stingy and Chad Dal-ton, Dal-ton, along with Ricky Carter, Car-ter, stopped Kanab's offensive offen-sive attack abruptly. With 3:46 showing on the clock, Beaver took over on downs on their own 19 yard line. Goff ate up 5 yards on the first play, followed by Robinson's Rob-inson's 4 yards to the 28. Jeff Williams sneaked an extra yard for a first down and the Beavers were out of the hole. Williams hit Lory Gurr on third down on his 42 yard line for another first down. Pressed for time, Williams Wil-liams stayed to the air but was unable to connect with his receivers. KICKS GOOD the referee signals in Friday's sudden death overtime between Beaver and Kanab. Pictured are Mike Smith, 25, Burton Myers, 22, Kanab's Richard Boardman, 12, Bruce Carter, 11, and Lory Gurr, 27. Chad Dalton kicked the 3 -pointer for the only score in the game. Photo by Osborn White machine held and it was all over. Tempers flew and comments com-ments were raised, but the ball wasn't over. Kanab travels to Milford tomorrow night (Friday) and Beaver hosts Parowan for Beaver's Homecoming. The Cowboys may be down after their sudden death defeat, de-feat, and if they are the Tigers Ti-gers will rub their nose in the dirt. But if they can play the game they did at Beaver last week, it's an even ball-game. ball-game. We'll give the edge to MILFORD by one touchdown. Coach Marshall's BEAVERS should score every time he tells them to for the homecoming crowd. Shouldn't be close enough to be a contest with the Parowan Rams. Then came a crucial play. Don Atkin received the snap for the punt and he sliced the ball off the side of his foot. The official assumed the kick had been blocked so no flag was thrown after A tkin had been knocked down. The punt wasn't blocked, but the officials gave Kanab pos -session despite an Al MarshallReferee Mar-shallReferee conference. Kanab took over at mid-field mid-field and immediately went to the air, but Blair Smith was there to grab the pass on a good defensive effort. With a few seconds remaining, remain-ing, Beaver ran down the clock, and the scoreboard still registered goose eggs. Kanab started the offensive offen-sive series to begin the second sec-ond half and Davis opened up for 13 yards on two carries. car-ries. Lory Gurr nailed Steve Martin after a three yard gain and the following play Mike Smith stopped Davis. Kelly Smith stopped Martin on a third down effort and Kanab was 6" short of a first down.; They went for the quick kick to draw Beaver offsides but the defense didn't bite and Blair Smith returned the ball to the 40 yard line of Beaver. Goff went to work for Beaver Bea-ver and a pass interference call on Kanab moved the ball to the Kanab 47. Goff scram -bled for 17 yards on the next play to the Kanab 30, but a procedure call nullified the fine run. In the next series Beaver fumbled and Kanab took over at mid-field. Clay Robinson nailed the Kanab quarterback for a two -yard loss and the Beaver defense de-fense held again. A Kanab punt put the Beaver deep in their own territory, but Beaver Bea-ver punter, Don Atkin, re- one of their basic sweep plays, but the action found Gary Goff passing. He reversed re-versed his direction and found BlairSmithstandingon the 6 yard line. Smith sucked in the wobbley, but on target pass and the crowd went wild; 43 second remained on the clock and Beaver had an excellent ex-cellent opportunity to score, but when the action died down the referee was walking off 15 yards for clipping in the backfield. Beaver was forced to punt and Kanab was satisfied satis-fied to run out the clock to go into overtime. Kanab won the flip of the coin and decided they wanted the ball last. The officials spotted the ball on the 10 yard line and on the first play Kanab was guilty of an offsides penalty so the Beavers Bea-vers moved within five yards of paydirt. Chad Dalton carried to the 2 yard line and Jeff Williams tried to sneak in on a keeper and made it to the 6" line. Again WiHiams kept and was stopped short; On fourth and inches Williams was stopped with a penalty for an undone strap on his helmet and Beaver Bea-ver was suddenly on the 6 yard line. Chad Dalton received the call and his authoritative foot found the uprights and the scoreboard registered the first and only score of the night; 3 points. Kanab now had the chance to score and big Kenford Davis found 5 yards on his first carry. Then it was to the 3 yard line; to the 6" line and it all boiled down to one final play. Many thought the smaller line of Beaver couldn't contain the 200 pound thrust of the Kanab guards, but the Blue and T t k ( turned the compliment and Kanab went to work again from mid -field. A controversial contro-versial pitch -out behind the line of scrimmage was ruled a forward pass and Beaver was denied another opportunity. oppor-tunity. The third quarter ended with the scoreboard keeping the same figures and the pressure started to mount. Both 1 defenses maintained their momentum and it was apparent the offense with the best strategy would come up with the big play. Nothing but the basics pursued the action until Kanab's defensive defen-sive end was caught swinging swing-ing and the officials walked off 30 yards for unsportsmanlike unsports-manlike conduct; 15 for swinging and 15 for untact-ful untact-ful verbosity with the referee. ref-eree. The emotions of the crowd were mounting and the clock still ticked away. Both defenses forced punts and the ball exchanged hands two more times and with less than one minute remaining Beaver was in Kanab territory. ter-ritory. The "play" finally came in and Beaver executed LORY GURR, 27, goes high for a pass over his shoulder early in the first period. Richard Boardman defends for Kanab. Photo by Osborn i I 1 . ' I i ) I f I ' ' V 1 A i KELLY SMITH, 21, almost breaks free for the Beavers in Friday's thrUler, but Van Button, 75, Kanab, trips him up. Others are Kim Glover, 83, Blair Smith, 18, and Don Glover, 87. |