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Show CHS sophomore quarterback Robert Nakken hands off the ball during Cedar's 21-6 win over Carbon last week. The wim was the soph's second of the year. Sophs get second win Cedar High School's sophmore football team picked up its second victory of the season, downing Carbon 21-6, while the freshmen team dropped a 13-0 decision to the Hurricane JVs, in action this past week. In the soplimore game, quarterback Robert Nakken connected with K.C. Jones in the second period to open up scoring for the Redmen. The pass covered 16 yards. The extra point attempt was blocked, but perhaps signaling how things were to go for Cedar that afternoon, Jones picked up the blocked kick and ran it across the goal line to complete a two-point conversion. The half ended 8-0 Cedar. Jones also accounted for the second score, but this time from the defensive side. He intercepted in-tercepted a Carbon pass and returned it 40 yards for a TD. Running back David Piper added a fourth quarter score on a 5-yard off tackle run after a Cedar drive. Carbon took across their only score on the following kickoff, returning it all the way. "The kids played pretty well," analyzed Coach Kim Matheson. "But they didn't quite have the spark. There was something missing in the win." Along with Jones, Matheson praised the play of Piper and Darren Green. "David and Darren alternated at fullback for us. Both of them were gaining five., seven and 10 yards peir crack up the middle." On defense, defensiv e ends Layne Reeves arid David Christiansen we re mentioned as having fi ne games. "They tried to run outside on us quit e a bit," Matheson said. "Reeves and Christensen did a great job contaii ling that outside run. The whole defense played a good ballgame." Next for the sophs was Springville in a game played Tuesday in Springville. "I don't know much about them, but we expect another tough ballgame, ' ' Matheson said. "I expect they'll be big, strong and fast like the other teams up north." Matheson summed up his team's progress : "These kids have come a long way. I see progress in their play each week. They've played against tough teams, and vhile they've mostly com; out on the short end, they've played toe to toe with all of them." The freshmen dropped their second game to Hurricane this yeair, but according to Coach Benny O'Neal, his team played the Tigers 'cougher this time around. "It was one of our better (games," said O'Neal. "They had a big bunch of pla yers, and were even playing some juniors, so I w;as proud of how well our kids did." Cedar rushed for over 100 yards, but said O'Neal, "Whenever we got down to their 15 or 20- yard line, their defense stiffened up." Hurricane played at quarterback a junior who O'Neal though was their back-up varsity signal-caller, signal-caller, and he conducted an unusual offense during the first half. "They had no huddles," O'Neal explained. "Their quarterback would just come to the line and call the play, depending on the defense he saw. Their players would shift accordingly." ac-cordingly." The defense played well for Cedar, and O'Neal pointed out "they only threatened to score twice, and we stopped them once." O'Neal was high in his opinion of Russell Rowley, who stepped in at center. "He played a super game. He consistently con-sistently took on one and two guys. I don't remember anyone getting get-ting over him all game. I think he earned his spot." Also praised on . the offensive squad were running back Greg Bulloch, who gained over 50 yards, quarterback Craig Cardon, and little running back Gary Mackelprang, who once more finished the game o).'f with a long reverse run. On defense, top performers, per-formers, O'Neal said, were Derek Bohne, Rick Thomas and Marvin .'Melling. The freshmen faced Parowan's JV team Tuesday afternoon in Cedar City. |