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Show CHS homecoming bad news for Dixie By MIKE CANNON Record Reporter The first offensive plary for Dixie in their Friday encounter with the Cedar Reds was indicative of how the night was to go for the Flyers. Linebacker Don Adams met the Flyer ballcarrier at the line of scrimmage and nearly severed his head. The kamikaze Flyers caught nothing but flak from a fired up Redmen team throughout the rest of the evening. From play one, Dixie was never in the ballgame and was lucky to only allow Cedar only 21 points as they bowed to the Redmen 21-0 to make the Cedar, homecoming a joyous one. "1 thought our defense played a heck of a good ballgame," said Cedar coach Dave Jenson. "I just felt like it was a good team effort defensively." A hard-nosed Redmen defense held Dixie to merely 45 yards total offense on the night, all of which were on the ground. "I felt our kids played well," said a happy Jenson. "The two fumbles we had hurt, us." Indeed; had the Reds not fumbled a couple of times in Flyer territory, the score could have easily been more lopsided. The night wasn't conducive to passing, as the rains poured and the winds howled, along with cheerleaders and fans. The adverse weather limited passing effectiveness by both teams. "Neither one of us did a very good job throwing,". reinforced Jenson. "You do what you have to do." What the Redmen had to do, and did, was control the line of scrimmage and move the ball well. An offensive line of Scott Carter, Curt Hunt, Emron Tripp, Danny Bulloch, Bryan Forsyth and Danny Harris paved the way for ballcarriers Kevin Garrett, Ben Whitney, Don Adams, Troy Nielsen, John Davis and K.C. Jones. The only thing that stopped the Redmen seemed to be themselves. They were penalized 15 times lor a total of 133 yards. Several of these penalties occurred deep in Flyer territory and aided Dixie's cause. Robert Nakken and Whitney each had an interception that helped thwart the Dixie passing attack. The Reds also recovered two fumbles. CHS started their scoring early as they took the opening kickolf and drove downlield in 12 plays. Adams carried dimss lor the score and Andy Parry I looted tht' PAT and it was 7-0, Cedar. The remainder of the first half saw both teams play good defensive football and this, combined with a couple of turnovers, resulted in no further scoring during the half. Cedar held Dixie early in the second hall and a short Flyer punt gave the Reds the ball on the Dixie 23. Whitney scored several plays later, Parry did his thing, and it was 14-0. A little later in the third quarter, a pass interference call on the Flyers, combined with a good CHS drive, resulted in another six, PAT and a final score of 21-0. Both teams were scoreless in the fourth quarter due to tough defensive efforts, substitutions, mistakes and turnovers. Cedar will have a bye this week and host a vastly improved Carbon team next Friday. A victory over Carbon will insure the Reds of at least a tie for the Region H championship. Cedar will lace a tough Springville team in their final regular season encounter en-counter in what could easily be a Region 8 championship game. J f ' 1.7 0 fT f I 'i u i i -pr is h Lt't-vi-H .... ::s j ., '"11 li Typical scene from Cedar versus Dixie. A wave of Redmen taiklers swarm a DHS ball carrier during Friday's 21-0 CHS homecoming victory. The Cedar defense played superb in the contest and held Dixie to only 45 offensive yards. Isn't winning nice! Cedar High School player K.C, Jones gets a congratulatory hug from an enthusiastic en-thusiastic Redmen cheerleader following the Reds big homecoming win over Dixie. |