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Show Rawlings leads 'Cats past Vikes By HOLLY ROWE - YIEWMONT ' HIGH-Woods Cross downed the Vikings in a 14-7 victory at Viewmont Friday, night. A - stingy Wildcat , defense dominated the : game while , the Wildcat offense rolled up over 300 yards in total offense, - Woods Cross quarterback Tye Rogers connected on II of 17 attempts attemp-ts for 155 yards in the ait. On the ground, Kitt Rawlings led the attack, at-tack, grinding out 169 yards rushing in only 18 carries. Not only did Rawlings stun the Viking defense with his tenacious running style, he - ' - 5 , ; (J t 41" ; i -. J - k 1 w f ' 4", 1 ' was also the leading Wildcat receiver, ' pullling 1 down five ' of Rogers' tosses. - ' Viewmont lit the scoreboard early ear-ly on a 28 year pass from Viking quarterback Jason Hynek to receiver Greg Clark. ".The Woods Cross offense had a good showing but did not capitalize on its opportunitiesl On the 'Cats first possession, they drove 55 yards downfield to have Rawlings ramble in for a touch down. But the 'Cats never saw the points due to a penalty pen-alty on the play for . illegal procedure. pro-cedure. The 'Cats 19 yard field goal attempt failed and '"they went scoreless until early in the third quarter, when Rogers completed a pass to senior John Christopherson, who outmaneuvered Viking defender Steve Edgly in the end-zone end-zone for six points. The point after by Paul Bartschi tied the game. The V wildcat crown finally got into the game and cheered as the'Cats pun- : ed ahead 14-7 with 3:16 left in the third quarter on a 24 yard dash by . Rawlings. The Viiking defense kept -': them in the game ;but me offense J 'came up a bit short when Hynek completed a 23 yard toss to Greg CONTONC-2 Rawlings leads 'Cats to win over Viewmont CONTFROMC-1 Clark, a pass interference penalty on Woods Cross, and some hard running by standout Sean Ihler brought the Vikes to the Woods Cross nine yard line. With 2:48 left in the game, Hynek ran it up the middle on a quarterback sneak. The fans went wild only to see the score called back on a Viking holding calL Their next and final attempt, a pass from Hynek to Clark, was batted down in the end zone by an airborne Rawlings to save the game with 2:36 left on the clock Both ' teams showed excellent potential in quarterbacks Hynek and I Rogers, but both teams had trouble getting the hall across the goal line. Ihler showed strength in the Vikes running game, as well as speedster i Greg Clark, but the Rawlings graciously gave credit for his , success to the Wildcat offensive ; line by - saying,'I couldn't do anything without them. They are . the greatest linc.they do their job, I take care of mine.' Wildcat coach John Haning add-, add-, edRawlings may be the greatest : back in the state,' but credited their success to 'stopping the run and shutting down the Viking's early success.' - . Woods Cross takes on West at I home ' Friday while Viewmont ; travels to Layton in league openers ' for both teams. |