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Show Bountiful started stomp early in big win over Tooele the quarterback pitch to number 11 (faded-probably a JV player) on the same play. The faded-jerseyed player then tried a throwback to the non-bleached number 1 1, but it failed, fail-ed, and who cares anyway? Parrish rushed for 141 yards on 1 1 carries, Jones added 124 yards on 11 carries and Murdock gained 84 yards on five carries. And the -only-pass Beet tried, -or needed to try, was complete for 76 yards to and Woods Cross are playing for second place in Region Six, an important im-portant element in the fight for first-round first-round home field advantages for stater Roderick. Bountiful must now face West this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in Salt Lake City. In light of Jordan's win over Woods Cross Friday night it now appears that both Bountiful By TOM HARALDSEN Sports Editor BOlJNTIFULStudents at Bowk -tiful High were dressed and ready for the school's planned stomp after Friday night's football game with Tooele, but forget all that The game WAS the stomp. I BounttfulOooked.tteami "from Lincoln, Nebraska in murdering murder-ing the visitors from Tooele 57-18, and the score doesn't indicate how bad this rout really was. After alL things got so bad for Tooele that in the final minutes, they had two players wearing the same number trying to play catch. - . ; The Buffs, however, never had a chance to catch up. Coach Larry Wall rested most of his staners the entire second half, and all three iTooele ID'S came against JV or sophomore defenders. The Braves went 60 yards on four plays in their first possession, as Jeff Parrish ran 48 yards on first fdown for a TD. After three plays and an interception by Bountiful's Austin Lindsey gave the Braves the ball on the Tooele 40, Chris Jones took a first down handoff and went 28 yards for another score. It was 14-0 with 6:19 still remaining in the first quarter. . -. - Again,' the Buffs could get -nothing going, and when a fourth down pass from their .34 fell in-. complete, -Bountiful had the ball deep again. After Tooele sacked quarterback Brad Beck for an eight yard loss, he handed off to Jones again, who blitzed up the middle for.; 34 yards and another score; It was 21-0, the Braves' Cheerleaders had done 42 pushups (one for each point) and the Buffs were looking for the team bus. But it got worse -. much worse. Lindsey picked off a second interception at Bountiful's 13 after Tooele finally began to gain some ground. Parrish gained one yard, Jones picked up 13, and Beck was sacked again for a loss of eight -terJones ranJbtfive to the 24, Beck found Aaron Roderick open for a 76-yard TD. After one period, it was 28-0 for the Braves. Bountiful added two more first half scores, as Dave Black recovered ffftoblearthe Braves 27 to stop one, drive, and Bountiful went 73 yards in five plays, including in-cluding a 61 yard romp by Parrish, before Beck scored from the one with 6:47 in the half. Another TD drive started at the Bountiful 24 following a punt Aided Aid-ed by two penalties, plus a 24 yard run by Jake Murdock, the Braves moved to the 18, from where-Jones scored to make it 42-0 with 2:51 left Only a last-second fumble at . the Tooele 1 1 stopped the Braves -from further .: embarrassing their guests. ' How bad was the first half for Tooele? Total yardage: Bountiful 338, Tooele 22. Some wondered if they'd come back out after intermission. inter-mission. But out they came, and on their first possession, Trent Wayland intercepted a pass in the flat and ran 28 yards for a TD. On the point after attempt holder Billy Kendrick - got a bad snap, picked up the loose ball, then ran up the middle for two ... points.-. That made . it 50-0 with 10:02 left in the third quarter, and the cheerleaders resorted to doing jumping jacks instead (figuring 157 previously-done pushups was , enough). The Braves got their final TD when Murdock rambled 53 yards for a score with 2:04 left It was 57-0, and by that time, the bench : was cleared. Tooele picked up three -cheapies in the final nine minutes, and, at one point had number 11. |