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Show 18 Vernal Expren Wednesday, Sect. 25. 1993 Q- r.K sp ra Kf? Spaotainis radii iron isaFsidl m Homecoming 1990 started spectacularly spec-tacularly and finished the same way, although the sources were totally to-tally different. The Uintah Homecoming crowd was treated to a splendid opening as one of the hot air balloons in town for display launched from the 50 yard line just prior to kickoff , unfortunately unfor-tunately that was to be the highlight of the first half as the local gridders were baffled and battered by a with a Q.B. sack of seven yards to determined team from Emery. halt the first Spartan drive and then With the Utes giving up an aver- Shane Bullock with a touchdown age of 25 pounds per man on the savirg interception on the one yard line of scrimmage, the Spartans line after Emery had controlled the moved the ball almost at will in the baU for seven minutes, and then first half, outscoring Uintah 14-0, Bullock again with a saving tackle and it could have been much worse on one line 10 halt Emery if not for some outstandinc individ- once more- Finally there was Brian ual plays. First there was big Ben Wilson . .-. r.- 4 a J- v SCOTT MANSFIELD shown here making a rare miscue. The sure handed Ute wide receiver would normally make this grab. Fletcher with a 10 yard sack after Emery had intercepted an errant Meyers pass at the Uintah 38. The problem with these individual heroics is that football is a team game and the. Uintah team was not a whole. The Ute offense was not able to respond to the challenge and opportunities created by the defense. With Emery scoring the first T.D. at the seven minute mark of the second quarter, Uintah responded with three plays and a punt which was followed by another anoth-er Spartan drive and score. All told, Uintah had 9 offensive plays in the first half, six running for 16 total yards and three passing- two incompletes incom-pletes and an interception. Compare those numbers to that of Emery- 18 carries for 79 yards and 1320 passing pass-ing for 143 yards in the first half and you start to get the picture. The second half started out much like the first, the offense was sputtering sput-tering and the defense was put on the spot. With 3:45 gone in the third quarter, a errant pitch by Q.B. Meyers over the head of Bullock was recovered by Emery on the Uintah 6 yard line. It looked like it was going to be a long night But strange things happen when emotions emo-tions and the human spirit play such a big role in the outcome of a contest con-test and it was at this point that . Uintah decided to start playing as a team together. With their teammates and a packed stands exhorting them on, the defense made a heroic stand. They held the Spartans to just two yards on three plays and forced r - - hi Trir oiiMii m w miiiwiiiiiiiniifiiiiiiiM mwiiih turn "rrrr. j rV - s BEN WILSON, Uintah defensive tackle is shown here wrapping up the Spartan quarterback quarter-back in last weeks homecoming action where Emery handed the Utes a bitter pill to swallow in the form of a loss. Wilson was just a hair late in making this play as the toss was completed com-pleted a fraction before the hit. ? jr (6T 4"" r i i J tMCRY PLAYER, number 49 (center) dr3ws a crowd in the form of Jarcd McKeochme (no, 12 far left), Justm DcCol (center), and Shane Bullock (no. 35 right), as they break up the pass pby during homecoming action lost Friday. them to kick a field goal from the four- which would be their last points of the night. The completion of the game changed with that goal line stand. ' Both defenses' played tough, allowing no first downs until about the 3 minute mark of the third period peri-od when Mike Dockcry was called on to create a little magic for his team- and he did with a spectacular running 40 yard pass to Trent Colton down the right sidelines for Uintah's first first down of the game. With Dockcry at the helm, Uintah moved down to their deepest penetration of the night to the Emery 25 where the drive stalled due to penalties which moved the Utes back to the Spartan 45. It was the spark the Uintah team needed. After Dockcry punted, (he averaged aver-aged 42 yards.) the defense caused an Emery fumble which was recovered recov-ered by Uintah on the Srartan 25. After a gritty 10 yard run by Bullock, Justin Dccol displayed some spectacular moves as he zigzagged zig-zagged his way into the cnJonc for Uintahs first score with 9 minutes left in the game. Emery 17 Uinuh 7. The Ute defense held and the offense .showed what it can do when it plays with emotion and confidence confi-dence With Billy Meyers baik in, the Ute offense drove 66 yards w iih slashing runs by I'.ulkKk, power running by Gitoti and crafty running run-ning ond receiving by Meyers to Dctol, Tl line shewed it's determination deter-mination and conditioning by opening open-ing tip big holes fiif the runncf s ani pmng Mcjers Ji'l the time hi tved-cd tved-cd t ) fmJ his fcs, cis cis. Wuh jjll Cj-lmdcis clicking Ihc Uiet uv.tt& on 3 10 yard run by PuSUk wuh ju t one minute lift in the grune. 1 1'.C t 0 point if)' w .is unuMCv-iid-finery ITt'muh 13. 1t? tV theft turd an t;-n-.i,k luk tijetit iViwn the cenvr t the field, hoping the ball would bounce off of an Emery player, which it did and was recovered by Uintah with only 52 seconds left in the game. With Uintah driving again on the Spartan defense, the effort came up inches short on a fourth down run at the Emery 32 yard line with 13 seconds sec-onds left in the game. The Spartans had escaped the inspired Uintah comeback by the skin of their teeth! In commenting on the game, first year coach Curg Belcher had both praise and admonition for his team: "we can't expect to be competitive when we only show up for one quarter. This is a great bunch of kids with a ton of potential but they have to learn to be ready to give the same kind of effort and intensity for the entire game that they showed in the fourth quarter. We ran the same plays in the first half that we ran in the second, with the difference being emotional intensity and focus. We seem to be a better road team than home team right now because the kids appear to have a difficult time blocking out all the other activiues that surround our home continued on page 20 " u ! ) :.- 1 1 ' . , . - . . 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