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Show 4 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, Oct. 27, 1988 SPORTS I I T.J i - it V. ..Ami Diggers Wear Down Farmers In Region Sis Football Finale if s Jtf J2f' Axlj ,". SANDY. Jordan's Beetdiggers down a spunky, g Granite Farmer team Thursday to win 22-- 6 and wound up the Region Six season with a 1 record, the same as Murray and Tooele. In a draw to establish the seeds for tournament play, Jordan did not fare as well. Tooele wound up with the first place seed while Murray wound up seeded second and Jordan third. As a result of these pairings Jordan will travel to Cedar City where it will play the winner of Tuesday's playoff game between Pine View and Cedar City. The game will be played at 5 p.m. Saturday. Should the Diggers . win, they will play the winner of the Pleasant Grove-Bea- r River game. If Bear River wins," the game would be played at Jordan, but if Pleasant Grove wins it hosts. Jordan broke on top in the opening quarter after a drive with Duane Despain scoring from the 10. Highlights of the drive were two successful passes by Jason Jarvis to Matt Brady which covered 18 and 14 yards. wore r S U hard-fightin- 4-- I WAITING HANDS ... With Jordan Moving In to assist for Jordan Is Jeremls Thorne (7). Jordan, playing at home, won the contest, played Thursday, 22-- defend- - (40) on his back Granite receiver Wes Burnlngham (83) tries to grab on Incoming football er Art Hunter . ; 65-ya- Will Share League Crown - Bengal Team Maids Jags Brad Price; and defensive backs Darin Fowlks and Derek Delon. Brighton got the scoring parade under way with a run by Dan North midway through the second quarter. Then North got a chance to pass to his own quarterback, hitting Ward in the end zone for two more points. Josh Kilgrow notched the second Brighton on a gallop with Ward passing to Garett Hammond for another two pointer. The final Bengal touchdown of the half was scored on a pass and run of 18 yards from Ward to Giffin Reynaud. The Srint after kick was missed and WEST JORDAN. Though his team went into Thursday's home contest against Brighton with its ranks thinned by injuries, West Jordan football coach Tom Molen' stated later, "even if we'd been totally healthy, I don't know if it would have affected the outcome five-ya- that much." rd With his team falling to that of one can Lynn Freestone's 50-understand Molen's feelings. The victory secured a share of the Region Two title for Brighton, which wound up tied with Alta at 1 in the final standings. However, because the Hawks beat the Bengals in regular season led 22-action, Alta got the top seed for The state play and Brighton the Bengals didn't skip a beat second. That means Brighton will from the second to the third host Layton tomorrow (Friday) at quarter, as Mark Wilson passed to Hammond for a fourth 2 p.m. Brighton, according to Coach touchdown, the play covering 45 Freestone, turned in a near yards. Ian Gunderson kicked the later perfect performance on both point after. Moments offense and defense against West Jordan. In fact, his defense played so well, right down the lineup, he simply could not single out any individual players as leading the charge. "It was a real team effort on MURRAY. To no one's surprise, both sides of the line," Freestone added. "The kids just played Mountain View dominated both super, the kind of effort a coach the girls and boys divisions in last likes to see heading into state Wednesday's Region Two Cross Country meet held at the play." Cottonwood Complex. 447 of Brighton piled up yards View's ladies won Mountain offense on the day, 295 of it on the 0 over Orem flow score wins faike as Herbert wound ground up with 79 yards on 12 carries, in cross country), while Hillcrest Jason Ward 65 on seven tries and came in at 89, Alta at 102, Josh Kilgrow 52 on eight rushes. American Fork 107 and Brighton Quarterback Ward was 6x11 151. In the boys' race, Mountain passing for 66 yards, the rest of View finished with 31 points, the Bengal aerial total coming while second place American Fork from five other players who got a totalled up 85. Orem was third with 90 points followed by chance to throw the ball. But, while praising the prowess Brighton with 98, Hillcrest 114, of Brighton, Coach Molen of West Alta 146, Bingham 154 and West Jordan was not demeaning the Jordan 176. effort of his players in this and The top four teams in each other games during the season despite the injuries that mounted division, plus any individual runner finishing in the top 10 by the week. "The kids played their hearts advanced to the state meet, held out again," he reported, "and for Wednesday (after sports deadline) about a we at Sugarhouse Park and Highland school. stayed with them. The score was high Orem runner claimed the An the second midway through in the individual spot period then we had a couple of top more key kids go down and, standings, but the next three before the half, they (Brighton) had put three touchdowns up on er 7, 13-ya- 6-- rd 0. ; . Hammond threw off the halfback pass hitting Mike Herbert with a d scoring effort that, with the PAT, boosted Brighton's total to 36-. In the final period, Brighton went back to its ground attack, Tryler Wilcox scoring on a d run. Herbert added the finishing touches with a jaunt Gunderson was on target with both kicks. West Jordan finally got on the board late in the quarter when McDougal flipped the ball to Brad Price on a screen play and Price raced 61 yards for six.' Don Hunsaker added the point after. Though pleased with the win, Coach Freestone was already turning his attention to Layton, a team, he stated, sports a run oriented offense and one of the best multiple defense packages around. 20-3- , quarter-and-a-ha- lf 0-- 0 West Jordan had just 48 yard rushing, Jeff VanLeeuwen getting 21 as the top ground gainer. was 5x14 McDougal passing for 99 years, while Kurt Hamblin was 1x6 for 11. Defensively, Molen noted defensive linemen Travis Hall, Gordy Wesley Eyre and Hema Katoa; linebacker Local Pitchers Net Medals At ' Senior Games ST. GEORGE. Local, horseshoe pitchers earned a rich harvest of golf and silver over the past week as part of the World Senior Games staged in St. George. Pitching in the singles division, Bruce Crane of South Jordan took the gold 18-5- in the bracket, while Jack Raymond captured the silver in the Draper's group. Richard Buchanan was another silver medalist, earning his medal in the bracket, while Verdun Nicholas from Salt Lake won the bronze. The Senior Games' competition, which seems to get bigger and better every year, drew pitchers from seven states including Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Nevada and Utah. . Running up a 30 point advantage, the Murray high boy's cross country team easily last the field outdistanced Wednesday to claim the Region Six title in action it hosted at Murray Park. Judge Memorial's ladies then notched an equally convincing victory in their half of the meet. Murray's boys ended up with 19 points, while Judge was a distant second at 49 flow score wins in cross country). Jordan was next at 93 followed by Granite at 107, Tooele and West. Judge's girls 3 finished with an margin over runner-u- p Jordan, while Murray was at 50, Tooele at 97 and Granite at 170 with West finishing last. State competition was held Wednesday (after sports deadline) at Sugarhouse Park and Highland high school. Both the boys' and girls' championship teams from Region Six were expected to be in the thick of things. John Franco captured the individual title for Murray with a 1622 mark in the boys race. He was followed by teammates Dave Faerber, 16:29; and Gary Johns, 16:43. In addition, John Tanner was sixth, 17:02; Tom Porter MURRAY. . Jordan scored in the second run by quarter on a Aaron Conde, but this time the PAT kick was blocked. Granite bounced back with a score of its own on ' an . drive with a couple big catches by Wes Burningham and Brett Sharp and another one by Travis Hampshire. Kevin Brotherson scored on a keeper from the three. The score at the half was 13-- as Granite's PAT effort failed. 17-ya- rd - 80-ya- rd 6, The only score the third of quarter came when Myrick tackled the Granite quarterback in the end zone to increase the lead to 15-The Diggers then stretched, the lead to the final total when Conde scored from the 11 after a drive in the last quarter. Despain had the big run. gainer, a Jordan Coach Al Watrin was pleased with the play of his team, but was also impressed with the effort of the Granite team. He pointed out that the Farmers held the Diggers three times inside the 20. He felt that Troy Oborn had had a fabulous game with great 6. 65-ya- rd 25-ya- rd blocking and running, carrying 13 times for 80 yards. Despain carried 14 times for 68 yards and while Jason one touchdown, Jarvis carried eight times for 36 and Aaron Conde had 35 yards gained and two touchdowns in carries. Jarvis also three completed five passes for 110 yards, while Art Hunter had two interceptions and a lot of great hits, according to Watrin. Watrin had an opportunity to play several of his substitutes during the last quarter, His team was . opportunistic with two fumble recoveries and three interceptions. He thought the .defense was exceptional and singled out Matt Brady for his defensive play. , Granite Coach Mark Nielson was proud of his team noting that the defense held Jordan twice within the five offensively, Brotherson passed for 333 yards with Sharp and Burningham being the main receivers. ' Defensively, Nielson felt that Bodie Phillips and Darren Brotherson, along with Randy Visser, Kalisimas Fuka and Brian Garcia all had a good game. ; . . 0. two-yar- 30-yar- third-and-eig- d rs ht ' r. , runners were all from Mountain View. The first local entrant to break through was Bingham ninth grader Lynette Peterson, who finished at 19:45. After that, Hillcrest's Dolonna Jensen finished 11th with tea.mnate Jenny Potts and the Lady Huskies' version of Lynette Peterson coming in 14th and 15th. Alta had the 13th and 16th spots with Barbara and Annette Allred. Williams of West Jordan was 20th, while the top placer for Brighton was Jeanett Hall at 22nd. Hillcrest may have finished fifth as a team, but its Robert Johns wrapped up the individual title with a time of 15:57. Mountain View netted the next three spots with American Fork claiming the fifthBrighton's Scott Morrey was sixth at 16:34 followed by Shawn Singleton of Bingham, 16:41. Ray Jensen of Hillcrest was 11th, 16:57, while Mike Rosier of West Jordan was 12th at 16:57. Alta's top individual finisher was Chris Jones at 17:1 6. Murray, Judge Runners Capture Region Titles us." , point. five-yar- Mountain Mew Rules Region Cross Country - Curt Myrick kicked the extra seventh, 17:26; and Darrin Porter eighth, 17:32. Randy Anderson added a 1 7th place finish. Judge's best finish was a fourth from Sean Meade, 16:55; while Brian Duberox was ninth, 17:39; and Danny Nowick tenth, 17:40. The Bulldogs also got an 11th from Jay Crocker, 17:49; a 15th from Wes Keller, 18:02; and a 16th from Jim Walsh, 18:05. Jordan's top finisher was Jeff Leaxitt at 12th, 17:50; while Randy Voigtlander was 13th , 17:51; and Scott Griffin 20th, 18:26. ; p f . .. mi ........ OUT OF REACH pass, Just beyond both player's reach. Such head-ey- e play was characteristic of things Thursday aa homestandlng Jordan emerged with 22-- 6 win. . . . to-he- Gain Top Seed For State Hawks Grind Up Cavemen SANDY. With a share of the region title and the top seed for the state playoffs at stake, Alta high's football team put on one of its best, if not the best, performances of the season in downing visiting American Fork 37-- 7 Thursday. Alta finished at 1 in league play, tied with Brighton in the region title chase. But Alta will get the top spot for state seeding purposes by virtue of its regular season win over Brighton. The Hawks now face Skyline, the number five team from Region Three, tomorrow (Friday) at 3 p.m. in the first round of playoff action Alta will host. Going into Thursday's contest, Hawk headman Doug Berry wondered if his team's confidence might have waned after the loss to Hillcrest. The outcome of game answered that question t for certain. "The kids played super, error free and with a lot of intensity," a very pleased Berry stated. "It was an exceptionally good effort going into the tournament." a Alta got the scoring going early in the first quarter and never seemed to slack off. The first Hawk touchdown came on a d run by Chad Knowles, completing a drive. Craig Garner added the first of five points after 6-- one-yar- Judge swept the top four places in the girls' meet, the top spot, falling to Chelsea Deakins at touchdown. She was followed by teammates Ginny Mommsen, 20:55; Suzi Newman, 21:16; and Katie McHugh, 21:17. Also placing in the medalist ranks, Jennifer Calame was eighth, 21:49. Judge added a 12th from Kris Mickler, 22:24. Runner-uJordan was led by Debra Eddingtcn, who placed fifth at 21:36, and Stacy Williams, who claimed sixth at 21:32. Dawn Blomquist was 11th, 22:23; Amy Winterbottom 15th, 23:52; Ann Flinders 16th, 23:56. ff i j., Under the watchful of an official, Jordan's Matt Brady (S3) and Granite's Brent Sharp (20) clash over incoming ii 45-yar- d, 20:00. ' 1 & - if 's six-pla- y the kick, Alta's; Following defense for American Fork to punt right back and the offense responded, Knowles notching his second touchdown of the day on a three-yarrun to start the second quarter. Again Alta kicked to American Fork only to get the ball right back, this time three plays later on a fumble recovered the Caveman 30 by Rich Harline. DeHart Tyler Quarterback wasted little time, passing on the next play to Darin Dixon for six. didnt return the Defensively, Tom Huch had Lee next while three on its sacks, away possession, at least not until in Knappenberger, Joe Ruden and Todd Hunter played well at had struck with a American Fork ball right . 56-ya- rd touchdown toss and a point after kick that close to gap to 21-Alta chewed up the rest of the time on the first half clock with drive that concluded an with a solo effort by DeHart, who, linebacker. Defensive linemen Stephen Micklous, Scott Shamb-li-n and Bannon Page controlled the line of scrimmage and Brett Brian and- Brian Barnhisel handled things in the secondary. after ' dropping back to pass, . Berry was also pleased with the tucked the ball away and ran it in play of his special teams. from seven yards out. The PAT was blocked making the midway Try a Want Ad! 7. 11-pl- score 27-The Hawks picked up in the third period where they left off in the second, driving their first possession down to the American Fork 10. Then DeHart hit Dixon with a second touchdown toss. 7. LaMajBHaMassa 111288 1122 tHtfMiIZM "PUNCH UKF'(R) SS,7:30,lftM Garner's kick made it Alta wrapped up its scoring in the final stanza with a field goal by Garner. American Fork threatened in the late going, but Alta's defense, crewed mostly with substitutes, held on. Knowles was Alta's top rusher with 133 yards, while DeHart passed for 70 yards, going 4x7, half those completions resulting 34-- 7. "BAT 21" (R) S:3S, 7:35,135 47-ya- rd "HALLOWEEN IV" (R) 5:45,7:41,1:4$ "BIG"(R)M0 "DIE HARD" 5 JO, 5:50 . "ELVIRA" (P.G.13) 5:50, 7:50, M5 ii in touchdowns. (27iip mump xa LICENSED BONDED THIS d CALL ID WEEK 566-989- 8 rot SAVE . Y INSTALLED Horns Improvements. Wi Stand Ithbid Our Product!. 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