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Show .. C6 Page - THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, October 30, 1994 nm mm ovec Highland, By BOB HUDSON Assistant Sports Editor ;' ' It would be fair to say Orem ran iover Highland in its 30-1- 6 5 A playoff victory -- Satur- - 'ui314 rushing yards on the Rams. 78 passing yards to finish with a total offense of 392 . "At times we really had it click-lingsaid Orem coach Paul Clark. "But, at times we shot ourselves in CThey added ," 17-- 6 the Rams. Orem then began from its 27, marching 73 yards in seven plays. Leifson burst up the middle for 48 yards to cap the drive. Jon Clark's 21 yard reception of a Lamoreaux pass kept the Tigers alive on a 1 situation moments before. Johnny Moa got Highland on the scoreboard with four minutes left in the half when he gained 48 yards on two carries. His brought the Rams to within 14-but the point after kick was no -- third-and-2- 6. ' 'We can be better than we were today," Clark said. "But, I'll tell fpot." you what, sometimes this (first playoff game) is the toughest to $rem made a few mistakes that could have proven costly had the Tigers not been firmly in control. .They had two touchdowns nullified because of clipping penalties. jOji. those plays, the violations well after the runners had ased. And, the Tigers lost a cou; er 6, win." Orem began the game by capitalizing on Spencer Nielsen's short punt which gave the Tigers the ball on the Ram Quarter- ed good. Orem took a 6 lead into the locker room after O'Brien kicked a field goal with 43 seconds left. Peterson had lost a touchdown run on a clipping call a few plays earlier. In the second half, Highland in 17-- 27-ya- rd back Randy Lamoreaux scored from the six to complete an eight-pla- y drive with 7:34 left in the first quarter. Nate O'Brien's point after ple of fumbles, including one Highland's Alex Magleby in the fnrl 7onc for a recovered Highland reached midfield on its second possession. Then Shawn Peterson had a pair of sacks to stall what." Orem, ranked No. 3 in the final Salt Lake Tribune 5A poll of the season, was in control the whole way. However, Highland hung around until the final quarter when the Tigers scored two touchdowns to expand a lead to 30-- iThat's because the Tigers, led j rials Leifson's 158 yards, piled ."which was good. touchdown. "I felt like we were just a little sluggish an both sides of the ball," Clark said. "I don't know if it was because of playing on Saturday or 73-ya- rd Provo left with 'what if after losing to Jordan 30-11- 6 vaded Orem territory just once. The Rams drove to the Tiger 13 in the closing moments only to lose the ball on downs. By JULI STRICKLAN Special to The Daily Herald - the four yards Spencer Morris ran the to give Beetdiggers necessary What if Provo another touchdown. Fullmer's SANDY and Jordan led 14-- 6 hadn't had five turnovers? What if kick was good, to still 6:45 with go until Bulldog receivers had caught a few Frovo had as looked It though of the 13 incomplete passes thrown kinks out of its the gotten finally by quarterback Joel Gines, at least offense in its next series. The Bullsome of which were clearly cashaa fourth down and ble? What if they had been able to dogs converted downs before first more two capitalize on more than one of the got stalling. quarter. three Jordan fumbles? If any of those things had hapJordan's players said 'Thank 180 finished with Highland down not final the score might you very much' and marched yards total offense, with 168 of it pened, 8. touchdown of the have Provo third been Jordan their for 28, coming on the ground. But it was although the game half. It on a pass to AnthoOrem will meet Granger at 4:30 was closer than that score indicatMorris. Fullmer's ny Berg from p.m. next Friday in a quarterfinal ed. kick gave Jordan a 21-- 6 lead at contest. The Lancers beat BonneProvo scored first, capitalizing halftime. n 0 in another ville on a Jordan fumble which gave it At the beginning of the third quartthe ball on the Beetdigger 13. Devplayoff contest. Provo got the ball on its own er, on Guymon ran the ball in on the 6 0 814 Highland 7 10 0 13 Oram 30 and used a nice mix aland first play from scrimmage, 6 run (O'Brien kick) the ball to the 48 run (O'Brien kick) move to of plays 28 run (kick tailed) though the PAT attempt was A FG 27 14. pass interference 'Digger blocked, Provo led 0 with 6:50 27 run (O'Brien kick) ball to the Diggei 7. the moved 32 run (kick tailed) call left in the first quarter. tumble recovery in end zone (Rivera kick) ran three yards Gines eventually the Provo then to Jordan drove the converbut the for touchdown, before Matt Powell failed Provo as cut the sion attempt fumbled, giving the ball to Provo. to lead Digger Maure Baker caught a pass from Gines on third down, and the Both teams scored in the fourth drive began. Daniel Ludlow then quarter, with Jordan taking advanbomb, also on tage of another Powell interception caught a intercepted a Leonelli pass and led third down, which took the ball to run from and scoring on a the offense down the field on a in the with 6:40 midfield. The first quarter ended Kener Lance drive. He carried the ball four with Provo immealmost like the team it scored Provo looking game. times for 3 1 yards before diving in was in the season after the kickoff, with the capable early diately from the three for the score. of moving the ball down the field Sloan Robison key play a Gines-to- defense. on 31 for After another Tooele punt, the any yards. Robison pass good the in the second But another then rolled another quarter, downfield caught Vikings from Gines, for a touchdown, but 60 yards, with Heelis scoring from Bulldogs unraveled. Two plays into the quarter, Powell redeemed Gines' conversion pass attempt the one for a 3 1 0 lead himself in the eyes of the homefailed. The second half was played alNeither team moved the ball most entirely by Pleasant Grove's town crowd by picking off a Gines well for the remainder of the game d second team. Duvall caught a pass at midfield and running it in "There was nothing out there pass from Beagley to finish for the first 'Digger touchdown. was kick Fullmer's we couldn't handle," Provo coach the scoring for the Vikings. good, Andy Ed Larson said after the game, Tooele's score came with 1:34 and Jordan led 6 with 10:50 left left on the clock. Leonelli threw to in the half. "we just didn't make the plays we needed them. when Mike Shepard for a TD. Two plays into its next posses28 21 7 Tooele 7 0 07 7 sion, Provo fumbled again, and Jordan 18 Provo PL Orove 38 17 14 7 P Guymon 3 run (kick blocked) A PG Jensen 47 FG recovered. the Beetdiggers again J Powell 50 run (Fullmer kick) PG Wllket 2 run (Jensen kick) J Morris 4 run (Fullmer kick) PG Seely 37 paaa from Beagley (Jensen kick) holding penalty against Provo gave J Berg 27 pass trom Morris (Fullmer kick) PG Wilkes 3 run (Jensen kick) 32. P Gines 3 run (pass tailed) the ball the on Jordan PG Heelis run (Jensen kick) Bulldog J Kener 14 run (Fullmer kick) PG Duvall 23 pasa tram Beagley (Jensen kick) Five plays later Jordan quarterback P Robison 31 pass trom Gines (pass tailed) T Shepard 10 pass trom Leonelli (Ferry kick) On the next play, however, Magleby fell on a Jason Gonzalez pitch which Matt Bolt mishandled. The Tigers, meanwhile, got a touchdown run from Lamoreaux and a scoring scamper from Leifson in the fourth hrlf-tim- e. 27-ya- rd 32-ya- rd I 1 27-ya- rd 36-2- inter-regio- O 6-- four-yard-li- Balanced Vikings clobber Buffs, . his offense, but his defense. After the Vikings fumbled PLEASANT GROVE -jiThere's a good reason why the ; ; on 3-- 0. over. P.G.'s Mike Leatham tipped a Shanz Leonelli pass into the arms of Nick Lamoreaux, who rumbled his way to the Tooele This set up an easy score, as DRegion6. 'That reason was illustrated by a ilopsided 38-- victory for the No. 1 'ranked Vikes over the Buffaloes in football playoff a.4A game Saturday afternoon. Lopsided describes the game. Domination does too. How about balance? That was something Mikelson said. Bill Mikelson stressed after i :co;jch But Tooele didn't score, and trter"game, when he was ?sked with their next possesion, the Viwhether his team was a jif'bftnd with player Justin kings used the strong leg of kicker Marc Jensen to start the scoring Oh no, anybody who saw this binge. After failing to convert on a at the 30, Mikelson didn't just see No. 24 sent Jensen in for a field (Wilkes), they saw No. 9 (Nathan No. 45 No. Duvall), (Matt Heelis), 42 (Jake Mattson), No. 12 (Paul 2-- 7 ; goal attempt rather than try to pin the Buffs back with a pooch punt. Kick was good, P.G. up Then the Viking defense took their first possesion, Tooele drove to the P.G. Then the defense stepped up and made what Mikelson called the play of the game. The Buffs' Winston Nigh ran off right tackle But the Viking defense swarmed him, momentarily standing him up. That's when Jake Mattson wrestled the ball away from him for the crucial turnover. "If they had scored there, this could have been a different ,'Pteasant Grove Vikings were No. 1 ;ut Region 8 and Tooele was No. 4 i inter-regio- n . Wilkes ran it in from the two and the Vikings led 10-Then things started rolling for The Vikings. The Buffs bobbled 0. their next kickoff and couldn't move the ball thanks to that defense ball-game- ," Mikelson mentioned. Tooele punted and Heelis returned it 20 yards to the Buffalo 40. After a couple plays, Beagley hit Ryan Seely for 37 yards and a touchdown. Jensen's kick was one-ma- n ; ' good and it was 17-In the second quarter, Wilkes third-and-lo- 0. 47-ya- rd BEST ONE we have a lot of weapBeagley) ons, no doubt about it," he said. -Mikelson said he thought that the key "to this win however, was not -- . 7-- 10-ya- rd O O O O - 1 i LV3ACVD Honest local person to own and operate a local route, servicing accounts like Supermarkets, Drug Stores, Video Stores, and others with exclusive product. 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