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Show Emery County Progress, Castie Dale, Utah SjpciDimts smndl Tuesday November 16, 1999 33 uuMidcd)eos Emery Spartans defeat Bear River in semi-finalheaded for finals Saturday s, by Ryan Peacock Sports Reporter The Emery football team compete for their first will state championship in 12 years after beating Bear River 2714 in the semifinals SatWestwood Karate sensei, Mike Martinez, awards his urday. The Spartans only other trip to the state finals was in 1987 when they beat Millard 23-- 0 to win the championship. Emery will meet Snow Canyon in the finals. The Warriors beat 4 Delta to earn their spot and were the only team to beat the Spartans this ex- ceptional students for the summer quarter. Receiving plaques for most dedicated students are Stephanie Vuksinick, Castle Dale and Adam Frandsen, Price. This award is based on their attendance, disciplined attitudes, respect fc-- self and others. Pictured above are sensei Kevin Jewkes, sensei Mike Martinez, assistant instructor Jayson Farrell, students Stephanie Vuksinick and Adam Frandsen. r 57-1- year. The . fourth-dow- presents awards and travels to tournament 21-1- 4, line. possession and after Justice The Spartans tried to crushed a receiver on third draw the Bears offsides, but down an to force instead were called for a incompletion, the Bears penalty and punted again. were pushed back five yards. Emery drove down the When Emery lined up to field, hungrily eating up punt, a Bear River player both yards and the clock jumped offsides and Emery until a quarterback sack forced the Spartans to got the five yards back. The Spartans ran an op- throw the ball. Brad Stilson tion play and Bret Bennett did just that, but the pass gained four yards on the was intercepted on Bear pitch and gave Emery the Rivers 21 and the Bears had first down. The very next stopped the Emery threat. play, after a timeout, Zac The first quarter ended with Sharp took the ball off the Emery leading left side for 36 of his 108 Bear River put together a yards and scored a touch- drive of their own. but the down. Spartan defense came up We called a play up the big again and forced a middle." coach Jimmy Jones fumble that was recovered said, but when we saw how by Justice. their defense was lined up to After Emery was forced to the strong side, we called a punt. Bear River drove timeout and called a play to again. They put together 1 1 the left I the weak side." plays and overcame sacks by That touchdown put the Clements and Mitch Childs game out of reach and guar- to get into position to try a anteed Emery a spot in the field goal with seven secfinals and a chance for re- onds left in the half. The holder mishandled venge against Snow Canyon. Emery seemed to be riding the snap and Emery tried, a wave of emotion at the to push, start of .the game, and on knock, or carry the ball into Bear River's second play the end zone, but only got Kyle Behling and John as far as the Bears 43 beClements combined to sack fore they fell on it and the the quarterback. The quar- half ended. Emery still led terback sack would become by a slim margin. a familiar theme for Emery's The score and the stats indefense the rest of the game. dicated a close, defensive The Bears were forced to game at the half. Emery had punt and Emery got good only 34 yards rushing on 14 field position on the return carries, while the Bears had to Bear Rivers 41. The Bear only 40 yards on 23 carries. defense seemed to put em- Both quarterbacks fared phasis on stopping Sharp, well, though. Stilson was but a for 64 yards and Bear pass to Mike Justice followed by a River was for 72 yards. touchdown pass to Justice Both teams picked up the put the Bears on their heels scoring pace in the second and gave Emery a half. Emery got the ball first lead. The Bears gained only and drove down the field in three yards on their next eight straight running GAIL RABY Sun Adi'ocate reporter Westwood's Karate School traveled to Murray. Utah on The students of the school participated in the Battle of the Stars Open Karate Championship. Several of Westwoods students brought home top Nov. 6. notches in the standings. In the Kata competition, Jayson Farrell, brown belt took first place. Reed Cook, blue belt, competed in the thirty five and older class and placed fourth. Michelle Farrell, a ; white belt took third place; Adam Frandsen. a white belt placed first. Brent Frandsen. white belt, competing in the fifty years age and older, came away with first place. Sensei Mike Martinez also competed in the Kata and brought home the first place award for the age group fifty and over. In Sparring. Jayson Farrell, brown belt, took first place honors, Stephanie Vuksinick. blue belt, placed third; Adam Frandsen, white belt, first place; Brent Frandsen. white thirty five and over, second, place; Michelle Farrell. , beR, white belt, took fourth place. r The students worked hard in their disciplines in preparing for the competition and it paid off. 1 chess match n then scored a touchdown to seal the victory. With 3:07 left in the game and Emery leading the Spartans faced a fourth and one on Bear Rivers 40 yard By 1 Bears played well against the 10-- 1 Spartans, but in the end Emery won a Westwood Karate school t 10-- 0 ! 6-- 0. . Holy-Roller-lik- e, 6-- 0 d 25-yar- d -5 6-- 0 plays. On their ninth play Stilson threw his second touchdown pass to Justice. The Spartans faked the extra point and Stilson converscored the sion to put Emery in the 25-ya- rd lead 14-But Bear River came roaring back. Passes of 14 and 0. yards put them on Emerys 18 yard line and the quarterback ran it in from there, cutting the Emery lead in half, Emery fumbled on their next possession and Bear 31 14-- 7. River recovered the ball on Emerys 33. The Spartan defense needed to come up with another big play, and they did. A long pass by Bear off an Emery defender. was batted around a couple of times, and intercepted by Bennett on the River-deflecte- . two yard line. Emery had dodged another bullet. The third quarter ended with Emery leading The Spartans used the 14-- 7. momentum of the intercep- tion to move the ball downfield. Coach Jones relied on his three stars. and Stilson. Sharp, Bennett, to carry the team. Eleven of the next 12 plays were runs by one of those three. The d drive ended with Stilson sneaking the ball over the line for a touchdown. Tyler Gilson kicked the extra point and Emery led 21-- 7 with 10:53 left in the 98-yar- game. The Bears began to get more desperate and started throwing the bail. The quar- terback completed passes on their next drive, -5 overcame a sack by Devin Wilberg, and drove them 78 yards, finishing the drive with a touchdown pass that put the Bears right back in the game. Emery's lead was cut to 21-1- That is when Emery started their championship drive that ended with the play and Sharp's touchdown. Bear River did have one more chance to score, but fourth-dow- n Kyle Huntington tipped away a pass and sacks by Childs. Huntington, and DJ Graham on three consecu- tive plays ended River's season. Bear In the second half Emery controlled the ball for al- most 17 minutes, more than twice as long as Bear River's seven minutes. The Spartans held the Bears to only 22 yards rushing in the sec- ond half. Emery finished with 216 rushing yards to Bear Rivers 62. and recorded seven sacks. Stilson passes in completed the second half. The Spartans will play Snow Canyon at Southern Utah University in Cedar City beginning at 1 p.m. The Spartans lost their first in St. George meeting on Sep 10. but Sharp sat out most of the game with heat- ( Continued on page 10B) 32-1- 3 Order 'Jour JtofidaylRpast Turkey or 'BaTed Mam Dinner (Order now thru Nov 1 8) 101b. turkey or ham complete with dressing, served with potatoes & gravy, your choice of Bread Pudding Rice Pudding Your Favorite Holiday No strings attached. 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