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Show 1 BOX ELDER 1 NEWS, Brigham City, Sunday, August 29, 1976 Utah Cyprus up next Scots take Bee measure in mistake-fille- d clash But Moore had some tough moments in the first half. He tossed four passes and comtwo to his pleted all four intended receivers and two to clash featuring Elder and Ben Lomond was the opening game of this 1976 Fridays grid I!ox And the trend of things showed it. ; Both teams made mistakes, a lot of them. But the visiting Scots made more points, to claim victory in this pigskin Box debut. In the final analysis it was the ability of Ben Lomond to generate a scoring drive late in the final period that spelled the difference. Otherwise the two clubs played to a standoff. - New head mentor Tot Workman had no excuses in the aftermath. : If youre going to place the blame, put it on me. I didnt have them ready mentally, he said Friday morning. 'z'As it turned out, the Bees opening offensive play of the season was an omen. They took the games kickoff and promptly fumbled the ball away on the first play from scrimmage. : But even then and minutes later giving up a touchdown to fall back at they left the field at halftime leading, 14-It was the Hivers inability to sustain a drive in the second half while Ben Lomong capitalized on Box Elder miscues that finally turned the tide of battle. No question that we were in .better physical condition but not mental condition. Its that simple, Workman stated. y He had his charges on the tield for a 10 a.m. Saturday morning workout. Some of the wrinkles which cropped up Friday night were scheduled for attention. Among them was the play selection of his quarterbacks, some of which did not meet with approval from the Icoach. Statistically speaking, the visitors held an edge. They '1 Jchurned out 106 yards on the ."ground and 60 more. aerially for J66 total. : ; The Scots also lost 125 yards 'on penalties. They were not the disciplined team that Coach Brent Belnap n r Was Key 'l Junior quarterback Rich was the Ben Lomond ikey. He came into the fray ;.touted as one of the states best. .He convinced some onlookers as fto that claim. r Moore BOX ELDER ACTION SPORTS Game Highlights Here are some of the game highlights: The Bees opening fumble was followed by a bad snap from center on a punt attempt which gave Ben Lomond possession at the BE-8- . Halfback Dave Snell crashed over from that point and Rob Despain booted the extra point. Box Elder lost the ball on a Mart Olsen interception at Ben Lomonds 20 late in the first period. Mike Hatch set up the Bees first score in the second period when he recovered The Scots fumble at the BL-3then injured their own cause with 20 yards in penalties, setting Box Elder up at the 16. From there Brian Oakeson got 11 and Jeff Longhurst ripped the final five yards to score. Richard Reimers kick for extra point was wide. That was at the mark. Seconds later, Walker picked 10:08 off a Moore pass at the undoubtedly ? twould like to see. 125 yards for ran BofcEfder jf plough ones against a hefty fsix-maScot line. And they collected 29 more in the air for : 154 total yards. ed in. Elder had another drive blunted in the final quarter when Bart Hubbard jumped on Despain did it again to forge the final 4 tally. With 23 seconds on the clock, the Scots tried an onside kick and Box Elder pounced on it at midfield. Quarterback Marlin Jensen hit Keith Williams on a pass to the BL-3- 6 but two more aerial attempts failed and that was the game. Box Elder now looks toward Despain booted another placement to deadlock things at ; BL-4- 6 inand a roughing-the-punte- r fraction gave Box Elder possession at the 27 from where Longhurst, Oakesdn and quarterback Todd Eskelsen moved it deep, Keith Williams going the final two yards to score. Eskelsen then tossed to split end Cam Hoesel for a conversion on a fake kick to forge a 14-- 7 Box Elder lead. The Scots scored again in the third period after Olsen picked off another Bee aerial, giving his mates possession at the BE-3Four plays later, Moore came out of a traffic jam in the two-poi- 21-1- Drive Blunted Box a Hive bobble at the BL-2With little more than a minute remaining, Ben Lomond started the deciding drive at its own 45, Two running plays got six yards and then Moore rifled a perfect shot to Hubbard at the BE-2A couple of incompletions another Course scheduled for hunter safety A hunter safety class conducted by the Box Elder Wildlife federation is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Sept. 1, at the Mantua rifle range. Starting time will be 7 p.m. with John McNary as instructor. course will be $2 and the Fee for the class will be limited to the first 40 applicants on a first served basis, a spokesman said. Its necessary under Utah law for first-tim- e hunting license purchasers under age 21 to have successfully completed such a course. The class will continue until about the first of October. skirmish n Farnsworth (29). The Scots came from behind to win the Box Elder faces Cyprus next Friday. grid debut, HITTING THE TURF as he Box Elder's 1976 football returns the opening kickoff of season is Cam Hesel. Also in the action for the Bees are Wynn Hall (60) and Kevin A 21-1- C3duf sfeOs IB (fetrjE) pGDySQIn) T( ODD Beautiful. That word about sums up Coach Bill Jacobsens assessment of his Bear River Bears romp over powerhouse Payson Friday night in the 14-- 0 season opener for both clubs. game was played in Garland. Jacobsen was high in praise for his inexperienced Bears, a team that saw two starters not dressed at the last minute and facing one of the preseason picks for all the marbles in the this season. We played to super tonight, he said. If we played like this against Springville or Pleasant Grove on a night like tonight, we would have beat them. Our defense was so tough... Tough is the word as the warming Bears mauled the Lions from the opening gun limiting the visitors to just 64 45 rushing and 19 net yards passing. The nt 723-347- 1 pre-seaso- tfr next Friday, hitting the road for a gamp at Class Cyprus. That one is slated for a 7 p.m. kickoff. later, the Scot QB hit Hubbard at the 17 and three plays later better-than-usu- Led at Halftime f: fullback Scott Eisenhour crash- yards away. Elder defenders Ladd Walker and Keith Williams. He had better success in the second half. And it was a couple of Moore tosses which keyed the winning TD drive. The Bees displayed a hard-nose- d defense until that final series, They gave up just 23 yards in the first half. The end play was particularly outstanding. But everybody else did a job, too, including the secondary which was suspect going into the fray. A negative note was the offensive line play. It didnt produce as expected, with credit due, in part, to what appeared to be a Ben Lomond defense. A passing performance raised some furrowed brows, too, in the Bee camp. 21-1- middle to score from 20 Little Worried Jacobsen had been worried a little about the pass defense but gave plaudits to Nolan Hess and Roger Norr in the secondary for their work on Payson receivers. Of course, an opening game is beset by penalties and Fridays contest was no different. But despite the miscues, the Bears showed midseason form in execution offensively and a healthy enthusiasm for rapping the Lion ball carriers. While the defense, led by Chris Webb at middle linebacker and Lupe Barrera and sophomore Bryan Christensen at tackles, was extremely difficult for the big Payson team to handle. The Lions couldnt deal with the quickness. . But the Bear offense showed as much sparkle as long time fans could recall in many years. Mark Williams, in his first varsity start at quarterback, ran the club like a seasoned veteran, picking his receivers and hitting them as needed. And Jacobsen gave praise to the work on his backfield. Curtis Kidman bulled for 88 yards and two touchdowns while swing-gac- k Howard Rawlinson rushed for 54 and caught passes for 56 more for 110 yards offense as IpOEl!? the Bears racked up total. 301 the ball over on downs at the eight yard line. Beginning on their own 45, the yards Sustained Effort Paysons only sustained offensive effort came in their first series when they collected back to back first downs. From then on it was almost downhill for the team. Bear River scored late in the first period after Hess took a Payson punt to his own 29, setting up the drive. Rawlinson went 20 yards with a Williams pass, then 22 more on the ground. Kidman ran for four and Rawlinson went to the Bear River 14 on another pass.4 A penalty moved the ball to the Lion seven and another to the four. Kidman finally popped into the endzone with 58 seconds. left in the quarter. Sophomore Jeff Oyler booted Bear , the point after for a lead. The Bears began another, drive late in the second, taking over on their own 28 and moving ; to the Payson 11 where a Williams pass was intercepted in the endzone by Craig Buys with seconds to play in the half. Bears put together another drive in the fourth period that salted the game away. With Webb and Kidman trading off, the Bears marched down field to the Payson 11 where with fourth and a foot Webb appeared to have the necessary yardage. A holding penalty made it fourth and 15 when Payson was called for pass interference in the giving the Bears a first end-zon- e, down. 7-- 0 , Kidman rocketed off tackle on the next play and raced 10 yards for the final score. Oyler was good again for the PAT. The Bears travel to Cedar City next Friday for an overnight trip to meet the Redmen. Logan provides the opponent for the Bears on Sept. 11 in a crucial test for a playoff. ; to!s;:v:7& BEAR RIVER'S Nolan Hess (84) fights a Payson night's contest at Garland. The Bears defeated h player for possession of the ball in Friday the tough Payson pack . 14-0- : Webb Fumbled The Bear defense stiffened in the third when Webb fumbled on the Bear 14 and Payson scooped up the ball, but the Lions turned Baseball meeting canceled A meeting which had been scheduled Monday, Aug. 30, to review youth league baseball in Brigham City has been canceled, according to a spokesman for the city recreation de- partment. The action was taken after the death of Recreation Director Jack Winns father In Hawaii. The session will be rescheduled at a later date, the spokesman said. ivaz woodman 12-ho- first-com- e, FURNITURE -- REFINISHING SCHOOL LOREN SWITZER Classes start Sept. 14 One night a week for 6 weeks. 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