Show 43-- 0 on a themselves Royal feast Knights gorge By TONY REYNA StandarcExamrwr - ROY correspondent What do the Northridge Knights do for an encore to their highly successful 1997 season? How about a 43-- 0 victory over Roy High to start the 1998 slate If Friday night's win over the Rojals is any indication Northridge should come close if not surpass last year's 2 oerall mark and a first-evtrip to the state quarterfinals “I think a lot of our plaers know that we can be a better team than last ears” said third- - ear Northridge coach Fred Fernandes “W’e certainly have the talent to match last year's team Once we get the rust out we'il be a heck of a football non-leag- ue 9-- er team” The Knights were still a heck of a football team on both sides of the ball Friday night with defense setting the tone early in the game Northridge was first on the board with 7:41 left in the opening period when Brian Arnold dove into the end zone from a yard out five plays after the Knights’ defense forced a Royal fumble at the Roy 13 The Northridge defense accounted for the rest of the first-hascoring including a safety less than a minute into the second quarter and a Colby Bockwoldt return of a fumble recovery midway through the period “We misfired in the first half and just couldn't get anything going” Fernandes said “I was a little disappointed in our lf Bees’ Leavitt takes roar out of BearSr reverse to the Roy 23 where Jake Radtke scored from on the next play ability to sustain a drive in the first half I knew all along that our defense would be our strength They’re going to be a tough team to score on” The Knights' special teams also got in the scoring act when Mike Mathis returned the second-hal- f kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown Northridge’s defense made things easier for the offense again when they recovered another fumble at the Royal 30 Seven plays later Arnold found his way into the end zone again from five yards out to give the Knights a 29-- 0 cushion The first sustained drive by the North-ridg- e offense finally came on its next possession when they went 64 yards in just three plays Adrien Sanders picked up the biggest chunk of the drive on a The Knights closed the scoring the next tune they had the ball going 53 yards in 10 plays Dave Gavell capped the drive run with a two-yar- d Northridge’s depth also played a key part in the victory It was much needed as starting quarterback Brigham Au left the game in the first half with a concussion Arnold Radtke Gavell Sanders Ali Pratham and Jesse Johnson all came through to pick up the void left by Au’s By JUSTIN JOHNSON GARLAND - Ouch! You could tell this just wasn’t going to be a Bears kind of night when senior tight end Trent Merrell Went down with a broken fibula during the first play of the game Merrell's injury and Bear River’s inability to execute ted to a 14-- 0 surge by the Box Elder Bees that eventually turned into a 34-1- 3 rout in toe 75th annual Golden Spike game departure “We have a lot of depth this year That will be one of our strengths I don’t know toe seriousness of Au’s injury other than they took him to the hospital Hopefully fee’ll be all right Fernandes said 42-ya- rd first-quart- two-poi- nt 195 "Andy (Leavitt) is pounds and hard to stop player” just a great Bees coach Wes Roesler said “This was our fourth consecutive win in this series Bear River never gave up right down to toe test play We played a good game we made mistakes but we will team from those mistakes and g£t ready for Emery and Logan” Neither team played particularly well in the first half but toe more aggressive Bees were able turns but we weren't able to get him going in the offense” coach correspondent said “I really have a lot Johnson CLEARFIELD - It took in Justin he has confidence of nearly half a football game for just really worked at it and made the Falcons to get their wings adhimself a better kicker justed for the late summer weathhe couldn’t kick it er but once they did they soared 1 5 “Last year and this year he’s doing yards 29-20 the to a ictory over a great job of getting the ball up Kearns Cougars He just really worked at it” “It wasn't pretty but we'll take The Falcon surge continued it” Clearfield High football into the second half as they took coach Randy Johnson said their first and quickly possession "There are things we need to marched downfield in just over a work on still like avoiding the minute with Timm Donaldson turnovers but the kids made a finding Brady Sprague on a gjood effort” touchdown pass Kearns scored two early Clearfield held the Although 1 touchdowns to forge a 0 lead momentum for most the second llalfback Ken Moleni was key half Kearns snuck a late touchslicing through the Gearfield down in to keep it close for several key gains before With the Falcons trailing toe Quarterback Dan Child found Clearfield offense line blew a fTosh Santiago for the first score hole in the left side of the Cougar Child picked up the second score defense and Wojciechowski took with just over two minutes to advantage scampering 79 yards play in the first half on a quarterscore for the game-winniback keeper “The offensive line was inm Clearfield came roaring back credible all night” Clearfield 'fin the ensuing kickoff as Mike quarterback Timm Donaldson 'JVojciechowski ran around the aid “Our line goes about 1 70 or 'left side of the defense broke a so and toe Kearns guys are just couple of tackles and flew 100 huge They’re like 300 pounds I yards for a momentum grabbing know our guys were just exi touchdown hausted but they just kept fight-in- g The game's other big scoring Jstar was kicker Justin Hamblin "This is the most fun thing I field goal Z who booted a d have ever done My head is still on ringing though from all the head-slap- s Z his first of three the night as the first half expired my teammates were dishing ' "Mike did a great job on re out” Donaldson added 5-- 11 Hs er to capitalize on a few Bear River mistakes early on In the third quarter the Bees exploded once again Led by Leavitt Box Elder managed to punch in three touchdowns two by Leavitt and one by seniorTy-le- r Shaw The surge pushed the Bees to a 34-- 0 lead with just one quarter to play The Bears rebounded with two scores in the final quarter 46-ya- rd “ 3-- de-Jen- se Ogden High football players Travis Colvin (left) and Chuck Salazar comfort each other following action during Tigers’ 1 4--0 loss to Weber on Friday night TOUGH START TO SEAS0M: Weber yards rushing and -From IB to be happy New defensive coordinator Jon Slocum brings a 'take no prisoners attitude You saw more of a Warriors’ defense in toe second half” Weber finished with 227 yards of total offense - 170 Scots control ball but not scoreboard ! Z By CHAD PRITCHETT - Standard-Examin- cluding a touchdown strike to tight end Jason Stephens correspondent LOGAN - After bringing the Ben Lomond High program 7 back to respectability with an Z appearance in the state 2 championship game in his first " year at the helm second-yea- r coach Guy Andersen and his troops learned quickly Friday - night that it’s not easy staying Z near the top as they were 2 trounced by the Logan Grizzlies - 3-- A 33-- 0 Z The contest was actually 7 much more competitive than the 2 final score indicated But the 2 Ben Lomond defensive second- ary continually allowed the - Grizzlies to convert big plays at - crucial moments After getting excellent field 2 position off the opening kickoff Logan struck early with a scoring drive The 2 sequence was led by Grizzlies’ 54-ya- rd “ quarterback Kurtis Loveland 2 who was for 44 yards in After forcing the Scots to punt on their ensuing posses- sion Logan struck once again This time it was their ground game that moed the ball as running back Oiris Falk piled up 71 rushing yards on the drive including a 21 yard touchdown scamper The two-poiconversion made it 14-- 0 with 2:3 left in the first quarter Ben Lomond then turned to its ground game to control the clock The Scots held onto the ball for more than 18 out of the subsequent 26 minutes between the second Grizzlies touchdown and the start of the fourth quarter However the offense was unable to find the end zone The Scots missed out on a golden opportunity to cut the Logan lead in half to start the third quarter Led by the running of Kerry’ Barker who finished 137 yards on 27 carries and Kelly Carpen -- nt 1 ter Ben Lomond moved the ball from its own line to toe Grizzlies’ 4 However the Logan defense dug in and made a 25-ya- rd defensive stand on fourth down to deny the end zone to the Scots The Grizzlies broke the game wide open in the fourth quarter as Falk took a Ben Lomond punt 55 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown on the period’s opening play Logan later tacked two more touchdowns on another reception by Stephens and a run by running back Justin Johnson 2 7 stall r Bonneville Morgan and Mountain Crest went on the 1 road to open the 1998 high Z Jschool football season and 1 1 1 Z came away with nice victories Bonneville held off Pleasant ? 9 2 Grove Morgan whipped 21-1- 2 Union 7 2 Z “ 22-- 7 and Mountain Crest topped Springville 20-1- 2 Friday night Sky View was not as fortu- nate falling to Spanish Fork 21-- 7 game denied Pleasant Grove a victory Trailing in the final minute Pleasant Grove quarterback Chance Scott connected with teammate Cameron Shoell for a pass play However Pleasant Grove could not score Mesi Tupe scored on a TD play to open the scoring for Bonneville and added a TD burst as the Lakers built a 50-ya- rd rd 21-1- Bonneville 21 At Pleasant Grove a missed field goal attempt with 2 seconds remaining in the 22-ya- rd 4 2 lead Pleasant Grove’s touchdown the fourth quarter came on a run by Brian Romney 10-ya- rd with 10:53 remaining The Lakers’ other score came on a interception return for a touchdown by Gifton Buckway David Vincent added 50-ya- rd ’ Bear River quarterback Skyler Stephens found an open Adam touchdown Gibbons for a pass that got toe goose egg off the scoreboard The Bears' de the summer and in toe heat of the day” rd Ogden junior quarterback Boyd Clayton rushed for 72 yards on 15 carries but was fense held the Bees on their CHSU ing possession On the finest punt Kam Petersen of the Bean leaped into the air and blocked ic right into the hands of a waiting passing for eight just yards with two interceptions The Warriors’ Jon Graves Courtney Stevens who ran tod ball in for the Bears’ sepppef touchdown of the quarter” I in his first varsity start snagged both of the second-hal- f Darts’ double-wing malfunctions in opened JOSH that them SMITH By oorrosponctant $tanciard-Emie-r KAYSVILLE - Davis head coach Jim Dickson isn't quite ready to “jump ship” on the double- offense -wing inpass completion put side toe red zone Four plays later Hillcrest struck first with a quarterback option down After toe two-poi- version 8-- However the Hillcrest Huskies had other ideas as they jumped the scoreboard for 23 points in toe second quarter and ran away with a 30-- 8 preseason victory on Friday nighL “The things we did wrong tonight are fixable” Dickson said “If the kids don’t give up and stay positive we’ll be all right” “With this double rd touchcon- nt I need the kids to tmi stand that this is a ball contreTof fense” said Dickson “With ii being this early in the seflsOn we’re not going to give up on th offense and start doing things ou of the ordinary” Hillcrest more than doublet fense Hillcrest’s lead stood at 0 Davis then proceeded to go four and out on its next possession which gave Hillcrest the Davis’ total offensive yardage ball in great position at toe Davis piled up 432 yards wjth2K line On the very next they of those coming on the ground play Hillcrest completed a Davis ended up with 204 tola pass for their second touchoffensive yards with 161 rusted down of the quarter id4i Hillcrest added one more with yards on 48 attempts less then a minute before the half passing yards iw a 43-ya- rd 43-ya- rd rd The Scots racked up 196 yards of total offense however they only completed one pass in five attempts for nine yards The balanced Logan attack accumulated 260 yards of offense including 164 yards through the air Northridee-Oe- t Spanish Fork 21 Sky View 7 At Spanish Fork Zac Johnson had a hand in all three Spanish Fork touchdowns as Spanish Fork won its opener Johnson who threw for 227 yards on nected with passing conTJ Leifson on two touchdown passes including a bomb in the first quarter Leifson pulled in six catches for 129 yards OMrtMd Weber-- A Weber -- 74-ya- rd Defensively Spanish Fork stopped Sky View on a pair of critical fourth-dow- n plays one right before halftime and the other in toe fourth quarter t net) OearfftM-Hen- AfKeytvtot Mtocr 00 t- -t 0t wok I tumble rekre (Ken- 17 kick hi t LOGAN 33 BEN LOtWNDO ” t i 1- (--I pan tram Levetand ipe AILeean j) eA klnsonL Looan-F- ak Looen toned) 0 S net (kick toned) Boa Eder-Lee- vW Boa Eider -- Shew 24 pees tram Hodson (Lee-vf- ft run) Boe Elder-Lea- vitt 4 net (Horspool kick I Boa Eldar -- Leavitt 4 run (Horspool luck) Boa Eater-Sh- aw IS net (kick laded) Boar River-Gib4 pass from Sttohens (WWam kick) Bear River Stephens blocked punt return - f H II ran (Lovelend Peat £21 S4 punt retien (kick toned) trom Loveland IP) - Stephens 31 pass I net Loeen-John- son M 13- -1 - Normrtdee-Bo- ck ltt 4--14 t-- 7 --43 net (kick teOML VeufMer tackled In end Northndoe-Ma- Bra 8PANSSM FORK 1 (Nefeoa klcki!' m VWf ¥"? 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