Show m m Footba' Prep 2C Sunday November Standard-Examin- er r fl v Fr G W 998 1 fo correspondent GARLAND - Come on Bear River fans did you actually doubt the Bears would win this game? If you did then shame on you The mighty Region 7 champion Bears (7-against the lowly Richfield Wildcats was more of a preseason scrimmage for Bear River than a postseason high school game In a game that saw the Bears make as many mental errors as a junior high school band Bear River still managed to snag a 21-- 0 n win in state playoffs on Saturday afternoon The Bears now advance to play Snow 3) (1-- 3-- A 7-- 15-ya- rd CtearMd Wst Jordan OearfMd West Jorda- A CLEARFIELD - After feating Northridge and gaining a share of the Region One championship last week the Clearfield Falcons had a tough time with West Jordan Saturday - during the first quarter Clearfield continued its late season momentum and opened the playoffs with an easy 56-1- 0 n win over West Jordan Running back Scott Jones put on an offensive show for his home crowd as he scored five touchdowns with four of them rushing He gained 100 yards on 13 carries and caught two passes for 33 yards “We came out really strong” Jones said “I had a lot of good By CHAD PRITCHETT Standard-Examine- r correspondent - - MORGAN Champs no Inore The Morgan Trojans opened iheir state title defense with 3-- A a Saturday matinee playoff game Against the Emery Spartans But in the end it was the Spar-23n- s who played like the reigning Champions as the Trojans found themselves on the short end of a 26-- 2 1 final score Emery wasn’t spectacular in victory however they didn’t turn the ball over they converted on Zthird down and when the game as on the line the defense rose Jo the occasion Z Nonetheless it was Morgan's inability to defend Emery's passing game that led to their demise as the Spartans Jacked up 240 yards and four touchdowns through the air The Trojans opened up the ame in dominating fashion 1'hey took the ball at their own line and drove the length of the field in 12 plays for the -game's first touchdown The run Jirive culminated on a 2by quarterback Aaron Rich around the right end ! But not to be outdone Emery Vtook the kickoff and went on its own drive Southpaw quarterback Ben Luce capped the march with an ill yard scoring toss to work-Jhors- e fullback Cody Fielder to knot the score at seven Z The Trojans picked their way 'through the porous Spartan on their next possession run by highlighted by a I lid Kinsey to take the lead right I back on a touchdown r scamper by JD Williams i But Emery answered the bell ionce again when Luce found Matt Stoddard in the back comer of the end zone to pull the Spar- tans even je In the second half after mov- line ing the ball to the Luce went down briefly with an t injury however backup Brad “Stilson stepped in and tossed a scoring pass to Bennett to give the Spartans their first lead Emery seemed to all but finish off the Trojans with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter when Luce m found Stilson across the middle 1 for a touchdown to make it 26-1- 4 But Morgan had one last op-- J portunity to salvage a victory 2 Rich found Nate Johnson down £the left sideline for a 51 yard touchdown completion with one Z minute left in the game to make Z it 26-2- 1 But the Trojans failed to recover the ensuing onside kick and Emery ran the clock out for the victory The Spartans racked up 324 jj of total offense while the j yards defense held the Trojans to mi- nus-- 7 yards rushing in the second half after allowing 100 yards on J the ground in the opening half first half We came out with a better effort in the second half” - Clearfield coach Randy Johnson the ball over on three of its first four possessions Their only score of the first quarter was set kickoff return up by an by Sam Saunders A play later touchJones scored on a down run “We weren’t that sharp offensively in the first half” Clearfield coach Randy Johnson said “We came out with a better effort in the second half” A big play by the defense got the offense on track with good field position in the second quarter Falcon linebacker Micah Henderson recovered a Jaguar inter-regio- 85-ya- blocking” Actually Clearfield played like it had other things on its mind for the first 16 minutes of the game The Falcons turned ulti-Vna- te STATE fumble at West Jordan’s line Jones gained all 14 yards on four plays for Clearfield to put them in the end zone to take a 14-- 3 lead West Jordan fumbled again on its next possession and Clearfield took over at the Jaguars’ 29 Seven plays later Jones scored on a run to give Clearfield a 21-- 3 lead West Jordan’s only touchdown of the game came on a halfback pass from Nick What-co- tt to Travis Doman in the second quarter The score cut 0 Clearfield’s lead to But 14-ya- rd 21-1- duo to get By STEVE MICKELSON Standard-Examine- r correspondent HYRUM - After losing their first game of the season last week by only two points Mountain Crest decided they 14-pl- would have no more of that The Mustangs went back to doing what they do best blowing teams out by large margins Up by only seven points at the half the Mustangs exploded for 461 yards in the second half eliminating the East High Leopn ards 44-- 3 from the round of the state football playoffs Saturday afternoon One big reason for Mountain Crest’s potent offense was the accuracy of quarterback Travis Cox Cox was unstoppable completing passes for 302 yards with three touchdown passes and no interceptions Despite the big numbers Cox attributed most of the team’s success to strategy help from good receivers and runners and the defensive and offensive lines “Going into this game we saw that East had a lot of people playing both ways especially its line” Cox said “We went no huddle in the second half to get them tired We came out with no huddles and had quick plays Everyone was ready and knew what to do so we got the ball down the field quickly” Indeed running back Doug Robinson made Cox’s job easier Robinson became one of Cox’s favorite targets finishing with 202 yards combined receiving and rushing “Travis (Cox) makes it really easy” Robinson said “As the quarterback he finds you with perfect passes" It didn’t take long for the -- se 36-ya- rd inter-regio- 4-- A 38-ya- -- ed After cornerback Dustin Anderson recovered a fumble for Mountain Crest with less than a minute into the game Cox went to work At the Leopards' 1 line Cox found Robinson along the sidelines and the receiver won a foot race to end zone for the first touchdown At least East made it a little interesting during the first half Shortly before halftime the Leopards had an of opportunity to tie the game East moved the ball down to the line but the Mountain Crest defense forced them to turn the ball over on fourth down From that point on it was all Mountain Crest On their opening drive the Mustangs scored on another touchdown engineered by Cox and Robinson -- this time was for 63 yards The Mustangs then forced East to cough up the ball And on their next possession Mustangs’ running back Jordan Partouchry ran in for a down extending the Mountain Crest lead to 23-- 3 Early in the fourth quarter Cox found his favorite target Robinson for a pickup Then on the next play Robinson notched another Mustang touchdown Mountain Crest Mountain Cox (Baldwin rocr rci ivcd 4A cai tt a more touchdowns to an already impressive lead Cox hit wide receiver Lane Olsen for one and second string quarterback Darren Larsen found wide receiver Ryan Jessop with less than a minute left in regulation for the other ke adca i U b field goal Baldwin field goaf 63 pass from - 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0 - Robinson HOW OPEH HEWGATE NALL 802-877- - n a si hunting in Utah 0 CALL ‘OGDEN 7 PROVO ALWAYS 10 OFF ALL JAZZ MERCHANDISE v&S&r-- Pi th Crest -- Parry 68 runJbass Cos (Baldwin rr Before the game ended Mountain Crest added two 622-586- K w 21 Mountain Crest -- Robinson 45 Morgan OPENING AT THE SHOPS AT RIVERWOODS PROVO NOV 9TH j!k i failed) Emery Standard-examine- se to V w kick) Mountain failed) Call today to find fr 1 45-ya- Biljj£ BACK 42 Bountiful - “We're a lot better team than we were then” Jones said “We’re not backing down” 3-- A u cc PLAYOFFS Cox (Baldwin kick) East Nicolaides 28-2- ST GEORGE - The Ogden High Tigers traveled to St George with high hopes but they came home unfulfilled losin ing the Snow Canyon 27-- 6 the inter-regio- n round of the football playoffs on state Saturday afternoon Snow Canyon scored in each of the four quarters to build a 27-- 0 lead - 27 At Hvrum East Mountain Crest Mountain Crest -- 68-ya- i VJE’RE start- th MOUNTAIN CREST 44 EAST 3 Clearfield will face Hillcrest in the second round of the playoffs next week It’s a rematch of a Sept 4 game that Hillcrest 6 won Turnovers doomed the Falcons in that first meeting and Clearfield is anxious for the rematch staff 71 Timpview 41 Woods Cross 13 Lone Peak 28 Logan 25 Olympus 41 Olympus 16 Saturday's result Mountain Crest 44 East 3 Next week's quarterfinals Fremont at Pleasant Grove TBA TBA Soringville vs Bonneville Timpview at Mountain Crest TBA‘' Lone Peak at Olympus TBA Season ends for Tigers with 27--6 loss to Warriors Standard-Examin- 7 7 kick) 4-- Dixie Delta Cox engineers ’Stangs to solid playoff victory 3 n- es Sonngville Clearfield poured it on in the rest of the way Quarterback Timm Donaldson threw two touchdown passes making up for an early interception He touchdown toss threw a to Brady Sprague to give the Falcons a 28-1- 0 halftime lead touchdown He added a pass to Jones to give Clearfield a 42-1- 0 lead in the third quarter t 39-ya- h£ Li Inter region piavofts Friday's results Pteasant Grove 30 Box Eider 26 Fremont 35 Highland 34 (OT) Bonneville 51 West 6 rd 5-- A Pi run (Hamblin kick) Clearfield -- Jones 5 pass from Donaldson (Hamblin kick) ker Clearfield-Nebe15 run (Hamblin kick) -1 Clearfield Stuart run (Hamblin kukl the game ‘“We weren’t that sharp offensively in the de- wi - the Jaguars only made it into Falcon territory twice the rest of staff C Babcock 37 field ooaU es ClearHek)-Jon6 run (Hamttm kickk es I run (Hamblin kick) Cleartiekt-JonClearfiel- d- Jones 1 run (Hamblin kick! West Jordan Doman 41 pass from Vytt-co(Babcock kick) Clearfield -- Sprague 9 pass from Donald- Riding late momentum Falcons fly past Jaguars Standard-Examin- fii At Clearfield-Jon- By ANDREW ARAGON IS 3- CLEARFIELD 56 WEST JORDAN 10 son (Hamblin Morgan fails to defend its 3-crown wi sh bs Granger 27 Bingham 14 28 Jordan 3 Northndge 35 Kearns 16 Davis 36 Brighton 21 Saturday's results Clearfield 56 West Jordan 10 Mountain View 35 View moot 13 Hunter 35 Alta 13 Next week's quarterfinals TBA Hillcrest vs Clearfield Skyltne vs Mountain View TBA Northndge at Jordan TBA Davis vs Hunter TBA “I think the Morgan game was the turning point of our season once we beat them it was just a matter of keeping things rolling The kids were ready for every practice every meeting and every game I couldn’t be prouder of them” Bishop said 0 st piavofts Friday's results Hillcrest 28 Skyline 42 Taviorsviiie In the fourth quarter the Bears ate up the clock and finally punched into the end zone again to squash any Wildcat hopes of a comeback The touchdown a keeper by Stephens came after the Bears had marched 60 yards 29-ya- PLAYOFFS 5-- n 80-ya- rd 1 inter-regio- STATE Bear River continued to march towards the end zone only to fumble it on the line with 14 seconds remaining in the third stepped up when they have needed to” Bishop added The night might not be as pretty as it seems though After a scoreless first quarter the Bears capped an drive with a run by Brady Lewis to take a 0 lead with 3:29 left in the first half After halftime the Bears punched another touchdown in with 6:41 left in the third quarter This one a pass from quarterback Skylar Stephens to a waiting Nolan Jensen who ran it in to bring the score to 14-Then the Bears got sloppy First up was Stephens interception with 1:59 left in the quarter but the Wildcats were more than content to throw it right back to the Bears with 1:12 remaining winner over Ogden Canyon a next week’s quarterfinals “We thought coming into this game we thought we could really take advantage of them with our offensive line I have a lot of confidence in those guys” Bears coach Ryan Bishop said The Bears amassed 394 total yards with outstanding performances by Scott Choumos 127 yards on 22 carries and Brady Lewis 1 3 yards on 1 3 carries and a touchdown “We had 394 yards tonight our offensive line is dominating people right now I’m very proud of the kids I am really excited for them What it comes down to is that the kids have bought into what we have tried to do as a coaching staff and By JUSTIN JOHNSON in 26-1- 0 ba co State tournament leaks but runs past Richfield in playoffs Bear Standard-Examin- 1 & r— 'if — POOR |