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Show DESERET Defense saves East, (earn. Bj Lee Benson Deseret News sports wnter ts The first snowstorm of tne winter stumped four of Utah s best prep olfenses Saturda. dunr.g state quarter-fina- l action between East ana Roy and Layton and Kearns But that just gave four pretty good defenses a chance to show1 off. Final scores showed East 8, Kearns 14, Lavton 6. l setting up a confrontation this weekend beRoy 7 and semi-fina- tween the Cougars Leopaids goal line stand-- , while Kearns' defend hi id solid it the end zone on three separate occasions and Saturdays results, however, should show tackles nnf touchdowns Even after efforts to remove six inches of snow on the East and Kearns fields, this was not a day for runners, qaiterbacks and especially wide ,e. eivers The forward pass went m out of the cold Instead, the tale of these two sorties is told in the skill of a heftier breed the linemen and linebackers Tht guys who get pleasure from npping down quarterbacks, who would rather jar a fumble than catch a pass were having a real field day East and Appropriately. Kearns proved best defensiv as well as offensively Both defenses got mighty stmgv around the end zones, paving the way for respective wins Easts defense rose to two - Easts defensive stands highlighted a game where the important breaks went Coach Grant Martins way Twice it loosed certain the number one ranked Leopards were beaten Roy was knocking at tne scoring door at the close of both halves and barelv missed on each occasion At the close of the first half Ike Wong, Bryan Sonntaa and Matt Mendenhall keyed an East stand that stranded the Royals on the two yard line And at the close of the game it was these same defenders who forced Royal Leld goal kicker Lynn Horspool to try a 27 y ardor with 11 seconds The kick was remaining wide, due to a forceful rush That let East escape with its one pui win The lone Leopard touchdown came late in the third quarter with East Junior quarterback losing Doug Watson set up his own scoring plunge with a 24 yard run Then he passed to Dave Benmon m the end zone for the two-poconversion two-yar- d The could Leopards nave tned for a tying extra point with a kick Our field goal kicker was hurt, we had to go fur two, 7 explained Martin The Royals grabbed their 0 lead in the first half when Caaez a intercepted pasc and scored the shpperesi 50 tote hdov n cince yard Drano Lonnie Hipwell constituted Rov 's only real offensiv e attack His 45 yard run got th Royals to the five yard line a the end of the first half Tony fcearns 14, Layton 6 Kearns High moved one step closer to a second straight Class 4-championship with its win over Lavton, but Coach Frank Klekas was scared out of counting on anything after Layton almost pulled oft a game winning ralU The Cougars had 0 methodically rolled to a lead in the first half when Dean Bona and Dave Pearce each scored a touchdown and Pearce got two points via corn ersion 14-- Then, with the slippery turf a factor, the defending state champs decided to let the an out of the football They tried to protect their lead, eat up the clock with plentv of ground work sions they were within reaching distance of the goal line scored once howThey om ever and that ended them season Paul Covington, Doug Wach, Dennis Roe, Dave Bird and Ray Gines led a Kearns wall that got downright ornery around the goal line Although Layton runners Mark Billmire and Miguel Palomino had run at will to that point they were shut off the last few yards Only Lavton score came when QB Rod C bot ne hit Kelly Waite on a 13 vard pass Then a rushing at'empt for two conversion points failed Kearns will meet East ei ther Fnday or Saturday, depending on a com flip between the two schools The flip will also determine the game site The two teams met earlier this year, with East 27-m winning by football tourtumerts are a brand tew ball game nd for that, Cedar kity State is A s The Redmen entered quarterfinals Saturdiy as the eighth seed m an They finished third m Region Eight with a les, than marvelous 2 6 record But against Richfield the Redmen ioox this all teams created equal thing a Lttle further than expected They whipped the Wildcats simple powering their way to th win on a j!ow cov ered tun highly-iavore- snow-covere- d The 25 points were plenty, smee the Bulldog defense came to early terms with the Red Devils, and younger convinced them they didnt want any points it was the seventh shut-ou- t in ten games this year for Judge Now Cordova and his charg- es are officially m AAAs state race This w'eek, probably Fnday, theyll face Spanish Fork m a contest. semi-fin- The other semi will have Davis against Pleasant Grove. With their impressive offenshow the sive Saturday, state Bulldogs, defending champs, are suddenly back m talk Its long been known the power of their defense, but a supposedly potent offense has been lacking until Saturday We looked better offensive-y- , said Cordova. We got a real good game out of our quarterback, Tony Crandall, and thats what we really needed Bruce Lovato started well and Cam running McKmght started blocking for him like hr did last year And, if anything, Cordova is glad his club had to gel up early Saturday morning and play on four mches of snow We came out of the game physically alright, and it was good for us to get the extra playing time, said Cordova, who was faced with injuries after a couple of early practice in games August McKmght, and several others, are just now finding stride woud rather Spnngville have stayed in bed. It was a disastrous morning for the Red Devils But Coach Mike Jacobsen brought a youthful club a long ways, and will lovely have them back for a shot again next year Crandall and Lcvato accounted for the iirst three before Bulldog touchdowns Cordova sent m pract.caily all reserves. Lovato set up the first score, a one yard plunge f.om Crandall, with a t0 yard skate, and scored the second TD on a ? yard interception play v randali scored third, after Pat Robinson intercepted for Judge to set up the score d 12-- Meanwhile over m Grants-vdle- , Delta, a team that clobbered Cedar twice this year m Region action and one of thn years 2 A favorites, dub 24-1- 2 In semi-fina- l iction this week Cedar will match up against Grantsviile and Dixie will face W asatch In Grantsv ilk . Larrv 'me fir-- t came ..for a quick kick bv Richfield, when Cedai threw QB Tom hmgsford Harrison's Cowboys took advantage of quick first half scoring to stave off a quick Delta club 'flie 'Pokes got all ot their TDs m the opering half with Larrv Sandberg passing to Charles Palmer for two scores and Bob Butler rushing for the other Delta onlv managed one when QB tirst half score Dean Fowles go in on a beyond the Wildcat defemleis into the arms of end Mike Cardon The pass play covered 80 yards for a TD The second score came earlv m the fourth Rabbits started to threaten when the second stanza began Again Fowles sconxl, this time from six Light snow flumes halted Richfield s offense and suited Cedar just fme in Richfield The Wildcats w c e forced to man the line heaw in an attempt to stop the Redmen power rinves That set up both Cedar scores 2 particular standouts Butler iced the victory when field goal he booted a late in the fourth quarter sneaker But the Save up to '83KPS12 long Wearing Good Traction & UP WHITEWALL 5f795 BELTED Umor Wearing & T up RADiAlS Si 1 1 $2795 longitl Wearing & tBl1 Traction ,,x 47 Brand new 1973 Oldsmobiies UP FOR HIGHWAY & UP! 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