Show 6B Standard-Examin- Friday October 21 1988 er SportsPrep Football Victory keeps Trojans alive in By KRISTINE M LOOSLEY staff Standard-Examine- MORGAN — With a defensive line that couldn’t be penetrated on the ground or in the air Morgan High Playoffs stayed alive in the State Thursday with a 0 win over Delta 2-- A 7-- High School The win propels Morgan into the quarterfinals of the lower bracket in the playoffs Richfield High will host the Trojans next Friday at a time yet to be determined After being frustrated offensively most of the game Morgan started a drive late in the third quarter for the only score of a defensive battle 70-ya- rd “Our defense really came through when we needed them” said Morgan Coach Steve Coburn “We knew Delta could run the ball and that they were a great team when they passed So we had to get ready for them” After threatening twice in the first half only to miss two field goal attempts Morgan set up the scoring drive with several short runs and a pass from quarterback Mark Wheeler to Glen Ercanbrack line After marching to the Wheeler pitched out to the right to Daniel Davis who shouldered his way down the sideline He shook off a tackle on the d line and kept his balance just into long enough to tumble head-firthe end zone Matt Woolley nailed the kick for an extra point to make the score 0 three minutes into the fourth quarter An offsides call on the game’s opening drive came back to haunt the Jackrab-bit- s The call came inside the line on third down after Delta took the opening kickoff 45 yards A field goal attempt on fourth down failed Another penalty was called on second-dow- n during the Rabbits’ drive at the end of the game The drive as the clock ran out was line by an stopped cold on the aggressive Trojan defense “Mistakes cost us this game” said Delta Coach Dean Fowles “You can’t have illegal procedure calls when you’re at the goal line when you’re playing against a team as good as this Morgan one is” It was the Trojan defensive line that forced the mistakes Seniors Lan LaJeunesse and Kurt Sta-ple- y 7-- 10-ya- rd 17-ya- rd last-chan- 28-ya- rd sacked Delta’s quarterback Matt Stanworth on the 16 yard line as Delta struggled to even the score with 31 seconds left in the game LaJeunesse had 17 tackles in the game including six unassisted Stapley had 12 tackles and Adam Walker had 16 Chris Mowry and Greg Musselman also helped the defensive game with nine and 10 tackles respectively Wheeler hit passes for 76 yards and ran the for 26 yards He threw one ce four-minu- te 18-ya- rd two-yar- st playoffs 2-- A interception a heartstopper at the buzzer that ended the first half Kevin Bunker grabbed the ball and ran 25 yards before being piled on by six Trojans on line to end the half the Walker added 30 yards rushing and Lane moved the ball 17 yards The Jackrabbits had 209 yards total offense including 75 yards passing in the second quarter Stanworth completed passes for a total of 125 yards in the air Delta had 84 yards total rush10-ya- rd 14-of-- 24 ing Delta Morgan Morgan — Davis 28 (Woolley kick) 0 0 pass 0 0 0— 0 0 0 7— 7 from Wheeler ’ ‘Iron win Horse home Held advantage Tigers BL Ogden go to battle under lights By RANDY HOLLIS assistant sports editor Standard-Examine- OGDEN — This year’s “Iron Horse” showdown was something special a game to remember And for Ogden High it will be a fond memory indeed Played at night for the first time in nearly 20 years the annual football battle between Ogden and Ben Lomond drew a crowd to the Scots’ stadium Thursday night At stake was the homefield advantage for the first round of the State Playoffs and the Tigers took home that prize with a 0 g victory in the two teams’ Region 5 finale With the win Ogden finished second in the region race at 1 and improved to 2 overall with its sixth straight win The Tigers e team will take on the from Region 8 — either Provo Springville or Pleasant Grove — in the playoffs next Friday BL slipped to a 2 league slate and third place with the setback The Scots now 5 overall will be forced to travel south to face one of those same Region 8 schools in next week’s playoffs “That’s a scrappy bunch of Ben Lomond kids They hung in there and never quit” said Ogden Coach Ralph Parish “We were hoping to beat them at the line of scrimmage use our size advantage and wear them down by the fourth quarter so we could break some long runs But we weren’t quite able to do it “Jeff White ran the ball really stand-ing-room-o- 3-- A 13-- hard-hittin- 4-- 7-- third-plac- Judy dejected Jon Chappele (right) of Ben Lomond sits on the sidelines with an uni- - A 3-- A OwensStandard-Examine- r dentified teammate after losing to Ogden High 13-- 0 3-- well for us and our whole offen- n their sive line just did a tremendous Ben Lomond quarterback Aarjob' They dominated the line of on Tillet nearly broke one all the scrimmage and you can’t ask any way on the Scots’ first play from more than that scrimmage But he stumbled and “After the first couple of series fell after a burst and BL our defense did an excellent job soon saw its best scoring threat of of shutting down their wishbone the night die when it fumbled offense” Parish said away the football at the Tigers’ line Brian Moore Eric Plyer Scott three-yar- d Davis Jason Palmer Steve Filia-g-a Ogden then mounted a Mike Wallis Willis Mickles scoring march of its own culmiKari Gallego Jeff Knowles and nated when Aaron Price lofted a touchdown pass to White took turns coming up with big defensive plays to help the Moore who beat two BL deTigers preserve the shutout of fenders to the ball and then sailed 4-- Ogden’s Aaron Price (left) hands off to teammate Jeff White during Thursday night’s game against Ben Standard Examiner staff 7-- LAYTON — The black is back! Roy High which had its region football championship hopes dashed by arch-rivBonneville two weeks ago went out and did the next best thing Thursday night clad Royals rolled over The Layton 21-- 7 to finish second in Region and more importantly secure the homefield n Playadvantage in the State al black-and-gol- McBride shed two would-b- e tacklcrs en route touchdowm run and a 0 lead to a nine-yar- d with the game not yet two minutes old d 1 4-- A Inter-Regio- offs Danny McFarland's first pass interception — he picked ofF another Chris Layton pass in the fourth quarter — and Keith Jacklin’s fumble recovery set up the next two Roy TDs both of which came on long pass plays Quarterback Darren Berg hit flanker Jeff strike late in the second Mager with a quarter and split end Justin Mansfield hauled in Berg’s pass with no time left in the third quarter “They were off a little different set but we figured we could get one off They were two great throws under pressure two great catches and two good runs after making the catch” Thompson said “Layton was taking away the run and Lay-to- n always has a good defense We just talked about taking what they gave us and we did twice” Layton’s Chris Trujillo recovered a Roy fumble in the end zone in the third quarter which trimmed the Royals’ lead to 14--7 but Berg’s touchdown pass to Mansfield gave Roy some insurance Trujillo also had another fumble recovery 43-ya- rd 80-ya- rd “This (game) was vital to us if we wanted to home” said Roy Coach Fred Thomp- play at son “The trademark of this team all year has been defense So if we play ‘D’ kick the ball well make all of our PATs and our offense doesn’t play well then we can still win” All three of the Royals’ touchdowns were set up by Layton turnovers while the Lancers’ lone score resulted from a Roy miscue Layton’s Brian Taylor fumbled the game’s opening kickoff but he recovered the ball ‘On the first play from scrimmage he coughed it up again and Roy's Travis Wood made the line recovery on the Lancers’ seven-yar- d Two plays later Roy fullback Russ 97-ya- rd 37-ya- in Standard Examiner correspondent PLEASANT VIEW — Baseball is not the only season that ended Thursday night Two high school football teams who thought they had a good chance at postseason play at the beginning of the year closed out their seasons as well But it was a much sweeter ending for Box Elder which dumped 7 to finish the year Weber on a positive note “We had lost three games in a row and we knew this would be our last game” said Box Elder Coach Larry Findley “But we just talked to the kids and told them ‘this is gut check time’ I never had any doubt that we would come out here and play a 28-1- good game” But even Findley had to be sur prised at how well his offensive unit moved the ball on the ground Time after time Box Elder ran the option for big gains and when it mixed in some counter plays up the middle the BE running backs found huge holes and big yardage the trio of Ish Kevin Welch and Biff Williams ran for 130 118 and 112 sards respectively and the Warriors were never able to slow them down Unofficially Oli-- a "You've got to give them credsaid Weber Coach Rod “They (Box Elder) ran the option to perfection We just couldn't stop them" Early in the game the Bees stopped themselves it" Bock-wol- dt region and Pat Maes picked off a Berg pass But Layton failed to capitalize on either opportunity and Chris Henderson missed a 31 yard field goal attempt after the Lancers had a line late in goal on Roy’s the third quarter Layton was also victimized by its receivers’ inability to catch the ball in crucial situations “Our defense once again bailed us out” Thompson said The Royals completed Region play with a 1 record and take a 2 overall mark into next week’s playoffs Defending Region champion Layton e which saw its winning streak snapped finished third at 2 and 5 overall The Lancers’ playoff game will be on the road next week nd six-ya- rd 1 7-- 4-- 4-- A 1 three-gam- 3-- 3-- 4-- A 7 7 7 0 — 21 Roy 0 0 7 Layton Roy — McBride 9 run (Woodbury kick) Roy — Mager 43 pass from Berg (Woodbury kick) Layton — Trujillo recovered fumble in end zone (Henderson kick) Roy — Mansfield 80 pass from Berg (Woodbury 0—7 kick) On the opening kickoff the fumbled again This time the Warriors turned it into a touchdown when David Webster caught a Chris McGarry swing TD pass for a seven-yar10-Box El0 was and score The der hadn't even ran a play yet But things soon changed as the Bees put their threc-- heeled vehicle into gear Williams Oliva and Welch moved the ball 80 yards and Welch motored in from 19 yards to put the Bees on the board Weber extended its short-live- d d in lead to 17-- 6 when Greg Wilson TD pass caught a seven-yar- d from McGarry soon after the second period was under way But that was it for Weber and the Bees were on the move Welch and Williams added touchdown runs of 13 and one yards respectively before halfrun by Wiltime and a liams gave Box Elder a 7 lead at the half The final 24 minutes of play were hard fought and emotional but the Bees iced the game with one more TD run by Williams and excellent defense against Weber’s passing attack Box Elder finished the year with a 4 record and a 3 mark in Weber was 5 for the Region in league play but only year two-poi- nt 21-1- 2-- 4-- 3-- 1 -4 See BEES on 7B into the end zone Price’s PAT made it 0 and that score stood up until halftime Midway through the third period Price’s pass to Davis sparked the Tigers’ second scoring drive k White Plyer Wallis and Mickles took turns picking up chunks of yardage on the ground with White slashing his way for the final 10 yards to touchdown territory Price’s PAT sailed wide of the mark this time to leave things at 13-- 0 But after a fake punt had See HORSE on 7B ' 7-- Shed-dric- 34-- 1 9 Falcons brunt of Lakers’ fury -- Bees dribbled the return and the Warriors recovered on the Box Elder 14 Weber had to settle for a field goal by Ryan Johnson from 24 yards but another gift was on the way On the ensuing kickoff the Bees w rd Bonneville wins Bees whip Weber to end year on high note By LAYNE THOMPSON ls 54-ya- rd Roy ends season second By DENNIS LARSEN arch-riva- cross-tow- second half The Falcons also had a missed CLEARFIELD — Undefeated field goal after driving down to Bonneville High School un- the Lakers’ line leashed the fury of its two potent But the Lakers were able to anoffensive weapons Thursday swer two of the three Clearfield touchdowns keeping the victory night at Clearfield The Lakers successfully used basically secure Ruben Togisala’s “Budge did a good job of exrunning attack for three ploiting us with Cooper” said scores Clearfield Coach Brent Lund In addition the pass combina“But our kids played well” tion of quarterback Scott Kee and Budge also credited Clearfield split end Jason Cooper accounted for staying with his team Howevfor two additional touchdowns as er he was concerned about a Bonneville outlasted the Falcons number of miscues 9 in the final regular-seaso- n “I felt like we could get them football game for both schools (Clearfield)” he said “There are areas we need to Togisala scored three times from one four and seven yards work on We made a lot of misout takes I feel like we are capable of Meanwhile Kee and Cooper doing better” connected for two picture-boo- k The Lakers finished with a 0 touchdown pass plays from 56 record in Region and 0 overall and 46 yards respectively The two also had another Bonneville will now host Amerd ican Fork in a touchdown called back on a penstate week next playoff game alty “He (Cooper) had a good Clearfield finished its first seagame” said Bonneville Coach son under Lund with an 5 reThom Budge “He has good cord in 7 overall region speed and great hands for a receiver Offensively we just try to Bonneville 7 14 7 6 —- 34 execute well” Clearfield 0 7 6 6 — 19 However after the Lakers Bonneville — Togisala 1 run (Syljumped to a 21-- 0 lead the Fal- vester kick) — Bonneville cons used their own passing game Cooper 56 pass from Kee (Sylvester kick) close to the to stay reasonably Bonneville — Togisala 4 run (Sylchampions Region vester kick) Junior quarterback Brock SpenClearfield — Spencer 43 run (Evans cer brought the Clearfield offense kick) Bonneville — Togisala 7 run (Sylto life when he took off on a broscore vester kick) ken pass play for a Clearfield — Webecke 28 pass from in the second quarter (kick failed) Spencer He also found his tight end Ed Bonneviie — Cooper 46 pass from EvWcbcckc and split end Steve Kee (kick failed) touchans for 28- - and Clearfield — Evans 64 pass from down passes respectively in the Spencer (pass failed) By TOM CHRISTENSEN Standard Examiner staff 12-ya- rd ne 34-1- 5-- 1 9-- first-roun- 4-- A 0-- 2-- 1 46-ya- rd 64-yar- d |