Show fit m 2B Standard-Examin- ' Oct 28 1989 Saturday er ' i Sports Jordan digs pit for Bears Bengals break Royals’ hearts ways a lot of coulda’s and shoulda’s whenever you lose But there’s no use being sad” Thompson said proudly “This loss cannot diminish the joy of our season and nothing can take away all the great things that we accomplished this year We beat some good teams to get this far” By RANDY HOLLIS Standard-Examine- ROY — The Royals had their hearts set on playing on “the rug” Instead they had their hearts broken by Brighton Roy High throttled by three critical second-hal- f turnovers saw its dream season shattered 9 in a State g by the Bengals Brighton's n Playoff clash wishbone offense gave the Benhere Friday afternoon 0 lead with a pair of gals a After winning a share of the second-quartscores as quartitle for the first time terback Mike Herbert scrambled Region in six years Roy had high hopes in from five yards away and Chris Skudlarczyk broke loose of advancing to the quarterfinals at the University of down the sideline on a Utah’s Rice Stadium — otherjourney wise known as “the rug” Roy rallied behind the passing But the Royals committed two arm of Phil Durbano with Jake crucial fumbles which halted poShulz skittering four yards for a tential scoring drives and led to touchdown with just 20 seconds subsequent Brighton touchremaining in the first half to cut downs and the Bengals picked the gap to 14-- 7 at halftime off an errant Roy pass to stop Roy got its running game goanother late threat and destroy ing to start the second half and the Royals’ dreams of playing Jason Harrop powered his way next week in Salt Lake City into the end zone from 5 yards 3 Thus the heartbreaking setBut the out to make it PAT back snapped Roy’s Royals’ attempt sailed winning streak and stamped an wide to leave Roy a point besead hind abrupt end to a son The Royals were driving for “All year long we’ve been an apparent score later in the third period when disaswinning by getting more turnovers that our opponents got ter struck in the form of a fumbut we didn’t do that today" ble as Brighton returned the said Roy Coach Fred ThompRoyals’ bobble into Roy territoson whose team wound up 2 ry Four plays later Herbert overall “It’s frustrating because shredded the Royals’ defense for I don’t know if they could’ve a TD jaunt and a 3 ever stopped us if we hadn’t lead turned the ball over Roy’s subsequent kickoff re“But you can’t fault our kids turn would have put the Royals for making mistakes Our kids past midfield but a hard hit by did a heckuva job all year long Brighton resulted in another and nobody expected much fumble Instead of having prime from them at the start of the field position Roy watched in season horror as the Bengals soon “We could’ve gone to ‘the rug’ scored again on a burst if we had won and there’s al by Tyler Wilcox that made it 28-1- 4-- A By TONY REYNA SANDY — It wasn’t billed as a grudge match but Friday afternoon’s game in the State Playoffs between Bear River and Jordan had revenge written all over it After all the Bears handed Jor8 setback in the first dan an game of the year for both squads and the Beetdiggers felt they had something to prove And prove things they did as they eliminated the Bears from the state 0 tourney with a convincing victory “Our kids really wanted to play them (the Bears) again and we were ready" said Jordan Coach Jim Birch “With the exception of a long kickoff return to start the second half we did pretty much what we wanted today" While Birch was pleased with the performance of his team Bear River Coach Mike Rosky was equally disappointed with his squad’s output “I was really disappointed in the way we played today We played with no authority and we just didn’t do anything right all 3-- A ground-gobblin- 11-- 14-- er 1 3-- A 4-- A 19-- 93-ya- rd 14-1- six-ga- glory-fille- go-ahe- ad 21-1- 23-ya- rd day” said Rosky The Bear River Coach however did give credit to the Beetdig- Roy’s Ryan Roberts is tackled by a Bengal during Friday’s game which Brighton won with just 5:38 remaining in the game Brighton picked off Durbano’s pass on Roy’s next possession but the Royals refused to quit and rode downfield on passes to Paul Miller Erik Thompson and Shane Belnap Shulz again churned in from 4 yards away 9 but a to make it conversion pass sailed way out of Belnap’s reach — and with it went Roy’s last 28-1- 3 28-1- two-poi- nt chance “Those two fumbles were the very proud They had a great ballgame We got a couple of season” good bounces and sometimes 0 14 7 7- -28 that’s what it takes to win” said Brighton 7 6 6 — 19 0 Roy Freestone Brighton Coach Lynn Brighton — Herbert 5 run (Jacobs “We beat a really good footkick) ball team with good athletes and Brighton — Skudlarczyk 93 run a great coaching staff They run (Jacobs kick) Roy — Shulz 4 run (Karras kick) such a class program here Roy — Harrop 5 run (kick failed) school the kids coaches These Brighton — Herbert 23 run (Jaand community are just a cobs kick) bunch in everything they Brighton — Wilcox 7 run (Jacobs do They deserved that region kick) Roy — Shulz 4 run (pass failed) championship and should be first-cla- ss Cougars hope to continue winning in hot Hawaiian rivalry Standard Examiner staff HONOLULU 11:35 MDT tonight Channel 5 KSL 1 1 60 AM 0 1 I BYU RECORD: Western Athletic Conference overall 2 2 I HAWAII RECORD: Western Athletic Conference overall I LAST MEETING: 1988: BYU 24 Hawaii 23 ISERIES RECORD: BYU leads 11-- 4 I KEY MATCHUPS: Quarterback Ty Detmer who leads the nation in passing efficiency and is second in total offense with 370 yards per game leads BYU against a Hawaii team which has allowed less than 200 passing yards per game and just 318 yards per outing in total offense Hawaii with 265 yards per game rushing and 417 yards in total offense averages over 40 points per game per game including romps 0 of 0 over Long Beach State over Utah and 60-1-4 over New Mexico Defensively Hawaii has given up less than 21 ppg I NOTEBOOK: BYU has beaten Hawaii 10 straight times with the Rainbow Warriors’ last win over the Cougars coming way back in 1974 BYU is 0 over Hawaii in WAC games played at Honolulu but the Cougars have survived several close calls — 3 in 1984 10-- 3 in ’86 4 in ’87 and last year when BYU had to stop Hawaii’s conversion attempt to preserve the win Hawaii’s only two losses this season have both come on the mainland including a 6 setback last week at Colorado State while they're 0 at home I KICKOFF: 4-- 6-- 3-- 63-1- 5-- ty 7-- 18-1- 24-2- 3 two-poi- nail-bite- rs 31-1- 5-- Morgan From IB "We wanted Millard to throw the ball and they did exactly From IB advantage But with a potential rout on their hands the Bees seemed to disappear giving the Panthers an chance to get back in the game West appeared poised to take advantage of that opportunity when Shane Herrera caught a tipped ball from Marce Wilson and raced 39 yards into the end zone The quick Panther touchdown cut the Bees’ lead to 14-- 7 t “We really intensity for -- cr Darts From IB play ofT picture last season “No one was going to stop us” Kynaston said "WcYall that play I and our line our 4-- A Beef-Pow- just what we wanted them to do But we fall down it backfired on us and they catch the ball I don’t think Millard dominated us at our offensive and defensive lines played great Three or four plays made the difference in the all looked around to see what was happening and we weren’t set People may say it wasn’t the right call but it was the right call" said Coburn er blew Alta back" touchdown g The may have been the biggest but it was actually the shortest of three for Kynaston on the day He had game-winnin- I ball of Hawaii Kickoff 11:35 pm (MDT) in 50000-sea- t Aloha Stadium where BYU always packs ’em in for this intense rivalry since Hawaii often seems to gear its entire season toward beating BYU — something the Rainbow Warriors haven’t done since 1974 Although it hasn’t always been easy and several of their matchups havd been tense the Cougars have beaten Hawaii 10 straight times since ’74 That mastery might seem to 67-2- 16-1- — Brigham Young University cruising along with a perfect Western Athletic Conference record and on a collision course with Air Force for the league crown faces its toughest WAC test of the season here tonight when the Cougars invade the islands to tackle the Universi- 1U2AUHAWAI game" Morgan’s season goal of finishing 11-- 0 will never be realized but the Trojans can still be proud of their first Region 9 champion- - ship since 1983 and 1 season record Morgan jumped out to a 0 run lead on Wheeler’s midway through the first quarter but then came the miscue on the fake field goal followed by the first roughing the kicker penalty Millard scored twice in the second quarter with its first touchdown coming on Rick Robins’ pass to Stoney Myers on 8-- 7-- rd rd ended giving the Bees a a while in the second quarter" said Findley “We got out 14-- 0 early and didn’t look good the rest of the afternoon" On their next possession the Panthers were once again able to move the ball against the Bees However just when it appeared that West might go in for a touchdown to knot the score the swarm of Bees returned Box Elder’s Dennis Ayotte intercepted a Panther pass and returned it 40 yards deep into West territory BE capitalized on the turnover when Morrison once again connected with Welch on a scoring strike as the half With the game’s outcome still in doubt and the Panthers deep in Bee territory Welch stepped jn and intercepted a West pass and raced 96 yards for an insurance runs of 44 and 29 yards in the first half and scored all of Davis’ points Alta tailback Brett Brian had a fine game as well scoring all three Hawks touchdowns In the first half he ripped off runs of and 33 yards to enable his team to tie the game just before intermission After a third period of miscucs by both teams Brian put the Hawks ahead in the opening minutes of the fourth period on a But Kynaston and the Darts would have the last hurrah as they pulled off the win with just 38 seconds left on the clock Jeremy Lawson intercepted a desperation Alta pass in the closing seconds to end the game state Alta the defending champion is now eliminated while the Darts with a season record of 2 will move to the University of Utah for the rd 1 Inter- -Region Inter-Regio- 8-- correspondent Standard-Examine- 21-- 7 lead Edwards knows that winning over the Rainbows will be anything but easy “It always creates a lot of interest whenever we go over there and if they make some plays especially by their defense it could really create some problems and make things very difficult for us” Edwards said “The key to the game is field position and our ability to move the football We don’t necessarily have to score every time we have the ball but we don’t want to have our backs against the wall all night long either Over there you don’t want to get your offense in a bind particularly to start the ballgame “It will be an emotional game We’re in kind of a groove right now playing well hard-foug- ht the ensuing play after Wheeler fell down while in pass coverage The Eagles’ other score came run by Bill Mace folon a Kent Sanderteammate lowing son's pass interception 0 14 0 0 — 14 7 0 0 0— 7 Morgan Morgan — Wheeler 7 run (Woolley Millard kick) Millard — Myers 9 pass from Robins (Mace kick) Millard — Mace 5 run (Mace kick) With the victory BE improves its record to 1 on the year and will advance to the quarterfinals of the State Playoffs 8-- Although the BE offense once again disappeared in the second half the defense and special teams units more than made up for it touchdown that put BE in front 28-- 7 Just a few minutes later Jam-mi- e Greer returned a Panther punt 51 yards for another score giving the Bees a 35-- 7 lead 17-ya- rd speak well for BYU’s chances tonight but Cougars’ Coach LaVell touchdown run 4-- A 8-- 4-- A 3-- A 7 6 0 — 13 0 7 14 14 0 — 35 Box Elder Box Elder — Welch 28 pass from Morrison (Hashimoto kick) Box Elder — Morrison 5 run (Hashimoto kick) West — Herrera 39 pass from Wilson (Wilson kick) Box Elder — Welch 9 pass from Morrison (Hashimoto kick) Box Elder — Welch 96 Interception return (Hashimoto kick) Box Elder — Greer 51 punt return (Hashimoto kick) West — Aragon 2 run (kick failed) West quarterfinals to try to keep the magic of 1989 going 7 7 0 7 — 21 Davis 9 9 0 9 — 20 Alta Davis — Kynaston 44 run (Kynaston kick) Aita — Brian 1 run (kick failed) Davit — Kynaston 29 run (Kynaston kick) Alta — Brian 33 run (Dixon pass from Harvey) Alta — Bnan 17 run (pass failed) Davis — Kynaston 1 run (Kynaston kick) and executing well But the Hawaii game will be the hardest hitting game we’ve had for awhile” While BYU brings a 0 WAC 4-- record 6-- 1 overall mark and winning streak into tonight’s clash Hawaii is 2 in the five-gam- e 3-- conference and 2 on the season after suffering a 6 setback at Colorado State last weekend Both of the Rainbow Warriors’ losses have occurred on the mainland while they are unbeaten (5-at home this year But BYU which currently shares the league lead with Air Force has never lost a WAC game in Honolulu boasting a 0 conference mark since Hawaii joined the WAC in 1979 “We committed seven turnovers at Colorado State so obviously we have played better than that this season” said third-yeHawaii Coach Bob Wagner 5-- 31-1- 0) 7-- ar wsc From IB e — the loss of 100 rusher Mike Rinehart early in the season and more recently the loss of his understudy Steve Haugeberg The injuries have left the ground game in the hands of two freshmen “We’ve had one of those years where injuries have hurt us in a lot of places" said Solomonson Although Weber State has been spared the injury bug Arslanian attributes his troubles to psychological inflictions “We have a bunch of players that are trying too hard trying to kick it up a notch to make up the difference" said Arslanian “Why does (running back) George Jack- yards-a-gam- Utah From IB tailback who's gained 624 yards on 105 carries Alford is complemented by junior quarterback for 912 Mite Gimenez yards and five touchdowns) but the Rams’ key is their running game CSU is averaging 2138 yards a game on the ground Of coure CSU Coach Earle Bruce’s primary concern coming into Rice Stadium is facing the potent Utah offense — led by junior signal caller Scott Mitchell averaging 32938 passing yards per game Mitchell is through the air on the season He's thrown for 28 touchdowns (75-of-l- 37 202-for-3- gers “Jordan got better as the year progressed and it showed today They are a much improved team than the one we played earlier this year" he said A stalwart defense has been the Jordan trademark throughout the year and it wasted no time in showing the Bears that the trend was going to continue by forcing a punt after three downs on Bear River's first possession The Beetdiggers promptly marched 75 yards with running back Brandon Plant going in from five yards out for what proved to be the only score Jordan needed Jordan picked up a pair of scores in the second quarter on another Plant run this time from the four yards away and a Greg run to cap the White seven-yar- d scoring If the tide was going to change it would have come on the second halfs opening kick off as Bear River’s Nate Wood raced to the Jordan 27 The Bear’s managed to march down to the line where they faced a e situation But again it was the Jordan defense rising to the occasion by holding the Bears shy of the first down marker For all intents and purposes that was probably the play that clinched the Jordan victory fourth-and-on- 0 0 0 0—0 Bear River 7 12 0 0 — 19 Jordan Jordan — Plant 5 run (White kick) Jordan — Plant 4 run (run failed) Jordan — White 7 run (run failed) son break six tackles to get into the open and catch his toe? He was too tight and we’ve taken the approach the players need to relax and play in a confident man- ner” Misery loves company That might explain why each coach maintains respect for the other team Solomonson is impressed with the arm strength of quarterback Ryan Schmidt and tight end Peter Macon’s many talents Macon leads the Division receivers averaging nine catches per game The Wildcats haven’t had trouble beating the Bobcats in Bozeman They have won the last four meetings here But the ’Cats face an uncontrollable factor as today's forecast calls for snow and temperatures in the s mid-30- “Scott Mitchell is an entirely different package" Bruce saith “He’s a big strong physical quarterback that throws the ball long The Utes are very good at what they do Just so they don’t get the big play every time we’ll be OK" Singing a similar song is Fasscl whose team had made a habit of getting burned by the big play earlier this year “I expected our defense to statistically be better than we are (ranked No 104 out of 106 Division I teams)" Fassel said “(Against CSU) I’m hoping we can play efficiently for 80 or 90 percent of the game and avoid allowing the big plays (the rest of the time) If we can do that well be where I wanted to be" 9 v t |