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Show Page IB South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, September 7,1983 Royals Shut Out Braves For First Win of Season out the services of Doug Nielsen, the starting tailback, who injured his ribs in ROY The Bountiful Braves the season's first game at Judge Melearned Friday that it is hard to win a morial the previous week. football game if you have to play in "We are probably going to be a runyour own end of the field. ning football team this year, Jacklin The Braves were continually stuck said. "Our best runningback. Dour with poor field position while Roy used Nielsen, is out right now, and when he a good running game and solid defense gets back we will be even better. But in to beat Bountiful, Brett (Harrop) came in and did an explay. cellent job. The Braves rarely crossed the The Royals second touchdown came line in the first half, and usually had to in the third quarter. After intercepting a punt from deep in their own territory, pass from Bountiful quarterback Rob which consistently gave Roy excellent Faddis, the Royals used most of the pefield position. riod to drive for another six points, I thought the key to the game was with Harrop again covering the final field position," said Roy Coach Ernest yard. Jacklin. "Bountiful just couldn't get It w'as a frustrating evening for the anything going in the first half. Braves. Bountiful scrapped its running For a while, the Braves defense was attack early in the game, and Faddis up to the task of having their backs was sometimes successful at moving the scraping the goalposts, stopping the ball through the air. Royals cold and forcing them to try The Braves' defense played well at three long field goal attempts, all of time, shutting the Roy running game which failed. off in the fourth quarter but it was too But the defense couldnt hold forever, late. and Roy runningbacks Brett Harrop Roy's final touchdown came with onand Jeff Yoshimura found holes in the ly a minute left to play in the game Bountiful line late in the first half. Harwhen sophomore Dave Tafoya grabbed d rop capped the drive on a a Faddis pass and took it 40 yards for plunge for his first of two touchdowns the score. lead at halfto give the Royals a Bountiful will travel to Granger next time. week in search of its first w in of' the season. Roy success on the ground came with SCOTT MONSEN Review Correspondent 18-- 0, pre-seas- 50-ya- rd one-yar- t S'aff Photo by Rodney Wright ROy HIGHS Brett Harrop, a sophomore, breaks through the line in tiful. Rob Lundquist of Bountiful last weeksgame against Boun- - the tackle. prepares to make 6-- 0 ! Beaten by Two Field Goals No Fluke Here , Layton Now 2--0 KENT SOMERS Review Sports Editor So Layton shut out Bbunti- - ful in the first game of the high school football season, Big deal. Could have been a fluke. Whats that you say? The Lancers also kept View- mont from scoring in last weeks game? Mmmmm, we could be on the verge of a trend here. Laytons defense has been beyond reproach in the first two games of the season, giv- its offense good field posi- causing turnovers at the most opportune times and generally playing you-bette- r- le. These kids, as they say in the South, will dough pop you. Lancer Coach Gary Hansen was also impressed with his n defense. "They (the Layton defense) shut them (Viewmont) down when they had to. They must be do- ing something right. Layton did have a little trouble with the Vikings passing game in the first half, made some adjustments at halftime and didnt have any trouble at all after that, Hansen. So, the next logical question would be What adjustments were made? Just suffice it to the adjustments were in secondary coverage, said Han- I dont want other sen. teams to know about it. Viewmont Coach War- Hatch said he thought most of the Vikings offensive problems stemmed from Lay-tons pass rush, which was particularly strong in the sec- early-seaso- half. And good pass protection is the most important element Viewmont offense. If we can get time to throw, nobody can stop us from moving the Lightning, Cats Strike Falcons last BARRY KAWA 6-- di-in- n, tion. d Not that Hatch was pletely disappointed with his teams performance. In fact, be thought the Viking defense showed tremendous improve-sa- y ment over the Clearfield win the previous week, Layton opened the scoring in the game when Mike Rob-Berts tackled a Viewmont play-re- n er in the end zone after a fumbled punt. The 0 score stayed intact until the third quarter when Laytons Jim d Batchelor intercepted a fleeted pass and returned it to line. The .Viewmonts n Lancers then took the ball to the end zone, ending the d run by drive on a corn-sai- ut in-i- one-yar- Mike Tucker. y sportsmanlike conduct and gal procedure penalties, Parrys punt against a strong wind traveled out to the Woods line late in the Cross ille-pla- 30-ya- game. With 3 fourth-and-on- against the Clearfield kids, but Layton was too quick," sad Hatch, adding that the wet field conditions also g minished Meservys scram-tiobling ability. And Meservys scrambling accounted for rnost of Viewmonts rushing offense. We didnt run the ball om many plays, said Hatch. But, really, we dont have the kids to do that. To us big is 170 pounds. Lets see here, the Vikings need good pass protection to be successful. Does that mean Viewmont will work heavily on that facet 0f (ts game in practice this week? Oh yea, said yOU can jet the ranch, Hatch. We will be spending a 0t of time on pass protec-bu- t 19-ya- rd for a face mask penalty on the 3-- fr de-on- mark. 35-ya- Pass rush, Against Clearfield last week, Meservy was able to scramble extra yardage. Not so against Layton, He was able to scramble 2-- -8 and Woods Cross second punt pinned the Falcons at their CLEARFIELD Neither rain, own line. nor hail nor the gloom of night Cross kicker Mike Cha- Woods water. a could stop determined Woods field bries Cross football team Friday in its goal early in The first half was played by the second quarter gave the win over Clearfield. the offenses as if they were reWildcats a 0 lead. On the en- In case you were out of town hearsing for the slippery condiClearfield possession, the Friday, a thunderstorm hit the tions that were present in the suing e faced a Falcons The Falcons fourth area, knocking out the lights at quarter. 37 but own at were their unable Falcon field, causing almost an managed only one first down in the offsides to Wildcats lure on a the half, and the Wildcats gained hour delay. long count. with more two. little yardage And, as if the lighting delay Woods Cross got the ball back wasnt enough, a heavy rain Penalties hurt Clearfield dearly on the Clearfield 31 with two the game, nullifying squall coupled with hail turned throughout minutes remaining in the half, several big plays. a the playing field into quagBut on a fourth-and-1- 3 play, mire. In Woods Cross first posses- -' Randy Nicholas and Kim Thur- It was a virtual lake out sion, the Wildcat punter fumgood sacked quarterback Mike bled the snap and was downed Farner. there, said Woods Cross Coach line. Larry Eldracher, whose 0 team at the Woods Cross Wildcat fullback and safety is already one victory ahead of However, Clearfield was called Mike Dailey was injured on a punt in the quarter and taken out of the game. Eldracher re- ported Dailey suffered a badly bruised thigh and is checking the doctor to see how many games he may have to miss. In the second half, penalties continued to cost Clearfield. A run by Jared Martin would have put the ball on the Woods Cross line but was called back because of a pass holding penalty. A completion from Jeff Parry to Troy Barber was nullified be- cause of an illegial procedure penalty. At the end of the third quarter, with Woods Cross backed up to its line and facing a sec- yards to go a light pole near the. stadium was apparently hit by lightning. The lights temporarily went out and the two teams de- parted for the locker room. the fierce rain storm sub- the sided, lights took about 20 minutes to warm. Footing was treacherous on the field, but Clearfield kicker Ray Dixon was still able to tie the Staff Photo by Robert Regan game with a early in the final quarter. FLOODED fields and sidelines forced players to Clearfield got the ball back late look for higher ground in Fridays game between in the game but was driven back Clearfield and Woods Cross. to its own goal line by un- - - the run to avoid Layton's years Clearfield High Coach Brent Hancock estimated the field was covered with about 5 inches of Review Staff ball,: said Hatch. Trouble was, you see, Vi- king quarterback Jeff Meservy often resorted to throwing on 2-- 32-ya- rd 38-ya- rd 10-ya- rd 35-ya- rd 18 22-ya- rd seconds left, Chabries field goal gave the Wildcats the win. We were mad at our kids last night, Eldracher said Saturday, But we looked at the films the next day and saw they were playing aggressively. This is the second week weve won by three points, and were learning how to win close games. Eldracher said his defense will keep the Cats in their games this season and he expects all of the games to be close. Although his team is now 0-- 2, Hancock remains optimistic, "We havent been beaten yet, he said. We had our chances h but hurt ourselves with takes. But well work hard this week and look forward to the Davis game. Woods Cross is now 0 in preseason play while Clearfield drops to Both Clearfield and Woods Cross face tough tests next week before entering region play the mis-wit- 2-- 0-- 2. following week. The Wildcats travel to Layton Friday for a 7:30 p.m. date with the undefeated Lancers. Layton is now on the season and has yet to give up a point in the 2-- 0 1983 season. 10-ya- rd Defending Region Four pion Davis will host Clearfield in a 7:30 p.m. game. Davis has also had an easy time with its first two opponents. Weber and Ben Lomond, and the Darts fense has allowed only seven points in those two games, And the season doesn't get any easier for the two schools. Both face traditional rivals in the opening of their region seasons on Sept. 16. Woods Cross will play at Viewmont with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. Clearfield will host Layton that same evening at cham-situatio- n, de-Aft- er er 7:30 p.m. Despite Warnings, Here are Football Predictions Predicting high school football games can be as dangerous as criticizing your boss, telling your spouse what she really looks like in the morning or crossing a parking lot in your car on a Saturday full of blue lights. Knowing that, here goes. BOUNTIFUL AT GRANGER The Braves have yet to score in 1983, losing to Layton in the season opener and to Roy last week. But both Layton and Roy are picked to challenge for the Region One title, and neither team was able to blow the Braves out. The Granger Lancers, however, won their first two games of the season and Both clubs shut out Alta last week, will be tuning up for their region openers next week, and a win would provide a mental launching pad for both teams. Spencer Zigich the Bravess senior fullback and linebacker, and crew will keep the Braves close in the game, but Bountiful will lose once again on the K-M- 7-- 0. v. 0. be able to beat Ogden. A perCLEARFIELD AT DAVIS son who bets against Davis after what the Darts did to Weber (40-7- ) and Ben 14-But keep an eye on the Braves once the region season arrives. road, 21-1- 7. SKYLINE AT VIEWMONT If 20-1- 4. u nt Lancer-Wildc- at- at 15-1- 2, fourth-quarte- r, 91-ya- rd 6-- 9-- 0, View-mo- of which high school game to choice tend this Friday, try the Lomond (19-0- ) is one of those people matchup. who are soon parted with their money. Neither team went to the state playWhat do they call em? Oh yea, fools. offs last year, but both have won their Dart Coach Ward Sawley again has first two games of the season. Woods his club playing defense like crazy, runCross has won two close games, beating offense like crazy South in the opening game, on a ning the double-wi- n and winning like crazy. Also, the Darts drive. Last are as difficult to upset as Mr. Spock, week, the Wildcats beat Clearfield 3 especially when they are playing at by kicking a field goal in the last quar- you could have seen Viewmonts field in June, you would never have believed the Vikings could actually play at home this year. But due to an intelligent decision by the school board to clean the field before the season started, Viewmont opens its home season against the Skyline Eagles this week. Skyline upset Taylorsville last week, and the Vikings after defeating lost at Layton, Clearfield the previous Friday. The Vikings Jeff Meservy is emerging as one of the area's better quarterbacks and Viewmonts passing game was impressive at times last week. But the Vikes were equally'adept at turning the ball over in the Saturation Bowl against Layton last week. To beat the Eagles, Viewmont must make fewer turnovers. I think they will. Take in a mild upset. WOODS CROSS AT LAYTON Ah. the big one. If you have your ter. hpme. " OGDEN AT ROY Roy Coach nest Jacklin told everyone after the Royals season opening 35-- 9 loss to Er- Judge Memorial that his club wasn't that bad. After last week's shutout win over Bountiful, we should believe him. With Roy now living up to its preseason publicity, Jacklin's team should t All of this amounts to nothing but trouble for the Clearfield Falcons, who are winlcss. Although the Falcons have lost their two games this year, they have played good defense, losing one game in overtime and the other in the fourth quarter. But it wont be enough to overcome the double-win- g and the best team in the area. Davis. The Darts win this one, 17-- 7. '9 On the other hand, Layton has shut out its first two opponents, Bountiful and Viewmont, and appears to have rebounded from two mediocre seasons. So. to wrap this one up, you have two improved teams wishing to go into next Friday's region openers with perfect records. On the basis of its defensive play, take Layton to win, 3-- 0 14-- 7. |