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Show V Page 8Az South EditiorQ Lakeside Wednesday, September 21, 1993z ' . KENT SOMERS SALT LAKE CITY Foot- ball A field game played with an inflated leather ball by two teams 2. the ball used. Mmmmm, nothing in there to warn the Bountiful Braves about a touchback during Bountifuls overtime possession in last Fridays loss to Highland, To set the scene, lets examine what happened during the overtime period with the score Highland received four plays line. and the ball on the the ball being oblong and having a tendency to bounce funny and there is nothing in there about what a frustrating, fruitless game it can be. And, like the dictionarys version, without warning the ball bounced out of the end zone for 17-1- 0. ; 10-1- 0. 10-ya- rd The Rams ran an off tackle play that brought them to the line. On second down, Highland again lined up in a wishbone formation, as they had all afternoon, optioned the ball wide to John Schmidt, who scored easily around the left end. six-ya- rd Staff photo by Robert Regan It one of the Braves- potential scoring drives. Highland went on to win the game in overtime, 17-1- 0. mm Witt Win somef games. The offense did like always but you good things, to get in the end zone, saic. Peterson. Bountiful opened the 8am with a prime opportunity tft score a touchdown. Highland! fumbled a punt and the BravcSJ recovered on the Highland 2fJ couldn yard line. But Bountiful advance the ball and Kyle Palmj er kicked a field goal to give the Braves a 0 lead. Bountiful then forced Highland, to punt, and again received gooL liri? field position on the 1 ,2 after the poor kick. This time, however, the Braves pass fronv scored on a to tight Faddis Rob quarterback end Todd Steinicke. The point after was good, and the Braved had completed their scoring iC the first quarter and the game. The Braves were again deep im Highland territory in the second quarter when Faddis threw for Steinicke in the end zone. But Keith Lopati intercepted in the comer, ending the drive. Highland scored a touchdown early in the second quarter on arj run by Lopati, and added a field goal in the fourth quarter to force the game into overtime Bountiful then took possession line and Chris on the West ran the ball twice, advancd ing the ball the ball to the line. West again got the call on the third down, but was hit and fumbled the ball into the end zone. Both team scrambled for the ball, but neither club got control of it before it skipped out of bounds. The officials then huddled and ruled the play was a touchback, the correct call, according to. Bountiful Coach Kim Peterson, who had a brief discussion with the referees after the game. I was hoping the ball had broken the plane (of the goal line), said Peterson. But the officials ruled West fumbled outside of the end zone, and the Braves had lost the first Region Four game of the season, r The Braves defense played well against the Rams wishbone attack, containing the outside option. Highland hurt themselves offensively in the game with holding and clipping penalties earned by trying to block the Braves outside containment. They were holding, blocking low and clipping, said Peterson. When they call it as' many times as they did, you know they were doing it a lot. But the Rams did have some success with their outside game in the fourth quarter, grabbing hunks of yardage with their outside game. In the last quarter, we lost containment a couple of times and they had a few big plays. Its a tough offense to shut down. Bountifuls offense continued to have problems putting points on the board in the game, al-- though it moved the ball well on the Rams at times. The Braves have scored 24 points in the first four games, but all 24 points have come in the last two 10-ya- rd two-yar- 3-- 13-ya- rd 17-1- 0. HIGHLANDS Keith Lopati intercepts a pass from Bountiful quarterback Rob Faddis last Friday to end , Wand Bountiful Fumfel Review Sports Editor . The Braves, who are now overall this season and 1 in region play, may not be able to of identify a standard pro-sfense after the next weeks. After playing against Highlands wishbone, Bountiful will play East,' which runs a single wing, this week and then face Davis Highs double-win- g next week. -3 , 0-- et But the Leopards from East should provide the Braves all the action they can handle next week. But there is no need to tell Peterson that. He is aware of what East is capable of. Yoq. cant look by them. They are big and stronger than hec. Was Showtime At Viewmont High KENT SOMERS Review Sports Editor to the Viewmont end zone for a 0 lead. The Vikings were forced to try and punt on their first possession of the game, but the kick was blocked into the end zone where Woods Cross recovered for a touchdown. Just like that, Viewmont was down 14-- 0 with onlyx7:48 left in the first quarter. It was just a total screwup, said Viewmont Coach Warren Hatch, describing the blocked punt. Hatch, as you may have guessed, was not happy with his teams terrible opening performance. . I was displeased with how flat we were, Hatch said. It was kind of like they won the first three minutes and we won the rest of the game. Ive said all along that Woods Cross has the best athletes in the region. It made the difference for them coming down the wire. Viewmont began moving the ball on its next possession, thanks to a draw play that picked up big yardage for the Vikings most of the evening. They were so outside conscious, the draw was open, Hatch said. d Viewmont drove to the line when the Wildcats Travis McBeth stripped a runner of the ball and lateraled to Mike Dailey who took the ball into 7-- BOUNTIFUL If the Viewmont and Woods Cross players could repeat their performances in last Friday nights game, they should rent a pack their cares and cleats and take the show barnstorming. And it was exactly that Friday a show. Come one, come all and pity the lazy fans who stayed at home, missing the most exciting game of the season. Momentum got one heckuva workout in this Region Four game with a solitary point finally separating the two neighboring high schools at the end of the game. Woods Cross finished in the lead, to win its third game of the season and its first region game. But its too bad the game ended. Most fans could have stayed until midnight watching crunching quarterback sacks, diving touchdown receptions and sur-- . prising halfback passes. Not that the game started like it was going to be especially exciting. In fact, things were so bad for Viewmont, and so good fof Woods Cross, the game appeared to be a tremendous mismatch. The Wildcats took the opening kickoff and crisply drove the ball 21-2- 0, $2.50 Things were quiet last Friday afternoon around Region Four schools. Nothing big was expected to happen. After all, Davis was supposed to easily beat East, at least thats what many of us thought, and the Highland-Bountifgame was rated as a tight game to preul dict knee-lengt- . t the end zone for an apparent Meservy hit Wade Bevans on a touchdown. But the exchange bomb over the middle for an touchdown. The point between McBeth and Dailey was 80-ya- rd ruled a forward lateral and the play was called back. The Vikings finally scored in the second quarter after recover- ing a fumble on the Woods line. One play Cross seven-yar- d later, Wade Bevans took an off tackle play outside for the touchdown. The PAT made the score 14-- 7 at halftime. Viewmont didnt waste any time warming up in the second half. On the first play from six-yar- scrimmage, quarterback after failed and Woods Cross led, 14-1- 3. The Vikes scored their final touchdown with three minutes left in the quarter when 'Jeff Sowell caught a tipped pass in the end zone' for the score. The extra point was good and Viewmont led But the Wildcats came back with a halfback pass from Ron Gomez to McBeth that brought the ball to the line. GoJeff mez then scored on a sweep and 20-1- 4. six-ya- rd the PAT put Woods Cross ahead We kept wanting to win thfe game, said Wildcats Coach The Cats had another chance Larry Eldracher. Anytime you to score midway through the pe- -' keep a team from scoring on a rjod, .but a fake field goal play first down ahd .goal .situation ' . i . . . failed. from the two, youre doing , Vjewmont. had its last chance . something special, ' to score1 stifled late in the fourth , With second down a'nd 1 Woods on the sea- Cross',. .quartpr. . two yards to' go for' a .touchin and yrv league play, will. down, Meservy was sacked by , nqw meet Davis, also in reMcBeth, who, as you may .have gion pldy, at home this Friday at guessed by now, had an oustarid,-in- g 7:30 p.m. Viewmont will' play game. The Vikes threw an Highland at home this Friday, incomplete pass and then missed The Vikes are 2 overall this a field goal that would have won season and 1 in league play. the game. , in Region Four. Highland is 21-2- 0. inter-count- Layton-Clear-fie- ld and Woods games filled like the opening night of a nt Spielberg movie. There was an electricity in the air on that warm, clear Friday evening, and the source was 22 teenage boys playing with an oblong ball. Football was the conduit. watch. Maybe it was because the games were the opening region contests, or maybe it was because, of the rivalries between the schools, but whatever the reason, it was one of the most exciting nights of high school football a fan will see. And participating in a game with enough plays to make a highlight film can also serve as a coating to make losses easier to swallo.w on Saturday morning. Even Viewmont Coach Warren Hatch, whose team lost to Woods . And as fans at both games were to discover, they never spent $2.50 worth of entertainment money more wisely. It was a cheap, two and hour thrill worth the price of adult admission, the street parking, the crowded stands and the taste of 50 cent hot dogs munched on at halftime. No matter what side you were on, or if you just showed up because nothing was on television Friday night (and there wasnt), the high school games played Friday were simply a pleasure to one-ha- lf ) ' 1 6. 1- -0 2-- 0-- 1- -0 was glad he had been inCross, volved in the game. Regardless of the outcome, you can appreciate the fact you were in a great game, he said. It was unfortunate that we were on the short end of the game, but it was a super game. It was the kind of game you are happy to be a part of. And what pleased both Hatch and Woods Cross Coach Larry Eldracher was how their clubs refused to stay behind in the score. Both teams made more comebacks and escaped from more threatening situations than Indiana Jones. d In many ways, the to the was similar remarkably game Viewmont-Wood- s Cross game. Both stands that contests featured goal-lin- e to their coordinators defensive bring knees and the fans to their feet. - In fact, thq only game involving an area school that wasnt close was the x Elder game in1 Brigham City, which the Bees won easily, 20-But the four other games were decided by a total o'f 19 points, an average of 21-2- y play. nights was Parking regulated to the streets at 7:23 p.m., and latecomers in the lines at the ticket booths were forced to watch the opening kickoffs with their tardy compadres. The bleachers at the . 3-- . A Bargain for Fridays Entertainment Cross-Viewmo- But many Highland fans seemed h more concerned with their dresses than with shorts or polka-do- t, dressed in their ba- -. what their Rams sic black formal wear (taarf out) were doing on the field. But as the afternoon converted to evening, both of the games were decided in a tight fashion. Davis won by a surprisingly narrow eight points, and the Black Sheep (the Rams) beat Bountiful in overtime. The two games were an indication of things to come. By the evening, the rightful and just time of day when high school football should be played, cars began filling the parking lots of Clearfield and Viewmont high schools in anticipation of the Staff Photo by Robert Regan SHON WILSON of Viewmont eludes a Woods Cross defender is last Fridays game. 0, - Layton-Clearfiel- Roy-Bo- 3. 4.75 points per game. It was not a Friday for the meek of heart. It was a Friday for acrobatic catches and equally acrobatic interceptions. It was a Friday for tipped touchdown pasr ses and interceptions. It was a Friday for blocked punts and field goals. And it was a Friday for appreciating what you were watching or doing. It was a good high school footbaH game wasnt it? Eldracher asked after his Wildcats win Friday. Yes coach, it was. They all were. It was a good Frir day for it. THIS WEEKS PICKS Davis at Woods Cross: Darts by a touchdown., Highland at Viewmont: The Vikes by , three points. East at Bountiful.Bountiful by one point. Box Elder at Layton: Layton by three points. Clearfield at Weber: The Falcons by a touchdown. Bonneville at Roy: Roy by 10 points. Record after two weeks: 4 for a .660 percentage. , 6-- , i |