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Show Page 5B South Edition snwa Lakeside Review November 16, 1983 Wednesday, 'n?;ar "Y I y ;"i 41- - 'V sv th ' . ss Staff Photos by Robert THE DAVIS DEFENSE, including Rody Meacham (51), collapse on a Hillcrest running back as he tried to take the ball over from the one-yar- d line in the fourth Regan the right, Hillcrests Darin quarter. Vincent catches a pass over the Darts On Mark Miller, Prove They Can Come From Behind Darts Pass by Huskies in Semifinal Game KENT SOMERS Review Sports Editor SALT LAKE CITY as It was uncharacteristic as Charles Bronson reasoning with a criminal or Dirty Harry entering a group therapy session. The Dayis Darts, whose forte is running and who usually took to the air only two or three times each game, came out passing against the Hillcrest Huskies in the semifinal round of the state tournament last Friday. And, get this, Davis actually used the pass to score on one of its most impressive drives of the 8 season on the way to a tion. On the ground, the normal victory path for Davis, the Darts gained only 71 yards on' the day a season low on 29 carries. They were coming up and playing the run, said Sargent, so we had to open it up. And therein lies one reason - 21-1- ' 18-- 80-ya- rd 18-1- 3, The Tournament Road 7-- 4 First Round Alta 30, Bountiful 0 Quarterfinals Alta 34, Box Elder 13 Semifinals Alta 25, Olympus DAVIS, fense was intricate. No, it was more of short pass in the flats to Mark Miller here or a curl pass to Woodward there. No big fuss. Just taking it easy, cruising, taking what the opposition gave line with 7:38 left in the game. It was then that Sargent and the Davis passing game took for the beauty of the double- control of the game and advanwing offense. Davis is able to tage of the Hillcrest defenders, adjust to differing defensive for- who were packed into the midmations and exploit the weak- dle of the field as if Davis linenesses caused by those defensive men were distributing $100 bills instead of trap blocks. adjustments. Davis, behind its previously And when the Darts have good players, as they usually seem to, the offense runs like an expensive, if somewhat antique, win. , ; car with the Davis coaches actThe reason for all this passing ing as mechanics. was simple, said Davis Coach ' For most of the game, Hill- Ward Sawley: His club was docrest was successful in playing ing its imitation of the Salvation the run, consistently closing off Army just taking what it was holes, and opened ah 7 lead given. at halftime f the game. And the Huskies were giving Smugness creeped into the the Darts the pass. They were and into the rows of pressbox putting 10 men up on the line Hillcrest. fans used to seeing and they weren't covering the their club make it look easy. The motion very well, Sawley said. Darts, it seemed, would be able I dont think they were ready to begin basketball practice on for any kind of passing attack, time, after all. and we can pass the ball pretty After fumbling on their openwell. ing possession of the second Hillcrests strategy was to stop half, Davis scored on its next the Davis run and force the possession when Sargent threw a Darts to win the game through highlight film, touchthe air. And thats exactly what down pass to wide receiver Mike Davis did with its dusted-of- f Woodward, who briefly bobbled passing game. the ball before regaining control And what a passing attack it and sprinting into the end zone. was. Nothing like BYU, mind But Hillcrest, with the score you. But for Davis, the statistics now started a drive of its were astronomical. own late in the quarter and Davis quarterback Steve Sarfaced a fourth down on the Daline at the start of the gent completed 14 of 22 passes vis for 239 yards and one intercep third quarter. ALTA, The Darts, however, held and took over. Two series later, still down by five points, Davis took control of the ball on their own 7 12-- 0 First Round Davis 27, Brighton 7 Quarterfinals Davis 14, Roy 7 Semifinals Davis 21, Hillcrest 18 FORT LANE HAIR FASHIONS CUT-A-THO- N For Muscular Distrophy Sat., Nov. 19, From 10 to 6 at LAYTON HILLS MALL HAIRCUTS s4 MANICURE 3" - , 20-ya- rd unseen passing attack, moved the ball down the field. The Darts made it look easy as Sargent received plenty of time to throw the ball. Not that the Davis passing of-- the. Once there, luck yes, it was fickle again and clutch perfor- . mances on two crucial plays kept the drive going. The first one came when Steve Sargent, facing a fourth down and short yardage situation, picked up the first down on a sneak. Four plays later, with a fourth and 13 situation, Sargent dropped back and hit Woodward with a pass that barely missed the artificial turf at Rice Stadium and brought the Darts down to the three-yar- d line. After watching Davis keep the drive breathing when it seemed to be lying in state, very few people in the stadium expected the Huskies to stop the Darts. plays in the final drive, prompting Sawley to add, You can see what they can do, throwing the ball like that. But the Davis defense, aided by a clipping call, kept the Hus- kies from reaching field goal They didnt. Two plays latervMark Miller range, putting the Darts in next took the ball over the right side week's final game against Alta of the line for the for the state championship. touchdown. Miller also scored Davis has not won a state conversion to football title since 1976 when it on a 8 with 1:28 won the make the score state title and has left in the game, a little too never won the championmuch time for Sawley. ship. I thought we scored a little The Davis-Alt- a game will betoo early, said Sawley, who gin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, fowatched his prevent defense take llowing the state the field. And the Huskies, bechampionship game between hind the passing of Billy RobertJordan and Judge Memorial at son, did move the ball on a few p.m. go-ahe- two-poi- nt 21-1- 3-- A 4-- A 3-- A 1 1 |
