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Show xtsfoculor Mow sweet St is. Falcons cl.j Darts 4 : . September 20, 1979 15 Page 18-1- High notched Clearfield two second half touchdowns last Friday night to mark one of the schools most impressive comebacks In its history and defeated arch-rivDavis, With Davis leading 144 at half, the Falcons took advantage of Dart mistakes and committed very few themselves to come out 18-1- 4. al on top. Dean Vernon, who tore big chunks of yardage on the ground all evening and intercepted a pass that set up Clearfields first score, stated after the game, team with the best intensity line for the touchdown, his second score of the game. Again the two point conversion was no good. Davis made a gallant attempt for late game heroics but the Darts fumbled away with two minutes remaining. Kevin Neville recovered for Clearfield. Both Hicks and Vernon had nothing but compliments for the -- Ive seen yet this year, Coach Hancock was elated over the victory saying, We didnt execute the first half, but came out ready to play the second half. Defensively we bent a little bit but never broke. We allowed some little runs, but not any 90 yarders. We didnt give up in the end and the win helps us out greatly going into the Bonneville game. Greg Boarden, who made some brilliant plays in the win over Davis, said, It was a big turn-a- - offensive line after the game. Thats the best theyve played all year. said Hicks. Assistant coach, John Flint said after the game, I can hardly even talk. We beat a good round. I took a lot of critisim from the guys saying 1 ought to wear glue and things, but I knew what I could do and so did the coaches. Im just glad they had the confidence in me to let me try it again. Our line is terrific. Just because of our line, I feel con-- , fident about playing Bonneville this week. Assistant Bruce Burningham - credits the hard hitting for Clearfields victory. Glen Simpson stated after the game, Coach Hicks thought up some n ew blocking schemes foi us and were executing then pretty well. Robbie Hammer, Kevii Neville, and Tim Robinett anc Shawn Moore were the othei outstanding offensive linemen foi Clearfield. Robinett stated after the game e We had a super talk that really helped. When you.t got a line that likes to block guess you cant lose. We dont double on defense so our offensive assignments are drilled into us. pre-gam- 1 Coach (Brent) Hancock was confident in us at halftime and thats what fired me up. We had a few bad breaks in the first half, but we turned it around in the second half. On the Falcons first drive in the second half. Brook Hicks, the Falcon quarterback, completed four of five passes for 43 yards before his team gave up the ball on a fumble. Two plays later Clearfield had the ball back as Tim Gooch intercepted. Again Davis got the ball back after the Falcons failed to get a drive going. A few plays later Hicks intercepted for Clearfield and his first hand off went to Vernon who raced 20 yards before being brought down. Hicks then picked up eight yards on a keeper and injured his leg. He got up however and stayed in the game. Scott Bybee, the Falcons secret weapon, carried the pigskin 27 yards in two plays, the last 18 for a Falcon touchdown. The conversion was stunned by two-poi- nt Davis. On Clearfields very next possession the Falcons drove 80 yards in nine plays for the touchdown and winning score. The key plays in that drive were a pass play from Hicks to Greg Boarden and a 21 yard run by Vernon. Gooch eventually carried over the goal go-ahe-ad rd ' GREG RIDLER (86) ond Mark Carter (53) close in on Darts Brent Hatch for tackle. The Falcons won the game, 1 8-- 1 4. Easti Ihamids Mebeir amrtlhieii cDoss deffeaft Weber High, again plagued by turnovers and penalties turned a potential win into a give away loss. The second half of play was all Weber. East on the other hand dominated the first half and took a 0 lead into halftime. Steve Lewis received the second half kick off for Weber and rambled all the way to his 45 yard line before being brought down. His efforts died in vain though as the Warrior offense fumbled the ball back to East. 13-- East having excellent position was held by a mined Weber defense and themselves punting on a and long situation. field next series to keep their drive alive. Hie drive continued and two first downs later, the Warriors found themselves on the one yard line. Weber drew blood on a quarterback keeper up the middle and with the point after signaled good by the referee, the deterfound fourth The Warriors converted a fourth and on situation on their 1 CAN FULLER O'BRIEN SPRAY PAINT Your Choice of Any Type or Color purchase necessary e No obligation Q No With Coupon Adults Only One Can DRV Per Residence on all Fuller OBrien Paint Products posted sale items ) CRITTENDEN Paint and Glass Company 258 24th St. Ogden, Utah Phone 394-454- 3 547 No. Main Layton, Utah Phone 376-42- e Offers Mumy Valid wCoupon Only e One Per Customer 1 1 o Expires October IS, 1979 Finally the Warriors had their offense and began t move the pigskin at will. After a string of first downs it was Steve Shaw that took the ball to the right side and scored a TD for the Warriors. The point after was good and victory talk was on everyones tongue. East failed to move the ball with any consistency in their next drive and finally had to turn over the ball on their 44 yard line. With five minutes left, Weber, which was still looking for their first win of the season, had Ralph Anderson intercept a pass. But ed WITH COUPON ( Except 7. 7. off FAST visiting Warriors found themselves back in the game 13-East wasnt about to shrivel up and die and began a drive of their own on the next series of plays that eventually brought them another score, a 41 yard scamper the killing and final blow in the drive. The Panthers failed to convert a two point play but still led 19-- ? two fumbles in two possessions spelled defeat for the Warriors. |
