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Show Sporfstacular KRT GALLEGOS OF LAYTON is brought down in convincing manner by their homecoming battle to the Lancers 1 4-- 63-Tob- Phillips, y 52-Joh- n Nelson, and Anderson, all from Roy High. 82-Ral- Roy lost 0. Roy took a 14-- 0 licking at the hands of Layton, In the season opener for each team Friday on the Royal field. It was Roys homecoming, and that made it all the sweeter for the revenge-minded Lancers. victory was the for Layton, since Joining up with Roy in Region One, and those Lancers were determined. Roy beat Layton last year in league play, and then the Lancers went on to win the Utah State 4A championship. The game was close, in spite of the 144 score. Hie Lancers racked 19 244 yards of rushing, and added 29 more yards through the air, while holding the Royals to 60 yards on the ground and 89 Saturdays first-eve- r from passing. Breidcs, fumbles and penalties played an important role in the outcome of the game. Layton fumbled four times, but capto - recovered all four of them to keep drives alive. Twice, the Lancers recovered the ball after it had rolled forward to pick up a first and ten, and on the first fumble recovery, they kept a drive alive for a touchdown. The Royals fumbled late in the game to kill a drive that might have tied up the ball game. They lost the ball on their own 45 yard line with 3:25 left to be played. The Lancers used up the clock, and then scored their second touchdown with 51 seconds in the game. Coach Fred Thompson cited his defensive unit for Playing the finest defense inside the 20 yard line weve ever had at Roy High School. On several occasions, the stubborn Royal defense stopped the Lancers inside the ten yard line. Penalties were about even for both teams, but hurt the Royals more than the Lancers. Each coveftsdl wm team was flagged on four major (15 yard) penalties, but it proved disastrous for two Royal drives, and one penalty kept a scoring drive alive for the Lancers. Troy Bullard and Kelly Skidmore were the top defensemen for Roy with eleven and nine tackles, respectively. Steve Richards was credited with seven, and Billy Venstra and Kevin Cudmore each made six tackles. Roy High School has had its share of breaks, this season, and especially in the Olympus game, but Friday, all the breaks went for Layton. Over the past two seasons Roy beat Layton, and breaks had something to do with it, but the football bounced in favor of the Lancers on homecoming day at Roy. In a hard-fouggame at Layton, the score was knotted at 7 after regulation and each ht otp IRoy team was given four downs from the ten yard line to determine the victor in overtime. Roy had first shot at moving the ball, and scored on a Gary Anderson to Court Murdock pass play. The Lancers failed to score on their four plays from scrimmage, and the Royals took home the victory. The Royals had scored first on a seven yard pass to Court Murdock in the third quarter, and Ran Jones kicked the extra point. Layton, in the last minute of play, tied the game, after a sustained drive that covered 75 yards, and put the game in overtime. Quarterback Gary Anderson completed 18 passes in the game, and teamed up with Senior Court Murdock for both scores. Both teams utilized seniors in the J.V. game for seasoning purposes. Murdock caught nine Anderson passes in the game. , SOPHOMORE-R- oy The Royal greenlings are 0 in as many games, and have their opponents .Wade Jacklin mixed up his plays for big yardage and threw three touchdown passes as the 2-- out-scor- ed 70-1- 5. young Royals took early command of the game. He hit Garcia with a ten yard T.D. pass, and Lance Jorgenson twice with touchdown passes of 25 and 40 yards to completely route the young by Dave Cardwell costly turnovers and busted plays. Ail were big differences in Stadium in Logan, the Weber Warriors were tagged with their fourth consecutive defeat at the hands of the Sky View Bobcats, The contest was a featured homecoming attraction for Sky View followers. The majority of the excitement the Region One contest. In most games, such as the one played last Saturday, it took a while to determine die victor. 7-- 0. came from defensive plays,, A main highlight in the opening period was a Warrior punt by Chris Green that sailed 74 yards, possibly a record for Warrior football. In the second quarter of play, Warrior quarterback, Steve Shaw, expected to hand off to a back but found no takers. Having to scramble for what ever yardage he could, Shaw ran head-o-n into a parade of Bobcats. The pawing and clawing Bobcats forced the ball loose. Recovering the lost ball was Bobcat defender, Curtis Packer. Packer went untouched 12 yards for the games only score. Kevin Banks Vked the point after to lead. give Sky View a 7-- 4 The only scoring excitement that was generated in the third field goal period was a attempt by Banks that missed wide to the left. 25-ya- rd Layton team. Gary Ashley, though used sparingly because of an injury, exploded sixty yards for Roys first score. Coach Sheffer praised Marie Eggington for his play at defensive tackle, Todd Taylor the ,middle linebacker, and Bart' Hadley and Eric Aaragon the outside linebackers. off-tack- le WhxBF wlMlIzm aft sism, 1-Last Saturday at Romney 34 Layton 8. The fourth quarter was anything tut a fans delight. Shaw tried to make one last desperate attempt the games final, play but his pass intended for Steve Lewis, picked off by Sky Views Richard Crosbie. Sky View now shares a piece of the Region one lead with both Bonneville and Layton. |