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Show Theres an old saying in Region insists that anyone to Smithfield for a travelling football game against the Bob Cats must give up a touchdown the moment he crosses the mountain pass leading to Sky View. The superstition became a reality to Bonneville, for in the last twelve seconds of the game the Bob Cats scored one more touchdown, and won by six points. The final score was 7 One that 23-1- for Sky View. In a classic battle for the cellar position of Region One football, Clearfield blasted Roy 17-- 7 and did it in a span of six minutes and fifteen seconds. The game was a stand-of- f in the first quarter, but both teams moved the ball well. Roy stopped the Falcons on the forty, and took possession on a punt to the 18. The Royals showed class in moving the ball to the Clearfield five yard line, where consecutive penalties moved them back to the 24, and thats where they committed their first of three costly fumbles. The Falcons moved the ball fashion. downfield in carbon-cop- y They were penalized after reaching the eleven yard line back to the 26 yard line. But on 'the next play from scrimmage Greg Boarden got behind the Royal defenders and caught a Brook Hicks pass for a touchdown. Hicks booted for the P.A.T., and the Falcons led with 6 :15 left until halftime. The Falcons held the Royal on the next series and took over the ball on their own 37 yard line. They moved the ball to the Roy 19, but were tagged with another penalty, back to the 24. On third and long yardage, Hicks faded back to pass but had to unload to 7-- 0 Tim Gooch, his safety valve. Gooch took the ball behind the line of scrimmage and scrambled The Lakers appeared to have the game in the first half. They scored ten points in the first quarter, and got another T.D. in the second quarter to take a comfortable 17-- 0 lead to the locker room. Bonneville eased off, and then the Bob Cats went to work. They took the opening kickoff down for a touchdown, and scored again in the third quarter to close to In the fourth quarter, the Bob Cats drove again, and booted a 27 won 17-1- 4. through the Royal defenders for a T.D. Hicks again split the uprights, and Clearfield was on the board, The clock showed 1:31 to be played until intermission, but Clearfield recovered a fumble on Roys 37, and in two plays, moved to the 17 and Hicks kicked a field goal, as the halftime gun soun14-- yard field goal to tie up the game with less than five minutes to play. The Lakers then got serious and began a drive to get the game back in their favor, but at midfield, Cory Sylvester threw an interception, and Sky View got one last chance. With 19 seconds left to be call on played a Marvin Ellis gave the Bob Cats the ball and a first and ten on the Lakers seven yard line. (The ball face-guardi- T.D. Scott Bybee picked up 23 yards on seven rushes, and Hicks kept six times for 21 yards. Greg Boarden caught four passes for 62 yards and a touchdown. Roys Chris Jensen handled the actually hit Ellis in back of his head), Sky View gained one yard and called time out. On the second play, Ken Gifford legged it in from the six, and it was all over. to Sky View Squib-kicke- d keep the ball away from Marvin Ellis who already had picked up a 45 yards on a kickoff return. The Lakers managed to get two plays off before time ran out, but the Bob Cats werent to be denied.' The victory for Sky View was. times for 116 yards for rushing honors, while teammate Jim Bertagnolli pulled in three passses for 46 yards. Rov ended up with 132 yards rushing and Bert Rich completed 9 of 14 ball 15 d as the biggest upset in Utah football, and it had to be a terrible disappointment for the Lakers, who are now 1 for the season and 1 in Region One. Sky View is now in sole possession of first place in Region One. Bonnevilles scoring came on a 32 yard field goal by Ted Rickard, a two yard plunge by Steve Thomas and a 34 yard touchdown pass from Cory Sylvester to Mike Smith, in the last minute of play before halftime. head-line- 5-- 2-- passes for 95 yards. He was intercepted once, near the end of the game. It was our best game of the year, said the Clearfield coaching staff. ded. Clearfields kicking game had to be a big part of the Falcon victory. Brook Hicks, besides quarterbacking the team, kicks field goals and handles the punting chores. Twice his punts were blown dead inside the ten yard line, and he was flawless in kicking P.A.T.s and field goals. Penalties and fumbles killed Roys chance of winning the ball game. .The Royals were flagged with a procedures penalty on the Clearfield five, and a personal foul on the 10 to stall one scoring drive in the first quarter. On three occasions, Royal fumbles led to Falcon scores, while Clearfield but. fumbled, recovered, twice to keep touchdown drives alive. Clearfield rushed 38 times for 145 yards, and Hicks hit on 10 of 13 passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns. Tim Gooch carried 19 times for 80 yards, and caught two passes for 63 yards and a JVs Dose tto QeaurfieDd E3oy The Gearfield junior varsity football team had not won a game in league play going into Thursdays battle with Roy, and the young Royals had not been defeated. So Clearfield went to work to defeat the Royals 14-- 8 in a game that went scoreless until the fourth quarter. Clearfield marched down field and scored midway through the final quarter, and converted on a play to go out front 84). On the ensuing kickoff, Roy fumbled on its own 30 yard line, and the opportunist Falcons took it in with five minutes to play. They again went for a two point conversion, but missed and led by two-poi- nt 144). Roy came to life and moved the ball down field on a series of passing plays, but ran out of downs on the Clearfield two foot line. Clearfield took over the ball and on third and ten, passed from the end zone, and Roy intercepted on the 25 yard line. The Royals scored four plays later on a pass to Cort Murdock, and then Ken Huddleston caught conversion. a pass for a two-poiThe score was 14-- 8 for the Falcons with 3:25 left to be played. The Royals held and forced Clearfield to punt. The Royals but were got the ball at mid-fielout of time outs. They were able to control the ball on a drive down-fielbut not the clock. They got to the two yard line, but time ran out as they threw a desperation pass which fell incomplete, and that was the ball game. d, d, CLEARFIELDS DEAN VERNON chums for big yardage against Roy. The Falcons beat Roy for their first Region One victory. 1 7-- 7 |