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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Friday, August25, 2000 Skyline Wins ‘Battle of the Rock’ PREP FOOTBALL BY LYA WODRASKA tans instead of that big Hawaii six meetings. The crowdsize at Skyline didn’t With all the hype that sur- roundedlast week's prep football gamebetween Skyline and Hawaii power Kahuku, a Skyline loss wouldn't really have meant that much in the grand scheme of things. Sure, the Eagles would have hated to see their 21-game winning out‘) win championship. another Paul Fraughton/TheSalt Lake Tribune Alta’s Brandon Perkins (1) pulls down a 20-yard touchdown pass just before halftime Thursday night. Northridge Coates wentover an Alta defensive back for his first touchdown, then made a finger-tip catch and out- Holds Off Late raced the Hawks’secondary for his second score. Alta Charge @ Continued from B-1 “They were giving us the passing game,” McCormick said. “We picked them apart with our passing.” Alta, picked to finish second in Region 3, got it going at the end of the third quarter and was just a moved before the ball was snapped - “Guys kept forgetting the snap botched onside kick away from count,” quarterback Ben Williams said — and few otherpenalties the final few minutes. C.J. Suther- negated longplays. “We had the first-game jitters out of the way, so we were able to do some things,” Northridge coach FredFernandessaid. “But we were kind of coming in blind, with no. film on them, while they got to watch us. Maybe that equaled everything out.” McCormick, who had-191 passing yards, threw touchdown passes. to Prathan (4 yards), Caputo (8 yards) and Coates (16 yards) as Northridge scored on_ three straight possessions in the first half to go up 20-0. He threw a 56yard TD strike to Coates in the second half to push Northridge ahead 27-6 before Alta made a game of it with a strong final 16 minutes. “He made some plays scrambling tonight that were just fabu- lous,” Fernandes said. “He made somethingout of nothing.” McCormick, who was supposed to be a defensive back, stepped in last week when Kusuda,a starter in 1999, went down in the first quarter. He showed an uncanny makingthings really interesting in land cut into Northridge’s lead with a 26-yard touchdownrun, and Alta waswithin seven,27-20, after Williams threw a 7-yard TD pass to Cody Bruening with 1:55 remaining. But Northridge’s Bailey caught state fan across the ocean reminding ‘Bear River at LOGAN,7 p.m. Fachtield at SOUTH SEVIER, 7 p.m. scrimmage that turned into a 79yard touchdown in the second quarter. “Losing him hurts, he was a captain,” Tate said. “But we can’t get too down. It’s a loss, but we havea lot of guys whowill step up and try to replace him.” The irony of losing a player for His Viewmont team, led by room for doubt as they rolled over the Wildcats 56-20. just really happy for the Turning the corner may be in the hands of his senior quarterback, whoput on quite a show Thursday night. Henderson hasn't seen many wins in his days as a Viking, but a few more performanceslike Thurs- Dota at LONE PEAK, 7 pm. LEHIat Payson,7 pm. GRANTSVILLE at Grant, 7 pm Park City at MORGAN, 7 p.m. Tooele at WASATCH, 7 pam. Uncoln Co, Nev. at PAROWAN, 7pm, ich at SOUTH 7 ger things thana last-place finish in Region 1, where they were picked in preseason. “Idon't even care aboutthat. Our whole team knowsthat we're a lot TIMPVIEWat Orom, 7 p.m. ‘North Sanpete at PINE VIEW,7 pm AZTEC, NM., at San Juan, 7 pm. better than what wewere picked in rom t eee . 1 the ball six times, but for a total of 145 yards, scoring on runs of13, 58 and 40 yards. “1 Just started going andI didn’t stop,” Hendersonsaid. Asfor his passing, it was nearly as infrequent, but equally as effective. Henderson finished 4-for-7 for tit e ‘i @ Continued from B-1 z “We cameinto this game they winding down and was fouled by were going to make runs atus, and we just had to overcome those,” Swoopessaid. Houston took a 29-22 leadafter a then caught a 4-yard Mitch Malmrose passinthe fourth. Viewmont 56, Woods Cross 20 722 7-86 00 713-20 Viewmont poured it on in the BROWNING FACTORY OUTLET STORE ris) ANNIVERSARY SIDEWALK SALE AUGUST 25 SEPTEMBER 4 T-SHIRTS ‘7.99 LONG SLEEVE MOCK TURTLES $9.99 SWEATSHIRTS $16.99 first half marked by both teams’ poor shooting. 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Cooper followed with a tough City 26-7 in a non-region game Thursday. Derrick Broadhead ran for 117 yards for Kearns, while Danny Rt Outerwear « Hunting Clothing * Casual Wear » Footwear Henderson and ; The victory hadne oe his teammates aking musuEDIS $40,700 esa Weatherspoon made two free minutes, then went onto defeat Cedar Danny Copingaled the defense the extra point. The Vikings scored points in the half, shot just 30.6 52.3 seconds remained, when Ter- scored three touchdownsin thefirst 16 with eight tackles, and Clint Karren had a fumble recovery and made an interception that ended Olympus’ only serious threat, stopping a drive on Skyline’s 19yardline. Shupe on his first attempt of the game with 2:11 remaining in the first quarter to open a 7-0 lead after percent (11-for-26) from thefield. Phillips’ layup with 20 seconds left madeit 55-22, but Cooper made Keams 26, Cedar City 7 We CEDAR CITY —The Kearns Cougars Henderson connected with Kyle fromthe field, made the foul shotto on,” Weatherspoon said. “She just steps up.” mistakes. Skyline’s lines controlled the game, opening huge gaps for Tate to run through, and keeping Olympus’offense in check. 130 yards and connected with three different receivers on scoring plays of45, 39 and 32 y give the Comets a 55-50 lead with 26.4 secondsleft. first-game madea lotofsilly ones.” secondhalf, scoring touchdowns on eachoftheir first four possessions, opening a 49-0 margin at one point, and ruining the debut for Woods $ in many rushingattack at times, Henderson more.In all, Henderson accounted for-six touchdowns — three rush+ of and 275 yards WEST at Copper His, 7 pm Grange at CYPAUS. BRIGHTON at Fiveron,7pm p.m. HIGHLAND at Tayorsvle, p.m. Jordan’ at WEST JOROAN, 7 p.m. Provo at MOUNTAIN VIEW, 7 pm. 4 h WNBA them skillwise, but we made too day’s and he should expectplenty eeeop am Cooper, who finished 7-of-23 “Not playing last week really Miller said. “They're talented, but I thought we could match up with on their next three possessions, opening a 28-0 lead beforehalftime. any time he took matters into his ownhands. Hendersononly carried Northridge. eeTP om see,” Houston coach Van Chancellorsaid. 1 (BE Mand 2 Pun (Curt ick) ce eee hurt us,” Olympus coach Mike the preseason,” Hendersonsaid. While the Woods Cross defense seemed to contain the Viewmont seemed to have the Midas Touch kids,” Jonessaid. Jones took over a Viewmont ana faa a F & Eider(29) Viewmontfootball coach = quarterback Travis Henderson's six touchdowns,didn’t leave much Milord al HURRICANE, 7 p.m. | Wi ree eee Russ Jones Woods Cross his first win as a headcoachthatis. ing, three passing ene anelongs Comets non-region game Thursdaynight. Kelly Nebeker caught three passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns, eereus a 60-yardscore in the third quarter, for the Bees. . We're trying to get the attitude thatit’s important to win and play your hardest. . . . We're trying to get this program to turn the corner.” ern Utah. But his first victory didn't come until Thursday night at MOUNTAIN CREST at Springvite, 7 p.m. Noth Seva a GUNNISON, 7p. Colt Mund Cross first-year coach Alema Te'o. Ben Lomond at ROY, 7 pm. SO Seika 7 ‘ag at MUPRAY,7 pan BRIGHAM CITY touchdown,and the rout was on. rushing and caught little pass WOODSCROSS— RussJonesis in his 24th year of wandering high school football sidelines in north- CAPITAL ietiers FREMONT at Layton, 7pm Box Elder 52, American Fork 20 eeeViewmont Run Over Woods Cross HUNTER aTonight's Cert, Games 7 pm ‘SNOW CANYON at Union, 7 p.m. the punt return, giving the Eagles a first down on the Olympus 30-yard line. Thatled to Skyline’s second non, one of the team captains and Skyline holds the edgein therivalry, 22-15-1, and has won the past We're trying to get this program to EMERYat Canyon View, 7 pm. Uintah at CARBON,7 p.m. Skyline absolutely dominated the Titans, rushing for 271 yards while holding Olympus to little collarbonelatein thefirsthalf. Cannonfinished with 56 yards downthe road,andthisis the ‘Battle of the Rock.’ “ turn the corner,” Jones said. TIMPANOGOSat Bounti, 7 pm. Bonnevileat PLEASANT GRV, 7pm. for Olympus.It’s. still our biggest gameofthe year.” Olympus showed all the signs of a team playingits first game. TheTitans had theirfirst drive stalled byan illegal procedurecall. Thenthe Titans had late hit on emotional team leaders, broke his get the attitude thatit’s important to win and play your hardest. . . . Prep Football Schedule scored three touchdowns as Box City defeated American Fork, 52-20, in a gameunscathed. Senior Matt Can- “You can’t lose to your neighbors,” said Skyline quarterback Steve Tate, who rushed for 136 yards and three touchdowns. “They're only 10 blocks away,right Northridge 27, Alta 20 Aug psonene Ptsic) rushed for 114 yards on 15 carries and le the Eagles were rolling along in almost midseason form, from Tate two yardsoff the line of “Tt [Jones’ system] is different in the X's and O's, but we're trying to ability to avoid sacks and deliver them,”said Skyline’s Justin Olsen, who was oneof the heros of the teams were playing hard.” The only disappointment was that the Eagles didn’t get out of the team like Kahuku. program riding a 10-game losing streak this season after working as an assistant at Layton, Davis and Aaron Smith, while Alta lost two and we're banged up,” Dupaix said. “But this is Olympus, and both over 100. them ofthe score. Butlose to your neighbors, guys you have to see every day? Now, that’s a bigger problem. Which is.why the Eagles were so insistent Thursday nightthat their 35-0 whipping of Olympus was a much bigger deal than beating a Westbrook and Andrew Fresques. fumbles, which were picked up by passes under a heavy rush, then got somespectacular catches from Coates, the 6-foot-3, 200-poundjunior wholikely will be the state’s most recruited player next year. Here are this week's prep football e-mail from some bored Kahuku anonside kick that never hit the ground, and the Knights escaped — but not withouta late casualty. Offensive guard Gerald Bourdeau, a team captain, injured his left knee on the second-to-las* play of the game and is probably out for the year, Fernandessaid. “I don’t know if it was cheap or not, but gosh, I hate to see that happen when you are trying to run {out the] clock,” said the coach, visibly steamed after the game. With thelate flurry, Alta gained 268 yards, while Northridge had 308. The Knights had just one turnover, a fumble recovered by haps the largest turnout either schoolwill see all year. “We knew wewere goingto beat touchdown. “We'll always get up Their only harassment probably would havebeen the occasional coooeo uMTOS $a20mich ‘S-Bard 6 un (Tate nun) Sim erg pe) Sian sanpee matchlast week's estimated attendance of6,000, butit still was per- fumble that led to Tate’s winning gotten over it, regrouped andset Obyenpus (0-1) 20) team wasn’t lost on Skyline coach Roger Dupaix. “Last week we got away without any injuries, and nowall of a sudden, we have a couple kids hurt Kahuku game after causing the streak end, but they would have Skyline 35, Olympus 0 the season against the smaller Ti- LAKETRIBUNE you know this guy. 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