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Show DAVIS SEPTEMBER 4, 1985 REFLEX-JOURNA- Emws start fiuti Bmt Lwytow culty. Laytons D was tough. Bountiful scored the first time it got its hands on the ball moving By GARY R. BLODGETT BOUNTIFUL - When Bounti- ful High football coach l.arry Wall said preseason that he would mix up his offense and use a "situahe did just that tion defense, against the Layton High l.ancers Friday niuht. AND BOTH woi ked to near perfection. s Bountiful's offense by junior quarterback Joey Covey - was consistant in its scoring, hitting paydirt four times, once each quarter, to shutout the Lancers 28-IT WAS the first game of the seaand both son for both teams run-pas- -- - teams were playing under new coaches and new circumstances. Bountiful has a strong nucleus from last years team that barely missed the playoffs while Layton's new head coach Joe Wood is in a rebuilding year while trying to recover from a disastrous 19X4 season during which the Lancers won only one game. Bountifuls big, strong defense kept the Lancers at bay most of the game and the Blue and White had difficulty keeping sustained drives alive AT THE same time, Layton s defense showed a lot of promise as it held Bountiful in check on several occasions. Bountiful scored with consistency - but not without diffi- -- 77 yards in nine plays, the touchdown coming on a d run by fullback Sid Smith. SMITH was outstanding on both offense and defense, picking up more than KM) yards rushing and getting in on several tackles from his linebacker position. He scored the final TD in the fourth quarter on d a scamper off a trap after a fumble recover by defensive end Frick Bahr. A pass from Covey to split end Mike Steed climaxed a d drive for the Braves in the second period. The Braves other score came with 2:50 left in the third period on a pass play from Covey to tight end Chad Rigby who gathered in the oval on the 20 and raced unmolested to the end one. LITTLE MATT Bombard kicked all four extra points, punted for the Braves and did all the kickoffs. five-yar- six-yar- 35-ya- Bountiful had another touchdown nullified late in the game when linebacker Jerron Hale recovered a Layton fumble in the Lancers 22 and on the first play from scrimmage tailback Dusty Jacobs took a pitchout and scampered into paydirt. A clipping penalty nullified the score and Layton ended up with the ball on its own 17. A.J. TEGT of Layton recovered defensive teams. They did the things we wanted and I cant ask for much more than that. Several Bountiful players go both ways and Coach Wall said he was pleased with how well they learned both positions and kept their poise. SOME OF those were Dusty Jacobs, Sid Smith, Travis Wall, Mike Steed, Matt Greaves, Chad Williams, Chad Rigby, Erick Bahr, and Bret Parkinson. Steve Badger was also outstanding as a defensive tackle. Layton's Dave Harrison had a standout performance at quarterback, both rushing and passing. Defensively, Laytons two big tackles, Wayne Johnson and Dustin Perry, were superb. Other standouts were Guy Smith, Clint Brower, James Geddes, John Taurone, Boyd Murray and Sonny Morakot. IN games next Friday, Layton will host View-moand Bountiful will entertain Weber at Bountiful. Kickoff for both games will be 7:30 p.m. Scores by quarters: PRE-SEASO- N nt It must have seemed to Bountiful out numbered the Lancers Friday night during the Braves 28-- rout. Actually, the linebacker got a great view of center Travis Wall (53), quarterback Joey Covey (9), and running backs Sid Smith (42) and Dusty Jacobs (30). Photo Gary Blodgett. fumble on the Braves 15 and I WAS especially pleased with threatened to score. But the that defensive stand, said Coach Braves defense held and regained Wall. In fact, I was pleased with possession. the efforts of both the offensive and 0 LONELY LANCERS a Bountiful fumble on the Lancers line to stop another Bountiful threat late in the final quarter. Layton recovered a Bountiful 27-ya- rd Laytons Craig Phelts (67) like - 7 7 7 7 - 28 -0000 -0 Bountiful Layton -- SCORING for Bountiful: Smith, scorrun to climax ing drive; pass from Covey to Steed; pass Covey to d run after Rigby; and Smith fumble recovery by Bahr. 77-ya- 35-ya- six-yar- I J Falcons thumped by Davis football Darts come from behind, dump Weber Reflex Journal Sports - The Falcons CLEARFIELD let one get away, which is one too many for them. PLAYING before a packed grandstand on a warm summer night, Clearfield relented on a 0 halftime lead to lose to visiting 6-- By KEITH DUNCAN Reflex Journal Sports KAYSVILLE Jim Dickson realizes that the '85 Davis High football team has a lot to improve on before they can repeat as Region Four champions, but last Friday night in Pleasant View he couldn't have been more pleased with the teams poise and confidence as they came from behind to beat Weber High, 27-2- 4. BOTH DAVIS and Weber met twice in 84 and both times the Darts were victors. As Weber coach Rod Bockwoldt put it, Its our turn I believe." And Weber almost got their turn for victory as the Warriors led with just four minutes left in that 24-2- 0 game. BUT IT was in those final few ccThey showed THE DARTS surely werent as crisp as their coaches would have liked them to be. A minimum of mistakes has usually been the Darts strength but on Friday there were things like a pass interference call that brought Weber out of a hole and gave themjife at a crucial point in the game. Five fumbles and two pass interceptions is also difficult to win with. Outstanding play on the line came from people ke Roger Horne, who came off the ball extremely well on defense and got to the Weber quarterback when it counted. He saved our fanny a time or two, said Dickson. : TREVOR Page performed well varsity start on the Davis line. in his first The Davis quarterback. Clay Singley didnt have a great passing, percentage (3 for 10) but then there a lot of confidence going down the' wire minutes that the Darts exploited some mature poise and put one more touchdown on the board to beat Weber for the third time in two years. Going down the wire they could have panicked," said Dickson about his kids. But they showed a lot of confidence despite the fact they really dont have much experience in those type of situations. THEY ACTED as well as we could have asked them to react. Kurt Mounteer Down 24-2return took the ball on the kick-of- f but handed off to Chris Card in a reverse play. planned kick-of- f Card then pounded his way all the way to the Weber 20 yard line before running out of gas. FEW minutes later the Darts penetrated the goal line for their winning score. "It was great to win," said Dickson, especially when you look at our seven turnovers, five of which we lost. We also somehow overcame 75 yards worth of penalties which we plan to work hard on." A Viewmont There was plenty of dejection in the locker room afterwards built around a team that supposedly has the tools to go quite far in the 1985 13-1- 2. 27-2- 4 Dickson were several times that Davis receivers dropped balls that were catchable. One of Singleys highlights for the night was a touchdown pass to Greg Willard. Singley did have 20 yards rushing to go along with his passing. 37-ya- THE DAVIS ground game managed 158 yards with Curtis Stoddard, a junior, leading the way with 78 yards. Card piled up 53 yards rushing and Mounteer had 7 yards rushing. Defensively Willard had a heyday intercepting passes. He had two of them and ran them back for a combined total of 29 yards. Singley also had an interception. OVERALL WE thought we had some times when the offensive line played extremely well, said Dickson, But they werent consistent. "But they know that which is good. THE OFFENSIVE line includes Page, Horne, Brent Clark, Jeff Morgan. Shane Lee, Trevor Hoskins, Brian Jeffers and Dave Peterson. their first possession but a Viewmont clipping penalty behind the line of scrimmage gave Clearfield new life on that opening drive. Two plays later Chris Garcia hooked up with Carter on a 38 yard pass that took the ball to the Viewmont 8 yard line. A FEW moments later Garcia teamed up with Darrell Hicks on a seven yard touchdown pass. Hicks went high into the air to grab Clearfields first touchdown of the new season. Paul Taylors PAT was blocked and Clearfield led But Clearfields offensive ability to get the ball across the goal line was much in question the rest of the night. In fact the jury will be out to decide how well their '85 season will go when the much regarded Clearfield offense hosts Woods in By KEITH DUNCAN season. SAID CRAIG Carter, a senior running back who rushed for 105 yards on 18 carries in the losing effort, "We know were better than that. We just let it geta way from us. I told the rest of my teammates after the game that we werent going to let any more get away. It was our mistakes that beat us which hurts a whole lot more than if someone just beat us up good. BRENT Hancock admitted that he was giving the Vikings their due credit after watching the films, but he also said, It was we who beat ourselves. Too many minor breakdowns that led to major things destroying us. Hancock was justified to saying what he did after taking a look at the final statistics. Clearfield ran up 284 yards of total offense for the night compared to Viewmont's total of 120 yards. Clearfield even bought up more real estate in the second half than the Vikes did. but Warren Hatchs crew scored more points and took home the victory. THE FIRST half of the game clearly belonged to Clearfield as they allowed Viewmont possession of the pigskin only four times in the entire first half. The Vikes had a negative three yards total offense in the first half and it could have been worse had Jason not been on his passing game. The Falcons were forced to punt Burn-ingha- 6-- 0. Cross this Friday in Clearfield. CARTER, Pepo Olivas, Garcia, Leo Ortega, Paul T aylor and a corp of receivers basically are the skil- led people behind Clearfields attack. They were able to pick up some big chunks of real estate last Friday but sputtered badly when it came time to score. The Falcons had several chances to punch in a touchdown just before the end of the first half but failed even to get a field goal out of it. Stopping Clearfield before the half must have given Viewmont some confidence because they came out in the opening of the third quarter and drove 41 yards after a good kickoff return to score their fr't points. Burningham hit Nettles on a 16 yard TD pass. AFTER A Clearfield fumble ear- - ms the fourth quarter, Viewmont went 73 yards for their second score , this time Burningham hitting Nettles from 21 yards out. The PAT was good and Viewmont led ly in 13-- 6. With just 6:30 left Clearfield mounted a serious drive that started on their own 22 yard line and went to Viewmonts 22. But the hopes of it died when Garcia threw an interception. IT LOOKED bleak then but with Viewmont fumbling on their first offensive play, Clearfield got new life. With just two minutes left, the Falcons went 13 yards for their second score as Carter hit paydirt from three yards out. THERE WAS a timeout from Clearfield to decide whether to go for the kick and tie the score or the two-poiconversion which would the game. win probably nt Sports writers poll results 'fc of the Utah Prep Results Sportswriters Poll for the week of September ranking high school football teams. First place votes are in parenthesis, with total number of points to the right. 2-- 2-- A 4-- A Others receiving votes: Highland, Alta, Bonneville, Cyprus, Orem, Weber, Viewmont. 1-- A 3-- A 1. Springville (9) 3. Jordan 4. Timpvicw (1) 2. Bear River 5. Pleasant Grove Others: Judge, Logan, 49 37 23 13 10 South, Skyview, Cedar City. 1. Kanab 2. 3. 4. 5. (4) Duchesne (1) South Summit! 1) two-point- Monticcllo Whi Members of that offensive line include Folk, Vaun Waite, Chet Bingham, Chris Poll, Dave Hutchinson, Bret Barber and Kent Godfrey. 2nd week of prep football. Local prep football swings into its second week of action this Friday night at Clearfield. Davis and have been regarded as one of the Viewmont Vikings in their home most serious contenders be- opener. fore the season started. Layton. LAYTONS JOE Wood has WHEN THE scots and Darts made a few new adjustments for DAVIS, fresh off a victory tangle, they will do it under Davis this weeks game which should over Weber, will entertain the Ben brand new lighting system. The old prove to be interesting. 27-2- 3-- 4 Lomond Scots on Friday night in Dart stadium lights had been in use for several decades but were reKaysville. Ben Lomond lost in their opener placed this summer. to Roy and will be seeking to get Layton, who got shellshocked into the win column. The Scots by Bountiful 28-will host the 0, Finally, Clearfield will again be at home as they host the Woods Cross Wildcats. Woods Cross was beaten by Granger in their opener while Clearfield was beaten by er but Garcia's pass into the end zone was knocked from Eric Murrays hands and Viewmont stalled the rest of the clock out for the win. THERE WERE some bright spots for Clearfield other than Carters rushing totals. Jeff Folk had a brilliant game as he mounted 8 unassisted tackles and 9 assisted. He also sacked the Viewmont quarterback five times either assisted or unassisted. Olivas had a great second half running the ball as he ran up 47 yards rushing in just three carries. Hancock was disappointed with the loss but was optimistic about the future. WE HAD some good things happen but there was a lot of inconsistent play to go along with it. If our offensive line can work harder to get their timing down, we might have a chance to be a pretty good team," he said. Beaver Others: North Summit, tehorsc, East Carbon. The decision was the Viewmont 13-1- 2. THE CLEARFIELD players and coaches say their 85 debut could be improved on so the jury is out in their second game. The Falcons gained twice as many yards as did Viewmont, but they still came up short on the scoreboard. The following weeks action will pit Layton against Woods Cross and Davis hosting Clearfield. |