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Show 04 State cross country finals Kurt Black captures title T alist in Jy TOM HARALDSEN Clipper Sports Editor j 4-- Richards. - SALT LAKH CITY It came as no surprise to his teammates or his opponents that Davis High senior Kurt Black finished first during last week's state Cross Country championships at Sugai house Bark. Skylines Steve easy victory over second place Brighton. In the BLACKS victory was the lowext-score-wi- competition, the Bruins finished with 34 points to Brighthighlight of what turned out to be on's 78. a rather disappointing day for Ami Sessions of Woods Cross Davis County schools. Bonnev was the only county medalist, won the boys team title, beatfinishing eighth with a time of 19:30.09. That was more than a ing out Weber, Alta, Orem and Highland. Davis finished sixth minute behind the pace of winner with 155 points. Vicki Armstrong of Brighton, THE TALENTED Black has Besides Black and Lasthope. who clocked 18:20.80. been a leader for the Darts for Davis Justin Julander medaled OTHER top 20 finishers inthree years. But the finish of this with a ninth place finish at ace, when he kicked past Roy 15:40.32. Roy High was not in the cluded Jennifer Johansen of ViewHigh's Kerry Lasthope 10 yards finals as a team, but Viewmont mont, 176th at 20:14.38, and from the finish, at least gave the High finished ninth in the team Stephanie Spendlove of Viewmatch some suspense. mont, 20th at 20:17.46. scoring at 217. Black's time of 15:14.21 was a Teamwise. Viewmont finished little more than two seconds fasFOR THE girls, M ountain sixth at 162. Following Mountain ter than Easthopc'x 15:16.37 View rode the powerful View and Brighton, the top five over the three-mil- e course. It included Weber. Alta and Orem. place finishes of Jenwas also much swifter than the nie Johnson, Becky Bybee and 15:26.8 timing of last year's med vShana Price respectively to an FINAL REST LIS 1 I il-- le 4-- A i second-third-fourt- ref h V.m Cyrpus 375. Bins Individual Leaders: I. Kurt Black, Davis. 15:14.21: 2. Keriv Lasthope. Roy. 15:16.37; 3. Biii Heibster, Highland, i 15:2 7.8 5'. GiiK Feam Scoies: Mountain View 54. Brighton 78. Weber 112. It a 114. Orem 151. View- mont 162. Highland 217. Last 222. Sk line 241 . Bonneville 277. Olympus 292. Cottonwood 292, Box M o r 295. (in Is Individual Leaders: I. Clipper Sports Editor KAYSVILLE - A few minutes before the kickoff of Davis High's football opening round state contest against Skyline Friday night, a group of students on the Eagles side of the field held up a sign stating: BYU 16 UTEP 23. The number 23 was underlined, obviously in reference to the fact that on any given night, even an under-- 4-- A dog can win. WELL TWO hours later, with the Darts third and fourth string players seeing extensive action and the Eagles still driving for one last score, it was obvious that this wasnt the night for the underdog. Looking as good as they have all year, Davis rambled for more than 400 yards total offense as the Darts Davis slaughtered Skyline now will meet talented Mountain View of Orem in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon at the University of Utah's Rice Stadium. Game 48-1- 4. time p.m. is tentatively set for , ting its offense going. Their next drive was stopped, but Davis fumbled the punt and the Eagles took over on the Dart 33. But four plays later, Davis stopped Skyline on a fourth and six, and the Darts regained possession at the 30. The second string offense proceeded to drive 70 yards in nine plays, with Sam Gardiner scoring from the 14. Knowles missed the PAT, but Davis increased its lead to 48-with 19 seconds left in the third quarter. 7 SKYLINE added a meaningless TD midway through the fourth quarter, but by that time Dart coach Jim Dickson was playing ''11; mistiong. Brighton, Jennifer Gillette, Grain'd. 18:21.09; 5. Jennie I8:2u Mi. 2. DAVIS AY, NOVEMBER 7 I 4814 win 30 PM NOVEMBER 8 nav'Sss5 .30 PM . Rice Stadmm. ,es played at will meet each day s Bonneville Mountain View 0t Utah campus. nex, Friday, s Davis High halfback Blake Hail sweeps to the imhi foi masone of his three touchdowns in the Daits sacre of Skyline Friday night. The Region Fom champions will face Mountain View of Orem relay at p.m. at Rice Stadium as the state quaiici Duals an held. Hart finished with 159 yards m 14 caines Dav-QClay Singley (14) prepared to throw a bioG, in this action. 48-1- 4 DARTS ! SPEAR EAGLES 12-5- N " Alta wins 26-- 0 Clearfield season finished By field got the ball back follow mg an Alta punt at its 22. TOM HARALDSEN Clipper Sports Editor SANDY If only Clearfield hadnt turned the ball over three times early in the game, and if only a i ide receiver had caught an easy I'D pass he dropped in the second quarter, the Clearfield Falcons might be playing Bountiful this with 10:11 in the half. week. THE DAVIS defense stymied Skyline again, and the Darts began their fourth drive on their 12 yard BUT CLOSE only counts in hoiseshoes and hand grenades, not d state playoff football games. Py time the Falcons had regained their composure, Alta was well on its way to a 26-- 0 y first-roun- j 4-- A vic-toi- Friday afternoon. Sadly, the Falcons played almost as well as Alta, especially the second half when Clearfield oiilgained and outdefensed the Hawks. But they dug themselves a hole early in this contest , and could never climb out. pla s i'roni with Ryan Nichol diving over the one. Dave McQuiveys PA T gave them a quick 0 lead just 2:35 into the game. 7-- Clearfields initial offensive 1 FALCON RB Craig Carter was held to 66 yards by Alta's defense. drive Alt u . THEN CAME the first of four critical Falcon mistakes. Chris Garcia's first down pass was picked off by Todd Templeton at and he rambled to the Falcon 20 with the interception. The Alta drive eventually stalled at the Falcon three, but McQuivcy booted a 2 yard field goal to make it 10-with 3:16 left in the quarter. Following the ensuing kickoff. Clearfield started at its five when the man receiving the ball signaled for a fair catch. On second down. Garcia's pass landed squarelv in the arms of Alta linebacker Comt-ne- y Curtis, who returned it II yards for a touchdown. McQtiivey made it 17-- 0 Alta with 2:31 in the first quarter, and the Falcons nevei mid-fiel- -- 0 recovered. THE THIRD mistake came on the following kickoff. Clearfield ALTA TOOK the opening kickoff and marched 70 yards in seven ' 1 KURT BLACK closes in on Roy's Keny Johnson. MV. 19.01.55. versus Olympus as close as Skyline got. line. Eleven plays and 88 yards later, Hart scored his second TD ' from the eight, and Knowles made 28-- 7 it with 4:05 left in the half. i Davis iced this one before inter- mission with another TD, coming ! on a three play, 54 yard drive cap-- , ped by a 36 yard TD pass from 35-I Singley to Greg Willard. It was 7 i at halftime, and the only drama left Mar-- 4 j was seeing the Davis High The uniforms. ching Bands new I uniforms looked great, by the way. i WHAT DIDNT look any better J in the second half was Skyline's i defense. Davis took the opening kickoff and marched 80 yards in J seven plays, with Hart adding his third score on a 50 yard run. Davis left in the third. The j 42-- 7 with 9: I i starters put their jackets back on. I g Skyline still had problems get ' Bountiful Alta versus 1 ) y v jff awrterfnafpaW3s The Darts next drive went 75 yards in 12 plays, the bulk of those yards coming on a ten yard run by Kurt Mounteer and an 8 yard pass from Singley to Card. Mounteer scored on a five yard run, making it J s 4-- A 14-- 7 21-- 7 s everyone on the sidelines. Davis looked awesome, rushing for 327 yards and passing for another 95. The Darts held Skyline to 128 yards rushing and 83 passing, and forced four turnovers while only committing one themselves. In facing Mountain View Friday, the Darts will contend with a strong defense and a balanced offensive attack. Matt Odle. son of former BYU great (and Bruin assistant coach) Phil Odle, leads the Bruins, who proved to be somewhat of a surprise in Region Two this year. The contest will follow the quarterfinal matchup of Granger and Bonneville, two other surprise teams in this years tournament. THE EAGLES then put together their only effective drive of the game, marching 69 yards in 10 plays for a score. Still, Davis led with 2:50 left in the period, and thats i 'ass quarter. . ' V Vicki 7-- Skyline received the next kickoff, but then on first down, Davis' David Peterson intercepted a pass at the Eagle 42. Nine plays later, quarterback Clay Singley hit Chris TD pass, and Card with a Knowles made it 14-- 0 with 6:35 to go in the quarter. -- lex-journ- al 12:30 IT DIDNT take Skyline long to get in the hole in this one. The Eagles fumbled the opening kickoff, Davis recovering on the Skyline 28. Four plays later, Blake Hart scored from the two, and Kyle Knowles added the PAT to make it 0 with 10:27 in the first hwvk I Davis powers its way to By TOM HARALDSEN wjf Bins leant Scoies: I. Bonneville 62. Weber 88. Alta 95, Orem 133. Highland 151. Davis 155, Brighton 161, H illc rest 193, Viewmont 217, Taylorsville 268, Box Elder J09. Cottonwood 329, stalled, so they punted to But the Falcon defense turned back the Hawks, and Clear fumbled the kick and Alta began another drive at the Falcon 28 Clearfield held once the Hawks reached the 11. but McQuivey added a 28 yard field goal to make the score 20-- just as the second quaiter began. The fomth and final misuic kil0 had to led any chance get back into this one. Clearfield s began at ils 20 with Derrick Sen,! gaining 12 yards on first bow n I hen Garcia hit Paul favloi 6i 4 yards over the middle, the bal1 now on the Alta 27. After Cram C.utei picked up one y aid. Gateia ll'iew a Paired beauty to a wide-opeHicks at the goal line. But Hicks dropped the pass, and the drive stalled. It was as close as the Falcons were to get to scoring on this afternoon. U.l ICED the conteM insi before halftime. following anoihei interception on the Clearfield 45. Brett Alvey hit Pete Ross m the fiat with a 4s yard TDpass, making the n seme 26 0 Ncithei team scoicd the second half, hut Clearfield outplayed Alta. The Falcons drove once to the Hawk 15, but failed to score on a fourth down halfback pass. Alta, meanw hile. managed only 51 yauls offense in the second half, and still plaved mam of their starters until late in the game. vs B III VI time, howevci , it too late for Bicnt Hancock's cicw . Clearfield finished the year overall, while Alta now takes on Bounl'lul Ihmsdav afternoon at Kiic Si idium on the UmvciMtv nt Utah campus, Fh.it game w ill begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. 1 |