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Show Page Four - The Pyramid - October 14. 1998 Hawks bow to Cougars, If TORT Lady Badgers claim victories back-to-ba- ck Crandall was virtually unstoppable in the middle, racking up her 13 kills in just two games. Beth Virgin and Nicole Hamann also came through in a dominating way, each totaling nine kills. Virgin also shined defensively with five blocks. Brooke Noble put together one of her better performances this season, tallying 32 assists in two games, while Moss was credited for 13 digs. Saturday, Calles and his team loaded the vans for a trip to St George to take on a Lady Rebel team that was coming off a stunning defeat to CEU the previous night. They Lady Badgers were in no mood for sympathy and proceeded to hand Dixie another defeat, winning in four games, 15 by Ken Bcazer EPHRAIM Two victories over the weekend have Lady Badgers back on a roll, boosting their conference record to 3 and 5 and the overall count to 17 to 13. has been a while since Snow College has been able to k claim SWAC victories, and the triumphs over College of Eastern Utah (CEU) and Dixie last week elevated team morale, and put the Lady Badgers in a favorable position to move up m the conference standings as of they head into the second-hal- f the league's schedule. Despite CEU taking an early 4 to advantage in game one last Thursday, the Lady Badgers were never threatened throughout the entire match, coming back to win the first game 15 to 8, then sweeping the next two games by identical. 15 to 9 scores. It back-to-bac- 1 two-matc- respectively. Cross country teams run final race before Region MT. PLEASAN- T- Cross country teams from twelve schools recently congregated in Richfield to run a final tune-u- p before the Region meet, which decides the teams and individuals who will advance to State. North Sanpete High School both and Wasatch Academy participated in the mile loop course which began with challenging hills and ended with a long flat stretch. The boys race was dominated by Richfield High School with the Wildcats Topher Barnett taking first place honors in 16.-0Hawk junior, Bret Morley, placed third and established himself as a Region 8 contender. Morleys time was 17:04. He was followed by Hawk teammates Layne Freeman. Jared Curtis, Preston Bailey and Joseph Papenfuss. Also placing in the varsity meet were Dale Parker and Josh Jacobsen. As a team, the Hawks placed seventh. "We were just a few points back of Delta and Carbon in this one," commented coach Bill Bedford. "Next Wednesday at Region we will need to be just a little bit better to finish in the top three and advance to State." The boys team from Wasatch showed good team Academy cohesion as their top three fin- - ished together in under 20:00 on the course. Tuntuka Deka, Jason Huff and Kunsang Dorjee led the team to a ninth place finish, ahead of West Desert and Beaver. The three Tiger runners will pace the team in its efforts to secure a spot at the State meet during the Region 15 meet on Friday, Oct. 16. Lady Tigers Sarah Allan and Nancy Drahold ran well as individuals, placing 20th and 32nd ht respectively. The Lady Hawks were running shorthanded without the 3. services of three of their top runners. Freshman Kristen Morley led the team to a sixth place finish with 152 points. Completing the team scoring were Kaylin Fullmer, Corinna Motola, Carlee Sanders and Kyrna Papenfuss. "If we are back to full strength next week when we race Region at Delta, I am confident we will surprise some teams with our depth and the way these girls have improved," said Bedford. North Sanpete will race Re- gion 8 championships today, Oct. 14, at Delta. Wasatch Academy Tigers will host the Region 15 Championship on Friday, Oct 16, at 10 a.m. on the course at North Sanpete High School. Utah teens volunteer more The goal is that 75 percent of 12 to 18 years old, will volunteer a significant amount of time each month. The new survey shows that 80 percent of Utah teens volunteer at least three hours a month, and 73 percent volunteer at least four youth, hours per month. IWHOLESALEMMEIRRICES So Up OUR PRICE $ One point .behind the first place team, Manti High Scool. There are seven tennis teams competing in our region. South Sevier had points. Grand County with points. San lf Juan had points, Millard with three points and Gunnison with no points. Top Quality Homes at Guaranteed Lowest Price. 24,995 - Tape & Texture 30 Roof Load Number one fourth-and-on- 2x6 Walls - doubles d , 1 -8- SERVING V0U NATIONWIDE goal threw two incompletions. Anderson came on to try a field goal which fell short, and instead of being solidly in cone trol, Sanpete went into ahead by only a touchdown and a conversion. In the third quarter, a Sanpete face mask penalty on an incomplete Cougar pass, moved Union down to the Hawks line. Five plays later, Cory Roberts ran in from the five to score his first points all year. Rick Rasmussen then converpunched in a sion and the score was tied at 14. Early in the fourth quarter. Josh Madsen boomed a punt with no return, to start the Cougars at their own line. After a quick first down, the Hawk defense stopped Union to bring up a third and 14 at the 35. 37-ya- half-tim- two-poi- 22-ya- by six. On Unions next possession, Blackwell put the game out field goal of reach with a with 3:07 remaining. 53-ya- For the game, the Hawks gained 10 yards on the ground, with Olson earning 92 on 19 carries. This ended Olsons streak of five games with over 100 yards rushing. Brett Johnson was seven of 16 passing for 137 yards with one touchdown and one interception. 1 23-ya- two-poi- nt 42-ya- 23-ya- Rasmussen hit Blackwell racing down the right side, and by the time the Hawks pulled him down, the Cougars had a at the Sanpete eight-yar- d line. Chaz Frandsen took it m from the one, and Union was ahead 20 to. 14. Blackwell missed his extra point and after being out of the game emotionally for more than two periods, Sanpete was down al Union picked up 138 yards on the ground and 114 through the air for a total offense of 252 yards, only five yards more than the Hawks. North Sanpete now puts its 2 to 0 league record on the line in the last two weeks of the regular season. Thursday they travel to Price to take on Carbon, in a game that will be crucial in setting up the final week of the season on Friday, Oct. 23, Delta Rabbits visit Hawk Stadium to determine who goes where in the play-off- s. Earlier last week the Union junior varsity traveled to Mt. Pleasant and downed their North Sanpete counterparts. Union won 30 to 20. Sanpete scored on a pass from Brandon Jacobson to Jim Cheney on the last play of the game. Union sophomores beat the Sanpete team, 48 to 14. 62-ya- rd attempt. Snow Badgers defeat Gila Monsters, 51-1- 3 by Ken Beazer EPHRAIM Badgers are still Eastern unimpeded, making Arizona their latest victim, they conquered the Gila Monsters 51 to 13 and raised their unblemished record to 5 to 0 on the season. The way in which the sixth ranked badgers are crushing their opponents is astounding, outscor-in- g the competition, 233 to 53, and showing no signs of letting down. In Thatcher, AZ, Snow College quickly put down any thoughts the Gila Monsters may have had regarding an upset, jumping all over Eastern in the to build a 19 to 0 lead before the crowd could even get into the game. Easterns former head coach, Paul Tidwell, and current head coach, Scott Giles, spent several years playing or coaching at Snow College, but have never been able to beat the Badgers. Tidwell and Giles have plenty first-quart- of company, for no Eastern Arizona team has ever beaten Snow College, making the Gila Monsters the only team in the conference to not have at least one win against all WSFL teams. A Josh Heupel to Derrick Williams three-yar- d touchdown pass got things rolling for the Badgers at the 1 1:19 mark of the r. Then the defense forced a turnover on the very next play from scrimmage, setting up another Heupel to Williams strike, this one from 22 yards away. Heupal wasnt finished, completing a short pass to Clay Denton in the flat, who turned it into a 25 yard scoring jaunt to post the Badgers to a 19 to 0 lead before the ended. Though Eastern cut into the lead with a touchdown early in the second-quarte- r. Snow was never threatened, building a 5 1 to 7 lead before Eastern scored a meaningless touchdown in the final seconds to round-ou- t the blistering, 51 to 13. Heupal finished the game games completing 14 of 19 passes for 222 yards and four touchdowns before he was replaced after the half by Fred Salanoa, who threw for 147 and two touchdowns himself. The biggest offensive performance was turned in by freshman receiver. Derrick Williams, who caught five passes for 161 yards and four touchdowns. Defensively, the Badgers held, Graham Goodwin, the leading passer in the nation, to 238 yards through the air while hounding Easterns ground attack throughout the game, limiting them to a total of six yards rushing. This weekend the Badgers will host 12th ranked. Mesa CC, at Badger Stadium at 1:30 p.m. The Thunderbirds are 5 and 1 on the season with their only loss coming on the road to Ricks College. Cox Automotive is new Land Pride dealership MT. PLEASAN- T- Land Pride, a Division of Great Plains Inc., recently Manufacturing, announced that Cox Automotive and Sports of Fairview has been contracted to sell and service the Land Pride line of implements. As an authorized Land Pride dealer, Cox Automotive will be marketing a broad line of small tractor implements including; rotary cutters, rotary tillers, mowers, seeders, grooming blades, boxscrapers, rakes and pulverizers. son of Derrin and Heather Seth Derrin Owens, Owens, Fountain Green caught this eight pound striped bass on a recent trip to Lake Powell. The second grade student caught the largest fish during the trip. seven-year-o- ld BRUCE A. BLACKHAM Republican candidate for Sanpete County Commissioner Bruce Blackham has the COURAGE to do what's right and the EXPERIENCE to do it right! Experience Leadership Integrity Mayor of Gunnison City for 8 years Executive Board of Organization Council member of Utah Hospital Association Council member Utah Dept, of Corrections Director of Gunnison Valley Hospital Six-Coun- ty first-quart- er ' Ron Cox, owner of Cox Automotive, believes the addition of the Land Pride line will be an asset to his dealership whose lines currently include Zetor, John Deere and Kioti. iQEEMBml PREMIER STEEL 5 Year Warranty 88-720-0060 field they needed to, and they misplaced their mental focus. On first down Johnson was sacked back at the 20, and then Travis Blackwell kicked the ball just to the right of the goal posts, but plenty long and the score remained Sanpete 14, Union 6. The missed field goal fired up the Hawks as Garrett Olson raced for 28 yards, and on the next play Johnson hit Kade Church for 34 more. Sitting at the Union line with just over a minute to go in the half, Sanpete was positioned to take control of the game. But the Hawks began thinking they had proven what INGLES fronff20,920 iTRIPLES froml39,99S QUALITY 1 WHOLESALE HOMES After the teams e. traded punts. Union was faced with a fourth down at the Hawk 45 and the Cougars lined up for a first-quarte- goals set by Utahs Promise to increase the level of volunteering in the state. Utahs Promise, a statewide initiative launched last fall by retired General Colin Powell and Governor Michael O. Leavitt, includes a goal for youth volun-teeris- OREM-Nesurvey shows, in Utah teen volunteering exceeds national average by 65 hours per year, per volunteer. Teen volunteers in Utah average 4.75 volunteer hours per week, according to a survey conducted by Boston Research Group. National average is 3.5 hours per week, according to data gathered by Independent Sector. Michael Call, executive director of the Utah Commission on Volunteers states, "this is really exciting because it shows that Utahs teens are up to the 60-yar- points. Alexandra Portnova, Riga Latvia, and Cristin Malone, Seattle WA, won third place; and number two doubles Robin Freeborn. Tacoma. WA, and Michele Buchanan, Mt. Pleasant, took third place. State competition was to be held at Liberty Park m Salt Lake City. Due to heavy rains it was postponed for four hours and,then played at Brigham Young University Wasatch Academy ended their season skillful demonstrating tennis games, but losing in all five positions after the first round. two-wee- A 1 victory. Moss and Shauni Fluckiger each had 10 kills to lead the Lady Badgers against Dixie as Crandall, Virgin and Hamann each contributed seven in the winning effort. The balanced attack on offense was once again engineered by Nobles setting, as the freshman finished with 37 assists, for h a total of 69. Thursday and Friday, Snow travels to Utah Valley State College and Salt Lake Community College (SLCCL Snow hosted the same two teams a couple of weeks ago, nearly pulling the upset against SLCC. that Snow Colleges volleyball team is much better than their record would reflect, and they proved that against the Lady Eagles. k Mired in a slump, the Lady Badgers attacking offense finally came alive, led by Cynthia Crandall and Lindy Moss, who had 13 and 12 kills Ptai Delnoy MT PLEASAN- T- Wasatch hosted the 1A2A Academy Region Tennis Tournament on Saturday Sept. 26. Wasatch Academy took second place with to 6, 12 to 15, 15 to 9, 15 to 3. led to the victoA team-effory over Dixie, marking the first time a Snow College volleyball team has won in St. George in four years, giving the Lady Badgers their first conference road 1 by Doug Johnson ROOSEVEL- T- Last Wednesday night the Hawks matched up with the Union Cougars in a nonleague game. Though they started off well, the Hawks were not focused, and the result was a Union win. 23 to 14. ' Union opened the game with a touchdown on its first possession to go ahead 6 to 0. Sanpete came right back on its first possession, Brett Johnson threw to Nick d Kowalski for a touchdown. Chris Anderson added the extra point, and within seven minutes of the game. Sanpete was ahead 7 to 6. The Hawks took over at the Unions 40 on a punt return by Ben Pehrson. A mix of runs by Pehrson and Garrett Olson moved the ball down to the one, and early in the second quarter, Johnson took it across the goal line which extended Sanpete's lead 14 to 6. On second down after the kick off. Hawk safety Chris Anderson, picked off Rick Rasmussens pass, and Sanpete was back on offense at the Union 39. The atmosphere on the Hawks sideline was bring on Carbon and Delta. But Union did not think the game was over. Following Andersons interception, the Hawk offense sputtered, giving up the ball when Pehrson was tackled for a loss on Tennis team grabs second in region play Advancing to state competition for Wasatch Academy will be, Tara Johnson, Spring City, number one singles, who took second place: Amanda Gilbert, Mt. Pleasant, who earned second place at number two singles; and Melissa Grimsdell. South Africa, took second place at number three singles. rt The variable dominance by Coach Les Calles squad over CEU may have been a little disconcerting to those who follow the SWAC standings since the two teams shared a to 5 conference record going into the match. Common perception among SWAC pundits indicates the outcome was to be expected. It is believed throughout the region ' 23-1- 4 Dealerships Available! Vision Determination Accountable Attack Drug and Alcohol Abuse Promote good law enforcement for entire county Reach out to young people through positive actions This is your home, your government - Let's work togeather to solve our problems Promote values of honesty, integrity, morality Vote for experience that Really Works! November 3rd |