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Show 5 PYRAMID THE Thursday, October 7, 2004 Church scores five TDs Badgers win slug-fe-st against as Hawks cruise against Eastern Arizona football squad much-improv- ed Layton Christian Eagles to miss the remainder of the Doug Johnson season with a hand injury suffered a week ago. Anderson MT. PLEASANT - When leads the Hawk receivers with tiny Layton Christian School, 395 yards and seven touchlocated in Layton, contacted downs. North Sanpete earlier this year to schedule a football matchup, the Hawk coaching staff thought the Eagles wanted to play against the North Sanpete unior varsity. After all, Lay-to- n Christian played only a junior varsity schedule last year and 2004 was to be its first seaBenjamin Cox son of varsity balL NORTH SANPETE HIGH SCHOOL I think they were insulted, said Hawk Head Coach Blake MT. PLEASAN- T- HonTurner, talking about when he esty. Its a great policy, but offered to play his JV squad as Joel lamented, its Billy against the Eagles varsity such a lonely word. The team. They wanted a varsity virtue appears to be vanishmatch-u- p and they thought if you caught however, ing, they would do pretty well the North Sanpete (NS) volagainst us. game against Delta Last Friday, Oct. 1, the game leyball last Thursday, Sept. 30, you was finally played on the a healthy dose of honHawks turf and as it turns out, got esty. maybe Layton Christian In one of the longest should have stuck with the matches of the the Hawk JV team North Sanpete Hawks pulled offseason, a victory scored on each of its seven over the Rabbits in five possessions in the first half to games. run away to a 47-- halftime The Hawks rolled through lead. Turner played mostly the first two with relJVs after the break and the fi- ative ease, games 1 and winning nal was a 60-- 7 win for North In the third game, Sanpete. however, things became inHowever, Layton Christian, from the 1A ranks, showed teresting. The picked up some real flashes of ability when intensity the Rabbits coach 3A the Hawks. against a card for team picked upwithyellow Theyre a the line judge. arguing and they get the most out of Tensions were high, and the their talent, said Turner. crowd got involved. But the first half belonged to an With Delta leading North Sanpete and especially errant NS went long, spike Tyson Church The spredv ju- handing Delta a lead. Afnior running back carried the ter a time-ouofficial the ball only 12 times in the first asked a Rabbit player if she half, but in those dozen carries touched the ball in the block he gained 255 yards and attempt. five touchdowns. scored A chance for honesty. Church scored on runs of 63, she After admitting six, two, 17 and 23 yards be- touched the ball, the official fore sitting out the second half. the score, making A pair of seniors, Kyle Foul-so- n changed it an giving the and John Anderson Hawks thegame, serve. The honteamed up for the other two d call the Hawk scores in the first half. esty Rabbits to a big lead, and afPoulson PYRAMID SPORTS WRITER Delta keeps NS honest 0 25-2- 25-1- 9. well-coach- 8-- 6, from eight yards out. The enconversion SNOW COLLEGE SPORTS suing two-poiattempt was successful as THATCHER, AZ- - College tailback Trevor Deed tied it football, on its varied levels, up at Still, Snow was not about creates one of sports most blatant motivations: If a to be defeated for the second teams ranked, and theyre consecutive time on the road, on your field, this game is the particularly with former Badgers TE Logan Hall looktime to prove you belong. Such was the case for the ing on. However, Shows running Eastern Arizona Gila Monstole the show over the game sters, Saturday night, Oct. 2, as they gave the 15 ranked, course of the last 15 minutes. Snow College Badgers all Although star tailback Landon Beus (186 yards rushing, they could handle before fi- 1 TD) was sidelined with an nally bowing, In the early going, though, injury halfway through the it seemed as if Snow would period, reserve Curren Chris- blow the game open. Within the first quarter, Landon "nr Beus and Travis Henderson provided offensive touchdowns. Joey Mack also contributed as he nailed a field goal to give the Badgers a commanding 17-Brad Barton nt 17-1- 7. 31-1- 7. 8-- 7 spring-boarde- threw to Anderson ter nearly an hour, they managed to steal the game for touchdowns of 28 and sev-enyar- 30-2- Sophomore Matt Jacobson scored from two yards out in the third quarter and junior Tyler Walker went in from 28 yards in the fourth quarter to . finish North Sanpete's scoring on the night. Jacobson ran for 63 yards on 10 carries and Walker picked up 64 yards on five runs as they filled in for Church in the second half. Sandwiched between the Jacobson and Walker TDs, however, Layton Christian drove for a score early in the final quarter. Eagle quarterback B.J. Porter took it in from the one for the tally. Porter, only a sophomore, had an impressive game, com28 passes for 189 pleting yards through the air. Porters speed and quick delivery did not aUow the Hawk defense to record a quarterback sack for the first time this season Four years ago North Sanpete scheduled a game against a 2A school which, like Layton Christian, was playing its first year of varsity football. 13-- The momentum carried them through the fourth game, where they edged NS, but the Hawks showed no signs of panic, beginning the fifth game with a huge lead, racking up a 13-- 3 advantage behind big hits and great blocking. Despite a late run from the Rabbits, the Hawks closed out the game, 25-2- 15-9- 3, . Jessica Aagard led the Hawks with 22 kills, followed by Shandi Tucker MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete Lady Hawk tennis players finished the season with a perfect region record, by winning their last two region matches. On Sept. 29, the Hawks traveled to Emery and beat the Spartans, Sept. 30, the Lehi Pioneers came to Though the Hawks won, town and suffered their secJuan Diego has gone on to ond defeat to North Sanpete, be a major force in the 2A state a ranks, winning champiFirst singles, Sami Sego, onship two years ago. With had a rough time in Emery the talent and discipline shown but came back in the end to by the Eagles, Layton Christ- win, , 2 and 64. She also ian may be starting on a simi- won against Lehi, 0 and lar path Diane Slack, North SanOn Oct. 8, North Sanpete second singles player, will play the finale of a three-gam- e petes dominated Emery, home stand when they but then couldnt quite make nost the Uintah Utes. Both it over the hump against schools have overall records of 64. Lehi, losing 34, while North Sanpete is Third singles, Carlee Earl, and tied for third place in Region 8 and Uintah is 2 and tied for fourth in Region 10. The schools first faced each other in 1957 and North Sane petes only win in the series was 32-- in their last matchup in 1996. North Sanpete then finishes the regular season with a league game at Carbon and a home game against Region 8 6-- 0, 5-- 0. 42-1- 4, 4-- 1. 5-7- 6-- 6-- 6-- 2. 6-- 2. 7-- 5, 1 6-- 0, Ari- 47-ya- rd 42-ya- rd them the edge, winning the game, who put 13 away. Seniors Holly Christensen and Kelli Chlarson also had key contributions, scoring 24 and 22 service points, respectively. NS struggled earlier in the week at Carbon. A slow start doomed the Hawks as they fell to the Dinos, 5 and Aagard, 7, and Tucker, 5, led the Hawks in kills. With a victory the week before at Lehi, 3 and the Hawks now record stands at region with their overall record at This week the Hawks continue their quest for region title with a home game against Emery on Tuesday, Oct. 5 (score not available at press time). North Sanpete will play against Carbon and Carbon at home next Tuesday and Thursday. The game will Carbon could determine the region championship. 15-2- 5, 18-2- 17-2- 5. 25-1- 25-1- 21-2- 9, 5, 7, 2-- 1, 8-- 2. continued her excellent play 1 with two wins, over over Emery and Lehi. Carlee has the footwork and motivation to win every match. That is what sets her apart from her opponents, commented Coach 6-- 1, 6-- 1) Ericksen. Heather and Toni Garlick only gave up four games in their wins over Emery, 2 and Lehi, , Andrea and Maria Peel had to play well to win and did. The duo beat Emery, and and Lehi, The Hawks record is now 13 and 2 overall and in reThe Hawk gion play. Lady netters now await the region tournament to defend their region crown of the past nine years Region tournament will be held at Snow College Friday, Oct. 8, at 9 a.m. 6-- 0, 6-- 6--2. 6-- 3 5--7, 6-- 2. 1) 6-- 0 31-1- 7. Manti Templars take great strides The Wolves woke up in so the Templars are hopsecond and third ing that with a little luck THE PYRAMID MANTI-- - Weeks of hard games, winning by scores they can make a run at 2 The Richfield and possibly win and 25-1work paid off as the Man- of nail-bitit all. a was fourth game ti Lady Templar volleyball The Girl's Tennis team as the two teams team got their first region until concluded their season the traded win last week in a classic points Mitch Peterson the 25-1- 6. er Templars prevailed 26-2The Templars jumped out to a 5 lead in the fifth set, but the Wolves then ran off 6 points in a row and never looked back, the match with a taking 15-- 9 set win. fifth more McKenzie Whipple, The Lady 2 Templars and held on for a travel to Richfield this win. second Manti controlled most week to play of the second game too, ranked wildcats. footManti's behind some good serves win ball team another got and sets by sophomore Hannah Haymond, and last Friday, but this one 8 held a lead before was their toughest of the Gunnison scored the last year as they got by the seven points to even the pesky Gunnison 20--Bulldogs by the score of They match at one game each. The Bulldogs won game host the South Summit three to take a 1 match Wildcats tomorrow night, lead. Manti was ahead 2 Friday, Oct. 8. y team The , but Gunnison clawed a third place fintheir way back to take an grabbed in at the rethe rain ish 7 Manheld then lead, meet in last Monroe ti to just two more points gion Manweek. BullIndividually, for the game. The ti's Michael Eastman findogs won that game Manti had to win game ished 10th in the boys four to stay alive, and did race, while the Templars so thanks to the fine play Sariah Roberts finished of Junior Candalyn Kjar 8th in the girls portion of and their lone Senior, Hol-li- e the meet. The Templars n Harman. Each had an compete in the InvitationNorth Sanpete ace in the game, and Kjar had a couple of huge kills. al in Mt. Pleasant this Gunnison actually took an week. It was the region golf early lead, but Manti came back and took the championship last week at the Hideout golf course in lead for good at then pulled away for a 1 Monticello, and the Temwin. plars finished in their usuThe fifth set only goes al second spot behind to 15 points, so it's impor- Richfield. Coach Bob Jensen says tant not to fall behind. The two teams played the weather was finally back and forth before decent at a match in the Manti built a slight lead usually windy Monticello. mid-wa- y through the North Sevier finished game, then extended it to third and South Sevier The took fourth, so those two five points at 12-teams will join Manti and to rallied within Bulldogs 2 one at but the Tem- Richfield at this week's two-da- y state champiwere up to the chalplars Oaks lenge, winning the last onship at Spanish in course Spanish two points to take the folf and the match fame At region, Jordan Van The fifth set saw some Orman turned in a 76 for excellent net play by Man- Manti's low score. Coach ti junior, Cassie Lund; Jensen says he's been exVan Orman to sophomores, Kelsie John- pecting match son and Sili hafoka, along nave a break-ou- t like all that long. and with Harman year Kjar. Jake Jacobsen had an The next night, the Lady Matt Lyons shot an Templars nearly pulled 83, and Tim Kjar finished off a huge upset at home, 86, but came up just short in a with a 91. Strange things five set match against the can happen at state golf, thriller over Gunnison on the Bulldogs home court. In the first game, the Templars built a small lead thanks to some nice early serves by sopho- 4. five-se- t 7-- 25-2- 's top-rank- ed 22-1- . 2-- 15-1- Cross-Countr- 18-1- 25-1- 9. non-regio- 14-1- 3, 25-2- 7. 13-1- four-gam- 8 15-1- 2, leader Delta The Delta - North Sanpete contest is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 21. Delta (5-1. 24)- ) took control of Region 8 last Friday with a 3 trouncing of Leni , Emery (1- 1. 24) earned a league win last week beating winless Carbon, 41-1- (2-1- p.m., MST. high-octan- e 6-- 0, SPORTS WRITER 3-- zona began having success ofwith their fense as prolific passer Lance Patonai started to find seams in Snows defense. Despite the Gila Monsters sudden ability to move the ball up and down the field, the Badgers only surrendered a strike from Patonai, to flanker Davian Bingham, for a score and a field goal from Marcus Oropeza. These plays made it a 17-- 9 stalemate as both teams entered their locker rooms at the half. The break did little to sway Eastern Arizona as Patonai threw another scoring toss, Snow College Badger, Landon Beus, 11, running back, finds a hole against the Eastern Arizona Gila Monthis one to Omar Turner, sters, Saturday, Oct. 2. The Badgers proved, again, that team effort, abilities and drive for success gives NS girls tennis perfect region record Jeff Ericksen team-oriente- pro-styl- 8. -- be successful ana help my team win. As for the Badgers, their d approach is best surmised in the words of Landon Beus who in response to compliments about his performance said simply, Thanks, my offensive line deserves all the credit. With this win, the nationally-ranked Badgers improved to 1 on the season and will now return to Arizona to take on the Mesa Thunder-bird- s this coming weekend on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8 0 lead. Nevertheless, Eastern 25-2- 8. try to TD) exclaimed, I just 43-ya- rd 9-- 6 t, tensen was able to pick up the slack. After two short touchdown scoots by QB James Pritchard, the defense took care of the rest as Snow emerged unscathed from John Mickelson Field. Still, much credit must be given to the Eastern Arizona offense as they amassed 446 yards of offense on the vaunted Snow defense and continually kept the Badgers e riddled with their attack. After the game, Eastern Arizona wiaieout, Davian Bingham (10 rec., 181 yds, 1 ). 36-2- 5. Church now has 839 yards North Sevier Wolves. The Templars came out rushing on the season with nine touchdowns on the and surprised the Wolves, who beat the Templars in ground and another two through the air. Poulson has three straight sets just a thrown for 558 yards and six couple of weeks ago, by TDs. Casey Cox has 438 yards the first game winning passing and four touchdowns Members of the North Sanpete High School Tennis Team pose here for recored for the Hawks, but is expected a photo after finishing the season with a perfect 6-- 0 Water for sale for well permits 462-214- 1 last Saturday when their second doubles team of Jillanne Mackey and Amber Cox bowed out of the state tournament in the first round, losing to eventual champions Rainaldi Atalea and of Kure Juan Ayake Diego. Mackey and Cox were the only Manti qualifiers for state, and Manti coach Andy Naylor says the two sophomores played their best matches of the year at region and then in their match at state. Private schools from the north division took the top four team spots at state. Draper's Juan Diego finished first, followed by Sandy's Waterford in second. Ogden's St. Joseph and Salt Lake City's Rowland Hall tied for third. Those who participated on Manti's squad this year are: Seniors Joann Kim, Sheridan Bird, and Karen Johnson; Juniors Amy Peterson and Kynslie Coffin; and Sophomores Jessica Hailing and Rachel Howe, as well as Mackey and Cox. Freshmen who con- tributed are Emily Truitt; Emily Olsen; Lindsay Masco; Kristen Fitzgerald; Kara Carlson; Courtney Boorman; Christina Agua-dMarie Cote; Lindsay Peterson; Bobbie Ross; Stephanie Sorensen; and o; Chelsea White. Coach Naylor says he's proud of ms team's accomplishments, and says the players continued to get better with each match, playing their best at the division tournament last week in Moab. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of the mind. William James - VJATGR! For well permits ) ( 1,500 per 12 acre foot Call Alley (435) or Cliff (C31) 433-837- 571-75S- S 4 |