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Show 2C Lakeside Review, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1981 Panther Running Game, Big Plays , Defense Bring Vikings Back to Earth By PHIL KIRKWOOD Sport Editor BOUNTIFUL Up till now, Viewmont had been rolling along football pretty well in the ranks. The Vikes had successfully combined raw team speed with good execution and coaching to claim victories over Clearfield and Layton and post a 0 record. But then they met West and reality never seemed so cold. It wasnt the fact that the Panthers crushed the Vikes 30-- 0 at home that disturbed the Viewmont faithful it was that they did it so easily. Viewmont never had a chance. They flat out beat us, said Viewmont coach Mark Pierce after the game. West is a very good football team. Theyre the first team weve faced with both size and speed and they really took it to us. And that they did. Leading the 4-- A 2-- pre-leag- Panther charge were running backs Brad Lefler and Brian Talbot who contributed most of Wests 205 yards total rushing as the offensive line smashed holes in the Viking defense all night long. The Panther running attack also controlled possession, field position and the game clock. When the Vik-- ; ings did have the ball, it was airways in poor field position and the I offense never had a chance to open rup. tt We got beat on the line, said Pierce. We never had the ball in good field position during the first half so we couldnt pass effectively. , Our defense was out there much too long and they got tired. West didnt have much problem I with the pass as Panther quarter 'te Defense Gives WX Victory i back Cory Norton threw for 125 yards and two touchdowns. In contrast, Viewmont had a grand total of 16 yards total offense in the first half and under 100 yards for the game. This is a young team and I dont know how a loss like this will affect them, said Pierce. We need to work more on our offensive line to give us more room to use Steve Caputo (running back) and Kory Mathews (wide receiver). If anything, the loss brought us back down to earth. Against Davis in the league opener this Friday, the Vikes hope to gain good yardage on the ground with Caputo and break Mathews open on some long pass patterns. Neither was the case against West as Viewmont was forced to play catch-u- p from the beginning. Davis is a good execution team and well have to be at our best to beat them, said Pierce looking ahead to the opener. One thing that we did accomplish against West was we got the ball to Mathews which was encouraging. We hope to use him more against Davis. On defense, the Vikes need to stop the Dart running game to have any chance. The weight factor on the front line wont be quite so lopsided as it was against West, so the Vikes should do pretty well. The game is dead even in the speed department so field position should dictate the outcome. The special teams will have an important role and the Vikes have a slight edge here. The league opener against Davis will start at 7 :50 on Viking turf. t - v ByBOBBEDORE Roviow Correspondent The game of high school football is played on the rule that the team with the least mistakes is more than likely to win. This rule held true to form as Woods Cross defeated Layton last Friday 21-1- 0. Neither of the two teams played what you would call great football, there was hardly any offense as all of the scores came as the result of big plays nd defense became the factor in the end. The Woods Cross Wildcats did not have impressive total yardage, much of that due to the Lancer defense, but they were not affraid to try some new things on offense. These included many variations of the reverse and the running back throwing a pass, good for 27 yards. The leader of the Wildcat attack was quarterback Blair Kent. Kent covered over 50 yards in passing against a tough Layton secondary including an 18 yard touchdown pass. He also found himself having to run with the ball and did so for over 20 yards and a touchdown. The biggest threat to the Lancers defense was fullback Mike Egan. Egan pushed through the line for over 50 yards. He was also trouble in the passing department, receiving a touchdown ball and throwing a 27 yard strike and also worked on defense by intercepting a pass. Also strong on offense for Woods Cross was Taz Smith with over 40 yards. The defense was the driving point for the Wildcats by forcing the Lancers to make many mistakes on offense. They forced Layton to punt or turn over the ball on almost every occasion. Also, they only allowed one complete pass and intercepted three. The defense star for the Wildcats was Kent Kammyer as he picked off a Lancer pitchout and ranlt 37 yards for a touchdown. Fpr the Lancers scoring was also the results of big plays, but they were to few to match the Wildcats. Laytons two scores came on a 33 yard run by quarterback Mike Bunting. Setting up a 30 yard field goal by Brad Merrill. Also putting Layton on the scoreboard was a 54 yard dash by Alan Gentry. Gentry had an outstanding game. Running 20 times for 150 yards and one touchdown. He broke holes in the Wildcat line on every run. The Lancer defense was again overworked in' this game, but gave it 180. Jeff Moon was the bright spot for Layton, making some key stops and an important interception. The Big Blue Machine held Woods Cross to less than 200 . yards. Laytons trouble in this game was again oh" offense. The front line let Wildcats into the, . quarterback too many times, sacking him Also Layton had no variety in its attack and in the last three games has run the quarterback option 65 of the time. This time not only did the opposing offense read the play with noi problem, but picked off the pitch for-- a touchdown , Layton needs to mix-u- p its attack and work on the front line. - Pre-Seas- Standings on Region-- Region-- 1 Skyview Roy Bonnovillo Wobor Layton 3-- 0 2-- 1 2-- 1 ' -2 Clearfield 4 Dovi Wood Crow Bountiful Viowmont 0-- 3 Eat 0-- 3 Highland '. 3-- 0 3-- 0 2-- 1 four-times- .2-- 1 2-- 1 3-- 0 , TAZ SMITH FROM Woods Cross rolls up some yardage against Layton. Htmtfmg Forecast ivein For Nrth Utah ' Northern Region HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE FOREST GROUSE Forest grouse populations have decreased in recent years. The breeding population was down this spring, but the brood sizes were up Considerably over 1980. Hunters can expect better hunting this year than last year, but less success in comparison to previous years. Most forest grouse will be found near water unless recent wet conditions prevail. 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