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Show I I I REFLEX JOURNAL BULLETIN LEADER SEPTEMBER 9, 1982 Kltti Duncan Bulletin Spom - CLEARFIELD The Falcon may have c limping away from Woods Cros fast Friday but the general consensus is that theyll kW those kind ot lump and lick if it mean a victory in the end, ; : ; THE 8 victory over the Wildcat was perhap the happiest moment in Clearfield football iincc Drcnl Hancock crew defeated Brighton two year ago in a bat- tie for a berth in the state playoff. The hooting and hollering in the locker room afterwards could have convinced the local janitor that the Falcon had just won the state Dont forget this feeling, championship. said Hancock in a sincere delivering way to the HARD-FOUGH- ; ! ! 21-1- T 4-- A victory-starve- Falcon; d BUT THE VICTORY chant could have e louder had senior quarterback, been Robbie Sherwood been there. If there were anything to sadden the shouts it was the doom dealt to Sherwoods career. After a stunning hit and blow from hitting the turf, Sherwood was taken to the hospital mid-wa- y through the one-voic- Winning doesnt come without its price, but the Falcons will suffer the aches and bruises, long the sweetness of victor as first quarter. The next morning Robbie shoulder wat operated on due to a severe with an early ment after that it wa first-quart- defensive back Kent Nye who alertly picked up a loo football and ran 4J yard for Clearfield fir'! TD. shoulder separation. There it no question well mis him." said Hancock, If the word dedication has meaning at all, it wa exemplyfied by Robbie, He never missed a practice and during some of the early practices was our only leader in camp. The kid really admired him." THERE WAS some question a to whether the TD should stand, at least Wood Cross coaches thought. Todd Dyson had flipped a backward lateral to one of his back only to have it tipped and fall ready for Nye to take home to paydirt. But the TD stood and Clear- SO WITH Sherwood out, the reign were given to another senior, Mark Wilson. And what a job he didlTwo scouts from Davis High remarked after the game, Wilson gave Clearfield something we havent seen in quite sometime. It was kinda sad to see the other guy go (Sherwood) but W'ilson ran the option bril- field led 7-- 3. follows. 13-1- The Falcons final TD came with four minute remaining when Foulger cut one looc for 56 yard. A couple of play after that he burst. 1 wa hoping to scored on a three-yarbreak one against View mont." said foulger. Because I usually gel at least one a game " It was an assistant coach w ho told Foulger to cut UPFRONT IT was guy like Dirk Barlow, Greg Folk. Ron Swallow, Norm Taylor and J.C. VonCollin who led a fired up attack on defense. Just when Woods Cros started to get hot. theyd get hotter and snuff it out. The offense still had their share of fumbles and interceptions, but it wa a consistent defense that preserved the win. d inside against the grain after going the eniuc game without doing it. JUST BEFORE Foulger scored the "insurance TD." Wilson was dinged by the Wildcats bruising linebacker. Doug Sendohry. Ihat gave the Clearfield fans a chance to see yet a third Falcon quarterback, a junior this time in Jeff Parry. Parry handed off to f oulger for the score then moments later threw to junior Hal Moore for a two-poiconversion. (The day before Moore had scored two TDs in Clearfield 45-2- 1 victory over the WX JVs). The Falcon secondary kept Dyson pretty well intact but the Wildcats managed to put together a long scoring drive in the third quarter that gave them the lead again, 10-- It was Dyson that kept the drive going with a QB sneck on a crucial fourth down play. 7. "I know it was Nye seme that got u going," said Dean Foulger in the waning moment of the game, "To start the game we didnt get as hyped up a we did for View mont. We all knew we had to come through in this game and prove ourselves." liantly." Woods Cross scored first in the Friday game if BUT THE Falcons bounced right back with Jared Martin taking a reverse handoff and scampering 45 yards on Clearfields next offen The Tid And Tad Sparkplugs Duncan Keith ! field goal. But mo- sive series. Moments later it wa WtUon who took the pigskin over the goal line from five yards out and the touchdown that gave Clear-fiel- d the lead for good. .M ' Bulletin Sports .ds CLEARFIELD -- Coach Brent Hancock has nicknamed two of the sparkplugs in his offense, "Tid and Tad." Perhaps it's fitting because both Dean Foulger and Todd Blair, though small in stature, have blended together to give the Falcons the best one-tw- o punch they've had at the running back position in recent years. LAST WEEK against Woods Cross was a perfect example of how coordinated they work together. Foulger provides the breakaway speed while Blair likes to think of himself as the blocking back and the man who will help his close buddy find the way to glory. The result was victory which is something these two have been accustomed to in their two-plu-s years at Clearfield. I believe both of them have unlimited talent. Its just how bad they want to be good, said the man who nicknamed them. HANCOCK, impressed by the closeness of these two as well as the entire team, took Blair aside recently and confided in him that the 82 gathering was the closest knit group of kids he had coached in his 20 years of football. That had to make us feel good, said Blair, I think we all care what happens to each other, even the coaches. AND WHEN talking about closeness, you couldnt tell the story the way it was unless you detailed Blair and Foulger from the first time they met. Blair remembers it well. I was playing for a Falcons a little league team from South Weber. The couple of times we played Foulger and his teammates, we hated them with a passion because they were our rivals. into moves. junior Dean hasnt forgotten those days either. I league when we remember in the how our l, the in played Todds team He was. Todd how tell us would good coach told us that unless we stuck him wed lose for mini-bow- WHEN IT came time or our ninth grade meeting in junior high, we (Sunset) just loafed around and got beat." But when the two finally started to put on the same colored uniform as sophomores, there was a friendship started there that has lasted until this very day. We hit it off great the very first day of practice, said Foulger. IN THE beginning it was Blair who nailed down the tailback spot and Foulger who played fullback. "We were just getting used to the system when they decided to switch us around our junior year, said Dean. But we both knew after a couple of games into the sophomore season that wed play together for awhile. Foulger and Blair, who basically make the said Foulger. BLAIRS MOST memorable experience so far was the two touchdowns he contributed to help beat Bonneville as a sophomore. Foulger likes to remember the first touchdown he scored as a varsity player which came against Layton last season. Right now I feel we are getting our stuff together which could carry us a long, long ways," said Foulger, We expect ourselves to finish among the top four and playing on the Wed lose for sure sure. ex- plain one good reason they're so dose is the line upfront. It seems we've all played so long together now that we all know each others high as w ell. Dean played for Sunset Junior and 1 played for North Davis. There has never been much friendship in that rivalry and it only got worse when we went against each other." IT CONTINUED team this year, carpet. BOTH ARE team leaders and Hancock knows if anyone that the only way Todd and Dean could hurt the team is to "breakdown in their example." Sometimes it is nervous being a leader on this team, I just hope I never let down, said Blair. I think as long as Dean and I live up to everyones expectations well be alright. Both ballcarriers take the winter off but get back into action when spring gets here. Last spring Todd claimed third in the region in the pole vault and later placed seventh in state. Dean also got a third, but in the 100 meters. He was the only junior to qualify for the finals in the 100 meters. 4-- A I BELIEVE the best thing I could say about both of them, said Hancock, Is that they arent afraid to work hard and they both hate to lose. Basketball Coaches Set For Sept. 25 It will be a basketball coaches delight come Saturday, Sept. 25 when the Utah High School Basketball Coaches Association presents its fourth annual Basketball Clinic at Murray High School. mffSir From the first day of sophomore practice, Clearfields Dean Foulger and Todd Blair made a friendship that will probably last a lifetime. MIKE GARDNER, who will be a featured speaker at the clinic, says the coaches clinic is for everyone who in someway or the other coaches basketball. That includes' high school, junior high, church or little league coaches, Gardner said. The main attraction at this years clinic hap THE mr TN Tha Time of Year Its SC pens to be Joe Gallagher of St. Johns College High School located in the Washington, D.C. area. COACH GALLAGHER, after thirty-si- x years of coaching at St. Johns, is regarded as one of the greatest high school basketball coaches in history. Along with Morgan Who-otewho has also been a past attraction at a UHSBCA clinic, Gallagher is highly regarded around the country in coaching expertise. Gallagher is presently the Dean of area basketball coaches in the Washington, D.C. area. He has accumulated over 712 wins in his career n, as a coach, an average of 20 wins a year. He is a Hall of Fame member at St. Johns, George Washington University and Washington Metropolitan Basketball. BESIDES being a teacher and a coach, he is also an author. His book is entitled, High School Basketball: How to be a Winner in Every Way. It should be an enjoyable day, said Gardner, Well start with breakfast in the morning in the afternoon. and proceed until 5 The breakfast will be a continental breakfast sponsored by Wasatch Sporting Goods On SEPTEMBER 14TH VOTE FOR For JOiFJ P, RS and CC9C(eG9 BOS DS I '"31 LA 3'tEWJZi at,.- ,a 1 1 1 IR) 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Replaced and Repaired Storm Windows u - i i i i ' i ' i i i ' ' 216 No. Main, Kaysville 1. 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