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Show JOURNAL REFLEX BULLETIN LEADER SEPTEMBER 2, 1982 4 ;,y Davis Drubs Scots, Despite Size Kellh Duncan time. Reflex Sport KAYSiV 1 LLE If Kevin Pitts words mean anything at all, then Davis High Football ers are in for another big treat this full, And if actions, such as what Davis put on last y against Ben Lomond carry much weight, the 1982 season could begin to muster into a major coming attraction. WE KNOW what wc did last year in junior varsity (went undefeated and took region) and wc know wc had a good ball club. It hasn't really bothered us about how people arc questioning whether wc'II do anything, but we simply can't believe it most of the time, said Pitts a senior who starts at offensive center and defensive tackle, Because of Pitts and his teammate's fine play last Friday, Davis notched their first win of the season, a 2814 victory over the Ben Lomond Scots under the lights at Weber State College. This Friday Davis will try to repeat the act when they host Skyline at 7:30 in Dart Stadium. fol-lo- w Fri-da- I WAS very pleased with the way the kids played," said head coach, Ward Sawley, after defeating Ben Lomond for the fourth straight They executed and blocked well," he said, Against Ben Lomond the Darts were successful in running inside and outside as Brad Nielsen scored one from 26 yards out and Brad King another from 30 yards. Nielsen notched a two-poiconversion run and James Warden booted two extra points. The other two scores came from quarterback sneaks on plays Rick Scerist engineered, Sccrist also intercepted a pass on defense that later resulted in a score. PITTS DESCRIBED why the Darts had a better than average success in running against the Scots. One of my jobs as center is to pick up the linebackers. But all game they wouldn't pursue but would just stand waiting for us. Of course that made it a lot easier for us to pick a guy up and seal down the hole. All week we practiced against moving backers, so I believe we were well prepared," said Pitts. "It doesnt matter if we don't have any real superior players or if we are small, if wc stay together as a team like what we got started last year, this season will be even better. However, if it starts to break up, we won't go anywhere. We'll only do it because as a team we have the confidence to win." 'Ztr With Dart Brad Nielsen in control at a runningback slot, Davis stunned Ben Lomond 2814. CLEARFIELD defense," said Viewmont's Mark Pierce. "We can certainly do a lot more I think, but Clearfield put a pretty good clamp on us, The story at Viking Stadium last Friday wasn't exactly what the score would indicate, Viewmont did play well and deserved to win, but the 33-- 7 tabulation doesn't give a clear picture of what really went on. After a heartbreaking defeat to the Viewmont y ikings. Dean Foulger says "it isn't over yet, Norm Taylor says, "Well bounce back" and .C, VonCoilin admits You cant win with so L.: v.'-... , .many mistakes."..:' g CAN THEY bounce back after a demoralizing 33:7. loss? A continuation of the story will be told this Friday when the Falcons travel to Woods Cross for a 7:30 p.m. battle. Larry Eldracher, who heads the Wildcats, is duel Va pivotal 'calling the .Falcon-Wildc.Woods for Cross was also both schools. game a loser in their first week (lost to South ). All week there has been talk in both camps of winning big on Friday, IT WAS just a year ago that the Falcon JV were dealt a severe defeat by Viewmont but bounced back the following week to dip Woods Cross' JV. Could the same story prevail in 1982? I; The Wildcats have a strong defense but might lack some experience on offense. Their main blood is senior halfback and linebacker, Doug Sendobry, who a few head coaches in this county have called the best football player around." Without Doug, the Wildcats might sputter a bit. XV'4W4 : 2U ! V ' in fumble. VONCOLLIN SAID it was mistakes and who would refute him. We could probably bave played with anyone in the state the way we played in the first half. But too many mistakes overall and just not being prepared killed us," he said. ; Foulger stated his feelings simple but strong,. than m:. Id much rather do this in what Which is Norm, exactly league play, Taylor was thinking. We have a lot of composure on this team, but just didn't show it Friday. We know that it is like to hurt and were a group that wont take much of that., We'll bounce back. - .BRENT HANCOCK, Clearfields head coach, said it should have been 7 at halftime but it wasn't because the Falcons had a punt blocked right before the half ended, which enabled Doug Lee to move his team in for a score. The PAT missed and View-mo- nt led 13-- 7 at the half, ... V Prior to the blocked punt, the Falcons played well despite a few fumbles that cost them dearly. n 7-- ad g- - CLEARFIELD coughed it up on their very first series which resulted a few plays later in a Lee to Kevin Smith TD pass and that itself i? came on a long third and goal play. The second Viking TD came off the block punt. But the three minutes of hell which v took in the third quarter is what killed the Falcons. First, it was speedy Steve Caputo racing 54 yards for a score on a broken screen pass play. Moments later Sherwood was hit from the side, fumbling the ball into Matt McNeils hands who rambled for a short run and another IN ADDITION to Sendobry, the Wildcats score. It wasn't over because the Falcon's appear loaded with Todd Dyson who also is a from his the quarterback coughed it up on the ensuing kickoff only to ground big threat on but it in the ball air Lee throw another TD pass, the have can put position. Dyson hasnt been one of his best attributes. THE FALCONS most memorable moments Again it will probably boil down to defense. took place in the first half. One was the interWill Clearfield be able to play one entire game without too many mistakes and be able to stop ception by Mark Wilson who returned it five yards shy Of a touchdown, Foulger later got Sendobry s blasts up the middle? Wilt the Clearfields only score on a one-yar-d plunge, Wildcats be able to handle the passing of RobBut the happy moments continued as Hall bie Sherwood and the quick sprints of senior Moore intercepted another Viking pass on the runningbacks, Dean Foulger and Todd Blair? very next series. But it was shortlived with Clearfield giving the ball away again on a "I WAS pretty impressed with Clearfields LAYTON As pads were being strapped an un- and ankles being wrapped, there was ' questionable feeling of excitement in the air as the 1982 edition of Lancer football was soon to unfold. j. LAST YEAR I think I was more scared before the first game than anything else, said senior defensive back, Kenny Fleath, But in approaching our first game I had a sense wed do alright. The team really got psyched. And alright was exactly how Layton performed last Friday, even in losing to last years The Braves, Bountiful state runner-uafter being down 14-- 0 at half, scored two second half TDs and another in overtime to help Kim Peterson to his first victory as head coach. ' Layton '. . p, , IN THREE minutes everything came,; crashing in, said Hancock, But these kids are the kind that wont quit, I know it and they: know it. "Fumbles and rickity things like that will happen, but it's the mental mistakes and useless penalties tha we cant have." f f FIERCE SAID a few days after the game that on another Friday youd never see a score like "If Clearfield were to suit it. up again, against us, it would be a dogfight. They just committed turnovers that we were able to capitalize on," he said. Pierce saw the game being tight until Caputo made his long run for a TD, In tight games if one team makes a sudden explosion, the other can let down completely. Were just lucky it was us that exploded," Pierce stated. 33-- - YOU KNOW, people can say Coach Pierce is a great coach but the bottom line is that if the other coaches had a guy like Steve Caputo or Kurt Matthews, they might win games like last Fridays too, said Pierce. "I ould have cal- J C At ik J: second half. You could just feel the fatigue ! wearing on. Keith Duncan Journal Sports Signs Of Good Times To Come I Clearfields Scott Trcrnea, with pigskin hand, eludes a tackier and burns out yardage against Viewmont. Keith Duncan jyoumal Sports season-openin- p, 4 .. iPhymg ! u ' i made with Davis and Ben Lomond players fighting for the ball In the air, THE KEY against Skyline this week, will be ball control. If our offense can sustain offensive drives and we block as well as we did last week, it will be tough to stop us," said Sawley. Pitts is eryoying the challenge of a new season and he would like nothing more than to make it two in a row. THROUGH ALL his playing, however, he docs it without his parents close by. Because of a work transfer, the Pitts family has transferred to Colorado. "I felt there was no way I could leave," said Kevin, It was just the way things were," Kevin's older brother Jim attempted to play last year, but broke his ankle before the season every got started. I'VE BEEN playing offensive center and defensive tackle all four years I've been at Davis, and I love it. On defense I like the aggressiveness and on offense I like it because 1 touch the ball first and 1 am in control of things from the very beginnng," he said. PITTS AND the rc- -t of his teammates don't know much about Skyline yet, but what they've heard is that the Eagles arc a big team. Skyline lost their first game to Brighton 367 after being tied at halftime 77. "It's playing each game, one at a time," said Ben Lomond was bigger than us. Pitts, Seventy-fiv- e percent of their team was taller than me (Pitts stands 310" and weights 185 lbs.) but it didn't make a difference," he said. COACH SAWLEY wasn't entirely pleased about Davis' passing game saying the protection let down a little and he (Sccrist) just missed a few," Sawley was also pleased that his team wasn't called fora lot of "mistake penalties," just hustle penalties" w hich in time will work themselves out. SAW LEY NOTED that besides Pitts, others like Jeff Sampson, Clain White and Greg McNabb helped to control the line. Mike Woodward, Ryan Smith, Brian Bock, Jeff Hammer and Chris Stevenson also performed well. Stevenson, however, sustained a concussion and didn't play the second half. Mark Miller, Nielsen and King also made the Scot's quarterback work for everything he got. In fact the only TD pass Craig Povey got was .. 21-1- 4. GARY HANSEN, the veteran Layton coach was fairly pleased with his kids performance ' and voiced it afterwards. It tickled me to death to watch em come out and hit Bountiful as hard as they did. "After having a chance to look back on it, I still couldnt tell if we let down or just wore down. Maybe it was a combination of both. Our defense was in the game nearly the entire IN A year like this one, Hansen is being forced to play many of his first string players on defense and offense. I dont enjoy doing that, but until some other kids come on a little more thats the only way we can turn, he said. This week the Lancers will attempt again to post their first victory against Viewmont who successfully dealt Clearfield a season-openin- g ' defeat. I THINK we simply ran out of gas in the end, said Heath who also sees some time as a receiver. "It was later in the game that they (Bountiful) began making first downs on third and long situations. We let down emotionally later and began to wait for them to come to us rather than being aggressive like we started out, Tom Kidd scored all of Laytons points which included two short TD plunges and a run conversion. for a two-poiTHE BRAVES made the best of their overtime activity by getting a touchdown and PAT. Layton, however, fumbled the ball after hard hit and lost out on the victory trek. I think we are more disappointed than j? s! led someone else to run the same play Caputo scored on, and they may have failed. But with Steve its a touchdown," he said. v j attack mad, said Heath, But even in being disappointed, we have to feel good about the way we jumped to a 14-- 0 lead. The coaches looked really pleased about our progress in the first half. n BUT I guess thats what games are for, to iron out all the mistakes, said the senior Lancer. Hansen was pretty pleased with the effort of senior quarterback Brad Merrill who tossed for 148 yards in 23 passing attempts. Layton had 100 more yards on the ground in addition. Having rushed the ball 24 times, that averages out to four yards per carry which Hansen thought was real good this early in the season. , on the Viking front, said he was just as cautious entering the Layton game as he was the Clearfield contest, if not more. I expect Layton to do much of the same they did to Bountiful as what theyll do with us. The kids had a chance to win and Ill bet they have a ton of confidence now. I expect our game to be a real dogfight, he said. i ON DEFENSE, Craig Kennedy, Heath, Chris Shoop and Dave Facer, all performed extremely well. I believe we communicated well after the game," said Hansen. Though everyone felt bad, the spirits were still high. THERE IS no question in my mind that we can still come out against Viewmont fired up and ready to play, said Heath. The Vikings defense appears to be headed in the right direction after holding Clearfield to seven total points. Mark Pierce, who heads the THE VIEWMONT offense, with such speedy stars as Steve Caputo and Kurt Matth- ews, perhaps didnt get as many rave reviews as what the Viking defense got after the Clear- field defeat. I was very happy with our defense, said Pierce, They caused a bunch of turnovers of which a couple resulted in touchdowns. . OFFENSIVELY I know we can do a lot more. I believe Clearfield did a good job in shuting us down in that area, said Pierce, the second year Viewmont mentor. So when Viewmont and Layton tangle on Friday, the game pits a couple of teams that people still havent made a verdict for. Is Viewmont as good as their 33-- 7 score over Clearfield indicates? Is Layton going to come of age this year, especially after showing what they could do against a powerful squad like Bountiful. |