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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981 nan if ninn By KEITH DUNCAN For a while last Friday night, it appeared the Davis Darts were on their way to a minor tragedy. Without a stalwart and consistent effort from the defense, Davis could have very well entered the second week of prep action searching for its first victory. and despite his offensive teams poor first half showing, he is more optimistic than THE SCOTS, under the direction of Coach Brent are fielding one of their better teams in years. They certainly proved to be no ALL IN all the Dart defense held Ben Lomond's running game to 87 yards in 42 carries which figures out to be a little over two yards a carry. Jason Watkins, the Scots talented WHEN THE lights were finally turned out at the Davis stadium, the Darts had emerged as a 4 victor over the Ben Lomond Scots. Coach Ward Sawley admitted before the game that a victory Friday night would leave him with much higher hopes as the new season progressed. His feelings haven't changed 20-1- Mike Colemere, DART TARGETS By KEITH DUNCAN ' : Ben Lomond, perhaps one of the toughest teams in 3-this year gave Davis all they could handle last Friday. Now the Darts must face Skyline this Friday afternoon at Sky-linYear in and year out the Eagles have been in contention for the state title and rarely miss the playoffs. e. : f' 4-- THE CONTEST is slated for 4 p.m. in Salt Lake City. Skyline will be very hungry for their first victory after being denied it last week by a powerful Brighton squad. In fact, the Bengals held the Eagles scoreless which means Eagle offensive team will be mighty eager to put some points on the scoreboard. ' THIS WILL be the first time that Coach Ward Sawley has met a Skyline team since his taking over as head coach three years ago. However, football games are nothing new. These two traditionally .strong football schools met each other quite often during the 60s and 70's including many contests in state playoffs. Davis-Skylin- e Were happy about the chance to play a good football team like Skyline. It can only make us a better team," said Sawley. He feels that with some decent technique, like the play his team put forth in the second half against Ben Lomond, his team might have a good shot of bringing the Eagles to loss No. 2. ROBERT STEED, the Darts talented offensive and defensive tackle, is confident heading into the Eagle-Dart clash. He feels the Darts will have to rely heavily upon their skills and techniques to defeat the Skyline squad that posts at least 20 people over 200 pounds. "If we can play the steady kind of defense we did against Ben Lomond and if the offense comes alive, we have a super chance of beating Skyline and anyone else, he said. , STEED ADMITS that keeping an unbeaten streak alive puts a lot of pressure on he and his senior teammates. The streak referred to is the one the senior class has going at the present time. Since freshmen, sophomore and junior seasons, the present senior class has never lost a football game. There is a certain amount of pressure that goes with keeping it alive, said Steed. DeVoe Troy Anderson, Kyle Anderson and Steve Jones give the Davis Darts a solid tandem of targets for Ben Horne to throw at. This week Davis travels to Skyline for an afternoon ASIDE FROM winning streaks and everything else. Dart fans can feel confident that theyve got one excited football player in their ranks. Steed ended his comments with enthusiasm, "Im so excited its hardly enough to stand it. Ben Horne, the Davis senior quarterback, went the entire way for Davis last week but wasnt happy at all with the first half show ing against Ben Lomond. DIDNT feel good at all, he said, Im just happy that we got our act together in the second half and made a victory out of it. Horne doesnt feel the afternoon game, if it turns out to be a warm one, will affect the Darts. He claims his team worked out hard in the heat too much in the past to let an important game like this be any different. I THE DAVIS running game these two when their team vades Skyline on Friday. in- DeGraw rushed for 165 yards in ten carries which averages out at 16.5 yards per Thats not bad runcarry. ning," said Sawley. t THE DAVIS head coach also praised Mecham for his efforts last Friday saying Mecham was the real spark. He was turning two and three yard gains into five and six said Sawley. yard gains, Steed on the defense again feels Davis might be stronger against the rush than the pass. Davis held Ben Lomond to two yards per carry in the entire game. WEVE HAD some suc- cess with three down linemen instead of four, said Steed, The nose guard and the two ends have to keep the tackles in to prevent the sweep and on top of that have to rush the quarterback in passing situations. might have sputtered for awhile last Friday, but Spencer DeGraw and Troy Mecham eventually got it into high gear. The Darts will need plenty of offensive punch from Bel-na- p, slouch last Friday by holding the Darts scoreless in the first half and allowing them only 13 offensive plays. "There is no question that our defensive team kept us in the ballgame," said Sawley, If Ben Lomond had of scored on their opening drive the game could have had a totally different outlook in the end. THE SCOTS took the opening kickoff and made a respectable drive deep into Dart territory all the way to the eight yard line. FIRST IT was Spencer De LunDEtt ture, General Foot Care bruises when the fourth quar- ter gun finally sounded. Mecham and Storey made Watkins feel the effects of a fired up defensive unit. These two eventually ended up leading the Darts in tar 'ties. WITH ALL those offensive plays in the first half, the Scots did manage to score first. Their initial score came on a eight-yar- d run by quarterback Kevin Dennison and a point after by Todd Frost. When the Scots found out 161. But the junior running backs greatest moment came The setting couldnt have been anymore perfect. Clearfield's plans to swoop down and claw up the Vikings of Viewmont was set on a cool in the overtime as he blazed around 10 yards around the left side for the winning score. It was probably only fitting that his number get the call on the first offensive play for Viewmont in the overtime. and breezy August night amidst one of the largest crowds to view a Falcon football game. THE BRAND new lights made it even better. How could they lose with a squad much bigger than their opponents and enough good running backs to supply the Central Division in the NFL? This perfect setting turned out to be a tragedy in the end as Viewmont gained revenge for a loss they suffered to Clear-- . field a year ago. The Vikes sang those jovial Viking cheers all the way home while basking in a 7 overtime victory. 13-- VIEWMONTS Steve Capu-t- o will be hard to forget after this one. The minature Viking speedster scampered for heavy chunks of yardage all night an finally ended up with can mend any split nail DOUG LEE, another junior and the second half quarterback, gave instructions for an I left 25 power in the huddle. To someone in soccer that might have meant another tax break from Congress was on its way, but to the Viewmont eleven it spelled victory and a winning debut for Coach Mark Pierce. I took the handoff from (Doug) Lee and headed toward the left. Troy Larsen blocked the corner to the inside so I cut to the outside and saw daylight and went for it. Mark Law also threw a good block, said Caputo of the games final play. REGULATION time ended in a 7 deadlock and of course that meant overtime was coming up. There was little ques- 7-- tion which end of the field was going to be used. Mother Nature had spewed out a strong wind from the East that wasnt taking kindly to pigskins stuffed with air. Clearfield got the first chance to score in overtime but a QB sack for 12 yards and an unsportslike conduct penalty simply killed their chances. THAT SET the stage for Caputo s heroics on the very next play. Clearfields line coach, John Flint, remarked afterwards, "Viewmont just plain outhus-tle- d us. It doesnt matter whether your 5 10, 170 lbs., 240 lbs., who ever or hustles more is going to win. 66, FLINT COULDNT have summed it better. The Falcons have some pretty big football players around this year while Viewmont doesnt. The Vikings simply just got after it and put the season opener away in their favor. But I feel well bounce back, said Flint, "These kids arent the kind who give up. Theyll get better with more experience. The loss to Viewmont was a good learning experience for us. COACH BRENT Hancock also saw some good from the Friday night loss but was concerned with the amount of mental errors linked with the team. We made some mental g ones that cost us dearly. executed well and you have to give their little running backs a lot of credit. But line is that we hurt ourselves more than them hurting us, said Hancock. BOTH CLUBS were bending all night but didnt quite break. The Falcons won the toss and were quickly shut down in three straight plays. The Clearfield defense didnt sparkle either as Caputo began his heroics early picking up generous pieces of yardage. About tne only nasty thing he did all night was fumble deep in his own territory early in the second quarter. Clear fields Robbie Browning reco- Lumber Full set Refill 38 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010 6 For Appt Please Call 292-275- ' 12' 2x4 2x6 4x4 10 Plywood Sheathing vered the lost ball and it. appeared like an easy one was coming up. BUT TWO plays later James Protheros pitch to Karl Wil iSLii'?". fee?7- - 7-- VIEWMONT exchanged CLEARFIELD had their 12 14 16 1.63 1.96 2.29 2.62 7-- . Rails 1.73 Posts 4.64 Pickets 1x4 Rustic 1x4 Quality 1x6 Quality Lumber son went wide of its mark and Paul Jensen of Viewmont recovered just nine yards from the goal line. Caputo ran it to the one yard line a play later with Troy Larsen taking it over the goal line only seconds after that. The extra point was good and Viewmont led PERHAPS GETTING a little mad about being scored upon first got the Falcon squad fired up. Something was right as Clearfield drove 74 yards in ten plays on the ensuing drive for their only score of the night. The big points in that drive were many including a pass from Prothero to Mike Fahnert. Wilson also came alive in the drive picking up 25 of his game total 77 yards and touchdown. Bittons kick was good and the game was tied at 7 and remained that way until halftime rolled in. chance to win the final quarter though, as 14 straight plays were reeled off including a double penalty against Viewmont. But the drive melted on the 24 yardline. Bittons field goal attempt just about put the game away, but the wind blew it away from its mark and regulation time soon ran out. t.i. Framing TO BE given by Podiatrist Dr. Brent Jarrett, the public is invited at no charge. Roger Davis for Doug Lee in the second half. Davis directed the Viewmont attack in style but didnt complete a pass the first half. Lee went to the air and was more successful in the final two quarters. Clearfield's Prothero was Hancocks choice all evening and for his first varsity start ever, looked respectable. He narrowly missed a hook-u- p with a wide receiver in the second quarter that would have been six points. THE GAME officials either couldnt get their whistles to . work or must have witnessed some pretty clean play because no flags were thrown in the first half. The second half of the game was a much different story. The Falcons got off only three plays in the entire third quarter which Coach Hancock felt was a big factor that led to their defeat. renting Redwood Vikings Spear Falcons By KEITH DUNCAN Store Lalbp Bay tailback certainly felt the re- through a short ensueing kickoff that gave the Scots good field positon. Seven plays later it was Dennison again running seven yards for Ben Lomonds second score of the game. Frost's "PAT" was good and time ran out shortly thereafter giving the Davis Darts their first victory of the '81 season. MICA'S CLEARFIELD If youre .Wednesday at the North into running, either as an after- - Branch Library in Clearfield track star, you may be interested in attending the lec- WITH NOT much time maining the Darts suffered TWO DRIVES later the Darts had another score but this one came on a broken play between Mecham and Horne. Horne took it in for the touchdown ten yards around the left end. He waltzed into the unmolested. Alan Jones ploded." Meet Topic: Foot Health In Sports m $20.00 half-tim- 10' View-mon- $35.00 second half," said Sawley, "In e talks we concenour trated on techniques which meant more sustaining blocks and maintianing contact. Once the kids got the idea and the line people got their feet working for them, they ex- ever. work jogger or an BUT THIS gives us five defensive backs who can also come up to help on the run. I think it has worked pretty well for us, he said. runningback and studentbody president who ran a play to the right side and scampered 64 yards for the Darts first touchdown. For the game he ended with 165 yards in ten carries. The "PAT" was good by Chris Johnson. "WE FINALLY got the offense untracked in the it," said Robert Steed, a talented Davis tackle. STEEDS FEELINGS were right, but it took his team a lot longer than expected to balance out the scales. The defensive unit remained on the field and were there 90 percent of the first half. Ben Horne and the offense could manage only 13 offensive plays. It wasnt anyone in particular who stood out for Davis, however, Troy Mecham and Kirk Storey were a lot to talk about from their linebacker positions. Steed, Cary Blood, Jim Hill and guys like Steve Flocken continually came up with big plays. booted the "PAT." The final Dart touchdown came in the final quarter as Mecham blazed ur 'he middle six yards for the score. Jensons "PAT" was not good. Graw, the school's premier how tough it was to run, they took to the air and found a little more success, not much, but more than Watkins and Co. found running. Thats when the Scots decided to go for first down in a fourth and one situation and were denied. I felt when we stopped them in the first drive, we were going to get back into 27 64 $1 |