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Show t ( auBSXJtxaemBsanmM WEEKLY REFLEX - DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981 Three of Clearfield's top receivers and defensive backs include 43 Darren I lamblin, 24 - Doug Thurell and 34 Mike Blair. All are capable of helping Clearfield bring home its first victory of the '81 season. RECEIVERS GALORE -- Progress Continues On Kaysville Swimming Pool The Kaysville Swimming Pool Committee wishes to report that progress is being made toward collecting donations for the Kaysville Community Swimming Pool. send in their monthly donations toward their pledges. We wish to encourage the many people who have only made pledges to start fulfilling those promises. Donations should be sent to Beth S. Reid, 299 N. 650 E Kaysville. Checks should be made out to the Kaysville Swimming Pool Trust Fund. THE COMMITTEE thanks those who have sent in their pledged donations in entirety and those who remember to Each donation is recepted and kept at the home of Mary Parker. Anyone wishing to obtain this copy should contact Mrs. Parker, IF YOU desire a recept include a stamped envelope with your donation. If anyone desires to get involved in furthering this project, call Beth Reid, np GOAL LINE STAND 376-049- 376-911- One bright spot for the Layton team last week was stopping the Braves on four dow ns inside the four yard line. On fourth clown the Braves gave the ball to Rob I' Tgett but Floyd Kearl (42) and Casey Olson (40) stopped him from scoring. By DAVE WIGHAM LAYTON - Both the Viewmont and Laytor fans are waiting to see what happens this week before determining just what type of football team they have this season. VIEWMONT surprised a lot of folks last week with their 7 win over highly regarded Clearfield and even their loyal fans arent just sure of the caliber of their team. Some say the Vikes are good, others point to 13-- the solution that Clearfield simply took them too lightly. Whatever the case most folks want another look at this team. Layton on the other hand are waiting to see if the loss to the Bountiful side was a sign of things to come or was it just a case of the Braves being awe- play. untracked. BOTH ROGER (Davis) and Doug ( Lee) played well for us noted first year man Mark Pierce. "Doug is a little quicker and well probably start him against Layton, he added. Layton used Mike Bunting up until the third period when Kenny Heath took over with COACH GARY Hansen knew he had to come up with a line, both on offense and defense, for this year. He tried a , Brad Merrill playing the fourth. All three had problems moving the club and the coaches will play a waiting game to see which one does the job in practice this week before picking the starter for Viewmont. Bunting displayed some fine running ability coming around the end with the option lot of folks there a week ago and some question marks are still there. Dave Glover, Kevin Gray, Steve Hone, Craig Kennedy and Robert Gray are all prime candidates for the spots but only time will tell. The Viewmont coaches were pleased with their line people especially the quickness of Aaron Buttars, Greg I know we didnt make mistakes that could have beaten ourselves, he added. LAYTON IS a young club, and young people with inexperience make mistakes. The Lancers will get better with each game with their juniors improving. The club that lost to Bountiful will be a much better side down the line. There probably aren't too many clubs around that could have stayed with Bountiful the way they played. Viewmont proved they can run the football and with that established they can open up more in the air. Junior speedster Curt Mathews didn't see the ball this past week but he could get more this week. Tight end. Kevin Smith, and wide man, Jeff Porter, could the load off of Caputo. Fullback Troy Larsen was brilliant in the opener and he's just a hardnosed player. also take THE LANCERS couldnt move on the ground against the bigger Braves but the Vikings aren't that big up front. Viewmont relys on their speed more which presents a different approach for the Lancers. Jeff Moon and Jeff Roberts both played well for the Layton side and will be needed again this week. e SHOULD BE a great with both fans getting the better indication of the type of year it will be. ball-gam- some last week. Even the Bountiful coaches indicated that it was the best opening show of a Brave team in recent memory. BOTH SIDES will get that second look at their respective sides when the two square off in an afternoon, 4 p.m. kickoff, battle on the Lancers field. No one needs a second opinion on the running of junior Steve Caputo who finished the night against Clearfield with 161 yards. Some say that Steve is too small for this sport but dont tell him or his coaches that. The Lancer defense had little success in shuting down the vaunted running attack of Bountiful and while the Vikings arent as big as the Braves some say the Viewmont backs are quicker. Caputo will definitely draw some attenttion. ON THE Layton side of offense they did show some spurts especially with all- purpose Alan Gentry running Alan has both speed and strength out of the back-fieland stopping him will be the key for the Viking defense. The quarterback spots at both schools are still in question. Viewmont used two in their win while the Lancers tried three different players in an effort to get their offense the ball. d Bountifuls line opened huge holes for BRAVES WIN Rob Eggett all night. Rob ended the game with over 150 yds. By KEITH DUNCAN Coach Brent Hancock says his Clearfield Falcons are going to bounce back. At Woods Cross though, the Wildcats have something minds. com-pletel- y different on their FOR THE first time ever. Woods Cross will battle Clearfield on the varsity football level. Clearfield will be searching for its first victory of the young season while Woods Cross will be trying to keep an undefeated string clicking. The game is set for 7:30 p.m. in Clearfield in the second week of high school football action. WOODS CROSS bounced back from a 33-- loss to South High a year ago to defeat the Cubs 4 last Friday evening under their brand new lights. It was a winning debut for Coach Larry Eldracher. The Falcons on the other hand werent able to boast about victory under their brand new lights as they fell victim to some crucial mental errors on their own part and two talented Viewmont running backs in 7 in losing to the Vikes, overtime. 2 25-1- BENCHWARWEC Bountiful BOUNTIFUL High started their football season off on the right foot Friday night by handing Layton a 27-- 0 setback. This win marked the first time in four tries that the Braves have beaten the Lancers. THE BRAVES wasted no time in setting the tone for this game and they drove to the Lancer's five yardline on their first possession. At that point they fumbled the ball away only to have the Lancers give it right back by the same method three plays later. Steve Hadley, who recovered the Lancer fumble, took it over from the one yard line with 6:24 remaining in the first quarter to record Bountiful's first touchdown of the year. Hadley then added the point after for a 0 lead. 7-- LAYTON SHOWED some of their talent in the second quarter on defense as they put up a great goaling stand stopping the Braves inside the four-yar- d line on four successive plays. Todd Smith got the Braves on the board again in the second period when he took a handoff from Phillip Schmutz and found a huge hole up the middle which allowed him to go 26 yards untouched. Hadley again split the uprights for a halftime lead. 14-- 0 LAYTON DID have some success with Alan Gentry and Mike Bunting carrying the ball but they just couldnt put together a sustained drive. Bountiful then put together one of their drives with Smith scoring his second touchdown of the night on an eight-yarrun. The key play in the drive was a 20 yard pass to Smith. Again Hadley was dead center with the kick. d Rookie Earl Campbell won the N.F.L. rushing title in 1978 with 1,450 yards. When was the last time a rookie led the N.F.L. in rush- - THE FINAL score of the night came on a third and situation for the Braves. Smith, yep the same guy, took a screen pass from Schmutz and went the distance with some key blocks for his third score of the evening. This time the Lancers blocked the extra point attempt but the game was out of reach. 13-- LAST MONDAY evening neither the Wildcat or Falcon coaches knew much about their opponent. Game films were to be exchanged T uesday where stragedy could be detailed. Clearfield enters this Rob Egget of Bountiful was everything he was billed to be with 154 yards rushing on 21 attempts. Smith was right on his tail with some 85 yards offense, .about 20 of those in the air, and three touchdowns. enBoe eqi ps D9j6 UMOjg uiC Sfil A8Q UqM uo.ig puo OM tl weekend's clash with a big question mark at the tight end and defensive end positions. Mike Fahnert suffered a sprained ankle two weeks ago and it has prevented him from playing to full potential. FAHNERT PLAYED sparingly against Viewmont and it hurt the Falcons in a big way. Without his services on the end and with no one else ready to handle that sport, Steve Caputo, the Vikes little bundle of explosives, had a hey day. Viking coaches had Caputo running at Clearfields weak-sid- e all night long as the talented running back picked up lots of big yardage, some 161 total for the night. HANCOCK has plans to patch up the problem and feels a healthy Fahnert would more than cure things. If he isnt ready then Hancock will go to someone else. There are still big question marks among Clearfields linemen, both on offense and defense. Alan Kendrick and Bill Weaver, two guys who didn't even play last year, were the standouts for the Falcons against Viewmont. Just ask Caputo what he thinks about Kendricks hitting. J.C. VONCOLLIN, a junior, 'Dave Thorson and Mike Blair also were standouts in the first game. With the rest, there is still a long ways to go. Karl Wilson, the Falcon's premier senior tailback nearly broke a couple last Friday but with a lackluster showing from the line managed only 77 yards. Wilson is only going to get better especially if the people up front give him some help. WILSONS RUNNING part- ner, Bill Kelly, notched 44 yards in the season opener. Kelly, too, will only get better as the season progresses. Kevin Bitton, with little help from Mother Nature, put through what later turned out to be a do or die extra point for Clearfield. However, late in the fourth quarter the wind turned away a field goal attempt that would have won the game for Clearfield. PERHAPS WOODS Cross will never find a true replacement for Kevin Nitzel, who now continues his football fortunes at USU, but Blair Kent proved last Friday that there may be better times ahead than bad. Kent connected for two aerial touchdowns last Friday in the victory over South and looked exceptional. THE WILDCATS are blessed with some better than av- erage receivers including Doyle Hauter who caught the two TD strikes last week. Coach Eldracher likes Hau-ter- s speed and admits hell catch just about anything. Bruce Bishop may be one of the finest tight ends in the state. At 63" it makes him a good target and throw a pair of good hands in there and you've got a class tight end. Mike Egan, Taz Smith and Jeff Buxton are the Wildcat's top running backs. Both Egan and Buxton scored Woods Cross' two ground touchdowns last Friday. MUCH LIKE Viewmont, Woods Cross does not possess a big line but the Wildcat coaches are impressed with the quickness. Dave Italisano 5 10, 200 lbs., is the biggest but he won't be playing because of a broken leg, while Matt Harmer 63, 190 lbs., is the tallest. Other Wildcats that will see some playing time either on the offense or defensive side of things are Scott Grosenbach, Gene Christiansen, Richard Millward, Craig Jones, Gordon Peck, Mike Day and Brad Pusey. THE BACKER position appears nailed down by Doug Sendobry with Travis Mac Beth backing him up. Clearfield was the favorite to win their opener against Viewmont but allowed some mental mistakes to defeat them. There is no question that Hancock has some of the biggest linemen in the area but the Viewmont players began to question there aggressiveness last Friday. THEY WERE big, but Ive been hit harder by much said Viewmont's Caputo. Much is the case when the Wildcats come to Clearfield on true the Friday night. Woods Cross team doesnt have the speed some of the Viewmont players have, but they're tough and hungry to make it two in a row. GROSENBACH and Harmer are said to be the quickest Its tackles Eldracher has ever had. If Hancock could give some of that quickness and intensity to his linemen, the rest of Region One could have a battle on their hands. Clearfield will score more than seven points come Friday night. Wilson and Kelly love the smell of paydirt territory and certainly want to see a lot more of it than last Friday. SENIOR quarterback, James Prothero looked good in his first varsity start and Hancock says hell get better too. One has to favor the Falcons in this one, not because of the size (we wont make the same mistake twice) probably because of the game being played at home in Clearfield. |