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Show The Jim Murray Column: An Inst ant Replay Sunday. September 2. 1979 THE HERALD. Provo, Utah—Page 7 By JIM MURRAY (c) 1979, Los Angeles Times Syndicate LOS ANGELES — It is that time again, football season 1979. But, while 1 am sure it is a new season 2—Look tor a team that has spent a quarter of a million dollars scouting running backs, quarterbacks linebackers and safety men, and has Spent months drilling Xs and Os into them, to have a game decided bya Cretan (from isle of Crete) soccer one artistically, kicker who walked into campoff a any different bananaboator cameinto this country from the other with a shipmentofolive oil, andall he ones, at anyrate. cost the ownership was a new pair of Look for the shoes and a busticket to camp. following to oc3—Look for Howard Cosell to cur as usualthis remember some third-string blocking year: back is wearing Ralph Kercheval's old 1—Two teams number, and to remember every will play the first jersey number of the old Stepleton 13 minutes of the Pros of 1926 but misidentify a guy who second half in 25 made a catch 20 seconds ago. minutes. Then, the last two minutes 4—Someone will ask Terry will take an hour and a quarter. Bradshaw howcomehecouldn't get chronologically, I am not so sureit is Boing to be a new into LSU, but nobody will ask Bert Jones why he didn’t go to Yale 5—Look for Michigan and USCto go 8—The AFCwill win the Super Bowl but. if the Minneso’a Vikings so much as make' the play-offs. look for four to the Rose Bow!, Alabamatogoto the television executives of the network bowl where the opposition looks the which has the Super Bow! to have to be weakest. and the High Street Wolves in pulled off leages at Radio City, and Columbus to start putting up “We look for the chairman of the board to Want Woody” signs by midseason. be making discreet inquiries as to 6—A team with a murderous where Arnold Rothstein may be found schedule will be ranked No. 2 ia the $—Look for a questionable call to polls. It will lose — byone point on a knock the New England Patriots out of Twodesk sergeants at home will note Starting backfield. who will ask the that he leads the nation in rushing but makes no mentionhealso leads 1t in stolen cars 11—A youngster who may one day coach innocently. find a curefor diabetes will haveto bus dishes. work nights in a gas station wash windows andbuyhis clothes in an Army-Navy store te make ends meet will get the credit. If they don't, the “What's a mid-year eXa 13— If the Oakland Raiders win, ihe Managing general partner, Al Davis. managing general partner will fire the coach 14—Thehalftime shows will feature while, across campus, thecollege foot 141 salutes to Amos Alonzo Stagg. 121 simulated steamboats sailing down the ball star drives around in a black and oid Cadillac with “Bubba” written on the side. sleepsin a plush athleticdor- missed field goal — to the team ranked the playofts and a chanceat the Super No. 1, whereuponit will be dropped all Bowl : the wayto fourth in thepolls, while the 10—Look for some kid who never had No. 1 team remains the same, and to lift anything heavier thana football. some team which would be a 21-point never had to go to a classroom, make underdog to it if they played his own bed. go his buil. even butter tomorrow, will ke ranked No. 2. | his owntoast from the time they found 7—The NewYork Giantswill fire a out he could ran with a football, to be coach if somebody fumbles in the last given a trophy as exemplifying the minuteof the play. best traditions of college athletics. academicians will argue that such a schedule will wreak havoc with mid year exams. This will mystify the the first half, Lowe's 23-yard romp to row, then passing 16 yards to Taft open the series and a 14-yard pass from Rogers to set up first and goal at the Jarman to Mike Bascom werethe key nine. On the next play, Payson’s Alan plays on thatdrive. Page intercepted after Randee MuhlesEvan Rowley’s fumble recovery at tein tipped Jarman’s pass. That occurthe Payson £7 set the Bulldogs up with red just before the end of the half another rtunity two fiays after Provo scored twice in the opening re pe but the Lions held, moments of the second half. Jarman in part to a major penalt; dashed 12 yards to cap a 58-yard, 10against Provo. ete play thrust and then, following a Another two plays after giving the Rowleyinterception, plunged ion from ball up, the Bulldogs had it on the the one to highlight a 12-play, 54-yard Payson 37 after Scott Gardner in- march. tercepted a David Hiatt pass. They On thefirst series keyplays included marched downfield with the pigskin a 10-yard jaunt by Holmes and a 13with Jarman carrying four times in a yard pass from Jarman to Jim Edwards. On the second Holmes, Lowe and Jarmantook turns moving theball downfieid. Payson closed the scoring in thefinal ee when Hiatt passed 33 yards to irk Holt and then added the PAT “Payson's a good team,'’ said Provo's Frank Henderson post-game. “Wefeeifortunate to beat them. We're Pleased for our kids because they've done the work." Henderson praised several of his players, inch Hoimes, Jarman, lowley, Robert Vance and Saia Pi “It's nice to win,” he reminded, “but one game doesn't make a season.” river with real smoke. 2.300 homecoming queens, 180 hardware company mitory, has a secret bank account from the pros, and he can’t even spell floats, 130 card tricks showing a large furry animalbeing kicked in the tail by a smali furry animal, 1.800 American 12—Some sportswriters will lobby for a national playoff system, but flags. school initials spelled out in Seript, and 1,500 cheerleaders will try diabetes to get discoveredon television, reasoning that if Phyllis Georgecould doit, so can they Lowe, JarmanScore Pair of TDs as Provo Stops Payson By BOB HUDSON Santiago's PAT attempt was wide. Following a fumble recovery by David King, Payson marched 69 yards Jarman scored a hdowns in seven plays to deadlock the score at each and Rick Hi rushed for 113 six. Gary Stewart rambled 48 yards on yards and one TD as Provo blitzed an end-around to put the Lions on the Payson 33-13 in Region Six football ac- scoreboard. night. Holmes put Provo ahead for good tion Friday Holmes picked up 66 cf his yards on less than a minute after Stewart's long one play as he rambled that distance run when he burst up the middle and for go-ahead touchdown with 9:39 oes away from all the Payson fenders. left in the first half. Lowecapped a 51-yard march which The Bull opened the scoring on their second possession of the game, took seven plays with a two-yard 56 yards in nine plays with piunge and Santiago driiied the PAT to Lowe bulling over from the two. Scott push Provo ahead 19-6 with 5:49 left in televised live on KBU-TV,chi nel 11, officials said Saturday. Jay Monsen willdo the play-byplay and former BYU football eee Tom Miller will do the col Ir. The BYU-Texas A&M game will be carried live but starting with the BYU-WeberState game i5, each of this season’s games will be aired twice on a tape-delayed basis on KBYU-TV. quarter, but after having to St. Joseph Blasts Tintic Tintic abr i rb Jones ss 1 2:0 Garbettp 3122 Gourley 3112 Campbell If 2000 Walle 2000 Laird 1b 3010 Drapercf 2000 Gillespie rf 1000 McNulty sf 1000 OOPS! Provo's Jim Edwards (46) loses his grasp on the football after s ig behind Payson’s Scott Day during Friday's egion Six opener. Edwards redeemed himself later by corraling a 13-yard pass in St. Joe ‘2B—Shirimizer. Busico Garbett Jones By ROB WAKEFIELD lent SPRINGVILLE — Fullback Danny Duncan lunged for a touchdown from 8 010 O12 one yard out with 15 secondsto play to 00 Om oO cap a five play, 64 yard drive and lead 3B—Garbett, Gourley, Hanifan. Springville to a 13-7 Region Six victory IP H R ER BB SO 774468 over the Carbon Dinosaurs Friday. The Red Devils performed well in $278 UW 200022 their initial contest of the season, but Spanish Fork Dumps Pleasant Grove, 19-6 By KURT KRAGTHORPE Herald Correspondent SPANISH FORK — Veteranquarterback Curtis Evans drilled three scoring strikes to receiver Lane Stokes to headline Spanish Fork’s 19-6 triumph over Pleasant Grove in the Dons’ impressive Region Six debut Friday. Each of the Spanish Fork touchdowns came after Viking turnovers as the opportunistic Dons capitalized on every scoring chance. Ross Critchfield’s fumble recovery at the Viking 48 late in the opening quarter paved the wayfor the Dons’ initial score. Spanish Fork covered the 48 ards in nine plays with Evansfinding Stokes in the end zone from 15 yards out. Key plays in the drive included an eight-yard Evans-to-Stokes toss and an ll-yard scamper by Dale Anderson. Mark Binks added the PAT and the Dons were ahead to stay, 7-0. Brady Jex set up the next Don scoring production when he intercepted a Guy Matsen aerial and raced 37 yards to the Viking eight with time running out in the first half. Evans needed only two playsas hefired a strike to Stokes on a post pattern and the senior split end made a fine catch between two defenders to increase the Spanish Fork advantageto 13-0 at the intermission as Pinks’ extra-point try was blocked. Late in the third stanza, the Dons drove 26 yards to paydirt after a Steve Adams fumble recovery to makeit 190. A pair offine dashes by Steve Griffiths preceded Evans connecting with Penalties yards a fourth-and-12 situation to keep a touchdown drive alive. The Bulldogs’ Mike Bascom and Payson’s Randee Muhlestein keep an eye on the play. (photo by Dennis Patterson) post several goal-line stands the Flyer defense began to weaken underthe constant pounding. Fumbles in the first half spelled doom for the Flyers as they gave the bali up inside their 10-yard line twice, but Timpview could capitalize on just one of those opportunities. Dixie received the opening kickoff butthe offense bogged down. However, on fourth and nine from their own 21 the Flyers were caught three yards short of the first down marker and view took over. Behind the running of backs Jordan Christiansen and Steve Bearnsonthe TBirds moved the ball down the 14-yard line. But the Dixie defense rose for the first of its tough stands and four plays later Timpview gametheball up on the six. Three plays after that defensive tackle Mark Jensen jumped onthefirst of two fumble recoveries he collected, Springville Eases Past Carbon, 13-7 Astrodilio If 1100 Underwood rf 1000 LickmanIf 2012 Hanifan 3b 1110 Totals 30121112 Totals 3474 Tintic Fumbles, lost Punts/avg. ST. GEORGE — The Timpview Thunderbirds have been in the state playoffs each year of their existence and,if Friday night's showing is any indication of their potential, they could makeit three straighttrips this year. Timpview took advantageofearlyoffensive miscues by the Dixie Flyers to post a 34-0 shellacking in the Region Six tae for both teams. The Flyers stayed in the game throughthefirst a timewill be 6:30 p.m. St. Joveph abrhrbl Menderci 4121 Callengosc 3200 Shirmizer 3b 4322 Greenley ss 4244 Isik 1b 3000 Willard 2 2012 Busico p 3111 Larimillo rf 2100 Wong rf 1000 First downs Rushing Passing CAT Provo Payson 16 6 20 i Ce 616] 3.132 52 +41 20 2” 6-40 (00 Flyers, 34-0 On Television EUREKA Shortstop Chad Greenely produced four hits and four RBIin fourtrips to the plate to pace St. Joseph to an 12-4 baseball victory over Tintic in Region Eleven action Friday. Dave Garbett pitched a good game despite picking up the loss for Tintic. Garbett struck out 11 batters, but walked a as he struggled for control. He also banged outa triple, along with Lee Gourley and J.B. Hanifan, to pace Tintic’s hitting attack. Tintic continues action next week against Wendover. 6 uv 71-2 0 6 0 0-13 Provo—Lowe 2 run (kick failed Payson—Stewart 48 run ‘kick failed Provo-Holmes 33 run (kick tailed Provo—Lowe2 run (Santiagokick Provo—Jarman 12 run (Santiagokick Provo—-Jarman 1 ren (Santiago kick) Payson—Holt 33 pass {rom Hiatt (Hiatt kick) T-Birds Crush BYU Game Sept. Provo Payson insurmountable 19-) margin. Post-game, Don mentor DelRoy Anderson tributed his offensive standouts. “Evans makes a lot of things happen for us,” he noted, ‘‘and Stokes made somesuperreceptions.'’ Benefitting from a pair of major penalties against the Dons, Pleasant Grove mountedits finest offensive production of the evening midway through the fourth period, marching 60 yards in 14 plays with fullback Mike Fryer bursting across from three yards out on a fourth-and-goal carry. Mark Thacken hauled in a Matsen pass but was stopped short onthe two-pointbid, resulting in the 19-6 final. The relentless Don defense, which limited to Pleasant Grove to just 48 yards total offense on the night, enabled Spanish Fork to control the contest. ‘It was a good defensive effort,”” Anderson analyzed, ‘‘They all played well.”’ Jex recorded secondinterception to highlight the performance, and Earl Stoneman and Deke Taylor both were impressive. Thacken and Craig Jasper each snatched Evans tosses to lead the Viking defensive effort. Spanish Fork's Anderson led all rushers with 42 yards in nine carries. F o 1% G 000648 SF-Stokes 15 pass {rom Evans (Binks kick) SF-Stokes 8 pass from SFStokes 12 pass {ror Evans (kick failed) ns (pass failed) PG-Fryer 3 run (pass failed) First Downs Rush yds Pass yds Stokes once again on a 12-yard Passos C-A-1 touchdown completion. Craig Swapp Punts-ave picked off Evans’ two-point pass al- Pen.-yds temptbut Spanish Fork gained an Fumbles-lost SF PG 0 7 uy om 4 2 6142 39:3 5-35 4-39 the win was marred by somecostly injuries. ‘ “We were lucky to comeoutalive but actually I’m not sure we did Springville coach Mike Jacobsensaid, referring to tailbacks Kelly Smith and Jeff Strong, who were both injured during the game. Smith was downed with a backinjury after taking on most of the lugging choresin the first quarter and racking up 38 yards on eight carries. Strong then replaced him and piled up 35 yards in just five lugs, but then an arm injury sidelined him for the remainderof the game and perhaps longer. But quarterback Mark Averett took over and established a strong passing attack to complement Duncan's rushing, and Springville’s defense held the Dinos to just five first downs’io take command of the game. Despite demolishing the Dinos in statistics, the Devils had difficulty pushing the pigskin in for scores, and Carbontallied first after gaining excellentfield position when Barry Woodruff returned a punt 36 yards to the Springville 24 On the next play tailback Scott Nielson took a pitch-out and raced around the left end untouched into the end zone just moments before thefirst period ended. Woodruff kicked the extra point to put the Dinos ahead 7-0. But the rest of the contest belonged to the Devils, and with 7:30 remaining in the half Mike Miner raced 23 yards to the 38 on a punt return to initiative Springville’s first scoring drive. Strong and Duncanalternated carries to move the Devils to the Dino45, then after a four-yard loss on which Strong was injured Averett connected with Minerat the 36 for a first down. Once again the Dinos punctured Springville’s blocking and sacked Averett for a 12-yard loss to the48, but Duncan went up the middle on third down and churned to the 37. Then, on fourth-and-11 Averett stepped upoutof the pocketto elude a Dino defender, found Miner at the 25, and Miner hauled in the pass and scampered in for a touchdown. Garth Felix booted the extra to tie the score. Springville engiieered a 70-yard drive and advanced to the Carbon oneyard line with a fourth-and-goalsituation just moments before the end of the third quarter, But Duncan was stacked up by Carbon's Steve Rader ona left draw, and the Dinos regained possession. The teams exchanged possession until the two-minute mark when the Devils took over ontheir own36 after a punt. Averett then went to work on the Dino secondary, and in two plays the Devils had afrst down on the Dino five. Averett first hit John Allen atthe Carbon 41, then Miner made a beautiful, over-the-shoulder reception of an Averett bomb beforefalling at the five. Duncan went up the middle to the four, then dived off right tackle io the one with 20 seconds remaining. Springvilie 070 6-13 Carbon 700 0-7 Carbon-Nielson 24 run (Woodruff kick) Springville-Miner 37 pass {romAverett Feliy kick) Springville-Durcan 1 run‘kick failed) Springville Carbon First downs Yards rushing giving the T-Birds the ball on the Flyer six. Rising onceagain to the occasion, the Flyer defense halted Timpview in four plays. But fate and good fortune were not with the Flyers as, on the next play, Dixie coughed up the ball with Jensen again recovering. This timeit was just too much to ask of the Flyer defense and Timpview scored with Christiansen blasting in from two yards away. Kicker Mark Wheadon added the PAT and Timpview led 7-0 with 2:21 left in the initial period. After taking the ensuing kickoff and then being assessed a 15-yard penalty, the Flyers quick-kicked on third down, giving Timpview the ballon its 45. Nineplayslater Bryce Lyons slipped across joal line from three que out. The PAT attemptfailed and Timpview led 13-0 with 9:32left in the half. Mark Bateman gave the T-Birds another scoring opportunity two pla, after the kickoff when he eae 4 another Flyer fumble on the Dixie 12. But the apparent touchdownonthe next play was Called back on a holding call the T-Birds had to settle for a missed field goal attempt fourplays later. Dixie finally got its offense going and moved the ball from its own 20 to the Timpview 32, wioth the big play a 20yard run from Kole Staheli and a 16ard pass from Staheli to Jayme iplin. But two incomplete passes stalled the drive. Tiompview took over on its 32 on taefinal scoring drive of the If. i With about three minutes remaining Lyons started the drive with a nineyard run and the T-Birds were aided by a 15-yard penalty by Dixie to put them on the Flyers’ 41-yard line. jut with two back-to-back 15-yard penalties, suddenly Timpview had a first and 40 situation on its own 30. Just when most teams would have folded and waited for the halftime rest the T-Birds started clicking behind quarterback Kimball Lundahl and Bearnson.But the drive wasn’t without help from Dixie as the Flyers were charged with a roughing the kicker penalty on a fourth and 32 situation to give the T-Birds an automatic first down. Six plays after the penalty Dahl Downing popped throughthe middlefor six yards and the third TD for Timpview. Wheadon added the PAT to make it 20-0 at intermission. I 6 Timpview 139 i Yards passing M5 CAT Fumbles ‘lost 13-0 unts Pen-Yards +29 640 54 3-141 33021 5-40 6-80 713.7 1-4 T-Christiansen 2 un | Wheadon Rick T-Lyons 3 run ‘kick failed) T-Downing 6 run (Wheadon kick T-Lyons 1 run (Wheadon kick) ‘T-Wheadon 13 pass from Lundahl Bateman kick! Cavemen Hammer Redmen, 40-18 CEDAR CITY — American Fork quarterback Roger Brady threw four touchdown passes Friday night and senior fuilback Bruce Hansen rushed for over 100 yards as the Cavemen opened the season with a 40-18 Region Six football victory over CedarCit Brady fired three touchdownstrikes in the first quarter and Arnerican Fork led 20-6. Brady found Todd Wheeler wide-open over the middie for the Cavemen's firsi touchdown. Then, following a Cedar fumble, Brady threw to Hansen on a 43-yard touchdown pass and the Cavemen were out in front 14-0 after the first six minutes of action. The Cavemen then marched 64 yards for a third touchdown as Brady led speedster Jeff Evans perfectly on a 28yard scoring pass. Coach Don Mower was visibly pleased with his team's effort and said he thought the American Fork passing gamewasextremelyeffective for this oaie the season. “Our passing game worked very well, We didn't get our running game going as well as we would haveliked, Then Cedar quarterback Carey but we were pleased with the job Larson movedthe Redmien 80 yards for Hansenand Bradydid for us,’ Mower said Hansen showed why manyobservers think he could be the best prep playerin the state. He not only rushed for over 100 yards, but he caught passes good for over the century mark, too, and his defensive effort was tremendous. Second-team quarterback Daniel Smith guided the Cavemenona 59-y drive in the second quarter with a Hansen 3l-yard run setting up the a touchdown with Gary Alger skirting the right end with a scoring pass from Larsen. Alger made three key runs on the drive and Scott Henderson caught two passesfor 28 yards. **We movedthe bail well most of the night andourline, sspte being smaller, opened somereally nice holes, said Cedar coach Jim Dalton. ‘We saw some good things from our offense tonight. I think Larson did everything we could ask of him underthe circumstances.” Larson was moved into the starting spot Thursday night after it was learned that starter David Carter couldn't play becauseofillness. Carter may return in a couple of weeks but Friday night the Redmen missed his ability to scramble to the outside touchdown. Bob Mendenhall drove the final two yards and American Forkled 27-6 early in the second quarter after Keith Ciriako's extra point. While the Cavemen moved the ball well, scoring the first four times they had it, Cedar City also showed an offense of its own. Larson was the junior varsity The Redmenreeled off two straight first downs following American Fork’s quarterback last year and had to step first touchdown. But a fumble on a into the leadership role on last-minute broken play stopped the drive notice, He completed three ofhisfirst Promalutely, it was then that Brady hit four passes, including the touchdown lansenfor the second A.F. touchdown pass to Alper, and guided all three CedarCity scoring drives In the second quarter the Redmen had a secondandfive at the A.F. eight yard line but the Cavemen sacked Larson twice to end the threat. Somekey defensive mistakes made the difference as American Fork reeled off its first three touchdowns ‘Our linebackers and defensive secondary didn't pick up the potential receivers we especially had difficulty with receivers coming out of the backfield,” Dalton said. The Cedar secondary also suffered some last minute adjustments when Carter was lost at safety and Henderson was moved from cornerback to defensive end to replace the injured Dave Lapour. American Fork 207 6 7-40 Cedar City 6 00 1-18 AF Wheeler #4 pass fromBrady \Ciriako kick AF—Hansen 43 pass from Brady Ciriako kick! CC—Alger 9 pass {rom Larson ‘kick failed) APE) pass from Brady’ (pass failed! AR 1 2 run (Cir ck s fromBrady (kick blocked) pass fromSmith(Ciriakokick CC—Slaugh run (run failed) CC—Webb22 run(runfailed) |
