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Show 2 WEST VALLEY VIEW Thursday, Sept. 22, 1983 a Region Opener - Lancers Roll Past Cyprus GRANGER. Cyprus bolted to a 13-- 0 lead over Granger here Friday, but the slumbering Lancer offense awoke to take a victory in the league opener. Both teams are at home this week, with the Lancers hosting a dangerous Cottonwood squad and Cyprus inviting Granite to share in Homecoming activities. The kickoff at Granger is slated for 4 : 30, while in Magna its 7 p.m. Granger Coach Mike Fraser considers the Cottonwood contest a pivotal one for both teams. The Colts contest to Skyline lost a Friday, while Granger must next face powerful Olympus. Granite found out the Titans are for real, seeing its unbeaten streak end at three. Homecoming at Cyprus is generally an unpleasant experience for the visitor. The Pirates, who have struggled offensively, came out in a new alignment and it gave the Lancers some problems Friday. Cyprus drove 80 yards on its first possession, the key play a d run by Chad Fuller, setting up a dash to paydirt by Todd Christianson. Moments later Christianson found Kelly Goodfellow on a pass from the 34 and the Bucs were up Granger, however, made the adjustment. The Lancer running game came to life. Mitch Mills hit Gene Tafoya on a pass play that covered 59 yards to trim it to 13-- 7 and the Lancers took the lead on a Mills to Mike Smith strike moments before the half. The conversion gave the Lancers all the points they would need. But they werent through. The Pirate defense could not stop Granger on the ground. Mike d Wilding ran 17 yards to set up a plunge by Kelly Foote and later in the third period, Gene Tafoya took the ball 26 yards. A pass play to Smith rounded out the scoring. The man who made the offense go never got into the end zone. Randy 34-1- 3 hard-foug- Weiss rushed 14 times for 140 yards. Granger also got 100 from Tafoya on 13 carries and 169 through the air on Mills 6x15 effort. Coach Fraser said offensive line play was the key. Coach Bill Hunter bemoaned the fact that the Pirate defense broke down just after the offense finally found itself. Granger survived three turnovers, with Pirates Mike Lantz and Bob Wolford recovering fumbles and Cory Romell intercepting a pass. The Bucs didnt turn the ball over. Granger totaled 383 yards of offense, Cyprus 178. Weiss was the offensive player of the game for the Lancers, while the defense was led by Todd Neilson who had nine HANGING IN THERE touchdown fires Ericson of Olympus . . . Rich pass despite pressure Granite's Todd Barney (77) and David Taylor (56). Alex Hoggan (7) blocks Devon Fuller (54). from Third Quarter Buries Granite - Titans Thunder Past Farmers Open Defense Of Title To GRANITE PARK. Olympus performed like a machine in the third period here Friday, exploding for four touchdowns to rout Granite 47-- in the Region Three opener for both teams. The Farmers had gone into the contest unbeaten and displayed a considerable amount of emotion in half-tim- e holding the Titans to a edge. But the third quarter belonged to Titan signal caller Rich Ericson and a bevy of talented receivers. Granite will try to regroup tomorrow (Friday) against a Cyprus squad that was a big loser at Granger Friday. Game time for the Pirate Homecoming contest is 7 p m. Olympus will also be a Homecoming guest at Skyline where the Eagles share the region lead at It will be the traditional Battle of the Rock and the unbeaten Titans will be after their fourth straight win over Skyline. In Fridays outing, the Titans turned their first possession into a score, covering 67 yards in six plays. Rick Douglas scampered across from the four after a Ericson to Steve Hannay completion set up the score. Brett Jackson added the well-oile- d 9 14-- 3 0. PAT anditwasOly defense, Granite, with a sustained one good offensive drive, that in the second period. But when dirt-toug- h it counted, the Titan defense toughened and forced the Farmers to settle for a field goal by Dana Evans. That cut it to Moments later Olympus looked like it might have been in some trouble when the kickoff was fumbled at the Titan 15 and recovered by Andy Katoa. The official ruled, however, that the ball had been blown dead. Granite protested vehemently, but to no avail. From there, Ericson drove his team out of trouble before being forced to punt. A Granite fumble recovered by Steve Thompson led to an Ericson to Hannay scoring play and the Titans took a 3 lead to the locker room. The bad break became a moot point in the third period when the Titans literally exploded behind the pinpoint passing of Ericson. The first score came on a three-pla- y drive, with Douglas scoring from the pass compleeight after a tion to Chad Gardner, capping a drive. Douglas would score twice more in runs sandthe period on wiched around a strike to Hannay for six points. Jackson was perfect on his conversions. The last Titan score came in the fourth d plunge long period on a after the starters were celebrating 14-- five-yar- on the sideline. Junior quarterback Randy Casper made his debut a memorable one, subbing for an injured Kreg Peterson. On the last play of the third period he hooked up with Katoa on a screen pass that went for an score. He went on to complete 7x15 for 148 yards and may be called upon to play tomorrow, with Peterson nursing sore ribs. Ericson got off to a slow start, but completed 10x18 for 284 yards. The Titan ground game added another 171, with Alex Hoggan rushing for 64 on nine carries and Douglas 55 on 14. Hannay caught five passes for 110 yards, Gardner four for 136 as Oly took advantage of double coverage on Andy Boyce. Coach Louie Long called it a satisfying win, praising the play of both (See Page 3, Col. 1) Others On Road - one-yar- SALT LAKE. The University of Utah will have the only game in town this weekend. The Utes are the only major college grid squad in the Beehive state with a home game. Theyll entertain Hawaii at 7: 30 p.m. Saturday in Rice Stadium. Brigham Young will travel to the Air Force Academy for a 1:30 tussle. Its expected to be one of the stiffest challenges to another WAC title for the Cougars. Utah State will draw the toughest foe during an invasion of Missouri. The Tigers, a challenger for the Big Eight crown, will be decided favorites. Weber State will be at Cheney, Wash, for a 1:30 game with Eastern Washington. Utah is coming off a 4 homeopening victory over San Diego State, decidedly improving Ute chances in the WAC title race. Hawaii, which had trounced Colorado State in its first game, was shocked by Long Beach State Itll be the 15th renewal of the series between the two, with Utah holding a 10-- 4 advantage in the win column. A year ago, however, the Warriors copped a 10-- verdict in 23-2- Stuart Johnson (53) of Olympus bursts Into Granite sock Farmer quarterback Kreg Peterson deep in his own to backfield territory. 625 7 Honolulu. UTAH ACADEMY GYMNASTICS East 9800 S., Sandy New Fall 571-882- 4 Air force was looming as a title threat in the WAC until dropping a 7 surprise to Wyoming on Saturday. The Falcons had whipped Colorado State and Texas Tech with ease in earlier assignments. BYU, on the other hand, demolish8 ed Bowling Green in its first home appearance, evening the record at Itll be the fifth game between the two schools and last years 8 upset is the only tussle the Air Force has won. heartbreak-e- r Utah State lost a to Cal StateFullerton at Logan Saturday and will carry an 2 record to Missouri. The Tigers were also losers last week, bowto Wisconsin. ing Earlier, though, Missouri had whipped Illin14-- 63-2- 39-3- 25-2- 4 Program Boys, Girls and KINDER-GY- M 0-- one-poi- 21-2- 0 ois 28-1- Its the the two. first-eve- r game between Weber upped its record to Horseshoe Titles MURRAY. Playoffs were necessary to determine champions in three of four classes in the state Horseshoe Pitching Assn, tournament here over the weekend. Clarence Giles emerged victorious in a playoff with Jack Raymond in the Class A meet after both finished Ron Hunt regulation play at won the Class B title with a mark. Cleo Snarr won a three-waplayoff with Oscar Carlson and Rex Buchanan in the Class C meet, while Jim Shaw and Art Balingham finishin Class D after a playoff. ed one-tw10-- 2 y o Other Class A competitors in their order of finish were Bruce Crane, Richard Backer, Jay West, Keith Erickson, LaMont Gardner, Tito Archuleta, Dennis Ohms, Richard Buchanan, Bill Cronknte, Gary Hughes. Class B. Rudy Lobato, Frank Minster, Doyle Peterson, Harold Griffin, Russ Bruce Eyre, George Sarkis, Horan, Cyprus 27-2- IN PERIL. . . Playoffs Decide Wendell Bundy, Nober Zuniga, Jerry Moritz, Cleo Snarr. Class C. Steve Minster, Gary Gilbert, Lynn Palmer, Robert Morley, Jay Noyce, Marlow Peterson. Class D. Herbert Zaft, Rod Snarr, Ron Peterson. Utes Will Be Host To Hawaii d one-yar- 2-- 0 by 3 trimming Northern Arizona last weekend. The host Eagles lost 3 to Idaho State, their second setback of the new year. Theyd bowed to Boise State a week earlier. The schools have met twice before, with the Cats winning both games. Last year it was by a slim 4 margin in Ogden. 26-1- 20-1- 32-1- 4 27-2- Is Favored SALT LAKE. Convinced that his team has seen the last of a series of outclassed opponents, Judge Memorial Coach Frank LEtoile was working his squad extra hard this week in anticipation of playing at Murray tomorrow (Friday). The Bulldogs ran roughshod over Tooele Friday, scoring 21 points in the first period enroute to a 43-- victory. LEtoile, who must face Murray and Jordan on the road before playing at home against West, called the Spartans the best 4 team in the state. Murray beat Jordan every way but on the scoreboard. We know Jordan is good so we have to assume that we will have our hands full Friday, he said. The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. His major concern was the Spartan passing attack. And the relative weakness of the past two teams the Bulldogs have faced. . Tooele was never really in the game. Paul Barbiero scored on runs of 20 and 40 yards before the crowd had settled into its seats and John McCormick added another score from the one. Tooele was forced to settle for a field goal after a Judge turnover gave the Buffs the ball down deep early in the second period. Judge played much of that period as if things were already decided, but with 19 seconds left and 70 yards to go, the Bulldogs pulled a pretty pass out of the playbook, with Tony Cordova hitting a streaking Barbiero in the flat for six more. Sophomore Kelly Terril added another PAT for a 28-- edge. The second half was devoted largely to allowing everyone to play. 3 0-- 3 Barbiero added his fourth touchdown and in the final period, sophomore quarterback Buddy Mele scored on a option play. Judge rushed for 232 yards and passed for 155 more on just five completions. Barbiero had 104 on the ground on 11 carries and 108 on two pass recepkick return. He tions, plus a was the obvious choice for offensive - Coaches Preview Region 3 Volleyball GRANITE PARK. Though the Region Three volleyball season will not officially begin for nearly two more weeks, area teams from the league will be far from idle this weekend. Cyprus Coach Tom Given will take his squad to West high for a tournament that will also attract Region Three foes Granite and Olympus. Cyprus has been picked to win the region, though Given suspects the coaches who voted Cyprus as number one just wanted to take the heat off themselves. Cyprus, which has compiled a 2 record thus far in preleague play, has Sherri Johnson, Angi Johnson, Bambi Preston, Ann Brady, 6-- Gwenette Simpson, Stephanie Austin, Colette Johnson and Debbie Van Klavern as starters. Granite Coach Alice Nellestein, who hopes her young squad can gain some needed experience in the West tournament, says with luck, the team will finish in the top four in the region this season. Granites roster, which boasts only one senior, Lorri Desmond, includes juniors Susan Goldhardt, Hayley Wilson, Jennifer Merrill, Ginger Astill and Brenda Soderquist and sophomore Joyce Copier. Olympus has what Coach Linda Main calls "one of the strongest hitters in the state in Leslie Aston, and a senior dominated team which should finish at or near the top of the region. Main feels this weekends tournament at West should be her squads biggest preleague test. 2 1 2-- 0 week. - player of the week honors. The Burkley brothers, Jeff and Matt, earned back and lineman honors, while the defensive honor went to Sean Skamness. Tooele turned the ball over four times, with McCormick recovering a fumble and tipping a pass into the hands of Jim Oys. Kevin Moore, Joe Colosimo and Bill Batt also recovered fumbles. LEtoile was also pleased with the punting of Scott Oppocher. He had high praise for his coaching staff for their preparation of the team during a week when a family death called him out of town. Favored MHS For Region 6 Volleyball Title MURRAY. My kids say were going to win it and I cant argue with them. That was the observation this week of Coach Becky Anderson, whose Murray high girls are preparing for Region Six volleyball action to get under way. Im behind them 100 percent, Anderson stated, noting that Toole and West also have excellent chances of winning the region, but that West would have to be considered the long shot of the three. Graduation really hurt W.ggfs chances, she said. Murrays starters are --Kristen Burtoft, Kelly McFalls, Laurie Johnson, Brenda Moody, April Aiono and Brenda Young. Murray took fourth place in its own tournament over the weekend with a record, finishing one place behind Region Six foe Tooele. Judge Memorial Coach Maureen Eckroth took her team to the Murg ray tournament and finished a eighth in an eight-teafield. Judge will try to improve on that outing as it travels to West high for a tournament today (Thursday), Friday and Saturday. Judge starters are Allie Rowland, Barb Eckcroth, Jamie Adamson, Peta Owens, Ann Ehresman and a Holly Hintze. Jan Galkway, starter for most of the year, was injured in the Murray tournament and will not play. 2 dissa-pointin- SALT LAKE. The County Recreation Dept, has scheduled a basketball organizational meeting in preparation for the 1983-8- 4 season. The session, scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at Utah Technical College, must be attended by everyone planning to enter a team. Interested persons may call Fred 6 for more inTamagawa at formation. 535-565- M. nmiisiiou IS HAVING A PARTY TO THANK YOU" FOR HELPING US GROW Register for k FREE PRIZES all Month DINNERS FOR TWO At Don Antonio's - Drawings Everyday FREE OIL CHANGE & LUBE AT MIDAS MOO IN GROCERIES AT HARMONS & DRAWINGS EACH WEEK No Purchase Necessary COME SEE OUR NEW SERVICE CENTER iTTiTTATHtTi r Itussseci K R. TRANSMISSION -- MAINTENANCE SPECIAL Change fluid Clean filter Adiust bands Adjust linkage Plus fluid 3 Blackburn, Tammy Helf, Tammy Olsen, Angela Parker, Annette Perkins, Jennifer Coots, Denai Decker and Wendy Truesdell. which finished Cottonwood, are Aston, Elizabeth Dunford, Janna Parker, Grangers starters are Lori 3-- 1 Meeting For Cagers Planned seventh in the Murray tournament, is the only team in the region to start all seniors. Coach Shirley Allen feels this experience will enable her squad to challenge in every match this season. Cottonwoods starters are Michelle Matsuda, Sue Zenger, Jill Johnson, Melisa Segerstedt, Lisa Cuthbert, Jennifer Beeny and Tonia Telford. Olympus starters Lisa Rigby, Shannon McBride, Laura Lyn Vance, Andrea Wright and Becky Rich. Granger, which has compiled a preleague record, is a sure bet to make it to the state tournament this season, according to Coach Stephanie Green. Granger is coming off a fifth place showing in a tournament at Murray last weekend. 0-- 1 Judge Attention Focused On MHS n 13-- 3-- After Routing Tooele six-yar- play-actio- unassisted tackles, a pass deflection and a pair of sacks. Lantz was the Pirate player of the game. Coach Hunter admitted his team is badly in need of a win, falling to Granite brings a 1 mark into the where it fray, but both are counts. with the Granger improved to victory and is among the leagues most improved teams. Cottonwood, and may be the last year, is most improved team in the state. They scare me, Fraser says. The Colts are very young, but are skilled and defensively stingy. Granger will have to establish its running game to mark to Olympus next take a WCOUPON IF YOU NEED $6 95 MAJOR REPAIRS wcoupon omsiNDStiesj Offer ends 93083 i Mil 972-122- 2 1810 W. 3500 SOUTH WEST VALLEY (north ind thumb monssiauis- - TRAXSASS3I TRAINED PROFESSIONALS 268-672- 1 4420 SO. THESE PARTICIPATING STATE ONLY MURRAY i |