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Show 4 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, Sept. 8, 1988 SPORTS Cougars Shear Rams 26 - 14 KEARNS. It would appear that Kearns is for real. After decking West Jordan 30-1- 0 in opening week play, the Cougar football team made highly rated Highland its next victim, shearing the favored Rams 26-1- 4 (Friday) at West at 4:30 p.m. and prepares for the league wars to follow. Right now, one of the major problems facing Kearns Coach Tom Larson the keeping enthusiasm of his young team under control as it winds up tomorrow action pre-leag- year." The Cougars got week two off to a good start by notching a late first quarter field goal of 24 yards by Rick Carothers. Late Bulldog Score Sinks 0-- 2 Pirates SALT LAKE. Quarterback Rob d Sonne scored on a keeper with 17 seconds left to lift Judge Memorial to a 13-- 6 win over Cyprus on the Judge field one-yar- FREE FOR ALL.. Mike Mouritsen (15) of Granger dives on football knocked loose by teammate J.R. Burbidge on the first play of Viewmonts . d initial drive Friday. Homestanding Granger the visiting Vikes sending the Lancers mark. in league action with a 0 pum-mele- 48-1- 4, 2-- pre-leag- Friday night. Judge will travel to Logan tomorrow (Friday) to play the Grizzlies in a 7:30 game while Cyprus will open Region Three play at Granger in a 4:30 game. The win for Judge came after a Lancers Run Roughshod Over Vikes For Second Victory WEST VALLEY. Prior to' the start of play, many area coaches picked Granger as the team to beat in Region Three football and by administering their second shelling in a row, a 48-1- 4 home win over Viewmont Friday, the Lancers have done nothing to discourage that opinion. Granger, averaging 47 points in its first two games, now heads into league play tomorrow (Friday), hosting Cyprus at 4:30 p.m. "To be perfectly honest with you," Granger Coach Mike Fraser said after Fridays game, "we do have a pretty good team. But this is a tough league and were going be tested." Granger kicked off to Viewmont, but on the Vikes first play from scrimmage J.R. Burbidge of Granger knocked the ball loose and Mike Mouritsen recovered at the Viewmont 35. Moments later, Jeremy Lewis scored from the 10. The PAT try failed. Lewis followed with a touchdown run on Grangers next possession. The Lancers went for two points, but came up short. In the second period, Viewmont returned a punt to the Granger 35 then drove to first and goal at the five. Grangers defense held the Vikings on three straight tries, forcing a field goal try that sailed wide. Starting back the other way, Granger drove 80 yards for a third six pointer, notched on a d from Craig pass to Tyler Wilder. VanWorkam VanWorkam added the PAT. Viewmont then put together its best drive of the game, moving to the Lancer 25. Granger forced a halt on four downs and took over. offense, Working the VanWorkam hit Wayne Olsen d with a scoring pass. Lewis ran for two more points, making the halftime score 27-Grangers Bruce Monroe ran the second half kickoff back to 50-ya- two-minu- te 10-yar- 0. hard-fough- t, sive struggle which saw the only d score in the first half a field goal kick by Bulldog Kirt 37-yar- midfield, sending the Lancers off on another scoring drive, capped dive by Mouritsen. by a one-yar- d Granger made it 41-- 0 on an eight-yar- d run by Wilder and VanWorkams PAT kick. Then Granger wrapped up its scoring when substitute passed Sorensen. 13-yar- defen- well-playe- d, Terrill. In the third quarter Marve Eberhardt put Cyprus ahead with a spectacular run, but the PAT was missed. The score stood up until the fourth quarter when, with six minutes left, Terrill evened the count with a 31 yard field goal. Cyprus took the ensuing kickoff and marched to the Judge 36 where a fourth and one play was stopped by Judge and the Dogs then went to work on their 40-ya- 6-- quarterback to Steve -- set up Fumble recoveries Viewmonts scores, also in the fourth quarter. The Lancer offensive line once last-minu- again came in for praise from Coach Fraser. With a offensive performance its easy to 426-yar- 3 heroics. te The biggest play in the Judge march was a pass play from Sonne to Steve Prokopis and helped to set up the last second scoring burst by Sonne. Judge Coach John Colosimo was pleased with his teams play, and mentioned that he thought the play of his inside linebackers, Scott Ravarino and Eric Brown, was exceptional and that Mike Steele ; had a, good game both offensively and defensively. Sonne also came in for praise from his d following 32-yar- see why. VanWorkam was 8x15 passing for 127 yards with Mouritsen getting six catches for 51 yards. Wilder and Lewis each gained 100 yards on the ground. Defensively, Bill Loveland was the top tackier, while Dave Ryan, Mouritsen and Scott Lundell also played well. d HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE Thursday, Sept. 8 Bingham at American Fork, p.m. Cottonwood 3 at Cyprus, 3:30 p.m. Taylorsville at Granger, 3:30 p.m. Orem at Hillcrest, 4 p.m. Kearns at Murray, 3:30 p.m. West Jordan at Mountain View, 4 p.m. Brighton at Alta, 4 p.m. Skyline at Olympus, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 Murray at Ben Lomond, 4 p.m. Mountain View at Bingham, . 4 p.m. American Fork at Brighton, 4 p.m. Olympus at Cottonwood, CLEAR SAILING.. . Granger running back Jeremy Lewis breaks past the last Viewmont defender on a run for the Lancers second touchdown Friday. Granger found the end zone five d Alta at Orem, 4 p.m. Kearns at Skyline, 3:30 p.m. Cyprus at Taylorsville, 3:30 p.m. ' Hillcrest at West Jordan, 4 p.m. more times, while managing to limit the Vikings to a pair of late fourth quarter scores, breezing to a 48-- 1 4 victory. pre-leag- contest as homestanding Weber came back from a 19-deficit to win in the final minute of play Friday Warrior Head Coach Randy Tuft must now rally his troops for the start of Region Three action hard-foug- 7 21-1- 9. tomorrow (Friday), when Taylorsville hosts Skyline in a 4:30 p.m. Deluca. The PAT was missed and Taylorsville led 13-- 7 at the half. Taylorsvilles defense made a heroic stand in the third quarter, stopping Weber on fourth and inches at the goal line. Scott and outside linebacker Ryan Coates got penetration on the series final play. y Taylorsville initiated a drive from its own three to the Weber four, completed by 22-pla- Mackays two-poi- nt touchdown try failed. run. A contest. Weber began throwing the ball Things got off to a bad start more and with success, using the when the Taylorsville draw play bus pass to set up a overheated on the way to Weber. Taylorsville threatened followThe bad luck continued on the ing the kick, driving to Webers Warriors first possession, when, nine before fumbling. Still the after Lance Scott caused and Guy Warriors were not finished as a fumble, Mackay recovered they forced a punt with 1:30 left penalties forced things to a halt. in the game. With time running Things began to change on the out, a field goal attempt next possession, when Taylorsmissed to the right. ville drove 52 yards for the games "Our defense had a couple of first score, Mackay taking the ball nice stands against Weber," said in from the seven. Jeremy Jones Coach Tufts, "and we outgained added the PAT. them offensively." Weber quickly evened things up Taylorsville gained 191 yards on by running the Taylorsville kick the ground with Mackay netting back for 80 yards and a 86 yards on 16 tries. Deluca was touchdown. 7x14 passing for 74 yards. Craig Moments later, Weber threatSnelton had a couple of big ened again when Taylorsville catches. fumbled at its own 28. But Scott caused a Defensively, Taylorsville was able to force a fumble and had the big play at field goal try that sailed wide. the goal line, anchoring a solid Taylorsville opened the second performance by the men up front, drive quarter with an Rob Rogers, John Larsen and Jim seven-yara by capped Sterzer. Tony Paulos and Mackay quarterback bootleg by Nick also received praise. 13-yar- 40-ya- 80-yar- d d d Thursday, Sept. 15 at Brighton, 4 p.m. Granger at Cyprus, 3:30 p.m. Cottonwood at Kearns, 3:30 p.m. East at Murray, 3:30 pun. West Jordan at Alta, 4 p.m. at Olympus, 3:30 Taylorsville Orem THS Loses Battle Of Warriors TAYLORSVILLE. For the second week in a row, Taylorsvilles football team ran into a Region One crew and came away second best in another close, 3:30 p.m. for a touchdown, The go ahead scored came on its next possession. p.m. 14th Annual High School Rodeo Due At Fairgrounds MURRAY. The Bingham Rodeo Club will be presenting its 14th annual high school rodeo on Friday and Saturday, Sept. at the Murray Fairgrounds, 5300 0, State. Fridays action will start at 6:30 slate with Saturdays p.m. with cow 9 at a.m. beginning cutting following at 1 p.m. and night competition at 7 p.m. Contestants from throughout Utah will be taking part in eleven events: bareback, saddlebronc and bull riding; goat tying, barrel racing, pole bending, team roping, steer wrestling, calf roping and cutting. There will also be a "queen contest" held at 10 a.m. Friday. So. break-a-awa- y, Buckles will be presented for the top three contestants in each event and for the queen and awards attendants. will also be presented for the top cowgirl and cowboy. Winners of each event will qualify for the State High School finals to be held next June in Heber Utah. The Bingham Rodeo is a national high school All-arou- qualifiying rodeo. Stock contractor is the Circle J Rodeo Company, owned by Jim and John Mascaro. Three members of the Bingham club qualified for this years national finals, held in Pueblo, Colo. They were Mike Buckley in bareback, Matt Evans in steer wrestling and Jasen Olsen in bareback. As a team, Utahs contingent placed ninth. Jackie Wagstaff of Lehi was the top cowgirl, Andrea Allen took third in goat tying and Eric Nielsen third in bareback, competing against entrants from all over the U.S. and Canada. The Bingham club members includes representatives of 14 area schools including Alta, Bingham, Cottonwood, Cyprus, Hillcrest, Hunter, Granger, Murray, Taylorsville and West Jordan highs; Bingham, Oquirrh Hills and West Jordan middles; and Brockbank junior. For additional information on the rodeo, those interested may call either Sharon at Karen at or Marge at 966-133- 9, 968-459- 7 566-898- 7. eight-yar- d 6-- 3. dont want our kids to get big heads or to get over confident," he explained. "Weve got to go out and play football every week. If were able to do that, we could do all right this "I just at Kearns Friday. struck next on an run early in the second quarter, but a try for two points failed and the Rams led Kearns moved back in front to stay on its next possession, when Robert Carrillo bulled in from the one. With Carothers kick, Kearns led at the half 10-In the third quarter, Kearns Kevin Stambaugh recovered a fumble, setting up a second Carothers field goal, this one Highland s. A major Highland threat, set up by a short Kearns punt, was turned back on downs after started at the Cougar Highland 30. The two teams then went into a period of trading fumbles, but Kearns got the better of it when LeRoy Vea recovered a Ram for turnover and raced the Cougars second touchdown. Carothers kick made it 20-- 6 93-yar- coach as Colosimo noted that Sonne had passed for 132 yards and also had played well at weak safety on defense. Prokopis pulled his team out of danger with his punting, with one of his punts traveling from Judges 15 to the Cyprus 14, a 71 yard kick which was one yard short of the record 72 yarder by Russell Griffith several years ago. Prokopis also qot off one kick on the dead run when the snap from center was -- bad. Cyprus Coach Jerry Simonson was also pleased with his teams effort and stated that the Pirates "played well defensively overall and our offense was better than it was against Hillcrest. Cyprus had 200 yards rushing, but sill needs to improve the passing game, the Coach said. Troy Miller led Cyprus with 102 yards gained on 21 rushes while Eberhardt had seven rushes for 82 yards. Cyprus completed only two of seven pass attempts and also had trouble when on fourth and short yardage, going four times and only making the necessary yardage once. And that was on a penalty. The defense, according to Coach Simonson, was led by linebackers Jeff Masena and Rich McCauley, who came off the bench. Lance Gibson, Scott Pickering and Trent Gobel were also singled out by their coach as was Troy Miller, who had a good game at both running back and strong safety. Kearns. As Kearns fumble then set up Highlands first touchdown with the following PAT bringing the Rams to within a touchdown. Highland tried an onside kick, but Kearns was able to recover at its own 33. Moments later quarterback Jeremy Castro hit Roger Griffith with a touchdown pass. The PAT was 17-yar- d missed. After the Kearns kick, it looked like Highland would have one more shot, but Shawn Callahan door with an the shut interception. Callahan was the top tackier in a "bend, but not break" defensive effort for Kearns. Vea added a fumble recovery for a touchdown and Lance Somerville played well at linebacker until an injury forced him to retire from the game. On offense, Kearns had 169 yards rushing with Stambaugh netting 68 on nine carries and Griffiths 51 on 14 attempts. Castro was 3x10 passing for 59 yards. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 9: Bingham at American Fork, 7:30 p.m. Olympus p.m. at Cottonwood, 4:30 Cyprus at Granger, 4:30 p.m. Sky View at Granite, 7:30 p.m. . Judge at Logan, 7:30 p.m. Fruita, Colo, at Jordan, 4:30 p.m. Hillcrest at Mountain View, 7:30 Benefits From Donation SLCC p.m. TAYLORSVILLE. Salt Lake Ben Lomond at Murray, 7:30 p.m. Credit Union president Ron Brighton at Orem, 5 p.m. Smith Salt Lake Skyline at Taylorsville, 4:30 p.m. present Community College basketball Kearns at West, 4 p.m. coach Dave Osborne with a check Alta at West Jordan, 5 p.m. for $300 Aug. 30. "We wanted to be involved in the school," said Susie Hood, manager of Salt Lake City Credit Unions College branch. "Were here to serve the students." Osborne, who led the mens basketball team to a second place finish within Region XVIII of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), said the donation will probably be added to the scholarship fund. Region XVIII of the NJCAA includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Western Montana, Colorado and Utah. The womens basketball team, coached by Jean Widdison, placed third last year in its premier season. Both teams will play all home games this year at the newly acquired South high campus instead of at various gyms in the area The mens team, starting its third season, and the womens team, heading into its second year, are expected to be even strong that over the past season, said Athletic Director Ron Gerber. GREEK FESTIVAL g$a$5HDQiQj)o aEEQEBGD G0QEI OfHiEClSLdliQf OflGG) 00QDT |