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Show Sun Advocate IDA Tuesday, October B, 1S87 in final eight seconds 44-yard- er Lemmon field goal beats Arizona Western By On the second play of the series, Arizona Western fum- Walt Borla Sports Writer bled field goal off the foot of Frank Lemmon with eight seconds remaining in the game lifted the College of Eastern Utah to an exciting 2 victory over Arizona Western in Western States Football League action on the Carbon High field Saturday afternoon. It was the first win of the year for Coach Lanny Littlefields Eagles who travel to St. George Saturday for a night encounter with Dixie College. Lemmons successful kick was the culmination of a successful Eagle drive to victory that began on their own line after a great defensive stand by the CEU defenders. The Matadors were deep into Eagle territory after recovering a CEU fumble at the Eagle 20. A 44-ya- rd 23-2- 10-ya- rd the Taking inspiration provided by the defensive team, the Eagle offensive unit went to work on the drive that set up Lemmons field goal. Four first downs as the clock was ticking down gave the kicking artist out of Las Vegas his chance. Two key plays in the drive involved quarterback Darryl Littlefield and Johnny Johnson, the Eagles handyman. First Johnson snagged a Littlefield pass for a first down line on a at the CEU fourth down situation. The fourth first down of the drive was a sensational catch of another Littlefield aerial by Johnson along the side-lin- e at the Arizona Western line. Johnson managed to get out of bounds after the catch with the eight seconds remaining, a crucial achievement at the time as the Eagles were out of time outs. It was the third successful field goal of the game for Lemmon, and enabled CEU to finally overcome a 0 lead the Matadors had piled up midway through the third quarter. The Matadors surprised CEU on the opening kickoff by successfully pulling off an kick. Less than three minutes had elapsed when Jimmy Williams, the Arizona Western quarterback, kept the ball on an option play and swept 35 yards to the first touchdown of the game. Jeff Geier made good on the PAT and the Matadors had a lead before the crowd had really settled into their seats. 42-ya- rd 27-ya- rd , 22-1- on-si- de 7-- 0 Shortly after the second period began, Chris Card set the Matadors back on their heels with a fine punt to the Arizona line. A Western penalty on the play moved the mark for ball back to the the visitors to put in play. 15-ya- rd 15-ya- rd the and ball $ i Toa Sagapolutele pounced on it for including one fourth down fake punt that resulted in a run by Johnson to the Matador line, set up a dash to pay dirt by Eric Barber. After holding the visitors near a Matador punt had the Eagles starting from their own line on a drive that would net them their first lead of the game. Three first downs, including one fourth down fake punt that resulted in a run by Johnson to the Matador dash to pay dirt by Eric Barber. The speedy Eagle iT'Ss 36-ya- rd 36-ya- rd mid-fiel- ' aggressive crew of Helper Junior High footballers took over the top position of the Castle Valley Junior High loop last Thursday afternoon by thumping the Pirates of Mont HELPER-A- n Harmon, The Rams of Helper are still undefeated after the first go around in the junior high league. They face the Bulldogs of San Rafael on the Helper field today at 2:30 p.m. 36-1- 8. two-count- Behind y Eric quarterback Llewelyn, Helper wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard at their own field. Moving down the field quickly on some good running by Mike Dennis and the passing of Llewelyn as well as running the keeper play, Helper scored and was successful on a conversion for an 0 lead. Mont Hannon came back just as quickly after Don Ross broke two-poi- nt 8-- around his right end and rambled 60 yards for the first Mont Harmon score. The conversion attempt for two points failed and Helper hung on to an 6 lead. Failure to tie the score proved 8-- , , d, rA , t 35-ya- rd 36-ya- rd running back from M r Baton Rouge, La., took a pitch-ofrom Littlefield to the right side, cut back to the left after getting past the line of scrimmage and n the Matador defenders to the goal line. Lemmons PAT made it 7 in favor of the home town, the last time they would be on top until Lemmon put them there for good in the final seconds. Arizona Western managed to tie the score at 0 on a sensational field goal by Geier, this one from 51 yards out. Geier hit this one with 18 seconds remaining in the half and he 7f J :.vh ut out-ra- Nv t . f ' '1 10-- 10-1- actually had one more opportunity before the period ended. run off the Matador kickoff was made by Johnson, but he fumbled the ball on the tackle and the second attempt by Geier from 65 yards was way short. Paced by the passing ability of Williams and a pounding of the CEU defensive line, the A good Matadors came out very aggressively the second half to build up the 0 lead. Taking the second half kickoff, Arizona Western moved 71 yards to break the tie, the TD coming on run straight up the a middle by Omar Soto. Williams had just completed a pass for a Matador first down at the Eagle 20 before Soto broke loose. CEU failed to move the football after the Matador kickoff and an attempted punt line went from their own awry and resulted in a safety for the visitors. The snap from center sailed over Cards head in punt formation and the Eagle kicker chased the ball down in the end zone where he was downed for the two points for Arizona Western. This misfortune that befell the Eagles came with just over 10 minutes left in the third quarter. Before the period was over Geier hit another field goal, this time from 23 yards out. Lemmon retaliated with his 22-1- 20-ya- 20-ya- rd VV.- gg wwf .TA to be an elusive situation for the Pirates. Helper would score, then pick up the two pointer. Mont Harmon would fail to convert after all three of their touchdowns. No. 22 on both sides was very much evident in the offensive game of each team, Dennis for Helper and Ross for Mont Harmon. Both of the youngsters chewed up sizable yardage in the encounter. Ross ran 20 yards for the last Mont Harmon TD. The game was still very close going into the fourth quarter, with Helper holding a 8 lead. The Rams started from deep in their own territory and moved up field in a drive that was to eventually break the game wide open. The key play in the drive came on apass reception by Rich Gutierrez from Llewelyn in a critical 22-1- situation. fourth-down-and-- e The Rams were in a for the first down, position assessment set but a them back. Gutierrez gathered in the aerial over the heads of two Mont Harmon defenders and fell forward to get the first down by inches. Mixing his plays from there on in, Llewelyn drove his team to pay dirt, the running of fourth-and-thre- 15-ya- rd v, . ;. ,,. : ,7 A Photo by Brian Hack art yard field goal by Frank Lemmon in the final eight seconds of Saturday afternoon's game at the Carbon High Eagles' running back Sean Hutchinson, No. 1, leaps for additonal yardage after breaking away from Arizona Western defensive linemen. CEU won the game after a 44- second field goal of the game, a that was set up on a run by fullback Carl 45-ya- rd another Owens, Louisiana product, was playing in place of the departed Pete Hoyne. He sliced through the left side on a handoff from Littlefield and rambled down e before being pulled the down at the Matador 35. The Eagles advanced to the Matador Owens. side-lin- 20-ya- rd line on this drive before a big loss necessitated the kick by Lemmon. CEU scored early in the fourth quarter and proceeded to shut down the Arizona Western offensive threat throughout the period. After fielding a punt at their own line, the Eagles moved down field to the marker from Matador where Rayford Clayton ran it in and Lemmon made a ball game of it. Lemmon had one more field goal attempt before his game winning boot, a kick that was wide to the left line. from the In commenting after the game, Coach Littlefield ex rd two-poi- nt 36-ya- rd Mont Harmon loses, By WALT BORLA Sports writer 4 35-ya- rd 36-1- gridiron. pressed the hope that his young team, comprised mostly of freshmen, has begun to mature. He noted the mistake the visitors had made in not going for a field goal when they were deep in Eagle territory just for the striking NFL players. Defensive standouts for the Eagles included Anthony Jackson, Card, Leo Etienne, Jeff Rose, Stuart Adamson and Sagapolutele. In looking ahead to the Dixie game this week, Littlefield pointed out that Arizona Western had manhandled the Rebels earlier in the season with before the game winning drive by CEU. With just a two point lead, Arizona Western apparently felt confident in putting the game out of reach with a touchdown and extra point, something they never got. That provided Lemmon with his opportunity to win the game. Every game weve been in this season, theyve never quit, Littlefield said. Perhaps its better we did not get the lead on Lemmons miss earlier in the fourth quarter, he added. The play changed the temper of the game in so far as Arizona Western was concerned and benefited us in the end. Littlefield praised the play of the defensive unit despite the Mens Basketball will (Monday) at Mont Harmon Jr. High from 9 p.m. and will be held each Monday evening thereafter. A donation of fifty cents (.$50) per par- start Pick-u- p Oct. 12 7-- ticipant will be taken at the door. Mens League Basketball 18, 1987. Deadline for registration is Nov. 3. The fee will be $100.00 per team. We would like to have two leagues: Over-3- 0 and an Under-3Anyone who is interested in being on the organization will absence of defensive coordinator coach Kyle Wittingham who left the team early in the week to play for the Los Angeles Rams as a replacement player C start Nov. 0. a 7 score, but he did not want his Eagles to get overconfident in this league where comparative scores appear to mean 44-- very little progresses. as the season We will play them one game at a time with an eye towards improvement each outing, Littlefield concluded. committee Carbon Office Co may contact the County Recreation 637-576- 2. ed Volleyball: Practice will begin Oct. 20th. Time will be from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. Teams must call the recreation office to reserve a commodate 4 teams per hour.) Fee for practice will be $1.50 per personper hour, or $10.00 per teamper hour. Fee for league play: $100. Deadline for team registration: Oct. 27th. Helper Rams still undefeated 8; Dennis and Paul Colombo and passes to Tony Yoklavich as well as Gutierrez aiding materially. The Rams put the game out of reach in the final period, coming up with a couple of pass interceptions. David Parkin, one of the smallest backs on the field, gave the Rams the breakaway threat with his speed. Davids brother Robert proved to be a tough defensive lineman, as were Shaun Marvell, Don Giacoletto, Willie Flemetakis, Damon Davis, Phillip Mager and Paul Richey. Coach Jorgensen is assisted by Troy Moynier, an allconference tight end at Southern Utah State last football season and now in his first year of coaching. Mont Harmons coach is Bruce Bean, a newcomer to the Carbon School District, who had his team very much in the game until the Rams broke it open in the final period. Mont Hannon, with an will play record of at View View Canyon Canyon Wednesday. Helper, with a 0 record, will play San Rafael at the Helper gridiron today at 2:30. all-arou- 3-- 1, Photo by Brian Hackart 5-- Helper's No. 12, quarterback Eric was all over the Helper field Thursday afternoon. Llewelyn passed and Llewelyn, ran the ball well, and called the right plays which led to a victory against Mont Harmon and a perfect 5 0 record. 36-1- 8 9 I 1 |