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Show sporfes flys by Eastern Arizona Sun Advocate CEU takes home opener, By ANGIE HYRE Sports Editor Theres no doubt about it, the College of Eastern Utah plays an exciting game of football and before a packed (and enthusiastic) audience the Golden Eagles won their home opener Saturday night defeating Eastern Arizona College The victory, CEUs second by a margin, was hard coming for CEU as the Gilamonsters came on strong in the fourth quarter bringing in two touchdowns within two minutes to take the lead, But winning was all the Eagles could think of and with the help of a screaming crowd, they drive pulled together for a fantastic final off six minutes the their for clock) (taking touchdown and the victory. h A effort by EAC to take the game was halted by the Eagles. With just minutes on the clock, the Gilamonsters attempted a field goal but was deflected by CEU. Quarterback Otis Hughley was looking good all night. Despite a twisted ankle in the second quarter, Hughley hung in there and finished the completing 23 of 38 passes (including game three touchdown passes) for a total of 308 yards in the air. However, while Hughley was limping very noticeably throughout the second half, he still including a managed to run for 28 yards touchdown late in the third quarter. Things got off to a rocky start for the Eagles Saturday night. Early in the first quarter it looked as though EAC was about to hit the scoreboard. A Gilamonster runner broke lose and was headed towards the end zone when Cliff Hewitt, a sophomore from Toronto, Canada, made the crucial tackle. Hughley was looking good early on but had some trouble with his receivers. Coach Bob Price said this was probably due to first game nerves for some of the players. With 4:28 left in the first quarter, EAC hit the board for the first after a long series of touchdown of the game penalties called against both teams. Hewitt came through for CEU again deflecting the score at kick and the stood One minute later it was CEUs glory as the Eagles made their first touchdown on a pass from Hughley to Rodney Owens, a freshman from Macomb, 111. The PAT was deflected and the score was tied, Earlier in that series, Larry Ellison, a sophomore runningback from Jersey City, NJ, who made a sensational run for a first down, fractured his leg and may be out for the entire 28-2- 0. 22-2- 6. 93-ya- rd last-ditc- 0-- 6. 6-- season. Neither team scored again until late in the second quarter. With six seconds left on the clock, Barry Woodruff, a Price native, came in field goal for the Eagles and and made a the first half ended with CEU ahead The second half started out sluggishly for 20-ya- rd 9-- 6. oo 28-2- 6 CEU. Within a couple of minutes the Eagles fumbled twice with EAC recovering each time. The Gilamonsters finally hit the scoreboard a second time three minutes into the quarter. The PAT was good and they had the lead, But minutes later CEU came back on an incredible drive and took the lead with a touchdown on a pass from Hughley to Ken Huddleston, a sophomore from Roy. Woodruff came through with the PAT and the Eagles now had a lead, The Eagles may have lost a key receiver, Owens, when he missed EACs punt causing a fumble. CEU recovered the ball but Owens was left under a huge pile of flesh. He was later taken to the hospital for a dislocated shoulder. As of Monday, Price said they are still waiting word on whether Owens will be out for the season. Hughley, who was slowed down a bit by his ankle injury earlier, boosted the Eagles to an even bigger lead when he ran for a touchdown with just 4:13 left in the third quarter. CEU tried for the conversion but was unsuccessful. The Eagles now were in command of the game with the score Just six seconds into the fourth quarter, however, Eastern Arizona scored and tried for a of CEU conversion to come within EAC but failed. The score stood at Donnie on when to CEU kickoff its capitalized Walls fumbled the ball. EAC recovered it at line. Seconds later it was EAC on CEUs the scoreboard again the PAT was good and the Eagles looked to be in a bit of trouble as the score was But thanks to sheer determination on the Eagles part, not to mention a crowd of supportive fans, the Eagles came back in the fourth quarter and made their final touchdown for the drive. victory after a sensational Price said his team played a bit of a sloppy game Saturday night and they will continue to work to improve. However, there werent too many fans disappointed with the Eagles performance. Defensively, we have to work on better We have to work on he said. tackling, our up assignments. polishing For the Eagles, Huddleston had seven catches for 175 yards and two touchdowns. Troy Moynier, a Price native, had four clutch passes for 49 yards while Walls, returning allconference player, totaled 59 yards rushing. The Eagles are on the road this week for their first conference game with Dixie Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. With Dixie in the top 10 of junior college teams, Price said CEU will have a tough 3. 80-ya- rd 16-1- 3. 22-1- 3. 22-1- 9. 25-ya- rd Eagles were flying high Saturday night in their home opener against Eastern Arizona. They put on a The CEU good show for the packed stands not soon to be forgotten. Photo a show by Rick Egon 22-2- 6. 93-ya- rd match. They are opening their new stadium for this game, he said. And Dixie is more of a throwing team. We must prepare to face the throwing game. Were still putting everything Quarterback Otis Hughley was in good form and despite an injured ankle ran for a together. touchdown himself. Disappointing Homecoming loss o Dinos fall to Spanish Fork By ANGIE HYRE Sports Editor The between difference watching the first half of the Carbon High Homecoming game and the second half was like watching two different with Spanish football games Fork demonstrating their superiority here Friday night by defeating Carbon, Penalties killed us and our defense was caught 14-2- 1. flat-foote- d, coach Mike Kemodle said. Carbon had 115 yards of penalties assesed on them with 90 yards in just the first Brett Gardiner, No. 15, came in as quar- terback for Mike Smuin who just wasn't Section B Wednesday, September 20, 1003 getting the job done for the Dinos Friday night. half. To top things off, Mark Nielson, Dino runningback, had 60 yards called back on him because of penalties. The Dinos are now losing the crucial Region 8 contests and Kemodle isnt too happy. I dont like it (record) at Carbon came back on the field after the halftime break and managed to hold their own. With just 4:26 left in the third quarter the Dinos finally made it to the scoreboard. They missed the conversion and the score With just 1:12 left in the first half, the Dons kicked off to the Dinos but Carbon was foiled again as Spanish Fork caught their own kick. y into the second quarter, quarterback Mike Smuin was taken out of the game and Brett Gardiner came in from the bench to replace him. Kernodle said Smuin had a with two bad night and was he was before interceptions taken out of the game. Gardiner did a good job for the Dinos, throwing 4 for 7 for 54 yards the Dinos only recorded 82 yards passing throughout the entire game. Otteson came in for a couple of plays and was 1 fori for 28 yards. Mid-wa- The Dinos final stood at score was made on a pass from Gardiner to Otteson. conversion was good The and the Dinos looked to be back in the ball game with the score 1. 33-ya- rd 0-- 8 14-2- 1. But all scoring attempts failed for Carbon and they ended their 1983 Homecoming on a losing note. The Dinos are expecting a to Springville tough road-tri- p Friday night. 3-- 2 We didnt he said. all, deserve to win the Pleasant Grove game but we should have ' beat but we Spanish Fork didnt. We just didnt perform. A fumble early in the first quarter led to the Dons first (1 touchdown. The PAT was good and they took an early lead, Carbon was looking fairly well on the next series as they managed to grab two first downs. But an intercepted pass by the Dons intended for Jeff Otteson left Carbon high and dry at the scoreboard for the 0-- 7. first quarter. Spanish Fork continued to g mount a attack. Just five minutes into the second quarter, a Don runner broke through the Carbon line and headed into the end zone. Once again the PAT was good and the Dinos were down Things looked grim for the Dinos going into halftime as the Dons picked up another touchdown bringing the score to hard-drivin- 4. Photo by Carbon scrambles to recover their own fumble. The Dinos had a tough time of it not scoring until Ihe third quarter. Wright k,- - - Ui ' 'k'l-- i 1. It just wasnt Carbon's night. Carbon's Richard Dimick goes for a tackle. |