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Show I SUN CHRONICLE, Sept. 23, 1 976, Page 1 1 rLj'"! .Ml . A . v :; : . r , t- - in, 4. " , (36) (30) picks up a key block from Jon Hansen . . . . It was a big win for the coaches and team but Royals, members were too concerned about an injured teammate to do much celebrating. Niel Cox limped to the sidelines in the first quarter and never returned. He played his last football for Roy High Friday afternoon. The big senior underwent knee surgery at McKay-De- e Hospital Monday and doctors removed part of the cartilage, rearranging the tendons. He will be wearing a cast for six weeks. Niel Cox was a converted ROY quarterback and safety on the team. They needed defensive help at the slot, and at the strong linebacker position, and Niel got the call. Niel was a tiger on defense, and, as one coach put it, He Always gave it all he had. was the most consistent defensive player on the line, said Jacklin. Niel made only five tackles in the Logan game, but he played just one quarter. Can you imagine the results, had he stayed healthy for the entire game? As the game began, Roy won and outruns two Logan Grizzlies the toss and elected to receive. On their very first play from scrimmage, Logan picked off a McMahon pass and took it to the d line. They scored on the next play and upheld a Roy tradition that seems to be one-yar- momentum; they allowed their opponent one more time to get on the scoreboard first. gaining On the ensuing Logan kickoff, the Royals made a few key blocks, and sent Kurt Bennington scampering down the touch sideline for an 85-ya- rd . . . . '- kept came alive. Reliable Jim McMahon zeroed in on the brown shirts for the remainder of the afternoon, and had a great passing day. He kept the secondary guessing with his passes while he battered them with Budke and others up the middle. Even in the windy Sophomore Jon Nickerson rifled touchdown strike to a Junior Scott Blaine as the game ended. Final score second half, Jim completed passes to keep drives alive. After three quarters of play, Coach Jacklin cleared his bench and allowed next years team to play the final quarter, and they the , - h -- fc 2 i to score the first of six Royal T.D.'s. down run. Niel Cox kicked the extra point and suddenly Roy -- V''Va ;J K KURT BENNINGTON 4 - ; , , 1 ''""1 ' 'v-- Sig, fp ' ' pressure on the bedraggled Grizzlies. 30-ya- rd 49-1- 2. sky-hig- d Next up for the Royals is the smallest school in Region One. Bear River is a schedule, school, playing a and they would like nothing better than knocking off those great big Royals. third-ranke- 3-- A 4-- A bear River has a 3-- do the Royals. They and lost to Cedar City in preseason play. They have big wins over Logan and Weber of Region One. They have been tabbed as the Dark Horse of the region, h and they will be up for the Royals at Tremonton this Friday. Coach Jacklin isnt taking the Bears lightly, and is trying to convince his team to follow suit. They do have one secret weapon to pull on Bear River ; they have dedicated the game to fallen teammate Niel Cox. Game time is 7:30 in Tremon- record, as beat Payson 1 ton. Player of the Week Neil Cox is long overdue for the honor of defensive player of the week. He has been the most consistent defensive player on Fur will fly when rivals meet in a showdown tomorrow at Roy Junior Highs field. Throw away the record books. When these two teams take the field, a lot of pride and honor is at stake, and those kids will be playing their hearts out to determine a win ROY the team, through Roys four games this year. He played only the first quarter against Logan and got hurt, and will play no more football at Roy High School, but in that one quarter he made five unassisted tackles. In honor o'f the fine contribution Niel has made to Roy High Football, the team has dedicated the game at Bear cross-tow- n River to him. Those guys will play for Niel Cox, our player of the week. Though he had only one pass , to him in the Logan thrown e'i and he dropped it, the game, n coaches chose him as offensive I i i player of the week. i iV Merrill Butler at tight end played at 97 per cent efficiency. He blocked well, ran his pass patterns well and played one whale of a ball game. From films of the game the I M s r? i FREEI FREE! FREE1 hi 1 t a x I by Duane Price their assignment). Were proud, Merrill, to honor you as offensive player of the week. Cross Country Nick Wilson Roy hardly had time to warm up before the gun sounded to start the race. But, though he arrived late, he made good time in the race, and finished second. Zamora finished seventn, Sexton eighth, Holliday eleventh and Gentry twelfth. Logan won the meet Coach Scheffer and his runners entertain Bear River today. er 19-4- 0. huntsr safety vests to young men and women between the ages of 17 and 35. 3 FREE .i LIMITED quantities. UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES! See your local Army Recruiter or cell collect 399-640- 2 NORTHERN TAXIDERMY f ipWHinwpy LckauMte I 1 AND TANNING Craig Manning with one minute to go stopped a play, that would have moved Logan into the lead, with a bone breaking tackle on the intended receiver. This turned out to be one of the outstanding plays that saved the game for file junior, varsity. Roy kept the ball on the ground most of the game as quarterback Jon Nickerson used his tailback Paul Zahn to carry the ball 17 times for an individual game high of 127 yards. Ernie Higham and Richard Link teamed together to recover a Grizzly fumble at mid-fiel- d in the second quarter setting up the Royals first score. A holding penalty failed to contain the Royals as Zahn scrambled for 65 yards up the middle and then broke to the outside for the nt 15-ya- rd touchdown. Dean Shepard then booted the PAT to give Roy the lead Tall Steve Meenderink blocked a punt in Logan territory, to give Roy good field position, 7-- 0. however, the Grizzlies forced Roy to give up the ball on fourth down. This put Logan deep in their own territory. Roy then put together a tough defense to stop Logans drive. Logan punted to Roys Craig Manning and he ran look for high quality V Sanders for a two-poi- coaches determined that Merrill earned a plus on 47 of 51 plays for a whopping 97 per cent (they earn a plus if they carry out star-runn- .1 Coaches of both schools are newcomers this year. Denny Allreds team has a win over Mt. Ogden, but lost to T.H. Bell last week. Roy Juniors strength lies in the defensive unit, and he speaks highly of quarterbacks Bert Rich and Bret Matsiumura as well as halfbacks Artie Aragon, Williard Cragun and Chris Jensen. The Redskins passing game is unpredictable. 120 yards has two sets of running backs, and says he has a offensive. They gained 165 yards rushing against Wahlquist and Bums and Wood play wing-bacHe also has two good receivers in half, and with one minute to go Logans Erickson scored on a eight-yar- d run making the score Logan then went for a conversion to win the game, but Craig Manning broke up the pass to give Roy the win . The Royals got great defensive playing from Dale Lyman, Steve Meenderink, Ernie Higham and Richard Link. Sand Ridges Ralph Knudsen well-balanc- ed passing. Tim Stulce quarterbacks the team. Miller and Okey handle k chores ; Bennet and the Durand are the halfbacks and full-bac- k. Mitch Brown and Kelly Clark. Game time is 3 p.m. Friday at Roy Junior. Niel Cox Player of the Week 1 r ner. KEITH CONERLY 773-168- 6 3 it back 15 yards to put Roy hi Grizzly territory. Using the combination of Sanders and Zahn, Roy worked their way down the field. On the final play of the drive, Nickerson handed off to two-yar- d TD run. The field goal attempt failed. Logans first score came when they recovered a fumble in Roy territory and then marched down to the five yard line, from where they took it in for the score. The Grizzlies defensive crew held Roy scoreless in the second 13-1- 2. two-poi- nt The coaches have picked Paul Zahn as JV offensive player of the week and Craig Manning as defensive player of the week. Final score Roy JV 13, Logan 12. Roy is now 1 on the season. The next home game will be Sept. 30 against Bonneville at 3-- homeat3:30p.m. Bonneville explodes to defeat Skyview 28-- 7 by Noreen Stone A tough Bonneville football team exploded late in the fourth quarter for a resounding victory over the Skyview Bobcats in Fridays prep grid action. The Bobcats got on the scoreboard first after a number of well executed plays by their offense. After a few false starts the Laker crew finally put it all together and made six points of their own, but the point after touchdown was missed and the Bobcats led For the next two quarters it was a between the opposing teams with each threatening to score but never producing any points. With seven minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Laker offense 7-- 6. tug-of-w- ar exploded. They combined efforts and added six more points to their score. defense The scrappy recovered a fumble deep in Bobcat territory. The recovery led to a second touchdown in that quarter, and two more points were added when quarterback Gary Tracy threw a pass to receiver Mike Mathieu in the end zone for a point after attempt. The next time the Lakers touched the football, the scored again and put the game out of the Bobcats reach. At the final gun, the Lakers were on top 28-7. Former Roy High players doing well in college play Some former Roy High football stars are faring well in college ball this fall. Rick Stonehocker, at Dixie College, and Drew Fulmer, Steve Bullard, Bob Bell, Phil Myer and Dennis LeMar, all at Snow College, play for teams with 0 standings to date. Snow College is rated tenth in the nation in junior colleges. Snow will meet Mesa, Ariz., this weekend, and the Dixie team 3-- battles Scottsdale, Ariz., in weekend matches. |