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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2000 Sports Cowboys win third straight The Kanab Cowboys defeated quarterback for an eight yard last Wednesday loss to the 11. After an incomGrand 55-2- 2 evening at home for their third plete pass. Grand was in punt consecutive win. The victory formation from there. The brought the Cowboys record to punter hobbled the snap and 4 on the year, 3 in region 11 Hansen recovered the football action. on the one-foline. Fullback Seniors Lance Brown and Kyle McFadden wasted no time on Brunner, along with sophomore the long drive, scoring on the Mace Glazier, each scored two first play at the 4:45 mark to touchdowns to lead the explo- push the Cowboy lead to 21-1sive Cowboy attack over Grand. Another fine runback gave Kanab quarterbacks Sam Noel Grand excellent field position and J.R. Quamberg combined on their own 40. They drove down to throw five TD passes. Noel the field, converting a third and connected on 10 of 15 passes for nine play when a Red Devil re163 yards and three touchdowns, ceiver caught a tipped pass at while Quarnberg hit two of four the Kanab 14 while laying on his for 74 yards and two scores. The back. Defensive tackle Matt PepCowboy ground game was also per sacked the QB on the next hitting on all cylinders with the play for a 14 yard loss to the 26. team running for 207 yards. Grand was given new life as a James Narramore led the way roughing the passer penalty on with 6 1 yards on 1 1 carries, while the ensuing play gave them a Andy McFadden gained 40 yards first down on Kanabs 14. A on six runs. Colt Niemann added couple of plays later, Grand 38 on eight attempts and Sammy scored on a quick slant from six Garcia netted 32 on six tries. yards away and the Cowboy lead Grand took the opening kick- was now 21-1- 9 with :47 left in off on their own 40 and marched the half. down the field, picking' up most After the kickoff, Kanab went of the yardage on the ground. to work quickly from their own They scored a touchdown at the 28. A 42 yard pass from Noel to 5:13 mark on a fourth down play Brunner on a sweet chair pataction pass from four yards out tern gave them the ball on to take a 6--0 lead. Their lead was Grands 30. Noel hit Brown for short-liveas Glazier ran the 25 yards as he was knocked out kickoff back 90 yards of bounds on the five. After one following for a touchdown and just like running play gained three yards, Noel bootlegged around the right that, the game was tied 6-Three plays after Grand got end and scampered in for the the kickoff on their own 22, they score with :04 left on the clock were forced to punt. Kanab re- until, the half. The extra point ceived the punt on the Cowboy try was wide and the Cowboys 27. After a loss of two yards, Tad led 27-1- 9 heading into the locker Casebolt picked up 10 yards and room. Two quick touchdowns in the McFadden added 14 to give.the five minutes of the second 49. first down on the first a Cowboys Two plays later, Noel hooked up half by . the Cowboys took the with wide receiverJosh Blasdell wind out of the Red Devils and for 15 yards and another first on they coasted from there. The first the Grand 31. With :01 left in score came with 9:58 on the clock the first period, Noel threw a on another Noel to Brunner fade beautiful fade pass to Brunner pass from 15 yards out. Big plays for a touchdown from 24 yards away. James Narramore ran in the two-poiconversion and Kanab led 14-- on the drive included a 10 yard pass to Blasdell, a 10 yard run by McFadden, a 32 yard pass to Tad Casebolt and a 16 yard run by Narramore, which set up the score. After a short squib kick, to prevent another long runback, Grand started on their own 40. On their first play, Brunner picked off a long pass and returned it 47 yards, all the way down to the Red Devil 22. After Narramore caught a seven yard pass and ran for seven more, the Cowboys had a first and goal from the eight. A couple of plays later Noel connected with tight end Lance Brown for the score from three yards out. With 7:03 left in the third, Kanab suddenly led 41-1Grand returned the kickoff to 2-- 3-- ot 2. d, 6. nt 6. Grand dam near did the same thing as the Cowboys on the following kickoff, returning it all the way to the Kanab 12 yard line. After stuffing two runs, Grands big 230 pound running back Christensen picked up 10 ymds down to the one for a first andgoal. With 10:15 on the clock in the second stanza, Christensen bulled his way info the end zone to cut the Cowboy lead to Kanab drove to the Grand 43, converting a fourth and two on a nice five yard run by N arramore. The drive stalled there and Kanab punted to the Red Devils 14-1- 2. 2 1. Defensive tackle Scott Brown tackled a Grand runner for a two yard loss, then middle linebacker Robert Hansen blitzed up Jthe middle and sacked the 13 9. their own 35. Cornerback Blasdell made a spectacular diving interception right at midfield to give the ball back to Kanab. -- Unfortunately three plays later, sophomore quarterback J.R. Quamberg, subbing for Noel, lost the handle on a snap and Grand recovered on their own 45. One play later, Brunner had his second interception of the night and returned it 34 yards to the Grand 36. After a nifty option keeper by Quamberg which gained 13 yards, he hit Brown on a post from 23 yards out for another score. With 3:04 left in the third, Kanab now led Grand took the following kickoff on their own 40 and drove all the way down to the Kanab 10 before the Cowboys dug in and held. Grand opted for a 27 yard field goal with 9:27 left in the game to cut the lead to Two minutes later, Kanab was in the end zone once more. This time Quamberg connected with Glazier, who juked his defender and sprinted down the sideline 51 yards to make it 48-1- 48-2- 55-2- 9. Cowboy receiver Kyle Brunner streaks down the sideline with this catch to touchdown just before the half in last weeks big win over Grand. Brunner scored two touchdowns on pass receptions, and also picked off two interceptiohs on defense. Photo by Don Brunner. set up a Grand started their next series from their 38. The Cowboys got the ball right back when Glazier picked off the first play, a on the Cowboy 47. converted Kanab a fourth and two when Niemann scampered 10 yards with an option pitch. flea-flicke- r, After Quamberg ran another option for nine yards, the Cowboys had another fourth down conversion when Robert Hansen picked up three yards to the 23. They drove down to the Grand nine yard line, before the Red Devils held and took over on downs with 1:32 left in the game. Everyone on the team got to see n a lot of action in this contest. This Friday the Cowboys travel to Beaver to take on the 2 ranked team in 2A football. Lets get behind the Cowboys and cheer them on to their fourth straight victory. After being idle last week, the JV and freshmen play at home on Thursday against Beaver with kickoff set for 5 p.m. non-regio- 2. Alwaysiagrgn'gm 2. Fall Coupon Special! Buy one piece of apparel at the regular price, OOP ERA REAL ESTATE choose the next at HALF PRICE! 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