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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2000 Sports 19 lose for first time to Enterprise Cowboys Kanab another third and their The On Cow boys lost 10 play, first game ever to a much im- Noel and Brunner hooked up proved Enterprise Wolves squad once more, this time for 21 yards and a first down on the 44. Fulllast Thursday in Kanab, 21-The game was much closer than back Andy McFadden ran up the final score indicates, as the middle later in the drive on Kanab was trailing only 0 with a third and three for 11 yards 10 minutes left in the game. Af- and another first down on the ter driving dowTn the field, deep Wolves 39. Unfortunately, into Enterprise territory, the Kanab lost the football on anCowboys fumbled a pitch on the other fumble and Enterprise reWolves four yard line. Before covered on their own 34. the ball stopped bouncing EnMorgan Mackelprang and Lance Brown combined to sack recovered on had their terprise facthe Enterprise quarterback for own 20. Three plays later, a 10 yard loss, back to the 24. from a three and the third ing two plays gained very little, After back Banks 27, Enterprise Tyler broke through the line and Enterprise wras punting again. Mace Glazier returned the punt sprinted 73 yards for a Instead of tying the game all the w ay to the Enterprise 49 the Cowboys trailed 14-at yard line, only to have the nice took the openingkick-of- f runback nullified on a clipping Enterprise of the game and marched right penalty. Instead of starting in down the field, scoring on a 20 yard Enterprise territory, Kanab was run by Banks at the 10:08 mark. on their own 15. With 1:08 left The Cowboys were forced to punt until the half, coach Quamberg ontheir initial drive after only gain- tried a double pass. Enterpise ing three yards in three plays. defended it well and picked off Kanab punted the ball down to the the pass and returned it all the Enterprise 19. The Wolves gambled way down to the Cowboy 25. going for it on fourth and one from With :51 still on the clock Entertheir own 28. The gamble paid off, prise was given a golden opporas they gained two yards to the 30 tunity to add to its lead. After an for a first down. Enterprise drove illegal procedure penalty on downfield into Cowboy territory Enterprise, Brunner sacked a before Kanabs defense stiffened Wolves runner for a five yard and held them, taking over on loss. With :01 left, Enterprises kicker Riley Phelps tried a 50 downs on their own 30. hooked Noel Sam yard field goal. It was way short, Quarterback and Kanab trailed 0 at the Blasdell for wideout with Josh up two pass plays, one good for 10 break. After the Wolves initial yards and the second for 17, giving drive, the Cowboy defense them a first down on the Wolves 39. stopped everything Enterprise This time. Enterprises defenseheld threw at them. Brunner ran the second half and they took over on their own 36. Kanabs D held and they received kickoff back to the Cowboy 40. a Wolves punt on their own 23. A 28 Facing a fourth and two on their yard pass from Noel to Kyle own 48, the Cowboys punted it Brunner and Kanab was across to the Wolves. Kanab covered midfield at the Enterprise 46. the punt very well, and EnterBrunner and Noel hooked up again prise was pinned back on their on a third and 10 play, gaining 14 own 10 yard line. After a couple yards to the 32 for another first of first downs, the defense held down. After a couple of again and forced another punt. Kanab started their next drive incompletions, Brunner hauled one from their own 25. Facing another in for nine and a halfyards, and the Cowboys were faced with a fourth big third down play, Noel hit and half a yard. Noel kept it on a Blasdell for 28 yards, down to the 0. 7-- touch-dowr- 7-- 7, n. 0. 7-- sneak and Kanab had a first and 10 on the Enterprise 18. Enterprises defense picked it up, and intercepted a Noel pass on their own 1 1, halting an impressive drive. An unsportsmanlike penalty on Noel and Enterprise had the ball on the 26. The Cowboys held and forced a punt, which they received on their own 23. Enterprise 40. The two teams exchanged punts, and Kanab was back on their own eight McF adden had two nice runs ofnine and eight yards to the 25. Noel rolled out and picked up another nine. Afew plays later, Kanab was faced with another third and 10. Noel and Brunner connected again, this time for 23 yards, down to the Wolves 38. Valley Cross Country boys finish second at state The Valley High School Cross Country team finished second at the State Cross Country Championships held last week. The team had a score of 78 to finish behind St. Joseph, w ho w on the tournament with a score of 39. 1-- A Toby Sorensen finished second with a time of 17:06, while Curtis Roundy ended up sixth Roundys time was 17:35. Clyde Barton took 14th place as he came in with a time of 18:44. job Congratulations on a great " runners! the all Valley by A 32 yard fade to Blasdell and Kanab was looking at first and goal from the six. After a two yard run by James Naramore, the Cowboys fumbled a pitch and Enterprise dodged another bullet, recovering on their own 20. This set the stage for Banks long TD run to make it 4 Nf . ' 14-- 0. I 1 Kanab got the following kickoff on their own 17. After a 15 yard pass to sophomore receiver Mace Glazier and another nice run by McFadden, Kanab was on the move at their own 40. Unfortunately, the drive fizzled i i I I y 4 r I 1 ' r 5 J S and Enterprise had it again. They drove down into Kanab territory. Facing a fourth and long, they tried another long field goal attempt. This one was from 59 yards away and it wasnt even close. With only 3:58 left in the game, it was getting crucial for the Cowboys. Starting from their own 20, Noel hit Brunner who pitched to Blasdell and the Cowboys were on the 45 yard line. On the next play Noel was hit throwing the ball, it popped free and Enterprises Ranee Pickering scooped it up and rambled 35 yards for a touchdown and Enterprise led 21-- 0 with 3:38 left on the clock. Kanab had one more chance with the ball, but couldnt move it and Enterprise ran out the dock. Sam Noel completed 16 of34 passes for 223 yards for his best throwing game of the year. Kyle Brunner hauled in eight passes for 105 yards, while Josh Blasdell caught four for 87 yards. Andy McFadden carried the ball 10 times, picking up an even 100 yards. On defense, middle linebacker Robert Hansen led the way with Receiver Josh Blasdell (86) cant quite come down with this pass from QB Sam Noel in last week's game against Enterprise. Photo by Matt Brown. ball tourney run. After struggling early in the season, the Cowboys finished the year strong and carried it all the way to the state championship game. These Boys can do the same thing. The junior varsity picked up another victory on Wednesday, totally dominating the young Wolves, 40-1They finished the season with seven wins and only one loss. The Cowboys led 40-- 0 midway thorugh the third period and let the freshman play the rest of the game. A nine yard pass from JR Quamberg to Blake Doss and a Colt Niemann extra point run and Kanab led 0 just four minutes into the game. 4. 8-- one play after Doss hauled in a 36 yard pass from Quamberg. The Cowboy lead wras now 34-With 4:03 left in the third, freshmen running back Kelly Brown scored from four yards out for their final tally to make the score 40-- 0 heading into the final period. Two scores by Enterprise made the final 40-1The freshmen played a shortened game and won 6--0 in overtime to finish their season at 6-Quarterback Cody Brunner hit wideout Preston Winchester on. a 15 yard pass for the only score in that game on the first play of overtime. 0. 4. 2. State Playoffs Early in the second frame, Bracket hooked Upper with up Quamberg (4-S. Sevier (8-Manti at Niemann from six yards out and (5-Rich ) 14-at Juab it was After Daniel Lee (7-Beaver at Monticello (6-- 3 intercepted an Enterprise pass, North Sevier (6-- at Quamberg and Doss hooked up South Summit (7-17 tackles. Linebacker Colt again, this time from 20 yards Lower Bracket converNiemann had 12 tackles while out. After a (1-at Grants ville (6-safety Mace Glazier added 10. sion toss to Trevor Glover, Kanab Grand Lineman Scott Browrn had three led 22-- Niemann scored again Duchesne (3-- at Millard ) North Summit (5-on a nine yard run late in the tackles for losses. at Enterprise (6-With the loss, the Cowboys second quarter and Kanab led (3-at San Juan (9-face San Juan this Friday in the 28-- Cody Brunner picked off a Kanab first round of the 2A state play- pass just before the half. offs. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. in Will Hardy intercepted an 0 Broncos The are Blanding. Enterprise pass just :24 into the and ranked 1 in the state. But, third period on the 45 yard line. in the playoffs, every team starts Niemann got his third score of over and anything can happen. the day on a three yard plunge Just look at last years basket- - later in the drive. 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