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Show i 8 The Mugful TimftANwt Valley News, September 19, 2002 Sports Serendipity Sports Granger opens region with huge win win of the season, struggled in the game and had a difficult time stopping Grangers running attack. Coach , Eckert attributed the lopsided win in part to the . Colts low energy level. . "I think Cottonwood came out a little flat, Eckert said. The thing Im most pleased about was our intensity level. We came out very excited from the start." Last week the Granger coaches made some changes to the offense and it proved to be successful against the By JARED HAYN1E Staff Writer It was home sweet home for the Granger Lancers Friday night as they took advantage of home-fiel- d advantage and ran away with the game by, beating the Cottonwood Colts 49-The game was both teams Region 3 opener. After losing three straight on the road, it was Grangers first win since (2-when 23, they beat the Aug. Hillcrest Huskies 21-- 7 in their first game of the season. That was also the last time the Lancers played at home. After opening the season with a win at home, the Lancers hit the road for three straight weeks to play Cyprus, Davis, and Box Elder-an- d came up short each week. With the win, Granger improves to 3 on the year, but more importantly, the Lancers start out region play with a win. Before the Cottonwood How may years da thd faithful have to watch BYU hold and be in morion and Utah drop games they should win? I have a lot of questions. Maybe you could help me with some of them? Question Number One: Why do women want to get into the Agusta National Golf Club? Why won't they let me into the allwomen golf club in Canada? This is the third straight year I have applied. I ask them when I could get in. They said, all-ma- le Never. Dont you think its great when someone refuses to bend to politically correct intimidations? Hurrah for Hootie Johnson, the club president He told the women No" and then went directly to the hos- -. surgery. pital and had Do you think there is a connection? If Hootie wont be bullied, should we say bully for him? Question Number Two: Is BYU the dumbest football team you have ever seen, or is it Utah? Did you ever watch such idiocy as those two institutions of higher learning as they put on on Saturday? BYU got 40 yards in penalties. One Cougar mouthed off to the referee -- 15 yards. BYUs Whalen broke loose for a long touchdown run. Some student athlete", with a 3.75 grade-poiaverage, threw a meaningless block behind the play. It was called a clip and toe touchdown came back. We learned not to block behind toe runner when we I did it were by-pa- 1 nt ds fifth-grade- once on toe old Cyprus football field and a big kid with a tattoo and an earring slapped me. I have never done it since. Tell me, dear reader, is there ever a reason for an offensive lineman to go on die wrong snap? I say never. Isnt that why we have the huddle? Is it that hard to count to three? 1 say, dont give a scholarship to anyone who doesn't know his numbers. Utah and BYU both jumped offsides at least four times during their games with Nevada and Arizona. How can you play football when you cant count? Have you ever, in your lifetime, seen a team that has more trouble on toe goal line than toe University of Utah? They dont know what play to call. Remember last years Air Force game? Utah makes more dumb play calls on toe goal line than a fourth-gradin AP chemistry. How long do toe Cougar and Crimson Clubbers have to pour money into toe athletic programs of toe blue and red teams, who dont care what the snap signal is? How long m'lord? 7. 3, handily, 44-1- 3. However, if the Lancers want to earn this year's bragging rights, theyll have to do something they havent done yet this season-pu- t together a solid, performance on the road. Hunter (3-comes into the game with one of the best defenses in the state, four-quart- "We switched the offense up a little bit, and I think we er 0) 2, caught them off guard, : i ) mm mi TOO MUCH TAXES on Your PROPERTY game. Granger head coach Dan Eckert said his team had the talent to win games, but they just needed to all get on the same page and ' 1 Could you Sell your Home for the Amount that the County has Your Property Valued At? eliminate costly mistakes. Friday night against the Colts, they all got on the Simons says: Until I saw the Utah and BYU games last Saturday, I thought bixme was a marketplace in Marakesh. Simons says: Neither Utah nor BYUs football teams . are perfect and they work hard at it." cross-tow- Colts. 2-- er ' giving up an average of only 8.8 points per game. Eckert is not underestimating the Wolverines. "Hunter is a big, strong team, Eckert said. "They like to run the power sweep, and theyre really physical Eckert knows the game is important if his team is going to compete for the region crown. He said to get the team ready for the Wolverines, the coaches need to help the kids realize it's a big game." If Granger can generate the same intensity against the Wolverines as they did against tire Colts, its sure to be a true Battle of the Valley. Eckert said. They weren't expecting it" The Lancers should have no problem getting up for this weeks game against n their rival, the Hunter Wolverines-- a game that has been dubbed "The Battle of the Valley." Last year. Granger won the game Learn In Just One Class same page. I was really pleased with our intensity level, Eckert said. The whole team was really excited and went out and executed well. 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