| Show A10 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete Messenger-Gunniso- n Valley Edition Wednesday September 22 2004 Templars triumph over ‘hardest hitting’ foe yet By Bob - Bahlmann On 3rd down and long Sports writer MANTI— “North Summit will be the hardest hitting team we play all year” said assistant Manti football coach Lowell In three games the Templars have attempted conversion situations 20 third- - or fourth-dow- n Twenty percent of those attempts have resulted in turning the ball over to their opponent Forty percent have resulted in a first down and 40 percent have yielded touchdowns for the Clark before the game The Templars victory Last Friday over the Braves was without a doubt the toughest game Manti has played this year Considering the fact that the Braves gained 3 5 yards rushing it sounds strange to say that the Templar defense was the key in the victory Coach Cole Meacham control of the to take wanted game early against the Braves force them to play catch rr and Manti won the toss received up the and two plays kickoff opening Manti 36 No Summit 20 later on a pass from Taylor Salanoa to Brandon Puett took the early lead North Summit answered drive that nickel with a and dimed its way to the Templar line where Braves quarterback Curtis Bunting ran it in The PAT was good giving the Braves a lead A North Summit punt pinned the Templars on their own line and the Brave’s Riley Rasmussen intercepted a Manti shovel pass and stepped into the end zone The PAT was good and Manti trailed the Braves Manti’s Dexter Rowley 42 yards and Kyle scrambled Hatch’s second and third effort after running catching a Salanoa pass put Manti on the line where Salanoa punched it conin Hatch ran the version in to deadlock the score Bahlmann Sports writer MANTI— The Manti High team is right where volleyball coach r & Roxanne Squire expected them to be “We haven’t won a game” she said “That’s kind of hard to say but we’re a really young team This is just a learning year" only I on the"There’s team” Squire play lots one said senior “We of sophomores" fyV “‘O f v d 'Si at 14 The Braves went back to their bread and butter running game to march 80 yards capping off the drive with a touchdown run by Bunting With 55 ticks left on the clock it looked like the Braves would hold a lead at the half but the Templars had other ideas With no timeouts remaining ofManti went to their fense and efficiently moved the ball downfield with passes to Devin Frischknecht Jace Moore and Aaron Hansen Salanoa hit Frischknecht in the end zone as the horn was sounding The Templars used the same play for the conversion to give Manti a halftime lead The Templars took a page out of North Summit’s book in the second half using the run to set up a ten yard touchdown pass to Moore near the end of the third quarter and then driving 80 yards on solid running capped off with a 37 yard scamper by Salanoa for a touchdown with just over a minute left to ice the game for the Templars When the final horn sounded opponents embraced at the line of scrimmage in a showing of mutual respect and the Templars remained undefeated with their victory the game the defense took a pound- - During Templar The Templars won’t get any breaks as they take on three tough teams on the road Manti travels to South Sevier on Tuesday Sept 21 to San Juan on Saturday Sept 25 and then to Gunnison on Tuesday Sept 28 The next home game for the Templars will be against North Sevier on Wednesday Sept 29 Despite the team’s inexperience Squire is pleased with their progress “We have a lot of talent said “They’re ally doing really 7 rv ing from the North Summit runners but answered the call when the pressure was on the Templars Offensively gained 218 yards on 22 runs and were 11 of 18 passing for 182 yards yielding a total of 400 yards in total offense North Summit had 3 5 yards rushing ' fz North Summit’s Curtis Louder was the game’s leading rusher with 95 yards on 22 carries Bunting had 52 yards on runs and scored twice Salanoa carried the ball eight times for 66 yards and two touchdowns Hatch had 49 yards on six carries Rowley gained 40 yards on three runs Moore ran four times for 29 yards and Puett carried once for ten yards Three Templars Frischknecht Moore and Puett caught touchdown passes Frischknecht had five receptions for 77 yards Puett had one for 49 yards Moore caught two for 33 yards Hatch caught two for 29 yards and Hansen caught one for five yards After the game Coach Meacham was relieved that the Manti adjustments had worked against the North Summit running game “You always expect a tough game out of these guys" he said Manti will be on the road this week against the Richfield Wildcats Richfield has been struggling but they have some good players Look for the Templars to remain undefeated BOB NET BAHLMANN Jace Moore rounds the corner and starts up the field for a good gain The Templars had their hands full with the Braves but pulled off an exiciting win Lady Hawks taken at net ST GEORGE—' The Noith Sanpete Girls Tennis team traveled to St George to play in the Bloomington Country Club High School Tennis Tournament last weekend and suffered their first losses ol the season falling to 4A and 3A Tooele Timpv icw The lawks also had two wins and another one over Uintah over Pam wan Despite the team’s losses the first doubles duo of Heather and Toni Gailick remain undefeated after a the weekend Heather and Toni beat Uintah Maria’s only loss this season was at the tournament to Timpview 16-- In singles action Sami Sego played her very best tennis in her defeat to Timpview (2) “That match was the best have ever seen Sami play” said coach Brad Bentley Sami also lost to and to Parow an Tooele 5 Her only win of the weekend came against a very talented Uintah Ute Diane Slack came back to win a tight match after two devastating losses Slack beat Parowan (6) and lost to Tinipview Parowan Tinipview and Tooele The second doubles duo of and Tooele Uintah Andrea and Maria Peel also had a ) Third singles Carlce Earl won very successful weekend They beat Uintah ) three out her four matches She beat (3) Tooele and ) Uintah Timpview Parowan Andrea and ' and Parowan ) I lor one loss came at the hands of Tooele Whitney Hricksen and Kayla Prestwich also made the trip with the team and both won matches and against Parowan Whitney Kay la “The reason we come to these weekend tournaments is to get great competition to improve our players Even though we may end up with a team loss or two the benefits to the gills far outweigh the losses” said coach Jeff Ericksen Eailier in the week the Hawks notched a region win over Delta The only loss of the day was in first doubles with Jen Nielson and Kayla Prestwich Jen and Kayla stepped up to varsity play when leather and Toni Gailick went to participate in a meet Baldwin America’s 1 Piano she re- well” Pmblemt Solved Guaranteed NEW USED RENTAL I PIANOS DISCONTINUED REPOSSESSED SLOOOOOW COMPUTER? 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