Show Wednesday September 22 2004 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete Hawks drop first league game By Doug Johnson the Pioneers were headed toward a rout Sports writer Sophomore SkylerZabriskie started the Hawks on the comeback road blocking a punt mid- LEHI — A moral victory looks suspiciously like a loss in league standings And unfortunately a moral victory is all that the North Sanpete Hawks were able to bring home with them af- Lehi Np 21 After spotting Lehi two touchdowns in the first quarter North Sanpete fought back to tie the score and eventually take a lead midway through the period on Austin run Jorgensen’s But the lead was as Lehi speedster Tyson Thompson returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards to knot the score Then on Lehi’s next possession Abe White scored his third touchdown of the game to give the Pioneers a win in Region 8 North Sanpete fumbled on its first two possessions of the game the first giving Lehi the ball on the line Lehi converted both turnovers into touchdowns and it looked like final Talking about Thompson's kickoff return that ended up befor North ing the backbreaker both on the ground and through the air He pulled in four receptions for 34 yards and has exhibited a real ability to hold onto the ball despite catching it in heavy traffic Ten infractions and 76 yards hurt the Hawks Four times they were flagged for be- Poulson his regular kicker had a bloody nose and had to come out of the game “We had John Anderson fill and we just didn't in kicking have enough time to make adjusKeisel “I tments” commented should have called time out to get things set up right It’s disheart- 28 Sanpete proving scoring touchdowns Sanpete way through the second period to ter their first league game of the season last Friday night against Lchi who won Keisel Keisel said that give North Sanpete the ball at the Lehi line Kyle Poulson got North Sanpete on the scoreboard four plays later with a quarterback sneak North Sanpete took the and marched 78 yards on 12 plays to tie the score at 14 Poulson hit Jorgensen on a pass for the score North Sanpete had' several victories even though the win ening” Despite the two touchdowns the Hawks gave Lehi the game showed the North Sanpete defense starting to gel as a unit Lehi is the first opponent this season that North Sanpete has limited to total offense less than The Pioneers picked up 179 yards on the ground and 66 through the air for a total of 245 belongs to Lehi Climbing out of the hole they had dug for themselves in the first quarter to nally take the lead in the final Tyson Church continued progressing with his third game of the season rushing for over 100 yards and picking up 111 yards on 22 carries The junior running back has 443 yards for the season averaging 53 yards period was a case of true perseverance “These kids played well enough to win tonight” said Hawk special teams coach Bull per carry Jotgensen also keeps im ing offside on defense and four times Hawk penalties resulted in Pioneer first downs White was the workhorse for Lehi gaining 137 yards on 22 carries and grabbing a pair of receptions for 32 yards This Friday the Hawks host the Emery Spartans at 7 pm for their homecoming game Emery has not yet played a region game but is overall with a loss at Provo last week win was over overtime Emery’s Ogden North Sanpete has won the last four meetings between the schools but Emery leads the overall series In the other Region 8 game last week Delta had no mercy for Carbon shutting out the Dinos for the fourth time in their five games this year Three plead guilty to Snow burglaries By College at the time of the burglaries John Hales Staff writer M ANTI — Three young men have pled guilty to felonies in cases stemming from burglaries and thefts that occurred at Snow College during the school year Devon Fore and Anthony Gibson appeared in Sixth District Court on Aug 25 and Dennis Sullivan appeared on Sept 9 to other charges were felony charges of burglary by receiving stolen property (one count each) one charge of Class A misdemeanor theft and a Class B misdemeanor dropped as per plea bargains offered by assistant county attorney Brody Keisel who prosecuted the cases All three men had resided in Ephraim at one time and two were students attending Snow charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor two of whom were also involved in the case says Keisel The crimes took place during the fall and spring school semesters last year according to and enter guilty pleas to certain charges brought against them return Keisel and involved the removal and subsequent disposal of educational and computer equipment from the college’s Eccles performing arts center and humanities building Keisel says the cases have been referred to the Office of Fore pled guilty to one felony of theft by receiving stolen property Gibson pled to felony charges of burglary and theft (one count each) and to a a charge of criminal mischief Class B misdemeanor Sullivan pled guilty to In Adult Probation and Parole which will make sentencing recommendations to the attorney’s office theft for all three is Sentencing scheduled for Oct 20 If Judge David L Mower accepts Keisel’s recommendations in addition to any fines and and we feel that these young men need to be held accountable” he said He added however that he doesn’t want their punishments to be overly harsh saying “It’s not but to my job to get convictions achieve a fair result The perpetrators were contrite and assisted us in trying to recover the Given their age and the they gave us we this will come out as it property cooperation think should” sentencing will include obligations to pay restitution to all injured parties as well as orders to compose and publish formal letters of apology “These were serious ct imes - - Narcotics Anonymous Meetings In Sanpete Mon: 7 — & Fri: EPHRAIM ML meetings are open to one who wishes to attend All LOAN CENTER By However Brad Barton Sports writer YUMA AZ — The tenth ranked Snow College Badgers were stunned by the Arizona Western Matadors last week in loss after producing a a convincing win against the Georgia Military Bulldogs in the first game of the season The Matadors were eager to avenge the loss handed to Matadors 30 23 Badgers them by the Badgers last year The Matador defense contributed by holding the Badgers scoreless through the first quar- ter while their offense produced two scores on the feet of quarterback John Grier who ran 19 yards for a score before hitting tailback Gerald Hill on a lead pass for a The Badgers showed some resilience as they won die battle for field position in the second quarter The good position paid off midway through the second kickoff 02 yards for Arizona 2 6 lead gallant efforts by Badgers CJ Ah You and returned a a Western Despite Desmond Hanohano who each scored second half touchdowns the Matadors made stops at all the right moments to maintain their lead and eventually the victory Snow’s defense held Arizona Western to 293 yards of total offense but according to Badger offensive coordinator Titan Trimble weather conditions kept him front establishing a vertical passing game The Matadors seemed to be able to compensate Snow Game time will be 1:30 Saturday Sept 25 If the new turf at Snow Colstadium is not ready the lege game will be held at Manti High Gunnison flag football results GUNNISON— Week Three Gunnison’s youth NFL flag football started off with a hang as the Subway Buccaneers and the Jean Scene Dolphins battled their way to a tie conversion by the Packers was the difference The am game had the Jensen Drug Seahawks falling Lotsa Motsa Steelers to the Kaz Mogle scored a touch down and the point conversion to put the Bucs up by seven with 2 minutes left in the game The Dolphins drove down to the line and on the last play of the game Austin Pickett threw his third touchdown pass to Drake Reynolds to put them within one The two then hooked up again on the point after to tie the game Chase Christensen of the Steelers had two touchdown runs and Colby Caldwell had two of touchdown scores the Seahawks by run Stopby and enter a free drawing for Callaway golf clubs and balls or a weekend stay in Park City (also includes a balloon ride and dinner with Olympic Gold Medalist Jim Shea) The Wegener brothers both scored a touch down for the Packers to take the lead Mason Powell answered back with a huge touchdown run but in the end a Carlisle scored two touchdowns to win it for the Broncos Grammy Nominated Jazz Pianist WE HAVEN T FORGOTTEN WHO KEEPS US IN BUSINESS ZIONS BANK' www i onsfcank com Cv- - MCM8ER Sept 2g Eccles Center Jorgensen Concert Hall Snow College Campus Ephraim Tickets: Ztons Bank it t full service bank branchet and more than 200 throughout Idaho and Utah additon to wide range ot tradtionat banking services Zions offers a comprehensive array investment loan origination offices for smalt businesses nationwide mortgage and Insurance services and has a network 8 $300 at the box the Caden Birch started the scoring for the Broncos with a touchdown run The 49ers’ Boston Jones answered back with a touchdown catch Lane Chi vers caught a touchdown pass for the Broncos and then on the 49ers ensuing drive intercepted a pass and took it in for the score The 49ers’ Tyler Blackburn added 3 touchdowns for the hat trick but the Broncos’ Travis J:)0 pm join our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Tuesday September 28"’ at 11:00 am A barbeque luncheon will be served own for had Elkridge Financial 49ers losing to the Gunnison Market Broncos in a high scoring battle the Messenger touchdown of his The last game Kaleb Prisbrey started the scoring for the Colts with a In Concert Please for the weather however Five Matadors completions averaged 250 yards per reception The Badgers have no time to mourn this loss as the Phoenix Bears will pay a visit to Art Lrnde Zions Bank is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of our new Ephraim Loan Center located at 45 N Main Street that half squeaking any- appeared pm as Snow quarterback James Pritchard took a scoot into the end zone Snow missed the extra point for a score of at the it the Matadors were just getting warmed up in the first half and their special teams unit wanted in on the action Only a few seconds into the second half Hill Sanpete County to challenge Colts For more information on NA call or GRAND OPENING Top ranked Badgers lose heartbreaker to Matadors The second game featured the Premier Financial Packers Pleasant MATR Treatment Center 265 N State 7 pm Manti 450 S600W pm All Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n office In addition to the concert Lande will also discuss and demonstrate improvisational techniques at the Snow Convocation presenter on Thursday Sept 30 at 12:30 pm |