| Show j B2 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete Messenger-Gunnlso- n x I “A A r vvr5:' w -n rr-'H' Valley Edition Hawks spear Spartans in homecoming win By Doug Johnson Sports writer MT PLEASANT - The North Sanpete Hawks celebrated homecoming Friday night with a win over the dominating Emery Spartans With the win in league the Hawks move to overplay with the win and all while Emery drops to and Although the Hawks totally the game on the scoreboard North Sanpete head coach Blake Turner was not satisfied with his team’s overall performance “Our defense stepped up great” said fhe first year coach "But we have lot to do dominated BRUCE VAN DER Poulsen (4) tries to beat an Emery defender game that saw the Hawks win an impressive victory Hawk Kyle in RIET MESSENGER PHOTO Friday night’s homecoming offensively” The North Sanpete offense scored three times but five trips into the red zone resulted in only The Hawk ofone touchdown fense turned the ball over five times and was flagged 16 times for 53 yards The Hawks scored first on a end around by Tyler from HI) s Juan Diego Jackson alxml the halt (iunnison had some close opportunities bill gcnciully lost field position due to uusuies and mistakes on the otlensise side ol the ball The Bulldogs were also acutely aware ot the absence of wide receivei Chad Avery when they were thicatcnmg on the Juan Diego 15 yaul line Gunnison quarterback Ryan randsen perfectly slipvd a pass between two delenders but the leceivcr was unable to bring the ball in says that the pass would have gone to Avery' had he been in the Christensen The score was set up by a Hawk fumble recovery by Tyson Church two plays earlier at the Emery 34 As the opening quarter drew to a close wide receiver John got behind the Spartan secondary and Kyle Poulson hit him in full stride for an touchdown The last Hawk offensive scamscore came on a Church with under three by per Anderson minutes left in the first half Church had his third consecutive game picking up 141 yards on 6 carries and no w averages 973 yards per game Poulson had his best game of the season with 9 of 14 passing for 232 yards and a touchdown raising his season completion average to 534 percent Junior running back Tyler Walker was impressive as he mopped up in the final period rushing three times for 53 dash yards including a on his first carry With as well as the Hawk defense played it was fitting that it recorded the final two scores Just before halftime Anderson leveled Spartan quarterback Joey Bernard on a safety blitz just as Bernard got rid of the ball Nathan Mccham grabbed Bernard’s pass in the left flat and returned it 19 yards for the score North Sanpete took the second half kick off and marched from their own 35 to the Spartan two but the Hawks’ second of four fumbles gave the Spartans the ball at the one However on the Spartans’ first play Hawk lineman Kevin Bean tackled Bernard in the end zone for a safety for the final score of the night Turner was particularly pleased with the performance of Mecham The senior tight end pulled in three receptions for 71 yards and had 6 tackles and a sack at linebacker in addition to his interception “Mecham had a great game” “Hawks” on B3) (See Lady Hawks netters still Bulldogs (Continued up w ilh us" Wednesday September 29 2004 Gunnison 35 0 ego with a possession that netted four first downs off runs by Frandsen and receptions by Zubia Juan Diego continued and “in the same situation we would have caught game w ith Avery that ball” Gunnison was also unable to capitalize on two Juan Diego turnovers in the first half Then in the third Gunnison was able to restrain the Eagle but was unable to capitalize on an opportunity provided by a big run by Guy Zubia and a pass interference call on Juan Diego Gunnison also showed the ability to drive the ball on Juan Di to score two more in the fourth for the final score of Wilson scored four of Juan Diego's five touchdowns and according to the Juan Diego announcer tied the 2A record for most career receptions for touchdowns Jackson says he is encouraged by his team’s performance against Juan Diego He emphasized that his team competed and held them scoreless quarters He also noted that his team showed the ability to BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST! ° RIDES! 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For more information: Buy Tickets lagoonparkcom On-Lin- Mt e: tnrui ikii drive the ball downficld against them but just came up short Jasckson says the game proves “we can play against any“We just body” but continues have to clean up the mental side of it” referring particularly to several false start penalties that kept the team moving backward Gunnison faces the current 2A champions and second place Manti Templars this Friday in Manti and Jackson feels good about his team’s chances “We have to build upon what we did with Juan Diego and sustain it" says Jackson “We just have to do four quarters of that” trouncing opponents The Delta Rabbits traveled to Mt Pleasant on Wednesday Sept 22 and went home with a goose egg The Lady Hawks beat the Rabbits which brings their record to overall and in region play In first singles Sami Sego convincingly beat her opponent and then went on a streak set of five straight games to take the set and the match Carlee Earl continued her in a dominance win “Carlee in third singles makes this team very strong She is almost a guaranteed win every time love having her there’ commented head coach Jeff Erickscn Second singles netter Diane Slack had one of the most exciting matches of the day Diane made a dramatic second set comeback to win the match She was losing the second First doubles players Heather and Toni Garlick continued their unbeaten streak winning (See “Tennis” on B3) E |
