Show orts Wednesday October 6 2004 Sanpetewessenger-Gunniso- A9 Valley Edition n 9 slhoolda5 woelda GouIda?9 Gunnison controls possession but fails to convert into win By Sean Hales Sports writer MANTI — Let’s get this out of the way: Manti won against the Gunnison Bulldogs That having been said the game was a lot closer than Manti would have wanted it or than anyone probably expected The silence of the Manti home crowd and sideline during the second quarter attested to that But it wasn’t closer than Gunnison head football coach Rhett Jackson expected “We didn't go up there thinking we would lose especially with the way we played against Juan Diego” said Jackson Jackson said he had a plan against Manti the focus of which was keeping the Templar offense off the field It worked “We just wanted to control the ball” said “but it just morphed into whatever play we called we could get three four or five yards” Gunnison was able to produce 272 yards on the ground for the game and most of the yardage came in shoit runs run by Joey Crane But the Bulldogs could not find a way to get the ball to pay dirt “We did everything right except score” said Jackson about the first half He also complimented defensive Manti’s Templars 20 8 Gunnison That ball control resulted in the Templars having possession for a meager 1:46 of the first quarter and only 3:20 of the second quarter Ultimately however the game was decided by opportunities — opportunities the Templars capitalized on and that the Bulldogs could not In the first half Gunnison was in the red zone three times which included a stand at the Manti line set up by a stand “They made some great We couldn't quite get plays the movement that we needed” Manti had two Conversely one of which they possessions had to punt away and the other was ended by a fumble that Gunnison recovered However in the second half knocked for when opportunity Manti they dragged it through the door and made it a part of the family Gunnison still exhibited superb ball control but Manti capitalized on a Gunnison fumble in the third quarter to reach state despite inexperience By MANTI— The tournament Beating Gunnison Sept 28 By Bob North Sanpete scored on each possessions in the first Bahlmann Sports writer Eagles of its seven in five games and then taking a tough North Sevier team to five games the following night the team is looking better every time they take the floor Speaking of the North Sevier team coach Roxanne Squire said “They beat us pretty easily in three games when we played them earlier but the girls fought really hard and we went five v games with them” Squire is pleased with the progress of the team “It shows the kids are improving” she said To qualify for the tournament the Lady Templars will have to win one of their last three legion games They travel to Richfield Oct 5 host South Sevier Oct 12 and then play their last home game against f' GtfnniSon Oct 14 Templar golfers take second m region start state today 60 play his JV squad against the Eagles’ varsity team “They wanted a varsity match-uand they thought they would do pretty well against us” Last Friday the game was nally played and as it turns out maybe Layton Christian should have stuck with the Hawk J V team as The Eagles lost to the Ha w ks Manti High School volleyball team has got to be the most inexperienced group in 2A competition— nevertheless the girls have an excellent chance of qualifying for the 2004 state Sports writer - When MT PLEASANT Layton Christian High School contacted North Sanpete to schedule a football match-uthe Hawk coaches thought the Eagles wanted to play against the North Sanpete junior varsity After all Layton Christian played only a junior varsity schedule last year and 2004 was to be its first season of varsity ball “I think they were insulted” said Hawk head coach Blake Turner about when he offered to Bob Bahlmarm Sports writer Doug Johnson Hawks MESSENGER PHOTO Manti volleyball has good chance page A 10) Hawks demolish Layton Christian Eagles 60-- 7 By HALES which resulted “Bulldogs” (See SEAN defender Brandon Puett (34) grabs Gunnison running back Joey Crane (30) the only way he can Gunnison produced 272 yards on 58 carries and controlled the ball for over 1 8 minutes of the game but were unable to pull off the win Manti BRUCE VAN DER RIET MESSENGER PHOTO MOAB — The Manti High School golf team shot an impressive 336 on a tough Hideout golf course in Moab to take second place in region and qualify to compete in the state The Templars were tournament 32 strokes behind the number one ranked Richfield Wildcats who took region with a score of 304 North Sevier was third at 361 followed by South Sevier at 368 Gunnison at 372 and San Juan at 393 Three Manti golfers were competition were Tim Kjar Blake Wheeler and Justin Crosland According to Assistant Coach Bob Jensen the Templars earned the second recognized as top ten finishers They were Jordan VanOrman who shot a 76 Jake Jacobsen with a score of 83 and Matt Lyons with an 86 Other team members who qualified for state place finish through hard work and practice dedicated “They’ve done pictty well” he said "And improve my good- (See “Manti golf’ half to run away to a halftime lead However Layton Christian from the A ranks showed some real flashes of ability against the 3A Hawks “They’re a well- - ADULTS: CHILDREN & MATINEES $550 SENIORS: $350 coached team and they get the most out of their talent” said Turner But the first half belonged to North Sanpete and especially Tyson Church The sjx:edy junior running back carried the ball only 12 times in the first half but in those dozen carries he gained 255 (See “Hawks” Mark Anderson Sanpete County Commissioner Republican page A10) PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT 6 PM) AND TUE NIGHTS $3 MOVIES SUBJECT CLOSED 50 TO CHANGE SUNDAYS VALLEY VISION CLINIC OPTICAL & Richard Luekenga J 435 S3 6 SI 42 145 J page A 10) Tyler Christensen tackles Layton Christian’s Craig Crooms The Hawks produced a convincing win -- specializing OD & David Graf QD in Kindness North 100 Hast in Richfield to and Vision Excellence seme you 75 No 100 East in Gunnison 10'6 |