| Show v A10 Sanpete Wednesday October 20 2004 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n Home town fans sing rivalry blues Snow College falls to Dixie State Rebels in second half Templars lose to rivals Juan Diego despite heroic last stand By Bob By Bahlmann DRAPER — 'flu only undefeated teams in 2A football it all on the line last riday put when Manti traveled to Juan Diego to battle the Soaring Fugle for undisputed first place in the northern region preserve Juan Diego’s margin and hand the Templars their first loss of the season It looked like the Templars were going to stop the Soating Eagle on their first possession but quarteiback Tovcy Parker lound Marquis Wilson on a third and 14 which resulted in touchdown a run by Zach Jlorrocks and a Juan Dilead midway through ego the first quarter In a Manti subsequent possession converted three tliiid 24 Dixie quarterback Danny Southwick hit tailback J T Diederichs BOB BAHLMANN After exchanging punts Juan Diego used a pass to Wilson to get back to the line Bruce Bjoiklund powered it in and the lead Soaring Eagle held a early in the third quarter A Salanoa pass to Hatch for Templar 38 yards had the Templars knocking on the door inside the Juan Diego line Josh Ilugentobler Jace Moore and Hatch all had short gainers to set up a keeper quarterback by Salanoa that gave Manti a with four edge at minutes left to and yards defensive plays by Newton Moore and Tim followed by a Thomson the Soaring Eagle a third and five in Templar territory Wilson took another reverse for nine yards and the first down And then Dalene with time ticking away Horrocks scored from one yard out With only 3 9 seconds left in the game Juan Diego held a lead The Templars were able to move the ball and set up shop at the Juan Diego 38 with 18 A seconds remaining to Hatch set Manti completion up at the 12 with two ticks on the clock The Salanoa pass for the win was on the money but Wilson tipped the ball away to seal the Soaring Eagle win Juan Diego used their disrunning game to gain 286 yards rushing Wilson had 138 yards on six carries Horrocks carried 19 times for 75 yards In the air Juan Diego was 8 of 2 for 3 yards Manti used a balanced offense to gain 130 yards on the ground and 141 through the air Hatch had nine carries for 66 ciplined yards Salanoa carried eight times for 22 yards Moore had 17 on six carries and Puett ran twice for 14 Salanoa was 10 of 7 passing hitting Frischknecht four times for 56 yards and a touchdown Newton once for 22 yards Hatch three times for 20 Ilugentobler de- from 15 yards out for Diederichs ran for a touchdown another score as Dixie gained a lead after the first period Nevertheless the Badgers once for five ') Reminiscing about the game Manti offensive coordinator Andy Moysh said “Players have to play through emotion while focusing on staying together through the struggles It is usually this challenge which gives players the opportunity to grow And this is when like E’riday night people realize that it isn’t about winning and losing but about growing Manti lost the game but in losing gained LITTLE LEAGUE SIGNUP FOR GUNNISON WWW Kyle Hatch (37) turns a corner around Juan Diego fenders during the battle of the undefeateds sack had looking at down situations and quarterback Taylor Salanoa found wide receiver Devin Frischknecht TD pass open for a They connected again on the conversion and Manti moved ahead The Templar defense stymied a Soaring Eagle drive on the line Forcing Juan Diego to settle for a field goal for a lead With just over left in the first half the Templars stalled at the Juan line and for the Diego first time this year lined up to kick a field goal Salanoa split the uprights from 40 yards out and took an lead It looked like Manti would take the lead into the halftime lockers but Juan Diego gave the ball to Wilson on a reverse and he sprinted 69 yards into conthe end zone A version gave the Soaring Eagle lead a Tyler Thomson fielded the opening kickoff of the second half and ran 96 yards to pay dirt That score evened the tally at 17 with only 14 seconds gone in the second half Brad Barton are off The Dixie State Rebels proved this to be true as they rebounded from a devastating loss at Pima two weeks ago to humble the Snow College Badlast week at Badger gers Stadium The Rebels capitalized on some early momentum when Nice Manti ic bets play Juan Diego 29 H Sports writer EPHRAIM — When longtime and sometimes bitter rivals meet on the football field rankings mean nothing and all Sports writer And it was everything you could have asked for in a football game Well maybe another five seconds would have been nice lie outcome came down to the final play of the game when a diving defensive effort tipped a Manti pass in the end one to j so much out of the defeat” The Templar loss puts them in a battle for second place with of this The results Juab Thursday’s game in Nephi will determine whether Manti will play at home in the first round of the playoffs or travel Dixie 31 Snow 17 it) BRUCE showed that they would not be intimidated as Deondrick Nunez returned a kickoff 9 yards for a touchdown early in the second Snow continued to dominate the second period and was able to produce a 22 yard field goal by Joey Mack and a touchdown pass from wide out Jake Little to Travis Henderson which gave the Badgers a lead at intermission Despite Snow’s second quarand turnovers ter dominance fatigue cost Snow dearly for the second consecutive year as the Quarter to No application will be accepted after 1 pm on Friday Nov 5 2004 Registration is for 3rd thru the 8th grades hoys and girls Any question contact Kim Lund at 4 Ron Ball at or Lila Bartholomew at Applications will be passed out in school the week of Oct 25th VAN DER RIET MESSENGER PHOTO Badger quarterback James Pritchard heaves long pass failed attempt to beat Dixie rivals Rebels shut them out in the second half of play Although the Badgers’ defense was able to virtually shut down Dixie’s passing attack Diederichs was able to run over through and around the Badger defense Diederichs pummeled defensive front for 237 yards on 36 carries while runSnow’s mate Alphonso ning Cunningham gashed them for an average of 122 yards per In carry on 5 rushes for 61 yards1 Landon Beus Meanwhile led the way for Snow’s ground attack with 76 yards on 14 carries while Ty Sparrow did all he could to stymie Dixie’s offense 13 tackles with a The Badgers will celebrate homecoming this weekend and have invited the surprise team of the WSFL the Scottsdale i tichokes to play in Ephraim Game time will be :30 pm on n vj i) Id u !') ) o 13 id n id 10 to 'H ’H Hi lit Saturday 'll Millard coach deep uXOUNTV ° liHUIia Lady Bulldogs By lose final home game Patti Robertson GUNNISON — Despite playing their best game of the season and a sloppy Richfield Lady Wildcats team the Gunnison Lady Bulldogs lost their final home game of the season last week Gunnison started off on the right foot by scoring the first point Lady Bulldog Catie Davis displayed her athletic ability with some powerful and spikes However Richfield was able to take the lead despite their sloppy play and win the game In the second game Gunnison scored the first point and then established themselves at the net with some superb tips and blocks Richfield seemed slow defending their side of the net and it seemed at times that Gunnison had the game in hand However Gunnison could not make the final push and lost the game In the third game the Bulldogs showed more determination but could not seem to grab the lead For period of time the score was neck and neck but the Wildcats opened the game up to a lead The Bulldogs pulled out all the stops and narrowed the gap by scoring points in the final five minuets but could not overcome the Wildcats Gunnison lost the final game YOUTH BASKETBALL person at the Gunnison Middle School from 2(X)4 or turn in applipm on Monday Nov cations to Diane Dyreng at the school Nov In id id Bill Bedford “but I’m not sure we have ever been this eight out of the top ten is almost unheard of” 17 Final team scores were North Sanpete Carbon 64 Emery 72 Delta 82 Lehi no score In the boy’s race Lehi dominated the field and North Sanpete was edged by both Emery and Carbon to take fourth and just miss a state birth However Hawks senior Bryce Carr took second overall to advance to state for North Sanpete running as an individual “His dreams of a great race at state remain alive and well though he would have preferred to be running with his teammates” said coach’Bedford Final team scores were Lehi 25 Emery 66 Carbon 66 NS and Delta 112 Scoring for the Hawks in addition to Carr were Eric Hey wood Ben Russell Alex Christensen and Shaun 74 Russon State Championships are Wednesday Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City Lady Badgers falter against Southern Idaho By Craig Cook The Lady Badger Volleyball and down season They’ve been at opposite ends of the spectrum They’ve been both the hammer and the nail and the bug and the windshield Last week the Badgers were the wheat and the Col- Team hasn’t just had an up lege of Southern Idaho Eagles the thrasher Even Beth Maseuli whose num- bers are normally impressive had a difficult time The Lady Badgers started runs in each game but the Golden Eagles stepped their play to keep the Badgers down In the first game the Badgers were down North Sanpete girls advance to state Lady The North Sanpete cross country team traveled to Lehi last week for a critical region meet and a shot to qualify for this week’s State Championship competition but some great plays Sanpete’s Lady Hawks arrived deeper and more talented than last year’s squad but no one was ready for the show they on as they held eight of the top ten positions to score a put 17 points Senior Heather Garlick would not to be denied as she paced the team with her win in 21: 34 followed by Stephanie Flinders in second and freshman Sylvia Bedford in third Delta’s Brittany Johnson managed to wrangle fourth place from the Lady Hawks before the remaining red uniforms streamed across the finish line to seal the win for North Sanpete Freshman Katie Curtis was fifth and Teni Francks placed sixth to produce the team score of 17 head ‘We have had talented teams before” commented Oct 20 at by Brown and some bad and the Badgers were back to within strikThen the Eagle shut things down The second game stayed tight until when the Eagles kicked in the afterburners and outscored the Badgers for a final The third game is the same story with the Badgers never mark really contending after staying close until Badger Coach Les Calles said that he was “proud of the players and all the hard work they’ve done all year” including the 35 average GPA that the team has but “it’s difficult to compete against teams that recruit talent with so much experAshley play by the Eagles ing distance at ience” POOR |
