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Show Page 1C North Edition ' UW ; Lakeside Review Wednesday, September 26, 1984 Clearfield-Layto-n Close But Lacked Spark DUANE THOMAS Review Correspondent Some years ago LAYTON when you heard of Clearfield and Layton getting together for a football game it meant one thing, ex- Some might consider the low score evidence of a good defensive battle, which was partly true, but also it was a battle of two mistake-pron- e offenses and who would make the last error. citement. That last mistake belonged to What else would you expect the Lancers. from one of the hottest rivalries With about four minutes rein the state. maining in the contest ClearBy looking at the closeness of fields Todd Ferguson intercepted the score of last Friday nights a Layton pass near midfield. Three plays later Falcon quargame at Layton you might assume it was an exciting duel. But terback Brad Sherwood hooked up with Sean Openshaw on a you know what they say about assuming. scoring strike for the only That was especially true if you score of the game. like to see the scoreboard light That touchdown turned out to be more than enough for the Falup. cons as the Lancers could not Offensively, this years Falcon-Lancbattle had as much excitemount a comeback effort before ment as reruns of Sheriff Lobo the game ended. on television, as the Falcons The Lancers were able to move squeaked out a 0 victory in a the ball on the Falcons for a good mistake-fille- d contest. part of the game but just when it 47-ya- rd er 7-- seemed Layton was about to do something big they either turned the ball over or managed to get a costly penalty. It was a common occurence to hear the Layton P.A. announcer say There is a flag on the field again." The Lancers displayed a rare ability to fumble the ball after big plays and stop their own drives.; Credit should be given to the defenses, however. Both teams created a good ; share of turnovers with jarring tackles and good coverage in the secondary. . Falcon coach Brent Hancock made an accurate prediction be- fore the contest, calling for a low score and saying a big play would : win the game. Lucky for Hancock and his Falcons it was their big play that won it. Bees Option Past Royals 27-1-2 Roy Still Looks For Win SCOTT MONSEN Review Correspondent The Roy Royals are ROY still looking for their first win of the season after a disappointing 2 loss to the Box Elder Bees here Friday night. It was also the opening Region game for both schools. The homecoming loss drops the Roywhile the Bees improve als to to Roy now prepares to travel to Bonneville this Friday night in hopes of spoiling the Lakers homecoming: The key to the game was a relentless rushing attack led by BE quarterback Steve Olsen. He ran the option offense flawlessly, which kept the Royals scratching their helmuts most of the game. He (Olsen) was probably their most intelligent player," said Roy head coach Fred Thompson, v He ran well and made some tUnely passes. They just kept running the football and we couldnt stop them. They just executed us to death. The Bees got the scoring started early, finding the end zone for touchdowns twice in the first six minutes. 27-1- 1 0-- 4, 2-- 2. fcig&tesa Craig Carter finds some running room in the Lancer secondary CLEARFIELDS Friday. The Falcons eked out a over winless Layton in the Region 7-- 0 Davis East JOHN CANNON Review Correspondent ground and in the air they sent Mike Robinson crashing up the middle for the opening score. The tempo was set and East would never see the light all . An Autumn chill filled the air and fans filled the stands as the ranked Davis Darts com-- , No. pletely destroyed the East Leopards 42-- 0 in the Region opener for both schools. On the opening drive of the ballgame the Darts rolled up their sleeves and went to work. Moving the ball well on the 1 ''' , ; night, We became a little complacent , in the second quarter. Davis Coach Jim Dickson said. But we came back out for the second half ready to go again." he said. 1 victory opener. 42-- 0 In The first came on the when Olsen crashed in from seven yards on an option play and the second on and pass from Olsen the Brad Quayle. The Bees lead 0 before all the fans had found their seats. But the Royals seemed to find themselves and started a scoring drive of their own on the next possession. On the kick-of- f Roy returned the ball to its own 44 yard line. Aided by to.major penalties Roy marched to the BE 29 where they 18-ya- rd 1 3-- GARY HATCH ;We did not adhere to , . -2 The Wildcats held Viewmont to passing in the first half, Eldracher said. ; very quick and if they can get him the ball and get him in a seam hell be gone. Dickson said. We are going to spend time on stopping the run as well as the pass. We believe in being well rounded and the reason I think were doing well is because all our kids work hard and they all do their job, Dickson added. IS; hard-worki- In Opened deflection. 3-- Another positive sign for the Wildcats is that they unleashed a pbtent passing attack against the ; pass-hap- py Woods Cross scored two more times and Viewmont once morp in the third quarter to make it In the final period the Vikes made a comeback, but fell short by one point at the end of the game. , 29-1- 2. Vikes. Soon after the game started it became evident the entrance of the Woods Cross mascot via a Wildcats 29, Vikes 28 helicopter was a portent of the I am very proud of our kids. Wildcat game plan. They have played four games and I felt good about the balance f played a little better each game," we showed. (Brad) Worthen hit Woods Cross coach Larry 0 of 18 passes and had three TD said. passes,- We also gained about was It especially rewarding 0 yards both on the ground because they played a good game and in the air, Eldracher said. against a quality team. Woods Cross Worthen opened Eldracher said the play of his the ; strike scoring with a defensive secondary, comprised to Cullimore in what was a tough of Trent Sterling, Jeff Hawkins, defensive battle until near the Kevin Cullimore and Brady Anend of the first quarter. derson, was one key of the game t The first half ended iii the early going. had Anderson ;Cullimore and In" the third quarter the one interception each. Wildcats added another TD on a Viewmont coach Warren Worthen to Hawkins pass and Hatch said his club moved the added two more points on a safeball all night, but consecutive ty when a long snap from possessions with bad field posisailed over the punters tion rendered the Vikings unable head and out of the end zone. to sustain enough of a drive to ' Things looked bad for Viewscore. On defense the Vikings were mont until they recovered the rated at a sub-pperformance by kick after the safety and moved the ball dowrtfield. ,The Vikings their mentor. ' Highland 21, Bountiful 0 Bountiful had two long touchdown runs called back and al- lowed two big plays that led to Highland scores as the Braves dropped their region opener to the Rams. Bountiful sophomore quarterback Joey Covey had a good game passing the ball and Doug Anderson Rick Freeman and Tyler Freckleton had a field day catching Coveys passes, but the Braves were denied the end zone. er 1 130-14- , 34-ya- rd 6-- 0. View-rno- ar ; Wildcat defender. Brian Beecher stayed with the ball and caught the ball in the end zone after the 29-2- Eld-rach- a good chance. Region Opener For Both scored on a pass deflected by a mentals and we did not carry out assignments, Hatch said. Review Sports Editor After a deceptive preseason, Woods, Cross put a complete game together at just the right time and handed Viewmont its 8 in first loss of the season Woods Cross Friday.. Meanwhile, Bountiful penalized itself out of two touchdowns as a big, physical Highland squad spoiled the Braves region Opener 21-- 0 at Bountiful. . But we couldnt keep going, the first year coach continued. "On the next series Tafoya had a 39 yard run but that was it. If we could have executed a couple of plays after big plays we would have been better." The Royals now must regroup for the Lakers on Friday and Thompson feels the Royals have 1 Wildcats Beat Viewmont, Bountiful Sputters funda-- life. They (Bonneville) are big and found themselves facing fourth strong on defense and a conservative ground attack," he said. down and 1. Shane Opheikens took a pitch They probably dont have the around the right end and picked passing game that they have had up the first down by inches to in the past. We will need to stop the run and force them into some save the drive. Two plays later Dave Tafoya, things that they arent used to playing quarter back for the first and then maybe we can capitaltime of the. game, showed the ize. Ill be surprised if we dont go Royal version of the option and over there and play well, rambled 19 yards for the TD. The Roy defense also came to Thompson said. The kids felt worse than anylife holding the Bees well away from the goal line for the rest of one about Box Elder and well have some good practices this the half. It was good we came back and week. Bonneville is a good rivalry and we usually play them well." added some excitement, ThompKick off is set for 7:30. The fourth and son remarked. fumble. They then proceeded to of kids. Theyre listening to what move it up the middle for the we have to tell them and theyre touchdown. .going after it, Dickson said. Our Defense gave us that one. Woods Cross comes to Davis ' Dickson said. They really this week. worked hard tonight.. Were going to prepare for evDickson was pleased with his erything, Dickson said. Woods Cross has as good of players performance and attributed his teams success to hard athletes as Ive seen in the region. work. They throw the ball well and bunch Hawkins is a good runner. Hes Theyre a Davis led at half time 21-- 0 and came out the second half much as they did the first. ' The Darts scored early in the second half on an innovating play. Handing it off to the right, they then passed it back to the left and ran it down the sideline for the touchdown. Davis kicked off and several plays later recovered the ball on a 11 and changing quarterbacks picked us up and gave us some ' The game was really pretty even. We had two TD runs called back and they had a blocked punt that led to a score and one big pass play. Other than that it was an even game, Bountiful' coach Kim Peterson said. nt . On defense, standouts Brett Balderson, Darin Palmer and Ryan Rushton helped contain the powerful Highland wishbone at- -, tack. Photo by Laura Fontaine- BOUNTIFULS Matt Bombard booms a punt against Highland Friday. The Rams beat the Braves 21-than that. 0, but the game was much closer |