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Show Davis County Clipper athletes Bountiful advances to semifinals Local Last two minutes terrific for Braves earn honors for academics Several athletes from Clipper Country recently received Academic honors. All-Sta- te Jennie Hunsaker Bountiful; Bountifuls Soccer Megan Morris, Woods Cross; Christy Newman. Bountiful Cross Country Douglas Espenshied, Viewmont; Barry Beutler, Viewmont; Jon Marda, Woods Cross; Heather Phillips, Woods Laura Forsberg, Viewmont; Kim Mickelson, Viewmont; Merrilee Brown, Viewmont. Tennis Jessica Poulton, Bountiful Uttle League Football Championships World League Grantsville 8, Bountiful 6 Pee Wees Tooele 13, Bountiful 0 its seventh-straig- 3, Hillcrest 0 Bantams Bountiful 40, Hillcrest 0 Juniors Viewmont 19, Hillcrest 14 game and ht improved its season record to 10-Winning is characteristic of this year's Bountiful team, but committing five turnovers is uncharacteristic. We committed more turnovers tonight than we have all season, coach Wall said. Grangers defense and the cold weather probably had a lot to do with it, he added. The good news for the Braves is 1. Winter Games offers clinics Its the same scenario. Each winter you sit in front of the television making up excuses not to go out and face the cold weather. You remind yourself that you dont ski or participate in other winter events because you dont have the money to fearn a new sport or the patience to teach its time to throw away that bag of excuses, because with this years Utah Winter Games winter sports clin ks, everyone has a chance to learn a new sport for little or no charge. Each year, in addition to the elite and recreational events, the Utah Winter Games and the Utah Sports Authority, offer numerous free clinics to help Utah dents develop their skills in resiwin- ter sports. Athletes of all ages and abilities enjoy what the inexpensive clinics have to offer, a chance to learn a new sport or brush up on an old one. For the beginner, the clinic teaches the fundamentals, while the more experienced athlete learns technique. Clinics start on Nov. 15 at the Cottonwood Heights Ice Arena with a free clinic on figure skat- ing, Clinics continue through December and January in events such as snowboarding, ski jumping, mogul skiing, speed skating, telemark skiing, ski archery, y alpine ski racing, ice biathlon. and hockey skiing, The clinics give Utah residents cross-countr- an opportunity to use all the Olympic facilities. Stop making excuses and spend more time outdoors this winter to see what Utah will be offering the world in 2002. Do yourself a favor, and participate in an inexpensive winter sport clinic. Participants can register for the clinics on me day of the event. For more information on the Utah Winter Games instrucor tional clinics, call 975-451- Davis to hold wrestling camp The Junior Dart Wrestling Camp will be held Nov, 7, 9, 14, 16 and 18 at Davis High School. The camp is for boys grades first through sixth. Registration sessions will be from 5 p.ra. - 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, Monday Nov.6 and Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the coaches office at the east end of the fieldhouse. For more information on the wrestling camp call Davis High Head Wrestling Coach Alan Porter at the school, 9. at home 546-417- 546-794- 0 21-2- can make turnovers happen too. The Bountiful D forced four turnovers with two of them coming in the final two minutes of the game to set up a touchdown and a winning field goal. Down 28-2Bountifuls hope for a victory seemed to be dashed with 3:31 left in the contest. The Lancers intercepted a hobbled pass deep in Brave territory. Bountiful toughened on defense. A loss, an incomplete pass and a holding call gave Granger third and 24 at the Bountiful 42. Defensive end Tony Anderson came up with a huge play when he plucked off a screen pass at the Bountiful 49 with about :25 left in the game. On the next play, quarterback Wes Patterson fired a 5 yard T.D. pass to Kimball Kjar and with the PAT it was all even at 28 with 1:17 to go in the game. Wes struggled early in the game, but came back with a couple of good plays, Wall 1 yourself. Well, 21-1- 1, Mighty Mites Murray 32, Tooele 0 1 al 1 that their defense Gremlins Midgets Bountiful vic- come-from-behi- tory Friday night at Granger in the 5A quarterfinals. Down 28 2 , the Braves scored 10 points in 1 minute and 20 sec8 onds to squeak past Granger and advance to the state semifinals Friday in Cougar Stadium at 3 p.m. against Fremont. It was looking real grim, said coach Larry Wall whose team won 31-2- Bountiful; Shawn Edwards, Bountiful ' fumble return for a T.D. midway through the third quarter. On the ensuing kickoff Chris Evensen took a short kick and returned it to the Granger 49. A keeper by Patterson, pass to Pat Williams and a pass interference call placed the ball at the Granger 10. On second-and-gofrom the 6, Murdock tossed a halfback pass to Parkinson and Bountiful sliced the with three minutes lead to 4 remaining in the third quarter. Granger went three and out on the next series. A good punt return by Kjar put the ball at the Granger 40. Three plays later Patterson fired a perfect pass to Williams in full 1 stride and the game was tied at early in the final quarter. Granger took five minutes off the clock with an eight play touchdown with drive to go out in front 28-2- 1 7:53 left in the game. The Lancers seemed to have victory in the grasp when the intercepted a Bountiful pass with 3:31 remaining, but now you know the rest of the story. Two-yea- r starting fullback and linebacker Craig Jones missed the game with a leg injury, but should return for Fridays game against Fremont. excitement nothing can beat Brooke Barton, Davis Golf Sam Bateman, Mark Watson Sports Editor For WEST VALLEY CITY drama, suspense, entertainment and Volleyball Cross; 1995 page B1 Tuesday, November 7, or 1 -- said It appeared that these two teams BIG VICTORY: Bountiful's Brad Murdock churns out yardage during quarterfinal game against Granger. Bountiful Granger were headed to overtime, but B - Anderson and the Bountiful defense had a different plan. On the next series Anderson stripped the ball from a Granger running back and Jerod Parkinson pounced on it with 45 seconds left in the game. With the ball at the Granger 27, the Braves were in business. Bountiful immediately tossed a screen pass to Brad Murdock who line. sprinted down to the Junior kicker Dax Rapp came on to boot the winning field goal with 8 seconds left in the game. Just as Rapp was about to kick. Granger called timeout. Rapps kick sailed through, but he had to do it again because of the timeout. Bountiful Braves upset Bonneville Darts grab 3rd-plac- e That's a lot of pressure for a Wall said of Rapps late-gaheroics. We got a great snap and a great hold, he said. The Bountiful coach said his team was able to bounce back in the fourth quarter because they are in good physical condition. These kids have invested a lot of time and effort, to be in great shape. They had enough energy and confidence to go d at the end of the game. Were happy to get to the final four and play in Cougar Stadium. This will be a great opportunity for our players, the coach said. Three of the four semifinal teams are from Region 2. Skyline will face Highland in the first game Friday at full-spee- noon followed by the Bountiful vs. Fremont contest. The Braves started quickly when Murdock raced 99 yards untouched on the opening kickoff for a quick 0 Bountiful lead. Granger came back with a quick T.D. drive on five plays. Early in the second quarter the Braves drove to the line, but coughed up the ball with a fumble. Late in the second stanza Granger drove to the Bountiful line but with no timeouts could not score and the half ended Granger drove 69 yards on five plays on its opening possession in the second half to go up 14-The Lancers went up 21-- 7 on 7-- 55-ya- 7-- 7. 7. 45-ya- finish at tourney of Taylorsville. Davis and 31 28 Murdock 99 kickoff return (Rapp kick) G - Caveness 1 run (Mulford kick) G - Caveness 3 run (Mulford kick) G - Doane 45 fumble return B Parkinson 6 Murdock (Rapp kick) B Williams 21 pass from pass from Patterson (Rapp kick) G - Tutupou 9 run (Mulford kick) B - Kjar 51 pass from Patterson (Rapp kick) B Rapp 19 FG Wildcats place 5th season Saturday by coming from behind to defeat last years state champion Sky View at the 4A state tournament. The victory gave the Wildcats a fifth-plac- e finish in the tourney. Woods Cross matched its state tournament record of last year with three wins and one loss. The difference was that this Mountain Crest defeated 67 champion East In the championship match Region lb-1- 4, 16-1- 4. Woods Cross breezed past 15-- 5 in the first Ogden 15-game on Friday, but suffered a three-gam- e loss to Provo later in the day. The Dogs hung on 15-1- 2, to claim a 15-- 3 14-1- 6 7, Woods Cross came back strong on Saturday outlasting 3 and Springville then bouncing back to beat 16-1- game saws the Darts come back and strong to take the game wondering which team had the most fight left to last out the tough third game. Davis had the game of attacking Orems two big blockers Laura Black and Beth Jepsen and trying to get the edge on the Lady Tigers. Orem took an early lead with the Darts fighting back to tie the game at five and this is when the fun began. Orem inched ahead to a 1 8 lead and it looked like the party was over for the Darts. 15-1- 0, 2-- 4, 15-1- 15-1- 2 15-Sky View In the victory , over the 5, Bobcats April Taylor had 9. 1 1 kills and 13 assists, Jodi Brisko and Megan Lovell in two straight games 15-- 8 years loss came in the second round to Provo where as last year's defeat didnt come until the championship game against Sky View. took in typical Darts fashion. In the next round the Lady Darts met with the Orem Tigers in a 1 p.m.. game which proved to be their toughest foe and their only loss in the tourney. The first game had the feel of a championship game as Orem handed the Lady Darts an emotional 16-1- 4 loss. The second 0 --- ROY Woods Cross concluded a successful volleyball The Lady Darts of Davis gave many of the fans heart problems as they battled tough teams in the tournament. Davis started off the tourney by matching up with the tough Lady Lancers of Layton. Davis was one of the strong favorites in the tourney, but the first game of the tourney was a big gut check for the Lady Darts as they were dominated 15-- 5 in the first game. Davis did a complete 360 degree turn by demolishing the Lancers in the next game 15-- 2 with kills by Wendy Dale, Brooke Barton and Jessica Purdy. This trend continued as the Darts almost played with the hapless Lancers beating them 15-- 9 in convincing fashion. Dale and Barton had their usual games with Dale getting 14 kills four blocks and Barton 20 kills, 10 dinks and two assists, but the real hero was Lori Sargent who helped her team with seven kills and a team high 23 assists. Head coach Jamie Fox said they got out of the blocks slow. The first game really started slow. We had a lot of service errors, but we stepped it up and came out on top. The next opponent for the Lady Darts was the tough Lady Warriors 15-1- 17 7 7 14 at State Doug Lang Sports Writer Taylorsville 7 0 7 0 DAVIS NET STARS: Wendy Dale slaps the ball past Mountain View defenders during a victory over Mountain View Saturday. Jane Watts (12) and Brooke Barton keep track of the action. Suddenly Wendy Dale delivered crushing kill for the Darts and they were on their way back. Davis battled back to tie the game at 14 only to have the game slip away from them as Orem advanced to the championship game. This game took a lot out of the Darts. With the format of the tournament they had to quickly regroup and come back at 4:30 to meet the Mountain View Bruin. Davis went on to take third place in the 5A tourney by beating the Bruins in convincing fashion, a but after the Orem loss things looked bleak for the Darts. Davis Coach Jamie Fox knew that her team had to fight back to win. This was a tough loss for us. We had worked so hard this year and this is a great group of girls. They have come back time and time again after losses and fought hard to win tough games. But that is the game of volleyball. The seniors have fought hard after the early exit last year and wanted to win it all. Brooke and Lori have had great careers, but we have a good nucleus in Wendy Dale, Jessica Purdy and Jane Watts for next year. quick and painful. They started the game by meeting the Lady Lakers of Bonneville which resulted in the high point for the Braves. The first two games were seesaw battles with the Braves winning the first in typical comeback fashion. Bonneville gained an early lead on the Lady Braves only to have Bountiful inch their way back into the game. Bonneville looked to have the game well in hand with a Bountiful Braves Hopes ran high as the 5A state volleyball tournament began at Hunter High with the Darts of Davis going into the tourney as the second place team in Region 2 and the Lady Braves of Bountiful entering as fourth. For the Lady Braves the trip was lead. Mental mistakes and being out of synch as a team 12-- 8 seemed to be their downfall. Suddenly the tide turned and the Lakers offense died and the Lady Braves found life from kill shots from Lisa Haslam, Rachel Ariotti and Natalie Bowman. Bountiful tied see VOLLEYBALL pg. B3 combined for I? kills and 10 blocks. The Wildcats lose four seniors who played vital roles in the Woods Cross volleyball success the past two seasons. They include Jodi Brisko, Megan Lovell, April Taylor and Natalie Pay. Top players returning include Shar Stiver, April Rowe, Shara Midgley, Tifany Godfrey and Angie Christiansen. 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