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Show pageA8 September 27, 1996 Friday sports Shorts Colts victorious at region match Cottonwood defeated Davis by two strokes Wednesday in a Region 2 golf match at baglewood The Colts shot 307. Davis 309, Bountiful 322, Skyline 322, Viewmont 334 and Highland 330 Shawn Andreason of Cottonwood and Dustin Acord of Davis tied for individual honors with 74's Boyd Summerhays of Davis and Jessica Gardner of Viewmont each shot 76's Garrett Clegg of Bountiful and Nicole Newren of Cottonwood scored 77s Nick Bosen of Bountiful fired a 78 Teams standings tor year are Cottonwood Davis 23. Skyline Bountiful 14, Viewmont 5, the 27, 20. and Braves, Wildcats win V-b- all matches Bountiful High volleyball gave the Skyline Eagles all they could handle Tuesday at Skyline The Braves lost a close one to the No Eagles 13 3, 16-1- Titans topple young Wildcats Sad trip to Happy Valley for Vikes Randy Hendricks Sports Writer The sun sank in the W'est behind the Oquirrh Mountains coloring the fluffy clouds a By Lynn Averett SpoitsWniei bright crimson Mount Olympus was painted in bright autumn hues and the moon was beginning to peak over the ridges to the east. It was a Utah County hasnt PRO O been kind to Viewmonts football team m 96 as the Vikes tell tor the second time to a 4A school from " Viewmont lost to Happy Valley Pleasant Cuove two weeks ago and was upset 33 14 Wednesday night by n the Provo Bulldogs in beautiful evening Then they started the football game and for the Woods Cross Wildcats it got pretty ugly in a hurry The Wildcats, looking for the upset win that could save their season, drew first blood with a first quarter field goal, but they action Bet ore Viewmont knew what hit yards lor a touchdown and quarterback Matt Thornton had thrown a TD pass of seven yards a 144) lead with giving the Bulldogs 3 27 left in the first quartei However two plays into the second quarter. Viewmont s Dan Evans intercepted his Inst of two passes on the night The Vikes took possession on Pnivos 34 Viewmont showed some poise as the V ikes laced two fourth and five sit uations Viewmont convened both and scoied as quarterback Mike TD pass to Poikei tossed a seven-yai- d Jon Ball cutting the Bulldog lead to Vance had raced 7 spent much of the rest of the game with their backs squarely against their own end zone, and the Olympus Titans mustered enough offense to score a 4 Woods Cross won its third region match of the season 15-- 7 Tuesday with a Shar over Granite victory Silver paced the Lady Cats with 12 kills and and three blocks Bountilul will host Davis on Tuesday at 6 p m Woods Cross will play at 15-1- Olympus at 4 p m Region 2 Football Standings victory and avenge an upset loss to the Wildcats a year ago Frankly, both teams had their offensive struggles, and each team played adequately on defense, but poor field position kept the Wildcats from even threatening to score a touchdown after the first period Woods Cross started four series inside their own 10 yard line, and were in Olympus territory on offense just three times Senior captain Russ Jessop, who has had nearly 200 yards in total offense on several occasions this season, gained just 41 yards on the ground against Olympus and didn't catch a pass Yet he actually had more yards rushing than did the entire Wildcat team when lost yardage is factored in Woods Cross was slightly better through the air. picking up 52 yards, but quarterbacks Jake Staker and Rhett Nielsen com- Woods Cross quarterback Jake Staker (9) gets ready to ignite the option half at Olympus Wednesday night Woods Cross lost 21-Photo by Cathy Linford OPTION ATTACK: gish, hut was really proud of our delense Foi all Madsens effectiveness, his first effort was inauspicious With his team facing a fourth and eight situation on its first offensive series, Madsen had the ball sail well over his head He went hack to the ball but was hit by several Wildcat players and the ball came free Clint Evans picked it up and rambled to the 1 Olympus 12 yard line before Brad Hiatt made the saving tack- - le Two Jessop runs and a screen pass, Staker to Rob Edmunds, moved the ball to the five where Flint Holbrook kicked a 22 yard field goal to give Woods Cross its only lead of the game, 0 3-- Olympus scored its first touchdown after the WTldcats came up short on a fourth down fake punt run late in the first quarter The Titans took over at the Woods Cross 27 and a Hiatt pass to Resh Jefferies on a crossing route covered the final 25 yards sign-up- s Centerville Jr Jazz sign-up- s will be Oct 5 and Oct 7 at the city offices For more informa7 tion call Centerville City The league is for ages third grade and up 295-347- the first seven at Madsen tacked on the extra point The Titans got another touchin part by a tough pass interference penalty at the goal line The call, questioned by the W lldcat coaching staff, gave Olympus the ball at the six yard line From there down just before half, aided they were able to score three plays later, Hiatt carrying the ball the final yard Olympus got its final score midway through the third penod when a Madsen kick pinned the Wildcats at the three yard line In three plays Woods Cross picked up just five yards and were forced to punt Holbrooks kick sailed off the side of his foot and the Titans took over at the Wildcat 28. A run by Tyler Scharman with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty tacked on moved the ball down to the six where runs by Jacob Colton and Blake Burdette produced the touchdown For the game, Olympuss ground game picked up 120 yards in 37 carries with Burdette the leading individual totaling 57 yards on nine tries Both Colton and Scharman carried 11 times and picked up 20 and 24 yards respectively. Hiatt passed 18 times completing seven passes for 80 yards Madsen, the Titans regular placektcker, was pressed into punting duty when the regular Jr. Jazz play in 3 bined to complete just six of 21 pass attempts, the longest completion being a Staker to Brooks Jenkins toss late in the game "W'e had bad field position a lot. said Wildcat head coach John Hailing, but even when we got the chance, we couldn't move the ball 1 thought our defense played a little bit better than it has lately, but we couldn't get anything going Were having to play a lot of young kids Part of Olympus's effectiveness came as a result of special teams play, in particular the punting of senior Josh Madsen punter was injured He responded by punching two punts out of bounds on the four yard line and having another punt downed by a teammate at the three Our punter went down, said Titan head coach Tom Larson, so we had to use our placektck-e- r He did a great job John (Hantng) had his back against a wall all night Our offense was a little slug Piovo runmngback Janies them, 21-- 3 I Highland Davis County Clipper Woods Cross Olympus 3 0 0 7 7 7 0-- 3 1 WX Holbrook, 22 yard field goal Olympus Jefferies, 25 yard pass from Hiatt, Madsen kick HOLD IT RIGHT THERE: Clint Evans (71) of Woods Cross stops Jacob Colton (4) of Olympus short in this great defensive play Photo by Cathy Linford Hiatt, Olympus Madsen kick Olympus Burdette, Madsen kick yard run, 1 1 yard run, 14-- 7 Lnloitunately tut the Vikes. on the next senes. Provo marched 70 yards to score on a ten yard pass from Thornton to Davis Waie Provo led 21-- 7 at the hall View moot opened the second halt sconng dnve capped tour y aid pass trom Parker to Blackwell to end Brandon with a d with a Viewmont 's sconng We didn't show up tonight, said Viewmont head coach Ross Hams ' We just came oil an emotional win against Davis and playing on a Wednesday night is a distracUon. bill those aie ust excuses Tlie tact is, we didn t get it done " Viewmont only managed 223 y.uds ot total ollensc, 99 lushing and 126 passing Blackwell led the Vikes with 7 yai ds on eight carries and one TD Ball placed well with one reeep-Uo- n lor eight yards two rushes for 36 and tom kickotl returns lor 96 yards and one touchdown Provo totaled 501 yards. 256 rushing and 245 passing Vance led the Bulldogs in rushing with 166 yards cm 33 toi 18 comes Thornton was 22-245 y.irds. two INTs and tourTDs Viewmont hosts Skyline, the num-bone ranked 5A team, F ndiy night tor he Vikings homecoming Skyline is coming in otl a 39 15 victory ovet Timpview "We're going to have a long week ot practice and we 11 be ready to play." viid Coach Homs View iiiontt Pnivotl-4- 2-- 0 7 7 14 7 14 ) 4 5 P Vance 7 1 y aid run ( Bav less kick) P Ware 7 yd pass trom Thiomton ( Bav less kick ) V B.tll 8 yd pass 1mm Parker (Moms kick) P Waie 10 yd pass liom Thornton (Bav less kick) V Blackwell 13 yd pass tnim Parker (Moms kick) P Hutchings 14 yd run (kick failed) P Hutchings 51 yd pass from Thornton (Vance run) Darts edge Viewmont in volleyball We came together as a team and determined Nielson that we had to give it one last shot and it woiked We worked hard and made a game of it " Clearly the Darts were stunned as Viewmont roared Doug Lang Spoils Wniei K Vt SV 1LLE The Lady Darts wanted to take out their frustrations on the Lady Vikings of Viewmont with a quick win, but Viewmont had other ideas Davis had to come alive to take the 15-- 15-1- 2 i victory f The first game saw the Lady Darts take Viewmont apart with kill shot after kill shot by Wendy Dale, Emily Christensen, Jane Watts and Jessica Purdy Whatever the Vikes had to give was lost to the power of Dav is t if IE M back into contention as they outscored Davis 7 2 behind the playing of Nielson. VT Merilee Sheritf, Jenn Nielson and . - V to them Viewmont clearly wanted to try some different combinations, because it look like they had the game in hand The Davis experiment backfired as the Lady Vikes roared back to give Davis a run for i fc- .- A - A , 'r their money Viewmont Head Coach Ten Astle called a tie out with the darts leading 3 5 to spark her team Coach Astle called time out and told us to give it all you've got," explained junior playmaker Amber Before the rally you Viewmont squad away with the last - With the score at 12-- 7 Viewmont's Merilee Sheriff gave Viewmont some life with a rally sa mg kill shot But this would only postpone the inevitable as Davis poweied to the win. and Viewmont wondering what else could happen leave Morgan Fieldhouse with some respect, and that is just what they did The second game again saw the Lady Darts take an early lead and thinking they could just waltz to the win The Davis bench pressured Head Coach Jamie Fox to let them Katie Hughes could hear the Fat Lady tuning her voice as the Vikes seemed to be going down in flames Finally. Davis woke up and put a pesky SMOOTH DELIVERY: Viewmont players serves up an ace in recent match two points to win The team talked to me about trying some new combinations and I won't it didn't work. said Fox do that again Volleyball is a momentum game and we just lost that edge Viewmont kept their serves and we made mistakes Coach Ten Astle was proud of her team not quitting We made a surge in that last game and they really gave it all they had We are still a young team and hopefully we can learn from this W'e just gave too little too late The newcomer to the Davis team. Emily Christensen, clearly gave the Lady Darts a huge boost with her kill shots and leadership We got away from the fundamentals and our communication broke down. W'e have to talk to one another and thats how we win games W'e didnt want to lose to Viewmont. so everybody finally came together The Darts will travel to Bountiful on Thursday. Oct 3 to face the Braves who are 1 in region Bountiful played a tight match against Skyline Tuesday 2-- SOCCER RIVALRY: Viewmont's Becky Harlan is surrounded by Bountiful defenders Holly Thain (17), Lindsay Jensen (3) and Tavan Richardson (16) during last week's battle between the local rivals Vikes unbeaten in region soccer Second ranked Viewmont remained undefeated and in sole possession of first place in Region 2 girls soccer as the Vikes defeated Cottonwood 0 on Tuesday It was a good win for us and the girls played well as a team, 4-- said Viewmont coach Richard Cook Viewmont dominated from the start Kathryn Smith led the Vikes with two goals while Holly Beecher and Monica Roundy each scored once Kendra Barraclough and Brittany Harlan also placed well for the Vikes This is a great group of quality girls, Cook said They're more like family than just a team Bountiful and Davis also rolled along as usual during games Tuesday Bountiful blitzed Highland 0 with three goals from Caroline Putz. Kara Alexander had three goals as Davis dumped Skyline 3 g affair The in a Wildcats improved to 0 in Region 67 by blanking the Tooele Buffaloes 0 9-- 7-- high-scorin- 4-- 5-- Region 2 Soccer Standings Viewmont Bountiful 6-- 0 5-- 1 4-- 2 Skyline Cottonwood 2-- 4 Highland 0-- Davis -5 6 |