Show 14 - The Herild journal Logan Utah Sunday November 4 1979 IWS advances a with victory Gooding next I Special to The Herald Journal ASHTON — West Side took advantage of several big plays on the way to a 264 Idaho state S quar-- t ! A-- terfinal victory over North Fremont Friday The Pirates will now advance to a semifinal contest next Saturday at Gooding "To win that onesided we felt really good about our performance" West Side Head Coach Craig Gladwell told The Herald Journal j 1 The Pirates scored on their initial possession of the d game driving 70 yards Howard Bingham’s run gave West Side a 0 lead West Side’s PAT pass attempt fell Incomplete but the Pirates were ahead to stay "We felt good that we could come out and sustain a drive Uke that" Gladwell said j one-yar- 1 6-- The Pirates maintained that early 64) advantage at the intermission and struck with the first of those big scoring plays in the third period Dave Todd took a handoff and raced 74 yards to paydirt and increase the Pirate margin to 12-Again the conversion pass attempt failed I 0 "In spurts on offense we looked good” Gladwell analysed "Todd really had a fine day" Todd finished with 105 yards in only eight csrries for a 13 average The Huskies then got a key break to get back into the game when a North Fremont runner fumbled but an alert Husky was there to scoop up the loose ball and sprinted 30 yards to score and make it 12-- 6 The Pirates stopped North Fremont's run on the PAT try West Side's Ben Turnbow then came right back with the play that enabled the Pirates to maintain the upper hand ! yards-per-car- ! I : : ry Turnbow took the ensuing kickoff and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown Quarterback Allen Morgan found Troy Held for the two-poiconversion and West Side led 204 entering the final period The Pirate defense which limited North Fremont's potent rushing attack to 111 yards kept the Huskies off the scoreboard in the fourth quarter and West Side added an Insurance touchdown "We controlled the line of scrimmage and made them throw more than they wanted to" Gladwell said They are a strong running team but our strength on defense is stopping the run" North Fremont was forced to go to the air II times and completed only five puses for the day nt i West Side recorded its final score on a pass completion from Paul Smart to Bingham for the final 244 result The extra-poipass attempt failed but the Pirates had secured the victory enabling the SEIC champs to gain a berth in next week’s semifinals as the A-- 3 field has been pared to four 1 36-ya- nt ! i teams The Pirates recorded 244 yards in total offense with quarterbacks Morgan and Smart accounting for 15 yards on five completions in eight attempts - Team statistics Logan’sScottJames(15)whofilledinforan injured Steve Gappa threw for 203 yards i - - WS — Howard Slngfiam 1 run (pau failed) WS-D- ave Todd 74 run (pm tailed) HF — 30 run with fumble (run tailed) WS— Ban Turntow 75 kickoff return (Troy Retd pass from Allen Moreen) WS — Slngtiam Mpau from Paul Smart (pau failed) 16 Grizzlies completions In 29 attempts as the began their march for a second straight state title Friday beating Timp(Herald in the view quarterfinals 34-2- Journal photo by Al Hartmann) 3-- 0 Logan clears first playoff hurdle By Steve Stout sports editor There was some concern in Perry Christensen's mind that the size of Timpview High School and losses of two offensive starters might pose problems for his Logan High Grizzlies in Friday's Utah State A quarterfinal playoff game That concern escalated when the from Region Six grabbed a quick 14-- 0 first quarter lead with the help of some critical Grizzly errors But enter the strong Logan defense and the balanced Grizzly offensive attack to eliminate those concerns When the final gun had sounded Friday the Grizzlies had grabbed a convincing 0 win over the and advanced into Friday’s semifinals sgalnst Bountiful And any question of whether Logan had the talent to make another run at its second consecutive state title were answered on the chilly Friday t Timpview entered the game averaging over 250 yards rushing in Region Six play But the Grizzly defense was unrelenting backs allowing them against the big 47 via the ground and a surprising just yards 75 through the air Timpview had used the running of Jordan Christiansen and Steve Bearnson extensively in garnering an 44 mark this season But Head Coach Paul Gillispie used good field position and a surprising passing attack to put Logan in an early hide The early stage was set quickly for Logan 3-- 34-2- rd How ttwy scared with as Hal Garner took off on a jaunt for what seemed to be a touchdown on the game's second play A clipping penalty nullified that score and Timpview's Dahl Downing returned the ensuing Logan punt to d line ' the Grizzlies’ With Bearnson and Christiansen altermoved to Logan's nating the run the 11 Then quarterback Kimball Lundahl surprised the Logan secondary by finding Mark Wheadon in the end zone An interception by David Dyer of a Scott James pass at the Logan 29 gave Timpview its second quick scoring chance It took Lundahl six plays before he found Bryce Lyons this time again from 11 yards out and the second touchdown pass Wheadon added both extra points and the Grizzly bench found Itself scratching its head Logan had to get untracked fast and it did A wild interception of James for the second time in the game ironically led Logan to its Initial score Downing grabbed the ball at his 30 and raced 34 yards before fumbling It back to Logan where Bart Butters recovered it as theLHS36 James then found David John for 22 yards in the air Drew Larsen rambled for 16 more and James hit Butters for five Jeff Hedin a flanker moved to tailback in the absence of injured Bennie Brown picked up a crucial dive only Logan first down with a four-yar- d moments before Larsen scooted for 12 yards topaydirt The Grizzlies grabbed their next score when Larry Call turned a short pass com pletion into a gain to begin Logan's next possession and five running plays later Garner rambled into the end zone from three yards out Willie Beecher who hit his first conversion kick missed this one to the left ' 4 and Logan trailed Beecher avenged the miss with a field goal as the second half gun sounded to give the Grizzlies a 4 intermission advantage It took a somewhat controversial play in the opening moments Of the third quarter before Logan assumed the lead for good Garner let a punt slip through his hands but a Timpview player pushed the ball into the Grizzly end zone where Bearnson seemed to have recovered it for a touchdown Approximately seven minutes and a few heart attacks later referee Bernie Yokum ruled the recovery a touchback instead of a Timpview touchdown giving the Grizzly bench added optimism that paid off in its next touchdown James filling in for an injured Steve Gappa at quarterback was uncanny with his passes hitting Call for 18 and Richard Engel for 29 during the drive A clipping penalty 43 where moved Logan back to the Butters took a pitch broke four Timpview tacklers and outraced the opposition for the score Gappa Who was holding for Beecher then took the conversion snap and rambled into the end zone untouched for two more points James who connected cm 16 of 29 pass attempts for 203 yards then engineered yet another Grizzly scoring drive to begin the d 13-1- 16-1- fourth period eventually hitting Richard Engel from 6 yards out Beecher made it 4 with the kick and followed with a field goal three minutes later — set up by a d interception from Logan's Jerry Miles Logan’s 419 yards in total offense was just as Timpview's exas ceptionally low total of 122 Buttars and Hedin accounted for 155 yards rushing as the Grizzlies amassed 23 first downs Game time for Friday's match against Bountiful in University of Utah's Rice Stadium was not set as of press time 31-1- 22-ya-rd one-han- mind-staggeri- Turn taflstlc How ttwy scored TV — Mark Wheadon 11 pau from Kimball Lundahl (Wheadon kick) TV — Bryce Lyons 11 pass from Lundahl (Wheadon kick) L — Drew Larsen 12 run (Wllie Beecher kick) L — Hal Gamer! run (kick tailed) L — Beecher 42 field goal L — Bart Butlars 43 run L — Richard Engel a (Steve Gappa run) pass from Scott James (Beecher kick) L — Beecher 22 field goal TV — Doug Finder 5 pass from Lundahl (run failed) Kaiser’s foot gives Preston overtime triumph Special to The Herald Journal - REZBURG Idaho It had been Jeff Kaiser’s lifelong dream to win a football game in the final play It’s no secret that the Preston High School quarterback-kicke- r possesses one of the strongest prep kicking legs in the state of Idaho but he has never had the chance to give Us team a victory at the wire That was unto Friday night when Kaiser's field goal In overtime helped the unbeaten 4 Indians’ thwart South Fremont in the first round of Idaho’s A-- 2 playoffs The win was Preston's first-eve- r state playoff triumph and moved them into next week’s semifinal round against Buhl a 27-- victory over Madison Friday in another quarterfinal matchup Preston hsd enjoyed a 14-- lead going into the fourth period but the running of scatback David Hobbs and a sewing pass from Russ Jensen to Tom Orr helped notch the score and send the contest into the extra period "The coaches call the flip for an overtime 20-ya- 17-1- top-rank- 4 d period” Tribe Head Coach Steve Milbrandt told The Herald Journal Saturday morning "And for race we won a coin toss” With Milbrandt correctly calling "heads” he elected to have his team take the defense instead of the ball "I felt if we could hold them for four downs we would get the chance of sewing a touchdown w field goal” he said “If we had taken the ball the pressure would have been on us right off the bat" The strategy wwked as Preston's staunch defensive unit held the Cougars to one yard in the four allotted downs (Each team has four line in the downs to score from the overtime situations) And the Indian offense moved the ball to the three and set the stage fw Kaiser's winning boot "He told me it had always been his dream to win a game on the final play” Milbrandt said "And there was no question I wanted to go for the field goal” halftime lead against Preston grabbed a the physically bigger South Fremont squad 7-- 0 when Brock Alder came back for a Kaiser pass was hit from the blind side but regained his balance with one arm on the ground and scooted into the end zone from 25yards out Paul McKay grabbed another Kaiser pass inches off the ground from five yards out in the third period and Kaiser's second conversion kick gave Preston the comfortable 14-- 0 margin "But Hobbs is one really quick back” Milbrandt said "and our defense was having a hard time seeing him on the counter plays they were running fw him We were starting to get worn down physically tackling people that weighed as much as 50 pounds more than our defensive people And they had all the momentum in the fourth quarter” But Preston reached inside their prideful stomachs and put the clamps on the South Fremont offense when it counted the most — in overtime The Pirates played in Impressive style losing just one turnover (an interception) committing only three penalties and using a balanced offensive attack John Dahle a juniw back was pressed into duty Friday after Neil Johnson suffered a muscle contusion on the game's first series that sidelined him for the remainder of the game And Dahle came through with flying colors He rushed 19 times fw 82 yards in leading Preston's rushing effort Doug Rallison toted the ball 15 times for 65 yards "We had more rushing yards in this game than total offense against them the first time" Milbrandt said in reference to Preston’s 13-- 1 win earlier in the year Preston could have put the game out of reach in the third period when a field goal attempt by Kaiser was thwarted by a muffed snap from center Holder Barry Barger picked up the ball and found McKay It South Fremont’s nine but s penalty and quarterback sack took Preston out of sewing range Another opportunity that would have saved the overtime stanza squeezed through Preston’s hands McKay had stopped In front of 160-ya- rd a Jensen pass and seemed to have intercepted it until Kaiser met him in a collision causing the ball to fan free Preston's 94 mark will be on the Une next week when they meet 16-- 0 Buhl "Buhl is rated the top team in the state and we are rated second" Milbrandt said "This could be fw all the marbles” Tnki statistics Score by quarter 17 0 7 7 0 3 D 0 0 14 0 — 14 South Fremont Now tboy icorad F — Brock Alder 25 pau from Jeff Kaiser (Kolier - Fmton kick) F— Faul McKay Spau from Kolier (Kaiser kick) SF — Shane Potter 2 run (David Hobbs tun) SF — Tom Orr 15 pau from Ruu Jtnsen (run failed) F — Kaiser 20 field goal Pro dilemma: How to court tennis’s rich kids By Murray Olderman - Two SAN FRANCISCO (NEA) when John McEnroe was years sgo big guys — Borg Connors Nastase and McEnroe — played in a bullring somewhere in France fw $125000 again freshman at Stanford an he was induced to enter the rookie trials for the TransAmeriea Tennis Classic held here each autumn Because the young lefthander was stm an amateur the most he could get was $100 for expense money Before be took the court one morning at the Cow Palace he went to Barry MacKay the tournament promoter and asked "Do you think I can get the 100 bucks now?" As the current UK Open champion a challenger to Bjorn Bwg as the wwld's best player and a pro on his way to making at least $500000 this year McEnroe entered the TransAmeriea 1979 version This time be was the defending champ He pulled down the $27500 top prize And without him there wouldn't have been much of a tournament That's the why it is in tennis now Unless there is a McEnroe w a Borg or a Jimmy Connors the promoters esn be left holding the bag — for big money MacKay's lucky that McEnroe — who by the way got that 100 bucks in advance — feels some sense of loyalty And that Roscoe Tanner the 1979 Wimbledon finalist and Borg's conqueror In the US Open agreed to appear Because the $350000 that MacKay and the sponsw risked meant nothing to Bwg and Die Nastase who were in Europe w to Connors and Guillermo Vilas who were in South America "There are only a dozen top tourneys" says MacKay "The same week as Louisville the four "Last year during the Pacific Southwest in Los Angeles the top four guys were off doing a weekend exhibition for $100000 So the tournament lost its sponsw and this year to keep It going Jack Kramer put up his own dough to save it" Bwg and Vitas Gerulaitis show up fw the Canadian Open because International Management Mark McCwmack’s company had a commitment to run the tournament And Bwg and Gerulaitis are in his stable Caesar's Palace found a way to insure Borg’s presence at its annual Alan King Classic It signed the Swede as Its house pro for a hefty guarantee He only shows up the one time a year Why did Jimmy Cranws turn up i at Bwg who played in MacKay’s tournament as a teenager in 1973 didn't show up again until last year Even then he tried to duck rat at the last minute but MacKay put pressure on him to honw his commitment The Swede Is notorious however fw lackadaisical performance when he'a not in the mood to play "When Bjorn doesn't feel like It” says tour veteran Marty Rlessen "no one is going to stir him I've seen him play a relatively low-ke- y tournament in Stowe Vt7 Well if you believe its perils the rumws he’s got the permanent use of a condominium there and some deferred payments "Our whole year depends on one seven-da- y span” says MacKay describing the frantic tournament quest to corral name players In his 10th year of running the Trans-Amerihis majw endeavw he has been to New York three times to to Toronto (for the Wimbledon Canadian Open) to Washington DC to Indianapolis (for the Clay Court championships) and even to Newport RI MacKay's asset Is that he was a championship player himself the American In I960 "They treat me as one of them” he admits "and that helps” But even getting a big name has terrible" In the 1979 TransAmeriea when Borg reached the round of 16 he was quickly eliminated by Andrew Pattison not a name to make tennis groupies quiver And only McEnroe's Inspired play saved the tournament as a spectator draw "It'a tough getting them when they ean pick up anywhere up to top-rank- i $20000 per player for exhibitions" says MacKay "That makes it difficult for Independent promoters to get the top guys "The players simply have to aay ’We're doing well and we want to aupport the game'” One of the problems is there is no to make players organization eommll themselves each year to a specified number of tournaments The Association of Tennis Professionals commands the allegiance of most of the ranking playera But McEnroe Connors Nastase and VUas don’t belong to It Borg is an "independent” member MacKay lamenta: "Everybody asks me 'Where's Bjwnf Where's Jimmy?' Why doesn't someone tell them that there are other good players out there?" (Newspaper Enterprise Assn) 4 |