Show Pape 14— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday September 4 1968 Mot aching Mustangs roll by Beetdiggers Shaun McKinnon aporta writer By 100-mil- are you No 1?" Mountain Creat head coach Dan Cox chuckled at the question asked after the Mustangs had disposed of Jordan SANDY — “So 21-- 6 at kickoff was near 94 degrees and the best combined Cox e bus ride from Cache Valley sent a suspects with a number of Mustang players to the turf with muscle cramps Hardest hit was running back Ava Toailoa who scored the Mustangs' first two touchdowns and then missed much of the second naif after suffering a cramp in his leg “We've got to keep our workhorse healthy" Cox said “We need him out there not getting the cramps" The Beetdiggers did not escape unscathed either Dee Treadway washit hard on a kickoff return early in the second quarter and left the game for good complaining of numbness inhislegs Aches and pains aside Mountain Crest had plenty to be happy about following the win “I think our defense really controlled the game" he said “We kept giving them good field position but our defense kept them from scoring" Offensively senior quarterback Brent Israelsen had another strong outing and with Toailoa out late in the game senior running back Cade Freston had a chance to show off his skills scoring the Mustangs’ third touchdown Still Cox wants more from the offense “We need to be more consistent on the offense " he said “We're learning — we're not going to put in a new offense right game and you find out a lot of away This is a Friday afternoon “I don’t know" Cox said “I don’t know who’s No only played two games" 1 We've Nevertheless the Mustangs as defending 3A champions have a hefty reputation to live up to and areln fact rated No 1 by both Salt Lake newspapers Their chances of staying No 1 are probably good after racking up their second straight win of the young season though more convincing proof of their nlative strength may come Friday night when they host Woods Cross The Wildcats beat 4A powerhouse Olympus a week ago and are considered strong challengers to the state title But Friday Cox was satisfied to savor a win over the Beetdiggers who dropped to 1 and who coincidentally openedthe season by dumping Bear River where Cox had coached until this year “When you beat Jordan at Jordan you've got to feel good” Cox said “We did some good things but we also did some things we’ve got to work on Some of the things the Mustangs cant work on were some of the things that caused the most trouble Friday Temperature 1-- pre-seas- on things" Jordan put up the first points of the game on the fourth play of the second Quarter On second down from the Mustang line quarterback Jason Jarvis twisted and turned down the right side of the field and dragging a couple of defenders moved the ball to the 3 On the next play Aaron Conde scrambled over for the score The Mustangs came back on the next drive and methodically pushed through 75 yards on 12 plays Toailoa and Freston chewing up big chunks of yardage With 6:29 in the first half Israelsen lofted the ball 10 yards to Toailoa for the strike and Jason Miller’s kick put the Mustangs in front 6 On the ensuing kickoff Jordan's Treadway returned the ball from the 12 out to the 30 where he was met by a wall of Mustangs led by Eric Olsen Treadway was hit so hard the ball was jarred loose popped up and was recovered by MC’s Sam Stewart It took Mountain Crest just four plays to score a second time after the Beetdigger fumble Toailoa charging 11 yards for the 31-ya- rd 7-- TD The two teams traded punts and turnovers through the third quarter and neither scored until the fourth when the Mustangs partially blocked a Jordan punt and found themselves on the 'Digger 27 Preston carred the ball five times on the y drive the d last a plunge into the endxone Jordan mounted one last scoring try and threw its last pass with literally no time remaining The Mustangs’ Steve Pond was there however for the interception six-pla- one-yar- Grizzlies watch win slip away in final seconds By Bill Macriss sports writer As game time drew near Friday night the More preps Pages 16 18 buzzlngat Crimson Field was beginning to were able to put a little bit more pressure on crow The cards looked stacked u Logan's from outside" the favor early in their home opener against Roy a miscue between the Royal's quarterback and center turned the ban over to the Grizzlies deep in their own High School when territory The buzzing turned to loud cheering when a few plays later a fumble by Logan on a play turned from a mistake into six points as receiver Ryan Olson fell on the ball in the end zone when the deck had been Unfortunately and had fallen at game’s end the cards played the buzzing had stopped and silence ushered the crowd home The Grizzlies had been beaten 0 on a pass play with only three seconds remaining in the game and suddenly the optimistic buzz turned into a sullen but very real sense of urgency “We’ve got to get us a win" said Logan Head Coacn Perry Christensen “That’s the bottom line “It's a strange deal You've cot a lot of young kids out there who are playing their hearts out for you and sometimes it doesn't seem fair It’s just a matter of fate It’s just the way the cards fell tonight We'll get our chance and we’ll be ready" Indeed the Grizzlies did shows signs of improvement over last week's loss to Box Elder The defense which had riven up over 400 yards of offense last week held the Royals to 152 total yards for the game and held their running game to minus three yards “That (minus three yards rushing) is a great statistic but you should win football games like that" said Christensen “One of the things we did (defensively) was change the personnel" continued Christensen “We nad Scott Willmore back tonight and also in passing situations we put Brett Jensen and Aaron Barnard in to give a little better pass fourtn-and-go- al 14-1- rush “The kind of things and the kind of offensive schemes they were doing allowed us to do a little bit more with our outside linebackers We The defense held the Royals scoreless for the first three quarters of the game but two key mistakes in the fourth quarter — a fumble deep in their own territory and a pass interference call on a fourth down attempted by the Royals set up all the points Roy would need on the night The pass interference call came on the final drive by Roy and put the Royals mi the Grizzlies line with just under 30 seconds left in the game After a short gain on the next play and with the clock quickly runnning out of time Roy lined up without a huddle and ran a quick screen pass to fullback Danny McFarland on the far sideline McFarland broke one tackle and scampered into the end zone for the winning score "We weren’t looking for them to throw the ball out of bounds" said Christensen “It was a quick little hitch pass and he broke a tackle ana scored “I don’t think our defense was playing soft I thought they were pumped up and playing extremely well The kid made a good catch and a great move on the sideline to score” Offensively Logan outgained their opponents piling up 175 yards of total offense but one interception and two lost fumbles didn't help their cause "I thought our short passing game worked pretty much the way we had planned it" said Christensen "Our game plan was to try and get them guessing and establish the run We moved the ball on the ground fairly well against a really good defensive team but just didn't get a lot of points on the board" The loss puts the Grizzlies' record at 2 for the season “We’ll just have to take (the loss) for what it is another learning experience" said Christensen “Well have to see what kind of courage we have and what kind of ability we have to bounce back after another frustrating 10-ya- rd 0-- 6-- 6-- the US Open West German has conceded The four games in three matches running her record for IMS to 57-- 2 “Surely I want to have a tougher match that is definite” Graf said “I just Keep hoping that the next one will be tougher" In the round of 16 Graf will play Patty 5 3 Fendick a 7 (4-upset winner over 15th seed Sylvia Hanika who is Graf’s Olympic ld 6-- 6-- 7) 7-- teammate women’s champion Chris Evert reached the fourth round for the 18th year in a row beating Michelle Torres 3 3 “I played better in the first two matches" said Evert charged with 35 unforced errors “Today I was sluggish I can't win the tournament playing the way I played today" Second seed Mats Wilander and No 3 Stefan Edberg who between them have captured the first three legs of the Grand Slam both reached the fourth round with straight-set- s victories against fellow Swedes Wilander playing close friend Mikael Pernfors 0 5 for the first time registered a 4 match in a and beat Johan night victory Edberg Carlsson 0 5 2 Carlsson ranked No 238 managed merely seven points in the opening set two of them on his serve Four more seeded players in addition to Hanika were eliminated on another sunny afternoon at Flushing Meadow bringing the number of fallen seeds to 14 for three rounds The latest victims included 1988 finalist Miloslav Mecir and American Lori McNeil who took Graf to three sets before losing in the 1887 semifinals Six-tim- e 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 7-- 6-- 6-- 7-- ° Roy flanker Jeff Mager drags Logan linebacker Paul SL Sanders down the field pass to Newman failed Snyder went 21 of 39 with one interception for 187 yards Other than some questionable decisions on his part Shelton and Billick had no complaints about his play But two early drops by Smith and another by Newman were another matter “I was trying to pull away from the ball too fast" Smith said “We can't afford any drops from Kendal or Pat" said Billick It’s that simple Drops sacks misreads — these were the errors that killed the offense Billick said Snyder was sacked three times and the Aggies made just two of 13 third down conversions They came away with just 19 yards in rushing and wnile a banged up fullback Timo Tagaloa’s knee sprain should not keep him out of the coming game at Missouri his departure midway through the contest necessitated some unwelcome juggling said Billick as freshman Bobby Pendleton was forced into prolonged Johnson’s second touchdown of the game a sprint around right end gave the Falcons’ a lead with 13 : 56 to play Scooter Molander threw two Continued from page 13 scoring passes to rally Colorado State The Rams line with ot the ball back on their own opener for both teams but turned the ball over : 04 to go after an Air Force punt After two four times and failed to take advantage of incomplete passes Molander hit Sean Willis for several scoring opportunities an gain and on fourth down running back At Little Rock Ait fullback Barry Foster Whitehouse dropped Molander's pass at the Scott touchdown pass and added two caught a 30 allowing Air Force to run out the clock short scoring runs in the first Saturday night to 4 Andy Smith carried 13 times for 111 of Air propel the Arkansas Razorbacks to a 356 rushing yards Molander completed Force's victory over the outmanned Pacific Tigers of the 26 46 of for 323 yards West Conference passes Big Arkansas scored nine of the 13 times it had the At Annapolis Md quarterback Alton Grizzard football including five cl six times in the second rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown and Ted half when second and third teamers played most Fundoukos kicked two field goals to lead Navy to of the way Four of the Rszorbacks' scoring a 4 victory over James Madison drives started off Pacific turnovers Grizzard who set a Navy freshman record last At Corvallis Ore quarterback Bobby Watters a scored on a run with 2:24 left in the game year when he rushed for 519 yards capped the third drive through midway to lift Arizona to a 3 Paclflc-1- 0 Conference with a scoring run that gave the victory Saturday night over Oregon State Suarter a 4 lead over the Division extending the Beavers conference losing streak Dukes to 12 games At Villanove Pa sophomore Tony Rogers rim At Fort Collins Colo Greg Johnson ran for two touchdowns and Air Force survived a for 101 yards and a touchdown to spark Wake over Villanova which fourth-quartscare to post a triumph over Forest to a 1 triumph 1 a Division opponent for the first time Colorado State played since 1980 111 At Champaign quarterback Timm Rosenbach ran for three touchdowns and threw for another and Steve Broussard rushed for 173 yards to lead Washington State to a 44-- 7 victory over Illinois John Mackovic former coach of the Kansas City Chiefs made his debut as coach of the lllini third-and-2- the end zone around left end Greg Barrios added his second PAT and with the score 14--0 in the first quarter the Nebraska writers were talking about the next opponent UCLA in the press box and on the field the day was looking a lot longer - P 9 was sacked Thomas and then on by Thomas again Out of field goal range Aguiar punted out of bounds Finally after a scorless first half the Aggies made their mark but it took a gamble and some serious sweat With the count 35-- 0 and the ball on the Husker 32 at fourth and nine USU went for the first down After drawing Nebraska’s LeRoy Etienne past with a fake to halfback Brett Payne Snyder took off to his right barrelling 14 yards to the 18 A pass to tight end Keith Roberson placed the ball on the 13 and then Snyder hit Payne on the goalline Operating yards from the Nebraska student section Snyder not once but twice waved off the play complaining about noise Predictably the din only increased especially when Snyder was thrown back when he finally did call his own number The next time operating from a shotgun Snyder lofted the ball to Newman in the end zone while Cornuskers sprawled all about The Aggies’ other touchdown came late with 2:47 left when Snyder hit Newman on a 15 3 The yarder making the score Continued from page 13 A rather bored Steffi NEW YORK (UPI) Graf closed within four victories of completing the Grand Slam Saturday when she toyed with another outclassed opponent for her 31st consecutive triumph Graf still improving on the game that has no equal required 45 minutes to dispose of Nathalie 1 to gain the fourth round of Herreman 0 - a loss Graf moves Aggies closer to Grand Slam i 4 forUSU The Aggie attack came alive on the next sequence Smith making a grab on the Nebraska 45 and racing to the 33 a pickup of 34 yards The threat fizzled when Snyder tripped on the first snap then was sacked by Lawrence Pete for an eight-yar- d loss and finally threw it up with only Nebraua's Mark Blazek in the territory Blazek intercepted and it appeared that USlrs frustration might not end ever was further illustrated minutes later Prised on the Cop nhusker 21 early in the second quarter Snyder was sacked once by linebacker Broderick Aggie offensive impotence College 63-1- two-poi- nt 10-ya- rd 29-1- 0 fourth-quart- er 25-ya- rd 63-1- 27-1- 25-ya- rd 14-pl- ay 58-ya- rd 24-1- 24-1- er 29-2- 3 31-1- 1-- action No one at the end disagreed with Nebraska coach Tom Osborne's appraisal: “I thought we played a good game on offense Overall I thought it was a good day" deflected pass and raced 46 yards for a touchdown Saturday night to ignite a comeback and Keith Chapman kicked three long field oals giving North Texas a upset over 29-2- 4 exasTech Tech quarterback Scott Davis completed 13 of passes for 153 yards and rushed for 103 more touchdown in the third quarter including a that narrowed the Red Raiders' lead to 9 At El Paso Texas John Harvey became Texas-E- l Paso’s e leading rusher gaining 125 yards and scoring two touchdowns Saturday powering the Miners to a 37-- 3 victory over Mankato State 23 24-1- all-tim- Harvey of Spring Valley NY rushed 15 times for the 125 yards giving the senior 2937 career yards and surpassing the mark of 2834 set by Rooert Elliott from 1974—1977 |