Show Pete’s mom 17 Sports monopoly 1 8 Th Herald Journal Logan Utah SundsyAugustZ71988 Bobcats just miss successful opener ByMikeHerineke Sports writer CARBON — A Red Gibbons touchdown run could have been enough for the fust win of die 1989 Sky View Bobcat football season But die yellow flu absent most of the game wu cruelly dropped negating die score Carbon High School executed a pass play with minutes remaining to snatch victory 26-2-1 “It wu one of die hardest preseason games I've seen" said Bobcat Head Coach Jan Hall Hall praised the hard play of his team against a squad picked to win its region After Carbon drew fust blood early in die game SV fought back in die second quarter when Gibbons scored from 35 yards out The conversion failed making die score 6 The Bobcats scored again on a Richard Boman run before hatftimw to take a 12-- 7 lead into the lockerroom The conversion try failed Sky View started die second half flat according to Hall Carbon took advantage of a SV fumble to regain the lead “As a team offensively said Hall “we need to practice execution” For the game the Bobcats had one interception and three game-endin- g 65-ya- rd 7-- two-poi- nt fumbles” u The rest of die game wu back and forth Sky View had to fight to regain the lead Brian Cranney booted a 35yand field goal with three minutes remaining to give the Bobcats a 0 temporary In retrospect Hall said die teams stable of four running backs ran very hard during die game and wu pleased with die squad's almost penalty free game 21-2- Robson da Silva beats Lewis in 200 meter cruise - OwMSmH— Kevin White (11) fends off Matt Martinez (33) during Aggie scrimmage Ags bang Ingraham sports editor The last time Shannon White saw 300 pounds wu in die eighth no the seventh grade So when he says diat Saturday's Utah State football scrimmage wasn’t all dial rough remember at 335 pounds he's famlrtmri-“- I think U wu a lot rougher in die spring" said die senior offensive tackle “Really I think a lot of guys are maybe more tired now Once we go into it will be a lot rougher” Of course some of Saturday's shock waves may have lost their force by die time they drifted up leveL But to White’s-6-foot--8 down in Head Coach Chuck Shelton's 1 neighborhood die collisions were crunching enough to cause the coach to rejoice in foe final huddfe “The physical tilings were way up” he told die squad and to the press afterwards he added “the physical — this is the tiling we’ve been aiming for and this is about close we've ever gotten The linebackers put pressure mi die offense and bothered die offense “Today we were real aggressive with our defense at this one-a-da- ys 6-- u u i M Journal Saturday at Romney Stadium it out in scrimmage right times” By Mika who were surprises — punter Rusty Cailsen averaged more than 40 yards for five kicks even though Shelton assured one and all before the scrimmage dun die punting game would be at low tide that morning Freshman nmninc back Rick' Woodford a likely redshirt took some of die play away from die brutes and added excitement to die morning with scorching bolts upfield including a 13--j touchdown sweep on a pile from Chug Sorensen Back home in Lu Vegas Woodford is a state sprint champ But what’s valued at USU is consistency and veteran running backs Brett Payne and Demetrius Brown showed themselves reliable ground gainers Payne especially slashed up the middle on a series of rips and snorts that were stopped only by a sea of blue shirts Hie reached 29 yards on four carries Brown had 28 on eight transports "The fullbacks Mocked well" noted Shelton “Todd Richardson had a good day” Another fullback Bobby Pendleton from Then again those two Logan will “play a lot in every linebackers are supposed to be ballgamc"hesakL Generally however die offense good There were some others Several hundred spectators stretched in die sun supplied a surreal backdrop to die mayhem on die turf below This wu die first scrimmage since die team began camp this week and much of repertoire wu for die benefit of foe movie cameras above in the preu baa Once die film is studied decisions will be made about pcrionnd and plays The white shirted members of the offensive unit who were still standing at die end owed their survival to the absence of defensive lineman Pilikd Tauteoli die team's Goliath who is expected back Monday from a broken hand injury It wu a defensive day no doubt about it although four touchdowns were counted one on a dazzling punt return by Pat Newman who wu liberated by a scintillating block by Galvin Shepherd linebacker Del Lyles wu the first name that came to Shelton when asked about Saturday’s standouts Then he added “Kevin Bouwman played good" - 52-ya-rd “stammered and stuttered" said Shelton “But what we didn't do offensively is make a lot of little mistakes" Offensive coordinator t Pat Behms pronounced himself “not particularly hajppyor particularly disturbed ? w He winced at foe fumbles and drops — foe Aggies aim to be a ball control team this year and especially against die Utah madmen possession is vital “We have too many turnovers” said Behms Saturday The most watched figures on die field were the quarterbacks Kevin White and Kirk Johnson They head into this second week y of practices still comfor foe position and die peting coaches have said that they would like to have their man installed by thebegmningof the third week of practice But Saturday Shelton hedged “If we had to go info foe Utah game without making a decision we'll do that We’re trying to win this conference and we’ll do whatever that takes” Big West Conference play two-a-da- See AGGIES page 14 r " BRUSSELS Belgium (UPQ — Robson da Silva of Brazil ran the fastest 200 meters in die world this year to score an emphatic victory over Carl Lewis in the Ivo Van Damme Grand Prix track and field meet Friday night Da Silva wLo took die broom medal behind Lewis silver at the time of 1996 seconds Olympics test year clocked a peAonal-bethan he has ever nm of die Lewis the 1984 Olympic champion and BfifShin!2047 seconds second-fastetime in die event “I’m as surprised as anybody about die way I ran’ ' Lewis flat 41 foe way” ‘ of France finished second five meters Silva in 2042 Fkwd Bend who along wife uteris helped the Monica Track Chib set a world 4 x 200 meters record in B West Germany Wednesday was third in 2044 Roger Kingdom the Olympic champion and world record-holdhurdles in 1312 seconds Seoul silver medalist won the Colin Jackson of Britain took second in 1321 Tonie Campbell and RenaldoNehemiah were third and fourth former world record-holdButch Reynolds won the 400 meters in 4498 seconds Said Aouita meanwhile failed in his attempt to become the first man in 35 years to set a 1500 meters and mile world record in foe same race world 3000 meters Aouita who broke Henry Reno's record at Cologne West Germany last Sunday clocked 3:3658 at 1500 meters and 3:5009 for the mile Aouita holds the record for die 1500 (3:2946) and Britain’s Steve Own the mile (3:4632) American Ray Brown and Kenyan Joseph Chesirq were foe two pacemakers but Aouita never had much of a chance at either mark on a night when a light but steady rain fell throughout the meet Australian John Landy in 1954 was the last man to set foe two world records in the same race hurdles this season Kevin Young die fastest man over scored his second victory in a week over Olympic champion Andre who lost his hurdling Phillips Young ran 4808 seconds Phillip rythym entirety over die final barrier as he tried to catch Young clocked 484 Olympic chnpirw Paul Ereng won a thrilling race from Kenyan of a second in die 800 meters compatriot Nixon Kiprotich by st co-hold-er st u er 110-met- er er 400-met- er Logan makes it an even dozen thumps the Rabbits By Jared Thayne sports writer who was credited with 96 of Logan's 164 total rushing yards in die contest The Grizzlies to be on their way Robinson’s christening of '89 turf was followed keeper by Hodson Logan’s Brad by a Jones then secured the first of 15 Grizzly first downs when he carried to the 34 It seemed Logan had the ability to move foe foofoaU at wUL Hodson however looked a bit worried to Grizzly fan-- “I was a lot worried" Hodson said The quarterback position is something relatively new to Hodson who has logged more hours at die strong saftey position “After last season when we did so well and then coming in for (1988 quarterback) Todd Wilson who was just making I just felt a lot of pressure from the people expecting me to pick the slack up” Hodson said "Todd is such a great passer I don’t know if I can do that" Hodson and foe rest of foe Grizzlies overpowered the pressure and continued on With foe premier Logan first down posted and situation Hodson slapped facing a second-and-1- 0 Robinson with foe balL Robinson took it and powered up die middle for IS yards and yet another first down He was followed by a ccnqiletion that left Logan on the line with still another fresh set of downs After a bad snap Robinson carried to the seven and was followed by Jones who took it foe the one-yamark Grizzly hopes were stalled when Hodson was hit backing to die d line by RabMt Brandon Peterson Delta took possesion “We were tentative offensively" Christensen said VWe did drive the ball extremely well die first time but then turned it over on downs" i The Logan High School Grizzly football team ignored heavy preseason hype and die pressure of win streak and simply just did it again an 1 with a 2 victory over the Delta Rabbits Friday Playing under foe shadow — or rather sunshine — of the 1988 state championship Logan squad die current den of Grizzlies had more to dear from its than just fee Rabbits path during die season-open“That’s a big monkey off our backs” said Logan Head Coach Perry Christensen after foe win on Crimson Field "Going into foe preseason ranked Noil and coming off an winning streak it's just been a real monkey especially for those guys who won the state championship" Christensen said his 1989 Grizzlies have felt increased pressure to win because of die accomplishments of last year’s dub “It’s as if because they have done it once (won state) they have to do it again” Christensen said “so it was a Mg deal to get this first one out of foe 34-1- er 11-ga- me way” Although die final score would indicate a mauling it took most of the game’s first quarter for some parts of the Logan program to get comfortable wife die concept of another foofoaU season Things got underway when Delta received die opening kickoff Four plays later however die RabMts were forced to hop to defense and Logan took control After Grizzly Richie Geertsen returned foe eatty Delta punt to die Rabbit line Logan to running quarterback Blair Hodson dished-of- f back Scott Robinson who posted a quick gainer It was die first of 17 carries for Robinson 45-ya-rd two-yar- d six-ya- rd Hodson-to-Geerts- en 10-yar- d rd five-yar- ESpueld Prt® SrtrappHfflM JourmI Logan's Paul Sanders (44) makes sure Delta receiver Kevin Bunker doesn't succeed |