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Show B1 The Emery County Review, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 SPORTS Home Sweet Home After some rough away games, the Spartans find their groove as they decimate the Eagles 34-0 Josie Luke After taking to the road for three games to start the season, the Emery High Spartan Football team took full advantage of their home field on Sept. 12, overpowering the Eagles of American Leadership Academy in an “ugly game”, by the score of 34-0. The Spartan defense again proved to be the anchor of the team. After the Emery special teams fumbled the opening kickoff of the game, giving the Eagles the ball deep in Spartan territory, the defense quickly demonstrated their dominance, forcing ALA to turn Tanner Procarione hauls in a reception. the ball over on downs. That exchange established what would be the storyline of the game-- every time the Eagles managed to get into Emery territory, the Spartan defense held, never allowing ALA to score. They also forced six turnovers in the game, two interceptions and four turnovers, resulting in four Emery touchdowns. Emery’s interceptions were brought in by linebacker Cory Hansen and free safety Dusty Jensen. Derrick Allred again led the team in tackles with 12. Chance Ariotti added another 6. They were backed up by the entire defensive team down to the sophomores- Assistant Coach Gary Arrington reported that there were 20 players with at least one tackle in the game. Emery’s offense also enjoyed playing on their own field, taking better care of the ball, only giving up two turnovers. Quarterback Gatlan Huntington was 1115 passing, throwing two touchdowns and only one interception. The offensive line was also tough, countering the almost constant blitzing of the Eagle defense making for some big plays. The offensive star was JT Noyes, who scored the JT Noyes takes it in for one of his four touchdowns. first four touchdowns of the game on runs of 19, seven and three yards, and a 3yard reception. He rushed for a total of 84 yards. Ariotti had a solid game on both sides of the ball, rushing for 44 yards. The Spartans’ final touchdown came on a 16yard reception by Tanner Procarione. The team had 180 yards rushing and 132 yards passing in the game. Emery Coach Jimmy Jones was undoubtedly pleased to get the win at home, but expressed disappointment that it had been what he called an “ugly” game. “It’s always good to win,” he remarked. “It was just kind of an ugly game the whole way. They just blitzed almost every player on every down. When you play like that, what you do is give up big plays. We had a few big plays because they kept gambling.” Compound the stout Emery defense with the ugliness of the game, and you get the frustration of what happened near the end of the game. After a controversial fumble by ALA, the Spartans took over on their own 21- yard line, but were soon deep in the Eagles’ territory when their opponents were Photos by Josie Luke called for three straight unsportsmanlike penalty calls. One on an ALA player who, in frustration, threw the referee’s flag and was thrown out of the game. Though the Spartans were in prime position for another score, they gave the ball over on downs and then allowed their defense to do what it had throughout the game, keep the Eagles from scoring. Emery plays their Homecoming game this week against Uintah, who comes to Castle Dale with a 3-1 record. The game is on Friday at 7 p.m. Cross country team competes at home Josie Luke The Emery Cross Country team officially opened their season with a home meet in Ferron against teams from Carbon and Delta on Sept. 3, and also participated on the same course during the Peach Days festivities, Sept. 6. In more familiar surroundings, and after more practice, many of the Spartan runners cut their times from their previous meet. Emery’s Lacey Montgomery again ran well, finishing second, with a time of 20:21, beating her time by 37 seconds. Her teammate, Larelan Huntsman came in sixth, at 23:22. For the boy’s team, Spencer Fehlberg finished fourth, coming across the finish line with a time of 18:28, and Dustin Jensen was ninth, with a time of 19:26 Boy’s Coach Darrell Gardner was pleased with the team’s intensity even though one of their best runners came in last because of sickness. He concluded that overall, “it went pretty good.” Gardner reported that he is looking forward to a tough season, saying, “It is going to be a tough road this year because there are Zac Walls crosses the finish line. some tough teams in our region, and we are going to have to work hard to make state.” Though the boy’s team came in third in the Sept. 3 meet, with more experience, they can be a strong team. Individuals on the Emery girl’s team, coached by Kristy Guymon, also continue to perform well, Photo by Josie Luke but without a full team of seven runners, it is difficult to judge them based on their team scores. With two more runners, they could do well in what promises to be a tight region. The team also competed at Uintah High on Sept. 9, with the boys team coming in third. They will compete at Spanish Fork today. Rodeo team members qualify for state Three members of the Emery Rodeo Team have qualified to compete at the State Finals Rodeo. Erin Gordon: qualified in breakaway and goat tying Grodon is 7th in the state in breakaway with 10 points at the West Millard Rodeo in Delta and 8 points at the Oakers Rodeo in Herriman, held Sept. 5-6. She is also 26th in state in goat tying with 3 points at the Oakers Rodeo. MacKenzie Grange: qualified in breakaway Grange qualified in breakaway with a 13th place finish at the Grantsville Rodeo held in Toole Sept. 5-6. Jacob Marshall: qualified in bull riding Marshall is 22nd in the state with 4.5 points at the Randolph Rodeo, held Aug. 23. Golf team climbing out of its hole Casey Wood The Emery Spartan Golf Team traveled to Gladstone Golf Course on Sept 11. Despite recent defeats, Emery was able to defeat one team in this tournament. The top four scorers for the Spartans were: First was senior Jason Giles, who shot an 84; second was junior Mark Guymon, who shot an 89; and then tying for third were juniors Nevin Jensen and Brady Jensen, who both shot 98. Final placements were: first Carbon with 320, second Juan Diego with 329, third Salem Hills with 341, fourth North Sanpete with 366, fifth Emery with 369, and last place was Delta with 371. The team will compete this week at Kelby Funk and Nikki Carter. Photo by Rebecca Lofley Tennis team battered during grueling week Rebecca Lofley The Emery High tennis team competed in three tennis matches this past week. They played at home against both Salem Hills on Sept. 9 and Uintah on Sept. 10. They finished off the week by playing in Draper against Juan Diego on Sept. 12. The two home matches had equal victories and losses. In playing Salem Hills, the Emery varsity suffered several losses, with zero singles wins, but the junior varsity won several of their matches. Against Uintah the varsity faired much better. Adriane Weihing and Melanie Frisbie, playing first doubles, beat their opponents in the first set with a score of 6-3. They concluded their match in the second set, exhibiting determination and focus when the score was at 6-5 to make each point count. They won the match at 7-5. Kaitlin Potter and Courtney Sitterud as second doubles showed consistency winning 6-1, 6-1 both sets of their match. Whitney Saupan, first singles, leading the singles players in number of wins, beat her opponent, 6-3, 6-4. Playing at Juan Diego, Kaitlin Potter and Courtney Sitterud, second doubles, and a few JV players were the only players to return home with wins. The tennis team’s season will conclude in a short four weeks with a select few possibly qualifying for the state tennis tournament on Oct. 10-11. With just five matches left before region, the girls play to win. Two such matches will be held Sept. 16 in Carbon and Sept. 18 with Delta coming to Emery. The student body will be out “rooting” for the team with root beer floats in hand as part of the Homecoming festivities. |