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Show AIF PeGi?s IRedlinnieini Deh SMe Class I Fmds Cedar City Redmen, playing In their second state Class B Championship Cham-pionship game in three years Saturday afternoon at Ute Stadium Stadi-um in Salt Lake City, were defeated de-feated 39 to 20 by American Fork. Playing againt tremendous odds, which included giving nearly 25 pounds per man on the line and in the backlield as well, the Redmen, in losing, turned turn-ed in a line performance that was not an indication of the final score. It was a game that, give or take a few breaks, could have been a different story, but it wasn't. Eliminate the second quarter of play and the game could well be tied. It was in that quarter that the American Fork team, on the strength of Merlin Driggs at end, returned an intercepted pass 15 yards for a touchdown and who, within 30 seconds of that fete picked up a blocked pitchout and raced another 29 yeards for another score. It was also in that period that the Redmen generated an 80 yard drive from their own 19 yard line only to have it fall short on a fourth down try from one yard out Fourth Quarter Rally But you have to give Coach Hal Norton and his Redmen crew credit for never giving up, for it wasn't until the fourth quarter that Cedar City finally hit pay dirt and they came through with three big touchdowns in that period to make a game of it. nnino Intn tho fourth twrinrl thp Redmen trailed 33 to 0. Although the Redmen went down to defeat, enough credit can't be bestowed on a gallant bunch of Redmen for a fine effort ef-fort and for one of Cedar High School's finest seasons. In the backf ield you can't overlook over-look Kent Farnsworth and Neil Roberts at the quarterback spot; at halfbacks it has been Robert Lee and Donnie Roberts most of the way with Kent Smith doing most of the work at the fullback slot In this final game of the season, sea-son, N. Roberts came into his own with some fine passing and running. run-ning. He ran 21 yards for the first Cedar City score, passed to Donnie Roberts for a 56 yard pass and run play for the second, and the third score came on a pass from Farnsworth to Lee on a pass play that covered 23 yards. Defensively, Smith has been a stalwart throughout the season. On the line in this state championship cham-pionship battle, John Logan, Jay Clark and Stirling Orton were the bulwarks in the middle of the line with Bill Vorkink and John Stephenson at the end slots. Other Stalwarts Others who turned in fine performances per-formances Include David Higbee at center; Bob Cornelius, Kay Knell, James Tullis. Terry Hoyle, Darryl Ence, Robert Smith, Don A. Matheson, Reed Sherratt and some fine work also from a sophomore, soph-omore, Lee Hunter, particularly on defense. In the first quarter of pluy Saturday Sat-urday the Redmen were slow starting and had a tough time containing the larger AF crew in the line. The Redmen kicked off to AF and after returning the ball to the AF 40, the Cavemen pounded out CO yards in 11 plays, all on the ground with Jerry Edwards, Jim Moore and Lee Carlisle doing do-ing the carrying. Moore scored on a nine yard drive around right end and Carl Hackford carried for the extra point and a 7 to 0 lead. No Gainer The first time the Redmen got the ball they failed to move and were forced to punt. The Cavemen Cave-men fumbled on their first play following the punt and Kent Smith recovered for the Redmen. It was to no avail, however, aj the first of five pass interceptions intercep-tions was picked off by Wilson of AF on the Cedar 45 on the next play. Again moving on the ground, the Cavemen moved for another score with Carlisle scoring from the two and Hatckford carried for the extra point. Before the quarter ended, Cedar Ce-dar had rurt only two more plays for a total of four plays from scrimmage in the entire first quarter. They had failed to pick up a first down, had a minus 9 yards rushing and had had the only pass attempt made Intercepted. Intercep-ted. AF on the other hand scored scor-ed twice in that period; picked up seven first downs, had a total of 101 yards rushing and had not attempted a pass. Aerial Plan Pays As the second quarter stared, N. Roberts started the ball rolling roll-ing for the Redmen as he hit Bill Vorkink on an over the middle mid-dle pass good for 12 yards and the first first down of the game for Cedar. On the next play, N. Roberts hit Stevenson for another first down and on the third again went to the air, again found Stevenson for the third consecutive consecu-tive first down in as many plays. The ball had been moved from the Cedar 19 to the AF 40. An offside on AF moved the ball tr the 35. Roberts attempted another pass that was too long for the receiver then hit Vorkink on the 26 for another first down. Back to pass again, N. Roberts was on the 40, couldn't find a receiver and so he ran to the AF 7 yard line and another first down. Three plays later, the Redmen were on the one yard line and Farnsworth, on a keeper, tried to sneak It over but the big AF line balked and the Cavemen took over on the one foot line. Moore, a 198 pound speedster AF Moth Out for AF, got them out of trouble with a 29 yard run on the third play, but the Redmen defense balked on the AF 48, forcing them to punt On the next play, a pass attempt was knocked In the air and AF end, Driggs, (Continued on Page B Fire) AF Defeats Redmen 39-20 (Continued from Pag B One) picked it up on the 15 and ran Into the end zone for a score. The point after failed. On the kickoff, D. Roberts made a brilliant runback to the Cedar 45, a return of 31 yards, only to have Driggs again break through, pick up a blocked pitch-out pitch-out and race it 30 yards for another an-other score to end the half with AF out in front 27 to 0. As the third period opened, a rash of penalties kept both teams from moving during the early part of the quarter. Later in the period a pass interception by AF set up another score on the Cedar 49. On another concentrated concen-trated drive, AF scored with just 40 seconds left in the period on a pass from quarterback Edwards to halfback Hackford. Roberts Runs It A gamble in the early moments mo-ments of the fourth period got the Redmen started on their first scoring drive of the game. With a fourth down and seven situation situa-tion on their own 43, N. Roberts went back to pass. He couldn't find a receiver so he hit for the sidelines and raced 32 yards to the AF 25. D. Roberts hit oil tackle for four yards to the 21. A pass failed and then N. Roberts on a quarterback roll out to the left, picked up some fine blocking block-ing and traveled another 21 yards for the TO. Tlie attempted attempt-ed extra point was blocked. The scoring play had been one of the Redmen's top ground gainers throughout the season with Roberts Ro-berts and Farnsworth running the play equally well. AF bounced back with a sustained sus-tained drive that moved them to the Redmen 7 yard line only to have the drive stopped on a fumble fum-ble with Terry Howick falling on the ball for the Redmen on the 6 yard line. Again on a keeper, keep-er, N. Roberts got the Redmen out of trouble with a run, right up the middle, out to the men 44 yard' line. - A J o from N. Roberts to D. Roht ii.s vn, the next, play, was good, ind Donnie hit for the pideliru, ai;J outran the AF secondary for another Cedar score. Only three plays were run in the series and the drive covered a total of 94 yards. On the attempt for extra point, the ball was dropped; it was picked up and then run in by N. Roberts. AF Scoring Plot . '. AF held up their scoring in the period with Driggs again coming through by returning the kickoff to the Redmea 15 yard line. From there the strong state championship team bulled their way for another score with Moore again on the scorfr.j; en1 on a two yard plunge... ' Taking the kickoff the Redmen embarked on the final drive of the game and the final score. Farnsworth got things moving with a sweep around right end moving from his own 28, 14 yards, to the 42. A pass interference inter-ference call gave the Redmen a first down on the AF 44 Hans Chamberlain was the intended receiver. Then Chamberlain hit over tackle for eight yards and Roberts went over the i.iidJle for 11 to the AF 25. Karnswortn moved two yards on the ground then struck through the air hitting hit-ting Lee at the five yard line on a beautiful catch and he went in for the score with Just three seconds se-conds left in the game. The point after was booted by N. Roberts Ro-berts to end the contest. In that final quarter of play, the Redmen had completely dominated, dom-inated, a complete reversal of the first period. The Redmen ground out a total of 123 yards on the ground. Threw six passes completing com-pleting four of them for a total yarda&e of 104 for a net yardage yard-age gain of 227. AF had 37 yards rushing, hit two for two in the air for 34 yards In the period. |