| Show craves Braves W ri r 16 O By DAN Bountiful's Braves walloped previously undefeated Weber 16 0 on the Weber home field to march into the Class A semi-finals semi against Olympus THIS TIllS PROVED to be sweet revenge as Bountiful avenged an early season practice game loss to this same team It was a battle of the defenses defenses defenses de de- as the muddy field slowed down many offensive drives At half time the score was a 0 BUT WITH the start of the second half it was a different story and Bountiful began to drive It was 2 0 for the Braves after after after af af- ter a bad pass from center on onan onan onan an attempted Weber punt went all the way out of oC the end zone SOON AFTER the Braves' Braves quarterback Bob Hatch who put in a fine defensive as well as offensive effort intercepted intercepted inter inter- a long Weber pass It took 22 plays as Bountiful went 65 yards for the first touch touch- down touch touch-I Oldham went over from the theone theone I Ione one and seconds later plunged over for PAT to give the Braves a 9 0 lead BOUNTIFUL used their iron ironclad ironclad ironclad clad defense when it was needed needed needed need need- ed most and this set up the clinching score The Weber Warriors gambled on a Hh down situation deep in n their territory and the Braves' Braves defense stopped them cold This gave Bountiful the ball jail on the Warrior 15 yard line ine IT TOOK five plays before the Braves' Braves Craig drove over for the touchdown Hatch latch hit Willey with a pass for PAT and this gave Bountiful ful all the edge they needed Jim Oldham was the big II spark plug as he rolled up 15 I yards rushing for the winners and this was on a slippery turf IDee I IDee Dee Winegar and also turned in fine backfield performances to go with the strong play of the front line y INCIDENTALLY this was the first time this year that f Weber was completely shut shutout shutt t tout f fout out a feather in the war bonnet of the Braves dp |
