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Show I it-W k ' ? z ? t ' ' ' T , t Region 8 sophomore champions. Front: Ron Mayo, Burke Watkins, Shane Duvall, Darren Gilbert, Marlow Robinson, Shawn Chipman, Julio Homer, Todd Bills, Greg Eyre. Second row: David Flinders, Matt Field, Don Willes, Justin Johnston, Todd Mosher, Troy Maag, Burke Gurr, Jason Anderson, Scott Flinders. Third row: Nathan Pollman, Travis Hansen, Joe Taylor, Wes Kirkham, Bryce Madsen, devyn Smith, Jason Lutes, Jason Tatum, Jon Chidester, Ron Ash. Back: Casey Cluff, Brett West, Noel Stott, Neal Smith, Jason Merryweather, John Hanks, Brett Tolman, Todd Veenker, Clint Strasburg and Alan Inglis. Not shown: Chad Peacock, Kevin Beck. Sophs win league championship "refrigerator" play, the Vikes gave the ball to "Meat Locker" Jason TAtum on a dive play that had the fans and team smiling as the Vikes' biggest player rumbled into the line. Here are the Viking scores for the year: PG 19, West 6; PG 27, Spanish Fork 7; PG 64, Carbon 8; PG 19, Uintah 0; PG 27, Provo 14; PG 27, Timpview 8; PG 21, Springville 6; PG 42, Payson 6. Total PG 246, opponents 55. "I'm very happy for this team. They worked hard and had a terrific team-oriented attitude all year," said Jack Hill, the sophomore offensive of-fensive coach. Hill pointed out that 16 different players scored points during the season, while 10 different players caught passes. Against Payson, PG had 407 yards of offense, while holding the Lions to 88 total yards. The sophs gained 2425 yards to 1027 for their opponents over the season. 1 . Pleasant Grove captured the Region 8 Sophomore Football Championship with a convincing 42-6 42-6 win over Payson Thursday. The sophs used a rock tough defense, coupled with a bruising ground attack to roll over the Lions. Coming into the final game, Payson had only suffered one defeat, an early season loss to Springville. For PG, the win completed an undefeated season and a perfect 8-0 record. Payson was unable to score or even get close against the Ray Fugal coached Viking defense. The Lions' lone touchdown came in the third period when a PG pass was batted and picked off in the flat and returned for a touchdown. Offensively, PG used the hard inside running of fullbacks Justin Johnston (70 yards) and Todd Mosher (81 yards) to control the ball and roll up 320 yards on the ground. . The offensive line of Joe Taylor at center, guards Jon Chidester and Devyn Smith and tackles Casey" Cluff and Brett West opened huge On PG's first possession of the third period, PG gained two first downs before the tipped pass was turned into a Payson score. The try for two points failed. Just before halftime, Scott Flinders ran for a short gain but when he was tackled in front of the Viking bench, Flinders suffered a broken collar bone. To that point, Flinders had carried the ball three times for 19 yards and had caught two passes for 23 yards. Marlow Robinson scored twice in the third period on runs of 8 and one yards and the final PG points came when Shawn Chipman passed to John Hanks on a two point try. The ball was tipped but Hanks grabbed the ball in the back of the end zone for the score. PG's second unit played the last minute of the third period and all of the fourth. Chipman passed 50 yards to Homer for a score that was called back on a procedure penalty and Burke Gurr raced for an eight-yard eight-yard gain that brought a big cheer form the PG bench"""" ' "; Like the Chigago Bears with their holes for the running backs all afternoon. Taking the opening kickoff, the Vikes went to the "flea flicker" pass early with Burke Watkins passing to Darren Gilbert for 42 yards to the Lion three yard line. Using a "tackles over" formation that the Lions failed to adjust to all game, Mosher followed Smith, Cluff and West into the end zone for the first score. An attempted extra point kick was foiled, but Dave Flinders alertly made the "fire" call and passed to Scott Flinders for two points to give PG an 8-0 lead. After three downs, Payson lined up to punt and Wes Kirkham, a quick defensive tackle, blocked the kick to give PG possession on the Lion 40. Three plays later, Watkins raced 20 yards on an inside reverse for the second Viking touchdown. Johnston's kick was high and down the middle and with 4:02 left in the first quarter the Vikes led 15-0. Mosher and Johnston added touchdowns in the second period "arid "Julio Homer kicked an extra point for a 28-0 halftime margin. |