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Show Vikings drop initial state playoff game f A O A 1 - A 1 h-H. Tf,a (f) vU. i ru ! 1 . t f-J pt 7 '1 4 )f) J1 pleasant Grove fell to Logan 29-12 in a State 3-A playoff game in Logan eV'1"" took an erly first uarter 6-0 lead on a 68 yard seven 1, drive that Deon Bezzant Loped with a five yard scoring run. n,e point after kick was no good. Logan's Alan Wimmer tied the ore with a one yard plumage and luck made it 7-6 for the hometown Grizzlies. Following the kickoff , PG s Shaun jacobsen kept the ball on the option or a nice 57 yard run and two plays later Jacobsen scored from the one. Again the extra point was no good but the Vikes were on top 12-7. Aided by two penalties that were hotly contested by the Viking coaching staff, Logan took the lead on Ryan Belliston's three yard run. The extra point kick made it 14-12 or the Grizzlies. Logan made it 21-12 when Wimmer passed to Watts and the extra point kick was good. just before halftime, Logan, again, with the help of a penalty, scored, went for two and led 29-12. Neither team could score in the second half. "I've never said much about officiating but there was no way they were going to let us win this game," said Viking coach, Doug Bluth who was still upset Tuesday afternoon, five days after the game. Statistically the Vikes had 234 yards of offense to 295 for Logan. PG had 14 first downs to 16 for the Grizzlies. Kerry VanDyke rushed for 96 yards, Jacobsen 54, Bezzant 38 and Darren Hooley 36. Scores for the season : PG 14 West 7 PG 19 Spanish Fork 6 PG 28 Carbon 0 PG 9 Uintah 6 PGll Provo3 PG 6 Timpview 17 PG 7 Springville PG 27 Payson 0 PG 12 Logan 29 Total 133 Opponents 84 Record 6-3 Combined records for Pleasant Grove's three teams, varsity, J.V. and sophomores, was 19-4. Viking Varsity: Front, Shawn Jacobsen, Corey Carter, Shawn Young, Kevin Ash, Don Young, Chris Singer, Paul Mattinson, Evan Thomas, Bryan Hansgen. Second row, Korey Johansson, Kerry VanDyke, Rick Mayo, Darren Hooley, Deon Bezzant, Karl Aland, Vallen Blackburn, Tim Humphrey. Third row, Marc Nicholes, Greg Bahr, Chris Drake, Ryan Bennett, Brian Larsen, Josh Bickerton, Travis Carpenter, Russ Johnson, Dan Phelon. Fourth row, Ken Brandow, Tracy Green, Brian Brandow, Warren Wakamatsu, Chad Hunt, Scott Beagley, Brent Larsen, Todd Simmons, Tom Adamson, Kirk Goodwin. The Vikes were third in Region 8 and finished the year with a 6-3 record. |