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Show y 1 ) XS. I Josh Bickerton (58) blocks during a passing play in Provo game. Bickerton later intercepted in-tercepted a desperaUon Provo pass and returned it for the winning touchdown in PG's come from behind' 11-3 win over the Bulldogs. Darren Hooley is number 34 and number jjisDan Phelon. Photo by Tim Johnson. Vikings edge Bulldogs 11-3 in last minute thriller-diller By ROBERT BEAN With 36 seconds left to play in the game, Viking linebacker, Josh Bickerton, intercepted a Dean Clark passand ran 20 yards for a Pleasant Grove touchdown and an 11-3 win over the Provo Bulldogs last Friday night at Pleasant Grove. Bickerton's theft came immediately im-mediately following a clutch 29-yard field goal by Deon Bezzant with under 2:00 to go in the game. The field goal, which was set up by a 50-jard 50-jard pass from Viking tailback Evan Thomas to fullback Darren Hooley, was the Vikings first score i a game which was controlled, thoroughly, by the two defenses. The Viking secondary had a particularly good game, intercepting in-tercepting Provo four times on the evening, including a key interception in-terception by Bryan Hansgen to help set up Bezzant's field goal. Up front Hansgen, Hooley and Bickerton all turned in good games for Pleasant Grove. Bickerton had two interceptions. Defensive tackles Scott Beagley and Phelon also played well on defense for the Vikings. PG held the Bulldogs to a mere 74 yards on the ground and 117 yards through the air. The Bulldogs were having an equally good time on defense, picking up three fumbles, and intercepting in-tercepting a Shaun Jacobsen pass. Provo held Pleasant Grove to 166 yards of offense (minus return yardage). Provo took the lead in the second quarter on a 27-yard field goal by placekicker Steve Hayward. The win runs Pleasant Grove's streak to five games. The Vikings will place their unbeaten streak on the line Friday night in a region game against the Timpview Thunderbirds. The T-birds are coming off a 15-12 win over the league's upstart, Uintah, last week and are also undefeated. |