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Show r v !? -v , f 1 ji i V " IV " A i 1 " I k i X - - I" I V :l ' Donnie Willes puts a hit on a West ball carrier during Friday's first game. PG plays Springville Friday at PG. Photo by John Hill. Vikings show colors but lose to West grid team A David Flinders screen pass to OiadFraughton, good for a 17 yard touchdown, put Pleasant Grove on lop early but the number one e j ranked West Panthers came back to j.! tin 17-7 in Friday's opening football Hj game in Salt Lake City. t Under clear, blue, warm, August )ft skies, the Vikes marched 63 yards in the first quarter to go on top 6-0. " Hie screen pass worked to per- lection with "Chuck" Chidester j flattening the last Panther defender )(Jl Ml in Fraughton's path. Justin uj'' Johnston kicked the extra point lffl.i making the score 7-0. West's offense, effectively Ij, stopped on their first drive by the Viking defense, roared to life following the Viking . kickoff. s!( Stephen Lilly, a bowling ball type runner, exploded into the secondary n two nice runs and Jim Tunson capped the 71 yard, 7 play drive by i going the final three yards around tie right end. Ablock claimed to be a "hold" or a "clip" by spectators in the stands Ml oaTunson's run, proved in the film oat to be an excellent block by a West lineman. Able Salazar booted the point after to tie the score at 7. li Both teams played solid defense f5i in the second period but with less a minute to play, PG was fagged for a face mask foul and lo plays later another 15 yarder, "ns time a non-existent defensive 'lipping foul, gave West a first ton on the Viking 17 yardline. As i ran out, Salazar's 34 yard kick sailed between the uprights to give the Panthers a 10-7 lead at halftime. In the third period, Gary Perkins fielded a booming Chad Peacock punt, slipped a tackle at the 26 yardline, cut to the sideline and raced 74 yards in front of the PG bench to score. With Salazar's extra point, West led 17-7 with just over five minutes left in the third period. Pleasant Grove mounted a fourth quarter drive that ended on the 11 with a tipped pass that was intercepted in-tercepted in the endzone. Adam Rupper, a junior linebacker on the kickoff team, was really hit on the opening kickoff and had to sit out the rest of the game with a slight concussion. Chidester also had his bell run on that great block on the scoring screen pass. PG hosts Springville Friday night at 7:30 in Viking Stadium. The Red Devils downed Tooele, 18-13 in their opening game Friday. Against West, the Vikes ran 61 plays to 39 for the Panthers and passed the ball 32 times. "I don't like to throw that much but we had to," said Coach Bill Mikelson following the game. In the sophomore game Thursday, Thur-sday, Pleasant Grove won every statistic but the score, with the Panthers winning 7-0. West's touchdown came in the fourth period when two Viking defenders knocked each other down and a West receiver went 80 yards untouched un-touched for the games only score. |
