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Show I!C1MSS SLAP DOWN WASPS LAST FRIDAY The Vikings had too much on the ball in the game at Nephi last Friday for the Juab Wasps to even make an audible buzz. Playing their second year of high school football, the boys from the dry farms looked almost pitiful as they tried to thwart the rushes and passes of the Boys from Battle Creek. The score was 41 to 0 and could easily have been twice that if Coach Ned Alger had tried to "pour it on" for the full 48 minutes min-utes of playing time. As it was, substitutes flowed in and out of the game like the ebb and flow of sea water in the Norway fjords; but the Viking ship ploughed steadily on. The Viking B-Defenders shook their running backs loose at will and tricked Juab with passing and reverse plays repeatedly. Hal Lewis scored twice for the Grovers and other six pointers were annexed by Paul Allen, Gene Carson, Paul Maxfield and Kenny Merrill. Hales kicked five points after touchdowns. In the other Friday night hassles in Region Seven, American Fork trounced Grantsville 26 to 0 and Bingham ran over BY High 39 to 6. So far the going has been relatively rela-tively easy for the Alger Boys as far as league play is concerned and Grantsville should 'provide nothing more than a warmup next Friday. The "meanies" come later when the locals tackle Lehi away and Bingham at home. In the opinion of this scribe, the situation is just right to develop a carload of over confidence among members of the Viking crew. "Pride goeth before a fall," says the Good Book, and better teams than the Vikings have fallen to the "we're too good to be beaten" line. If anyone has a remedy for this acute malady, he might pass the information along to the local coaching staff. Championships are never won until the final gun of the last game, as many a stouthearted stout-hearted athlete can testify. |