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Show . Cats Speed Vs. Laker s j Size In State Game Fri. jy DAVE WIGHAM ' WOOPS CROSS -- History will Iv written ,,lx 1 ""'- al Curtis iij ;is the Wildcats of Woods I i-ixn entertain Bonneville in the : fMAtroiinJ of iIk-state 4Atoothall Kninumenl. Kh.-kotTw.i-. slated for 1 -p m. hni i- subject to a possible v HISTORIANS v ill w i lie tins one .'up the In si lime a team from - Cross has participated in a , .l.ili' football event. Usually vv hen t (1 school eels their fust shot at a lute title the talk is centered ar'iumJ 'just happy to he here' uuitinc. Kit not these Cats. There are t clubs involved in lhi stale tournament and although (ci oneof them have the goal of he number one spot most people realize some of them aie plain aiul .:nipl dreaming. Woods Cross ha-lheio.il ha-lheio.il of the stale title and these """""I'jts have the fire power to back up 1 -thai coal. COACH I.ARRV Hdracher jurns up the club's tcelings this "We feel we're to the point here wc don't have to back oil iem anyone. We're not satisfied i:hiusi being there we've set the ditle a our goal." Woods Cross has every reason o believe they can play with any eam in this tournament. They iae play e J the big hoys tough, in act they gained most folks respect i couple of games ago with a big tin over a highly regarded High-ir.J High-ir.J team. T hat win was probably he main reason for the optimism at the Cat camp. Prior to that w in the Cats knew they had a good club but with that victory they picked up added confidence and have been a very good football team from that moment on. THK CATS finished in second place m Region I -'our with a solid 4-1 record w ilh their lone loss coming com-ing to top ranked Davis after they had scared the Darts in (he fust half. Coach Hdracher and his staff aren't focusing on the past this week though they have their lull attention on the Bonneville club coming to town. The l akers lost a hid to claim a share of the Region One title last week w hen they dropped drop-ped a narrow decision to Ho Hder. a game that Hdracher witnessed. wit-nessed. "WK HAN K a lot of respect for Bonneville, they are big and very physical, we know it will he a hard hitting hall game. Plus they have tradition on us a little and T horn H u d g e d o e s a great job of coaching." One aspect the Cat coaches are try ing to get over to their kids is the reputation Region One seems to have picked up this week. "Tor some reason the media has said all year that Region One wasn't that strong, but I feel they are. I just hope our kids realize Bonneville is a good football team from a good region." KI.DRACTIKR reported that a quick scouting report on Bonnev il-le il-le would indicate they are a basic-club. basic-club. "Offensively thev run out of j " 3v: "I s. "I -t y y . :V . . .. .:- ' , -: .i4r-?'". .-OS. '"-I -T-..-- ,-..J v -- . - w . V 'Vf : :-, ; , - .: -4.L-. "' - - ---r--:.-v ' , . ' 1 - - ." y- v v.' - . '- s i - - . -.- . -i- " ". ? "4 w.i;:.rv'-:"-'. v , , . . '- . --- - i .... - . WOODS CROSS runner scrambles for extra in-:' yardage against East. 1 . 1 :S South Davis Soccer Association U - 14 Competition Boys Div. Fall Standings jf W L T GF GA POINTS .Vikings 10 0 0 56 7 20 Tl Rangers 8 2 0 25 23 16 ! inkers 5 4 1 28 23 II Wolverines 2 5 3 18 29 7 M-:, Lasers 0 7 3 13 35 3 y;:B:;,vcs 0 7 3 13 36 3 )lo? c : ' '. the I or split hufk Inrmiition with a slot huek. They are run oriented hut last week when they not he hi ml they threw the hall ami were effective effec-tive Joints it. I'm sure with their sie they'll simply try to run ritsht at us ami that's w hat our defense will have to stop." As tor the defense of the I.akers the Wildcat coaches aren't so sure that what they saw hist week is what they'll see this week. "Atsainst l(o Cider they had a lot of men on the line of scrimmage hut they were facints a team that was throwing the hall a lot. I feel basically basic-ally they'll he in a 4--4 type defense." de-fense." IT'S NO secret what the Cats will try to do. Defensively they'll get after the I.akers and try to takeaway take-away the inside running attack. Offensively they'll mix it up with the run and the pass. "JelT Hawkins Haw-kins should he a little stronger this week. Ron dome continues to improve im-prove running the ball and I.ee Watson is a good runner. Add that to our solid passing attack and we feel w e are v ery balanced" Lldraehcr noted. I he word on the I.akers from up north is that they are big but not that fast or quick. Thai being the case the Wildcats have speed to burn and lionnev ille could be in for a long day. THK KKV to this battle will be the Wildcat defensively. They can't afford to let the I.akers control con-trol the ball for long scoring drives, they will need to get the ball into the hands of their offense. I he Cats in Hawkins. Watson, (iome, Hrad Worthen. Scott Jensen. Jen-sen. Kevin C'ullimore and the others hav e some explosiv eness on offense. All they need is the ball and a chance to show their stuff, th.it's up to the defense. I .1.1.1.. I II. . I... IIII. ...H. ..... . M I.. ! 1.1 I I, . l I ,. I .11 .1,1-. .""""-.... I ' J Ml: VS IP n 1 Pi A" f C; r ' 1 , v - - - ' - v - - f i ' i. ; ' If , , , r w . O ' V ' , . .. J i . : ' 1Z - ' : ' V"' ' " ' V V - ' , - t' ' "','' clipper shaun stahle IT WAS A TOUCHDOWN THAT almost was in a victory that almost wasn't. Davis held a comfortable 10-point 10-point over Highland only seconds away from another region title when this over-the-middle touchdown pass was called back. It could have been the play that preserved the win. As it turned out, the Darts had to hang on to win by a fieldgoal. |
