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Show VMS coadh smiles ven? victony He called the play of his offensive and defensive lines "more intense. We seemed to be hitting hard on each play." And Martines and Bender earned the coach's praise. "They're both quick, gutsy gut-sy kids," he said. THE VICTORY was sweet, but Hatch and others with the Viewmont program know that East has not scared anyone this year, not even the Judge Bulldogs whom '' they beat in a defensive struggle. View- mont's next test comes Friday night at home against Davis. A victory there would surely force Hatch to smile. :... By TOM HARALDSEN i Clipper Sports Editor 00 i SALT LAKE CITY -- For awhile fol-' fol-' lowing Viewmont's 21-7 victory over i East Friday afternoon, a funny thing hap-, hap-, pened to Viking coach Warren Hatch. He forgot to be happy. 99 ' OF COURSE, it's been a while since he's had much to be happy about this season. Following an opening game win at Clearfield, the Vikings have been embarrassed. But things may be changing m ' ' ' at Viewmont. Jtj And finally, after the coach was re minded of a few facts about the win, which kept the Vikings very much alive in the quest for a state playoff berth, he be- " gan to feel better. A i J FIRST, HE was reminded that 21 jf points is the Vikings top offensive output S this year. And they weren't scored on J i cheap plays. Each touchdown came after t i sustained drives. , He recalled that East halfback Odan HE Pendleton, who rushed for 115 yards 7 against Bountiful last week, was held to i 1 94 yards in 13 carries. But more impor-l impor-l ' tantly, one of those carries was for 71 v 1 yafds, which means other than on that ; Py, the Vikings pretty well shut him j down. ' HE SMILED at the fact that Viewmont II ' had no turnovers, that they did not roll 1 1 over and die when East scored on their . f 1 ; first offensive play of the second half to 1 I lie the game at 7-7. And the offensive and 1: defensive lines held their own on this 4 game, another nice new twist. The Vikings missed a chance to score i nfl f rst Quarter came to an end. A ' (JO ' dnve stalled at the East 1 1 on an incom- Plete pass into the end zone. But as the second quarter began, following a defensive defen-sive stand and East punt, the Vikes began a scoring drive from their own 45. JUNIOR halfback Jim Bender, having the best game of his career, alternated with halfback Kelly Martines as the Vikes gained 26 yards on the ground. That set up a fourth-down and 14-pass from Jason Burningham to Mike Goodrich, a 29 yard touchdown that gave the Vikings the lead. David Lauder's PAT made it 7-0 Viewmont with 7:13 in the half. .. aBut East, bottled up and held to 28 yards rushing in the first half, finally broke one. On their first offensive play of the third quarter, Pendleton scooted around right end for 71 yards. Lance Madsen then added something new for the Leopards this season, a PAT, to make it 7-7 with 8:54 left in the third quarter. BUT IT was on the next drive that Viewmont showed its improvement. The East score would have broken the Viking spirit. Instead, Viewmont drove 67 yards in 16 plays, all on the ground, and chewed up nearly eight minutes of the clock. Martines Mar-tines drove over from the one, and Lauder Laud-er made it 14-7 with a minute to go in the . quarter. On that drive, the Vikings consistently con-sistently had big gainers on first down. Two East offensive plays later, Greg Deamer picked off a Leopard pass and returned it to the East 43. From here, the Vikings marched to paydirt in seven plays, the final seven yards on a pass from Burningham to Jeff Duke. Lauder again split the uprights to make the final score 21-7. HATCH WAS pleased with the win, "but I'm still concerned that we're making mak-ing too many, mistakes. We can't make those mistakes against some other teams and win." |