| Show Cougars look impressive against first grid opponent on rain-soaked lose travel to Rangely for next game under light Friday A rain-soaked field is hardly a fair place to pass judgment on a football team's potential especially when the gamo played on a soggy turf is the first contest of the season less than two weeks after school opens and practice THOSE WHO SAW the opening grid game in Roosevelt last Friday afternoon were rather impressed with the potential of the Union Cougars who showed power on defense as they contained a fast slippery East Carbon team to a lone They are rated to become one of the top contenders for Class B honors this The final score was for East Vikings by Remo presented a fast i with a couple of top sprinters leading the They have experience and a lot of football and could toe rough to stop in their league over in Carbon-Grand-SanJuan FUMBLES WERE held to a minimum despite the wet rained all night Thursday and most of Friday until an hour or so before game A couple of proved both helpful and harmful to the A muffed punt by the Vikings set up the Cougars' touchdown that came in the first Union received the opening and after being held for they punted to The Vikings were stopped when Gordon Jennings Intercepted a pass in Union wasn't able to go any and Rouel got off a good punt which was touched by an EC player and recovered by UHS on the EC 20 yard A Ken Morrill to a couple of sizeable runs by Rodell John Shepherd and moved the ball to the where a quarterback sneak by Morrill produced the first 1961 football A slippery iball and a penalty cost Union a chance for the extra THE VIKINGS struck back in the second quarter when they moved the ball from their own 35 to pay dirt with one of those carrying over for the They bucked over for the which was the margin of victory they A clipping penal on the kickoff to start second quarter cost ES a TD when David another ran the ball back for an uncounted After recovering a Viking fumble in the Cougars made a sustained drive of 50 yards to the EC 5 to lose the ball with a TD in their Shepherd a tackle last who has been shifted to the fullback gave a lot of encouragement as the husky lad used his speed and pounds of power to clipp off a lot of yardage for The heart-breaking from the Cougars' was the fumble that could have given them a TD and Rodell who showed a lot of promise as a caught a pass with one good for ten yards to the where he fumbled and East Carbon That ended their final goal-line EAST CARBON piled up a lot of yardage after recovering Cesspooch's with the game-ending whistle stopping them on the Cougar Showing up well on the line were Mac Paul Watkins and Glen Doug Steven Ay cock and Ron Gordon Lewis In the the work of Ken Morrill at Rouel Rodell Cesspooch and Boy Van at and John was especially pleasing to Coaches Ken Paul and Scott Tins WEEK tho Cougars make their into Colorado territory to meet high-powered Rangely High It is reported this oil town has a football team is looking for state honors this This is a night game and is scheduled for under the |
