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Show PHOTO BY ROGER TUTTLE Steve Worthen (8) of Woods Cross and a couple of unidentified teammates close in for tackle of Highland ball carrier who picked up good yardage in Rams' 43-3 win over the Wildcats last Friday afternoon. Wildcats would like to forget 43-3 drubbing by Highland; prepare for Ogden here Wed. By KEITH DUNCAN Like anyone who's just suffered an adverse experience, Woods Cross' football team would just as well like to blank from their memory mem-ory the 43-3 disaster that took place last Friday afternoon at Highland High School. "We're a better team than what we were a year ago and up until the Highland game, we had been playing play-ing much better. But nothing really positive took place against the Rams and we'd just like to forget about it," said Coach John Haning. Junior Dave Simons booted an early first quarter field goal that chance to win. This week the Wildcats will play another team that has failed to win, the Ogden Tigers. Coach Haning described that game as "very important im-portant to us." Woods Cross' final two games come against Bountiful at Bounti- . ful and against East at Woods Cross. Woods Cross, who is taking the Ogden UEA game quite serious, continued to be plagued by general lack of depth. "We have six or seven players going both ways and at times even more. There is no question about it, we just get tired after awhile," continued the head coach. About the rest of the schedule, Haning isn't sure anyone will be taking anyone for granted. Ogden will be out fighting for their first win just as hard as Woods Cross and Bountiful probably won't be looking past Woods Cross either, because an all important playoff berth is on the line. "There won't be any easy ones, not for us," said Haning. "But we really want Ogden right now," said Haning, "if we don't get that one, we're in trouble." made it 3-0 Woods Cross, but from that point on there really wasn't much that went the Wildcats' way. "I'll say this," said Haning, "Highland is a very good football team and perhaps is more explosive explo-sive offensively than what their state championship team was a year ago. . "It was a game we'd just like to forget about." Coach Haning and his crew now look forward to their final three games, games they feel they have a |