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Show 1 TUESDAYDAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER, OCTOBER 21, 1986 Davis, Braves finish with strong showing CottonSALT LAKE CITY wood High successfully defended its State golf title by edging Highland Wednesday afternoon at Glendale Golf Course. The Colts rode scores of 7 by junior Johnny Miller (you know whose son) and 72 by Brad Shelton to a team score of 291. Highland, the Region Four champ, finished second at 304. Among local teams, Davis was 10th at 328, and Bountiful finished 12th at 333. 4-- 1 Top scorer from Davis County was Chris Turner of Davis High, who shot a 77. Turner was low scorer last week when the Darts and Highland had a playoff for the region title, and his brother Sean was medalist in Region Four during the league tournament. Others who participated for local schools were Cory Goodrich and Troy Miya of Clearfield, Dave Garcia of Layton, the Bountiful team of Mark Lewis, Kenny Muir, Darin Hartvigson, Scott Curnen and Wade Olsen; and the Davis High team of Chris and Sean Turner, Alex Ward, Jeff Pearson and Brett 5 a i KENNY MUIR Henderson. are guaranteed a playoff spot. There are so many other variables. But Joe Wood, Laytons second year head man, doesnt like to spe- culate about it much. His only thoughts are on winning in Ogden on Friday night. We must beat Bonneville, plain and simple, he said, We have to win." The coach could be right. If Layton does lose to Bonneville and Box Elder beats Clearfield in Brigham City and finally if Roy beats Weber, then Layton will sit home through the playoffs. Only three teams go to state and in that scenario Bonneville, Box Elder and Roy would go. There's no doubt weve got the toughest road to hoe, said Wood, Weve got to go into Ogden and beat an unbeaten team. But there are other possibilities that could still see Layton going to state, but most of them depend upon what Box Elder and Roy do in their final outings. If the Lancers do end tied with either of those teams after the five league games, sudden-deat- h then a round-robi- n tournament would be staged at a neutral sight. A full football game would not be played, but rather the d teams would line up at the line and go through the same routine that is familiar in present overtime contests. The first team to lose two games would be elimin- Roy is overtime winner Lancers ok es are s LAYTON So what if the 122. Six victories in eight games means little or nothing too. Those kind of stats usually follow a team who is primed and positioned to spring into the state playoffs. But such is not the case in Layton these days. The above numbers hold emptiness when you refer to the Lancers final league game against Bonneville, a contest in which Layton will be fighting for their playoff lives. How do you get yourself into such a predicament? Well, you end up giving a team from Roy a 1 overtime win on your own home field. 27-2- Thats what happened last Thursday night here. Layton had their chances to put a victory away, but fumblitis ended up killing them. The heartbreaking Layton loss even with dropped them to Box Elder and Roy, all of which makes the final week of league play quite interesting topic material. Even if the Lancers earn a victory over unbeaten Bonneville, that doesnt necessarily mean they 2-- 27-2- 21-1- quarter touchdown that helped Roy to a 6 lead with 4:57 remaining til halftime. Layton got the ball twice within the last four and a half minutes and nearly scored both times. The first attempt at scoring was a 47 yard field goal by Troy Murray that just barely missed to the right. Layton was able to take a 3 lead into half time when they fake punted at the 50 yard line. Boyd Murray lofted a perfect pass to Roberts who rambled 40 yards before being driven out of bounds. Reid scored on the next play and converalso collected a two-poision pass from Troy Murray to help Layton go ahead. Roys most impressive drive of the day came in the third quarter when they rambled 93 yards in five plays for another TD. The killer was a 44 yard run by Tafoya for the TD. Tafoya also scored the two-1 14-1- 21-2- quarters. Layton had the best chance to score in the fourth quarter. They had just moved to Roys 24 yard line with 2:21 left before a penalty and two incomplete passes forced the field goal unit to come on. Thats when Murray missed a 43 yard field with 1:35 left, a miss that missed its mark by just a foot or so. Laytons heartbreak in overtime came when Murray hit Harrison over the middle on an eight yard pick up, but the ball was knocked loose and Roy recovered. Roy came right back in just two plays during their overtime try and won it on a three yard run by Tafoya. V ated. offense has racked up 242 points and the defense has allowed only CARL DARBY PULLS a bunch of Royals with him in Laytons 1 overtime loss. point conversion which made it 4 for Roy. But Layton came right back with a 75 yard scoring drive of their own, most of the damage being done by Darby and Sahn Johnson on the ground. Murrays boot 1 at the end of three made it ten-yar- By KEITH DUNCAN jirr Two of those fumbles resulted in Roy scores including a second Folks, dont count out the possibility of Layton, Roy, Box Elder, Clearfield and Weber all being involved in the round-robi- n event. If Bonneville, Weber and Clearfield are the winners on Friday, then such an event would take place. Wood says his team should be a full strength on Friday. That means William Reid will be back after suffering a bruised bone on his lower right leg against Roy. Look for Richard Lovelace to also be in pads again, he dressed for the Roy game but did not play. In talking about the Roy game, Wood still feels his club is a better football team than Roy is, but he added, you cant cough up the football as many times as we did against Roy and expect to win." Ironically it was Roy who fumbled first last Thursday and Layton capitalized with a touchdown. John Bryant put a vicious hit on Roy's Tafoya and Tony Roberts recovered. One play later Carl Darby was rambling from 10 yards away for six points. Defensively Layton started out with a band, holding Tafoya at bay. But the offense proceeded to fumble the ball in their next three series which had the defense on the field much longer than Wood would have liked. DAVE HARRISON IS stopped short of the goal line and fumbles ball in Roys 1 victory. 27-2- 4-at Pairings The following is the pairings for the upcoming playoffs in'foot-bal- l. 4-- A R4 No. R1 No. 2 vs. R2 No. vs. R3 No. 2 vs. 4-- A 1 In Davis County, Bountiful and Davis have already clinched playoff berths. Viewmont has the next best chance of going followed by Layton and Clearfield. Here are the pairings: no. 1 A vs. R2 No. 4 R3 No. 3 R3 No. 5 R1 No. 3 vs. R3 No. 4 vs R2 No. 3 R3 No. vs R4 No. 4 R2 No. 2 vs. R4 No. 3. R1 R4No. 1 2 1 Mams braise Darts5 title hopes By KEITH DUNCAN Friday night. Davis, now 1 in Region Four, could still share a piece of the region championship and gain themselves a homefield advantage in the upcoming playoffs by getting the job done against East. But the Darts dont control their own destiny in either of those quests, despite the fact a win is vital. If Bountiful beats Highland on Friday and Davis beats East, then the region title will be shared among Highland, Davis and Boun 3-- It may have KAYSVILLE been years since Davis High last lost two games in a row, but its decades since they've lost three in a row. The Darts suffered a bruising 40-- 8 setback at Highland last Thursday afternoon for their second consecutive defeat. In order that they dont make it three losses in a row, they must handle the East Leopards who come to town on b tiful. A coin flip will determine where each team is seeded in the playoffs. But if Highland gets by the Braves and Davis wins, then Highland wins the title and Davis will automatically claim second place and the homefield advantage by virtue of their victory over Bountiful. in league East is presently play, having picked up their first victory in Region Four last Thursday against lowly Woods Cross-. Perhaps the worry about home-fiel- d advantages and region titles could have been words in the wind, had the Darts beaten Highland last week. But that wasn't meant to be as the Rams took full advantage of every mistake Davis made and turned it into gold. Davis murdered their chances very early by giving the Rams two straight touchdowns in less than six minutes. The Darts accepted the opening kickoff but on the first play from scrimmage, quarterback Reed Sec-rifumbled the ball on his own 20 yard line. Three plays later Highland was ahead On Davis' next scries, Curtis Stoddard fumbled on Davis 32 and a half dozen plays later Highland had a very commanding 14-- 0 lead. I thought we could still get back into it." said one Davis coach at the time. But that never happened. The Dart offense, when it did hold onto the ball, sputtered like a worn out farm tractor. Before the st 7-- half ended, Davis was forced to punt four times. It's been a long time since the Dart offense punted four times in the first half. Meanwhile, Highland was scoring 10 more points for a very comfortable 24-- 0 halftime lead. Highland's final touchdown of the Continued on next page |