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Show page A1 0 Friday December 20, 1 996 Davis County Clipper controls 2nd half; beats BHS No.1 Weber Sports Shorts Prep Schedule Christopher Thomas Sports Writer Mens Basketball Friday, Dec. 20 Tooele at Woods Cross 7 p.m. Viewmont at Brighton 7 p.m. VIEW PLEASANT Following a tough second half Thursday-Saturda- y Dec.19-2- 3 Davis Darts at Ford Credit Kruel Classic Friday, Dec. 20 Tooele at Woods Cross 5 p.m. Dec. Moratorium 22-2- 6 Monday, Dec. 30 Clearfield at Bountiful 4 p.m. Wrestling Dec. Fri.-Sa- t. 20-2- 1 Viewmont Invitational Lady Darts, Viewmont win games Davis and Viewmont won games this week in girls prep basketball. The Darts rolled in past Northridge 67-5- 3 Kaysville on Tuesday. Wendy Dale poured in 20 points and Amy Fonnesbeck added Davis improved to 4-- 1 17. on the season. On Wednesday, the Lady Vikes of Viewmont outscored in the second half Hunter 24-1- 3 to defeat the Wolverines 40-3Julie Bellamy tallied 16 points in the victory for the Vikes. Viewmont is 3 in preseason 2. 5-- games. At Bountiful on Tuesday, Ben Lomond edged the Lady Braves in a close contest The game was tied at 14 at 37-3- 5. STRONG DEFENSE Viewmont's Matt Oman keeps an eye on American Fork opponent during Wednesday night game Oman and the Vikes played one of their best defensive games of the season as they upended the Cavemen Photo by Mark Watson Strong defense lifts Viewmont past American Fork Cavemen Sports Writer victory. games are difficult at any level. Viewmont found that out as the Vikes struggled on the points. road but picked up a big home n tory in mens basketball action. Teresa Galloway led the Braves in scoring with nine Northridge Davis 8 14 20-5- 3 15 13 16 23-6- 7 11 Viewmont 40 Hunter 32 Viewmont 11 5 12 12-4- 0 2 Hunter 9 10 6 Viewmont Harlan 3, Crockett 10, Gamer 2, Bellamy 16, Nielsen 9. Totals 14 12-2- 1 40. Hunter - Robinson 4, Fisher 2, Brough 6, Slade 4, Thompson 4, Nancy Breinholt 12. Totals 13 5 32. Ben Lomond 37 Bountiful 35 7 B. Lomond 4 10 14 5 7 7 Bountiful 9 B. Lomond - Pollard 7, Gilbert 8, Bright 6, Stevens 2, Marker 10, 37. Hines 2, Morris 2. Totals -- 18 Bountiful Barnett 5, Kelly 3, Kilgore 6, Dixon 8, Mckay 4, Galloway 9. Three-poigoals - Dixon 1. Farmington offers beginning karate Farmington City Recreation and Dragons Eye Karate School is offering beginning karate. Registration will be taken until Friday, Jan. 3. Class will begin the week of Jan. 6. Classes will be held on Mondays and Thursdays for six weeks from p.m. Classes are for youth ages and the registration fee is $30. Participants will learn the 3-- karate moves and philosophies. Instructor Skip Carlson is a two time national champion. For more information call Farmington City Recreation at 3, Friday, p.m. or N. 650 tificates k liber before tonight, Maxwell I think we learned a lot explained. and we will get better. Despite the shooting woes, the vic- Monday through noon and stop by the office at 42 W. Christmas gift cer- 8 a.m.-1- 2 1- are available for those interested. Braves dominated the first quarter shocking the Warriors with their aggressive full court press and a balanced scoring attack from Danny At Alta, Viewmont fell to the Hawks Tuesday night then 3 defeated American Fork at home Wednesday. Against Alta, Viewmont fell behind early and trailed 21-- 8 after 85-6- Northridge - Stanger 16, Davidson 11, Stanley 16, Kap 6, McCleary 2, Robinson 2. Totals - 22 6-- 8 53. Davis - Fonnesbeck 17, Alexander 2, Mayfield 13, Watts 6, Dale 20, Christensen 7, Stapp 2. Totals 26 8 67. 451-095- 0. non-regio- Davis 67 Northridge 53 basic Back-to-bac- 46-3- Soft-shooti- Lynn Averett intermission. Ben Lomond edged ahead by five after three quarters and held on to earn the Weber in a game against that culminated one of the longest and most grueling preseason road trips in Bountiful basketball history seven straight games away against some of the states toughest the Braves are happy to be teams home for the holidays. the Bountiful outplayed Warriors for most of the first half only to see their lead disappear midway through the second quarter when their shooting problems comdeadmenced resulting in a 33-3- 3 lock at the break. The Braves continued to struggle from the field in the second half shooting a miserable 27 percent to finish the game at 33 percent well below their dismal season shooting average of 37 percent. Its tough to be on the road every night and shooting in someone elses gym, said Bountiful Head Basketball Coach Mike Maxwell. Were shooting under 38 percent and this is one of the best shooting teams 1 have ever had. Its just not falling for us right now, but when it does watch out. Weber capitalized on the Braves 7 sluggish shooting opening up a lead early in the third quarter and never looked back. The Warriors Chad Evans and Nick Harrop ignited Webers offense converting on several transition baskets en route to 18 points each. center Dirk Lighthouse led the Warriors to their sixth victory of the season scoring a game leading 23 points as Weber prevailed 76-6"They were a very athletic team. We had not seen a team of their catop-rank- 3 63-5- p. intermission, Alta led Viewmont wasn't able to make a run in the second half as the Hawks cruised to a victory. 8. Mark Watson Sports Editor up." said Viewmont head coach Brad Christensen. You have to give our kids credit though. They did battle back and never gave up. Alta was led by James Anderson 26 while Jason with a game-hig- h SALT LAKE CITY Somebody, somewhere must voodoo doll dressed up like a Woods Cross basketball player. Any time it looks like the Cats might win a game, he pricks the doll with a needle and something bad happens. The Wildcats led by seven at intermission last Friday against Cyprus. This mysterious voodoo person worked its black magic in the second half as the Cats could not hit their foul have Richards added 22. Brad Crockett led Viewmont with 20 while Matt Oman added 15. Chris Case, Bryan Jackson and Jeremy Thomas each scored eight for the Vikes. American Fork, Viewmont played well from the start and turned in their best defensive game of the young season. In the first half, both teams took turns the Viewmont holding a taking lead 30-2- 5 34-3- 45-4- while holding the Cavemen to eight. We executed much better tonight and defensively we played said much coach better," Christensen. This was a total team win. All 18 varsity players contributed to this win. Rob played under more control and Jeremy had a big fourth for us. He had some key rebounds and a blocked shot. I cant say enough about our floor leadership. Bryan, Brad and Matt did a great job. Former Viewmont standout, Jake Shoff (transferred to AF after last season), returned looking for a strong game. However, Shoff only school Wednesday to compete for the American Fork Cavemen Shoff was an integral part of the Viewmont varsity team the past two seasons He scored nine points on his return visit scored nine points and fouled out late in the fourth. Jake is a great kid and I think he wanted to do so well that he played tight and we did some things defensively to take him out of his game." said Christensen. I have a great relationship with him and I wish him well. Mark Wilson led the Cavemen with 18 while Mike Boiee scored 12. Wintle came off the bench to lead Viewmont with 14. Crockett scored 13 with 11 rebounds while Matt Oman added 12 and dished out seven assists for the Vikes. Viewmont plays at Brighton tonight in another tough battle. Viewmont Alta (2-- 8 20 17 20 19 non-regi- Crockett 20, M. Oman 15, Case 8, Jackson 8. Thomas 8, Howard 2, C. Oman 2. Totals 22 63. Vita - Anderson 26, Richards 22, V iewmont 6 Hands 15. DeRose 6, Gunnel 5, Richins 4. Tinge) 3, Crosb) 2, Norris 2. Totals 35 2 85. Three-Poin- 25-8- 5 t Oman); Alta 7 Goals Viewmont 3 (M. (Richards 4, Anderson 2, - Gunnell). 3 American Fork ) 14 II 19 13 17 10 23-6- 3 Viewmont (3-4- ) American Fork - Wilson 18, Boice 12, Christensen 9, ShofT 9, Slater 4, Schaack 1. Totals 18 12-1- 7 53. Viewmont - Wintle 14, Crockett 13, M. Oman 12, Thomas 8, Case 6, Howard 4, C. Oman 4, Jackson 2. Totals 23 13-1- 9 University administration handling of the sons as the Cougar head coach. But Reid is not and cute quips. His only quick with r, an coach and a excellent hes problem, class person. How would you like to be fired from your job just one week before Christmas? Its a rarity for a coach to be fired in Even in hate times college administrators usually allow the coach to finish the season. But not BYU. Do it now. Plant a leak and then deny it. Heres a quote from the Desert News sports section on Dec. 17, 1996, Reports circulating in some media circles late Tuesday morning had Brigham Young University firing head basketball coach Roger Reid before the start of the Western Athletic Conference season next month. one-line- Brotherly love, consideration and compassion were suddenly missing in the Brigham Young dis- missal of basketball coach, Roger Reid. When BYUs athletic director. Rondo Fehlherg, goes on TV to apologize to Roger Reid and his family does that mean the announcement to the media was made before the Reids were notified? Is so, something is amiss at BYU. Oh sure, there were fans who were not supportive even though Reid has the best record of any coach in BYU history for the first seven sea a and going hard and we werent rotating. They dictated the rest of the game. With the loss the Braves drop to on the year. Peterson led Bountiful with 15 points and Wilbur added 12 as four Brave 4-- 3 players scored in double figures. Bountiful looks to finish the preseason strong with three home games before the start of region play. The Braves are hoping home court advantage for the holidays will result in the team finding their shooting touch and continuing to improve their defense. Nobody in the state has played a schedule like we have so far. We have gained a lot of experience and still have a long way to go, Maxwell said. The press isnt something you learn overnight. Many teams cant do it at all. Its a long learning process and we are improving and learning. With the experienced players returning from last year we have been changing our presses and adding some new ones. This year we will be the best pressing team in the state bar none. It will take some time to get it looking good, but watch out when we do. Bountiful Weber 19 14 7 20-6- 0 14 19 18 25-7- 6 Bountiful - Kilgore 11, Wilbur 12, Peterson 15, Hewlett 10, Jorgensen 2, Jacobs 6, Checketts 4. Totals 25 4 60. Weber - Payne 6, Sparrow 4, harrop 18. F.vans 18, Lighthall 23, Oherg 3, Chase 4. Totals 28 18-2- 1 Three-poin- t goals - Bountiful 7 (Kilgore 3, Wilbur 2, Hewlett 2) Weber 2 (Harrop 2.) offense much better, and improved in the department. After the Cats took a 0 lead to open the contest. West reeled off 12 straight points. The Panthers led 16-- 9 at the end of one period. Woods Cross hung tough in the second period and 5 sliced the lead to with six consecutive points. Doug Carlson scored two inside buckets and Rhett Nielsen scored on foul-shooti- 4-- 29-2- t Goals - American Fork 5 (Wilson 4, Christensen); Viewmont 4 (M. Oman 2, Crockett, Wintle). mid-seaso- n. However, all parties at BYU denied the reports. Upon more than one occasion Roger Reid has said to me, Missions are more important than basketball. Obviously, Roger was wrong. Basketball is much more important at BYU than missions. He has sent his two sons on missions in the midst of their basketball careers. And look what happened to last years team, most of them are now serving on missions and Coach Reid lost his one returning big star due to a personal problem. He would have been the nucleus of his team for this season. Good luck to you, Roger Reid. You're a great coach, a fine person and someone worthy of emulation. fast a break layup to keep the went on win to the game Cats close. It maybe border." was by They outscored Rick Woods 5 West at Winder Woods Cross Basketball Coach Cross 34- 15 in the second half. On Tuesday at West, the Cats continued to play hard. They Panther lead in the third quarter to make the West team start to worry. When Tim Hogan popped a turnaround jumper it was West 37 Woods Cross 36 with 3:34 left in the third quarter. The Cats, however, stayed on 36 for the next two minutes while the Panthers scored 8 in a row. West led 49-4- 2 after three, and went on to win the game It was the sixth lost of the season for the Wildcats with erased a 31-2- for 12. 1 72-6- 63. Three-Poin- 3 - Roger Reid receives awful Christmas gift Quig Nielsen Contributing Writer We were dictating the game early on. We were in their face and that is our style of play, Maxwell explained. Then we got scared because they were attacking the rim Cyprus advan9-- game. shots. with tage at the break. In the third. AF w'ent on a 0 0 0 and held a run to go up lead after three. Rob Wintle, Thomas and Matt Oman took over in the fourth scoring nine, six and five respectively as the Vikes had a 23 point fourth turnovers in the first quarter before taking the momentum away from Bountiful in the second period. Maxwell seemed dismayed at his team relinquishing control of the the coach said. On the positive side, Coach Winder said his team worked the What hurt us was that we fell so far behind early and couldn't catch Against play. Weber committed seven Cats still searching for first hoop victory the first period. From there on, the At Vikings had to play catch-u41-2- Wilbur, Brandt Peterson and Jake Kilgore who each chipped in five points in the opening period of zero wins thus far. Next opportunity: Tooele at Woods Cross tonight at 7:15 p.m. The Buffs are and 5 overall. 0-- 2 in region 1 -- Tooele is always a good team, but theyve had a few struggles this year. We hope to get a win Friday. Well play as hard as we did last night (against West) and maybe harder, said first-yeCoach Rick Winder. Winder does not question his teams work ethic. He said his ar players certainly played hard enough Tuesday, but made a few mental mistakes on defense which allowed West some easy baskets. We gave them too many easy looks at the basket and we didnt box out. They got too many offensive rebounds, The played well for the Cats opening four minutes of the second half and came within one, but thats as close as it would get. Carlson was whistled for two fouls in the third and fouled out of the game early in the fouth which hurt the Wildcats inside attack. One problem for Woods Cross was the shooting of Brian Stalker. He hit four three-poishots on the night. Stalker seemed to bail his team out of trouble whenever the Wildcats would make a run. Brad Webb had a strong game for the Wildcats with 17 points. He looked good with some soft inside jump shots. nt Hogan provided 10 points, Carlson supplied 12 points in limited minutes. Aaron Bean knocked down a pair of threes and finished the game with 10 points. Woods X 9 16 West 16 15 17 20-6- 2 18 23-7- 2 Woods Cross - Webb 17, Carlson 12, Bean 10, Hogan 10, Swain 5, Nielson 4, Bell 2, Adams 2. Totals 21 14-1- 9 62. West - Bennett 17, Stalker 18, Butler 12, Pearson 11, Orme 6, Drecksel 4, Ellis 4, Nelson 2. Totals 25 12-1- 8 72. Three-poigoals - Woods Cross 2 (Bean) West 4 (Stalker). |