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Show IB Page Lakeside Review Thursday, March 26, 1981 Clearfield Heads List of Hopefuls pMkTm By PHIL KIRKWOOD Sports Editor With the 1981 prep track season set to open this week, coaches are saying the region races will be closer and more competitive than ever before. said Davis coach This season will be a toss-uTom Packer referring to Reeion-4- . Id like to think were one of the better teams, said Clearfield coach John Flint about his Region-- 1 track squad. But every school has some good talent in most events and thats going to make it close. Although some schools have had several meets under their belts, the first real indicator as to which squad is the most sound will come April 3rd add 4th in the Davis District Championship meet held at Clearfield High School. The meet will feature every Davis County school and starting times are scheduled for noon both days. Schools competing include: Clearfield (host), Davis, Layton, Viewmont, Bountiful and Woods Cross. Heres a brief preview of three of the teams: Clearfield '"With over 100 members on the team, the Falcons promise to be one of the strongest 4A squads in the state. Coach John Flint says that last years Region-- 1 champs have plenty of depth in most every event and will be tough to beat. Leading the talent will be captain Mark Carter who already set a new state indoor shot put record of in the BYU invitationals this year. Carter is ranked seventh in the nation in that event and Flint says he can throw the discus too. Another leader will be Freddie Cook in the long jump. Flint says Cook is capable of going over 23 feet. Other standouts to look for will be Robert Wilcox in Shawn Moore and Kevin Porter in the the iavilin. Davis Coming off last years second place finish in the Darts have fielded yet another strong Region-4- , team in this their last year of competition. Coach Packer says he has most of his strong events back from last year, but depth might be a problem. Packer says the running events will be strongest and are led by Chad Jones and Todd Thompson in the distance and Spencer DeGraw in the sprints. DeGraw and fourth in placed second in state for the last year. the Layton The Lancers are a young team this year and dont post much depth in some events. Depth or not, the Lancers have split their first two practice meets with 0 8 loss fo win over Bountiful and a a Viewmont. . Coach Jones says his teams strong points lie in the sprints led by Greg Wright and Mike Rhinery and in with Steve Barker. Barker has the highs and already clocked a 15.2 in the Jones says he is a strong favorite to take the region. : DAVIS COUNTY p, pre-seas- ; 800-met- 3-- A 100-met- 200-met- er 82-5- 73-4- DEAN GARRETT, Mike Fahnart, Dirk Barlow and Roby Sherwood (left to right) are just four of the many athletes on high-hurdl- 110-met- this years Clearfield track team. The Falcons are a strong favorite to take the Region-- 1 title this year and depth is their feyal Troek Squod Promises T Post Pleirafly of Sprint Speed ROY Quality, not quantity, is the motto for Roy High Schools 1981 track program. Coaches Dan Sheffer and Dale Slade have only 26 track and field hopefuls, but some are being touted as Utah State champions, even this early in the season. Half of the team is made up of sophomores, with eight juniors and only five seniors, so it is safe to call the Royals a young team in a building year. Leading the 100 and 200 meter runners are men like Keith Crockett, a junior, Richard Davis, a sophomore, Ran Jones, a senior, Richard Hess, a junior, Randy Greever, a sophomore, Rodney Jex, a sophomore and Todd Vigil, a sophomore. Crockett, Davis, Jones and Hessfun on a 400 meter relay team that won first place at the B.Y.U. indoor track meet, and is favored to take first, this spring in state On the mile relay team, Richard Hess substitutes for Richard Davis, and this team should also finish high in region and state. Other team members include: 400 meter run Ran Jones (12) and Wally Dunn (11). 800 meter run Jim Puffer (12) Kevin Thompson (11), Mike Peterman (10), Tony Markham (10). Mile and two-mirun Robert Hogue (10), Lance Browning (10). Hurdles Scott House (12) Gary Scheunman (10), Darren Watts (10) and Todd Vigil (10). Shot-pMark Eggington (11) and Stewart Maclnnes (10). Discus Mark Eggington (11) and Rob Thomas (11). Javelin Larry Green (12) and Neil Lewis (11). ' Ken Huddleston (12) Long Jump and Richard Davis (10). le ut . Pole Vault David Kingsley ( 10) and Matt Jensen (10). Mike Reske (11) Scott High Jump House (12) and Steve Childt (11). Roy High School Track Schedule March 25, Roy at Box Elder, 3:30 p.m. April 1, Roy at Clearfield, 3 p.m. April 4, Laker Relays at Bonneville, 1 p.m. April 8, Skyview at Roy, 3 p.m. Meet at April 9 and 10, Bonneville. April 15, Roy at Layton, 3 p.m. April 18, Weber State - Standard Examiner Meet at Weber State, 9 a.m. April 22, Weber at Roy, 3 p.m. April 24 and 25, Nate Long Invitational Meet at Skyline High, 10 a.m. April 29, Bonneville at Roy, 3 p.m. ; i ' and Richard Davis, a sophomore, are two fastest sprinters in northern Utah. s of the D" Top Pros Featured In Mogul Ski Meet Bud-weis- We Want City-Coun- ty Roy, p,,o Top men and ladies in the world of mogul skiing are slated to compete for a share of the $5000 purse in the American Pro at 8 BYU Invitational BYU, 2, May Skiing Utah Professional a.m. Mogul Skiing ChamClear7 Meet at and 8, Region May pionships for the field. at Cup,' Weber Meet 15 at State and 16, May Snowbasin, Utah, on State College, 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28. Male competitors from across the U.S. and Canada will be chasing the $1000 top prize, with a first prize in the ladies division, of $400 cash. To Hear From You If youre the type that likes to talk sports as well as read about it, youre just the person were looking for. Starting in April, the Lakeside Review sports staff will welcome and publish any letter by its readers concerning sports and will feature them each week in the sports section. Readers are urged to comment on national as well as local sports and that includes everything from bingo to badminton. We also welcome reactions (good or bad) to the sports coverage we give the area. Feel free to comment on anything we do from our pictures and articles, to what we cover and what we dont. we And please, pull no punches want to know exactly how you feel. Length is no problem, but we do reserve the right to edit for taste and grammar. Deadline for letters each week will be 5 p.m. Friday and must include the writers name and adno anonymous letters will dress be accepted. (First initial and last name, OK.) Address letters to: Lakeside COACH DAN SHEFFER shows off his one-tw- o punch in Roy High School track. Keith Crocket (right), a junior at s,mU major strength. Review. Review Journal (Sports Desk). 5388 South 1900 West. Roy, Utah 84067. American Pro Skiing, in its third season, features the unique Dual Mogul Skiing format for the Budweiser Cup at Snowbasin. The Utah Championships will be the second stop on the 1981 American Pro Skiing (APS) tour. Last week, at Lake Eldora Resort, in Colorado, Ogdens own Mark Archibald, a former top U.S. amateur mogul skiing competitor, took third place honors in a field of top pros at the 1st 1981 APS tour stop. Archibald won $400 cash, and stands third in the APS Grand Prix point list. Tom Cordova, also from Ogden, made the final 32 at Eldora, but failed to make the money. Other local talent slated to compete at the Budweiser Cup are: Bob Minster, Tom Leavitt, GRETA PAULSEN is ready to try her luck mogul skiing this weekend at Snow Basin. dual mogul skiing is at Snowbasin will be judged not only on speed, by the clock, but by a team of judges who vote for one of the two skiers on the basis of speed, quality and quantity of turns, excitement, air (jumps done in the course), control, and technique. The skier who wins the best of five of the judges votes moves on to a new opponent, tourGary Fluckiger, and nament style, until the Bobbie Chambers, all of field is narrowed to two Snow Basin Resort. skiers, for a chamChambers was fifth in the pionship match. 1980 APS standings. American Pro Skiings In the Dual Mogul Open format allows format, competitors start amateurs to enter the e on a steep, qualifying event to bumpy slope and ski fast, compete directly against d in an at- the pros in an attempt to tempt to outski each qualify for a spot in the other to the bottom. In final 32. Registration fot contrast to ski racing. the APS Budweiser Cup side-by-sid- head-to-hea- v in APS I nine to five, tlie Snowbasin baselodge, or by prior arrangement with APS. Qualifying begins 10 a.m. Friday, March 27, and finals, for the top 32 men and top 16 ladies, 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28. The action will be easy to see for spectators, and there will be no charge to watch, other than a anytime, March 26 at regular lift pass for skiing. American Pro Skiing will continue its 1981 season with the Budweiser Easter Championships at Powder the Budweiser and World Professional Mogul Mountain, April 18-1- Skiing Championships at Snowbird. April 24-2- |