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Show 2WA Page 4B Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 27, 198 ; 1 for IMtyimtoKr , u iyfl Cd Wbi I oi Y(oii? Tlhiv Irflodl S 5 5 Diamonders Fall to Hillcrest 0 in State Final Came 8-- By Bliss Fullmer Theres a slogan making the rounds at Roy High School that says WHEN YOURE NUMBER TWO, YOU TRY HARDER. The Royals in 1980 and 81 had a great season, and played for the Utah State championship in football, basketball and baseball but lost on every count. 'in football, the Royals played in the Roy beat Granite for a slot in the eight- team, double elimination tournament, and then downed Bingham, Layton, and Cot- tonwood for a shot at the title. Meanwhile, Hillcrest, a number two team out of Region 2, beat Bonneville, lost to Cottonwood, beat Bingham and Brighton, and then defeated Roy twice to win the crown. . A lot has been. said about this years athletes from Roy, but the coaches said it seeded Bonneville shadow of number-on- e but surprised the Lakers in the last league Kpct Anmtiiv it was a shared title, because both teams lost one game, but because Roy beat Ive never had a more united bunch of Bonneville, the Royals went into the finals athletes than the juniors and seniors of this as number one. year s team, said Ernie Jacklm, coach of the football team. We didn t have that one In basketball, Roy was tied again with big man to look to, this year, like a Jim The McMahon or Freddy Fernandes, continued Bony; this time in second place. pnvaic nn fho tncc nf a nnin want infA ih a a th nnonii kf koH annA kanir.fkanir awesome Leopards of East. too ' what were actuallybut small accomplish they did, they really had big kids to I" baseball, the Royals lost only to Layton hearts down t0 the last man Th and .. Bonneville and went into the play-off- s trade-maras a third-plac- e team, while the Lancers and totally unselfish; that was their Lakers were both seeded for the state finals, and it made them winners." Coach Jacklin is confident that his next year squad will be even better than this Sure were going to miss those year. he said. Men like Brad seniors, McCaulley dont come along every year, but we have nine starting possitions coming back. am was "defeated in and there were seven or eight a wo played only jmm and varsity ball. jjgbmm are looking for- ward t0 getting Todd Taylor y Sanchez, Mark Eeeineton Garv Ashlev Stewart back that Mclnnes a Jucleus! which will Ee su v ted b winninf? The league J V; R,oy C . s ... j . excited about next vear.g basketball program, Of the fourteen man T Pyd eight or nine men an awfully lot and flve of those were undei" strng' Td were v k, . Continued Ofl 5B ..THE ROYAL GRID Defense proved to be the Royals then went on to lose to Bonneville in the Since the starting major power in getting Roy High School to its first final game by a score of 14-state championship game ever. In this picture, team isnt losing a lot to graduation, the Royals are Brad Verroz from Hillcrest is stopped cold by host picked to finish strong again, of Royal defenders in the semi-fincontest. The 0. i al . l Tf SECOND PLACE TROPHY is awarded to the Royal Baseball team after losing to Hillcrest in the championship V 4 game .A FAST-PAC- wide-ope- run-and-g- game is what brought the Royals to the state final basketball game against East. In this picture, - guard Robert Kirkwood and a Bingham player get tangled up in a game. semi-fin- al . u |