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Show SJA Page 1C North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, December 21, 1983 Drop in Finals KENT SOMERS Review Sports Editor BOUNTIFUL With seven wrestlers in the finals of the Viewmont Invitational last Sat urday, Davis County high schools had an idealistic shot at winning all of the matches. But idealism gave way to realism in just three hours in the Vikings gym with county wrestlers losing six of the seven championship matches they were involved in. But it wasnt all that easy for the visitors. It took last minute points, narrow victories and a referees decision for them to make out in the finals like burglars in an empty Stokes Brothers store. For instance, take the referees decision. Davis Highs Shawn Robinson, last years state champion at 10S pounds, advanced to finals in the division to face Box Elders Clay Carter, who finished second in the division last year. Robinson grabbed an early lead because of an esCarter but tied the score in cape, the third period. The match d overwent to the time with Carter scoring a point in the fifth period and Robinson scoring a single point with 13 seconds left in the sixth and final period. Enter referees decision. And much to the disappointment of the previously undefeated Robinson, the referee came to the center of the mat and raised Carters hand. The decision left Davis Coach Jim Dickson with some questions, which he asked the referee after the match. I asked him why he made that decision, Dickson said. He said' the kid 112-pou- 3-- A 105-pou- one-poi- nt three-perio- from Box Elder was more gressive during the overtime. ag- Dickson said he thought his wrestler, Robinson, was more agressive during the regular match, especially in the first period. The referee agreed, said Dickson, but still thought Carter deserved the match. The whole situation left Dickson wishing for a different rule. HI think the kids should determine it (the outcome), not the officials." But county wrestlers had trouble making that determination in the final round most of the night and quickly put themselves out of the running for one of the top three spots in the tournament. Hillcrest easily won the competition, scoring 169 points and placed several wrestlers in the final matches. Another Salt Lake school, Alta, finished second with 134.5 points and Box Elder took third with 129.5 points. school, took Delta, a solid fourth with 115.5 points. Davis was the first county finisher, scoring 110.5 points for fifth place. Layton finished sixth, Clearfield took ninth, Viewmont nabbed 10th, Bountiful took 12th and Woods Cross took 13th among county schools. Here are the other top ual finishes among Davis Coun14-tea- m 2-- A Staff Photo by Robert Regan WOODS CROSS Jeff Nielson, bottom, got into trouble against Union Highs Todd Mair during an early, ty schools: . 112 pounds took fourth place, losing Eric Hyde of Rick Herdt in the second period in this tal- to settle the third and fourth finished third Layton place spots. ented, strong division. 119 pounds ViewmontV Laytons Rodney Rientjes led Shawn Pueblo Duane Hatch led 0 early in the of Pleasant Grove 4 in the fi- championship match, but nal period. But Pueblo scored a John Harrington came takedown and a nearfall in that back to tie the match in the second period, and won the period to beat Rientjes, Viewmonts match in the third period, Clearfields Todd Kopecky Jeff Sowell pinned Clearfields Bryan Green, , . 9-- 8. 145-poun- 5-- 5, ds 6-- 7-- 6. fields Tom Wood for third place, Davis Nate scored the only win for Hinkley area teams by beating Eric Gustafson of Alta by an impressive 23-- 3 score. Hinkley has apparently recovered nicely from an elbow injury. Bountifuls Kirt Shepard took third in this divi155-poun- ds sion. Jacklin Phil Cook of Plesant Grove .led for most of the championship match and beat Clearfields Mike Sorenson, 6-- 4. Davis Greg . McNabb was pinned in the second period by Unions Ken Winn, who had won 10 straight matches before Saturdays finals. 185-poun- ds nses. Q Continues: To Roll Succeeds Mair 167-poun- ds 8-- 7. Clearfield VJr Thompson sts Hill-cres- ts Hill-cres- ts 9-- 8. '. Laytons Brian Bailey led early against Ron Neff, but lost the match in the final period by the final score of Deltas David Harris beat Shon Wilson of Viewmont 4 in the finals and Laytons Brent Higgs beat Clear-- . 4-- 126-poun- ds . 138-poun- ds 132-poun- ds 8-- Hill-cre- to, 5-- 4. weeks Viewmont Invitational, round of last won by a pin. MW & Two of the areas three Region One basketball teams struggled KENT SOMERS Review Sports Editor last week, losing all of their ROY Like a man ina heriting prospering company, new Roy High Football Coach Fred Thompson wont have to do a lot of building or expanding. Just keeping up with the status quo, Ernie Jacklins status quo, will be quite enough. Thompson, who has been Jacklins defensive coordinator for the last 10 years, was named as the Royals new coach last Thursday by the games while Clearfield won both of its games and appears to be living up to its preseason build. up. CLEARFIELD The Clearfield High Falcons continued their string of impressive preseason basketball wins by beating Ben Lomond, and Logan, last week. The Falcons, now. 2 on the season, led the Scots by 14 points at halftime. But Ben Lomond cut the lead to 7 with two minutes remaining and were forced into fouling to stop the 79-6- 65-5- 5-- schools administration and 62-5- was an intregal part of Roys successful football program under Jacklin, said Principal V.E. Griffin. And while Thompson, who also the schools baseball coach, praises Jacklin for teaching him a tremendous amount 'about football and coaching, Thompsons program will different, he said. Im going to have different ideas and I have a different personality from him (Jacklin), Thompson said. . And, of course, the new job will mean new challenges for The interesting Thompson. part is changing from the other side of the ball, said Thompson, adding that his main responsibility under Jacklin was the defense. Thompson said he believes an offense has to adapt to a teams talents, something Jacklin also believed in. Weve s, ran the wishbone, the I, just about everything but the single wing. I think now days you have to do this. Thompson was asked the same question that job interviewers and every Roy fan wants to ask: What type of offense will Roy run? . on of--, Well run multi-set- s fense, much the same as on defense, he replied. I cant split-back- well throw it or run it down peoples throats. It all depends on the teams talent, say 0, 8, clock. Clearfield calmly sank 15 of throws in the final period to put away the Scots. Curtis Cook led Clearfield scorers with 20, followed by Jeff Parry with 18 and Hal Schofield with 16. . On Friday, the Falcons tamed the Grizzlies of Logan as Schofield paced Clearfield with 16, Cook added 14 and Parry had 16 free FRED THOMPSON said: It (baseball) can be an .. outlet, and I really like it. Thompson, who played baseball for Weber State and graduated from that college in , 1970, has coached the Sport for ; nine years at Roy and at the junior high level before that. He has always hoped he would be ableto step into the Royals head football coaching position some day, he said. And Jacklin did not leave the talent stockroom bare for his former defensive coordinator. Roys sophomore class could prove to be one of the most talented in the schools history, according to some coaches, and Thompson 'has a good' base to work from. , 'We have an exceptional sophomore class, he continued. They may be as talented as the team that won it (the 1981 state title) as seniors. You. 'hope you have the receivers,, backs and the skill people in abundance, and we ,, - - ; he said. do. And Thompsons, appointment to the football job wont mean Roy is accepting applications for a new baseball coach. Thompson will do both. I could see no conflict and I hope no one else would, he But a lack of .talent is not something Roy fans or coaches have often complained about, not. when you look at people like Jim McMahon, Fred Fer- -' nandes, Clint Farmer and several others who have played . ' . . - major college football.. . r , ; 10 points.' We have been getting a little, . Thompson admits that he haS no rebuilding job to do at '' . bit bettet each . game,? ' says' Clearfield Coach Craig Hansen. Weve got a long ways to go but 1 think weve made some 1m ' Roy. Some people go into a pro- its down and they, have these new ideas, but ob- -. viously we dont have to do . that here. Ernie has had a helluva program for a long time." The Royals have also been . able to maintain continuity in ; gram when proyement each time we play. Harisen said rebounding was an; concern early in the preseason; but his team has outrebounded their opponents in the last three , coaching staff and ,' Thompson said that is an im- portant pdrt of the programs past success under Jacklin, who cbached football at the games. their school for 14 years. ! s probably the most important part," Thomson said. We have excellent help right Its now. ' ; . v i 5-- in 2 preseason and has played well at times, Hansen said his team has not-pu- together t a complete game. yet. Which is, fine, bet cause we just as soon save our best games for the league and he said. V; , state tournament, Hansen says Schofield, Cook,' ; , Parry and John Grotzky are: . coming along and playing well.: Hal Schofield is playing extremely well, he says. Jeff Parry is shooting well and hitting the open shot as well as running our offense and fastbreak. Curtis, Cook has really come on in the last few games and John Grotzi; ky is improving and we have some high hopes for him. ; Clearfield played a 1 Ogden team Tuesday night and. faces arch-rivDavis tonight. ; The Darts have beaten three Region One teams in preseason ' and ' Hanson said the game will be in -- - But getting the job 'Vrill be , the easiest part of being picked as Roys new coach, according to Thompson. The hard work and the challenges begin next August, he saiJ.The easy part is over. Now we have a lot of . work to do. ;v. Thompson said he is excited about next season and wishes it would start tomorrow. But, of course, there is also a base-ba- ll season to be played this' spring. And Fred Thompson doesnt plan to give that, tip. ' - . . Although his team is f 6-- 1 : al DAVIS HIGHS Steve Sargent has been playing well for the Darts, who won two of three games last week. teresting to see how his Falcons do against Davis. LAYTON Layton fell to with close losses last week to Woods Cross, and Mur-6 49-4- ray, 5, 63-5- 6. One bright spot for the Lancers was Darrell Martin who led Layton scorers both games with 22 and 16 points, respectively. However, the Lancers attack suffered with the loss of guard Tom Kidd with a hairline fracture in his ankle. Kidd, the Layton playmaker who directs the offense, is expected to be out until the first region game of the season in January. A poor shooting percentage of about 20 percent from the field has also hurt the Lancers in the preseason, said Layton Coach Doug Moon. We cant put the ball in the hole, he said. Normally, when you release it you have to know its going to go in. Its a mental thing more than anything else. Moon said his team is working on the basics and is taking their normal amount of shooting practice each day. He said, however, he hopes his teams shooting will come around. Its free throw percentage is in the 80 percent range. The Lancers hoped to get their shooting problems solved when they played Highland Tuesday evening. ROY At Roy High, the unpredictable Royals are in the midst of a topsy-turv- y preseason. Victorious in their first four outings, the Royals lost both games last week to make it four straight on the losing side. Davis handed the Royals a 7 loss at home last week and Ogden High defeated Roy 1 Continued on 2C 68-5- 6K-5- |