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Show Sun Chronic!, February 9, 1 980, fogei Warriors, Lancers, Falcons deadlocked in prep cage race Region One basketball couldnt be any tighter with only four games remaining, three teams tied for first place and another only a game back. Two league leaders, Clearfield and Weber will battle it out this Friday at Weber High School while Layton travels to Bonneville and Sky View comes back south to play host to Roy. Coach Craig was also in double digits with l&points and Cory Sylvester and Kevin Hill hit eight points apiece for the Lakers. Kerry Gambles came in off the bench to also play a very vital role in the Lakers victory down the stretch. Brook Hicks hit 15 points, nine of those during the first quarter, to pace Clearfields balanced scoring attack; while Danny Perkins and Troy Nye netted 12 points apiece for the Falcons. Hansen and his Clearfield Falcons have enjoyed quite a successful series over Coach Dick Conollys Weber squad since Hansen made his debut as a head coach last season. In three meetings between the two clubs, the Falcons have dominated nearly every game including the one played earlier this year in Clearfield. The Falcons maintained control of the final two quarters back on January 4 vic11th to come away with a tory. But the Warriors have improved vastly since the first meeting between these two leaders. That skyrocketing improvement includes a 3 beating of Sky View in Smithfield last week. The Warriors broke a lot of records with that win but more importantly kept their attitudes at all time highs. Both teams now stand at 2 in Region One and winner could possibly take over sole possession of first place in the region. Bonnevilles roller-coast- 57-4- ride thus far this er season; but here Friday night, they may have finally emerged from the shadows and showed that they are capable of challenging for a high rung on this years league ladder by picking up the vital victory on the Falcons floor. Forged Out in Front Ellis and Snell shot the Lakers out to an early 2 lead, but Hicks and Nye combined forces for all but two of Clearfields points as the Falcons forged out in front 4 at the end of the first frame. Bonneville outscored Clearfield by a 16-- 6 margin during the first 5M minutes of the second stanza to open and up a seven-ppoispread, after the Falcons battled back within bomb at one, Ellis fogged in a the halftime buzzer to boost Bonneville back out to a 1 edge at intermission. 17-1- 4-- 30-2- 3; 25-fo-ot Lakers Came Alive Bonneville High, a talented team which has had trouble getting it all together in this years Region One basketball race, got its game in high gear here Friday night to spring a 4 surprise on Clearfields frustrated Falcons. The win lifts the Lakers right back into solid contention with a 3 Region One record; while Clearfield now finds itself deadlocked for the league lead with both Layton and Weber, all with 2 records. Dwayne Snell, a brawny 1 junior forward, led the Lakers to victory by 20 points, banging in a game-hig- h 63-5- 3-- 4-- 6-- including eight crucial counters during the 4th quarter to help turn back Clearfields comeback bid, and sweeping both backboards with authority Marvin Ellis added 15 important points for Bonneville, while Dan Call By Bliss Fullmer Roy High School came of 34-3- Bonneville bolted to a nine-poimidway through the third bulge, Clearfield again came but period; back behind the scoring of Perkins, Hicks and Cory Schofield to trail by entering the final just four, nt 46-3- 7, 51-4- 7, frame. Clearfield pulled within three points at 2 with 4:15 remaining to play on a pair of free throws by Jeff Gorringe; but Snell banged in two big buckets and pulled down a pair of crucial rebounds following Clearfield misses. Then Gambles came up with a key steal and sandwiched a pair of pressurized free throws around yet another basket 'by Snell, and Bonneville put away the win as Clearfields lineup couldnt buy a basket down the stretch before time finally ran out on the Falcons. 55-5- cold-shooti- fomiaDOy age lineup n 8-- 94-7- RoyaDs talent-lade- has given the Lakers an in basketball Friday night at Layton. After going winless in five games in league play, the injury Riddles Royals asserted themselves against the top team of Region One and spanked the Lancers by ten points. In posting the 4 Victory, Roy showed the basketball world that it can play ball. They have been in every game to the last quarter, except the fiasco at Sky View , in which they were blown off the court With a few' breaks the Royals could very well be at least 2 in league play. Roy played in spurts against the confident Lancers They took an early first quarter lead, but fell behind by two as the quarter ended. Layton n.oved out to lead by six in the second quarter, but Bob Kirkwood hit a 25 footer at the buzzer and the halftime score was 2 for Layton. The Royals began one of several rallies, early in the third quarter, but committed miscues to allow the lancers to stay close. The Royals were ahead, 0 at the three-quartrest but then the Lancers 21 to 14 in the last frame and won by ten Junior Bob Kirkwood, in his first 54-4- 4-- 26-2- 33-3- do Sti role as a starting Royal, spearheaded, the drive that took Roy to its upset win on the Layton hardwoods. He scored 13 points, including 7 of 9 from the foul line. Best of the Royal scorers was big Rylan Weidemeir, who muscled up five field goals, and hit 4 of 5 from the stripe for 14 points. ,68 Robb Thomas got nine points, but his board work was supertj. Cort Murdock went scoreless, arid Bert Rich scored only five poirttsbut their guard-lin- e play was excellent. , Coach Smith is seasoning three sophomores, as the league enters the second half. Robb Thomas and Steve Scholtec have gained starting roles, and Bart Hadley scored five points for the Roy&ls. Roy shut off Laytons inside attack, and the Lancers couldnt hit from outside, and thats what won for the Royals. Mark Lee, the Lancer super-sta- r was held to a single field goal, and six total points, by the rugged Roy defense. In other 'Region One action, Bonneville knocked off Clearfield, and Weber bqmbed Sky View. Clearfield, Layton and Weber are now tied for first place, ahead of Bonneville, Sky View and Roy, in that order, with four games to be played. , with right ankle bandage showing, shuffles off pass as Norm Haney of Bonneville applies some to a teammate in mid-ai- r extra pressure. It was Gorringes first start in three games after suffering a sprained ankle in a practice session. The Lakers defeated Clearfield to close within one game of first place. JEFF GORRINGE, 63-5- 4 'Cats, Cougars, Ags still in command Weber State, which hoped to keep ranking in tact and claim an early championship in the feig Sky, can move its Big Sky record to 19-this week with three games left and with wins over Montana Thursday at the Dee Events Center and Saturday against Montana State at the same place. Weber is now 19-- 2 overall. The Wildcats were 15th in both AP and UPI last week for the schools its national 1 'Cats can claim title at home OGDEN With the nations longest inning streak gone at 18 straight, the Weber State Wildcats can now set its sights on wrapping up the schools 11th Big Sky Conference ba ketball championship, hosting the University of Montana Grizzlies on Thursday night (Feb 7) and the Bobcats from Montana Stale University on Saturday (Feb 9) Both games begin at 7 30 p m. in the Dee Events Center. With two wins over the Montana schools, coupled with a Boise State ictory over Idaho in Boise on Saturday, the Wildcats would win the conference title with one loss and three games left. Idaho and Montana, both with 4 records and tied for second, would each have five losses. State game is The Montana-Webe- r always a grudge match no matter where its played or what is at stake. Obviously, the Grizzlies must win in Ogden in order to have any chance of winning the conference title. In four tries at the Dee Center, Montana is which is one victory more than any other conference team, except for Boise State. Earlier this season in Missoula, Weber escaped with a 8 win, the Cats first regular season win in Missoula since 1972. Montana led at w math-matical- 5-- 3-- 51-4- ly but Weber kept picking half away and finally won it with some 25-2- clutch free throw shooting and rebounding down the stretch. David Johnson was Webers only double figure scorer with 11. The Grizzlies are led by Big John who scored the first 13 Stroeder points of the game for Montana against Weber, but end with 19 points after getting into foul trouble. Stroeder is averaging 11.8 points and 6 9 rebounds a contest. guard, is the Craig Zanon, a leading scorer with 15.3 a game. Zanon had just three points in the first encounter, a statistic that was certainly in favor for the Wildcat cause. Blaine Taylor, the other guard, also is in double figures at 10.2. The Grizzlies are currently 12-- 8 overall, after a 1 start, and are 4 in the Big Sky race, tied with Idaho for second. Montana State got themselves back into the playoff picture, with two wins over Reno and Northern Arizona last weekend, raising its Big Sky record to 5 and overall to 11-For both the e Bobcats and Grizzlies, the swing o Idaho State and Weber are their only two road games in the second half, with the exception of Montana which has to travel to (6-1- 6-- 6 5-- 7-- 4-- two-gam- (34) tries in desperation to put up shot over Bonneville's Cory Sylvester in the Laker's triumph over the Falcons last Friday night in Clearfield. SCOTT-WALLAC- Bozeman for an intra-stat- e rematch Last Saturday against Nevada-RenFour Bobcats scored 20 points or more, so they are capable of shooting the ball. Burly sophomore is the teams Doug Hashley, scoring leader with 17.0 a game, followed closely by fellow forward at 16.3. Harry Arnold McDowell, Heineken, a 5 guard, is averaging 6-- 6-- 6-- 12.6 The real key to the Bobcats success has been the play of guard Mick Durham, a senior, Durham had a string of 32 consecutive free throws snapped against NAU, but still scored 47 points in the two games. As was it was with Zanon in Missoula, so it was with Durham in Bozeman as the Wildcats limited him to just four points, all from the field. McDowell and Hashley had 17 and 12 points respectively against Weber in the first outing, with Heineken chipping in with 11. It was a game that saw MSU shoot just 37 per cent from and even worse, 38 per the field (26-6cent from the charity stripe Weber on the other hand hit from the field and 4 from the line. Next week, the Wildcats take their final road trip of the regular season with games at Nevada-Ren- o (Feb. 14) and Northern Arizona (Feb. 16). 5-- 32-5- 6 13-2- highest perch of all time. The Wildcats got pinched by the slowdown game at Moscow where 5 Idaho escaped with a win but the Cats Thursday, regrouped at Boise, even though it was an overtime, coach Neil McCarthys troops had the road moxie to pull through Utah State Splits Coach Rod Tueller saw his Aggies hopes of winning the PCAA regular-seaso- n title suffer a key jolt Thursday with the homecourt loss to Fullerton, but the comeback on Saturday left the Ags in position to go on the road even with Lung Beach in the conference. WAC Conference Brigham Young University and Utah command the Western Athletic Conference basketball spotlight this week with a showdown in Salt Lake City. Weber State seeks to clinch at least a tie for the 1980 Big Sky Conference title in two home games and league-leadinUtah State tests the perils of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association road m Beehive State cage action. BYU and Utah set the stage for their second meeting of the WAC campaign with twin wins over New Mexico and UTEP last week while Weber saw its w in streak snapped by Idaho 51-4- g before winning over Boise Saturday in overtime. Utah State suffered a stunning, on 96-8- 8 loss at home to Fullerton Thursday (the first Aggie home loss ever in the PCAA), but rebounded That Saturday to dump split left USU tied for the PCAA lead with Long Beach State, each team with a 2 log. e BYU, 17-- 4 overall, takes a lead into the Utah fracas Saturday the Cougars standing 1 in the WAC and Utah, with five wins in its last six games, second at Wyoming is still in the thick of things after scoring wins over Hawaii PCAA Cal-Irvin- e. 6-- one-gam- 8-- 7-- and San Diego State at Laramie with Charles Bradley getting 60 points in the two games. The Pokes, rounding into shape under coach Jim Brandenburg, are 3 in the WAC, but they find out what theyre made of this week w'ith a venture into UTEP and 5-- New Mexico territory. Thats why the eyes of the league will be on Salt Lake City. If the Utes cant derail the Cougar express, then its pretty much a second consecutive WAC crown for BYU and Coach Frank Arnold If the Cougars win in Salt Lake, where theybll be favored by some three to five points, it would take just a pair of home wins over Hawaii and San Diego State the last weekend of the season for BYU to clinch at least a tie for the crow n regardless of what happens on the swing Feb And, thats figuring Utah and Wyoming win all their remaining games. The prospect of playing Utah in Salt Lake had Arnold all pumped up Sunday. Were looking forward to it We know they have a heckuva club and we respect them. They are a much better team now than when we played them in Provo earlier (a BYU win). I saw them play UTEP Saturday and their night, Arnold revealed, (Utahs) defense was superb. Utah has, easily, the best talent theyve had in my five years at BYU. They have the premier forward in the WAC in Danny Vranes and Tom Chambers doesnt have to take a backseat to anyone. Jerry (Ute coach Pimm) is getting outstanding guard play from (Leonard) Johnson and (Donnie) Rice and (Karl) Bankowski can shoot with the best of them. But Arnold concedes his club is a lot better than at this time last year and improved over the last meeting with Utah. I think were hitting on five g 21-2- 89-7- 2 cylinders more consistently now- than we were a month ago. Were playing 40 minutes of good basketball. The Cougars have won three runaway encounters m a row against Utah and anyone remotely concerned with the longtime rivalry knows Utah pride will be on the line Saturday in the Special Events Center where over 15,000 fans are expected Utah was paced by the scoring and rebounding of Chambers in Saturday nights win while sophomore Fred Roberts scored a season high 25 points to power BYU bv New Mexico. - Lancers breeze pastRoyals By Bliss Fullmer It w'as no contest when the powerful Lady Lancers of Layton breezed into Roy and blew the Royals clear off the basketball court The final score read 7148, but that tells only part of the story. Layton spurted out to a lead at halftime, when the coach Tom Perkins called off the dogs, and let his 43-1- 3 junior varsity players finish the game. The Royal gals Layton 7 in the last half to make the game somewhat respectable, but 27 of those counters came in the last quarter on four field goals and 19 foul shots. Caroline Smith paced the Royals with four field goals and 7 for 8 from the line, while Nykele Gagon converted lOof 11 from the stripe to get 14 total points Kathy Ewing tossed in six field goals and made a foul shot for 13 points. Big gun of the game was April Hatch, who got 30 points, before leaving the game in the third frame. Pebbles Hare added 14 points to the d 35-2- Lancer runaway. the Royals Layton 38-3- 1 |
