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Show i "-...: . . 4 . . v i .. .. II- .,: . X, . . : ; I f ' i A LEADING SCORER t ! IjDAVE WIGHAM I ' LEARf 1ELD -- Although l:am as a whole didn't do is wli as they had hoped to p. one of the Clearfield Fal-tas Fal-tas had a great state tour-aament tour-aament lor Coach Roger koi U YEAR Scott Wallace las been the scoring machine lor the Clearfield club. He foil into the Salt Lake tournament tour-nament carrying an 18 point !per game scoring average, put made him a marked man Sit the opposition to shut Mti. tepite playing only three !s in the tournament li managed to finish sixth ;fcscoring race totaling 73 ;fs in those three en-mers. en-mers. That's pouring in id 24 points per contest spite drawing all that at-raion at-raion on offense. SCOTT Wallace is a self-L!f self-L!f yer' one wh0 ""d " ftiWtPlayb0lh ends of wily didn't know what was until I came to ;id in my sophomore b"t I found out in a 2ha, i, was then" Scott He still isn't known 1 h e,1sive Bem tell yu that ne plays hard aggressive defense underneath the bucket. Although he carries his 6' 4" frame in a slender fashion, Scott doesn't mind mixing it up under the bucket. "I might not look like it but f enjoy mixing it up with the bigger people." Usually the slender people have the sharper elbows. el-bows. Wallace really doesn't have a preference on the type of player that guards him. He admits that to him they come in two types, the big physical ones like Brandon Flint of Layton and the small quick forwards like Scot Pendleton of Bountiful. Either way Scott says he still plays the same game. MR. WALLACE will be the first to admit that a great deal of his success has been as a direct result of some of the players around him. He especially noted the play of Russell Florence as a big plus for him, along with Brian Johnson. "Both Brian and Russ can score from just about anywhere in front court, that means teams have to guard them closely and under the offensive patterns that we run 1 get open a lot because of them. Not only are they a threat to score but thev also Clearfield High's Scott Wallace sets for rebound and another two points during State Class 4-A basketball action. Scott ended his prep cage career as the 6th leading scorer in the tournament despite playing in only three ourney games. set some of the best screens around." WHATEVER the reason for the opening if Scott Wallace gets his hands on the ball from 15 feet and in from the bucket it's almost an automatic au-tomatic two points. He is one of the best pure jump shot artists to play in this area. "My best shot has to be the fifteen foot jumper from the wing spot. The offense we run gives me that shot a lot. 1 like playing facing the basket on offense, 1 feel I'm more of a threat that way. Besides if you play with your back to the basket you need a good hook shot and I don't have one." ANOTHER one of this player's assets is his rebounding ability, especially on the defense end of the floor. He blocks out well and goes for the ball about as hard as anyone possibly could. But then he always gives 110 per-' cent when on the basketball ' floor. Following the pre-season battles Scott said he had two goals in mind, call it revenge, but the Falcons dropped games to American Fork and West and he noted at that time they wouldn't lose to them again. As luck would have it they got another shot at West in the state tournament. tour-nament. Scott kept his word as the Falcons, behind his scoring, scor-ing, downed the Panthers. SCOTT Wallace has been a great player for Clearfield the past two seasons. The word is that he'll make a good junior college player somewhere. The fact that he'll leave the school this year is uncom-forting uncom-forting to Coach Reid, but so is the news that there are no more Wallace boys coming up. |