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Show Falcon Gals Impressive By DAVE WIGHAM CLEARFIELD-Despitelos. mg their top all-rm nrf competitor the cieirfi.M considered one of Se tetter ones in the region Hov Fna'ns' coached V y Bahuman and Sid ta a '0St, Sherrle ens 10 a trampoline accident. "It she ri"5mfd'a"e because she did it up at the Roy Recreation Complex playing won.? h6r leg 50 Probably S 2 L,an.v action year, noted Miss Conley. EVEN without the services of their top girl the Clearfield uSJH manail wins over Weber, Bountiful, Uyton and Ben Lomond. They lost an early tri-meet with Roy and Layton but have come back since to improve with each outing. Three-way meets aren't uncommon un-common in the gymnastics area, the coaches note that it gives the girls more practice and experience. Each club is responsible for bringing two judges and those judges are the ones that decide the winners. These judges should be certified but due to the lack of numbers in their ranks it's not always possible to get certified judges. CLEARFIELD usually gets their most points out of the floor exercise and the balance beam. In the balance beam contest the Falcons have what they consider, a strong candidate for a region title in Lori Johnson, a sophomore. Lori has won the last two meets in her area, she competes com-petes on the Class II or intermediate inter-mediate level. ALSO in the Class II of the team for the Clearfield squad are junior Sharon Chicado, who is the most improved girl on the team, and sophomore Lisa Christianson, who usually finishes right behind Lori in the meets. In the Class II or beginning event, the Falcons have a lot of depth with Robyn Taylor, Terresa Poulson, Susan Hansen, Han-sen, Michelle Watts, Sally Yamada and Sandy Hampton. All of these gals are working hard and many of them should move up to Class II next year. THE FALCONS expect to finish well in the region vaulting championships with sophomore Dawn Beers and junior Jan Dahle heading the list. These two compete on the upper level, which means they work optionals as well as compulsories. The Class III list is also deep with all the girls listed as about equal. Competing in the Class III vaulting are Sandy Hampton, Sharon Chicado, Nancy Nelson and Terresa Paul. LORI Johnston and Lisa Christianson double as point-getters point-getters for Clearfield in the floor exercise In Class II. These two, along with Linda Owens, always place high on the optionals In this event. Cori Richards, Nancy Nelson and Sally Yamada compete in the Class III floor exercise event. Clearfield's top point-getters in the uneven bars competition are Jan Dahle and Nancy Nelson in Class II and Sally Yamada and Lori Johnston in Class III. THE TOP five gals in each school earn points for their team in the point total, so depth is needed and the Falcons Fal-cons believe they have the depth needed to win the regional crown. |