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Show V ! By DAVE WIGHAM CLEARFIELD - This past year the Falcons from Clearfield Clear-field enjoyed success in both the male and the female athletic events. In each sport the Falcons were very competitive. FOR THE second time in as many years, a new head coach was appointed at the school. Last year the football program gained a new man and this past season the Clearfield school added a new face in basketball. Actually the face isn't new in the sense that Craig Hansen has been around for a few years but this marks the first season that Coach Hansen has the varsity. Speaking of basketball, this -past year was one the Falcons won't forget for a long time. In the state tournament they were beaten down the wire by the Brighton club that was coached by Roger Reid's brother. Clearfield went on though to win a couple of state games and in general proved to the state that they play a great brand of basketball. The future looks bright also in that Clearfield is currently the only undefeated 4A school around. FOOTBALL-WISE the Falcons Fal-cons were lip and down. They opened up with a couple of preseason wins then gave Layton all they wanted in the league opener. The Falcons never seemed to recover from the loss to Bountiful until it was too late, but even then they showed a lot of pride and guts by downing the Roy club in the final game. In baseball this past year, the Falcons were one of the top clubs in the region and earned a place in the state meet. Scott Hartung performed per-formed double duty for the school in the spring , playing first base in baseball and doing do-ing just about everything in track. The Falcons had a good track team with Hartung, Scott Wallace and Kevin Jamison proving best point-getters point-getters at state. SOCCER IS a fast improving improv-ing sport for the Clearfield school and last year marked their first appearance at a state tournament in many years. On the female side of the ledger, the Clearfield school had a lot of success, mainly due to the efforts of one Jackie Beene. All Jackie did was to help guide the basketball basket-ball team to a second place region and fourth place state finish and then pulled off the double in track in leading them to a seventh place state finish. Jackie won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes at the state meet, establishing school and state records along the way. THE GALS involved in gymnastics at Clearfield also performed well and came away with a seventh place state finish. Clearfield has established themselves as a very strong competitive school in athletics. athle-tics. They have excellent coaches who seem to always get the most out of the athletes. THE OUTLOOK for this new year looks promising. As mentioned the basketball program is in full swing, the wrestling squad has a lot of returning veterans including Herman Martinez and Tracy Arave. Football looks good for next season with some top notch juniors heading up for varsity action. The gals don't have Ms. Beene to count on anymore but they still have that pride about them. Baseball was fairly young a year ago and many return for another crack at the region and state crown, as was soccer. AS THE years come and go, always count on one thing, the Falcons to be tough in any sport. |