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Show Counts mi yes Winning By DAVE HICHAM LA YTON Clearfield continued con-tinued their winning ways last week and the Layton club stayed in the hunt for a state berth with a big win over Sky View as Region One basketball reached the midpoint of their season. AT THE turn Clearfield and Bonneville are on top of the standings with 4-1 records, Roy is right behind at 3-2 followed fol-lowed closely by Layton and Weber with 2-3 marks. Sky View seems out of the plan with a 0-5 mark. This week could very well separate the men from the boys and the state qualifiers from the others. Layton gets a shot at two of the clubs above them while the Falcons battle the teams, they are tied with plus one under them. ON TUESDAY, the Lancers travelled to Roy while Clearfield Clear-field went to Bonneville. In the first meeting Layton lost to Roy by nine while the Falcons beat the Lakers by that same total. Then on Friday, Layton will host Bonneville while Clearfield Clear-field will host Weber. MANY FELT the Lakers were too strong, for Layton but in their first meeting it took a last second shot by Bonneville Bonnevil-le to knock off the L ancers 72-71. 72-71. These Layton Players haven't ha-ven't forgotten that game and they would like nothing better than to avenge that score. Layne Sackett continues to have the hot hand averaging 23.9 points a game with teammate team-mate Jeff Pearce adding 1 7.2 in each outing. Dave Barney and Tom Watson are also playing well right now for Coach Doug Moon. BONNEVILLE has the height in this battle. Senior guard Cory Sylvester is bigger than anything the Lancers have at 6'5" and he's a deadly outside shooter. Then big Norm Haney creates problems in the middle. Clearfield seems to have found high gear as the Falcons just simply cruise along knocking knock-ing off every team they come in contact with. Craig Hansen has a well-balanced attack and a sticky defense that is one of the best around. FRED COOK, Troy Nye and Dewey Pratt are all scoring in the double figures in league play with all of them averaging around IS points an outing. Mike Johnson has come on strong lately to score well and the Falcons have one of the best benches in the state. In Weber, the Clearfield bunch face a good outside shooting bunch that also likes to get after folks on defense. Kelly Johnson has been around the league for three seasons and some consider him the best shooter in the region. re-gion. CLEARFIELD beat the Warriors by 15 in their first meeting but the Weber five have improved since that game. Keep in mind the Warriors War-riors are fighting for a state berth and a loss could prove deadly at this point. The Falcons would love to win both games and get a tight grip on the lead for the region title while the Lancers would love a couple of big victories to stay alive in the chase for state. A split by either side would be tolerable but two losses could prove fatal to each. GOING OUT on a limb the Clearfield bunch will sweep two wins, while the Layton crew will split. |