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Show Region 4 Basketball Up For Grabs By DAVE WIGHAM KAYSVILLE Region Four has always had something some-thing strange about it when it comes to basketball and this season is definitely no exception excep-tion to that rule. This year a loss on Friday puts a team in third place, but then they come back on Friday to win and find themselves back in first place. ALL THIS stems from the fact that there are no dominating dominat-ing squads in the league, anyone any-one can and usually does beat someone else. No given game can be determined as a sure win or loss by either side. Right now Davis. Box Elder and Ogden find themselves deadlocked at the top of the region with 5-2 records. Ben Lomond is pushing this group with a 4-3 mark while Bear River and Logan are at 1-6. But even these two clubs are capable cap-able of winning any game. LAST WEEK for instance, the Darts got revenge by knocking off Ben Lomond 61-42 61-42 on Tuesday and then beating beat-ing Logan 62-50 on Friday. In both games the coaches were pleased with the play of senior Brent Hatch who has come on lately to earn a starting spot. In the Ben Lomond game Brent poured in 15 points, second on the team to Brian Taylor who had 18. Then in the Logan win. Brent scored a team high of 18. Taylor still leads the team in scoring on the year with a 15.8 average although Brent has a 14 point average through the four league games he has played in. LLYN LLYOD and Dave Bock are also scoring close to double figures on the year and Lance Hill scored well last week. Now the Darts can put their fate together this week as they travel to Bear River on Friday and then host Box Elder on the following Tuesday. YOU'LL RECALL the Bears let the air out of the ball completely on the Darts home floor and whether they will do it on their own floor is unknown, un-known, the Davis five still won the game 28-24. Then they'll be seeking more revenge as they host the Box Elder club that beat them 69-61 a couple of weeks ago. Although their record doesn't exactly strike fear in the hearts of most people, coaches around the league realize that with a couple of breaks here and there, these same Bears could be right in the thick of the race. THEY HAVE some good talent ta-lent on their side. Kevin Rob-bins Rob-bins and Reed Ashby to name a couple. Their lone win was against Logan but as mentioned men-tioned they played slow down ball to stay close to the Darts. They have a patient club, and one thai will do anything it takes to win. When talking about the Box Elder club one only has to mention the name of Mark Hill. In their first meeting the senior center poured in 30 points against the Darts, he also picked up 1 1 rebounds and lOassists in that game. Indeed, Mark is one of the premiere players in this league and he'll draw special attention on defense. de-fense. THEY ARE far from a one man show though, as they proved by staying close to Ogden last week with Hill on the bench in foul trouble. Todd Morrison is capable of scoring in double figures each game as is Mare Folsom. Davis looks to Taylor for most of their scoring but Hatch has taken some of the heat off of him. Dave Bock will need to battle the likes of Hill for the boards. Lloyd. Hill. Caldwell and all of them will have to play well in the Box Elder game for Davis to win. THE DARTS are looking for the region title and they have the talent to pull it ofT. They have good depth and the outside out-side shooting is starting to come around. The Box Elder game could be the key to their chances of winning the region. It's on the Dart floor where Davis is always tough to beat. |