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Show Davis High golfers favored for region, state titles ill came home with a 37. The Darts have also had great team scores, including a 141 in a victory over Highland last week at Davis Park. All coaches in the league agree that Davis is the team to beat this year. At Woods Cross, coach John Adams has a young team that is 0-3 By TOM HARALDSEN Sports Editor In the words of one local golf coach, high school teams in Davis County have been in the shadows of the programs at Highland and East too long. This year, that should change. After three matches in Region Four play this year, through Monday, Mon-day, one team has emerged as not only the league favorite, but a state favorite as well. Davis High coach John Dawson has seven lettermen back this year, arid with a 3-0 record after Monday's Mon-day's win over Bountiful (153-168) on a windy afternoon, the Darts seem loaded for bear. Davis returns senior Sean Tur- Qner, Chad Pettingill and Alex Ward, along with junior David Sum-, Sum-, merhays. Turner and Summerhays are tops among the squad, with Ward right in there as well. Added to that group are senior Ron Olsen, and juniors Matt Lyons and Matt Jensen. All seven have contributed to the program this season. "I really have 16 good kids," Dawson stated. "The team is very competitive for the eight qualifying spots each match." Turner shot a 36 against Bountiful, while Petting- Adams has been getting good play from senior Carter Moore, juniors Mark Robinson and Evan Morrison and sophomore Shane Rawlings. "We are coming around, and improving im-proving each match," the coach offered. At Bountiful, coach John Stauf-fer's Stauf-fer's team is 1-2 thus far, with a win over Woods Cross and losses to Davis and East. Senior Dirk Anderson Ander-son leads the way for the Braves, scoring consistently under 40, according to his coach. He is usually usual-ly joined in the "counted scores" by juniors Jeff Hoster and Mike Affleck, and sophomore Ryan Budge. Backing up those golfers are seniors Kirk Bradford, Travis Forbush, Chris Anger and Spencer Bailey. Viewmont is currently 2-1 after three matches, with a 164-167 win over Highland on Monday. Senior co-captains Mark Walker and Kyle Owen are pacing the Vikings, with senior Wade Tingey and sophomore sopho-more Shane Cullimore helping coach Gary Burningham's squad as well. Also contributing for Viewmont are seniors Collin Christiansen and Matt Clark, and a pair of ninth graders grad-ers who are eligible for high school sports under new Davis District guidelines: Lanny Baxter and Don-ny Don-ny Peck. The halfway mark of region play will be Thursday (see schedule box in today's sports section). The Region Re-gion Four tournament will be held Oct. 5, and state Oct. 12, both at .Bonneville Golf Course in Salt Lake City. Also, Viewmont High will hold its annual Alumni Tournament on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 3:30 p.m. at Davis Park. Those past Viking golfers gol-fers who are interested should contact con-tact Burningham at 299-2065 or 292-8237. 292-8237. Burningham is also organizer of the annual Davis District golf tourney tour-ney which brings teams from all six schools together. That will be held at Davis Park on Thursday, Sept. .22 at 3 p.m. thus far, not including matches held Tuesday. But the Wildcats have plenty of potential, and lost a narrow nar-row 170-174 decision to East on Monday. Leading the way are senior Justin Shaw and sophomore brother Matthew Shaw, both consistently in the high 30' s this year. Sophomore Sopho-more Ryan Creer and junior Matt Hardy are also scoring well, and |