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Show Leopards capture v basketball crown, others scramble ' '!!!:::!;: ''111: i ... i:iW:' rmz ill f ' r" " ;J" i ' u iai ,ff"-r-. - fecial - mikf te c J i ' wmmi0mms 4 y'Y i i By TOM HARALDSEN f ' Sports Edltdr The Region Four boys' basketball basket-ball race wasn't decided until games of last night, but last week's action did crown a region cham- pion. Results also left Davis and. . Viewmont eliminated from the playoff race. Because the playoff possibilities were still so undecided as of Monday afternoon (our press deadline), here's a recap of last week's action. Look for results of the state tournament in next week's Clipper (Monday's games). THURSDAY'S GAMES DAVIS 52 WOODS CROSS 50 In Kaysville, the Darts kept hopes alive for a fast finish with . ; iheir second win of the year over the Wildcats. Wosds Cross led most of the way, with a 15-10 advantage ad-vantage after one quarter, a 29-25 lead at the half and a 41-38 leaoen-tcring leaoen-tcring the fourth period. , - The Darts caught up, and took the lead in the final two minutes. Chad Rawlings pulled the Wildcats back with a three-pointer at the 30 second se-cond mark, but the Darts salted it - away when Brad Gardner sank four ; ; free throws in the final minute. Woods Cross did get a final shot at the buzzer, but it didn't fall. Gardner led the way for Davis with 15 points, Jon Rhodes added 13 and Dave Newby 12. For Woods Cross, Todd Fuller led things with 15. points, Chad. Rawlings added 11 and Dave Simon had 10.' ' EAST 58 BOUNTIFUL 50 At Bountiful, the Leopards captured cap-tured the region title with a win over the Braves, who fell into a three-way tie for, second with Woods Cross and Highland after losing their third straight. Bountiful built a 28-21 halftime lead, but the Leopards blew by, in the second half as David Snow caught fire. Snow scored 20 points, including three three-pointers, while Jermaine Haliburton added 12 and Justin Spencer 11. Bountiful was paced by its inside men, as Steve Wilkinson led scorers again with 14 and Brandon O'Brien added 12. Troy Fuller chipped in 10 for the Braves. East hit 23 of 32 free throws, while Bountiful made just 12 trips to the line, hitting four shots. ' HIGHLAND 60 VIEWMONT 58 At Highland, junior Kris Hicks hit a jumper with one second left to give the Rams a narrow win over Viewmont. . It marked ; the. third straight game that Hicks, who transferred trans-ferred out of the Woods Cross area last year, has won a game for the Rams. , ' , This game was close all the way, Highland taking a 12-9 lead in the first quarter, then holding that same three-point lead entering the final period. Viewmont played the Rams tough, tying the game and looking ; ' Woods CrossVChad Rawlings (32) seemed to. be savoring the sweet taste of victory as he guarded View- I mont's Kelly Bland during the- Wildcat's 62-53 victory last Tuesday; Woods Cross and Bountiful were to v! - . battle for second place in action last nfght. . . , " f , towards overtime when Hicks, who played at South Davis Junior High two years ago, hit the gamerwinner; -. : Hicks finished with 18 points slightly below . his league-leading average, while brother Kerry a sol . phomore, scored 14. Viewmont was led by Mark Walker with 20 points, and both Kelly Bland and Jason v Smith with 13 apiece. " : - The state tournament .will begin - i next Mondav. even though it is ' school holiday, with games at 2:30, 4:10, 6:30 and 8:10 in the Huntsman Hunts-man Center at the University of , Utah. The second place team from , Region Four, and that could be any of three, will nlav at fi-lfl nuainQt the third place "team from Region Three. The third place finisher from Region Four will likely play the ' first game of the day at 2:30, proba- CONTINUPD ON PAftP Playoff berths up for grabs from the stripe. Woods Cross got balanced scor- v , ing from Fuller with 17, Kit! Rawl-, Rawl-, ings with 16 and Wright with 15. Viewmont was led by Baker with 16 and Bland with 13. . ' HIGHLAND 61 BOUNTIFUL 59 Z At Highland, the Rams got 32 points from Kris Hicks,' former county resident, as they upset the , Braves, knocking Bountiful out of first place at that time. . The Rams held off a Bountiful , - charge in the final period for the : win, aided by 15 of 20 free throws compared to just eight of 17 for the ' Braves. Hicks hit 11 field goals, including in-cluding three three-pointers to lead the Rams. Bountiful was led by Steve Wilkinson with 18 and both Troy Fuller and Matt Walton with ; nine apiece. ; .' - ;- -; EAST 68 DAVIS 53 At East, the Leopards pulled into ' first place with a win over Davis, as Jermaine Haliburton scored 25, Matt Henniger IS and Mark Wan-kierll. Wan-kierll. East pulled away from the Darts . in the third period, scoring 30 points 'to 19 for Davis. The Leopards were in control most of the way. . Davis was paced by Brad Gardner Gard-ner with 16 and Chad Poulson with .; eight.: - y:y(. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 bly against Cottonwood, in addition, addi-tion, sometime later this week, there . will be a playoff game between the fourth place finisher in this region and the fifth place team from Region Re-gion Two. Who those teams will be, and where , they'll play, is still anyone's guess as of the writing of " this article Monday afternoon. TUESDAY'S GAMES WOODS CROSS 61 VIEW-MONT VIEW-MONT 53 At Viewmont, the Wildcats went . on a 13-point run in the third quarter quar-ter to overcome a Viking lead, then held on down the stretch, thanks largely in part to the Rawlings broUieis Chad and KitL - The Vikes started fast, taking a 17-10 lead and holding a 31-24 advantage ad-vantage at ,' intermission. Kelly Bland, Dave Chidester and Mark Walker each burned the nets for a pair of three-pointers in the first half. . . , - -The lead grew to 40-28 in the third quarter, but the Wildcats went . on the run, pulling to 40-36 when Dave Simon scored at the 3:00 mark. A score by Kitt Rawlings . made it 40-39, and 'when Justin Shaw scored at the 1;5Q mark to ; give Woods Cross a 41-40 lead, the comeback was complcte.v: Both teams remained close until Kitt Rawlings hit a three-pointer at the 5:09 mark., Viewmont made it " 51-49 with a basket,, but Chad , Rawlings pulled down the critical rebound, and subsequently scored, with 4:20 to go to make it 53-49. Darren Baker hit two free throws to make it 53-5 1, but a three-pointer' i, by Kitt with 1:30 left, followed by a - free throw by Kitt and a pair by Todd Fuller, iced the win. r Strangely, the Vikings didn't get to the free throw line until 6:30 was left .. in the game. Meanwhile, Woods Cross hit 19 of 27 tosses |