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Show JANUARY 20, 1987 Cats plan thwarted; Davis quiets WX 70-5- 6 By TOM HARALDSEN WOODS CROSS The Woods Cross Wildcats had a plan. If they could defeat Davis in Region Four basketball Friday night, theyd be off to their best start in years. But they ran into a major prob-lem-York Major problem. The backup guard, who performed well in but was held scoreless in the Dart's league opener against Highland last week, came off the bench for 17 points in helping Davis to a 70-5- 6 victory. Davis and Bountiful now sit alone atop the league standings, both at Woods Cross played the Darts on nearly even terms for most of the first three quarters. The Wildcats even took a 5 lead midway through the second period on a three-poishot from junior Bret Rogers. But the Darts intense defense, pressuring every inbounds pass, and their depth off the bench began to finally take over. 9 Davis led at the half, and increased that lead to 48-4- 1 after three periods. Each time Woods Cross made a run to pull close, the Darts put on the afterburners and pulled away again. Major began the fourth period with a quick hoop and free throw. Following a missed Wildcat shot, he scored again with 7:10 to go. And 20 seconds later, he added points six and seven of the period, with 6:50 left. and it was 55-4- 1 Woods Cross made a brief run at the Darts when Rogers hit a short jumper, and Spence Hansen added two quick hoops. But from there, -a pre-seas- 2-- 0. their moments. Hansen led them in scoring with 12 points, but most came in the fourth period after the issue had been decided. Rogers added 11 , but the other members of the cast didnt perform all that well. Perhaps most impressive for Woods Cross was Jerry Martineau, who came off the bench for 10 points and kept the Wildcats close. Following Pearson and Major in scoring were reserve center Mike Welling, who chipped in 10 for Davis. Brian Emery had nine and Curt Stoddard eight and Davis really seemed to dominate the boards. I think the depth of our people may be our best trait, Robison said. Weve got eight players who could start for us, and that had to help us tonight. But we still need to improve, and I think we could have rebounded even better than we did tonight. In the end, it seemed like the Dart defense, plus the play of its bench, was the difference. Davis, now 3 on the year, travels to n Viewmont for an important matchup tonight, then will host East on Friday. in league, has Woods Cross, important games as well at Bountiful tonight and then at home versus Highland on Friday. 9-- early-seaso- 27-2- 33-2- Davis calmly sank free throws, shot by Wildleaving a three-poicat sophomore Chad Rawlings as the only Woods Cross heroics left in the game. York really came through and gave us some spark, Davis coach John Robison said afterwards. We knew theyd be keying on (Jeff) Pearson. They were geared to stop him. Hes a very unselfish player who dished off when he had to, yet still was aggressive on the boards. Pearson led the Darts with 19 points but when you consider that hes been averaging nearly 25 a game, the Wildcat defense had a moral victory. Woods Cross is an excellent basketball team, Robison added. They deserve a lot more credit than what theyve been getting. I think we beat a pretty good team out here tonight. Indeed, the Wildcats did have Davis Highs Brad Richins (11) drives around Woods Cross Highs Spence Hansen 6 Region Four victory. Friday night. Richins and his Davis during the Darts teammates moved to 0 with the win. 70-5- 2-- Lady Falcons explode in second half for win nt LAYTON For awhile on Friday afternoon, it looked like the Layton-Clearfiel- d girls basketball game would be another classic contest. Then the second half started. The Falcons, who trailed 9 after one period and were up just 9 at the half, exploded offensively and defensively, eventually coasting to a 3 Region One victory. down-to-the-wi- re 10-- 23-1- 55-3- Clearfield is now 0 in league, tied for first with Weber, while Layton fell to Clearfield pressed the Lancers for most of the game, but at halftime, coach Margo Jones made some adjustments in her defense. The result was a number of Layton turnovers, six in a row at one stretch, and some quick Falcon Guards Amber Poll and Kim Hill paced the Falcon attack, as Hill ended with 24 points and Poll 14. Clearfield outscored Layton 26-- 6 in the third period to put the game away early. Promise McIntosh added eight points for the Falcons, Joy Trussel had five and Cathy Kelsey four. The Falcons are now 1 on the year, and will travel to Box Elder 11-- (1-- 1 in league) Friday afternoon. The improving Lancers, who travel to Weber Friday, were led by junior Emily Ames with 11 points, sophomore Megyn Nimori with eight, and senior Kari Barnes with six. Also scoring for the Lancers were Robyn Fullerton, Susan Perry, Janice Woodruff and Lara Harvey, each scoring two points. 2-- This Fridays Action 1. PHOTOS BY PAUIA HUFF Curt Stoddard (44) of Davis muscles up this basket against the Wildcats, led on defense by Dennis Jackson (52), Bret Rogers (12), Tommy Angelos (20) and Spence Hansen. East at Davis 7:30 Box Elder at Clearfield 7:30 Weber at Layton 7:30 baskets. Lancers come prepared, end Falcon streak KEITH DUNCAN By CLEARFIELD Perhaps one item Stan Buchanan used with his Layton High basketball team in preparation to meet Clearfield last Friday, was the fact the Falcons had an impressive seven game winning streak against Layton basketball teams. Whether h- - used that to inspire his kids or just got them ready the old fashioned way, Layton put an end to the winning streak by dumpto improve ing Clearfield 74-6- 9 their record to 0 in Region One 2-- basketball. The Falcons meanwhile, saw their record evened at 1. many problems with Laytons full court press at end of the first quarter and to start the second. A few minutes into the second stanza, especially after a spurt of points from Rod Dixon, Layton was holding a commanding lead, Just when it was looking like Layton might run away with it, Clearfields Bracken Larsen can33-1- 8. ned his teams first field goal of the second quarter with 4:44 left. The Larsen field goal started a run of 12 unanswered points and helped the Falcons close the gap to 33-3- 0. The Lancers got their act together prior to the end of the first half by scoring six unanswered points of their own to take a lead. Bracken Larsen sank one to make it 2 more at halftime. 39-3- Craig Hansen, the veteran Clearfield coach, gave credit to his counterparts, calling the Layton victory Well earned. Stan (Buchanan) did a fine job in preparing his team. Hes a young coach in terms of head coaching, but did a great job in preparing his kids to play us. I was impressed. They played within themselves most of the night. Thats not saying we werent prepared, said Hansen, Because I thought we were ready for them. But Layton played with a lot of poise and earned a good victory on our homecourt. The opening quarter could have been called the Albert Chappell Show as the junior Layton guard scored 12 of his team's final 14 points of the first eight minutes. Chappell did just about everything during that span, including some impresstwisting, driving ive assists and an occasional long outside shot. Layton led at one point before Chappell took over and before he was done, Layton lead at the end of the took a quarter. Clearfield was just having too lay-up- s, 8-- 21-1- 3 6 0 39-3- two-point- er It was certainly looking like a game of streaks as Clearfield came out roaring to start the second half, scoring eight unanswered points to take a 9 lead, their first lead of the game. It was a Bill Spangenthal that gave Clearfield its first lead. Robbie Trujillo cracked the Lancer scoring jinx and finally scored his teams first points of the third quarter with 3:51 left. Layton got aggressive inside for a period of time as Stan Banks, Trujillo, Dixon and Ngai Steverson helped lead at the end of Layton to a three stops. Chappell hit two quick jumpers to start the final quarter but Clearfield played tough and never quite allowed Layton to slip totally away. Brad Larsen mailed two 40-3- lay-u- p 52-4- 8 shots to keep the game close for Clearfield. Clearfield did close the gap to with 1:51 left but thats when 3 Dixon broke loose of a Clearfield trap and went the full length of the That was the court for a key in the end, said Clearfields Hansen, "We had Dixon, but he broke loose and gave them another three point lead. Clearfield pulled to within one one more time, but point, scored four more points to Layton take a 7 lead with only seconds three-poi- nt 64-6- lay-u- p. 68-6- 7, 72-6- remaining. It could have been a score, said Hansen, But our kids battled back and kept it close. But you have to give Layton credit, they played well and deserved to win. lop-sid- Larsen brothers driven By KEITH DUNCAN CLEARFIELD Brad and Bracken Larsen have a lot in common which isnt hard to do when youre brothers. But one thing they share which has nothing to do with being in the same family, is a competitive drive that brings out the best in each of them. Their best, which is usually displayed on a Friday night on some high school basketball gymnasium floor, is beating other Region One basketball teams with some heads up performances from the guard line they seem to have mastered well. Brad is the senior guard and Bracken, the junior, is his partner on the guardline. Together they make a formitable challenge for their competition. Such was the case on Jan. 9th when the Clearfield Falcons opened league play at Roy. The Larsen brothers, the two starting guards, combined for 31 points and were instrumental in helping their team upset Roy on their home-cour- t. Their first week league performance proved to be no fluke as last Friday night they both netted 18 points even though the team fell short in its attempt to beat Layton. The two brothers, who get along well together and appear to support each other, "just take what they get and "arent selfish according to their coach, Craig Hansen. "They compliment our team well, said Hansen. They may be our two leading scorers after a couple of league games, but we didnt design it that way. They just have taken what has been given to them and made the best of it." Bracken, now averaging 20 points per game in league play and Brad, with a 13.5 average, have the ability to put in the long outside jumper which equals three points Both of them are nailing the three point shot at least 50 percent of the time. Bracken as a sophomore played some varsity basketball and today starts on the guardline with his old- now-a-day- s. Contlnued on next page tUPPERJIM HASKETT Clearfields Derek Freeman battles against Laytons Rod Dixon and Stan Banks for two points. Layton won the game 74-6- 9. r - |