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Show Sun Times, January 9, 1 980, Page Ben Lomond Beacon, January 10, 1980, Page 1 1 1 Clearfield Courier, January 9, 1 980, Page 1 Stunning upsets spice first week of prep action; Falcons, Lancers, Bobcats at home this week 1 1 x . Anything, is what they say can happen in prep basketball, and anything but normal is what took place Friday in the opening round of Region One basketball. All three favored teams, perhaps favorites by more than a few points, lost to the underdogs only to leave the n predicters is one heapin mess. At Weber, the Warriors pulled off the most stunning upset by upending Sky View Clearfield claimed probably the next most surprising upset by beating Bonneville on their home floor, Layton also had an as they dealt Roy a serious blow in Roy, Very unusual to say the least! This week theyre at it again. Weber travels to Clearfield for the most intersting contest of the week. The winner will share or take sole possession of first place in Region pre-seaso- 61-4- 57-5- 2. eye-open- 53-5- 0. A One. Its interesting to note the Falcons have won six straight games at home. Their only loss in their brand new gymnasium came at the hands of Kearns in the opening game for both clubs. Coach Dick Conolly is getting things together in Pleasant View as his Warriors looked impressive in beating Sky View. In fact the Weber team really hasnt been all that bad at times in the season, theyve just played some of the better teams in the state. Weber finished their schedule with a 9 mark and now find themselves playing for the league lead. Does it remind you of a few years back when the Warriors lost n game but nearly every came back to win 10 straight in region play? It was Kelly Johnson, the capable 1 forward from North Ogden, that teamed with senior, Drew Skeen to down the favored Bobcats. Both Warrior's finally ended up with 20 points. They lead the league in scoring, tied with Dan Call of Bonneville Nye is a Plus Since installing Troy Nye into the Clearfield Falcons starting line-uhas won 5 of their last 6 games. Needless to say, this has pleased Coach Craig Hansen who feels fortunate to have had a player like Troy who could step in and aid the Falcons rebounding cause. 4 r x .v .,; a; ' ' t - , pre-seas- 2-- t t 4 I pre-seaso- 6-- X 't , i 1 itwr, J v, i i " y?, Talking about rebounding, the Lakers were doing a job on Clearfield last Friday night in the first half. You can bet Coach Hansen had a lot to say about it at half time, though. oa 1-- . ' t A sr & ff 'It &'.' '- 5 ' , &Af$ f & ( , , V- - (6-4- : . (6-5- 4 4 r X 57-5- 4 4 Lancers victorious , 62-5- 't 2v, - - 4 ' s : 67-5- 6-- 88-7- 14-1- V 3-- ten-poi- er 53-5- Continued on Page 14 .y & U if. ?A t- hr 7-- V ' j A "" J. V S ' - o. I, ' i'r 6-- ?Y 4 fb I I II 0, . red-hea- f .a ...........Uo. MMM you hot shot! Dave Burke of Layton High shields Roy's Bert seeing the basket by placing his big claw over his face in ac- tton taken from last Friday's Region One clash. The Lancers also TAKE THAT Rich from By Bliss Fullmer At Roy High School Thursday night, By Bliss Fullmer Roy was heavily favored in its season opener against Layton, last Friday night on the Royal court. The Lancers came into town, sporting a 8 win-los- s record, and had been picked for cellar honors in Region One. No serious thinking Royal could picture their team losing to the likes of Layton this year, but. It happened. The Lancers jumped off to a lead and were never in headed defeating the Royals What happened? First, Just for the first-quart- 8-- t . at home. Like the sky-hig- 80-7- J (6-6- ), 1 come-from-behi- quadruple overtime win over Bountiful in the championship of the Davis County Tournament at Clearfield. It looked pretty dark for us at some points in last weeks game, said Hansen. But these kids believe in themselves, they have the confidence they can win. On the other hand, Bonneville is still a young team, though well coached and very capable of winning the league title. But I think they lost thomselves in the waning moments of last weeks game. Everything that Bonnevilles Dan Call threw up, seemed to go in. The aggressive senior forward was also tough against Clearfield on the boards. Not to be Taken Lightly Coach Hansen isnt about to take! Weber lightly this Friday in Clearfield. After a big win like they had against Sky View, you can bet the h for Warriors are going to be us. Weve really got to be ready to play, or we may find ourselves in a lot of trouble, In other league action Friday, Roy travels to Sky View for an interesting contest with the Bobcats. The other region game finds Bonneville at Layton, with the Lancers trying to maintain their perfect league mark. 95-8- 74-7- 1, 4 4 S " The Clearfield kids must have taken J serious whatever he had to say for they completely turned around the Lakers 16-- 7 edge in rebounding and 2 went on to claim an exciting victory over the highly favored Lakers. Bonneville led by as much as 13 points in the third stanza before Brook Hicks began to find his range. The Falcon athlete canned 13 points in that third period to bring his Falcons back into the game. The kids never lost their composure. We knew very well we were not going to blow teams away, but if we can have it close in the closing minutes, I think well win more than well lose, said the second year head coach from Clearfield. And the Falcons have been doing just that. Most of the close games theyve been involved with, theyve usually won, especially some thrilling squeekers The Weber State Wildcats, with two overtime homecourt victories under their belts in Big Sky action, take to the road for the first time in conference play, facing the Montana State Bobcats in Bozeman on Thursday night (Jan. 10) and the Montana Grizzlies in Missoula on Saturday evening (Jan. 12). Both contests have an 8 p.m. (MST) tipoff. The Wildcats go into Bozeman with the nations longest winning streak at 13 games, and could tie the school and conference record for most consecutive wins (14) with a win against the Bobcats. Montana State, under second year head coach Bruce Haroldson, came away with a split on the road last 2 weekend, defeating Nevada-Renin Reno, then lost on a last second shot against Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Last year, Weber was ahead of MSU by seven points with just under two minutes to play, but the Bobcats came back to defeat WSC, giving Weber two road losses on the same trip. and Arnold Doug Hashley McDowell ) are two of the best forwards in the league, both averaging 15.7 points per game. Harry Heineken ), a transfer from Fullerton JC, has been a big factor on the guardline with a 12.1 average and has 21 steals to his credit. Montana State is currently 5 overall and 1 in the Big Sky. They have not lost a home game this season thus far. Missoula Montana, a place the Wildcats would like to avoid. It has been a tough place for Weber to win, and the Grizzly fans seem to save most of their energy waiting for Coach McCarthy and his Cats to show up. Last year, Weber dropped a78-7- 3 game in Missoula. Webers last win in 5 Missoula was a great one, a overtime win in the Big Sky playoffs in 1978 propelling the young Wildcats into the NCAA tournament. The last time Weber State won a regular season at Montana was in 1973, a 6 victory. This season, Montana is 1 at home, the lone loss coming to powerful Long but the Grizzlies Beach State, have a string of 17 straight conference victories at home in Dahlberg Arena. Mike Montgomery, who was 3 in his first year at the helm last year, is 6 this season, but has lost five in a row, including two crucial conference games at Northern Arizona and Nevada-RenThe Grizzlies host Idaho State on Thursday night prior to the WSC game. Craig Zanon, a 6 guard, is leading the team in scoring with a 16.5 average. The only other player in double figures is guard Blaine Taylor at 10.6. Big John Stroeder, has been a tough center for Weber to play d is against, but the big averaging just 8.4 points and 6.3 rebounds so far this season The Wildcats had two scary homecourt games last week. Boise State came in with six road losses, but let the air out of the ball, patiently waiting for each basket and had 4 with eight Weber on the ropes, minutes to go in the game. But Weber took advantage of five straight turnovers to tie the game at Boises Larry McKinney, their leading scorer, missed the front end of a 1 with six seconds left in regulation and shot barely Mark Mattos missed sending it into overtime where Weber outscored the Broncos 12-- 8 posting the win. Saturday night, Idaho really let the air out, with both teams scoring a total of 83 points in 45 minutes of play. Idaho had a last second shot by their leading scorer, Don Newman, skip across the rim at the buzzer in overtime, giving Weber another narrow victory. Both nights, reserve guard Todd Harper came off the bench to pick up o, p, f I 'Cats going for 14th win we saw Jeff Scholtec and Mark Sindle of Roy, Mark Montgomery of Weber, Scott Wallace of Clearfield, Matt Stireman of Layton, Dean ODriscoll of Morgan and the rest of the Snow College team, working out on the Royal hardwoods in preparation for their Friday night game against the Freshmen of Weber State College. Snow College is off to a fast start with a. 10-- 2 record in play. The Badgers took first place in three tournaments, including the one at pre-seas- Tucson, Arizona, the Christmas Tournament in Hawaii and their own Snow Invitational. Their practice at Roy High School was their first since their trip to shielded the Royals from victory, winning (Photo by Glen Adams). 43-3- mate stop Hawaii, and they were working hard to get the kinks out and the timing down'. The play was fast and furious as the former high school stars were battling for starting berths. Coach Ron Abegglen was dwarfed by a couple of sky scrapers and several players who stood at 67 and 68". Biggest of the lot was Theo Vos, a seven footer from Holland. Vos spent his Christmas vacation as a guest of Jeff Scholtec in Roy. Don Barrett, a 610 center, came to snow front New York. Smallest of the team were Kirk and Chris Abegglen, sons of the coach. The Abegglen boys starred at Manti High School, close to Snow College, where their father earns his daily bread. Northern Utah is well represented 53-5- 54-5- 4. 5 25-fo-ot at the central Utah school. Roys Jeff Scholtec is the leading scorer and leading rebounder for the Badgers and was M.V.P. in the Tucson tourney. Mark Sindle, who also made while at Roy, is a reserve in this, his freshmen year at Snow. Sindle had all-sta- te to play college ball at a college in New Mexico, but wasnt satisfied, and transfered to Snow before the season began. Scott Wallace of Clearfield plays a sixth man role for the team and hasnt lost his soft touch with the ball. Webers Mark Montgomery is one of the leading scorers and rebounders for the team, but surprisingly, doesnt start. He is more valuable to us, coming off the bench, said the coach. Matt Stireman played intended small, four-ye- forward for Doug Moon at Layton, but then shifted, at Snow, to guard. Matt plays in a reserve role for the Badgers. Another team starter, and n probably the best defensive on the team, by Abegglens description, is Dean ODriscoll of Morgan big-ma- ar Salt Lake City Schools have con- tributed to the Snow College team, and several players came from as far away as New York. Those Badgers looked good and should go a long way in their Junior College league, in and around Utah. The Badgers overwhelmed the freshmen of Weber State 112-6- 7 to s fatten this record to 11-- 2 for the season. win-los- the Wildcat's outside shooting. Against Boise he was five of seven for 10 points and in the Idaho game, he hit five of five from the field, one of three from the line for 11 points. After the Montana road trip, the Wildcats return home to face tough Northern Arizona (Jan. 17) and Nevada-Ren- o (Jan. 19). |