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Show M Sun Times. January 3u, 930, Page 9 1 Ben Lomond Beacon, January 31.1 980, Page 9 Clearfield Courier, January 30, 98C, Page 1 9 Plogcrs of the Week Falcons gwo down Roy, 52-4- 7 In a battle for third place in Region ne, Weber came from behind to beat The Warriors scored Bonneville big with Drew Skeen who pumped in 25 counters, Kelly Johnson with 15 and Van Fuller who scored 11. Bonnevilles Marvin Ellis scored a season high 21 points for his Lakers and Cory Sylvester tossed in 17. The Lakers gut gunned the Warriors from the field 24 to 23 but saw the Weber shooters dropped in 17 of 29 from the foul line. The Lakers converted 10 of 12 from the charity strip and lost by five. We led most of the way, said a disappointed Gary Alverson, But we blew it going down the wire. 4 in Sky View clawed Layton Smithfield Tuesday night to knock Layton from the ranks of the un63-5- SCOn WALLACE KURT GALLEGOS 73-5- beaten. Mark Lee, the regions leading scorer had 29 big points for Layton. In a see saw game at Clearfield, the score w as tied at 45 when Brook Hicks hit a 20 footer and was fouled with three minutes remaining He hit from the line for the three point play and Clearfield took command. The Falcons installed their controlled game and finished at the foul line and beat the Royals Roy was without two starters but sophomore Robert Kirkwood came off the bench to lead his team with 13 points nine for nine from the foul line and Itylan Weidemeir worked inside for 12 Royal counters. Clearfields Scott Wallace led all scoring with 13 of 16 from the stripes and 19 total points. Brook Hicks scored a dozen for the Falcons. Clearfield ruled the boards the 23 to 17 and many few turnovers than did the Royals. Roy shot 47 per cent from cent as the field and Clearfield both teams made 17 field goals. Roy got in early foul trouble and evenRobb Thomas and guard tually lost Bert Rich in the finals minutes of play. The Falcons lost the services of Cory Scholfield who fouled out early in fourth quarter. Dang tough game, is how Coach Craig Hansen predicted the game before it ever began. And he repeated himself after it was all over saying, They were tough. It was anyones game until Brook hit that three point play he recalled Our defense did a job on them in the final quarter. Clearfield outscored the Royals K to 6 in the final quarter. 1 ;? 52-4- 40-p- 6-- 8 or!) ri)i leinitn CLEARFIELD'S Scott Wallace dives through the air for last Tuesday night at Clearfield. bumped off Roy over Roy's Ryland Weidemeir. The Falcons 52-4- 7 Clearfield, Layton dominating Region One With the world full odd surprises it isnt any wonder that Region One basketball is such a to what in comparison critics t;i aught it would be like. now-a-da- Last Tuesday marked the central point in league play with Bonneville at Weber, Roy at Clearfield and Layton at Sky View Two weeks ago, Clearfield had their chance of sitting in the top perch but Doug Moons Lancers bumped the Falcons otf by four. Last Friday, Weber High had their chance to sit in the top spot with the Layton, but came out a loser. So the Lancers continue to roll along in Region One, probably the biggest surprise in all prep basketball throughout the state. Layton was probablv picked to finish last to most teams bcfoiv the first league game ever got under way. But with the passing and the sheer quickness that Dave Burke possesses and the affluent moves of senior forward Mark Lee, Layton has been beating teams by a bunch and more. Center Stan Owens has been playing twice what he seems capable in the past two games to help propell the Layton team past two tough opponents. Against Clearfield, Owens count dropped in a high double-figur- e and last week in Layton he slaughtered the Warriors with 17 points. Last weeks action win over the Besides Laytons Warriors, Clearfield proved they were ream to challenge for the top spot, victory over Sky' again with a View in Smithfield and Bonneville kept things intact by defeating their arch rival. Roy, Weber seemed to have the right combination for a while against Layton and even led after the first 70-5- 4 70-5- 4 76-7- 0 59-5- quarter, . But Jim Siekiera, Burke and Owens,, went to work in the second stanza to Two Van take the lead back at out Warriors the had bombs put Fuller but their lead didnt last too front 16-1- 5. 0 long, Weber st ill came charging back on a to couple of buckets by Drew Skeen Siekiera but after lead a take snuck in a close shot, the Lancers never trailed again. all the Layton suddenly caught and a lead a momentum, taking the against call signaled traveling Warriors. Coach Dick Conolly called time-ou- t to regroup but the Lancers 21-2- 0 28-2- 3 added three more points to that lead to take an eight-poiadvantage into the halftime lockerroom. Blow-awa- y in Second Half Lee started the second half and for the sake of the Warriors, perhaps it might have been better he didnt Lee popped in 9 third quarter points and helped sparked his surging team even more. At the end of three quarters, Layton led The Lancer surge only intensified ag time wore on and it was all Weber could do to stop it. Layton held their 9 before Moon widest margin at began began substituting his junior varsity players. Lee led all scorers with 19 points. Owens hgd 17 For Wber, Van Fuller led his team in scoring for the second straight week with 16 points. He was followed by Kelly Johnson with 15 and Drew Skeen with 13. In Smithfield, Clearfield came away with the big win of the day, a 0 victory over the Bobcats. ;Cory Schofield and Freddy Cook both saw plenty of action for the Falcons who were still without the services of forward, Jeff Gorringe. Scott Wallace led all scorers on the Cleasr 55-3- added 18 and Rand Hendricks 13. The win leaves Clearfield with a glossy 1 Region One record, and Sky 3 with View fell to a disappointing the loss. 6 Clearfield slipped behind at late in the second stanza before Greg Boarden, Troy Nye and Hicks brought the score th 5 at the half. The Falcons opened the second half with eight straight points and nabbed k lead on a a brief bucket by Hicks after a steal at the 3-- 38-2- 42-3- 43-4- 2 fast-brea- 5:23 mark third period. quickly regained a of the 5 Sky View lead, but then Wallace gave the with-- a Falcons the lead for good (59-5at the start of the clutch bank-sho- t final quarter. The rest of the game was a horserace, as Clearfield would gain a five, six point advantage and Sky View would charge to within three, but had to resort to fouling and the Falcons hit from the charity stripe when they needed to. 50-4- 70-4- j 76-7- Scott Wallace led all scorers on the Clearfield team with 23 points. Down Ijy as many as 12 points late in the first half, the Falcons rallied to take the lead for good early in the fourth period and then held off several Bobcat charges down the stretch to claim the win. Had the game been played in Clearfield, Sky View fans might have cried homer as the Falcons enjoyed an almost (?) ridiculous advantage from the, foul line, connecting on 24 of 37 attempts, while the Bobcats were able to net only two of six. But what really happened was Clearfield coach, Craig Hansen kept scratching until' he got the itch. called During the several time-out- s early in the game when things got stormy, Hansen switched from zone, to do 41, to 32 and full court defenses until things finally clicked and the Falcons poise and class finally turned the tide. Scott Wallace led the winners with 23 points, while Cory Schofield and Brook Hicks added 12 each. For Sky View, spark-plu- g guard Eddie Benson led all scorers with 26 flashy points, Miile Jon McKenna man-to-ma- n, Cats cant sit back; go on road to Idaho Youd think a team with a lead after the first half of conference action could sit back and glide on in as the conference champions going into the second half of' league play. Of course, anyone who thinks that has obviously never been on the road in the Big Sky Conference. Thats the situation the Weber State Wildcats face this week, traveling to Moscow and Boise Idaho to open the second half of play. Weber has four of its seven games on the road in this half of play and Wildcats cant afford e to look over their shoulders. A would sew up sweep virtually the title, a split would keep the other OGDEN three-gam- e two-gam- teams still at a distance, a couple of losses would make the conference race interesting to say the least, continued on page 1 2 Gallegos, Wallace top players Kurt Gallegos of the Layton High wrestling team and Scott Wallace, Clearfieldd Highs never-quittin- g have been tabbed as the Sportstacular Players of the Week. Gallegos has kept a pretty impressive wrestling record in tact through most of the season for Layton as he continues to be a vital part of the Lancers chances for a dual meet championship and Region One Meet championship. Gallegos wrestles in the 119 category where he pinned Weber Highs Scott Van Orden last week for another region win. center, Kurt also played in the same back-fiel- d as Dave Burke on the Layton High football team. The liesty little running back aided his teams march toward a second straight state champion, which was curtailed in the semi-final- s. Scott Wallace has been a star for the Last Friday evening he popped in 23 points to lead all scorers on the Clearfield team and lead his team to a 0 over Sky View. Wallace may be the most improved player in all of Region One basketball this season. Falcons all season. 76-7- Call lifts Lakers over Royals, 59-5- 3 58 Lakers Bonneville was trailing by thirteen points, going into the last quarter of basketball, but came back to beat Roy by one. The Lakers did a lot of things in those final hectic minutes of play, but everything seemed to work for them. Their most effective weapon was a zone trap press, but even that was aided by circumstances. The Royals were without the services of three key ball players in the most crucial part of the game. Starter, Steve Scholtec pulled a muscle in his back in the first half, and Riley Weidemeir went to the bench early in the third quarter with five fouls. Bert Rich went the same route in the fourth quarter, as the Lakers were mounting their counter-attacRoy was nursing a seven point lead, with less than three minutes to play when Bert Rich was called on an offensive charge for his fifth foul. The call was one of those that might have gone either way, and the Royal half of the house showed much displeasure on the call. Richs basket was not allowed, and the Lakers scored to cut the lead to five. In the next Laker trip down court, Cory Sylvester hit on an 18 foot jumper, and as the ball was settling into the net, a foul was called on Roy, underneath. Dwayne Snell went to the line to shoot and hit both to complete a four point play. The Royals played ball control with their precarious two points advantage, but Bonneville made still another steal, and tied the game with 1:39 left to be played. In one minute and 46 seconds, the Lakers had the Royals nine points to two and it was a brand new ball game. With 44 seconds left to be played, Sylvester got a rebound basket, and The the Lakers were on top Royals countered with a Dwayne play and had the lead a Snell muscled up the clincher and eleven seconds left on the clock, and was fouled. He missed the shot from e, out-scor- 57-5- two-and-o- 58-5- the line. Roy got the rebound and got (he clock stopped with nine ticks left. The Royals managed to get the ball down court, for one last gasp but Cort Murdock missed on a sixteen foot attempt, and that was the ball game. For Roy it was a bitter disappointment; for Bonneville, the end of a perfect game. Dan Call was top scorer of the game with ten field goals and 20 points. Cory Sylvester tallied 16 and Dwayne Snell had twelve. For Roy, Robb Thomas scored nine field goals and 18 points, Bert Rich fouled out with 12 points, Dennis Adams contributed eleven and Cort Murdock had nine. As a team, the Lakers made 25 field goals, and 9 of 19 from the line. The Royals had 24 field goals and 10 of 20 the from the line. Roy Lakers 27 to 21, but had six more turnovers to their credit. This was a must game for both in teams. The Lakers now stand at Region One play, but the Royals are in sole possession of last place, w inless in four league games. Layton won at home against Weber to remain undefeated in four games. Clearfield won a big road game at Sky View for a 1 win-los- s record, and second place. Bonneville and Weber are tied for third with identical records, and Sky View is 1 3 for fifth. The Royals went to Clearfield, Tuesday night to play their last game of the first round. Bonneville goes to Weber and Layton takes the long trip up North to engage Sky View. ROY J.V.48 Bonneville 38 Robert Kirkwood, with 16 points and Bart Hadley with twelve, paced the junior Royals to a ten point win from against their counter-part- s Bonneville. Anderson of Bonneville scored 16 for the Lakers. The game was tied at halftime, but Roy broke the game open in the third frame, and coasted to an impressive win. 2-- 2 3-- 2-- 2 Cats go a few notches higher Weber State, the team people are Kids, calling McCarthys Grown-up were elevated to 15th in the nation in both the UPI and AP polls this week. The Wildcats went to Idaho State last weekend ind destroyed them. The Idaho State team has lost only 7 times in many games at home and 6 of those losses have come from Weber State. This weekend the Cats travel to the University of Idaho and Boise State University. Once again, DePaul was virtually a unanimous choice as the vollege basketball team in the country and Oregon State was a strong second, but intense regional play elsewhere caused some shifts among the elite in UPIs weekly balloting. With 37 of the 42 coaches on UPIs College Board of Coaches reporting, Ray Meyers Blue Demons collected votes and 554 points to 36 first-plac- e remain atop the weekly list after extending their perfect season with top-rank- two Evansville downed and raise its record to DePaul victories. 57-5- Alabama-Birmingha- to 105-9- 4 4 17.0 Oregon California drew one which routed over the weekend, mention and State, 86-5- 5 first-plac- e totalled place. 504 votes to hold on to second a couple of surprises and continued dominance of the east by Syracuse precipitated some scrambling in the middle of the But intra-conferen- top 10. Duke scored two triumphs during 4 Atlantic Coast the week but a Conference loss to Virginia cost the Blue Devils dearly, as they fell four notches to seventh. Syracuse, meanwhile, bolstered its claim as the best in the East with victories over Detroil, Rutgers and Connecticut to move into the No. 3 slot. The Orangemen, 17-garnered 373 points to advance two rungs. Virginia also played a role in team. determining the fourth-plac- e Ohio State rallied for a 5 triumph over the Cavaliers Sunday to hold on a spot that seemed to fourth place 1 the Buckeyes after sure for gone loss to Big Ten rival Wisconsin Saturday, OSU, 14-- 3 overall and leader in the Big Ten, collected 355 points. Dukes plummet allowed Louisville, 16-- 2 after beating Marquette, St. Louis and Florida State, to move up a notch to fifth place with 334 points, while 90-8- 1, 70-6- 72-7- cross-stat- e rival Kentucky, 17-- 3 leaped three slots into sixth with 333 points. Duke. 16-- edged St. Johns by two points for the No. 7 spot despite the Redmens victories over Manhattan, Davidson and Villanova. Notre Dame, 13-after a rout of Canisius and a victory over Maryland, followed in ninth with 310 votes and Louisiana Slate was a distant 10th with 154 points. Leading the second ten was North Carolina, which moved up a slot with ACC victories over Wake Forest and Clemson. Missouri fell from 10th to 12th after being upset by Oklahoma and Marylands impressive show against Notre Dame was good for a one-spimprovement, to No. 13. 2 The biggest advance of the week was made by Virginia, which vaulted from No. 19 to 14. The Cavaliers are 16-- 4 in the ACC overall and one game back of Maryland. Weber State, 18-- moved up a notch to 15th, leaving the No. 16 spot to Clemson dropped four Indiana, 12-spots to No. 17 after a loss to North Carolina and was followed by Brigham Young and Kansas State two newcomers to the top 20 and Purdue in 20th. 5-- 2 |