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Show f i Champions end fine season on the region championship. The Lancers scored first in the fourth meeting between these two Region One powers and eventually led wheirthe quarter ended, junior Kelly Johnson, a forward, wholl be back next year to haunt Region One foes, didnt get a bucket through the first eight minutes of play but was the first to score to open the second stanza. The 3 junior battled inside for a shot, missed, grabbed his own rebound and scored on a beautiful second effort. That tied the contest at 13 apiece. Ralph Anderson, who came alive of the season, over the second-hal- f stole a Lancer pass and raced for a basket to give his team the lead, After a freethrow by Miller, a Drew Skeen and an by offensive rebound by Skeen, the Warriors held a 3 advantage. It was over four minutes into that second period before Layton finally notched their first point. But after the drought, the Lancer points came in swarms. The Lancers went on to outscore Weber 13-- 4 in the next three minutes to take a 4 lead into halftime and all the momentum in the game. Extend Lead Layton extended their lead after three quarters to mostly behind the play of hustling center, Stan All good things here on good ole mother earth usually come to an end, thus was the case with Coach Dick grip Conollys Weber Warriors who bowed out of the 1980 state basketball tournament with losses to powerful Orem and an emotional Layton team. The Warriors danced to the Region One title with the strongest second half showing of any team in the league. Their playoff victory over Granger was also reassuring that perhaps this team might go further than most in the coveted state playoffs at the University of Utah Special Events Center. Weber opened their play in the Special Events Center with a loss to Orem, 2 last Thursday and finally 1 d on a lost to Layton, shot by Dave Burke. Lancers Emotional Ive coached for a number of years, said Coach Doug Moon of Layton, But Ive never seen a bunch of kids play with as much emotion and pure desire than this bunch. Moons statement has to be true. A first glance at his Lancer team would lead most to believe they either raided the football team for prospects or this d was merely a volleyball team in disguise. Prior to the two teams meeting in the state tournament, one meeting n had already taken place in and two more were battled out during the regular season. The Warriors were maintaining a 1 edge, including a win at home late in the season to secure their 13-1- red-head- 6-- 75-6- 15-1- last-secon- 53-5- er all-sta- r, 20-1- 26-2- top-rate- 44-3- 6, pre-seaso- 2-- This big, burley prep couldnt fool anyone that he was actually a member of a high school basketball ten-poi- nt 3-- A, of the e states finest prep basketball stars have been selected to participate in this vs. Saturdays annual 3-- 4-- All-St- ar basketball contest. The extravaganza will be staged at West High School this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The game is being sponsored by the Utah High School Coaches Basketball star-studde- d Association. Students will be admitted for $1 and adults for $2. all-stbunch Members of the 4-- ar Owens almost owned and controlled the boards in the second half when things got tighter. His eight points also helped the winning teams chances too. Johnson opened the final period with a three-poiplay to close the gap to five. Another bucket by Anderson brought Weber to within three. third-quart- nt It was appearing as if Weber had the momentum, suddenly stole especially when Skeen hit the bottom of the net in two jumpers compared to a Lancer freethrow which tied the game at 45-4- Burke hushed the crowd the next time down with a and a costly turnover on Webers part with remaining hurt the Warriors chances. After a timeout by Weber, Owens popped in two straight jumpers to extend the lead to 5 for Layton. Johnson helped close the gap with a and moments later Skeen added a freethrow. With just over a minute remaining, Johnson brought the Weber cheering section to its feet when he scored on a jumper and was fouled. His charity-stri- p toss was good and the score was tied. Layton worked patiently for the final shot before Burke let go a bomber from 23 feet out with eight seconds to go to ice the victory for Layton. 51-4- two-point- to be staged cDash 4-- A Twenty-thre- 4 Owens. team, but dont let looks alone deceive you will include Chris McMullin of Orem ; Drew Skeen of Weber; Bob DeMarco American Fork along with his teammate, Fox; and Paul Hansen of of Hillcrest along with his teammate, Marc Brown; Tom Roberts of Bingham; Troy Bucy of Alta; Jon McKenna of Sky View; Matt Almond of Granger; Mark Lee of Layton and Willie Wright of Olympus. All-Stcast will include The Scott Hill of Box Elder; Jeff Emery of Davis, Ollis Dackery of Ogden; Brett Applegate of Tooele; Dave King of Payson; Dixon of Timpview; Cory of Cedar City; Kimball Hansen of Viewmont 3-- ar that were Three selected but will not be able to play include three from the state champion Judge team. They include Aaron McCarthy, Terry Murrion and Joel Miardo Judge will be traveling to Washington D C. this weekend to play in a Catholic basketball tournament there. 3-- all-sta- rs Top cage tialenti weeded out By Keith Duncan and Bliss Fullmer Four preps from the Sportstacular area will be headed for 3A vs. 4A basketball contest to be staged this weekend at West High School. The game is scheduled to get underway at 7:30 p m. Drew Skeen of Weber, Olies Dockery of Ogden, Jeff Emery of Davis and Mark Lee of Layton will be contest suited up for the which is being sponsored by the Utah High School Coaches Association. One such star wall be Jeff Emery of Davis High School. After somewhat of a slow start for Jeff himself, the 2 senior put things in high gear the day the first league game took place. He notched 26 points that first contest and led his team a second-plac- e finish in the Region Four race with a 3 mark. After losing to Ogden We just twice, Jeff admitted, couldnt match up well against those guys, probably because of our height disadvantage. After we got beat out in the tournament, I was rooting for the Tigers all the way. Jeffs 19.8 point average was impressive enough to help him lead his team in scoring for the second straight year. His coach, Mike Gardner, commented, Jeff has to be the finest shooter, possibly the purest shooter that Ive ever coached in my 11 years at Davis High School. Emery is not only a star on the basketball court but starred for two years on the gridiron and three years on the varsity baseball level. Jeff all-st- ' 3Vi soars for two points in the Warriors Photo state playoffs. by Glen Adams. WEBER'S KELLY JOHNSON 4-- 53-5- 1 setback to the Layton Lancers in the star-studd- .0 1101 i'll 1 h' '15 ?n rii ,x- - r jo r!s , Falcons release final cage statistics Statistics compiled on the Clear-io- i field High basketball team during the 1979-8- 0 basketball season were released last week, Jeff Gorringe led the team in rebounding average, most steals, most assists, shooting percentage and fewest turnovers which came despite his missing three games of the season due to a sprained ankle he managed during a practice session. Gorringe grabbed 133 caroms for a 7.0 game average compared to Scott Wallace who snatched 137 total rebounds for a 6.2 per game clip. Cory Schofield had 68 total and Brook Hicks had 40. Gorringe jyjas way out in front in the steals category with 53 in 19 games. That averaged nearly three per game The senior forward also out distanced his teammates in assists with 59 total. Hicks had 31 over the season. Jeff shot at a 491 percent clip through the 19 games he played with Wallace right behind him at 45.4 Hicks was at 37 9 and Perkins came in at 6-- with a 13.1 average. Next in order came Gorringe at 10 6 and Perkins at t 5.2 Brooke Hicks led his team percentage with a shooting marking. Wallace and Dan Perkins finished with a 69- percent shooting mark from the foul line. Gorringe also seemed to make the fewest amount of turnovers with only d 1.4 per game. In 19 games he only 28 turnovers with Wallace right behind him with only 1.5 per game. com-mite- 37.1. Wallace led the team in scoring with a 14 2 average Hicks followed 7-- 3 started for two years on the basketball team a few games as a sophomore. Gardner is summing up the pleasure of coaching an athlete like Emery, said, Ive got some sons who like playing basketball and someday if they ever get the point of playing basketball in high school, Id want them to be just like a Jeff Emery. Jeff not only has represented us well on the court, but as well off the court too. Olies Dockery The quickest player I have ever is what Ogden coach, coached, Bruce Oyler said of Olies Dockery, his 3 basketball star. He led our fast break, said the coach, and he was the man we looked for in a tight ball game. Dockery averaged 17.5 points per game for the Tigers this year, while 6-- shooting better than 47 percent from the field. His greatest asset to the Ogden team was his unselfish style of play. He led the team in assists, dishing out over 6 per game. The four major schools in the Utah area are interested in Dockery ior college basketball and so are schools. He several of the wants to stay in Utah but will consider all offers before signing a letter of intent. Drew Skeen Coach Dick Conollys powerful forward, Drew Skeen will also parclash. After ticipate in the all-ststarting in a number of games last season, Skeen developed into one of the finest forwards in the league. Skeen averaged over 18 points a game for the Weber Warriors. te ar Classic expands format The expanded-forma- t Charity Basketball All-StClassic will be held March 28 and 29 in the U. of U. Special Events Center. teams comprised of the best graduating seniors from four states will compete in a championship tournament. The states represented in ten team members will be selected on March 22 after a week of try-ouand practices to be held at the University of Utah ts All-St- the 1980 Classic are California, Nevada, Colorado and Utah. Previously, only Arizona had peted against the Utah teams. The tournament starts March com- 28 at p.m. with California meeting Colorado and Utah battling Nevada at 7 8:45 p m. On March 29 the consolation game begins at 7 p m. and the championship contest gets under way at 8:45 p m. The preliminary selection of the top Utah players will be made on March 15, 20 players will be selected from throughout the state. The final Cage all-sta-rs Sportstacular is presently working toward selecting an Region One basketball team for this past season. The squad should appear in our March 26th edition. This year we have sent ballots to the players themselves, asking them to vote upon the top 10 players in the all-st- ar The selection committee is comprised of one active coach from each and region representing the divisions Many of the participants in the Classic will be going on to play college basketball, some at such schools as 3-- 4-- UCLA. Prior to the mens consolation game on March 29, the Utah girls all-stgame will be held. Utahs best female basketball players will battle it out at 5:15 p.m. In conjunction with the Classic, the Utah girls drill team competition will be held March 28 and 29. The winners of these competitions will perform their exciting routines during halftime of the Classic games. to appear league and to select their choice for the Most Valuable Player. Our readers are also welcomed to send in their choices for the all-stteam which we shall formulate and print if we get enough response between now and the time the all-stteam is printed. ar ar Roy recreation hosts party :1 " SAND RIDGE Coach Tom Brady is trying to figure out a way to get contest, when the action. Bob broke both arms in a basketball slam-dun- k in Sand for but time not Ridge baseball. shed the casts in three weeks, star-pitche- r, Bob Moore, into baseball chair he was using, slipped. He Roy Recreation to host basketball party for the boys and girls who in the basketball and wrestling program this season. Trophies will be given to the first place teams in both the giris and participated II JEFF EMERY OF Davis to play in 3-vs. 4-- All-Stgame. boys program. Wrestling boys are also asked to attend. The party will be held March 22, 1980, at Roy Junior High School at a.m. , 10 |