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Show WEEKLY REFLEX t I DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, MARCH 23. 1978 - Davis Fails To Cavemen By DAVE WIGHAM - OGDEN American Fork seems to be making a living at playing basketball teams from Davis County. And the county teams would just as soon not play the Cavemen anymore, at least for another year or so. the state tournament the Cavemen downed a young and determined Woods Cross bunch. Then in the quarterfinals they had to deal with an 77-6- o off with the Cavemen dim L' DUE UK, It CM B X,!f h.; tim con: -' a- rvirrx-n- t rarely that mu UI Out c 1,1 and Ofrn k n!.r.il h In a, ifl the w.'1,.! a C'fern is v - '.,1 (ox h Doe A t n lakirg the 'sim-t- i le t,A ; ,i u (.i - t A 1 ( . I f. ffi ger r r, rr J THE Tigers came out ;iei. IliVf firm, i t n ! d jr !. re had la rn curnmanJ Vs 4 n up a vl iWn (I 4 1 s h.e-- ,r tit r I stilly w 'a I at r . f Up 1 ITir e, al r !.-- ;'.,.! pabuff as e rs .,r:. e ar d a '! a g gi Tv j j 'h !' ,r . 4 W ! r r ! i ) v r r f ( I e i f , n I h ,i r,f ! " a in a " 1 ' rra.ly and from then on m it w is sratly an t;i .11 b.r: e f r t.V m At the f ,.d 1 4 !' e f.fsl q j1".' r I he UarfK'f rtc-- ,e Till til This marked the second year in a row that the Davis club has pulled off the trick of placing in the state tour- 16-1- smoking while the Darts were having their troubles. Senior jumping jack Jackie Watkins started out the game on fire as he collected 17 points in the first half alone. With him scoring anytime he got hold of the ball, the Tigers took command from the start. At the end of the coVi-si- . tie d r I J h . rni t,tUsriv.n vs , Davis put together a mild comeback outsconng Ogden 0 in the third period but the Darts were still down by sixteen going into the final period. They got their sixteen points but the Ogden five caught fire again and scored 23 in the final eight minutes. Ogden finished fourth in the tournament while the Darts settled for seventh spot in the sixteen team tournament. with iv start, eg g ie I f ,k-- s t'x p-- e a g rls h d u rm. nation B! R rwsi-- r Ie fd fa piiDt IV a lockers. game wuh a victory over Davis, the team doing everything wrong. f k I firs in the sec j d.,f P Pa.d - r ri jn., rrt K 11 1 m s nament. AFTER a disastrous preseason, the Darts only won one game, the Darts lurried on the heat to finish fifth in the tough Region Four race. Then they made it through the first five nights of state play to play In the final games and assure themselves of a place at sate. Coach Mike Gardner each and every year seems to be otic to puli off the big wins wDn the Darts need them. He and hi$ staff, along with the players, should be congratulates! for g in the s:.ite SENIOR Mike Birch and sophomore sensation Ohes Dockery got hot for the Tigers in the sevond half to take up the slack when Watkins finally missed while the Darts were trying everything to catch up. Seniors Ryan Hill and Troy Howard closed out brilliant And then there tered with unblemished h Orem was the club from the south winning all their games and their region in the process. Viewmont was the toast of the north beating everyone in their irg them Is6 to twentieth win of the year. Although only trailing bv six points f'nrg into the f.nal period fx gitne W IS riser seriously li.ftabn'd ty the Vi i r t am THE f i Urg in the m m- rusiutn Was IhtI the ikes woud pat o.,t ei ffV to win Pa-r,kes were EVERYONE expected a good tight ballgame and nobody was disappointed as the two teams battled right down to the wire with the Vikes coming out on top by a score. slim That put the Vikes into the final game and left them the only undefeated club in the Icuis 42-4- ORLM Coach D ive Ailphin, used to co ah at Bountiful High a few yvrs back, was upset about the loss. We missed two uncontested shots under the basket in the fical two minutes. You can't win doing that. We never miss those. I just don't know what hainxmed." The game's winning bin Ket was scored two minutes from the end, so the Tigers missej several shots that could have a! hast mil the coolest durfinal moments ing tin outvoted vs cmd jx-- i OGDEN The word is out if you can stay with the Woods Cross team in the second quarter you'll have a pretty good chant e at beating the Wildcats. day's action and assuring ourselves of placing m the top eight wuh help from Brent Horton the Cats srn found success with their fast breaks with Osller and Westergard on the scoring end. Judge was sending all their people to the offensive boards which opened the dixir wide for (he break. W estergai d led all scorers in the game with a game high 19. running mate Ostler was and Mark LeCheminant, row the Wildcats pulled away from tixur opponents in the sicoixl period to make a rout out of a clo w game. On Thursday ihey did U to Carbon, a team they had air ady beaten in pre season Then on Friday they did the same to the Judge club, onoth r team they had beaten in the early season warmups right behind with Mi Til II at 12 going into the v aid pei uk the Wildiats threw up I heir ix i w famous half f nurt tl ip and outsi ored ttx Build' v.s A 7 to take a commanding 32 S't lead into the bilkers 15 Was all downhill fr an here on m as t' Wiiig its c ustid t the Then Orem cane on in tin fir i! half to pat tie game in doubt until 'he (ma! ig - l finished the g Hi Andv Males p.n ed lie Bulb d igs with 15 in a losing effort. (!ir, for Mi who usual!) carries the storing load from his center s;'t. he went into a mild sxiiirg slump but soon a I ,i rd ,n t h P Vf , ,l f il'n at h i a d 1 s (I s, C MUM, ,M re I fl VlMONf . rr , g i' .! rs the r gr it tvl,fir'l a - p -- rf tv w In ,'h the -- tv e A pe T tv f eassss at Brai r, naf ,in e.,1 prr-- v - PI can r ,,i-- s iinuvtin the 'rard gif i is- f.i'.J IT tV.r rp. pg ! .it r J f i''e A lm ( ;'-)(- d 1 r II I Ivm Wes'e-girx,..n had the W,Jdt i'x running and 1 krrwn 7 and fx .h,e pi v r s n weh 3 I the Wefvr team h vnfrr was petky Jarks-Jam, p Garv r Wthl2ta' s' ; 1 in 9 m the k. rg rf- f rt pav, Ipil Irw t from iv Warr a'vr in their previous wins at IN tourI he nament quickness, e i.v on the press, of the I as was tla d.'o reix e in the . v r trr 1 in lr,-,- e C.ore is.t of it As was tix ;e-- 4. Chris When-- n S. fttirg D hhie Hafnrd 8. Karen tertf int.iiein with the Him r h V, (tie off night rebounds Viking scoring w a well balanced with bh lly Green lve w the coaches (OVfRMVi a' !'"s tiro was Judge canx oot burning as a t0 t?xy q in kiy h id on tix vix.ng ( ais. but ' I bv J(! tst!-- r and Easter Seals Event 17 18 and (leery was up there with for the winners Senior a bundle of The re t of the i I wuh eve-rn- g big Mark McCleery WITH sweeping the boards, along I OR THE second night in a To 9 in i! State We accomplished that tonight by gelling into Satur- that MI W MONT fell belnml in the first quarter, something they're not noted for, but Came Imi k to take an eight point e.j,l into the Imkeis Diey Anay5 'Dr-oal-! - v with Sherri Tigers, their first of the year, but they were gracious. Viewmont won the game and the right to battle Skyline for the state title. By DAVE WIGHAM flo-- 10 Walker and Alic Hawkins adding S and 8. The Vikes got balanced sconng from their players as Debbie Halford hit for 12, Debbie Asper for 10 and their two guards Shelly Green and Chris Whetton 6 each. The loss was hard for the uiii Oullilogs At girls tournament. tin pair with pnir.ts and Mi.Pe a' (n -t ri ! ! their winning OREM was led in the scoring race by junior Kim Des- his club missing the easy shots, the Viking Coach Lynn Debois was concerned about the foul shooting of his club. For the night the Vikings didn't hit a single foul pitch in 13 attempts. "All year weve been a good foul shooting club, we missed all of them out there. Dont ask me what happened." Indeed the Vikes almost sealed records. and foul pitching. WHILE the Orem coach was upset and confused about WHEN THE Viewmont and Orem gals squared off in last weeks semifinal battle at the state 4A tournament both en- Kaysville Captures eraiioois) h t P t,r - w.n m on n..-- course mi for Orem H t,H as lie C.kirgX M'.ily handled (he Weber U irtBtrs m tV q irtei I.ruslx 4 4 s! i'e loaf of l, a roliivion t. WATKINS the paced winners with a game high 79 with Birch next in line with 16. These two also closed out great seasons at their school. e.tT.E se-- - Viewmcrt t'i grls N "vj:i , DURING the second period the Darts couldnt find the range as they were able to only put 7 points up on the board in those fatal eight minutes. Meanwhile the Tigers were duplicating their 23 points from the first stanza to take a lead into the 79-5- 16 points while Troy added 13 in the final contest for the Davis crew. Junior Mike Mounteer, wholl be back for another season, poured in 10 in the losing effort. ft h r 1 I school. Ryan poured in worse. OGDEN, the team doing Cavemen it was James Burgess wnh 15, and Steve Larsen wuh 13. This murks the second year in a row that the Darts have lost in the scxond day action. I aM ysir they won all the rest and would love to dapluate that fete. they pulled away steadily from the Darts to assume a 57 44 lead. Fourth quarter action begin where the third SSuli careers for the Kaysville 23-1- everything right, won the For the 10. OGDEN was one. region. 46-2- 2 minutes, they Hill their own coffin with their By DAVE WIGHAM sight first period the Darts trailed 5 and then things got - JUNIOR Mike Mount eer led the Darts in scoring with 15, teammates Troy Howard potted 14, Brad Petersen 12 and THE third period was almost all A merit an I ork as I the final quarter, meanwhile OGDEN Sometimes during the course of a basketball game one team just cant do anything wrong while their opponents seemed to be doing everything wrong. Such was the case when the Tigers of Ogden played the Darts of Davis for fourth place in the state tournament. showed that again tonight." Ryan THE WILDCATS were the of the tournament, no one knew what a group of juniors would do m their first-eve- r state competition. These are no ordinary group of juniors, this is a surprise club THEN COACH Baker made a switch, he put Jeff Ostler on the high scoring Tillman. Jeff held Tillman to four points in By DAVE WIGHAM hard-nose- o Tillman paced the Scots with 36 with Kent Eckstein finishing with 16. tefba We tried everything we knew, a zone, man for man, half court traps, presses and they were well prepared for all of them, noted Gardner. Ingersoll echoed his praise for the Davis mentor, You always know that the Davis club will be well prepared by d their coach. They play basketball for the full thirty-tw- buzzer, in the last quarter Orem put 10 points on the board while the Vikes could only manage 2. season. tallies. wns ua s for the other. from the floor. American Fork shot a torrid 65 percent m the opening two quarters while the Darts were hitting at a 51 percent clip. Usually when a team is shooting over 50 percent in the first half they can expect to be ahead in the lockers but the Darts weren't. receive recognition for their efforts. But this is a group of about eight individuals who blend well together. Congratulations to the Cats and their coaches for a great top-notc- Gardner tried everything he could think of but Coach Ingersoll of American Fork was ready for just about anything. These two have faced each other on many a Friday night and in state tournament play, they know each other inside out. Both have nothing but praise THE GAME was a classic in the first half with both teams putting on a great display sent chills up opposing coaches who have them on their schedule next year. JEFF OSTLER and Mark McCleery, who have been the leaders all season, had a (treat tournament and should DURR ANT then went one better in the final contest. Jeff Ostler, who drew a lot of praise from the coaches for his quickness and shooting, was right behind with 26 final period. have any. Everyone back off a team that places fifth has to be considered a favorite for the coming year. What the Cats did during the week was to win three out of their four games in their COACH Mike Carbon. In this contest the Darts got behind by as much as twenty points at one time and pulled back to within ten with about three minutes to play. At that time the Cavemen displayed the poise and ability that had got them as far as they have come. kfl HERE IS A team that has no seniors, the school doesnt group that finished tied for third in a tough region, then placed fifth in the state. Although they lost a game they came out of the tournament known as winners. Their speed and quickness nament. 33-3- 2 tion. ITS ONE thing to get the Davis team down but there isnt a team, at least in the tournament, that can keep them down. In their first game of the tournament they fell behind and came roaring back to take the win over WIN over Ben Lomond come easily as the Scots stayed close to the Cats all through the first half. Woods Cross led by four at the end of the first quarter but a Robbie Tillman bomb at the buzzer brought the Scots to at the half. within one, During the third period the two clubs traded baskets with the Cats holding a slim three-pom- t lead going into the 71-5- press, the Darts created something rare for American Fork, that being turnovers. When the Davis crew did foul the Cavemen couldnt hit the free throws which again allowed the Darts to claw their way back into conten- The second result was a THE didnt championship by downing Ben Lomond There were the Cats out in the middle of the floor holding their trophy high above their heads and their elated studentbody and fans going wild. word is pride. With this word surfacing the Darts began to chip away at the lead, utilizing a full court man for man 5 close victory over the Darts. Doesnt sound like a close game at all but the score is no indication of what went on in those thirty-twminutes of continuous action. had ONE OF the most common was the Woods Cross bunch. After all the Wildcats had just won the consolation names mentioned their athletic teams, that older, and much more determined, Davis crew. Wayne Baker wanted to establish some tradition in the event, what a tradition they have set. which teams would be tough in the state next year. DAVIS has a word at the school that seems to fit all IN THE opening round of Cats as they were able to break it and get the ball inside to Mark McCleery. Mark enjoyed one of the best nights of the tournament, finishing with 31 points, this was the highest output of the tour- consolation trophy. Coach Center were talking about hitting their shots while the Darts were having difficulty finding the range again. A couple of missed shots and a couple of turnovers and the Cavemen had pulled away to a commanding lead, at one point they led by as many as twenty in the fourth stanza, Jeff was having fun sconng at the other end of the floor. Ben Lomond also went into a pressing type defense which created no problems for the The opening game they lost to a very good American Fork club but then they came back to down Carbon, Judge and Ben Lomond in claiming the OGDEN Before the state finals were even being played for this year, people around the Weber State Dee Event in Second Round Action state tournament. r first-eve- By DAVE WIGHAM v h rsf tl-- g in na's v--- .' E2ilicrest Upsets Falcons in State Quarter Finals ! e lefTL-D- , J V 4 ' " 4 n' f 4 fs! t t 'J J hx - Jl.e , ..i i 4 4 v.rn (lMIIIIHi rs ! j f- f t, kfl Ifft th m t -: ; 1 r IV p I 1 r1 i t t Pwt , f f 'j ri1' i t '" f1 frr f ! 4 4 I r Sof TH 'K4 f f 8 r ' V? 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