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Show Sun Time, January 16. 1980. Pag 13 Ban Lomond Boacon, Clearfield Courier, January 16, 980, Page 1 January 17, 980, Page 9 1 Sporfstacuiar CAO, coiuDd to Wiilldcaitis R!ev&ds)-Rini- o serious Weber State, coming off a to fllhirail two-gam- e in Big Sky play, but a overall, quick glance at UNRs schedule gives the reason why they are Reno started the season with four straight road games at Kansas, Detroit, Nevada, Las Vegas and Utah State. They have played Utah and North Carolina State at home. Besides the tough schedule, Reno lost its leading scorer, Steve Hunter, for the season due to academic problems and lost two other key players who were put on suspension for off court activities. Add to that Bobby Fox, a starting guard who severely sprained his ankle, and it becomes a long season for the Wolf- 2-- 1 0 sweep over Montana State and Montana on the road this past weekend, return home to the Dee Events Center this Thursday (Jan. 17) and Saturday (Jan. 19) nights, hosting Northern Arizona University and of Nevada, Reno respectively. Both games start at 7:30 p.m. Both NAU and UNR have identical conference records of 1 and are tied for second behind the Wildcats who now have a conference mark. Northern Arizona, under second year head coach Joedy Gardner, has developed into one of the finest teams in the intermountain area. Last season, the Lumberjacks were 4 in conference play and overall, but made the playoffs as the second place team, This season, NAU has an 11-- 4 record overall and looks to be the team to present the stiffest challenge to the Wildcats conference crown. NAU started the conference season at home with wins against Montana (65-5and Montana State (80-7but dropped a road contest to Nevada-Ren- o on Saturday night, 9 in overtime. The Lumberjacks leading scorer and rebounder is forward Mark Stevens, averaging 18.3 points and 11.3 rebounds, both highs in the Big Sky conference overall stats. Another is the senior, Wayne Wharton, other starting forward, averaging 12.5 points and 4.3 rebounds. Coach Gardner may go with a offense. If that is the case, Willie Young, a 5 junior college transfer, averaging 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds will be the third forward.- Considering Webers inside height strength, the Lumberjacks may elect to start 9 center Mike Evans (6.9 points and rebounds) The Lumberjacks have a pair of University 2-- 4-- 0 0. pack. Gene Ransom, a 9 guard who leads transferred from the team in scoring with a 17 point average, including a 34 outburst against NAU last Saturday, with 27 of those points coming in the first half of play. Bobby Fox is expected to return to the lineup with his 11.3 average, if not, Tim Carey, Coach Careys son, should get the starting call. Eddie Johnson (6-- 7.8 per game) 10.0 per and Thaxter Arterberry (6-with are the forwards, game) starting at center. Robert Martin, 5-- y, 4, 6-- 13-1- 8-- 6 3) Wildcat women to host pair ofgames this weekend Fri., Jan. 18 BASKETBALL vs. New Mexico State University, 7:30 p.m. Wildcat Gym. Sat., Jan. 19 BASKETBALL vs. Northern Arizona University, 5:15 Dee Events Center (Middle game of a tripleheader). p.m. Wed.-Fr- i. GOLF at Lady Aztec Invitational, San Diego, CA 92-8- 6-- 6, 6-- three-forwa- rd 6-- 6-- talented backcourt men. Larry Johnson, a 1 senior, is the second leading scorer on the team with a 14.6 average and is dishing out 7.7 assists per game. The other guard is Coach Gardners son, Joedy P. Gardner, a 4 freshman. The Wolfpack from Nevada, Reno makes its first Big Sky appearance in the Dee Center. UNR was an N.I.T. entrance last season, but heavy graduation losses have hurt the Tack this season. Jim Carey is in his fourth season as head mentor anf has an overall record His team thus far in 1979-8- 0 is of Basketball action highlighted In womens bssketball action this past weekend, the Lady Wildcats 0 in a defeated the University of Nevada-Ren- o game at for Weber was freshman Cindy Stumph State the Ogden. Leading scoring with 19 points, followed by teammates Penny Wanberg with 18 points, Jodi DeRouchey with 13 and Sue Crowell with 12. WSCs Jennifer Wilkening lqd Weber State with 10 rebounds. was Kris Moreland with 15 points, Leading scorer for Nevada-Ren- o followed by Marie Dendary with 14. Renee DeJean led all players with 12 rebounds. 84-7- The Lady Wildcats enter league play this Friday with ap overall record Weber State will host the Roadrunners of New Mexico .State on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Wildcat Gym. On Saturday, the Lady Wildcats play host to Northern Arizona University in the middle game of a tripleheader in the Dee Events Center. Game time for the Lady Wi.dcats is 5:15 p.m. Northern Arizona comes for the season. into Ogden for its league opener with a record of Leading scorer for the NAU Lumber jills is 7 sophomore Shari Blackwell with an 11.1 points per game average. of 60-3- 7. COLLEGES' RECORDS Golf story told The Lady Wildcat golf team will participate in the Lady Aztec Invitational golf tournament Wednesday through Friday at the Singing Hills Country Gub in San Digo, Calif. The womens golf team has been idle since so stopped in St. George, Utah, for qualifying and practice rounds before traveling on to San Diego. The womens golf team has added two new players both from Sweden. Eva Emilsson of Motrala, Sweden and Elisabet Wahlquist of Linkoping, Sweden, have both been playing amateur golf in Europe for the past 10 years or so. Emilsson represented Sweden as one of six girls in the 1978 European Junior Golf Championship and subsequently won it. She was also 10th in the 1979 Mexican National Amateur and seventh in the 1979 German National Amateur. .Wahlquist also represented Sweden in the 1977 European Junior Golf Championship and was 14th in the 1978 Mexican National Amateur. A high spot in her junior golf career was that she was the second low qualifier in the 1978 French National Amateur. Diese two additions to the womens golf team with their international experience should add strength and experience to the already much improved Lady Wildcat golf team. Weber State's womens indoor track team opened their winter season Thursday night in a dual meet at Utah State University in the Nelson Fleldhouse. Utah State won the meet WSCs relay team of Shellee Coleman, Alice Tegeder, Janet Beene and Janeen Hatch took first place with a time of 1:53.1. Also placing first for Weber State was Araceli Arana in the run with a fast time of 1:40.5. Freshman Jackie Arnold, running a controlled race, placed run with a time of 7:27.1 followed by teammate first in the Laura Camps third place time of 8:20.2 Other Wildcats placing included: Shellee Coleman (2nd, dash, 6.9); Janet Beene (3rd, dash, 7.2); Patty Huff (2nd, run, 3:142); Jackie Arnold (3rd, run, 3:18.6); Stacey Rientjes (4th, run, 1:43.6) ; Shellee Coleman (2nd, dash, 43.9) ; and Janeen Hatch (3rd, dash, 45.4). Weber States mile relay team (Rientjes, Arana, Huff and Janet Williams) placed second behind Utah State with a time of 4:16.8. In a timed trials meet held Saturday at Alta High School in Sandy against the University of Utah, the Lady Wildcats turned in some fine performances. There was no score kept in this meet. Placing first for Weber State was Debbie Halford in the shot put with a heave of 38-- 6 and Patty Huff in the mile run with a time of 5:29.2. Also placing for Weber State were: Stacey Rientjes (2nd, 880-yrun, dash, 8.0); Janeen Hatch (2nd, 440-y2(32.3); Shellee Coleman (2nd, run 1:04); Jackie Arnold )2nd, run, 12:33); Janet Williams (3rd, 880-yrun, 2:46); Alice Tegeder (3rd, 440-yrun, 1:04.3); and Laura Camp (3rd, run, 13:59). Coming Up The Lady Wildcats travel to Pocatello on January 25 for an invitational indoor track meet hosted by Idaho State University in the Minidome. Meet time is 7:30 p.m. 64-2- 600-met- er 2000-met- er er 1000-met- er 1000-met- ( winning percentage as of January 17, 1980 ) (Note: Utah was forced to forfietSgames because of ruling by WAC officials ) er 600-met- er 300-met- er 300-met- er d. 60-y- d. d. REGION ONE TOP10 SCORERS PLAYER TEAM GAMES POINTS AVG d. High school standings REGIONONE BASKETBALL REGION ONE WRESTLING Other top scorer: Weber, Van Fuller; Clearfield, Scott Wallace and Troy Nye; Sky View, Hendrick, and Bair, Layton, Owena; Roy, Thomas, ShoHac; ! Bart Rich and Riley Waidmaiar and Dennis Adams Fullmer The girls basketball team of Roy High School, is 1 - 1 in Region One, after two games of league play. The Royals lost to Layton 54 - 34, in its opener on the road, and then beat Sky View at home 48 36. They also lost to Davis High School in a rematch played between the two Region One games. The Lady Lancers were led by Pebbles Hare, who connected for 18 points, and had support from Helena Townsend, who got 12. As a team the Lancers hit 24 field goals and six for six from the line. Mary Kearny and Beckie Widdison each collected ten points for the error- non-leag- SECOND-YEA- HEAD COACH, Craig Hansen, barks out orders to his Clearfield Falcons in closing mir ofes Weber last Friday in Clearfield.. The former Clearfield High player-sta- r himself hcs com with record in coach. as a a crucial con head his Falcons are impressive Presently league ploy R of victory over piled an prone Royals. Roy only made eight field goals, but matched that total with 16 of 26 from the foul line. The Lancers played agressive and intense basketball, and created numerous d foul count turnovers. The against Layton was no fluke. Caroline Smith played, though she was ill with a lung infection, that kept her completely out of the Davis and Sky View games. She was able to return to practice, this Monday, but the team sorely missed its leading scorer and rebounder. First string guard, Nykele Gagon with a bout with was also side-line-d the flu for the Davis Game, and Beckie Widdison was used sparingly lop-side- because of a sore ankle. Roy beat Davis in the Clearfield Invitational, but lost to the Darts, this time around, by a score of 44 - 22. Beckie Widdison and Diane Owens were the big guns in Roys 48 - 36 victory over Sky View. Beckie tallied 17 points and diane got 10. The Roy team made 18 field goals ahd 12 of 23 from the line. For the Bob Cats, Julie Anderson made 12 points, and Sharon Piture added 10. The Royals entertains Webers Warriors, Friday, at home, in a game of 1 1 teams. Weber beat Sky View on the road, and then lost to Clearfield at home. Game time is at 4 p.m. 50-4- ; 2-- 0 test against Layton coming up with Friday, in Clearfield. Falcons, Lancers to stag dassic battle on Friday ni By Keith Duncan critics who Wo unto the pre-seas- didnt give Clearfield or Layton a chance to contend for the Region One basketball title. Now its their turn to laugh. Though the region basketball race is far from over, Coach Craig Hansens Clearfield Falcons and Doug Moons Layton Lancers are the surprise of the league atop the standings with 0 2-- records. However this Friday at 7:30 in Clearfield, one of those two teams will survive another heated-rivalr- y and claim sole possession of the league lead. Yes, its another Clearfield-Layto- n with as much basketball match-u- p this game as built around prestige there was in any of the games last year or years preceeding that. The Falcons and Lancers werent given much of a chance when the season got under way of doing much in Region One basketball. It was supposed to be all Sky View, Weber and Bonneville. But with two games already history, both Clearfield and Layton have match-u- p beaten Bonneville and both teams have had stunning victories on the road against much favored teams. Remember last year when Clear- field was flying high with a long consecutive win streak only to visit the Layton gym and have it come to a dead halt? Remember the second time they met in Clearfield, how the Lancers dominated most of the game and again came out victorious? And dont forget the state tournament when the Lancers put an end to the Clearfield season in front of all those fans. Coach Roy ladies event league mark By Bliss ,4 14 2-- 8 800-met- nt fTi. 5-- Indoor track in full swing 70-perce- I .A 9-- 6-- 6-- jxm Z Hansen hasnt forgotten it and either have his players who witnessed those games from the bench, Well, this Friday they get another chance. ' All in all the Friday night game is tuning up to be a classic confrontation against two of the finest coaches in the state. A lot of eyes and interest from around the state will be pinned on this battle. Dont Underestimate Its almost impossible any more to predict a winner in Region One basketball with the quality of coaching that exists there. Coach Craig Hansen is only in his second year among such veteran coaches as Ted Smith, Doug Moon and Dick Conolly. But the Falcon mentor Craig knows his basketball and demands discipline from his players. It seems Hansen is getting the best play his kids can offer. 2 mark, Coach Smith will think of some way to bring the Royals back. The guy has done it before and it would be foolish to count Despite Roys 0-- again. After all Smith has three straight region titles in the bag. The kids at Roy respect Smith. His quiet disposition in the halls and around school is deceiving if you didnt know the guy any better. In practice sessions each night after school, Smith teaches basketball in a way that anyone could get better. Coach Conolly of Weber is highly respected around the state. Just when it seems like youve got one of his teams beat, they make fools of you. Weber, 1 in region play, will be a contender for the region title in six or seven weeks from now. Other Interesting Games Besides the Clearfield-Layto- n clash this week, Roy travels to Weber and Sky View will visit Bonneville. It could get to be quite a close race in the region if Roy and Bonneville were to finally notch the win column and upset their opponents. In last weeks games, Clearfield won convincingly over the Weber 4 for their seventh Warriors, straight home victory. The fact Clearfield plays home against the Lancers could be the only edge in the game, making the Falcons a slight favorite over the Lancers. Three Clearfield players hit in double figures. Brook Hicks, Scott Wallace and Jeff Gorringe had 24, 12 and 13 respectively. Danny Perkins and Troy Nye each had eight points a piece while Cory Schofield had one him out 57-4- bucket for two points A pleasant surprise tor the Webe team has been junior Kelly Johnsor The former North Ogden Junior Higi star is among the league leaders i: scoring with a 20.0 average The bij, d also aids Coach Conolh 's team on the boards. Another surprise, which isnt as the Johnson one, was the fact senior Drew Sikeen was held to a mere four points in last week's game That had to be a big difference ir. the game," said Coach Hansen after his team had claimed their sixth victory in seven starts. red-hea- Sky View dominates Roy Robert Webb junior; Ed Benson Brad Hendricks, sJay Bair and Jon McKenna have been the majoi strengths for Coach Kenny Thompson and the Sky View Bobcats this season They were all certainly on target last Friday in Smithfield as they in p combined to defeat Roy region showdown. I respect Coach Gary A1 verson and his Bonneville team, said Thompson It isnt after his victory last Friday to to be their win in easy going place, but I feel my kids are as ready as 76-5- 4 theyll ever be. Coach Thompson credits his team's victory over Roy with the fact his kids That has stayed out of foul trouble been a problem for us all season, said Thompson. Botocate dump Boy By Bliss Fullmer Sky View shot 79 per cent from the field in its first half against Roy, Friday and leveled off to a paltry 66 per cent in blasting the Royals 4 at Smithfield. Surprisingly, the Royals were able to stay within range of the Bobcats into the last quarter of play, but were blown off the court by a 27 point Sky View explosion in the fourth 76-5- quarter. The Royals trailed by two points in the first quarter, by seven at halftime, nine at the three quarter mark, but got within three points in the early stages of the last quarter, before the Bobcats shifted into high gear. Roy made a few mistakes and were suddenly looking at a ten point deficit with four minutes to play. The Royals went after the fast cats and were burned repeatedly by fast break basketball and deadly shooting. Coach Kenny Thompson used only six men in the high scoring game and played them to the final gun to win by twenty-tw- Sky View beat Roy oi: the boards, 31 to 22, but committed 13 turnovers to an even dozen for the Royals. Th Bobcats hit 35 of 53 shots from the field and converted 6 of 15 from the line for 40 per cent Roy had 26 fielu goals and got two of five from the free throw stripe. The Royals shot 42 per cent from the field. Sky View's Jon McKenna was un stoppable in hitting ten field goals and one of two from the foul line for 21 points. Behind him were Eddie Benson with 20, Jay Bair with 13 and Robb Webb with 12. Roy had balanced scoring from six men, but only sophomores Steve Scholtec and Robbv Thomas got in double figures. Steve and Robb each collected twelve points, while Dennis Adams, Cort Murdock and Rylan Weidemeir each got eight and Bert Rich had six counters. They are quick, is how Coach Ted Smith described the Sky View team. "They beat us on the boards and out quicked us down the floor. We were still in the game until the last foui minutes of play, but we just fell apart," he lamented. |