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Show The Salt LakeTribune PREP SPORTS Thursday, December3, 1998 Dawes Scores REX THORNTON High Schoo!Football Official After 30 years of officiating Utah high’ schoo! football games — 15 years as a wing Official and 15 as a referee — Salt LakeCity’s Rex Thomtonis contemplating retirement. A Past president of the Wasatch Front Official's Association, Thomton hasworkedin 43 state championship games, eight as referee. He has provided excellent leadership and has 28 to Carry No. 4 Colts WEST JORDAN — The No. 4-ranked Cottonwood Colts opened their basketball season like theyplanon staying in the rankings a longtime Six-foot-10 junior center Derek Dawes scored 28 points as the Colts held off CopperHills 58-53 in a nonregion game on Wednesday Shawn Badger scored 18 to lead CopperHills josh Neeley added 16 points for Cottonwood which won despited making only 5 of 14 free throws. Copper Hills hit 17 of 22 from the line tee eee served on Wednesdayin the debut of new Tooele coach Don Deavila. Greg Ralphs had 15 points and AdamJordan11 for Northridge on the Lone Peak 66-61 in a non. region game. Amos Burgess had a game-high 20 points for Lone Peak Love Peak (11 Murray 20) d 19 points for South Rich 59 North Summit 51 RANDOLPH — Sim Hutchinson scored 19 points and ZaneGroll added 17 as the Rich Rebls held off North Summit 54-51 in the season opener for both teams Wednesday night SectSumm) fen tcion Delta Ra City 48-3 ia 6, Smith 2.7. Cy Milford 45 pAROWAN — Craig donOrtonled Cedar with 12 as his Milford Tigersfell 54- 45 to the Parowan Rams ina non-region game Wednesday. Parowan was led by Jake Truman who had 14 points and Taylor Smith who had 10 rebounds and five Roy 39 Jason Owen points. drilled four three-pointers Muford 0.1) and Highland overcame an eight-point deficit in the fi North Sevier 54 Box Elder 58 nai twominutes to beat Roy Enterprise 52 Layton 53 9 in a non-region game 6, Wilkes 4 BRIGHAM CITY — ¢ Salazar led Roy with Smith § Derek Tyler had 18 points 14 points nd 8 (Barns, Sul and ‘Tyler Shaw 15 for Box as NorthSevier sta Mekirk, Stowel Highland (0-2) Elder in a 58-53 prepbas. Ray late Enterprise rally and (td) ketball victory over Layton Highland — Moore won 54-52 in an all-Wolves on Wednesday BradyDrake season opener Tuesday Whitehorse 71 had 12 points for night. John Nelson led En- Many Farms 64 terprise with 16 points North Seser (1-0) ree-PolatGoals —Layton | Hallsten): Box Mer 5 (Tyler Timpanogos 74 American Fork 57 OREM ‘Timpanogos Mike Shepherd scored 18 points and Steve Ott added 10 points and somestrong reboundingtolead the Timberwolvesto a 74- gion win over the American Fork Cavemen Wednesday. South Sevier transfer Brett Wallace scored all 15 of his points in thefirst half and Drew Eastmanadded 14 as Bountiful beat Bonneville 71-58 in a non-region game Tim Martin with 19 led Bonneville Punt(1 tonne natal — Kanab 75 Valley 60 KANAB— Chad Sturgill and Matt McFadden com bined for 13 points during a 24-9 second quarter run to help Kanab beat Valley 75 60in a non-region game on Wednesday ee olinco— nevi Pedersen, Mi ingsix three-pointers. Sturgill scored 18 and Jerron Glazier added 17 for Kanab Valley (01) Kanab Mountain Crest 71 i Payson 67 PAYSON — Four Mustangs scored in double figures on Wednesday a Northridge 66 Tooele 34 LAYTON — Ryan Peter son had16points and13re 2 911 e5t 9 Bountiful 71 Bonneville 58 WASH. TERRACE ena Me Raden alley 8 BrunnerSurg4 Payson 71-67 in a non-re- South Summit 83 Altamont 70 KAMA! jason Haymore and Dal Holman com bined for 27 of South Sum Mountain View Hammers Provo BY SCOTT BELL THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE PROVO — The electricity prior to Wednesday's Provo View boys’ bas. ketball game was potent enough to divide an entire college basketball team oncethe game began y sparks that flew came from Tim Henry's dunks and Jeff Gardner's Mountain and Provo alums EricJ son and BJ. Chandler — Provo went scoreless for over minutes beginning in the first quarter and extendinginto the third During (hat time, the Bruins went from t 2-11 2 Mountain View78, C “las4 to leading 47-12. The Bull dogs went scoreless in the second quarter The UVSC players spent the first quarter pl fully yelliug back and forth across the stands. By the second quarter, however. A No. 1 Provo 4: only control like th sa Mountain View's Heenry That's Migr a a 36-0 runwill Henrysaid. “I guess my bro Final score: Cla “I expected io win, but I didn't expectit toget out of do to a gam With (oar. current Utah Valley State College players MONTEZUMA CREEK —Harman Rentz and Travis Cheesman and Henry had anything to say. figured they might have alittle bet going,” Tim wonthat one. After Provo went up 1211 with about four minutes The school on the Garland-Tremon- Gardnerwas thestory in the second period. The smooth shooting guard nailed apair of treys as the Bruins outscored the Bulldogs 18-0 Thet ird quarter was Tim Henry's personal highlight show. With a raucous Mountain View contingent chanting, “Gangsta Hoopa,” Henry scored 15 points including two alley-oops from Gardner. Certainly our defense wasthe difference,” Mountain View coach Rob Cuff sai Henry finished with 26 points while Gardner had 20. Jake Chrisman led Provo with 10. Mounsn 1 a0 9— 7 Prove 3)View 24)= eyAio ivi He Mwai left in the first quarter, the watching on from the stands Bruins scored the last 10 eteGeela ct7oerae‘ ce We Mountain View grads points of the quarter, with ioitae —~ Noutan View Ryan Cheesman and Scott Henry getting six, to go ais 5 (Grd Henry (Tim's older brother), ahead 21oerThrepoint Feary 2 gos Provo 3 Wes, Holcombe If the Bears are ever going to repeat thal feat, now isthe year, say 3-Aboys 0-0 3. Lehi 4. Canyon View 5._PineView_ =3 (imechamps ime reb rebiulaing? _— AllAll five starters are back_ 0-0 __—Region9 looks tough again_ Fara ee Players to,Watehiin 3-A _ BenLomond te Fad dad OTe Canyon View6-4Sr.Athletic guard hasaiso signed with SUU_ 6-4 Jr. Super athlete givessore @ ughrebounder hascoll Ogd sr ‘SnowCanyon 6-7$r.Greatsize and 34-inch vertical leap __Cedar City 65. Sr.Gtid altstater can hoop, foo 7 Wasatch Uintah Union 62 _S1.Siteaky shooter canalso rebound well_ orderoffinish PineViewwill be able to score, but coach Lynn Christensen wondersif his Panthers can defend. Dixie had a successful junior varsity team last year, while Snow Canyon has some goodheight but needs to improveits perimeter shooting. Cedar City is an athletic team that pushesthe ball, led by football allstater Brandon Orton, while Hurricane breaks in another new coach, Ken Cahoon, who coachedthe Tigers girls last year. Region8:1, Emery. 2, Richfield 3, Carbon. 4, Delta. 5, North Sanpete Emery shouldberight behind Bear Riverin thestatetitle race, coaches say. The Spartans should easily win Region 8the weakest ofthe four 3-4 leagues. As usu: tall, with 6-foot-9 Cole Pitchforthi the middle, He's surrounded bygood, quick ath- Region 7: 1, Bear River. 2, Og- den, 3, Ben Lomond. 4, Granite. 5, Tooele. 6, Morgan. letes, says coach Todd Jeffs. Richfield lost all five starters to graduation and a couple of expected contributors to football injuries and will haye trouble duplicating last year’s 17-6 record. Thelatest Cuff, 6foot guard Randy. should help. Carbon, Delta and North Sanpete should contend for the league's third and fourth playoff berths. North Sanpete has a new coach, Jeff Erickson, but lostits top six players, while Carbon has some decent size and capable Region 10: 1, Wasatch. 2, Lehi 3 insta 4, Union. 5, Park City. the case in the 4-A voting regarding Timpview and No, 1 Provo, Wasatch is picked by Region 10 coachesto finish higherthan Lehi, although the Pioneers are ranked No. 3 statewide and Wasatchis unranked. shooters. NewWasatch coach GregStanfield inherits a talented team, led by6-9 Region 9: 1. Canyon View. center Travis Visentin anda nice pair of senior guards, Nathan Parker and Heath Coleman. Lehi’s progress could be slowed if junior guard Dave Chris tofferson is hampered by a hip injury suffered in football. Trevor Richinsis Uintah’s only returning starter, bat averaged 10pointslast year an plosive. Union will be balanced and deepbut lacks a go-to guy, while Park City coach Brian Jackson says his team will focus on defense and try to moveupinto a playoff spot. 2, Pine View. 3, Dixie. 4, Snow Canyon. 5, Cedar City. 6, Hurricane As in football, Region 9 will be the Viewand PineView likelybattling for the regiontitle, Canyon Viewreturns its top six players, including all-stater ant Janes, another SUUrecruit. Coach Steve Hodson guided Cedarto back-to-back titles in the mid-'90s and has the talent here to do it again strongest 3-A league, with Canyon across town, Olympus Gets Revenge Over Bingham second shot for the win, but missed. Mickey Folsom put the Bobeats up by one with a bucket and a foul shot, but the Cavemen answered seconds later, Folsom led Sky View with 14 points. Aumerican Fork (1.0) Sky View (01) 03 Pap Wats TakFork?Peto 3 mahi "ThreatGatAmarcan 2) View Foson 2 fave Canyon View 51 Richfield 50 Cox led Canyon View with Delta 35 1 points. Caan View 0) Riel DELTA — The Juab Waspspicked upa nice road 101816 i ese 8 RedSake netSanders 4, Pele 2 reeSkerand 5 Obes son 9, Totals 1518.0 Fela Goals — Canyon View 1 (Shake spearRebel 2 Jenen Beaver 77 Valley 21 BAVER — Shannon Bradshaw had 19 points and Julie Williams 17 as Beaver breezed to 2 77-21 prep bas ketball win over Valley on Wednesday. Beaver forced manyturnovers andraced to American Fork 53 There Point Goa yar Dupray 1 tok Brighton Sees Ranking Get Tested Jimas. Bryson Bachman added 14 points for Viewmont, including a pull-up jumperin the lane over Pinegar that tied the game with 28 secondsleft. Viewmont jumped to an early 9-2 lead, as Brighton had a miserable first quarter. The Bengals committed five turnoversin the first period, made just of six shots and didn’t sive defensive strategies and one first field goal until frustrated the Bengals. Se- gettheir ‘50 seconds remained in the made five three-pointers en quarter. HM ese route to a team-high 17 Viewmont(1) 28 10 15% points as Vikings tried to anda| Bae bomb the taller Bengals to Mairbrook1, Vio 18 Bell 4. Poegar12, death. Comment 1. BearRiver Emery 2. I was kind of hoping we wouldn't be ranked No aid Bear River coach Van Park. “But I was kind of expectingit.” And whynot? Bear River has one ofthe state's anylevel — in 6-1 guard Chris Huber. who will play for the Universit f Utah next year. The Bearsalso h six oftheir top seven guys back from the team that won the Region7 championship and went16-7 before losing to champion Lehiin the state semifinals Lehi has ruled 3-A basketball this decade. having won thelast three championships and one in 1993 Ranked third, the Pioneers lack the size and experience oftheir last three teams but still have the magic man, Daye Filimoehala,oneof Utah's most underrated coaches. Until someone knocks Lehi off they're No. 1 in my book, ” said Park Here’s a look at the region racesin 3-A boys basketball, with predicted coach in the league picked e Bears win,but after that Region 7 shouldbe balanced. Class 3-A-has ) and three are Jim Price won his debut at Ogden’s helm, as the Tigers edged Wasatch 6967 Tuesday night in what may be looked back on as oneofthe top 3-A games ofthe year. Ogden doesn’t have oneof the Moorebrothersforthe first time in years, but should be competitive with Utah football recruit Ben Allison inside. Ben Lomond coach Clyde Moore says the Scots are solid offensively and defensively, with Brian Johnson their expected star, but they have already dropped a pair of games to 4-A schools. Granite can beat anyonein 3Aif Southern Utah signee Kenyon Rodgers is hot. He led 3-Ain scoring last year witha 23-point average In a coaching swap, Tooele nabbed former Granite assistant Don Deavila asits head man, while former Tooele head coach C yde Ahlquist was coaxedoutof retirement and wili help Ron Burnside at Granite Jason Youngis Morgan’s new coach. Heinherits a team with no experience or size, but is optimistic becanse Morgan play 1 ers always work hard Previous RICHFIELD —April Cox scored with 10 seconds remaining as Canyon View a@ 23-6 lead after one edged Richfield 51-50 in a quarter non-region game Sky View 52 Wednesday. Melissa Lloyd 3 SMITHFIELD — Annie scored six of her 13 pointsin Valley (03) 20) at Pontio scored 20 points as the fourth quarter to help ale —HataonBh on 3, Gn American Fork beat Sky Richfield regainthe lead be- fths Beay Sorensen 3.shaw 1 ira 6Mas View 53-52 in a non-region fore leaving with an injury 2 NGnifiths 4, Eyre 2, W ural adh iis game. Sky Viewattempted a with two minutes remaining. Barsdtaw’ 2 Barton Tals 3, with 16 points. ads 18, MeConkie 3. Totals 14 2 We've always had good Goals — Viewtmon97 games with Viewmont and cn Perkin Brighton 5 Hen: that was noexception,” said die 2P . e he Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sitrib.com 7 ‘ Record CLASS3-A —Bears saythisiis their year 0-1 basketball coaches whi have BearRiver No. 1 in the ‘first ‘Salttate Tribune poll of the season. [Get a copy of any Tribune photo. \ Rank School ton borderatthe top of Utah cameout of nowhere to win its only basketball state championshipin 1959. Whaley combined for 46 points to spark Whitehorse The Olympus Titans got to a 71-64 victory over Many revenge on the Bingham Farms, N.M., in the season Minersin a non-region girls opener for both teams. basketball game Wednesday night — ina big wa LindseyHille and Bekah Steenblik scored 17 points and Olympuswenton a Bean2. Whales 20, each eed Hascon Rents 23-8 scoring run in the second quarter and routed a ay Pars Bingham 75-49 at Olympus SF Whitehorse Whaley Annie Anderson grabbed 14 reboundsfor the unbeatDugway 89 en Titans. Hille drilledthree Meridian 38 three-pointers DUGWAY — Aaron Hoody scored a game-high sh 4, Seffensen ¥ Boa 10, 42 points and Nate Nichol Barney 2, Jackson 7. To: sonadded 15 as the Dugway ule 1, Andes Mustangsrouted the Merid Harris Allred ian Mongooses89-38 in non. 7 Die 2 oil 39148 region action Wednesday Three-PointOsrapus Goals —4 Bingham 3 (Steffensen 2 Daichi Oya led Meridian Applegate Hille 8, Ralphs) ranked Mountain Cres gion game. Matt Lebaron scored a game-high 26 bounds to propel North points, includingfive thre ridge to a 66-34 prep pointers, for Payson, while basketball win over Tooele Corey Monson (16 points) Tribune Prep Rankings BOYS BASKETBALL six new coaches(of in this league. beat Cedar a non-region Highland 42 JAY DREW scratch a 40-yeariteh. mit's rebounds to help new Wildcats coach Charles Mohler earnhis first victory by beating Altamont 83-70 in a non-region game on Wednesday Chris Larson Delta 48 =i Race Ta Cedar City 37 “Tar PontGoals — Noth Sumani3 oi CEDAR’ CITY — Jake: "it h#eae \Pee2: Reka Crom Nielsen and Joe Lovell com: bined for 3 points and the Parowan 54 points. — BY THE SALT AKE TRIBUNE TheBearRiver Bears are readyto boardofdirectors for 24 ofthe Past 25 years, said fellow official Tim Carr. “Few peoplein life are respected by everyone — Rexis oneof those few,” Carr si Editor's Note — Each week The Salt Lake.Tribune will recognize a person who contributes to Utah high schoolsports, beit a cheerleader, team managef, drill eam member, band member,etc. To nominate a “SidelineStar," contact Jay Drew at 237-2070 (local) or 1-800-865-1954 (long distance) game. Nielsen made four parns scored a game-high 21 three-pointers, while Bran points, but it wasn't enough ROY Despite Pioneers’ decade domination, Huber mightlead veteran team tofinal association's and Travis Baldwin (14) led the Mustangs. wes Sky View 69 Ba — Hated 4 BearRiver 62 (1.0 115 6 710 Sais GARLAND — T.J. Davis scored 19 points and Ben withaedat ‘andall chippedin17 asthe toat Gua — Sky View Bobeats fended Spee Three Polat Goals Coto CooperHills 6 (Darter Kemp 3) offtheBear River Bears 69 dain Sader Bar Py 62 intheseason opener for both teams Wednesday Union 75 Alta 55 night, Bear River's Chris Morgan 68 (OT) Clearfield 47 Huberled all scorers with SANDY — Garn Smith ROOSEVE Union points. scored 21 points to helpAlta Sky View made 10-of-11 free throws ( 1 189 inovertimeto beat Morgan Bear River cnhid 1a game 75-68 in a non-r on game y. The Hawk on Wednesday Rick Ra opened the gameon a Bear River mussen led Union with scoring run to earn their arf Mern points and 12 rebounds. first winoftheseason, Cliff Seott Benson scored 13 of Vesh Scholer led Clearfield with suokes eryRandall his 14 pointsin thefirst half ed Haber 13points, for Morgan SIT Granite 83 WoodsCross 49 Kenyon Rodgers scored 25 of his game-high 39 points in the secondhalf for anite in an 83-49 prep basketball win over Woods Cross on Wednesday. Eddie Murray 66 Johnson and Anthony Lone Peak 61 Parker added 12 and 11 MURRAY — Jared San points, respectively. for ford and Matt Thomas Granite scored 16 points apiece a: Wont Com (1 the Murray Spartans beat Strong Bear River Squad Could Win Its First State Title Since ’59 SIDELINE STAR winin their first gameofthe season Wednesday, beating Delta 51-35 at the Delta Center. 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