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Show ModDim Bemgal Ioss - LAYTON Doug Moon was given plenty of encouragement last Friday night, even though his Lancer basketball lost to Brighton. THE ENCOURAGEMENT factor emerged however in seeing how the club lost, which was by a single point to the defending state champions who have four returning starters back from last year's powerful team. The final was The Lancers had a chance to win the game but failed to make shot in the closing seconds. 55-5- 4, DART BASKETBALL Kinard Moon, well." Laytons Martin seconds before taking a last shot and missing. FOR THE night Darrell Martin chipped in 18 points, Rex Brimhall 1 tallied THE LANCERS at one point were down by 12 points and trailed by 10 going into halftime. But the Lancers came roaring back in the second half and went up by one point at one time. With a minute to go Brighton a coach-to-athlet- e match loss at Viking tournament. talk with Justin Julander after - the latter's championship Davis High put KAYSVILLE their first two victories of the year on the board this past week by beating both Layton and Ben No County Champs In Tough Viking Tourney the year. By KEITH DUNCAN For the Falcons, both Merrill Journal Sports BOUNTIFUL - Described by everyone who participated, the -- Viewmont Wrestling Invitational held last Friday and Saturday at Viewmont High was the most competitive one held in years. Johnson (132) and Todd Kopecky (138) made it to the finals Saturday night. But both went away with second places. Johnson fell to a tough West Jordan opponent who Johnson will probably have a chance to meet again before the season is over. Kopecky lost 2 to a solid Pleasant Grove wrestler. FINISHING third for the Falcons was Dennis Langford in the heavyweight division. He lost in 3-- DELTA HIGH, a school from central Utah, actually won the tournament. Finishing second was a solid team from Hillcrest led by Coach Don Neff. 2-- Finishing the highest among Davis County schools was Scott Tennis Clearfield High team which had two wrestlers in the fin-aSaturday night. VIEWMONT, the host school, enjoyed their finest performance of ls : ; but came back the through the consolation bracket and won two more matches. For Davis High, the Darts had Justin Julander their semi-fina- ls in the finals. But Justin ended up suffering his first defeat of the season as he lost to an aggressive Lomond. 2-- 4 pre-seas- games. is Gardners time to find out who will go to war with him during the regular season. Several players have begun to emerge as kids he will use a great deal when Region Four gets underway. Bankhead Falcons Barely Survive Nailbitters - After West Jordan on Tuesday and play Kearns on Friday. dealing with some games where the outcome wasnt really in doubt in their first three games, the Clearfield Falcons got a taste of real excitement last week. A COACH is never really happy until hes got the state championship in the bag, but Craig Hansen feels like his club is progressing well. No one has been able to the Falcons this season but the coach is not happy with the TO BEGIN the week, Clearfield was beaten by the Viewmont Vikings 1 but closed out the week with a thrilling four point win over in 9 the Ben Lomond Scots, overtime. triple In that winning effort over Ben Lomond, the Falcons got a final bucket from Greg Boykin and used two freethrows by Mark Adams to ice the win. way his club is shooting freethrows. Clearfield has done well to put in 50 percent of their charity stripe shots in recent 74-7- games. "Were not going to be real good freethrow shooters, its just one of those things, said Hansen. THE PLAY of Eric West was enlightening last week as the senior big man shot well and rebounded well. go-ahe- LAST FRIDAY they fell to Box Elder in Brigham City and as of in that game were 14 and Dan in 12 points. poured Defensively we played well, I was tickled with it, said Moon. MOONS hope is that his bigger kids can continue to get the experience before league play begins in January. 74-7- Jim Dickson has lead and Layton one-poi- worked in down to the final This week the Lancers will play West on Friday in Salt Lake and then travel to Woods Cross this Friday to play in a p.m. game. CLEARFIELD Tames took a impressed," said Doug The kids played real I WAS CLEARFIELD stood at 2 after the Ben Lomond Win. This week Clearfield will battle 3-- Pre-seas- opponent and had to settle for second place. OTHER finishers for Davis were Vaughn Casdorph who got sixth, Bruce Hinckley with a sixth and Reid Harrison a fifth. Harrison is of just the past few weeks move-i- n that will end up giving the Darts a lot of strength at either 1 12 or 19. For the Lancers, Mike Hansen had Brent Higgs take third in the tournament, losing a close 1 decision to his Wasatch opponent. Brent did come back through the consolation bracket to pick up a couple of wins for third. 1 2-- if LARRY Rynders captured sixth place for an impressive showing and Jacob Bench took fifth in the category. ONE SUCH player is Scott Moon who brought down 15 rebounds and 15 points against the Scots in the middle of the week. Hell be a good player for us before things are over with, said Gardner. was also impressed with I David Kinards play. He did a real good defensive job against Laytons Darrell Martin, holding him to four points in the first half of that game. COMING OFF the bench, Chris Card and Keith Hunsaker have starred at times. This week the Darts were to have played West Jordan on Tuesday and then do not play till after Mall Entertainment The Layton Hills Mall will host Christmas entertainment through Saturday, Dec. 22. All area performances are held in the center court of schedule The perforof the Mall Main level. mers is as follows: THURSDAY, Dec. 20, 4 p.m., Robin Provost singing group; 5 p.m., Hay Day Cloggers; 6 p.m., Layton Stars; 7 p.m., Ron Briell singing; 8 p.m., Pat Tibbitts singing. Friday, Dec. 21, 5 p.m., Country Kids; 6 p.m., Frank Beard singing; 7 p.m., Bonnie Steele, dancing. SATURDAY, Dec. 22, Noon, Frank Beard singing; 1 p.m., Shakeas Dar; 2 p.m., Layton Stars, 3 p.m., Sherry Rypien Cloggers; 6 p.m., Patti Jones, dmg PROFESSIONAL DOG the Christmas break. GROOMING BY PEOPLE WHO CARE Treat your dog to the best! All breeds. Large dogs welcome. continued from pg. I - Higgs Fits Hansens Mold the second, was victorious 10-- 0 in the third and pinned his final match. Last season Higgs had his finest season ever by finishing fourth in the state tournament, first in Region One, first at the Pleasant Grove tournament, first at Layton and third at the Viewmont event. In all he ended the year 26-AS A sophomore he basically set the stage for his senior season by ending the year with a 4 varsity record. His third place in region however showed some folks hed be back the following year to return some of the favors. 0 As a ninth grader he went and won the district championship as a representative from Central Junior. As a ninth grader he finished 10-- 1 , losing only in the final mch of the year, 6. 14-1- 11-- gave wrestling a try and his image since. hasnt hurt THE ULTIMATE pinacle of success for Higgs right now would be to capture a state championship, something that hasnt been new to Layton wrestlers of his kind in the past. Higgs would like to continue on in the bracket but there are chances he would drop a weight to 138 before the state tournament rolls around. IN ORDER to win it all, Ive 145-pou- still got things to learn from Coach Hansen. Hes told me that being a fighter is more important than anything however, said Higgs. No one deserves the title more, said Hansen, When it in his weight this year that No Tranquilizing Now Featuring cold weathering styling ThnbeHynns Parlor Grooming 45 E. Gentile will be No. Main, Bountiful 161 tough to crack. Both Brighton and Hillcrest have top quality kids and Brent will have his work cut out when he meets them. No. 7, Layton 46-4917-29- 5-6123- comes to hard work, morals, being a good student and everything else, Brent is tops in my book. HIGGS is one of the funnest to have in the wrestling room. There is no question hes going to fight to the end. As far as winning the whole thing however, there are a few kids WERE.CELEBRATING OURT50ttuYEAR CLOTHING STORE 2-- 1. THAT MAKES for a combined record of 6 2 over four and a half season of non-sto- p wrestling action and Higgs has loved every minute of it. It has been fun. I dont think Ill ever forget these times, -- 1 THIS YEAR had a new dimension placed on it when our Brian Bailey quit the team, something that has made wrestling a responsibility too. 1 know the younger kids look 1 and me to hope I can be posiup tive enough to lead them. IT WAS a complete shock to me when I heard Brian was leaving the team. I was surprised, thats all 1 can say. Brian wasn't having fun 5 Function Black Sports Watch for Men, Women or Kids with Purchase of $25 or More I misses guess. BUT FOR me PANTS its just the oppo- site, its the greatest thing on earth, said Higgs. Higgs, who was a lineman of all things on the football team, was introduced to the sport by Coach Lynn Foxley at Central Junior. Brent loved football too, but two years prior it had been lifted from Davis County junior highs. 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