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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, MARCH 6, 1985 0 of them. We didn't play up to our By TOM HARALDSEN potential or abilities. We let an - SAI T LAKE CITY Davis High basketball coach Mike Gardner has never been one to inince words, especially when it comes to playing v a Larry Maxwell and the Higharch-coachin- g I land Hams. in- arent as ferior team beat beat us but us as they good us-t- hey rr WAS the Darts third loss in a row, but Gardner claimed "We played a lot worse tonight than in our last two games (against East SO FOLLOW INC the Darts 54-'- 2 loss Friday night, a loss that dampened but did not destroy their g state playolT hopes, it wasn't to hear Gardners words once he exited a subdued locker mom. "We had our chances, about six 24-a- ll 8 tonight. He and Bountiful), a lot worse. was particularly concerned about the lack of perimeter shooting, Davis' poor shooting in the first quarter (25 percent), and the fact that only two of his starters really produced. Despite all that, it was close to the end. 38-3- the ball continuously around the perimeter looking for inside shots. Davis made 5 of 7 field goals in the quarter, while the Rams made 5 of 8. Highland took a 40-3- 5 lead as the final period began, but Davis again fought back as Lloyd hit a jumper and Moon converted a play. Each of them THE RAMS increased their lead 2 to just two minutes into the 18-1- second quarter, but then Scott Moon went to work. In the course of 40 seconds, Moon tallied three baskets, the final one awarded on a goaltending call with 4:02 to go. Is Mayes ll 24-2- 2-- bounded and Brandon Peterson was fouled. His charity toss made it with 40 seconds left. THOUGH DAVIS made two great baskets in the last 12 seconds, one on a running jumper by Lloyd and another on a rebound by Jon Rees, their efforts fell short. with scored again to make it 42-afive minutes to go. IT WAS here that Davis made a crucial and controversial, turnover. Highland had just thrown the ball away, and the Darts had a chance to take the lead. But while bringing the ball into forecourt, it appeared to hit the foot of aHigh-lan- d defender. The officials saw it the other way, and the Rams got the ball. With less than two minutes left, the and Highland leading 50-4- 0 lead, Highland moved to a but Davis got a score from l.loyd and two free throws from Mike at Taylor to knot the score at half. Defense ruled the third quarter, Highland taking a 5 lead as Rob Groot tallied seven points. Both teams showed patience, Highland Davis led only once, at 0 on an opening hoop by Casey Lloyd. But the score was tied seven times at 2. 18, 24, 40, 42, 46 and 48. Highland pulled to a 13-- lead after one quarter, paced by Mike Fisher with six points and three rebounds. Davis shot just 3 for 12 from the field, and seemed to have serious trouble getting the ball inside. 51-4- 8 Highland shot 20 for 43 from the field, compared to Davis21-46- . Davis had 21 rebounds to 23 for Highland, and seven turnovers compared to five for the Rams. The in Region, face Darts, now Viewmont at home and then play at Woods Cross. To make state, they probably need at least one victory 8, 4-- road Darts suffered another call. Taylor drove for a layup and was clearly hammered by Groot, but no call was made. Highland re 4 in those games. Mother Of Mothers At Layton High Moons Lancers ... X 'TpA7:TZ7'MT&"' Fall-Pre- y Again "i't1" frrt 'mi V - t A ' .to.: f a' m. ' y i' , , I t'i, Falcon-Jin- x 1 ' ,' ,u., s' i' I: tf- '' VAV.v.y.yy,y.- WITH THE heart of the story By KEITH DUNCAN told, there is still the ending Journal Sports EARFIEF.D Its amazing how an intense rivalry can transcend a somewhat medicore season. ( ' 'frYf .;JL .c B To ' I I r OCCURRED once on Friday night at Clearfield as Laton and Cleat field battled for pride and their future lives in tournament play. It happened again on Saturday in Proxo where Utah and BYU were spilling their talents out for the same kind of things. NONE OF these teams were in the running for a respective championship but a couple of g witnessed two exhibitions that in a way makes up for the drought and drain of 85. When the weekend dust had cleared it was Utah and Clearfield that had survived the mayhem. though. It brings up the question of who will finish second behind Bonneville this year. That ending will be told this Friday as Clearfield visits Box Elder and Layton meets Roy. If both Clearfield and Layton win and finish with 4 marks, then the Falcons would enter the state event as the second place team by 6-- L' Z , r; j T ,5 j virtue of their two wins over Layton. It was a typical Clearfield-Layto- n said Clearfield's game, Craig Hansen as he pointed out the intensity, the emotion and the rug- ?: ' '' '.Jib. ged, physical play under the basket. extra-big-crow- nail-bitin- THE FALCONS, now 4 in league play and deadlocked with Layton for second place in Region One basketball, won their fifth straight game against the Lancers which qualified them for another coveted trip to the state tournament. Layton, meanwhile, which also w ill be in attendance at the U. of U. later this month, will have to wait another 12 months before figuring out a wav to crack the Falcon-jin5-- x. I WAS impressed with the way both teams handled the pressure of the game, continued Hansen. Layton didnt get off to the best start but they came back with their horses in the second half and made sure the fans got their moneys worth. The Lancers may have been a before the little game which caused them to break out of the gate at a walk. I dont know what our problem is against too-pump- Clearfield. The kids do it to themselves against those guys, said Laytons Doug Moon. THE LANDERS scored only 4 points in the opening period, a jumper by Rex Brimhall with 4:15 left Eric Wests shot in rn the closing seconds put the clamps on Layton who lost for the fifth straight time to Clearfield. and another by Darrell Martin at the 2:33 mark. Of course Clearfield wasnt a whole lot better as they managed only six points for a 4 first quarter lead. 6-- Laytons offensive troubles didn't improve through the next quarter either as they scored eight more points for a grand total of 14 points at halftime. The most impressive basket by a Lancer came from Martin who made a twisting, winding reverse lay-u- that p aweded a few folks. BUT IT was Clearfield's explosion in the second quarter that got the most talk, in fact it may have been the eight minutes that actually put the game in the win column. You could credit people like Kenny Ashby who came off the bench to score on a couple of quick offensive rebounds and before the half had ended had poured in six points. And how bout the Falcons reserve center Lee Parry who also scored six points in that stint i- ncluding an offensive bound which gave his team manding 24-1- 2 rea com- lead. BUT MOST of the dazzling stemmed from the efforts of Eric West who played his best game of the year according to Hansen. West scored 13 points for the evening, grabbed nine rebounds, had three steals and dished out four assists. And it was during the second quarter that he electrified the crowd with a deadly dunk shot that literally brought the roof down and nearly shattered the glass backboard. At the moment it happened I i 53-4- 9 win at 39-2- MARTIN continued his spirited play to begin the final quarter and helped bring Layton to within six, 39-3- 3 and moments later to within four, 43-3- 9. At the 4:40 mark, Clearfield's Hicks scored a pair of freethrows which made it 9 but Bankhead and Brimhall brought the Layton fans to their feet w ith a pair of baskets which made it 45-3- BUT THATS when the Clearfield front line took over. Greg Boykin proceeded to score three straight points and Ashby drove the baseline for a great score to make it 50-4- 3 in a Hash. But it still wasn't over. Bank-hea- d drilled another as did Martin and with just 19 seconds left. Layton trailed only BUT THE MVP of the game. West, netted a Clearfield insurance basket after a nifty play to preserve the win for the Falcons. The crowd at the Clearfield-Laytogame on Friday was perhaps the largest one in years. Theres no question the crowds n arent as big as what they used to be, but we would have been school got behind us, Hansen. call from Coach Neil McCarthy to lead the charge. THE CHARGE was to help lead the way for the Weber State basketball team to win its 20th game of season and if that hapthe '84-8- 5 pened, then at the same time help Coach McCarthy win his 200th basketball game as a major college coach. Campbell accepted the challenge and helped Weber State to a 96-7- 6 romp over the University of Idaho last Saturday evening in Ogden. THE 1 senior scored 20 first half points and a total of 34 to give the Weber State coach his 200th career win and the team its 20th win of the season. Campbell also pulled down 14 rebounds. He went 13 of 17 from the field for the evening and was also a perfect 8 for 8 from the freethrow line. It was the seventh time in the last 10 years that Weber State has won 20 or more basketball games. 7-- THE WILDCATS will enter the Tournament this Thursday as they play Idaho State in a game that begins at p.m. Big Sky 1 Interesting Tid-bit- s Follow State Meet 4-- A - CLEARFIELD Here are some facts and figures recently put wresttogether about the 1985 ling tournament. 4-- A I WAS tickled with the way the said Hansen. Layton's Moon voiced his support of his school as well. The kids, the pep club, just everyone was behind us. I hope itll continue when we get to the tournament," he said. THERE were a total of 72 medals awarded for first place through sixth place at the state meet held at Alta High a few weeks ago. Of those 72 medals, 50 of them went to seniors, 15 went to 11th graders, five went to sophomores and two went to ninth graders. One of the sophomore medals went to John Walters of Clearfield who took third at 98. over- basketball moves Ive seen school basketball." ERIC HAS been so consistent for us all through league play. He's our leading rebounder and the man were looking to lead us, said - OGDEN Former Layton High student, Shawn Campbell, got a 51-4- 9. flowing had the game been played in the old gym, said Hansen. in high Campbell Sparks Big Win 45-4- didn't think much about it," said Hansen, But after seeing the crowd's reaction it settled in my mind as one of the most stunning Darrell Hicks glides with the ball during Clearfields home. But the second half saw Layton come alive and not slip away in a coffin. It was Martin who kept his teams hopes alive as he scored eight third quarter points and contributed on defense' with three steals. And Layton wasn't hurt any by the shooting of Dan Bankhead who blitzed a couple from the parking lot. After three though, Clearfield still led 226 12 points, the region which Davis High represents. Another amazing statistic was that Region Two did not have a single region champion fail to place at the state tournament. Region One meanwhile hade four region champs fail to place while Region three and Four had six region champs apiece that never placed at state. REGION TWOS total record of individual wins and losses during Rethe two-da- y event was 123-462-9One finished gion Region 8 Three was and Region Four was 55 and 88. of Region Two accounted for the 12 state champions and had a grand total of 39 wrestlers place in the top six. Only Region One produced another state champ. 1. 2, 67-8- REGION Two scored the most number of points in the tournament by racking up an amazing total of 659'2 points. That region includes the likes of Brighton, Alta, Hill-creand West Jordan who all finished in the top five at state. The second most points were piled up by Region One with 263 points, the region which includes Clearfield, Layton and Box Elder. Coming in third was Region Four who totaled st 1 1 THE 12 champions at the state meet produced an average record of 1 through the entire season. The 12 runner-up- s had an average 25-2-- record of 2 1 -- . |