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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAViS NEWS JOURNAL VAHC2 198 By DAVE WIGKAM For the first time m many fans years basketball throughout the area are looking forward to a great 4A tournament this next week at the Special Events Center on the campus of the University of Utah. THE REASON for all the excitement is that for the first time in several years theres no real cut favorite for the tournament. Opinion is that anyone of the sixteen teams in the event could walk away w ith the first place honors In the past years there has always been a top dog entering the event, first there was Brett Vroman and the Bulldogs of Provo, then of late there has been the Danny Vranes and Skyline teams But this year there is no dominant team. No one is undefeated. More importantly no one has conceded the title to anyone else it I t . ft-vrZ'- VJb ,i55 V iirrlf m tLSP9 nin Aff sf"!tl COACH DUKE Reid of Brighton sums up the feelings of the coaches when he stated, "For the first time Ive been involved there is no clear cut favorites. Im excited for the tournament. The team that gets hot will win guess the Bingham club would be considered a favorite, and in our two games with them we lost one tn overtime and the other a one pointer. The teams are all close, should be a great tournament." So Bingham gets a little edge in mentioning as possible winners Yet the Miners haven't been so awesome this 1 CLEARFIELD GALS tough. Highland has the M ke Maxwell show, this is the best guard around He can shoot anytime he crosses and sometimes before Olym pus has a lot of their playets mid-cou- By DAVE W1GHAM None of the coaches really know what the other regions have to offer but most of them admit that when the girls 4A state basketball championships get underway in a week there will be two strong teams from Davis County who both have good shots at the title. LACK OF communication between the coaches, with help from the media, seems to be the reason that no one knows what the rest of the state is doing in girls athletics. Only way the coaches know about the other teams throughout the area is by word of mouth from officials who have worked games in the various regions Region One qualifies five teams automatically into the tournament which will be held in the old gymnasium at Weber State College beginning on Monday, March 13 The sixth place plays a sixth place team from another region for the final berth VIEWMONT, Clearfield, Weber and Layton are in The Roy and Sky View teams will meet m a playoff to determine fifth and sixth The winner goes and the loser gets the playoff with a Salt Lake sc hool In a quick check of the officials the three teams that keep popping up as the odds favorites on in the tour- nament are Viewmont, Orem and Clearfield The Orem club is undefeated, as is Viewmont, while Clearfield has only lost two all year both of those to the Vikings COACH LYNN Dubois of Viewmont doesn't know that much about the Orem crew "An official told us that they have a good big center and a really good guard who shoots exceptionally well and leads the show What could the Orem coach have heard about the two teams from up here View mont could be categorized as having a tall and talented front line with two of the quickest guards in the state Clearfield would be an ex- cellent shooting forward who from anywhere and a great ballhandling guard tan score WITH THEIR two wins over the Falcons, the Viewmont team would have to be considered as the best from Region One The Vikings do everything well They can lun, shoot, play good solid defense and press In the Clearfield games the Vikes got great performances out of their great sophomore Debbie This Asper A little bit of San Francisco can be found at the bedutiful Bratton's Cove in Bountiful" Mon. thru Jot." 1! fi Seafood gfgfj p Kx. THE VIKES are 14 0 through league play and overall, with wins over Davis, Hillcrest and Cyprus besides ihe league opponents They have three strengths, height, shooting and quickness Their Bountiful weakness, who knows? Clearfield is the defending state champion and isnt about to give up the title w ithout a fight Although they dropped two games to the Vikes they still have their heads up and want another shot at them They say one person cant win a game, let alone a championship, but if one person ever could pull off that fete then the Falcons Jackie Beene would be that person SUPERB SEAFOOD & STEAKS fAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE 1385 S. 500 West SENIORS Karen Eckman and Debbie Halford give the Vikes probably the biggest team in the state. Karen is 5 10, Debbie H stands 63 and Debbie A is about 6T. They seem to rule the boards at both ends of the floor Big people are no good if the guards cant get them the ball and the Vikes are blessed with a couple of beauties in seniors Shelly Green and Chris Whetton Both handle the ball well and work it in to the big gals, but if teams sag inside on the Vikes these two are excellent shooters and can hit over them 17-- 0 Jf w Vjl sophomore has the college scouts chomping at the bit, they cant wait to get their hands on her for their program She has an uncanny ability to hit the turn around jump shot and has the height needed to go underneath. AJL-I0PJ- CLOSED SUNDAY Phono 295-223-4 UNDOUBTEDLY Beene is the best player in the state No one argues that point She has a great jump shot and can hit it from anywhere within 20 feet Not your normal girl jump shot, she has the best form and could be a training tool for any program on how in shoot correctly Jackie also has good quickness, excellent peed and good jumping THE FALCONS won all n contests and their all but two of their league encounters Neither of the losses to the Vikings were walkaways, they could upset the Vikes on a given night A third Davis County school which will be in the tournament will be the Lancers from Layton They played well enough to place in the top four and get the berth Although not in the category of the Viewmont or Clearfield teams the Lancers play a good brand of backetbail LEADING THE way for the Lancers hopes of pulling off some upsets are a couple of Karens, Ashy and Cnttenton These two, along with Townsend, are the main stays on the Layton team As mentioned no one really knows who will or wont be lough in the tournament The Salt Lake league didnt have a dominating team, Skyline and tast along with Sky View seem to be the most Gesners their efforts Local War Vets o Get 8170,000 against Bingham Brad Heaps and Sieve Tapp score about 37 points between them each outing and that spells trouble lor some teams There is some good news out of Washington for Davis Countys war veterans According to a government an nouncement, they will be sharing in the months ahead in a payout of $445 6 million UP NORTH in our own 1 gion the Roy club is as pood n as any around In ihe Royals beat Olympus on ihe Titan floor Roy has every ingredient needed for a championship team, a big man in Sholtec, a good forward in Sindie and a couple of pood quick guards in Fernandes and Benington V, ebt-- r has a shot at winning tournament surance funds recipients are holders vets who have Veterans Special Life InKorean surance (VSLI) The 1,650 local residents who are on the receiving end represent only a fraction, 20 percent, of the 8,250 world war and Korean vets in the area VtHAT they will receive will vary in amount, depending upon their age and the size and type of their policies For world war I vets the average will be $224 For those who were in world war II, $117, and for Korean vets, breakdown shows that government checks totahrg approximately $178,000 will be paid to some 1,650 former servicemen in the local area NOT included are Vietnam veterans They are covered by Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGL1), a term policy that does not pay dividends They receive other compensating benefits The announcement, by the Johnson, Veterans Administration, $445 6 million is the largest dividend it has ever declared The previous notes that the high was $403 4 $29 THEIR checks will reach them automatically on the million THE increase, it is explained, is chiefly due to anniversary dates of higher interest rates that have been earned by the in WE WANT TRADES! 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Government Life In surance (USGL1) and to A allace and Florence form one of the best trio of big people in the area These three get hot and people are m trouble Layton has been playing well of late Coach Moon has Ins team peakirg at the right time Woodward, Anuerson, Bubak, Flint and Dixon have the last year tional Service Life Insurance (NSLI), issued to those who saw service in the second world war THE MONEY will go to those veterans of world war I, world war II and the Korean War who have maintained their G I insurance in force It represents dividends that have accrued on their policies A in or two Most of the Davis County LAYTON men- or so If you haven't seen a girls game for a couple of vears youre in for a surprise The gals play a good brand of ball, they're aggressive in iheir game Support these gals, they have worked hard and this area may just well superintendent. process safe on all fiber. Recommended by leading fabric manufacturer All work guaranteed by licensed Insured and factory trained specialist WEST IS known as a tournament club, Clark Godfrey has a habit of bringing a so so i lab into the state event and winning Placers like Mike Ottuson and Brent Hewitson are no exception to the Panther tradition Brighton has given the best it a ms prob!ems, as noted by 1573 North Main Viewmont and Clearfield squads were by far the best A Our Anything can and FROM James Furniture happen will happen AFFORD tioned Down south the Orem team seems next with Kearns behind them Up here the Senior Professional Carpet and BUT THEN that's what makes this years tournament so much better than the ones in the past five or six years No one knows whats going to mside-outsid- ability To coin a phrase, she is a coachs dream Clearfields other players, and they are good ones, fine their include ballhandling guard Denise Russell Ms Russell is a fine dribbler who gets the ball up the floor in a hurry, she is also a great defensive player Outstanding i&Pbliim rt 1 1 tenter Fred Roberts, stop IN SALT Lake City some of never convince anyone that there should be a heavy favorite. Some team that havent even mentioned will probably win the gold medal Slaymaker and Steve Clark e back to form a great combination CLEARFIELD has a great shot at winning everything ( oach Rodger Reid has a well oiled machine going into the their schools are considered in a week s, looters into the contest Defending state champions Skyline arent going to lay down and die without a fght hey have the likes of Eric year. Clearfield destroyed him and youll win, but not many teams have been able to do that Clearfields Jackie Beene shoots over Viewmonts Debbie Asper in a game recently won by the Vikings Looking on are rikes Debbie Halford (45) and Chris Whetton (12) Both clubs are strong contenders for the state title which is up for grate when the state tournament begins coachs son, Doug Milne leads this array of sharp The although their chances were hurt when they lost Trawick io an injury But Montgomery, Coleman and Hall are all still healthy and they could find that magic feeling them m a pre season contest and as mentioned they had problems winning against Brighton. The Miners have the best big man in 4A in 6 8" No matter which way you look at the tournament youll jelled together and have won three in a row entering the tournament, including some pressure contests. EVEN Viewmont and Sky View have a shot at the crown. The Vikings have played well in the past several weeks and people like Curtis, Hanks and Hess could have good games in the tournament and win it all Sky View has the quickness and the guard line to pull off some upsets back from the team that placed second in the state last year, people like Ron Ence and BoD Hall are hoping to go one better than last year East is one of the hottest teams going into the tournament, they have knocked off the big boys in the past few games financing contracts based on approved credit, monthly payments computed on 36 month lease purchase agreement With 45 percent of selling as residual value Sales tax on monthly payment price only 1573 N. MAIN, |
