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Show ram WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 21, 1980 NORTH DAVIS LEADER, FEBRUARY 21, 1980 Layton Battles Weber Bv DAVE Granted most LAYTON people would have thought that this late in region action the Weber club would be involved in a big game to determine the champion but how many would have thought they would be playing Layton. THIS IS the same Lancer school that lost everyone from their club of a year ago that finished fourth in state, which was the highest place ever for the Layton people. Then too the Lancers were slow starters in practice outings only to burst onto the scene when the league action began. Then after w inning four in a row the Lancers lost a couple and seemed to be heading downhill again. Time to gut U up and play hard basketball which is just what they did and now they find themselves heading into the game with Weber with first place on ihe Looks Foir Mot By DAVE WIGHAM CLEARFIELD - More than likely Coach Craig Hansen has already told his club to put last week's loss to Layton completely out of their minds. Forget it even happened and concentrate on the matters at hand. THOSE MATTERS are in the form of Sky View as the Bobcats come into town for a Region One battle this Friday. After last weeks action the Falcons sport a record which is identical to their 4-- 4 opponents. Sky View enters the game with a win over Bonneville this past week while Clearfield comes in licking their wounds after a thrashing at Layton. Some teams seem to have a jinx over others and such is the case when the two northern Davis County Clubs get together. IN THEIR first meeting the Falcons traveled up north and came away with a big win on the Bobcats home floor and the Cache Valley crew would like nothing better than to return that favor this week. One never knows what will happen in a high school basket-ba- il game and any coach will testify to that fact. A week ago the Falcon coaches were confident about their game with Layton, they were ready mentally. Somehow though they came out as flat as one team can get and were never really in the game from the opening tipoff. They did make a mild run in the third period but for all purposes the game was over. THAT CAN only mean one thing as far as the Clearfield people are concerned. They after it hard in practice all week and are anxious to get after someone again. The Bobcats are up for that honor. Coach Hansen has built a lot of pride into this program and the Falcons will come out fighting made to rectify the loss. Sky View comes into the game with the highest point production in the league. Unfortunately for them though they are also giving up more w ent points per outing than any other region club. In fact the Falcons have given up 57 less points in region games than have the Bobcats. Defense is a good word around Clearfield. BIGGEST PROBLEM line. fac- CLEARFIELD needs outside help to get back into the race for the region title, but they can help themselves into the state tournament with a win this week. As mentioned, pride plays a big role in the Clearfield system and that pride could shine this Friday. ITS I Many local wrestlers were involved in the state wrestling tours nament held this past week at the University of Utah. Here Kevin Freestone (on top) takes on Roberts Johnson of Davis. Local people took a total of five individual titles while Mike Hansen of Layton and Frank Thompson of Davis were named outstanding coaches in their respective divisions. View-mont- STATE By DAVE WIGHAM their league record in perfect shape. The loss also put the Dart tie for team in a two-wasecond place with Box Elder, both clubs have 2 marks. That will be broken this Friday when the Darts get to go up north and play on the Bees' home floor. KAYSVILLE Alright then, lets talk about facts. y Sometimes we dont like to face up to them but they are right there in front of us no matter what we do or say. TRUTH IS the Ogden basketball team are the number one team in the region right now, some point to them as the best in the state. Last week the Tigers handed these Davis players their second league loss and in the process kept GOING INTO last weeks contest with the Tigers, the head man at Davis had noted if first place were on the line then he would consider the slowdown tactic to stop the high SALT LAKE CITY Individual competitors from the Davis County schools fared well at the state wrestling meet as they claimed a total of five state championships. Woods Cross in a good match. This was a rematch of the region championship. 14-- 7 Senior Kevin Freestone came back strong after dropping a match in the opening round-tclaim fourth at 155 and junior Kevin Ball was sixth at 19. 1 TEAM-WISthe Layton club came away with the best showing with a third place finish in the 4A team chase. Over in the 3A race the Davis Darts were fourth. Woods Cross was fifth and Viewmont finished seventh. The Wildcats of Woods Cross claimed the most individual championships as both Jeff Lewis and Jason Whitney topped off undefeated seasons with first place efforts in their respective weights. Jeff won his championship match in great shape taking a lopsided 24-- 7 victory while Jason won 14-- 7 over Craig Cook of View-mon- t. THE ONLY other Wildcat to place in the top six was Jeff Olson who placed sixth in the 145 pound class. Davis was led by their state champion Roger Parsell who won the tough 126 pound class to top off a great season. Three other Darts lost one match but then came back to claim third place, Gregg Schuller at 167, Robert Steed at 185 and Jon Warden in the heavyweight division. THAT MEANT that the county schools finished in the 185 pound division. with the top two being seniors and Steed, a sophomore, things look bright for this Dart in the future. Rounding out the team effort for the Davis crew was Gard VanAnthwerp, a fourth at 132, Eric Porter a fifth at 145, and sixth place finishes from Andy Thompson at 145 and Robert Johnson at 155. VIEWMONTS efforts were led by a great performance from James Larkin who won the title at 138 pounds. Larkin was not considered a favorite in this weight but he wrestled well and came up the winner. Craig Cook got to the finals at 185 only to fall to Whitney of BOUNTIFUL was represented in the final six by junior Chris Merrill who placed fifth in the tough 126 class. Chris lost a very close match by one point in the semifinals or he could have won the title. Only a junior he returns next season to improve his standings. In the 4A competition the Lancers of Layton were seeking a state crown to go along with their region championship but they fell a little short although several wrestlers had good tournaments. DWAINE Martinsen gave them their only individual title by winning the crown in the 38 pound class. Lance Olesen placed second in the 26 pound weight dropping a close match in the finals. Placing third for the squad was Kurt Gallegos at 119 and Gary Christiansen at 167. Fourth place awards were Time To Registration For Little League gers prevailed. While the Darts w ere getting beat the second place Bees were having a tougher than exs pected time in downing Bear River by three points. If not for the shooting of their fine guards in the second half, the Bees could one-tw- win-les- have very easily been the Bears first victim of the region wars. Baseball March 8th Registration for Clinton Little League baseball will begin March 8 at the Clinton City Office Building. Boys ages 8 through 12 are eligible to play Little League ball. A $10 per boy fee will be charged with an additonal $5 for a second boy irt the family or $20 per family if there are more than two boys in one family. An additional charge of $2 will pay for a hat. Any boy not registered by April 2 will be put on a waiting list. Tryouts for teams will be held April 2 at noon at the city office building grounds. Boys will be placed on teams according to age. 1 preseason to be one of the top clubs, some felt they would give Ogden a better battle than they have. They have some excellent talent and good size inside which is a concern to the Dart coaches. In Scott Hill the Box Elder club has one of the premiere guards in the state. At 6'4" this senior is considred by many college scouts as a big time college prospect. He can do it all as they say. shoot, jump and plays good defense. He has Quiz 1. What year did Bob Seagien win the Olympic Pole Vault? Who won the Bing C rosby Gold TourNational Pro-Anament? r 3. Who won the NBA 2. been the leading scorer on the club all season. His junior brother is also a top player for the Bees, he got 24 last week. These two combine to give them a great punch. Hying Ogden crew. Well the tup spot was on the line and the Darts tried to slow down the contest but in the end the Ti- 21-- 6 Sports is Darts Seek Win Over Box Elder Bees o game? 4. What is Roger Bannister best know n for? 5. Who was golfs first $1 million w inner? BIG LOREN Dalton will also give the smaller Darts problems. This senior center was credited with rebounds and five blocked shots in their win a week ago. Senior Jeff Emery again led Answers: the Davis scoring with 12 points against Ogden. One 5. I96X. 17 ft. 80 in. (ieorge Burns. East 144. West 136. He ran the first sub 1. 2. 3. 4. mile. Arnold Palmer. player who had an off night last week was senior Pat McGill who failed to score. He's the type of player though that w ill come out smoking this week. BOX ELDER was picked in By DAVE WIGHAM BOTH ILl BS enter the league records, game with two full games ahead of Ihe next teams. Layton leads the league, at least is tied with Clearfield, in defense as far as points allowed is concerned. Lay ton comes into this weeks outing with a convincing win over rival Clearfield while the Warrior club comes in follow ing an impressiv e w in over Rov. IN THEIR win last week the Lancers came out hot and got even hotter as the night progressed. Before the Falcons knew what was going on ihe Lancers had built up a lead, at times in the first half they had a 30 point bulge built up. It was the inside work ol Mark Lee plus some excellent passing from floor general Dave Burke that was the downfall of the Clearfield five. Lee ended the night with 22 points on a variety of shots, he seemed to dominate under the boards using his superior jumping ability against the small Clearfield front court. WHEN NOT dishing out great assists Burke was filling the nets to the tune of 16 points 2 ing the Falcons will be the size of the Bobcats up front. Not neccesarily in the height department but the Sky View Headclub is big weight-wising the list is forward Rand Hendricks, who had a game high 19 points in the win over Bonneville. The Cats are well balanced though as Eddie Benson and Jon McKenna, who also both scored in double figures. These two have been starters for several years and know what it takes to win. The guards continue to be the best players for the Clearfield team with the likes of Greg Boarden. Brook Hicks and Danny Perkins. These backcourt people have been the leading point producers. Last week Boarden had 15 and Hicks another 14. 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The Warriors are strong inside with muscle and have some excellent outside shooters in the likes of Van Fuller. Their game plan is to work hard inside, battle on the boards and get the fast break going. THE LANCERS will have to get a good performance from the up front people. Lee. Owens and Sackett will have to hold their own in the rebounding department. Then the guardline will have to play close to stop the outside shooting touch of the Warriors. Offensively the Lancers need to get the ball out fast and get some points from the forwards. Rebounding will be the key in this outing, he who gets the most will win the game. coaches and scorekeepers. Anyone desiring more information about the Little League program should call the Clinton city hall. Steelers Best Pros In Football History? 1 won by James Suitt at heavyweight. Steve Kittrell at 155 and Paul Dupaix at 98. Robbie Zamora was fifth at 105 as was Brian Brown at 145. Clearfield was headed by a fourth place finish from Blake McMillan in the 145 pound weight. Other Falcons to place in the meet were Steve Ulibar-r- i, a fifth at 98 and Alvin Bronson, a sixth at 126. COACH MIKE Hansen of the Layton club was also selected as the Outstanding Coach by his peers in the 4A ranks. Mike guided the Lancers to the region title and their third place state finish. Of Course It's Nonsense "Pa. w hat is the difference between a cat and a comma? Pa: 1 dont' know. What is Son: it?" Son: A cat has claws at the end of its pause, and a comma is a pause at the end of a clause." up to other team strengths, though good. Thus, the team as a whole might well be the best ever. By PETER FjRITCHIE speculation centers on the question whether the Pittsburgh Steelers are the best pro football in the history of the game. A good case can be made that they are. They are the only team to have won four Superbowls. THERE ARE doubters because Terry Bradshaw is probably not the best quarterback in the game's history. Bradshaw is one of the best. Yet even in the recent victory over L.A.. he threw the ball straight into enemy hands three times. The case for the Steelers is based on the fact that they have so many great players on both offense and defense. Be- cause of this, it's very hard to look back over pro football history and find a team their equal. JOHN Stallworth, who made two incredible catches Jan. 20 and Lynn Swan, may be as good as any two receivers ever. The defensive line, Joe Green and all. backed by Jack Lambert, may be as good as any. The running game and the offensive line may not be quite Ace I the place with the Helpful Hardware Man. Car & Stereo Hand and Power Tools Paint Accessories Bicycles & VIR COLOR TV Big 1.3 cu. ft. capacity microwave oven cooks fast by time or temperature. 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