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Show t i f - iw WEEKLY REFLEX By KEITH DUNCAN campion, Bountiful. They were much taller than the Falcons and clearly a better team than the squad that had been beaten by 1 1 points in Clearfield during the SALT LAKE CITY If you want something bad enough, you can usually get it. Such was the case with the Clearfield Falcons last Monday night in the Special Events Center where they completely destroyed Woods Cross in the first round of the state basketball tournament, 69-4- BUT THE problem was that no one told Coach Wayne Baker and his crew how much the Clearfield kids wanted to win and do well in the 1982 state 8. the state playoffs. And aside from all the guttiness, of w'hich there was plenty to see, Gardner lived up to his reputation. No matter what the odds, a Mike Gardner led team will somehow, someway find a way to try and beat you. By KEITH DUNCAN TO START the game, the 4-- In SALT LAKE CITY the 16 years that Mike Gardner has been the general of Davis Dart basketball there have been few performances that would rank with the intensity and guttiness of which the PART OF the credit for that tremendous outburst goes to Clearfield's 64 guard Lane Riggs who almost broke the opponents back. It was his long outside jumper that broke the scoring ice for Clearfield and put his team back into the lead. The next time down the floor, Riggs picked up the t, basketball at got to the foul line and pumped in another jumper. The play that dealt Woods Cross their biggest blow was Riggs steal and breakaway that finally resulted in a slam dunk. The stuff shot had the Clearfield crowd on their feet. single-handed- they couldnt even do that. Greg Gurr threw the ball away the next time down the court. Clearfield came back and capitalized on a three point play by Mike Rhodes. With the score both Baker and Hansen be 63-4- 4, Royals had demolished the Darts with their towering against the Darts you would have thought theyd somehow try and talk their way into postponing the game. height and sharp shooting. Nothing was different in Tuesday night's clash with the Royals still averaging 66 among four of their players' while Davis was lucky if 62 was theirs. in the year the Not through yet. Brian Taylor, probably the finest prep basketball player in the state and certainly the heart of the Davis team, contacted the same sickness Lange had five days before the tournament began. BUT. ..ITS too bad it couldn't have ended on a little happier note. Despite the gutty effort, Davis fell,, victim to a Roy in the first round of team, all-ti- i d TAYLOR WAS almost short of brilliant, considering he was playing sick. The talented lefty poured in 29 points including a bucket with 23 seconds left that tied the score at Roy, who had trailed of the game, took the ball down to their end of the court and called time out with 15 seconds left. 58-5- 6 Peterson 56-5- Named Bountiful Coach three-quarte- TED SMITH, the veteran Royal coach, mapped the strategy. Whether it was planned or not, Robb Thomas lofted a ten foot baseline jumper that missed its mark. There wasnt an eye in the crowd that didn't have their attention focused on the outcome. The battle for the rebound was bitter but Roys Steve Sholtec somehow came up with it and sent home a short banker with one second When it BOUNTIFUL was announced that Paul Waite would serve as assistant principal at Centerville Jr. High two things were known for sure. KIRK STOREY Congratulations Jim! right-hand-m- ( BOUNTIFUL HAS always been known for their excellent lineman in football. It seems each year the Braves have at least one of them on the clubs. Defensively they have been as strong as anyone around. Kim was born and raised in Ogden when he attended Ben Lomond High. While there, he was a tackle on the football team, wrestled at 185 lbs. and was involved in the shot and discus in track. From high school Kim went north and two years was at Ricks. Following that career he came back to Ogden where he played football and wrestled for the Wildcats of Weber State. Ed McMahon, the notable nightclub enROY tertainer and talk show host (works regularly on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show), sent a special letter some time ago to BYUs former great, Jim McMahon. The letter went as follows: DEAR JIM, since we share the same last name, I wanted to write and congratulate you on your fine success playing football. "As a McMahon who has a very unnotable career in football at Lowell High School, Massachusetts, Boston College and the U.S. Marine Corp., it is nice to know that a McMahon made the team and made it big. I WILL be watching you with great interest in the bowl games and also following avidly, your pro career. You are a credit to the name McMahon. Congratulations. "All good wishes for great success. THE LETTER was personally signed by Mr. McMahon and sent to BYU. TV Estimates on sets you bring into Free ACCURATE TV AND STEREO Of Layton Includes - Complete Diagnosis of your set - Written Estimate for parts and labor 25 ; 0 off the Now we offer total repair bill for 377 East Gentile senior citizens First Round 4A Action Woods Cross 48 Roy Davis 58 56 then play i Storm Windows I I I of Year i Doors and on all Storm Windows i i i i i i i i i not to Leak) (Guaranteed L In I aw I -- I t (fFEtfZKS 766-490- 7 ii I ffgbgfiiB 53gQi iV Used Color TVs from $100.00 JljjTOEE especially on defense. Troy jiot playjtheJ$feae " teams, likacsome leochLTJat thdi'F are solid o'n' shooting and have a lot of sire to win," said Smith. Get Ready for Spring Change Filters Oil Motor and Blower chance of winning a state Check out and Adjust said Gardner. The veteran Dart mentor said that though his kids felt bad after the game, they probably will get the chance to look back a few years from now and ESTIMATE?! de- Evap. Cooler Service who have now lost their championship, they outside Lawn Mower Service Reasonable Rates Phone Bill Brimley 544-819- 6 be proud of the way they Fine Food Restaurant Examination Question: Anthonys Restaurant Serves: Q Delicious pan-styPizzas with 9 luscious toppings le heaped Choice steak cuts and seafood combinations 0 Q Broken Windshield i team effort Tuesday night, Brian but on defense, all the said Gardner. Gardner termed Smith of Roy one of his "long-tim- e coaching friends and wished him the best from that, point on. I think Roy is in an excel- lent position to win the state championship now, said Gardner. kids work together, i Quality Craftsmen will also replace your i lems, said Gardner. Gardner said it was a total Offensively we go a lot to all the way and never gave up. I just feel bad for the seniors move. These 65 people were catching Taylor in the midcourt trap and made it hard for him to penetrate. That really caused us some prob- conservative S orm WEmithGltr, (Formerly Chicken Out BuUng) a For i excellent coaching THERE WAS no question it w'as a team performance. feeling bad. How can 1. These kids fought and battled Taylor with two big swingmen, an SMITH HAD nothing but for both the Darts as a team and Taylor himself. They came out and grabbed the lead which is something we wanted to do. From that point on it was tough trying to defense Taylor who is a versatile player and full of tricks. "This years team plays together as well as any team Ive ever coached. They may compliments GARDNER SAYS there was no way he could go on too long GARDNER CALLED Smith's move to defense GARDNER KNEW from the Its That Time Off When you begin to lose your strength, your legs are the first to go. Brian just wasnt getting up and shooting like he is capable, said Gardner. fought. worked their butts off. They had too. The people they were guarding were five or six inches taller than them, said Gardner. game. II 25 another bucket by Lange. THAT WAS it folks! Somewasnt supposed to be over for Davis w ho had played with the hearts of ten lumberjacks. We had a game plan and we kept with it," said Gardner, We had some players that were sick and I wasn't about to let them run with it all night. We wanted to get the lead and 80 65 Layton shooting of Cottrell and how it 69 Bountiful ' would have to control the tempo of the game. And that is exactly what the Darts did. Davis took a 5 lead after a long jumper by Kris Cottrell and never trailed again until Reid Newey of Roy went over Kirk Storey for an offensive rebound and two points very early in the fourth quarter. Even though Roy took the lead and maintained It through most of the final quarter, Davis came back behind the outside left. Clearfield Anderson and Kirk Storey outset of the game that because of Roys size, his team BUT THAT wasn't it. Brent Lange, who had missed three prior games w ith sickness, was given permission to play by his doctor just the day before the game. He had been the Darts starting center all year long. Darts displayed last Tuesday night in the Special Events Center. NUMBER ONE that Bountiful High was losing a great football coach. And number two they would name Kim Peterson the new head man. Kim has been the of Paul's since he came to Bountiful some seven years ago. He has served as the line coach since arriving and has been the defensive coordinator for the past five seasons. THE WILDCATS could manage only one offensive board the second half as Jeff Schofield and Kyle Moosmann played the game of their lives. The two Falcons denied the ball to Houskeeper and Richard Johnson all night. Hansen thought it was an advantage having beaten Woods Cross earlier in the year. "We had confidence that we could beat them again. I dont know if we are a better basketball team physically, but mentally we are a better basketball team. WOODS CROSS only hope was to hold onto the ball and wait for Clearfield to come back to earth, but odds were stacked so high Earlier ly mid-cour- IN THEwinning locker room after the game. Coach Craig Hansen complimented his team for their efforts in playing man to man the way they had and their success in keeping the ball away from Woods Cross big people. Our man to man was the key to this victory, said Hansen, And you also have to credit the way our people were performing after coming off the bench. Hansen was complimentary toward his team, they THE FALCONS were the defending region champions until this year and although they had goals of becoming two-tim- e region title holders, it was no secret that they wanted to do well in state once they got there. The Falcons were playing no slouch either. The Wildcats had won their last four games including an impressive season ending stomp over Region Four's TO MANY, the Clearfield victory may have appeared like an upset, but to Hansen and his team they had no such thoughts. I know some people thought we were the underdogs, especially the way Woods Cross had been winning lately. But our kids knew they could get the job done and they did. said Hansen. Hansen again noted the play of his team, especialall the ly the man to man defense which he gave with the like big that, credit. When you hold a team kids theyve got to 48 points, you know youve done some kind of job on defense, said Hansen. 53-4- tournament. The result was devasting for the Wildcats. Another sweet tone in the 21 point victory was the dousing of a nasty stigma that Clearfield High basketball teams always peak too soon and never quite get the job done when it comes state tournament time. The Monday night victory on the U. of U. campus certainly silenced all the critics who entered the game with those thoughts. STARTING BACK in the fall of 1981 , there wasnt a senior or junior on the Falcon club that didnt have collective goals of reaching the state tournament and do well once they were there. And Monday night all their wildest fantasies became realities as their victory turned into the days biggest rout. It was a close contest until a couple of minutes into the final stanza and thats when Clearfield outscored the Wildcats 28-- 8 and surged into the quarterfinals against Skyline. Flink gan making substitutions. Junior guard Steve ended the contest on the sweetest tone ever when he threw a 65 footer that hit its mark, just as the buzzer sounded. never lost their composure or rhythm, even when the Cats were making a solid run at them. One of the solid runs took place early in the final quarter when Greg Houskeeper hit a jumper that put basket Woods Cross in front 42-- 4 1 . But the by the Cats ignited a fiery Falcon charge that saw Clearfield notch 12 unanswered points and stream to a 2 lead. n. 4-- LEADER, MARCH 4, 1982 DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS Economically priced sandwiches , soups and salad bar Award-winnin- g lasagna, spaghetti, veal scaloppini, stuffed pizza roll, hot garlic bread, childrens platters, a variety of pies, cakes, and ice creams, and a host of meal combinations to fit any appetizer or budget. ALL OF THE ABOVE Open 7 days a week. Eat in or take-ou- t. |