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Show JANUARY 18, 1984 Scoreboard M REGION ONE LEADING MENS SCORERS r-- Laytons Manis Men And Women Like A Bolt Of Lightning Falcons, Lancers Renew Old Rivalry FrL LAYTON - The day Liz Manis and the icsl of the speedsters on the Lady Lancer basketball team run out of gas. is the day Brent Checketts may want to throw the towel in. MANIS AND another gal, Karnella Myers, on the basketgive Layton some ball court that many prep teams only dream about. Between these two Layton seniors, they cause enough fast breaks that even Celtic basketball scouts have been caught scouting their games to see how it's done. show will certainly be a The Manis-Myer- s key to Layton's hopes in beating Clearfield tins Friday afternoon in Layton. LIZ, WHO is the second leading scorer in Region One, has accumulated many of those point.s off the fast break. But she's also got a talented shot from the outside w hieh she hasn't been afraid to use in recent games. Against a tough Box Elder team last Friday , Liz pumped in 21 points with most of them coming fiom the outside. "Liz has been our most consistent scorer." said Checketts. "She is the kind of plaer that lulls you to sleep because of her consistency But at the end of every game she has alway s come through with double figure scoring, five steals and six assists. Well be counting on her and Julie Nelson, our center, to beat Clearfield." PLAYING Clearfield intimidates us a little bit," said Manis, But we've alway s done fairly good against them. I know the week before we play Clearfield, our practice sessions step up in intensity about five times. I've heard that they're starting five has played together since they were sopomores. but so has ours. The game should be really close because we're all so competitive and want to win. By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports If never fails, year in and year out. when Clearfield and Layton get ready to lock horns in basketball its almost enough to cancel your reservations to the Governor's Ball. THE SETTING that surrounded this year's confrontations, both with the men and the women, isnt any different. The shootout between the two Region One schools should be as electrifying as it's ever been. The first meeting between the two archrivals takes place on Friday at Layton, with the Clearfield women, led by Margo Jones, meetwith the Lady Lancers, led by ing head-o- n Brent Checketts. at 4 p.m. AFTER THAT featured meeting, the Clearfield men will look forward to their battle with the Lancers in Clearfield in a game which gets started at 7:30 p.m. REGION ONE MENS BASKETBALL - I- STANDINGS - Ladies Battle REGION ONE WOMENS LEADING SCORERS LAYTON - The Friday 4 p.m. battle between Clearfield and Layton will be the first meeting between these two schools this year. Despite the results of last Tuesday's games, this meeting will do a lot to determine who will remain in the fight for the region championship. BOTH SQUADS seemingly respect each other, and they should. Clearfield and Layton tied last season for the region championship with 3 records and it wouldn't be surprising at all to see that kind of thing happen again. Coach Checketts of Layton commented, We've got a great amount of respect for Clearfield and for the rivalry. -- 7-- BUT I THINK we're prepared for them. At this point in the year, we've both got excellent teams and it wouldn't be unordinary to have a foul, a rebound or a freethrow decide the outcome of the game. think we match up with their size pretty well (with Kristy Snarr and Julie Nelson), but we may have an advantage with our quick- 1 REGION ONE WOMENS BASKETBALL ness. TUESDAY, CLEARFIELD was to play Bonneville and Weber was to play Layton. Coach Margo Jones admitted that her '84 group lacked emotions at times, but felt there wasnt any fear in getting her players ready to play Layton. THE KIDS are just beginning to believe in themselves right now. They're smart basketball players and are reading and passing against every kind of defense they come up against," said Jones. Clearfield has a pretty impressive overall while Layton was 2 as of last record of 9-- 2, SCORERS Monday. CLEARFIELD should have the height advantage with 1 Mandy Hennenberger leading the way. She is presently the leading rebounder and scorer in the region. But Layton has strengths too, especially in their quick guards in both Karnella Myers and Liz Manis. Manis is the second leading scorer in the region with a 18.5 average. REGION 4 6-- Men Gear Up REGION FOUR BASKETBALL Ivz TEAM STANDING :h:: -- region - CLEARFIELD Doug Moon stated that anytime a coach or a bunch of players couldn't d basketget excited about a ball match-usomething has to be wrong." AND ITS time once again that the two schools meet again. As of Monday both stood with Region One records and both are expectant of battling for one of the four state tournament playoff berths. will include ClearThe player match-up- s field's John Grotzky at center against Layton's James Beauregard. Grotzky, when hot, can turn all the lights on. Beauregard on the ether hand is known more for his rebounding and defensive strength. In fact through most of the year, Beauregard has been Layton's leading rebounder. Layton-Clearfiel- 4 p, East: Woods Cross 5ewinont Davis Highland Bcnintiful Wrestlers Busy ts week the Layton High wrestlers will Bonneville fgcie' during the week and then tourna-njentowel to Pleasant Grove for a two-da- y both Friday and Saturday there. THE CLEARFIELD wrestlers will face a couple of dual meets this week, first with the Royals of Roy and then a key match with Box Elder. t Asked if Clearfield has a chance of beating Box Elder this week, Tennis stated, Weve aiways got a chance, but that chance isnt all that good right now. Box Elder is solid at too many weights and with our loss of Greg Johnson at 112, we are hurting. ti I . 1 AT FORWARDS, Clearfield will counter with both Hal Schofield and Phil Peterson while the Lancers will go with Dave Brimhall and Steve Pearce. The Clearfield team seemin ingly has the edge here in scoring ability and is Clearfield's top scorer. Schofield quickness. Laytons Brimhall has been playing his best ball as of late and will be a mean one on the boards. At guard, Layton's offer is Tom Kidd and Darrell Martin who are perhaps a little quicker than Clearfields Jeff Parry and Curtis Cook. But just like the forward spots. Clearfield's guards are gifted shooters and unless Kidd and Martin come ready to play some defense, Parry and Cook could shoot the lights out. Eric West (left) battles Weber for rebound. Clem field Fonvmd Looking Tough Hennenberger Ready Pete Makes Up Mind CLEARFIELD Beating Layton High in athletics, seems to give Clearfield's Phil Peterson more satisfaction than just about anything else. This Friday night in Clearfield, the Falcon forward and his teammates will get their chance to clip the Lancers in basketball. AND PETERSON for one, is happy the contest is at home. We'd lost a couple in a row (to Woods Cross and Roy), but playing at home against Weber got us keyed up, said Peterson. Layton's defensive and offensive stragedy will have to contend with a player who is much improved over a y ear ago. As Peterson defined it. I've got a little fire under my butt this year. He continued to say, Maybe it's because this is my senior year, my last chance to play and I don't want to be denied." ASSISTANT coach, Ray Meibos has eagle-eyePeterson's improvement if anyone has. Phil was having some personality problems at the end of last season, but I believe he made up his mind during the summer that he was going to be a player. Of course we as coaches have always had confidence in him and with his renewed commitment, his maturity has been fun to watch, said Meibos. It may be fun for Clearfield fans to watch, but not for their opponents. Weber saw Peterson last Friday night play perhaps hjs most aggressive game of the year. The 3 forward was a terror on defense and w hile doing that d 6-- grabbed seven rebounds and scored eight points. WE DIDNT have anywhere the aggressiveness we needed on defense against Roy. so we worked on it a great deal in practice the week before Weber. If we'll take one game at a time and play like we did against the Warriors, we'll reach our goal and make the state tournament." said the senior ballplayer. Head coach, Craig Hansen commented. 1 had some pretty good talks before the season got started and he told me he was ready to get after it. And boy. has he. He isnt one to get outworked in practice and he carries that same enthusiasm right into the games." ON DEFENSE, Clearfield likes to feel this is where Peterson will be most valuable to them against Layton on Friday. At 3 Peterson is quick and has the best talent of anyone on the dub of denying an offensive player the ball. Hansenjust summed it up. "Phil is an excellent defensive player." With the ball, the Clearfield coaches will admit that Peterson can shoot w ith the best of them and sometimes passes up shots that they wished hed take. MEIBOS STATED, "Phil still doesn't know how quick he is. The past couple of games he has been using the fake to his advantage and getting by some people. Because he gets after it 100 percent of the time, he'll usually run out of gas and it requires that we rest him. But even then, Phil is a person and doesn't mind sitting down for awhile and letting someone else take his place for a minute or two. He, if anyone, has a good feeling about the total team concept. Phil and 6-- LAST SUMMER Peterson had an operation performed on his left wrist to repair an old injury that occured back in the ninth grade. A cast wrapped his hand for three months which denied him the chance to play football, something he had a great desire to do. "We've got a responsibility each night to play our best." said Peterson. Mainly because the other players in the league read the newspaper and read we're the team to beat. They'll always be coming at us. whenever and whoever we play. If we're not ready, we could be in big trouble." Brimholl Isn't Shored Around A Lot Of Muscle Inside Try bumping into Layton High's Dave Brimhall in the hall someday and to show how nice a guy he is, hed probably be the one to say, excuse me. But the best advice is to slay away from him on Friday night's at the basketball game, because the n and 215 pound might put you in a can and put you back on the shelf. 6-- 4 IN RECENT outings the Layton senior has been getting the job done from his forward spot, prompting his coach. Doug Moon, to say that he has come a long way in three or four games, Big Dave has begun to assert himself in league play, which is something we need in the worst kind of way," said Moon. BRIMHALL hasnt only used his physical attributes to intimidate on defense, but has been more productive with the ball too. In the three-poiwin over Bonneville, Brimhall 10 in pumped points with that perfect jumper of his. Last week he fell to seven points against Box Elder, but he believes the shooting will continue to come. "When things arc clicking for us, and when we all know' it, I think we all begin shooting better. 1 think in order for us to play Clearfield Continued on next page A Towering Inferno CLEARFIELD - People can talk all they want about Layton's hustle and beating you on the fast break, but the Falcons have a secret weapon themselves, the likes of Mandy Hennenberger w ho is ripping it up both in scoring and in rebounding. THIS FRIDAY in Lay ton, in a game that gets started at 4 p.m., the Falcons and Hennenberger will face their rivals from Layton in the first game between these two clubs of 84. The contest promises to feature all the fireworks and frenzy that past meetings between these two schools have produced. Hennenberger, w ho tossed in 35 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in the win over Weber last w eek, enjoyed her finest game that night as a prep. In two games now. Mandy has scored 56 points and grabbed 41 rebounds to lead the league in both categories. -- 6-- 1 BUT COACH Margo Jones liked to keep things in perspective. "Mandy had one terrific evening against Weber. She dominated against smaller players and did everything and more than we would expect of her. But as a team. believe were a little more balanced than that. I believe strongly that Shelly (Heaps) and Rave Lynn (Hayes) do a lot to make Mandy look better. With Shelly also at it prevents other teams from double-teamininside. Of course Hayes has become very indepth lately with her penetrating ability and passing off to other players, which can make them look better. MANDY HAD one super night and that will happen sometimes." said Jones. The Clearfield center had to agree with her coach. She said. "Weve been working in practice lately, on getting the ball inside. Of course Fve got to post up good, but the others have-beesuper in their assists to me. I 6-- g AGAINST SMALLER teams like Weber I should dominate. (their tallest player is defend couldn't me or Shelly beThey just cause they didn't have the height and couldn't jump that well." Heniienberger. who hopes she has quit growing any taller, will be a key in this Friday's clash between the Falcons and the Lancers, She'll play much taller competition this time ip Julie Nelson and Kristy Snarr. ), THE THING that seaKsme the most about Layton is their quickness on the guardline and their faslbreak. Karnella (Myers) knows how to get it going. But do believe our guards have what it takes to keep up with them." she said. I do believe that Mandy is the best inside-playe-r in the region this year," said Margo. But I also believe weve got seven other players that work just as hard and make this thing a total team effort. " 1 |