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Show FEBRUARY lb, 1984 Helping Him Play Better Cook Helps Falcons j Into State Tournament feme Is Lime As A Gtme j ( . By KEITH DUNCAN i Journal Sports not have a little fun before this is all By KEITH DUNCAN LAYTON - Steve Pearce has been as loose as a goose as of late which in simpler terms means the Layton senior is finally doing his THE SHOOTING touch, which was inherited over years of tossing a basketball in his backyard hoop and listening intently to his former junior high basketball coach Brent Lund, has enabled him to play a ton of minutes for thing. Doug Moon at Layton High. PEARCE, BLESSED with perhaps the finest shooting touch of 'any Lancer this winter, appears to have broken out of the gate and the beneficiary is the Lancer basketball team which is still holding onto faint hopes of g for the '84 state basketball tournament. "There's nothing to lose anymore." said Pearce who has been in the double-figur- e scoring column for the past five games now. "Why Moon and his Lancers had their slim chances of qualifying for the tournament based on whether they could defeat both Clearfield and Roy this week and also hinging on whether Box Elder could lose their final two games. "Its going to take another effort like we had against Weber last Friday to beat Clearfield and Roy. They'll probably come into those games a little loose too because they've Journal Sports -- qual-ilyin- CLEARFIELD - Craig Hansen probably dum-- ; mind if a towering seven-foo- t wouldn't j my walked onto his floor someday and asked " to play basketball, but he probably enjoys the 'intelligent' just a little more. -- senior Curtis is intelligent in the litteral sense. When he's not stealing a pass late in a Webergame or even going up high to bank in a winning shot, he's killing those tests and assignments his teachers give and is presently carrying around an impressive 3.96 GPA. "It's a bit comfortable knowing you've got someone out there in critical situations who can think and is going to make smart decisions." said Hansen. "Curtis has proved he can do that for us." ONE OF Hansen' s 6-- AND WHILE on the topic of Cook's noted outside shooting, folks have to know that as a young guy he used to blister every net in West Point. Syracuse and Clinton. If he wasnt playing at home with his own dad (Noal), then it was over to the neighbors (the Bybees) or he might go even a little further and see the Schofields and do a lot of dropping in on the Parry HELL HIT five or six in a row. then miss a few, then come right back and get seven in a By KEITH DUNCAN Journal Sports row," continued Gardner. - KAYSVILLE "Casey Lloyd is what we call in basketball a streak shooter'." said Mike Gardner. LEADING SCORERS REGION ONE WOMENS BASKETBALL Player, Team Games Mandy Hennenberger. Clearfield Pts. A'g. 8 153 19.2 Gina Butters. Bonneville 8 151 18.9 Liz Manis. Layton Lani Green. Weber 8 128 16.0 8 109 13.6 8 106 13.3 8 104 13.0 Mildred Calderwood. Weber Kristy Snarr. Layton T3ri Okelbery. Weber 8 Shauna Jeppsen. Box Elder Julie Taylor. Roy Lynnette Walton. Box Elder 12.5 8 93 11.6 8 91 11.4 8 87 10.9 court. Fm excited right now. Grotaky playing beter. Weve so ofa threat with those two guys ripping the middle. 5) it up in Curtis COOKS FINEST performance of the year, at least in the shooting department, was the Ben Lomond outing in preseason when he canned 6 of 8 jumpers and 8 for 8 from the foul line. He made it an even 20 that night. In league play, the Lakers got a glimpse at what Cuitis could do the first time the two from the field and teams met. Cook hit 6 for got two more foul pitches for 14 points. 1 Perhaps the finest example of a Lloyd exhibition was the Woods Cross outing on Jan. 24 when Lloyd was having some trouble playing aggressive defense and Gardner had to yank him out for a minute to talk it over. All he did was to go back in and proceed to can seven straight jump shots. That's the kind of player he is, pure shooter. ITS BEEN a while since I've seen a kid have the kind of rotation on the ball that Casey has and he also has excellent range. When he's on balance and shoots square to the basket, he's just excellent. Id have to say that Lloyd is our purest shooter, where (Ryan) Smith is a scorer and (Steve) Sargent is a scorer. If you took pictures of everyones shots. Lloyd has the best form." said Gardner. BUT GARDNER not only enjoys Lloyd's offensive magic, but eats up his aggressive style on defense. After Lloyd had entered back into the Woods Cross game, he not only canned some long outside shots but he started to play some defense too. Against Viewmont last week. Lloyd made seven steals and much of the game was switched to a forward spot and had to guard people that were six or seven inches taller than he. Next year Casey will be a great player for us." said Gardner. 1984 Cook I think last year at the end of the year when Jeff (Parry) and Hal (Schofield) went up to the varsity level, it left me in a starting role as a junior with the J V. Of course I had a chance to shoot a lot more then and I'll admit that my confidence level got up really high, especially with the falter tempo type of game we were playing, said Cook. Lady Lancers, Lady Falcons Play On Friday Viewmont were to lose too. it would force a playoff. ."What we wanted to do was to beat Woods Cross and get it over with. But if we fall, they'll have to beat us again to get to state," said the coach. Most likely if there were two teams tied for that last spot then Davis and Woods Cross would play on Friday. If there were three teams deadlocked, then it might be Thursday and Saturday that they play. women's basketAnother Clearfield-Layto- n will take place this Friday jit ball showdown Clearfield. The game could very well decide the 1984 league champion. AT THE present time the two schools are deadlocked with 1 records. Last week it was Clearfield defeating Bonneville 5 and the Lancers were successful against Weber, beat-- ing them also Both the Lancers and Falcons will have one more game remaining on their schedule alter Friday night's clash. The Lady Falcons w ill be traveling to Box Elder where they'll meet the only team to beat them in league play so far. The Lady Lancers will be going against a lackluster Roy team in their league finale. three-tea- 7-- 65-5- 65-5- REGION ONE MENS LEADING SCORERS IN THE LAYTON win last week, it w as Kristy Snarr going ape as she poured in 27 points on mostly inside shovting. Julie Nelson added 15 more points and Liz Manis had another 12. Nelson also collected 18 rebounds and 6 block shots. Karnella Myers contributed 8 steals and 7 assists. The Lancers led by just a point after the first half but managed to control the game in the. second half. CLEARFIELD did their best to shut down the talented Gina Butters as she poured through 26 points for the Lakers. But Butters point production wasn't quite enough as Clettcj field got their seventh win of the league sebes dule. Mandy Hennenberger continued to score big with 21 points and she still leads the league' in scoring. In other local play, the Lady Darts from Davis High came out with a 5 win over Vikings. Angie Norris had 14 points for the Lady Darts to lead the way. REGION FOUR MENS LEADING SCORERS 52-4- State Playoffs. CASEY DOES perform well under pressure. Hes started in every ballgame and is as important to our success as any player we have. It's not a one man show here, and Casey has proved he can blend in with the other kids," said Gardner. If the Darts were to lose to Woods Cross it would force at least a two-teaplayoff and if wP0u3 SEBVilGE m Junior Greg Boykin was held to only nine points last week. It was John Grotzky who came off the bench to notch 18 points. 83 Honda 82 Honda 82 Olds $8395 $7295 Cutlass $7095 Accord LX HB, air Accord LX LS Sdn, air, lots of extras V6, split seats, air PEIUJIOIL MULTFVtS 83 Olds 1 82 Olds $13,600 82 Honda $7195 $7695 98 Regency Sdn, Cutlass Supreme Prelude loaaeo Coupe, V6, air air, stereo tape BUT STILL' another reason that Hansen g feels Cook is a varsity player today is the fact he's finally put on some height. As a younger guy he was what most people termed a 'shrimp' when it came to size. But from his ninth grade year to sophomore year. Curtis put on 3 inches. And from his sophomore season to a junior. Cook did it again and put on another 3 inches. From last year to this time, he's already put on another inch and a half. In three or four years, that's nearly a foot. Not bad for getting where you want to be. Today he stands at least Perhaps there are no two guards in the area that get along and compliment each other with their style of play, than Cook and Parry. The two have been close friends since they were sophomores, having gome to camps together, played a lot of Saturday afternoons together and just about everything else. 82 Oldo main-strin- 80 Toyota 10W-4. Delta 88 Royale Sedan, loaded 10W-4- 790ldo FREE AUTOMATIC CAR WASH 0 .AVESGASOy, (1 uS QUART) Wagon, CHANGE OIL (UP TO 5 GALS.) CHANGE OIL FILTER, LUBRICATE CHECK AND FILL DIFFERENTIAL UP clean, automatic No 590A, extras 98 Regency Sedan, loaded, clean 81 Olds $10,200 i w w 80 Olds w 79 Olds vx. $4995 Cutlass $3495 $3995 Sdn, Regency Cutlass NO APPOINTMENT NO WAITING 0 'Avesgaso $7795 Corona $4195 98$5195 Regency Cpe, 6-- LS Sdn, No 331A, air LS No. 67B, clean 98 Sdn, No. 222A, loaded 81 Buick 80 Olds 79 Chav $4195 $6895 $2995 Sedan, ToronadoCpe, Sedan, Century V6 engine, air loaded. 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Curtis is just getting better and better and that kind of improvement couldn't have come at a better time. said Hansen. 6-- AND ANOTHER positive about Lloyd is his love to play under pressure. Certainly in '84 he's had his chancy to play in enough pressure situations.- Last Tuesday night in Kaysville. he and his teammates had another pressure packed game against the same team. Woods Cross, that he'd gotten hot in before. If Davis could win that game, they would qualify for the third place position in Region Four and earn a ticket to the . . about... Boykins rise... and much more he'd played quite a bit the year before and was one of only two guys back with any kind ol varsity experience. a little "Perhaps Steve could have done the but past is more for our program earlier, over p heads-uhis with play buried especially bethe past couple of weeks. He's certainly come a little more physical, IVE ALWAYS had confidence in his abiL to shoot, evert though at times he's a little ity slow getting it off." .q win over WeMoon mentioned the ber last Friday was special in that it was Layton's finest overall performance of the year. Of course a little bit of credit goes to Pearce who has finally come alive. already qualified' for the state tournament." said Pearce. IF PEARCE plays anything like he did the last time Layton played Clearfield, the Falcons will have their hands full. It was in the first meeting between these two clubs that Pearce really came out of his shell to can 17 points and dish out 8 assists. Pearce, at plays many of his minutes at guard and forward. Since high school, Pearce hasn't played anything competitively except basketball. "It's been my only love as far as athletics go." he said. STEVE HAS been playing a lot harder." said Moon. "Maybe in the beginning of the season Steve wanted to do too much because. Streak The Is Shooter Lloyd ' Cook, THE ACTUAL measurement of Clearfield's starting guard is 1 and his play as of late has been one good reason why the Falcons have qualified for the state basketball tournament and have an overall winning record in '84. "There's a bunch of reasons why Curtis is where he is today, but I'm particularly impressed the way hes dedicated himself to our basketball program. There was no doubt He was already committed to basketball itself, he's been throwing up those long shots of his since he was a old. But he knew that extra work during the summers and attending a few camps along the way was going to be a key to helping us in the long run," said Hansen. over." 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