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Show Page 48 Lakeside Review Wednesday, April IS, 1981 Layton Track Finds ion IPloee Firsf to Cruises laytoira Riin-- New Strength In Discus Event H Rich Ipaktchian, a senior at Layton High School, knows there is no such but he also thing as a sure bet knows that one can achieve a goal if they are willing to work toward it. Two weeks ago Rich bet one of his instructors that he would place first in the discus category at the Davis County Track Invitational held last week at Clearfield High School. Rich did more than take first place his toss of 156 feet broke the meet record by 13 feet and also broke the Layton High record previously set at 153 feet by Chuck Ehin, now a starting lineman for Brigham Young University. You cant always place first, says Rich, but you can and should always give everything your best try. You work and practice toward achieving a goal, then hope you can be the best. You owe it to yourself to give it your all. The discus mark is one of the final steps along a path filled with memories for the Lancer athlete. He started for Laytons football team during all of the past two years and starred at offensive center and defensive end for the Lancers this previous season. He has been a member of the track team for two years and played varsity basketball for Layton his senior year. In the process he was named to the team by a Salt Lake City newspaper and was an alternate to the Post Victory Over Falcon Squad 1 6-- 9 ' ' Roy had its chances, but couldnt get the hits when they counted. The Royals Staff Writer loaded up the bases in both the first and Exciting things are happening in third innings, with only one man out, Layton baseball. The Lancers, under but in both cases the Lancer defense put new coach Brad Hawkins, are sweeping " through Region One opponents like they out the fire. Roy actually had more base runners (13 than did the victorious owned the league. Layton squad, (12) but five Royals were Layton began the season in a washout cut down between bases by the alert ' against Davis. The Lancers were Lancer defense. unable to finish the game, but they were Brad McCaulley led the Royal hitting leading 4 when the rains came. Next with two singles, while Ken Huddleston, 'they went to sunny St. George, and Wade Jacklin, and Jay Winward each played Payson and Springville. Layton came up with hits. For the Lancers Jeff ibeat the Payson Lions, but then Pearch collected two hits on three trips bowed to Springville The Lancers to the plate, while Alan Gentry, Brian and then began ; downed Jordan t, Murray, Mark Woodward, Ken league play at Sky View. It took them Ken Heath Mike and Bunting I extra innings to eke out a 1 victory each got a hit in the game. Each team lover the Bob Cats. The Lancers left five men stranded on base. The to ; struggled at Weber, but managed Lancers committed two errors, while 'win and then Clearfield came to the Royals made none. 'town, fresh from a big victory over the Those Lancers are hitters, sighed j league favorite, Bonneville. Layton 16 a disappointed Fred Thompson of Roy. Clearfield 9. We had our chances, but made some f In a slug-fes- t, the mental at errors, and we couldnt get the played Layton, ;Lancer8 scored five big runs in the first big hit when it counted. Our kids are playing well, beamed inning, and went on to defeat the We Falcons by 7. Clearfield nibbled back in Layton Coach Brad Hawkins. ;a ball game that featured 27 hits and 25 came out swinging the bat today, didnt runs. Layton got 16 big ones on 16 hits, we? 'while committing three errors and the Surprise Team of Region 1 ; Lancers left only four men on base. Layton wasnt picked by anyone to do much in baseball. Last years JV team ; Meanwhile the Falcons cashed in for 9 runs on 11 hits, and left 7 men stranded.' didnt even compete a full season, and ! most of the starters of last years varLance Brightshue swung the big stick .for Layton. In five trips to the plate, he sity squad were seniors. Then came Brad Hawkins. got a single, a double, a triple and a home run, and that adds up to .800 in The new coach came to town with his own style and philosophy of coaching. batting percentages for the afternoon. I felt that kids should have fun in ;He was personally accountable for 6 RBIs for the day. Ken Heath got two baseball, but I also believe strongly in hits for three times at bat, and Mark discipline, explained the coach. Our Woodward and Ken Pearce each went strength in this' years team is in our two for five for the game. hitting and our defense. Weve been Mike Blair went 2 for . For Clearfield, committing only an average of one error per game, he said, and our kids 2, James Prothero, 3 for 4, Doug Bills 2 for 3, and Lawrence Labato, Dan Cook have been rapping that apple. Jeff and Kelly Ryan each had 2 for 4 at the Pearce and Alan Gentry have been Opiate.. hitting close to .500 this year, and there ; Joey Castillo started the game for are seven men right behind them. Brad Hawkins got his start in and was relieved by David ; Layton, baseball at Bonneville High School, Draper in the fourth. Clearfield went I with where he starred in baseball, basketGreg Wright for sue innings, and ball and football in 1971. He was ;Gene Durrand for one. recruited to Weber State to play footLayton 7 Roy 3 ; . Brian Murray rapped a two run home ball and baseball, and in his sophomore 'run in the third inning to give the year he made the all Big Sky team for : Lancers a 0 lead, and catcher Ken his play at first base. Weber State Heath duplicated the feat in the sixth dropped its baseball program, that same year, and Hawkins transferred to inning to put the ball game out of reach BYU to continue his baseball career. of the hapless Royals, at Roy. By BUSS FULLMER 9-- 4-- 3, 6--7. 9-- 3, Kort-wrigh- 2-- 4-- track BRIGHTON The meet held last weekend at Brighton an ice High is just what it says breaker. It represents the first chance that prep track stars are able to qualify meet later in May. for And one team that wasnt expected too much this year in any of the meets was Layton, but that was before sprinter Kieth Wilson joined the ranks. Wilson, a senior who starred as a er the-stat- e halfback during football season, turned in one of the most stellar performances ko far this year by capturing the 100-met- er and titles as well as relay behind 200-met- er anchoring the Casey Olsen, Mike Riney, and Greg Wright. 400-met- er Wilson easily qualified for the state meet in both the 100 and with times of 11.19 and 22.49 respectively. For his efforts, Wilson was named the meets most Outstanding Performer. Along with Wilson, the Lancers further improved their chances for the 200-met- JAMES PROTHERO, pitcher for Clearfield, lets one fly in a game against Weber played last Friday. Though Prothero pitched well, Weber won the game 1 in a tight contest. .Sla(f Photo by Phil Kirkwood 3-- Film WibII By CINDY SHY Staff Writer ' Officially, no one is exactly sure of the outcome of last weeks collosal U of U invitational. An April shower left the official results in a murk and the coaches in consternation. However, with girls from approximately 30 schools competing, local tracksters highlighted the event with superb individual and group performances. Members of the Davis 1,600 meter relay team Lisle Tarr, Julie Peterson, Kathy Percival, and Sue Duncanson, insured the credibility of the Darts as they claimed first in their event with an impressive, yet unofficial, 4:31.86. Darts placing in their events were Sue Duncanson, second, javelin; Darlene Stockton, Shauna Meacham, LeAnne Hatch and Kathy Percival mile relay, second; Julie Peterson, third, 100 meter hurdles; Tammy Duke, Kathy Lyman, Julie 400 meter relay, Peterson and Darlene Stockton fourth; Carma Smuin, sixth, shot put; and Cheri m m mmm t Baxter, sixth, discus. gr not Clearfield Results for and Layton were ' t m m m m m mm J jC" available. Meet A blur of black and gold at the tape, Taunia H Hofmann of Roy blitzed the competition to set new (g meet records for the 100 meters (12.80) and the 200 1 &- -meters (26.35) in the second annual KLO Radio - -v rnFf. tftoMb High School Track and Field Meet. . With a shakey performance in the early going, MICHELLE TRACY from Layton High clears the bar at 5 feet even while competing In this years U of Becky Sodenkamp, also of Roy, solidified her form to claim first place in the shot put event with a 37 2 Ogden placed fourth with Ben Lomond fifth with 69, put that also established a new meet record. and St. Joseph and Utah School for the Deaf trailed Continuing the series of excellent performances members of the Royal 1,600 meter medley relay sixth and seventh with 1 and 0 respectively. Layton 72.5 Bonneville 59.5 squad, Stacy Pirrell, Mary Courney, Terese Johnson and Beverly Bennion, snapped the old meet Demonstrating a sound overall performance, record with a 4:41 mark. Layton, claimed ten first place slots as the Landers dominated Bonneville in a dual meet. Roy placed third in a field of seven teams with a total of 85 points. Weber clearly dominated the meet Leading the Lancers with double honors were Trisha Poindexter, taking the 1,600 meter run in with 202 points with Bonneville in second with 86. Layton. Their eldest state meet when Rich Ipakitchain placed second in the discus with a heave of 1452. Ipakitchain had shown his talents a week before by setting a new record in the Davis County Invitational with a throw of 156 breaking the old mark by some 13 feet. The meet was not sanctioned however, but it did prove he could take state. Layton coach Chris Jones had been worried about his team before the season saying they lacked depth and experience. He said he was disappointed that more of the schools better athletes didnt turn out for the team - because they were talented enough to win some medals in both state and region competition. The addition of Wilson may have started something and Jones hopes others will follow. Other Lancers who did well in the Ice Breaker were Jim Suitt with a second place effort in the shot put (5410V4) and Layne Sackett with a 62 fifth place effort in the high jump. fi'U Second place: Battaglia, 400 meter run; Tawnja Zahradka, 300 intermediate hurdles; Michelle Harrell, 800 meter run; Scott, 200 meter run; Erica Hill, 3,200 meter run; April Hatch, shot put; Lori Motta, javelin. ' Third place: Moore 3,200 meter run; Motta, 300 intermediate hurdles; Korryn Wiese, javelin; and Zahradka, high jump. Roy 80 Sky view 52 Riding on a series of excellent performances by Becky Sodenkamp and Taunia Hofmann, who both claimed two first place slots, Roy walked away with eleven events to down Skyview during a Region One dual meet. Sodenkamp marked an impressive 3710Vi toss in the shot put event and then went on to throw the javelin 1072W while Hofmann streaked to a respectable 12.95 finish in the 100 meter dash and followed it up with a 26.05 finish in the 200 meter dash. Other Royals placing first in their events were gpTerese Johnson, 400 meter run, 1:07.4; Stacy mm??: Pirrell, 300 intermediate hurdles, 53.5; Nykele Gagon, high jump, 410; Mary Courney, Lissa Wheelwright and Hofmann, 400 i Sodenkamp, meter relay, 53.04; Pirrell, Courney, Johnson and Beverly Bennion, 1,600 meter relay, 4:37.5; and Bennion, 3,200 meter run, 13:11. -- . z'P J r Ipaktchian, daughter, Susan, 19, is currently at BYU majoring in journalism, and their other two children are attending Central Davis Junior High School. See Results Page 5B that 4-- ity-County te Ice-Bre- ak -- City-Coun- RICH IPAKTCHIAN State football squad. He was also honored by the American High School Athlete organization. At the same time, Rich is aware that a professional athletic career is out of reach for all but only a small number of high school athletes. So while he was heavily recruited by Utah and universities, Rich plans on enrolling next year at Brigham Young University to pursue a career in business management. Rich is the son of Hersh and Lola Wilson Takes MVP At Meet 1 Air 'mxk to 4 ". rn, WV W , x. to to ? rnmmm I to to to m 9 iTi, w ?, U Invitational Track Meet ' ,. .( m'm f 4 .""'i ''m Sun Photo by Cindy -- Shy 6:08 and the 3,200 meter run in 13:25, and Lori Wood who claimed the 400 meter run in 1:05 and the 800 meter run in 2:43. Other first place finishers included Paula Scott, meter run, 13.23; Suzy Orton, Mary Battaglia, Lisa Moore and Lori Wood, 400 meter relay, 53.91; Mile relay, 4:36.92; Inez medley relay, 4:53; Wozniak discus, 109; and Michelle Tracy, high jump, 52. 100 Weber 104 Clearfield 27 With only thirteen girls participating, Clearfield failed to challenge Webers powerful hucksters during a 4A dual meet. Clearfields high jumper, Tracy Fishburn, and the 400 relay team, consisting of Jennifer Beene, Tracy Fjshburn, Jodi Tillman and Stacy Judd claimed the only firsts for the Falcons. We werent up for this meet, noted Coach Janet Beene. I was disappointed with our performance. Falcons claiming second place: Tillman, 100 meter dash; Judd, 200 meter dash; Beene, discus; and Jodi Sherrod, shot. . Royals Beat SkyView i In a game played at Sky View, the first six Royals to come to bat scored runs, and Roy went on to beat the Bob Cats Ken 8-- 1. Huddleston and Brad McCaulley singled to open the game and Wade Jacklin stayed alive on an error. Next' up for the was Royals Kenny Tulane, who doubled, and he was followed by a home run off the bat of Paul Hansen. Robert Kirkwood was up next, and drew a walk. After Kirkwood, the Bob Cats got two Royals out, but then Jay Winward singled to score Kirkwood. Six runs on five hits in the top of the first inning, and then Paul Hansen threw a to limit the Bob Cats to one run. The Royal bats were busy in the Sky View game. Kenny Tulane registered a double and four-hitt- er two singles in four times at bat, and was credited with two RBIs. Jay Winward went two for three at the plate, Ken Huddleston was two for four and one of his was a triple. Paul Hansen hit a double and a borne run and tallied four RBIs in four trips to the play. Brad McCaulley and Wade Jacklin, each singled to go one for four. |