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Show i 4 v .Page ' 4B Lakeside, Review Thursday, March 5, 1981 Storm Past Roy to Finish Season First Round 4-- Pairings Give Clearfield Edge A long range for and was working Nye Troy points, inside for 15. The Falcons totaled 29 field goals and 14 of 23 from the charity . . stripe. Robert Kirkwood scored 18 points for Roy, Rob Thomas had 13 and Bart Hadley put in 9. As a team, Roy shot 22 field goals and 19 of 27 from the foul Pratt was bombing from By BLISS FULLMER Staff Writer This is what its all about, said Falcon Coach Craig Hansen, looking over the crowded gym at Clearfield. Were down to the last game, of the season, and the Region 1 title is up for grabs. said the We can win, tonight, likable coach, if we can stay with Roy on the boards, and if we can dictate the tempo. Normally, we should be rated as underdogs; their center and forwards are all three or four inches taller than we are, but we can beat them, if we play our game. The Falcons did play their game and but what a did beat the Royals strange game it was. Clearfield completely dominated the first half, and left 2 the floor with a comfortable came then the but Royals margin, Clearfield 12-- 2 roaring back to in the first half of quarter number three, and suddenly it became a typical Clearfield - Roy dogfight. It was like two different ball games. Clearfield blew Roy off the court in the first half, but Roy rallied back in the second half to make the game respectable. The Royals were still 14 points behind, going into the final quarter, but with less than five minutes to play, they narrowed the margin to six points. Thats when Freddie COok and company went to work. Cook scored 12 of his game high 23 points when Roy was trying so hard to make a comeback, and the Falcons protected their lead to a nine point margin. The Falcons reached another goal in g the game. They the taller Royals 27 to 26, but the big difference was in shooting. Roy suffered through a bevy of hard luck shots in the first sixteen minutes, while Clearfield was shooting a fantastic 61 percent from the field. The Falcons cooled off to an even 50 percent in the second half, but still finished the game, shooting 54 percent from the field. The Royals were frigid in the first half, but picked up after intermission to record a 49 percent average for the night;. . Cook led all shooters with 8 field goals and 7 of 12 from the line, while Dewey 18 line. The game went in fashion for 32 minutes. Roy scored the first points, and was tied with Clearfield at 6, but then the Falcons ran off seven unanswered points, followed moments later by five more, that moved them to a 0 score as the quarter ended. Early in the second frame, they out dueled the Royals 10 points to 1 in one stretch and then 10 to 4 and fattened their lead to 19 by halftime. Then came the Royals, and their surge to get back into the ball game. Coach Ted Smith had told them at halftime, The game is embarrassing but not insurmountable. We arent going to get it back in two minutes, but we can keep picking away. Thats what happened and they got back to within striking distance in the final quarter. But the Falcons still had their say. I said knew Roy would come back, Coach Craig Hansen but I also knew that we had guys with poise to handle it. That was a great Royal comeback, he said. I am just tickled to death to beat them. This was Craig Hansens first region championship in three years of coaching at Clearfield High School. He started the season with a lot of inexperience, but those Falcons had quickness and determination and they are pure shooters. Clearfield, by taking first in Region 1, will have a first round bye in Utah State competition. Each region winner gets a bye in the first round of the twelve team tourney, and the extra seed goes to a second place team on a rotating basis. This year the fourth bye went to Region 3. This means that the eight other teams, will enter a for the privilege of playing the play-of- f four seeded teams in the quarter-final19-1- 72-6- 3 41-2- out-sco- re fast-movin- , s. if 4 trt r CLEARFIELDS Mike Johnson is guarded closely by Roys Bart Hadley as he attempts to move inside for a score. the hoop, late in the game as the deficit. But the Falcons took the win Royals tried to come back from a anyway and with it went the Region-- 1 crown. ' ' , almost to capacity. Roy had a great and Coach Hansen was mobbed by and the Clearfield turnout was a ' - wishers. d team compliment to a great coaching staff , This has been a and a great team. Most of the Falcon at Clearfield. All five starters are fans stayed in their seats to watch the seniors, and those five iron men scored all but six of Clearfields 72 points. players strip the nets off the baskets, ROY CENTER Robb Thomas flies toward t " By losing, Roy and Bonneville became tied for second place, and will flip a coin to see which team goes as number two from Region 1. That coin toss is very important, The third place team will be bracketed with the top teams of Regions 1 and 2, while the second place team is in the same bracket with Clearfield, and could meet the Falcons in the semi-final, In Tuesday, nights game, the spacious Clearfield gym was packed s. well-crow- senior-oriente- , : A Sfeifle Taylor Blisters for 36 Bulldogs PHIL By Tournament By BLISS FULLMER , Its true, Viewmont was the heavy favorite to beat ' Springville in the opening round Tuesday afternoon and they did it with seemingly painless ease Afterall, everyone knows Viewmont is one of the top three teams in the state. The Vikings posted a 17-- 4 season, took the Region-- 5 title a week before it was over and came into the tournament seeded number 2. tournament to the came on the other hand, Springville, unseeded, third place in Region-- 6 and a 1 overall record. it would only seem natural for With that kind of match-u- p yiking coach Ron Johansen to expect a breather. "Right?- Not according to Johansen. KIRKWOOD Sports Editor SALT LAKE CITY Given a second chance, Judge Memorial coach Jim Yerkovich would most likely have played a different defense against Davis guard Brian Taylor last Tuesday night in the opening game of the state tournament. He knew the Darts were a strong team despite their 5 Region-- 4 record and he had heard a little something about Taylor. But he didnt expect Taylor to hit 14 field goals and go 9 in fact Judge from the foul line to tally 36. No one did was supposed to win the game and continue on for a repeat of last year's championship. But Taylor had different ideas as he scored half the Darts points in leading them to a 8 rout. To State perns Vikings Play Run and Dunk i 72-5- 7. 1 vr 3-- A 5-- 10-1- - 8-- 3-- Not That Bad 72-5- We West is Next With the win, the Darts now move on to the second round and will play West on Thursday at 4:10 p.m. in the Special Events Center on the University of Utah Campus. West moved into the second round by virtue of a 6 victory over Spanish Fork. Taylor and the Darts will hope to repeat their performance but the West defense is known to be one of the toughest in the state and has been the reason behind upset victories over power teams like Highland and Viewmont earlier this season. Against Judge, Taylor was unstoppable as he scored at will from virtually everywhere. One of his favorite shots was a jumper from the left side of the key and he opened the game by hitting four straight. Judge never had a chance from that point on. ' 6-- 6-- Run and Gun This floor really helped our fast break, said Johansen - with a big grin, pointing to the spacious playing surface of fered by the Special Events Center. We play best when we have room to run." And run the Vikings did as a quick defense caused turnovers each time Springville tried to move inside. Morrell spent most of the afternoon making steals and turning them into fast break baskets. Springville was completely demoralized late in the game when Morrell slam dunked two of the easy scores. Were playing team ball again and thats why we beat them so bad, said Morrell after the game. We werent all that nervous and we all had a lot of fun. The Mountain View matchup promises to be much more of a contest for the Vikings and odds makers are saying that the winner will probably make the finals. , ot Taylor Not Alone Although at first Taylor seemed like the only Dart on the floor, the others were in fact there too. One of them was Brent Hatch who scored 14 and Lynn Lloyd hit for eight while collecting some strong boards. The Bulldogs could manage just one player in double figures and that was senior guard Kenny Vierra. Judge does promise to be strong next year as they only lose two starters and 7 center Peter Rokich is only a sophomore. Judge will move on in the consolation tournament to play Spanish Fork. . didnt expect them to be that bad and they werent, said Johansen after the win. If we expected an easy game, we wouldnt have spent six hours scouting them last week. With the win, Viewmont now moves on to play Mountain View in the second round on Thursday at 8 p.m. Mountain View made the second round by downing Box Elder. At the close of region play, Johansen pointed to Norm Parrish and Kyle Morrell as being the team leaders for the Vikings in the tournament and leaders they proved to be as 26 points while Morrell added 17. Parrish scored a game-hig- h 8 center John White was simply awesome on defense and dominated the boards on both ends of the court. 53-4- VIEWMONTS CENTER John White Is ail set to slam for two points against Springville in opening round action of the Basketball Tournament. The overall size and State quickness of Viewmont proved to be the winning factor. 3-- f t . Four Seniors Lead Roy Viewmont Rips Springville Darts t Staff Writer There are only four seniors on the Roy High School varsity basketball team, but those four upperclassmen play a major role in what Royal basketball . has become this year. First there is Brad McCaulley, team captain and starter at guard. Brad has three letters in football, two in basketball and will have his third letter, this on the baseball team. . spring at short-sto- p a Brad was named and in football, and was honored as M.V.P. Football by the Lakeside Review. He was named as outstanding junior basketball player, last year, and in his sophomore year he was declared best of the tenth grade baseballers. Brad is an honor student with a high school G.P.A. of 3.7 and is a member of the National Honor Society. He wants to study dentistry in college but he also wants to compete in sports. He has been actively recruited by all of the surrounding junior colleges, but seems to be interested in Brown University of Rhode Island. Hell visit the school next month. - Coaches Jacklin, Thompson and Smith are all high on Brad McCaulley. They all lauded him for his competitive attitude and cooperative manner on the team. "With his intense play and leadership, ability, he is like a coach on the floor, said Coach Smith. Brad averages nine points per game in basketball, e and is the guy in every game. Brad is the son of Don and Joyce McCaulley of Roy. He has a little brother, Brian, who is ten years old and in the fourth grade at Valley View Elementary. Already Brian is preparing to take Brads place as . at Roy High School. , super-sta- r on the guard line is Robert KirkBrad's side-kic- k wood, who leads the Roy team in scoring. Robert is an excellent ball handler and likes to penetrate with options to score or to pass off to his teammates inside. Kirkwood spends a lot of time on the charity stripe in most games, where he can hit 80 percent of his free throws. He is a deadly shot from the 15 to 18 foot range and likes to drive on the opposition. Robert has been on Roys honor roll, and is thinking of attending Weber State College, hopefully on a basketball scholarship. Kirkwood played football in the Roy Recreation program and at Joy Junior High all-are- - s 4 all-sta- te take-charg- Continued on Page 9B ; |