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Show WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- VIS f ( f NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JANUARY 21, 1982 roll! By KEITH DUNCAN - When you play the No. 1 basketball team in the state, youve got to play the best basketball of your life, said Mike Gardner folKAYSVILLE lowing his Davis Darts dramatic and thrilling 5 stunning upset of the Bountiful Braves. 75-6- I CERTAINLY hope my basketball players did not have the best game they will ever play, but for some of them it may have been the best game ever up to this point. And of course that is what is impo- rtant to us, continued Gardner. The heart pounding Region Four victory deals the Braves their fust defeat in league play and throws the Region Four race into a four way tie be Woods Cross and Highland. All four have 1 marks. 2-- THERE WERE heros galore for the Davis side including Brian their star Taylor, who spashed the nets for 40 points and was 16 of 18 32-2- points including 8 for 9 from the line). But when the other kids can come through and play their hearts out like they did Tuesday night, we are cap-- from the freethrow line. Another was Brent Lange who Gardner said "is working his heart out, especially on the lore Tune-U- p And Dicksons Crew lay Contend Bountiful hadnt seen before on defense and which caused problems for their offense. By KEITH DUNCAN A few KAYSVILLE more tune-up- for Davis s Highs wrestling squad could very well make them a title contender. IN RECENT activity Coach Jim Dicksons squad handed Woods Cross a dual meet loss then sparkled in places and fizzled in others to wind up second at the annual Bountiful High Invitational. This week the Darts take on Highland on Thursday night in Kaysville then prepare for the Jordan Invitational on Saturday. DICKSON HAS to feel good Shawn about his Robinson, who as a sophomore has emerged as possibly the guy to beat when in comes region championship time. Robinson beat his Woods Cross opponent in last weeks dual then gave up two points in the last four seconds of the championship bout of the for second place. Robinson had beaten the same kid earlier in the year. SHAWN JUST tnade a sophomore mistake, but he'll get over it, said Dickson. Roger Reynard sparkled in the 1 19 bracket in the dual with Woods Cross but didnt have a good tournament according to his coach. AT 126 RUJIN defeated Kir-kha- m of Woods Cross, then proceeded Saturday to finish fourth in the Bountiful tournament. "It was a pretty tough weight to compete in. Both Merrill of Bountiful and Shupe of Sky View were in it. But Rujin had a good tourney," said Dickson. Chris Cardinet allowed himself to lose to Woods Cross 3 8-- but turned around Saturday and beat the same kid, Cardinet was leading in his dual match 0 but gave up eight points in the third round to lose. 11-- 3. Leading Scorers Davis County Basketball In knocked off Jacobs in the dual match and then came back any Ive seen. The Davis occasions, thanks to the last second shot by Troy with the fancy passing of right into the second stanza and threw the ball away two times, Bountiful couldn't master a thing. Coach Halls squad hit only four points during a 9-- 3-- LITTLE DID Jim or the Darts realize at the time the importance of that pin. As it turned out the Davis club lost the team title at the Cooley Memorial tournament by a single point. When all was said and done the points were added and Sky View had 124 to their credit while the Darts had 123. Weber was third with 118 followed by host Bountiful 114, Woods Cross 83, Jordan, Murray and Roy. IM NOT putting all the blame for the tournament on this match but if he would have held on and not been pinned we would have won it. But ' those things happen in wrestling and you learn to live with them." As it was, the Darts had three wrestlers claim individual titles, two others made Sports Quiz Mil1. Who won the Sun City lion Dollar Golf Challenge? 2. What college football team is the NCAA champs? 3. Adrian Dantley plays pro basketball for what team? 4. Who won the women s World Cup slalom three con- secutive times? 5. Name the player who leads in scoring in the history of the NFL divisional playoffs? sophomore Nate Hinckley came up with a big 2 win over Dave Shupe of Weber in the 145 lbs division. Nate had a takedown in the first period and a reversal in the second for the win. 4-- Big Robert Steed was the big winner in the 185 lbs class. Rob Rob Eggett of Bounti- pinned ful in the finals for the win which also enabled him to earn STORM DOOR BRUCE FRODSHAM made it to the finals of the 155 lbs but ran into a buzzsaw and was Wepinned by John Noble of ber. This was an upset to say the least. Another Dart, Shawn Robinson, also made it to the finals of the 98 lbs. class but he too was knocked off and settled for second. Cary Blood lost in the semifinals of the unlimited class but came back strong to whip Dave Smith of Bountiful for third place. Darin Ruvjin and James Hall also picked up valuable points for the Darts with their fourth place efforts. FOR THE host, Braves things just didnt work out for them. Three of their wrestlers made it to the finals but all three were defeated. Dave Merrill was beaten 15-- 9 by Denny Shupe of Sky View at 126; Chris Badger was upset 5 by Mark Norman of Sky View at 167 and Eggett lost to Steed at 7-- 185. Answers To Sort Quiz 1. Johnny Miller. 2. Clemson University. 3. Utah Jazz. 4. Swiss Erika Hess. in the 98 lbs. weight and junior Dave Smith was fourth at heavyweight. WOODS CROSS won an individual title as Mike Jordan took the title from Shawn Ken-de- ll of Weber. Two other Wildcats were in the finals but were unable to win. Trent Overton lost a thriller to Kyle Hansen of Jordan and Miland Kofford Four other Bountiful men came back strong after losing a match to claim third place finishes. Eddie Snow did it at 132; Benson Alder at 138; Brad Avis at 145, and Alan Schwab at P THOUGH DAVIS came Taylor who dished out assists like they were going out of style and scored points like a machine. In that final quarter the Darts went to Taylor in minute five and one-hastretch of the first and second lf periods. the outdoors tnsidel PANELING dropped a 12-- 7 .Vl v. ?L decision to . Other Wildcat finishers bitarwr Botw Set Wrl DO door, iamb, hinges, stop. ? Hound Steak m. Cube Steak tawfat 5 lb. Pork Chops 5 lb. Beef Ribs 3 31 C9 O tjj 50 Lbs. for Save 23 ca year cs:t till AOeatlaip.aa4araatoe4im 12' full thickness. A snug fit for conventional walls and places needing additional temperature control. 12" For ceilings, attics, crawl spaces and contemporary walls. 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CHRIS CARDINTET got the Darts off on the right foot in the finals with a thrilling 2 win over favored Gary Colby of Sky View. Chris recorded a take down in the third period to earn the win. Moments later very hard and deserved this one. We turned the ball over 12 times in the first half but came back in the second half to take care of that." Davis was the leader after one quarter, 16-- thanks to a 53-4- nt MODEL 120 it to the finals but had to settle for second place, one third and two fourth. THATS AS good as weve played all year long." said Robison. "The kids worked 3 WITH A lead, Davis marched into the final quarter. Bountiful cut the lead to five points on four or five different LOOKING ahead to the region tournament, I really think everyone in this region has got a chance to win it. In my opinion there isnt a team that will dominate this thing. I know Sanderson (View-mocoach) thinks he has four, maybe five, that could win region crowns. Weve got four or five too that could be region champs. Enjoy Davis guard. his efforts. 1 - that caught the Braves off WINTER PROJECT SALE! 75-6- 5 wrestling coach Jim Dickson was visibly upset. He had just watched one of his grapplers get pinned despite being ahead in the match. 3 the defensive strategy and it was his defense Gardner says, Boise Cascade BwdMMgjM s Kirk Storey (32) and Brent Lange (background) try to defend Greg Housekeeper of Woods Cross in last Fridays action. Though the darts couldnt stop the Wildcats, Bountiful they found the right formula to bring down the win over the dramatic scored a Darts Braves. The Braves last Tuesday evening to advance into a tie with Highland, Woods Cross and Bountiful. All of these teams in league play. are now BOUNTIFUL for." Gardner allows his assistant. John Robison, to set up that stunned attempted Brave comebacks. When Lange left the game for a brief rest just prior to the end of the third quarter, the Davis crowd gave him a hearty applause for shaky when Blood was layed on his back early. But he came back the next round to get the pin. 15-- COTTRELL WAS also a tough one down the stretch." said the Davis coach. "His 6 for 6 shooting from the charity stripe was all we could ask coach (Gardner) had the kids playing team basketball and at the same time utilized his star player to the maximum. Lange, who has been playing the best basketball of his career in recent games, had two beautiful third quarter tip-i- Davis narrowly defeated Woods Cross in the dual. Things were certainly a bit dan Invitational. The two of 2-- ARNOLD WAS quoted as saying, "That was exciting basketball, just as exciting as IF WED WON just one more match or even got one more pin, we could have taken the title, said Dickson. ROBERT STEED enjoyed a fine few days of wrestling. He pinned Puzey of Woods Cross in the dual meet and then won the tournament Saturday by beating Rob Eggett of Bountiful in the finals. Steed pinned his first match Saturday, beat the next kid 1 and then pinned Eggett. trolled situations and because of that youre going to get fouled a good percentage of the time. Brian is hitting on 89 percent of this freethrows and just doesnt miss too much down the stretch." said Gardner. night. Frank Arnold and Roger Reid from Brigham Young University witnessed the game and afterwards shook their head in unbelief. 3, James Hall has wrestled only two matches in the place of Troy Meacham and Dickson hasnt been too displeased. Meacham has got cartilage problems between the ribs and also has a bad nerve and doctors last Friday said it would be five days before he could be ready again. Gardner said it was a team win despite the fact Taylor got 40. "We go to him in our con- fan's basketball delight all Cary just got thrown the wrong way and with all that weight the other guy had, it was "lights turned out for Blood. Blood weighed in at 203 while his opponent was at least 250. BRUCE Frodsham says he is going to be back. Last week he lost to Gordon Peck of Woods Cross in the dual, then was pinned in the finals of the Bountiful tournament by John Noble of Weber. season." Darts were right behind with a clip. Taylor, who tossed in 12 third quarter points, was a CARY BLOOD should have won the tournament. He lost to the kid who eventually won the tournament but was said beating him 9 to Dickson. Saturday to take first place in the tournament. 145 doesnt have a bunch of strong wrestlers this year, but not taking anything away from Hinckley I was pretty proud of him, said Dickson. Last season Eggett beat Steed in the dual meet but Steed turned around pinned Eggett in the finals of the Jor- r.v.swv. v', good enough because the again this Saturday in the Jordan Invitational. Davis was Hinckley who IT WAS A great win for said Davis High School. Gardner, "we feel very humbled and fortunate about beating a darn good Bountiful team. The Braves have an excellent basketball team and they will go a long ways this IT WAS IN that third quarter that Bountiful finally put their act together and shot a blisterfrom the field. ing But folks that wasn't quite these prepsters could meet A PLEASANT surprise for Tuesday, he was fouled often and had plenty of opportunities to head to the freethrow line. In the final quarter Tuesday, Davis sank 16 to 20 freethrows to ice the victory. in Taylor was eight for nine that period while Cottrell was six for six. Smith led the Braves in scoring with 14 points. Dan Bell contributed 11. Lex Brown had 11 and Izatt had 10. person for Davis displayed some play that Gardner felt A Little Bountiful Inv. and had to settle AND BECAUSE of the use of Taylor in situations like 5 THE DARTS took a lead into halftime talks and thats where Gardner emphasized what the game plan was again. I think our defense was the key to the game. We did some things they were not used to and caused them frustrations on their offense, said the veteran Davis mentor. The guards and the point We expect a lot of Taylor and (Kris) Cottrell (had 12 guard-forwar- their controlled game. able of playing some beautiful basketball, he said. Kirk Storey, Troy Anderson and Lange perhaps were the keys for Davis and all had exceptional games for the triumphant Darts. boards. tween the Darts, Braves, A I M. 5 P.M. M0N..Fl. A.M.-- 3 P.M. SAl With ehain, grounded cord Stool ..... bokod onomol hradi. Complotoiy wirod U L liitod flog 14 95 CEILING GRID LIGHTS 1 - 5 .0 LAYTON 1236 N. 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