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Show 1 WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, By KEITH DUNCAN Spring baseball is to Clearfield what strawberries are to shortcake. Add Coach Ken Hicks to the former and a little whipping cream to the lattei and youve got some combinations that are hard to beat. VETERAN COACH, Ken Hicks and the 1981 edition of Clearfield baseball begin tryouts and the formation of a team this week. Only three starters return from last year's Falcon squad, but don't count en out yet. Tradition is sometimes harder to bend than iron in a vice. The Falcons have always turned out a competitive team and even though powerful Bonneville will definitely be the favorite to capture the region title, Coach Hick's nine should finish up there with the best of them. SHORTSTOP, Shane Open-shaand outfielders James Prothero and Guy Wright are the only Clearfield returnees who performed on last year's squad that went to the state playoffs. Prothero, a junior, ended up out hitting his teame mates in last years appearance in the state playoffs. Gone, but not forgotten, are four-gam- Brook Hicks, Scott Frew, Dean Vernon, Todd Gibbs, Mike Lavato and Danny Perkins who were the hub of the Clearfield team last season. This bunch lost to Kearns in the opening game of the 1980 playoffs but picked it back up and beat Orem and Bonneville in the following two games. IT TAKES two losses to get bounced out of a double elimination tournament and Kearns came around again and disposed of Hick's squad in their fourth game of the playoffs. Hillcrest won last year's state title by defeating Kearns in the championship game. OPENSHAW WAS Hicks choice at Clearfields lead-of- f hitter last year and was easily their toughest out. He hit the ball consistently through the 1980 spring play and finally ended up with a plus .300 av- -. erage. Prothero played plenty of right field for the Falcons last season. His coach hopes his torrid hitting spree that stopped last spring will again pick up right where it left off. Prothero also pitched on the junior varsity team and could see some action for Clearfield on the mound. GUY WRIGHT rotated in the outfield last year but mostly seeing action at the left field position. He wasnt as permanent as the other two returnees. but will play a much bigger role this year. Coach Hicks will conduct official baseball tryouts this week and as of yet isn't sure NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MARCH 18, 1981 where everyone fits in. He will choose from several of last year's top junior varsity players and some players that saw plenty of summer action. is! If I hear that word upset again Well Ill get upset. SOME OF his top candidates include Mike Gooch, Mike Blair, Bruce Reid, Kelly Ryan, David Valentine, Lawrence Lavato, Scott Tremea, Gene Durrant, Doug Bills, Pat Leach, Dan Cook, Emerico Florez and others. If Bonneville cant win the league, then they are in big theyve got, said Hicks. The Lakers are loaded and there isnt a coach around the region or the state for that matter that doesnt agree the Lakers are the team to beat in 81. HOT ROD Hundley, the voice of the Utah Jazz, came up with a great quote while broadcasting the game with Houston on Saturday night. People were calling the B YU win over UCLA an upset, but as Hot Rod noted, What BYU did to UCLA was a whipping not an upset. Again I feel the UCLA club was ranked higher THE NAMES in the top twenty are usually the same each year and not because of talent so much as because of their name and the tradition it stands for. But for heaven sake just because a team that most of the voters hasn't seen beats a team with a reputation from the past lets not call it an upset. Lets just call it a win. EVERYONE on the tube is trying to explain why the rash of upsets, theres that word again. Some say its due to the fact each school is allowed only 15 scholarships and thus the talent is spread out across the land. This year they are pointing the finger at the fact the teams that receive the byes are all getting knocked off because they havent had a game in the tournament yet and are still suffering from tournament jitters. Why dont they look at the obvious The polls mean nothing. They arent upsets they are simply teams that are going on the floor and not worrying about traditions, ranking and whipping the so called IF NOTHING else this years tournament should tell the so called experts that their polls mean absolutely nothing. I have long advocated the abolishment of these polls, they are a joke and their own tournament is making a mockery out of them. The pollsters go by the big names and not by talent. You tell me that a pollster really knew that Kentucky was better than Alabama a Birmingham, Im willing to bet those guys never saw them even THE LAKERS have a pitching staff led by Cory Sylvester, a blue chip athlete who will be playing on some major college team a year from now. Cory hasnt decided on which sport hell be playing, but he will be there. big boys. Im going to get. IT SEEMS as if no announcer doing the NCAA basketball tournament can go two sentences without saying that word. Basically just what do they mean by an upset. Well it means that according to them the team that should have won didn't. But my big question to them is who do they think they are picking who should win, and just because the team they pick doesnt win, why do they still insist on complimenting themselves by calling it an upset. trouble with the players than they should have been due to their tradition. Face it the win over the Bruins was a great one and I dont want to take anything away from it. but this is not the same UCLA dynasty that we all knew about ten years ago. THE POLLS mean absolutely nothing and 1 wish they would throw them out the window where they belong. Unless some guy can see every club in the nation play at least twice what gives him the right to say which is the top club. Some of these clubs that are winning in these so called upsets have great reuc but received no rankings. cords f' The uioadcasters around here no doubt voted as the top club but Im willing to wager my house none of them evey saw St. Joseph play during the season so how do they know it was an upset and not just a matter of a better team winning. play but theyll always vote for Kentucky in the top 20 simply because of their name and tradition. By DAVE WIGHAM De-Pa- ul Coach Steve Gardner of Bonneville also returns his starting catcher from last year and his starting shortstop. Experience will be the big key for them, said Hicks. THE ROY High Royals wesupposed to be playing for the state football or basketball championships, but they ended up being there. Dont count out Fred Thompsons crew who probably would be picked to finish second in region. The Royals and Lakers al- rent By KEITH DUNCAN Potentially this could be our finest year ever in track and field here at Clearfield, said Coach John Flint as tryouts swung into fulltime action last week. Last year he made about the same comment and the Falcons went on to win the region championship and finish fifth in state. Opposing ways seem to have funny things happen when they get together so dont count on anything, despite the talent that one or the other might have. coaches around the league take Flint serious when he speaks anymore. LAYTON WILL be led by their new coach. Brad Hawkins, who has plenty of baseball experience to back up his TALENT AND depth in Clearfield field events appears to be where the Falcons will have their majority of strength. In past years, particularly in the spring relays, the school has ranked quite high among their opponents in sprint races. This year will find a change in that trend. rookie year as coach of Layton. Weber, also, will have a new coach in their head baseball coaching position in the likes of Glen Prisk. Prisk has now been at Weber for four years and this will be his first chance to head up a sport as the head coach. He can't but help do some better things for Weber, stated Coach Hicks. SKY VIEW will be much Mark Carter, Clearfield seventh in the nation in indoor shot put, this according to the of last years top throwers back again in the likes of Track and Field News. Carters name appears among the top prep throwers in the country with a major part of the publicity coming from his participation in the Simplot Games held earlier this year in Idaho. im- overall the region race will be a tough battle for anyone. Clearfield opens their pre- season slate this Thursday with Ben Lomond and on Saturday they take on Box Elder. Next Week the Falcons will battle Logan on Thursday. The following Monday they will play Woods Cross. CARTER SHOULD win the title this year but will receive some good competition from Wittingham of Provo in the invitationals that both the Bulldogs and Falcons participate in. Carter presently holds the 4-- THE FALCONS open their region schedule with Bonneville on March 31 at 1981 Bonneville. UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE event, 0 fashionable classics. Dia creel styling. Clean, crisp color . densities. variety of textures enamel detailing. Featured A and in lightweight wide hand Optyl material, each frame in the Dior collection comfortable, V- - assures you long wearing fit. Fine Professional Service Doctor Referrals Sunglasses Prescription Glasses Emergency Repairs Warranty lristian Dior 800 METER man, Robert Wilcox, is another who Flint feels is a sleeper on the team. Hes going to surprise a lot of BACKING UP Wilcox will be Danny Barnes, Kyle Knighton and Michael Rhodes. Daren Barker, who has followed two older brothers at Clearfield and who just happened to be long distance stars, is probably the Falcon's top choice as their No. 1, 1600 meter man. Daren was seventh in the region meet last season in both the mile and two mile. JUNIOR Richard Bouchard and sophomore Bill Wilcox will back up Barker. The 3200 meter race will include all the 1600 meter run- COACH FLINT will choose from five of his performers for the mile relay squad and they include Robert Wilcox. Jeff Neiderhauser, Brian Wright, Fred Cook and Bubba Conley. The 1600 relay squad will ners and some sophomores that could bloom. its ROY HIGH will get chance to star in the Region One sprint relay with the Clearfield crew not quite as strong as in recent years. Cook and Wright, along with several sophomores will vie for a spot on the four man team. While the sprint relays may be weaker than in years past, the mile relay could, become better than the 1976 group that eventually won the state championship and has the third fastest time in state history, That 1976 group included the likes of Jay Welk, Ron Peterson, Don Pollock and Richard Lewis. probably consist of Mike Rhodes, Kyle Knight, Danny Barnes and a few others Flint will get to choose from. ' THE 1981 season will probably see one of the most balanced years in Region One track history, but again it will be Roy, Clearfield and Bonneville going down to the wire for the championship. Layton will be much improved. Sky View has a new coach and comes off a sixth place finish in state and Weber will sport some of the most natural talent of any school, expecially in the high jump and long distance races. VIBIMHE Before you plant that new shade tree be sure you have selected a species that is on the approval list as found in the 170-17- ALSO STRONG in this event, for being only juniors, are Doug Paskett, Shawn Williams and Dave Thorson. Freddie Cook returns this spring as the favorite in the long jump event, this after finishing second in the region last year to Bonnevilles graduated senior, Marvin Ellis. Cook established a new school record of 22 feet 3'A inches and Coach Flint feels strongly that once Cook gets his approach down, then 23-fo- jumps could be a regular thing. THE 1981 high jump event figures to be the toughest overall event in the region this year. Clearfields entrees will include Troy Nye, John Tisler and Kevin Bitton. Two sophomores, Bubba Conley and Mike Bullard could also do well. Coach Flint thought positively that there were at least seven jumpers in the region who were established jumpers already. PROBABLY THE weakest Frames from the House gun to jell now and could surprise a bunch of people in the 400 meter race. Coach Flint has some high hopes for this senior quartermiler. Backing up Neiderhauser will be Garrett and Conley. One guy that really impresses me so far this season is young Bubba Conley, stated Flint. Bubba has a bunch of potential and ability that could make him one of the finest 400 meter men ever to run at Clearfield. Shawn Moore and Kevin Porter. As the season ended last year, both of these prepsters were throwing in the 5 foot area and their coach feels like theyll be quick to pick that pace again. field event for Clearfield is the of Dior consistently magnify what a truly an artist's sense for be- people, Flint said. Wilcox anchored last seasons medley relay team that finished third in state. He also ran the last-le- g position on the mile relay team which placed first in region and second in state. said Flint who has two 6-- 6 & JEFF Neiderhauser has THE FALCONS could have been a terror in this event had they not lost Eddie Planteric, who moved to California. Kyle Mooseman and Steve Gunderson will back up Carter in this event. The javelin is potentially our overall strongest field February edition of U.S. little more natural speed than Cook, but the races are always close. BACKING UP Carter in the shot put event will be Alan Holyhak, Robbie Browning and several good sophomores. Carter is also expected to surprise some folks in the discus event. His coach claims that Mark isnt quite as consistent as he is in the shot put, but time should cure that. Carter has busted the school record in practice sessions but has yet to do it in a meet. senior, is one to keep an eye on. Mark presently ranks proved over a year ago so state indoor record for the shot put while also holding region and school records in the event. pole vault event, but senior Ed Lemmon isnt about to believe that. Ed had jumps over 12 feet during the summer and should get on track early. Scott Harold and Greg Boren will also pole vault for Clearfield. "By far, our majority of points will come from the field events, said Flint again. If we fail to live up to what were capable to doing, we could be in some trouble. FOR THE first time in years, Clearfield will be without a senior in the 10 high hurdles. Mike Fahnert has the most potential in this event but has been held out so far because of a pulled hamstring muscle he sustained in an indoor meet. JuniorTracy Pitkin and sophomore Dean Garrett will also compete in the high hurdles. Fahnert, Pitkin and Garrett will all battle in the 330 intermediates along with senior Todd Larsen. new brochure Kaysville Trees, available at the city office. THE BROCHURE highlights 35 trees that are of proven dependability and , value in beautifying the recorder which can be checked out with the audio-visuprograms for groups or individual use. Clubs or groups who desire may also secure the services of the shade tree commission members, as consultants for group meetings by appointment. THE SHADE tree commission is encouraging gifts and bequests to help plant VOID CilUPZTS addi- tional trees on city property on Arbor Day. Such gifts should be submitted to the Kaysville City Office. The Kaysville Shade Tree Commission is comprised of Councilman Clair Snow, Pete Page, Robert Bone, Robert Anderson. Calvin Flint and LaVar Godfrey, np OEniirani STEmtZJL com-munit-y, and officially approved by the Kaysville Shade Tree Commission. Other efforts of the Shade Tree Commission have resulted in an outstanding collection of audio-visuaids and other source materials on tree selection, planting and care, all available at the city library. These resource materials can be checked out of the library for use of individuals or groups. THE AUDIO-visual- s lable are: "Trees, avai- Trees, a series of colored slides with a narrative cassette describing the characteristics of many trees. A Tree Hurts Too," shows how to deal with various injuries that occur to trees: "Rx for Trees. deals with specific injuries that rees sustain from various causes: Pruning Techniques will help you to prune your shade trees properly: "Reasons for Fertilizing" shows how to maintain healthy trees through proper fertilization. The library has a new 35 mm projector, and also a cassette Trees," LAYTON Police here are seeking the hit and run vehicle and its driver that struck and killed a 31 year-old Layton woman as she walked along Main Street about 9:15 p.m. Sunday. -- KILLED WAS Nancy S. Chorniak, 170 North 425 West, Layton. 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