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Show WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- NEWS JOURNAL. NORTH DAVIS LEADER. MARCH 4. 1981 VIS Know The Weather Does the sun heat the atmos- phere, the air around the earth? Is the suns heat the force which sets in motion our weather? ODDLY ENOUGH the sun doesnt heat the air. But it does heat the earth and this heat is reflected and heats the air. And this heat starts the motion of our weather. Heated air rises, causing cooler air to move in laterally to take its place, which is wind. As the heated air rises into the heights and is cooled, its water capacity is reduced and clouds are formed. The clouds produce rain. THE CLOUDS themselves cause more weather motion. They shade the earth below them, causing uneven heating on its surface. The warmed areas not shaded by clouds heat the air above, which Davis County North Davis Junior High swept through the 1980-8Brian Coach undefeated. Poll, in his season basketball Junior High second year, is the head coach. Back row, to r, Coach Brian Poll, Kurtis Murray, Scott Mecham, Steve Stevenson, Jeff Perry, Hal Schofield, Troy Markham, Greg Bozeman and Curtis Cook.' Front row, 1 to r, Ricky Smith, Troy Barber, Ed Naylor, Kevin Bums, Phil Petersen, Dean Struhs, David Gardiner, Reland Boren and manager, Corey Birt. Assistant coach, Russell Zaugg is missing from picture. 1 1 UNDEFEATED CAGERS By KEITH DUNCAN After losing two games, Coach Brian Poll and his North Davis Jr. High basketball troops decided it was time to rehuddle and reorganize their goals. Reorganize they did and a bunch of winning they did too. FOR THE first time in the history of North Davis Jr. High basketball, the Norsemen completed a season of league play undefeated. The winning has created a panorama of excitement within the school and a tradition Coach Poll hopes will last for quite some time. "When the season was barely getting started, we made a goal as a team to finish the entire season undefeated. But after losing our first two games, we had to recurve our goal and make it through league play without a blemish, said Poll after beating South Davis in the season finale. . THERE WERE just a bunch of things that contributed to our success, not any one thing. If two words were to describe the bunch of them, it would have to be cohesively great, " said Poll. Coach Craig Hansen heads up the Clearfield High basketball squad and he seemed very impressed with the season just completed by the Norsemen. Hansen played his high school ball at Clearfield and has now, coached there for over a de- -. cade. SINCE BEING at Clearfield High. I have never seen a junior high team play as good a basketball as North Davis played this past season. Brian wasnt loaded with a bunch of talent down there, but got a bunch of kids believing in I themselves. . admitted Hansen. The Clearfield mentor is still beaming over the spectacular comeback victory that North staged against Sunset Jr. earlier in the season. IT HAD TO be one of the greatest victories I have ever witnessed." said Hansen. "North was down by 20 at half, caught up by the end of the fourth quarter and eventually won the game by a dozen or so points." "Nothing was right in that first half, admitted Poll. The Norsemen notched 27 points to Sunsets 7 however, to win ;the game in convincing style. ; ; THE impressive thing about the win over Sunset was the fact that the Devils were one of the better teams in the league. Sunset. North Layton and North Davis were the three powerful teams in the league and the Norsemen were cap-- ; able of knocking off both of their counterparts. Hansen said he was sur-- : prised to see most of the ; strength in the north end when predominately it has been in ithe south Davis County PREP STAR, TOO Clearfields Jennifer Beene, just a junior, has developed into one of the states finest woman prep basketball players. She pops in nearly 23 points a game and snares is an eight rebounds a game. Her older sister, Jackie, at Brigham Young University. POLL DOESNT give credit to a three or four man group" but feels comfortable in saying it was a "ten or twelve man group that won it for them. Phillip Petersen at 2 was and its auxiliary has announced. the tallest player at North d Davis. He was usually in most of the contests THE EVENT, slated for 7, mer-oriented, said Dr. Clyde F. Marx, president of Brigham Youngs Fred Roberts realizes that little brother can become like big brother. Likewise, Lady out-size- but always came through with at least ten rebounds and at least eight to 12 points. Cougar, brought the stimulus to the team, this according to his ROBERTS AND McBride are household names when it comes to BYU men's and womens basketball. The two Cougar cagers have much in common including the fact both have a little brother or sister tearing up in a big kind of way on the prep scene this year. "Big Fred graduated from Bingham High in Salt Lake City where his little brother plays a big role in the success of the Miners. coach. He was so skilled that the other players were always try ing to raise themselves up to his level, said Poll. Perry was also unselfish, but usually led the North team in scoring. "He got his points, but didn't have to force it to get them," said Poll. all-st- ar PERRY PUMPED in 30 points against Millcreek which many believe is the most number of points ever scored by a North player in one game. The game before that he netted 25 points and finally finished the season with a point scoring average. Curtis Cook, the smallest guy on the court, was Polls avid ballhandler. He also had a talent for shooting outside. OF MORE local interest is the rising stardom of Clea- rfield's Jennifer Beene, a 20-pl- junior, and the little sister to BYUs Jackie. Jenny, the daughter of Jimmy and Beth Beene of Sunset, Ut., may be eligible for status someday, this according to her prep coach, Margo Jones. . HAL Schofield and Troy Barber were two that kept the pressure off. Barber made great strides through the course of the season to improve his shooting ability side. AFTER TAKING a team to the state championship in 1977 and producing a runner-u- p to the state champion last year, in- Roland Boren and Eddie Naylor were usually the first Ikv- two to pop off the bench. A YEAR AGO in Brian's first season as the head coach at North, he carried seven ten eighth-gradeand two seventh-grader"All the players that were with us last year were here again. said Poll. The ninth-grader- rs s, s. Norsemen finished last season with a 3 mark. Poll will admit that the longer they played the easier it became to believe in themselves. We had a special motto for our team. It was. Got to have fun, but be No. 1. 4-- FOR POLL, the season is over. The jerseys are neatly tucked away in storage and the last of newspaper reporters are ringing his phone for stories. But for him and the players, memories of North's only undefeated season will live on forever. - ' f''' In a critical game for both Layton and Weber, Layne Sackett, one of the leagues two of his 29 points. Despite leading scorers, gets loose for just a second to score over his efforts, the Warriors won the game and state tournaments rights inside game. Layton by enforcing a strong WIN TO QUALIFY Clearfield Job Corps Rangers Recognized at the Weber State-Idah- o BEFORE Jennifer ever hit the high school scene, she had the chance to see not only Jackie, but another older sister, Janet, perform for Clearfield in basketball. Both Janet and Jackie brought bunches of Ran- respectability to Clearfield basketball and young Jennifer isnt ruining the tradition by any means. State basketball game Saturday night. ATHLETIC Director Gary Crompton said, The Rangers of Clearfield have assisted in parking and crowd control for our athletic department for 12 years. Their service and dedication have been exceptional. The Rangers have been active over the years in many This week she will lead the Falcons into the girls state playoffs. On Tuesday, Clearfield was to open with Skyline the very team that defeated Clearfield in the state finale last season. 4-- THROUGH LEAGUE play, Jennifer helped Clearfield to an 2 mark, good enough for second place. Overall, the Falcons were 14-- 5 before entering the state playoffs. Beene has become an exciting attraction at girl's games and presently leads the league with a 22.6 scoring average. community projects. These students volunteer their time 8-- above and beyond the regular the quality care they need. center director of Clearfield said, sponsor of Save Your Vision Week in Utah, the Utah Optometric Our ties with the college have grown stronger and stronger over the years. Wc have a very warm place in our hearts for Weber State. He went on to say, It may come as a surprise to many people of the area, but we have nearly 75 students from Clearfield who AS THE major Association and auxiliary will celebrate the occasion with various community and public service activities. These include distributing educational materials, school classroom programs, Seymour Safety puppet shows, etc. She also averages 8.2 rebounds per game and four MOSE WATKINS, currently attend Weber State. Peart (1980). "I hate to compare players and by saying Jenny has a shot at being someday isn't saying shell out do her sister, says Jones. "My comment is that at this point in Jennifers career, she is doing some amazing things com- pared to other players she CLEARFIELD gers of the Clearfield Job Corps Center were recognized The Coach Jones' assumption might have a little weight. Afterall, Jones has already molded two prep players in the likes of Jackie (1978) and Karleen competes against. the optometric organization. hours in training for their reIt helps remind consumers spective vocations. Each must that they must know what they excel in his or her program to should receive in vision care maintain the status of a before they can see eye to .Ranger. with providers and find Jackie Beene McBride understands the principle of little sister becoming like big sister." JEFF PERRY probably eye is annually procMarch laimed by the President of the United States to remind Americans of the role good vision and of the plays in their lives importance of preserving their vision with proper preventive health care. This years theme ;s consu- never averaged points when a junior. But they tend to over look the fact that Jackie's Clearfield High days were times when the team she played with was extremely balanced. 20-pl- Observance : average, remind that Jackie By KEITH DUNCAN 6-- Save Your Vision Week i shaded areas flows in to rewind again. place it Therefore, the heat of the sun is responsible for most of our weather movement. MAYBE THE thing that impresses me more than anything else about North's season is the winning attitude and tradition it may have started. Brian's got seventh graders right now, chopping at the bit to play. "Numerous members of the North team come to our varsity games and many even come to see the J.V. games. Theyre excited about basketball and the chance to be in a Falcon uniform," said Hansen. schools. Seeing Eye to Eye is the theme for the 1981 observance of Save Your Vision Week, the Utah Optometric Association rises. Cooler air from the . FANS MIGHT remember the likes of such teammates as Dorinda Carey, Sherry Titus, Jodi DeRouchey and others. Jackie and all the crew, with balanced scoring a big factor, combined to win the state championship in 1977. Jennifers coach is as impressed as anyone with her uncanny scoring ability, but that seems to impress the veteran coach more is Jennys increasing intelligence of the overall aspects of the game. AN EXAMPLE, she says, occured this past season in the two contests with Weber. "In the first game, Jennifer scored plenty of points and had another regular good game. But the second time around, Weber double-teame- d and played some pretty good de- fense on her. "But Jennifer, not being the gunning forceful type, was content to rebound and make some beautiful assists. Because of her patience we ended up beating the Warriors worse the second time. Shes a team player, said Jones. WOODS CROSS found out exactly how good she was when she tossed in 36 points in a game earlier this season. Twice she has hit for 30 points. outburst in the "That best single performance Ive ever seen since being here," said Margo. She still makes mistakes and has a lot more to learn about the sport, says Jones, But with her constant maturity, the future looks good." JONES APPEARS excited about the state tournament this year. She dropped two close decisions to Layton in league action and would like nothing more than one more chance. Clearfield has a very impre ssn ive record in pt.y while Layton's isnt quite glossy. "But you have to give the Lancers a lot of credit," Jorn s post-seaso- said. They have it together." pt BESIDES BEING a basketball star, Jennifer isnt that bad on the volleyball court. She was named as one of Clearfields stars along n with Donna Wood. In the springtime, Jenny will probably find her real niche as her older sister, Janet, takes the helm and will lead the Clearfield girl's track and field team. Janet graduated from Clearfield in 1975 and went directly to Weber State where she still continues in her studies. In her four years as a Lady Wildcat. Janet performed in volleyball, basketball, track and field and softball. assists. JENNYS NOT a team captain, but the juniors as well as the seniors look to her in cruMichael Carlin, son of Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Carlin of South Weber, won first place in the U.S. Ski Association Slalom Race at Snowbird recently. At Michael is one of the youngest com petitors in this area having participated in many local ski events. Michaels instructor, Butch Hoffmann, is the head coach at Nordic V alley. cial situations. And she usually comes through when the chips are down, said Margo. Those who look toward the future and are all smiles when it comes to Jennys high point ITS A BIG week for Jennif- er, this being her first state basketball tournament. Whatever it takes, points, rebounds, assists, leadership or a combination of all, Jennifer and her teammates would like nothing more than to be battling for another state championship on Saturday evening. |