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Show 8A Page South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, April 18, 1984 , - u A sole leader emerged from the pack in the Region 4 baseball race after Fridays round of was still play, but Region deadlocked with three teams tied for the lead and three more tied for the next position. Bountiful captured the pole position in the Region race by beating Davis 2 Thursday and by coming from behind in the seventh inning Friday to down Highland Meanwhile in Region 1, Clearfield moved into a tie for first place with Roy and Bonneville, all with records of Layton, Weber and Box Elder share a tie for fourth with region records of 1 1 5-- 7-- 6. . 3-- 2. 3-- 2. In other Region 4 action East slipped into second place with a 2 record by downing View-mo3-- nt Friday, Highland moves into third with a record of 2 (they have one game to -0 2-- make up). Woods Cross moved into a tie for fourth place with Davis by defeating the Darts at home And Bountiful took advantage of a long triple by designated hitter Brent Page with two on and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning to boost themselves into the region lead. k Page actually got an home run, but the winning run crossed the plate when, he was at third so that was all we could give him. The Braves Bruce Riddle rapped a key single in the seventh inning with one man on and no outs. Bountiful then missed on a sacrifice bunt and had one strikeout before Page belted the 4-- ''4 2. inside-the-par- Photo by Robert Regan just misses scoring against Woods Cross in Fridays Region 4 action. The Wildcats won the game DAVIS game winner. Dusty Jacobs hit three, times to aid the winners, and Rob Thompson was the winning pitcher for the Braves. Clearfield outgunned Box Elder in the final four innings while holding the Bees scoreless to win Clearfield coach Ken Hicks said he was mostly concerned about his teams defense in. the early innings. 12-- 8. We knew we could hit the ball on them. We just had to cut down on our errors. We knew if we could do that, we coull win, he said. The Falcons had four errors in second inning, the Bees six-ru- n and Box Elder jumped to a 3 lead. But Clearfield went on to get 6-- 13 hits while making just one more error to capture the win. At Woods Cross the Davis Darts held on to a slim 0 lead going into the fifth inning, but the Wildcats sneaked in one run in the fifth and added three more in the sixth to give them their second straight victory win. Davis pitcher Wylee Carlson pitched a tough game for Davis, but the Wildcats got three of their runs via the unearned route to secure the win. In Layton the Lancers played catchup most of .the way but fi- -. 2-- nally outlasted Weber to win offensive spec4 in a it ' tacular. Weber jumped out to a 10-- 4 lead after three innings but the Lancers came back to tie the ll in the sixth and game at won the game when Tom Montano drove in Brian Bailey in the seventh. Bailey belted five hits and Robert Ferneau hit three times for the Lancers. 29-h- 15-1- 14-a- Roy lost a heartbreaker to Bonneville 8 in Washington ? 9-- Terrace. The Royals just couldnt overlead by come an early six-ru- n the Lakers. Steve Skidmore and Jeff Critt-nede- n each had two doubles apiece for the Royals and Jeff Schultz knocked two hits. Viewmont dropped a tough defensive decision to East -0 Friday. Falcons Dominate Invitational T raek 60 points and Weber finished first with CHRIS LARSEN Review 79: Correspondent The Clearfield Falcons boys team swept their second track and field invi- tational in a row last Saturday at the 11th annual Ogden Standard-ExamierWeber State track and field invita- tional at Wildcat Stadium. n- The depth of the field events helped the Falcons, who finished with a total of 64 points, 14 ahead of second place Alta. The Falcon girls placed second with , For the Falcons senior James Moore Pced first in the pole vault at 14-a Schofield took first in a1Ks.e!V?r 0, take state this year. Other Falcon supporters were Jeff Parry, who placed second in the long jump. In the shot put, sophomore Craig Carter and Senior Kim Thurgood placed second and third 'A and 52-- 4 with throws of. 54-re- Mike Middleton, Tom McDonaugh,' and Mike Allen set a new meet record with 3:39:09. 21-- Troy Hanks, along with Sharp, Middleton, and Allen won the 440 yard relay in 44.61. spectively. Hanks also placed second in the 110 Coach John Flint said the ivitational meter high hurdles. was his teams best performance this Coach Lynn Dubois said the field season events hurt his team from doing better. The Viewmont Vikings placed third We have won the state the last two with 36 points by the finishes years in a row in cross country and the of their 440 and medley relay teams. distance races are the backbone of our The medley relay team of Greg Sharp, team Dubois said. The Davis Darts placed third, 6 points behind Viewmont. Junior Jeff Ohlwiler blasted a first to help place javelin throw of 184-1- 0 finish. the Darts to their Junior Eric Thompson also helped with a first place discus throw of 151-Thompson has a goal to throw 160 and take first in the state meet this 7, a? Clearfield s Ricky Smith took first place in the 400 meter dash at and was a anchor in the mile relay. y Rodney Rubai, Doug Evans, Don felter, and Smith took the mile in 49-9- 6, Glad-carr- 3:3.37. Smith placed fifth in the 400 meter at state last year. Smith said his goal is to first-pla- with 18 points. Senior Tom Kidd took first in the long jump with 2 Vi. Layton would have finished much higher, but a dropped baton between the second and third leg of the mile relay erased 10 points from, their (otal. The Clearfield Falcons girls received 61 points due to the help of first place finishes in the 200 and 400 meter dash, and the 440 yard and mile relays. The Falcons were led by Stephanie Clemments, and Laura Zaugg, who were anchor and first leg in booth relays respectively. Clemments won both the 200 meter and 400 meter dash in 35.7 and 58.69 respectively. .Teammate Laura Zaugg took second in the 200 meter dash and 100 meter hurdles with 25.96 and 15.20 respectively. The Davis Darts took 10th in the invitational with 14 points. Davis took the Medley relay by the speed of Tammy Duke, Sonya Rhees, Sarah Hiller, and Wendy Hunter. The Roy Royals placed 1 1th with 12 points. Shelly Schamber placed second in the and Julie Taylor discus with 109-took fourth in the Javelin with 126-The Layton Lancers and Viewmont Vikings tied for 19th place, with 7 points a piece. Carol Day took third in the High Jump with a 5 effort for the Lancers. Jenny Miller placed fourth in the shot put, fifth in the discus, and sixth in the javelin for the Vikings. ce 30-poi- nt 7. year. The Roy Royals came in sixth with 24 points. Senior Larry Helms accounted for 20 points, by winning the 10 meter high hurdles in 15.26, and the 300 meter intermediate hurdles in 39.26. I had to push really hard to take it Helms said. I had some good competition. Helms tied with John Jusko, of St. Josephs for the outstanding athelete of the 1 meet. Mike Coe helped the Royals with a e finish in the 800 and 1600 meter runs. The Layton Lancers finished 11th sixth-plac- 4, 4. 5-- Layton High School LAYTON Gary Hansen, Layton you should, it becomes more than a High Schools head football coach for way of life. It is life, Hansen said. the past 12 years, resigned his position Hansen, 45, graduated from Weber last week. State College in 1964. He then coached Hansen's teams have compiled a reat Kaysville Junior High and Bountiful cord of 65 wins against' 54 losses, High and spent a short stint in the Nanotched three consecutive Region tivy before coming to Layton in 1968. and won Laytles from and 1977-7He was an assistant coach for four tons only state championship in 1978. years before taking the head coaching Hansens teams went to the state job. While a senior at WSC, Hansen playoffs eight times and he only had four losing seasons in his 12 years. earned honorable mention Its ' just time to get out, Hansen Honors as well as , honors said. in both the Big Sky Athletic Conference Ive always enjoyed coaching. I love and the Intermountain Collegiate Aththe game, and I always will. letic Conference. Im sure Ill miss it, but there comes Hansen played his prep football at a time when the problems involved Davis, where he earned varsity letters outweigh the enjoyment you recieve, in football, wrestling and track. and you need to make a change, he Hansen will continue to teach driv-- , added. ers education and biology at Layton. Hansen's big reason for resigning was Applications for the vacant coaching to allow himself more time to spend position are available at the Davis with his family and in pursuing other County School Districts personnel ofinterests, he said. fice located at 45 East State Street in "Id like to spend more time with my Farmington. Applications will close on family and hunting and golfing. April 24 at 4:30 p.m. "When youre coaching, if you're Further information is available hv dedicated and pursuing your job like calling 1 9, ca , ' DAVIS . ERIC THOMPSON winds up for a discus toss Saturday at the Ogden Standard-Examine- r Invitational Track Meet at Weber State College. Photo by Robert Regan Thompson won the event with a throw of 151 feet 7 inches. 451-110- 3. |