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Show Clei Sun Times, March 5, 1980, Page 10 Sun Chronicle, March 6, 1980, Page 10 Ben Lomond Beacon, March 6, 1980, Page 10 Clearfield Courier, March 5, 1980, Page 10 I Roy lookin' much better; Weber pins down championship By Bliss Fullmer In a pre game interview, Clearfield Coach Craig Hansen anticipated a tough battle with Roy High School. It's never easy at Roy," he said. They always play good defense, and they have such good balance." This is a must game for us, said Coach Ted Smith ot Roy. We have yet to win our first league game in front of the home crowd, he explained. We havent been having any fun in our ball games, this year, Ted continued. I told my team to go out and play our game, and have some fun. It was fun for the Royals, because they beat the Falcons 3 in the final game of the season. It was a bitter pill for the Falcons to swallow, for they had visions of a third place tie with Sky View, and possibly a home-stan- d game in the play-offAs it turned out, Roy beat Clearfield; Sky View beat Layton and Bonneville beat Weber. Weber, then finished in first place with a record, Layton and Sky View tied with 4 records, Bonneville and Clearfield shared fourth place with standings and Roy owned the cellar with a finish. This means that Weber will entertain a fifth place team out of and so Region three in the play-offwill Sky View and Layton be the host learns against teams from Region Two and Three. Clearfield will play a second place team from Region Two on the road, while Bonneville travels to Skyline, which finished second in Region Three and Roy has the dubious honor of rated trying to get past number-on- e Hill Crest on the Huskies home maples. The Clearfield-Ro- y game was another classic (so what else is new? ) A real rivalry has developed between the Falcons and Royals, since they were united into Region One. In every game, the outcome is uncertainty down to the wire. In Fridays game, the two teams sparred for 16 minutes, while the coaches were employing 72-6- s. 3 6-- 7 s, strategy to gain upper hand. The game was tied at 21, after one quarter adof play, and Roy took a vantage to the halftime break. The Falcons did have a slim margin just before halftime, and attack to bring went to its zone defense. Roy out of its tight-kni- t Ironically, the Royals returned the favor in the opening minutes of the second half, to break up the effective Falcon zone defense, and then Roy moved inside to win the ball game. The Royals built up a ten point advantage in the late stages of the third quarter, but Clearfield kept coming back, and trailed by only six as the quarter ended. The Falcons trimmed the lead to three points, with 3:41 remaining in the game, but thats as close as they got. Roy played control basketball, and Clearfield had to get after the Royals and committed a rash of fouls that took Scott Wallace and Cory Schofield out of action with less than two minutes to play. Roy controlled the ball and the clock to a nine point win. Coach Ted Smith has done a lot of shuffling with his 1980 basketball team, but went with his veteran seniors for their last game, and they played like veterans. Bert Rich shared scoring honors with Dennis Adams, for 21 points each, and Rylan Weidemeir added eight to Roys total. Seniors Cort Murdock, Mitch Brown and Troy Bullard also contributed to the Royal victory. Clearfield put three men in double figures, led by Scott Wallace, with 18, Brook Hicks with 14 and Greg Boarden with 12. The Falcons Roy 31 to 29, but had 14 turnovers to twelve for the Royals. Clearfield put the ball up 56 times for 27 field goals, and converted 9 of 14 from the line. Roy shot only 50 times, but hit 32 times for 64 percent, and hit 8 of 14 from the line. Coach Ted Smith was beaming, as he praised his team for its best effort of the season. We didnt stop attacking the basket, he said. We stopped Wallace and their inside game in the second half, and when I knew we they went could take them. For both Clearfield and Roy, the 1979-8- 0 season had to be frustrating. Clearfield won four of five games in the first half, but lost every game in the second half to tie for fourth place with .Bonneville. 38-3- 7 man-to-ma- one-poi- four-corn- Roy lost every single game in the first round of play and all but one were close encounters and then beat Layton and Bonneville on the road, and Clearfield at home to end league play. 60 Roy J.V. In a preliminary ball game, Bart Hadley ted his Royals to a 0 victory over the visiting Falcons. Kirk 67-6- wood and Reske each scored eleven counters for Roy and Porter addej ten. For the Falcons, Cook and Nye were best shooters with 15 points each, and Pratt contributed an even dozqf S points. 5 Clearfield Roy from the field and hit 11 of 18 from the I line to 8 of 12 for the Falcons. 28-2(- Prep Standings REOION ONE MT Uj Here is the schedule for the Class basketball tournament preliminary rounds which will be 4--A played Friday. CLEARFIELDS JEFF GORRINGE soars for two over Roys Dennis Adams. 5 IT HAS record. They will play Granite pionship with a of the playoffs in Weber. 7-- 3 in the opening round been a disappointing second half of the season for Coach Craig Hansen and his Clearfield Falcons. After winning four of their first five games, they then lost five straight. Clearfield will play Skyline on Friday. Texans come North The NCAA basketball word went out Sunday, and for local basketball patrons, it was good on some fronts and not so good on others. Brigham Young University, its second straight Western Athletic Conference crown tucked away in a 24-- 4 season was seeded No. 3 in the West Regional; Weber, with its third straight Big Sky Conference crown and a 26-- overall mark, was seeded No. 7 in the West, and Utah State, the PCAA champion, was regular-seasoaccorded the No. 11 seed in the West. University of Utah, which finished lie with UTEP in the in a second-placWAC, was not alloted an NCAA bid, but other than BYU, no WAC team made it. The Utes also didnt make the NIT, but UTEP did. McCarthy Disappointed Sundays proceedings left Weber coach Neil McCarthy disappointed in his teams low seed, but pleased in that the Wildcats will be playing at home in front of 11,500 Weber fans at the Dee Events Center Thursday against Lamar. You know, I really am disappointed with the seeding. Weve been ranked for several weeks, rated 15th in Basketball Weekly, 16th in John Woodens World Poll and we finally broke into Sports Illustrateds top 2 n e three teams in the West listing last week. We were 26-- 2 and played some good competition. Yes, I think we should have landed one of the top four seeds, McCarthy said. That 26-- 2 record is the third best in the country behind De Paul (26-1- ) and Alcorn State (27-1And McCarthy questioned the way the teams were paired for the West Regional. It seems logical that the winner of our game (vs. Lamar) would play BYU instead of Oregon State. Utah State, should they beat Clemson, would be playing BYU for the third time this year. I thought the (NCAA seeding) committee would look at that kind of thing. BYU's Frank Arnold contended Sunday that the West Regional, as a whole, w ill be one of the strongest in the field. De Paul was No. 1 nearly the entire season and when they werent, Ohio State was there one or two weeks. And Oregon State was as high as No. 2. At one time, De Paul was No. 1 , Oregon State No. 2 and Ohio State No. 4 (Ohio State drew the No. 4 seed in the West and will be with No. 1 seed De Paul in the Tempe, Ariz., half of Arnold the West related. Arnold Feels Good ). one senior on ms doji uud. ne u carry inai same Team Weber last Friday into the playoffs against Orem on Friday. i As for BYU, we feel good. We feel v. eve got as good a chance as anyone. The team is playing really well. I am bothered right now that Alan Taylor suffered some cuts to his left forearm late Saturday night when he had to break a pane of glass to get into his good as team as weve seen this entire season. They were leading tournament winner Oregon State with two minutes to go. They have three players on the frontline (center John Campbell apartment. The doctor told us that there was no serious internal damage, but it required stitches inside the outside to repair it. Hell (Alan) have a rubber sponge on the injury during the week white it heals. We just hope hes back to full strength by Saturday. BYU will meet the winner of game Thursdays Utah on Saturday at the Dee Center with the winner advancing to the Wests four-teaRegional at Tucson March 4--A State-Clemso- n 13-1- You know the respect we have for the Aggies, Arnold said. We played them twice and had to struggle each time to win (89-8- at Logan and 3 at Provo). They won their conference and while I was suprised they lost in the conference tournament, I know theyll be a great 84-8- tournament team. Its Clemson that Arnold has a very high regard for. We saw Clemson three different times in the Far West Classic in December. They are as 6-- and 3--A By Bliss Fullmer The best of basketball will meet the elite of the ranks in an game to be held Saturday, March 22, at West High School. The tournament is being sponsored by the Utah High School Basketball Coaches 4--A 3-- all-st- Association, and the team selections will be made by the 18, coaches and 28, coaches. Each coach will be given a ballot to vote for a ten man squad in his respective division. A coach may vote for any player state-wid- e but cant 4-- A 3-- NCAA first rou and forwards Larry Nance, and Horace Wyatt) and the guards ( Bobby Conrad and Billy Williams) are one of the finest pairs youll ever see, Arnold said. Clemson finished 20-- 8 overall and made the semifinals rugged Atlantic Coast Conference tournament this past week before bowing to Maryland. But they beat Duke, Maryland and North Carolina during ; the year, Arnold said. of the all stars to play in March include more than three of his own players on the ballot. Voting will be tourand done after the naments, so coaches will have an opportunity to see most, if not all the in action. super-star- s The purpose of the tournament is to give athletes more exposure, and to select twenty of the best basketball players in Utah to compete against each other. Cost of admission is $1 for student, and $2 for adults. Tickets can be obtained at the door. 3-- 4-- ! More Basketball Coaches will select a team for further action in Utah basketball, teams from Colorado, against Nevada, and Southern California in the annual Cerebral Palsy High School basketball, and the games will all be played in Utah. from the and ranks will also be invited to try out for Utah team. A similar arrangement has been made for the best of girls basketball from the four states. All-St- Spring season begins early for Weber State men linksters The Spring season begins early for the Mens golf team at Weber State College. The Wildcat linksters travel to Ontario, CA to participate in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate TourThe tournament nament, Feb. was originally scheduled for the 27-2- iRWiMIP aeifr: Canyon Crest CC in Riverside, CA, but has been changed and will be played at the Ontario National Course with n Cal serving as the host school. Approximately 25 teams from around the western United States will be participating including perennial State-Fullerto- powers; Brigham Young, Arizona State, UCLA and Southern Cal. rr tl r g ;W b H V te fe 2 g I! te b g a n a V K P sj 1; fl le o II F M Weber State did not participate in this particular event last season because of their extended trip to the Hawaiian Islands ,S ll |