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Show Page 1C North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, January 25, 1984 Roy Hangs On For Region Win BARRY KAWA Review Staff ROY With their once seemingly insurmountable lead cut down to three points with a minute left, the Roy High Royals were in trouble in last Fridays Region One game. The Royals had led by as much as 15 over the pesky Weber team, but the Warriors had narrowed the margin down and seemed ready for a last-seco- upset. Pressure free-throfrom Royals Scott Skinner and Greg Durand clinched the 74-7- 2 win over their rival Weber team. Roy remained in first place in Region One with a 4-- 0 region record and 5 over-al- l, and Weber over-al- l. and drops to Roy Coach Ted Smith admits he 9-- -3 was worried when the Warriors started their last minute drive. We were very worried, he said. We experienced some anxious moments. They came back very hard at us and played well in' the last quarter. Fortunately, we had a lead we could fall back on a little bit. Skinner led the Royals with 18 points and was followed by Kerry Hipwell with 17 and Mike Coe with 12. The Royals will travel to Layton Friday to play Lancers. the league and Smith said his team was not overconfident against Weber and will not overlook the Lancers who have kept most of their games close this season. I dont think you can take said anybody for granted, Smith. Layton has been in every game theyve played. Their games have been very close as all the games in region have been. Whoever happens to get the breaks at the end has decided the outcome of most of them. Smith said his team hasnt had one player dominate the scoring this season but has had different kids each game in. double fig2-- -3 ures. Whoever is in position to get the ball in certain games will usually wind up with the most points, he said. Any one of our kids are capable of having a good scoring night. I guess in that respect its good for morale, said Smith. Girls Basketball Falcons Staff Photos by Rodney Wright LAYTON COACH Doug Moon had he has a player down in the second jury. Most of Moons troubles were caused by Clearfield, however, as the Falcons downed the Lancers. troubles Friday as quarter with an in- - - Layton, Weber Are Defeated Falcons Stay Tough, Down Lancers SCOn MONSEN Review Correspondent CLEARFIELD - Although he wouldnt admit it, Clearfield High head basketball coach Craig Hansens fingernails finally got a chance to grow in the second half as the Falcons claimed a crucial Rdgion one victory over the Layton Lancers here Friday-nigh- t. That was a very important game, to say the least, said Hansen. I didnt relax until the game had ended. We felt like if we were going to challenge for the league title it was a must game for us. The 72-6- 5 win evened the cons record at Fal- 2 in region play and 6 overall. Layton continreand ued a slide to spectively. Both teams will conclude the first half of league play this Friday when the Fal 2-- 8-- 2-- -3 cons travel to Brigham City to meet the Bees and Layton host Roy. In contrast to Clearfields philosophy, the Lancers last game is not so important as the next one. . We cant afford to lose too many more games, especially at home, if we want to go to the playoffs, said Layton head coach Doug Moon. I figure we need to win at least four games to go, but if we lose to Roy this week that will probably solidify our chances of not going. We need to start hitting on all five cylinders and get a everyone on the floor to give a team effort , for a whole game, Moon continued. Weve have played well at times, but we havent been able to put it together completely. If we ever do, we might beat some body. One of those good times for Layton was the first half of the Clearfield game. In fact, if games were 16 minutes long they would have pulled the upset. The Lancers had control up until the intermission as James Beauregard slashed in 10 points 9 to pace to Lancers to a lead, while the defense bottled up and disoriented the Falcons. But in the third period Clearfield pulled themselves together. They pulled out to as much as a seven point lead and the Lancers had trouble ever getting much 35-2- intsru-ment- al man-to-ma- n. Skaters Provided Few Surprises tion, the skaters provided some at surprizes for the spectators GARY HATCH Review Sports Editor Unlike the snow and the cold least more than had been anticithat have enveloped Salt Lake pated. and Davis counties since It was no real surprize that Tifthe National Ice fany Chin joined Rosalyn SumSkating Championships have ners and Elaine Zayak on the mid-Decemb- , come and gone. And just as the fog surprisingly lifted in time for the competi GARY HATCH Review Sports Editor Clearfield, this years team to beat in Region One girls basketball, had to overcome a seven-poideficit to beat Layton 6 and take over sole possession of first place Friday at Layton. Meanwhile Roy lost at Weber 3 and, in Region Four, Davis dropped a close game to third-quarte- r, nt arch-riv- 47-4- al 57-4- Viewmont 50-4- 6 in Bountiful. The Clearfield, Layton game was close all the way until the closer. 0 Lancers opened a lead at We were changing our dethe end of three quarters. Clearfenses around quite a bit in the field came out in the fourth first half, said Hansen, and quarter with a pressing defense that caused some confusion on and caused several consecutive our part. In the second half we Layton turnovers that helped the made some adjustments and Falcons claw their way back into I ing what to do. stayed with our the game. Layton always plays us tough. Theres such a rivalry between the two schools that it doesnt ever matter what the two teams are like or what their records are, its always a close game, Clearfield assistant coach Candy Edwards said. Hamilton won his fourth nationeveryone by defeating her comThe Falcons played well in both he the did it but short and al championship, petitors to but did not shoot enough long programs to narrowly miss with furor, earning four perfect well inside.win, 6.0 scores Friday. capturing the gold medal. We missed a lot inside. If we Had Chin performed to expecJoining Hamilton on the had shot well around the basket, tations during the compulsory Olympic team in the mens divithe game would not have been events, held at the Bountiful Re- sion are Mark Cockerell and Briadcreation Center, she may have an Boitano. These three were the . as close as it was, Edwards ded. U. S. team at last years World pulled the major upset. Center Mandy Henneberger It was no surprize that Scott Championships. hauled in 16 rebounds and S. National Championships U. was pleased with our defense and rebounding in the second half and Hal (Schofield) got hot from the outside. Hansen also stated that an important key was the continued fine play of the bench, namely, Steve Lobato, Eric West and Greg Boykin. Boykin Was in keeping the game out of reaching the fourth quarter with five of his 10 total points. Laytons Tom Kidd hit for 10 points but had a disappointing night, which was a key in the outcome, according to Moon. We have to keep Kidd in the game, said the Lancer coach. He had to sit out most of the third quarter with four fouls. He and Beauregard make our team go and without them we were just standing around not know- ladies diOlympic team vision. Chin, however, did surprise in-th- Win; 37-3- scored 12 points to lead Clearfields inside game, while Lauri Wilcox, 14 points, and Shelley Heaps, 13 points, hit from the outside. The defeat dropped Layton, at in the region, into second place along with Box Elder. Roy needed an excellent third quarter to erase a seven-poiWeber lead at the half, but the Warriors headed the Royals off at the pass and increased their lead by three going into the final quarter. The Royals rallied to within five in the closing minutes, but Weber then put the game out of reach with good free throw 3-- 1 nt shooting. Most of our points were from the outside. We had excellent shot selection inside, but the ball wouldnt drop for us, Roy coach Radene Johnson said. While the Davis boys basketball team eeked out a close win at home Friday, the girls team halftime lead lost an and were beaten at Viewmont. Davis coach Ann Gilbert said the Vikings were quick and tenacious, particularly in the third quarter, when the Vikings fought their way into the lead. We had the lead, but we just didnt convert when we needed (o, Gilbert said. nt Forward Diana Peterson led the Darts with 13 points. Bountiful Center Was Big Success CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Correspondent ' BOUNTIFUL The Bountiful Ice Rink hosted the compulsory figures competition last week and rink manager, John Miller called the events a great success. Local residents were treated to the tense and quiet competition among national skaters. The figures scores would be thirty percent of the skaters total points in the 1984 National Figure Skating Championships. They would have two other events to prove themselves - the short program and the long program of free skating held at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake. , Scott Hamilton took first place in the mens Championship compulsory figures Wednesday ' morning, and Rosalynn Sumners was first in the Championship Womens on Thursday at the rink. Miller was pleased with the comments made by the judges, referees and skaters who called the ice at the rink, great. He said that preparations for the nationals began about two months before the event. New bleachers were installed to provide more seating, and new carpet was installed in the warm-up- ? area. And all of the bleachers got a new coat of paint. For the figure skating competition, the hockey lines had to be removed from the ice, so Miller said that the ice, was shaved down just above the lines. A blue paint was sprayed on to hide the lines, and then the ice was built back up to an inch. After the last event on Friday, Miller and crews worked to shave the ice back down and apply more water to make new ice. We worked through the night until 7 a.m. the next morning to get the ice ready for, the hockey, teams on Saturday morning, he . - three-fourt- said. , hs t - To shave the ice down and resurface, the Bountiful rink purchased a new zamboni or' ice resurfacer, costing $35,000. 0 , ' receives instructions from her coach during compulsory figures competition at the SKATER ELAINE ZAYAK f Staff Photos by Rodney Wright Bountiful Recreation Center. Zayak placed third overall behind Rosalyn vSumners and Tiffany Chin. |