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Show Page IB North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 23, 1984 Alta In State Meet Teamate Reese Kidman placed third in the 3,200 meters and Fourth in the 1,600 meters in 9:51.62 and 4:28.31. The Vikings had a surprising and welcome second-plac- e performance by Troy Gortat in the javelin with a ISIS': throw. Gortat was ranked 14th in the javelin coming into the meet. CHRIS LARSEN Review Correspondent At the end of the state 4A boys and girls track and field meet at Brigham Young University, every point garnered by every participant counted heavily, and in a mild surprise, Viewmont edged favored Clearfield and Alta for the 4A crown. For the Clearfield coaches, John Flint and Bart Thompson, the meet was two days of ifs. 440-yar- d v If Weber High girls second-plac- e relay team had not been reinstated by the judges after being disqualified, the Clearfield girls would have won the State high hurdles. Speedster Jon Warner placed third in the dash. 1 er 200-met- . of losing championship,-instea- by two points to Weber Hurdler Troy Hanks added another 8 finish in the points with a second-plac- e 84-8- 2. If the Clearfield medley relay team had not been disqualified for wearing improper apparel, the Falcon boys would have won the State championship instead of losing to Viewmont and Alta The anchor leg on the winning medley team forjgot that his jersey was over his sweatshirt instead of under it and ran the relay in his And if the two disqualified runners from Hillcrest and East had been reinstated in the 200 meter dash, then both Vjewmont and Alta would have had less points and the Clearfield boys would have won the meet. Meanwhile, Viewmont coach Lynn Dubois was relishing the Vikings first state championship in track. I can see Clearfields point, they had some breaks that went against them, but things like that happen at every state meet. Its too bad, but thats just the way it always happens, Dubois said. We certainly thought we had a chance at Winning the meet, because we hadn't been healthy for a meet yet and had done pretty well, Dubois added. The Viewmont Vikings, despite winning the championship, captured just one first-plafinish and it was the medley relay, 3 seconds off the state record in 3:37.26. Distance senior Mike Allen placed second in the 3,200 meter run in 9:50.19 and fifth in the 1,600 meter run in 4:30.87 to aid the Vikings. Allen also anchored the winning medley relay team. ce felt good about it (3,200 meters) because I only beat him (winner Jeff Chugg) once said Allen. I cr Coach Lynn Dubois said he was pleased with his teams performance. Its kind of a goal and a dream. We had some surprises like Troy Gortat in the Javelin, and I was pleased with our distance runners said Dubois. The Clearfield boys team was again led by their field strength. Senior James Moore won first in the pole vault, blasting to a 14-fo- ot ch ; : ;1I ' '7,v fife ' M '$.. height. Senior Hal Schoefield also took first in the High jump with a, 8 effort. The Falcon shot put duo of Craig Carter and Kim Thurgood took 'second -and third places, and Carter and Scott Ferrin placed fourth and fifth in the discus with 150-1- 0 and 141-- 1 throws. Carter said he should have won in the e; shot put, but the sophmore added Ill be stronger and better next year. e The Falcons got a finish in " v" ffl'if -'' '$&' J4 J 'V' 'ZAP iL the 1,600 meter run by Todd Davis in 4:27.36, and speedster Ricky Smith took fourth in the 400 meters in 49.89. Other Falcon contributors were Todd Walker tieing for fifth in the high jump, and Duane Rock placing sixth in the 800 meter run. Clearfields coach Flint couldnt help but be discouraged and dissappointed about coming so close to winning state, ' but said it was an accidental mistake on the medley relay team that got them Photo by Robert Regan disqualified. Im proud of the way the kids came CLEARFIELDS Hal Schofield just misses his third, state 4A track and field meet. Schofield took first in back today, Flint said. 1 in the high jump at the the high jump with a leap of attempt at The Layton Lancers took a respectable fifth place in the meet with stretch, said Kealamakia. 200 meters and sixth in the 100 meter Stephanie Clemments led the Falcon the help of Terry Kealamakia. Kealamakia also placed fourth in the dash to help give Layton their girls sweeping first place in both the Kealamakia won first place in the hurdles. 200 and 400 meters in 25.64 and 57.28. finish. intermediate hurdles, edging I feel fine, Clemments said. The Davis Darts were not far behind Layton also received support from 5 time. 39. a Helms with e Tom finisher I dont feel like Ive had as good of a 38 with sixth Larry long jump Roys Layton, finishing as much Kidd with a g 0 Im not jump. points. day as Ive had before, even though I now as I was earlier this year. 1 cant Dave Brimhall placed fourth in the The Darts were led by Jeff Ohlwiler, won. throw, and Teamate Laura Zaugg placed second stay with him (Helms) at the start, so I shot put with a Morgan Nelson, and Eric Thompson. hurdles and first in the Ohlwiler won first in the javelin by 10 in the always have to catch up down the ; sprinter Darrell Lacey! took fifth in. the feet from his nearest competitor, with a low hurdles Jn U.OJ-an191-- 5 44.20. throw. Morgan Nelson placed second in the' Zaugg also took second in the 100 meter dash in 13.01. leap. long jump with a 22-- 1 Eric Thompson finished second in the Teamate Sharon Anderson took third in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles. discus on a 161-- 7 effort. Jeff Singley placed fourth and fifth in Coach Bart Thompson said, Im not h the and disappointed with our performance toto boost Davis to sixth place. day. The Roy Royals placed 11th tied with The Viewmont Vikings placed sixth in the meet with the help of Jenny MillBonneville with 18 points. Senior Mike Coe took second in the er and Amy Titensor. 800 meters in 1:58.12, and teamate LarMiller placed second in the discus, third in the shot put, and second in the ry Helms placed second in the intermediate and sixth in the javelin. h hurdles in 39.30, and 15.62. Titensor placed first in the shot put, Woods Cross tied for 8th place with and fourth in the discus to help lead the 6 points. Vikings to a 38 point finish. The Clearfield girls again fell short of Davis placed ninth with 18 points, the championship to Weber with a Layton placed 12th with IOV3 points,, deficit. and Roy finished 16th with 5 points. 6-- km ! tea-ma- le ih j 1 third-plac- v f -: V mfe n i M I 6-- 8. et nt 1 300-met- 1 . er 1 third-plac- 21-2- stutter-steppin- . . 51-10- 100-met- er 300-met- er d hur-dle- ss 110-hig- 300-met- er 110-hig- 1 McBeth A Tragedy Only For Opponents GARY L. HATCH Review Sports Editor The play of McBeth was certainly a key in the state 4A soccer tournament and that doesnt refer to Shakespeares tragedy Macbeth. Travis McBeth, a sweeper for Woods Crosss state championship soccer team, did spell tragedy for opponents who serves a lot of credit for the Wildcats success. this year. Turnbull was more responsible than anyone else for Woods Cross's win in its second of three meetings with the d Brighton Bengals, Rigby said. Turnbull turned away enough Brighton attempts during the shootout of that game to allow a Wildcat victory. An evidence of the depth of the Wild-.cteam came when Turnbull was hurt for the last two games of the state tournament and sophomore Sean Simmons stepped in without Woods Cross missing a thing, Rigby said. Another big strength of the team was the play of the midfield players, particularly in the latter games in the state tourney. Our midfield players, all juniors, provided all the legwork controling and passing the ball. They did all the hard work, expecially against Brighton and Viewmont. That was the area of the field we concentrated on with those two strong offensive teams, Rigby said. One thing that helped the Wildcats develop so much depth this year was the tough schedule. All the teams Woods Cross played in their 2 preseason were teams that made it into the state tournament. In addition to playing a tough presca-soRigby said playing in the strong Region Four also helped. We had a very tough region. Davis, for example, I felt was a better team .than any one of teams we faced until the semi-finround of the state touma-- . ment, and they didn't even make it into the tournament, Rigby said. top-rate- at See related story, page 3B. Photo by Robert Regan JULIE TAYLOR, of Roy, lets fly a javelin in the state track and field meet at BYU. Juior High School Track Central Makes Great Showings The most notable performance by a Lakeside area junior high track team was probably this years showing made by Central Davis Junior High School in Layton. Central won all but two of a possible eight championships in the two biggest meets of the season. On May 7, Central won the Davis District meet in the 9th Grade Boys Division, the 8th Grade Boys Division and the 8th Grade Girls Division. A week earlier the same teams won their divisions at the Brigham Young University Invitational, in which more than 30 junior high schools from around the state competed. ; This is the first time Ive ever seen, anything like this happen, said Central boys coach Reuben Cunningham. ; Weve won championships before, but weve never swept everything like I cant remember anyone else ever sweeping these two meets like this, either. It just doesnt happen. And I dont think it happpened because we were much better athletes. Our kids just worked hard all season long, then came out and did a good job when they needed too, he said. Outstanding performances were turned in by many athletes at the two meets, Cunningham said. For the 9th Grade boys team, Joe Christensen won both the 100- - and dashes with times Of 1.89 and 23.90, respectively, in the district -, . 200-met- er 1 meet. Robert Porter also beat a school re reigned. McBeth led a heady Woods Cross defense that was a mainstay of this years state champion team. If I had to pick a most valuable player for us this year, it would have to be Travis McBeth, said eighth year Wildcat coach Kevin Rigby. With all due respect to the team of two years ago that won the state tournament, this is the best team Ive cord with his discus throw, which was also good enough for coached . . . This team is more balfirst place in the .district. Ninth Grader Craig Phelts turned in anced and plays together better than a good performance at the BYU Invita- any other Ive coached, and Travis has e tional with a finish in the been a leader both on and off the field, long jump, a second place finish in the Rigby said. One of the things that made McBeth 400 meters and another seconj for in the 400 meter relay so effective, in addition to his imposing 2 200 pound frame, was his consisteam. , For the 8th Grade boys team, Troy tency. In games he never made misMurray won first place in the 400 meter takes. I counldnt believe it. If there was ever a question of dash and the shot put, and he was on the winning relay team, all whether or not hed get to a ball in at the BYU Invitational. time, he always made it. And he always he went had such a positive attitude the perProbably outstanding formance by a girl was 7th Grader Cor-ri- e out like a champion, Rigby said. He added that though McBeth was a Phelts, who took first in the 100 meters, second in the long jump and leader, this was a very balanced team. Goalie Scott Turnbull is one who de third in the 200 meters. 162-fo- ' this. dared enter the backfield where he ot ch first-plac- 6-- 1600-met- . er ... 5-- n, al |