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Show Page 1C Lakeside Review Wednesday, March 13, 1985 Oart Defense Swamps Vike Offense At Games End The game began as a battle between two teams needing very much to improve their chances of getting .into the state tournament. No one could gain control in the initial period as the lead changed hands almost as often as a basket was scored by cither KAYSVILLE The Davis Darts guaranteed themselves at least a playoff game for a berth in the state 4A basketball tournament as they swamped the Viking's region record to 5 while boosting their own to e The Darts, battling off a losing streak that dates back to when Davis played host to Bountiful for control of the league lead, rallied from seven points behind late in the third period to finally get control of Fridays game in the fourth quarter. Once the Darts got the lead, they spread their offense and allowed center Scott Moon room to maneuver among Vicwmont's big hard-foug- 4-- x , 5-- 4. three-gam- ''"-- f I v i5" ; Viewmont opened up a three point lead in the second quarter shooting despite .arv; m isi vnrii t five-for-fi- from Lloyd. "rIn - --- team. f A : '' Jli ' - - Gardner later credited Lloyd's shooting as keeping the Darts j - . i close when they needed to be. front line. The result was as Moon wove and dodged, the Vikes were left chasing shadows and the Darts wongoing away at the end. But Moon was far from the only Dart to influence Davis win. It was, again, a real team effort," said Dart coach Mike Gardner. We played merely an average game for three quarters, but then we really got down and after them on defense and I think that was the key point of the game. Brent Meier had some key, key steals, Casey (Lloyd) shot well from the outside and Kinard played some of his usual tough defense," Gardner added. The tough Davis defense held Viewmont to eight final period points, while the Darts scored 20 of their own. Several at the end of the game were after the contest had been ' ' DAVIS defensive spurt in the: decided and Viewmont was fourth period shut down the forced to foul to try to get back in Viewmont offense. the game. ; Viewmont edged farther and farther into the lead until a timeout by Gardner late in the third quarter. After the timeout the Darts went on their defensive frenzy that gave them a " spurt and the lead early in the final period. The Vikes did not die easily, however, as Davis was unable to take the lead for good until just three minutes remained in the 10-2- game. Lloyd led all scorers with 20 on the night, while Meier added 14 and Moon managed 12 points along with several key assists in Davis spread offense late in the game. Photo by Matthew Brown Davis win, along with Highland's loss at Bountiful and East's win over Woods Cross, means going into the final round of Region 4 action Tuesday night, Davis was in a tie for second with Highland, and Viewmont is in a tie for fourth with East. Four teams are still hot in contention for the three remaining berths to the state tournament. Bountiful has already assured it- - J s ht ( DARTS CELEBRATE win their crucial Viewmont team. The win playoff for a berth in the come-from-behi- at home against a tough self first place with an 1 record and Woods Cross is last with The best scenario for the Darts is if they beat the Wildcats at Woods Cross and East beats Highland, Davis can go as the No. 2 team from Region 4. The Darts would then play the loser 8-- 8. of the playoff game in the. first round of state tournament action. The worst that can happen to the Darts is if they lose to Woods Cross, East beats Highland and Viewmont beats Bountiful. In that case Davis would then Layton-Clearfie- ld assures Davis a state tourney. be tied for second with East, Highland and Viewmont. Playoff games would then have to be played before the tournament which begins Monday, leaving none of the teams much of a rest nor much time to prepare for state. Lancers Leap To Early Lead, Coast To Win Over Roy Before the game LAYTON between the Lancers and the Royals on Friday, Roy coach Ted Smith said if the Lancers played the way they did against Roy in. acthe first round of Region be his little would there tion,'team could do to beat them. Smith's word proved prophetic as the Lancers leaped to 1 lead before the Royals could find the 1 16-- basket. Roy got back into the game, prrr" but could never overtake the Lancers as they coasted to a 0 win. The win puts Layton into a tie with for second in Region 1 Cleafield. A Royal win would have guaranteed Roy a berth in the state tournament. As the jargon goes, however, the Royals, found a side door open into the tournament when Region 1. Some regions flip a coin to Clearfield staged a second half 'i v. V, ' ? r A f , -- iffSAJ y t "5 , j ..viV . coin flip, but I suppose well have to play a meaningless game next V Moon said. week, J . v i : we had the opportunity to go down low and we didnt, Moon V si ft.: A"A fit-- said. l),f w rjl?. fi'V- They showed us a look we hadn't seen before when they ; went to a trap. What that defense did was show us what we need to work on in practice, because Im sure well see it again after tonight, Moon half-cou- rt - p A ' r :.'V -- i $ t w' - Si "fW f v, v' v: !.' ',()h PM; 1 18-- first-quart- er Roys problems were compounded when they weren't able to go to Mark Newey, who has provided the Royals with most of their outside shooting punch this year. Newey has been sidelined with a severe ankle and foot injury. He dressed for the game and was in the lineup for a short time, but his lack of mobility on the weak ankle hampered him offensively and defensively. Smith said Newey was able to start practicing again at the beginning of the week and should be alright by game time Monday. Roy is the only area team to have its opponent selected by press time Tuesday. The Royals will meet Bountiful at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Special Events Center at the University of Utah. They have some good size and I'm sure well have our hands full, but I think well be at full strength, and I hope we'll give them a good game, Smith said. Birds Slam Door On Bees - . added. Roy coach Ted Smith said despite needing help from Clearfield to get into the tournament, his team had won some important games earlier that helped give Roy the No. 4 seed from the Region. Just a few games back Roy beat the Bees at home to put them into a tie for fourth at the time. Smith points to that victory through hindsight as the key win for the Royals tourney berth. Friday Layton's 3 lead proved to be enough to do in the Royals. The Lancers size and aggressiveness inside gave Roy fits throughout the game. They played well against us, Smith said. They got off to a good start and made it very tough on us. I thought for us to have a good chance of beating them we would have to get off to a good start, but we didnt, Smith added. Despite Sticky Box Elder Zone a .A 'V J, like to have next week off ; P V Afe - i Id rto work on some things and let the seeding be detirmined by a One of the things Moon said he wants to work on before the de- - tournament is the way his team handled the trapping defense Roy employed to get back into the game Friday. ; In the first quarter we got a lot of early offense, then Roy put on a lot of presure out front, and I . A, i ? A j "Y ' . . - if Moon. half-cou- rt YSK'KjafA Is: tirmine seedings for the state tourney in case of a tie. A choice clearly favored by comeback and defeated Box Elder in Brigham City. A Box Elder win would have put the Bees into a tie for fourth with Roy and force a playoff for . . the tournament berth. But because of Clearfield's win, the Falcons will now play off with Layton to see which team will qualify as the second- - and team in which as the third-plac- e 60-4- - V Clearfield to do the things it does day. In addition to Clearfield and best - the fast break and inside BRIGHAM CITY - Clearfield power offense. Layton, the Roy Royals nailed W'e didnt change anything on down fourth place despite their High had some trouble figuring out a sticky Box Elder zone de- offense, Hansen noted, but the loss to the Lancers Friday, by virfense through three quarters here defense changed the whole mo- tue of the Falcon win. The Bonneville Lakers clinched mentum of the game for us. Friday night, but when they finalThe Falcons scoring was again the region title a couple of weeks ly found the solution the Falcons 3 win in the final well balanced, which has become ago. rolled to a It has been a while since a the trademark of success for regular season Region I basketnorthern Utah team has won the them. ball clash. Eric West led all players with 22 title, but this year's entries With a minute left to play in the third quarter the Falcons points and had a fine board should command more respect ' ' ; from the larger Salt Lake schools 5 and it game. trailed the Bees West was often the man the this time. looked like Box Elder meant to Bonneville, Mike Watson and a stay in the race for a playoff Falcons looked to underneath for solid front line could be regarded a high percentage basket. berth. But Clearfield had other ideas. Four other Clearfield players hit as one of the favorites. And the Falcons have a fine The birds completedly dominat- double digit scoring for the game. ed the rest of tha game outscoring Mark Adams and Darrell Hicks history of playing well in Salt ; the Bees 28-- 7 in the last nine added 12 points each and traded Lake. minutes to win going away. several One thing that has always hurt off leading and finising We really played two different k down there in the past opportunities. Region games here tonight," said Falcon Greg Boykin, who broke out of is that we have been outsized. head coach Craig Hansen. a shallow scoring slump, and Lee said Hansen. But this year we We lost the first half but we n have good size in the league. Parry chipped in 10 apiece. played much better in the second has so h team does and 4 win big The gave the Falcons a half. in league play, which is Bonneville. I think we will match record I think it was our defense that for a share of second place up pretty well against them this turned it around for us, Hansen good in the standings, along with the year. continued. In assessing Clearfield's Lancers. In the first half we tried a lot Layton The two teams squared off last chances; Hansen noted that team of different defensive combinanight to determine the seedings is about where it should be going we for the State basketball tour- into the playoffs. second in the tions but We haven't played our best switched and went with our nament. Box Elders season came to an game yet, but we are starting to, n and just got after end with with a. 7 mark in loop play our best basketball right them. now. We have won five of our The defense also opened up the play. , falcon offense that had sputtered Actually, the Lakeside Review last seven games and hope to put area will be well represented together our whole game in the . throughout the early going. tournament. Several BE turnovers allowed when the meet convenes on SCOn i. , MONSEN Review Correspondent $4", Y 73-6- ' 4-- A 'Its? WJ. n fM n "" CT; 56-4- i VXv f-- ft fast-brea- 1 Lay-to- 23 6-- ! ' ifftl ,id i ? Lh. man-to-ma- 3-- Photo by Robert Regan LAYTONS Rex Brimhall high fives Roys ffke Salvitti on what Brimhjall must have relieved was an excellent pass. The Lane- - i 1 f ers rolled over the Royals, 0 Friday, but both teams qualified for the state tour- - nament. 4-- A 60-4- , |
