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Show Page 1C Lakeside Review Wednesday, March 27, 1985 Royals Place Eighth In State Tournament GARY HATCH Review Sports Editor The Roy High basketball team snatched two wins from two ery good teams, and dropped two losses as well at the state tournament. Coach Ted Smith will grit his teeth at the losses; smile broadly at the wins and be very satisfied knowing his Royals are hard-foug- ht twenty-p- oint the eighth best team in the state in I can't say enough about what kids hac done since they've been here, Smith noted after his second nament win, over Cottonwood. 1985. these down tour- The next night, after the Royals were turned back by East, Smith still had the same perspective. This is one of the better efforts that Roy High School has ever put forth in the tournament. Maybe not in terms of success, but m terms of effort. To play four games in the tournament is an accomplishment in itself. Smith said. We really came together down here, and our kids decided to show people that we were a little better team than we had shown earlier this season. We'll take that eighth-plac- e finish and be very proud of it, Smith added. The Royals had no cakewalk through the tournament. First they met Bountiful, a team that many expected to be in the final against Brighton. Roy stayed with Bountiful for three quarters, largely on the aggressive scoring of Nathan Van Noy. senior kept the Royals within striking distance of the Braves after three quarters, before Bountiful finally pulled away for the win. The next two games, against Cyprus and then Cottonwood, were where the Royals showed some people they could .The stocky 6-- 2 really play basketball. Against Cyprus, who had suffered a one-poilast second loss to Hillcrest in the opening round, the Royals jumped lead before the Pito an instant rates knew they were m a ball game. We got off to such a fast start that I think we surprised them, Smith said. And then once we started to handle the lead pretty well, the pressure began to mount," Smith said. Roy got their early lead on some accud rate perimeter shooting from Mark a strong inside showing from Mike Salvitti. The Royals maintained their lead until early m the third quarter. During the last part of the third quarter the Pirates outscorcd Roy 15-- 4 on aggressive play leading to several steals nt nt New-ey'an- and fast-bre- ak opportunities. Cyprus inside attack. The last few minutes of the game the Royal defense got the Cyprus inside game bottled up while Salvitti and Jorgenson connected on outside jumpers to get Roy the lead. A late driving layup by Ncwey and some more clutch free throws by Jorgen2 sen wrapped up Roy's win. Cottonwood immediately gave Roy problems as the Colts jumped to a 3 o J side to Salvitti and Eric Jorgenson, whose normally deadly outside jumper wasn't falling. The pair along with New-e- y hit several key free throws to match A . 66-6- 10-- lead Friday. It looked like they threatened an early -- -' ? blowout. But after a time out by Smith, including some timely advice. I told them and thats no exagthey were the geration, Smith said. The Royals then tightened up their offense and turned on their offense to command a lead, eight at the I 1 ,,y r i Hj sh--- s, t m nt half. Newey lighted up the scoreboard from the range four times in the First half and added two layups for a effort at intermission. The game immediately turned sour in the second as Salvitti, who had been instrumental in holding Cottonwood's big inside players in check, picked up his fourth foul with barely a minute gone in the third period. No matter. The Royals were on a roll and were not to be denied. Cottonwood could get no closer than six points until the fourth quarter when Salvitti was reinserted into the game in time to hit some key free throws and pull down some big rebounds. Dave Toone and Nathan Van Noy scored seven points apiece and played aggressive defense throughout the con0 test to ensure the win. The final margin was the closest the Colts ever came after the early going Roy's season ended on a disappointing loss to a stron East team, but win lose or draw in that game, the Royals tournament was already a success. I think we ran out of energy and emotion by the time we played East, Smith - ,r nt V.v; 3 fvr.1l a ' ..m Pi l-v- ? I I - v :.i I' ?r p $) hip;: X J ft 63-6- said. V.rv The Royals played hard, but could not hold off a late first half scoring spurt nor another in the early second half. East went on to a 72-5- 0 -- win. Smith said his top six or seven players all played important roles in the Royals successful tournament. Jorgenson' clutch shooting, offensive output and team leadership; Sal vitti's strong rebounding, shooting and newfound aggressive offense; Neweys outside shooting, penetration and passing; and the defense and clutch scoring of Van Noy, Toone and Kent Noyes were all a part of the tournament success, Smith said. free-thro- I , ' ' v u y) t yi P 1 J- 4 sx-- w I'V1v s' free-thro- w But the patient Royals didn't panic. They ran their offense and looked in- o f , s' .vr- - jt, t tf, v ? - Photo by Rodney Wright MIKE SALVITTI crashes the boards in state tournament action, helping Roy capture an eighth-plac- e finish. Falcons Saved Best For Tourney, Captured Seventh GARY HATCH Review Sports Editor The more basketball games Clearfield played this year, the better the Falcons got. That was true right down to the last game of the season, when Clearfield dropped a last-secon- d decision to Alta in the battle for fifth and seventh places in the state 4A boys basketball tourna- ment Saturday. We are very happy with the way our season has gone, said coach Craig Hansen after the Alta game. We probably played our best game of the season out there ' to- - night. Of course, we would like to have won the game, but I was very pleased with the way the kids man-to-ma- played defense. Our was superb, and n I thought we took good shots and played good team ball. They're a good team, but I think were the best team. And I think we outplayed them tonight. It just got away from us right at the end, Hansen said. Indeed. The Falcons led virtually all the bank shot by game until a the Hawks Troy Long tied the game with just more than two minutes to play. Hansen decided against holding the ball for the last shot based on the Hawks earlier performance when the Falcons held the ball the last two minutes of the first 14-fo- ot half. Alta stole the ball three times for fastbreak buckets and added two more points from the break off a long rebound to take a one-poi- nt lead into the locerroom after being down by seven when Clearfield decided to slow things down. So with the score tied late in the game, the Falcons spread their offense and attacked the basket. They got the ball inside to their Eric West, steady forward-cente- r who drilled the shot but was whistled for traveling. Clearfield had two earlier baskets by Greg Boykin and Darrell Hicks taken away by offensive charging calls. Hicks' foul was his fifth and it sent him to the bench with just over three minutes to go. After the travel call Alta took the ball down the court, stalled off nearly all the remaining time and then Travis Clark calmly nailed an jumper with 4 18-fo- ot seconds left. Photo by Rodney Wright CLEARFIELD CENTER Greg Boykin leans on a teammate in second round action against Skyline. The Falcons supported 1 each other often through the tournament as they played their best basketball of the year. v A half-cou- rt desperation shot at the buzzer by Mark Adams fell short. Clearfield maintained a four- - to lead throughout the first half until they tried to hold eight-poi- nt the ball for the last shot and met with disaster. The Falcons came out and reasserted themselves in the third quarter gaining a five point 7 lead at going into the last period. final period, the Darts regained lead and got postheir one-poisession of the ball. True to form they spread their The Falcons met with a happier win against fate in Fridays 65-6- 0 the Davis Darts. Clearfield led early, but as so often happened this season. Davis hot shooting kept the Darts close throughout the first half. 8 It was at the intermission. And after three quarters Davis had pulled to a tenuous The Leopards got an early lead they held through most of the game, but the Falcons kept the game close and finally tied the score on a Greg Boykin hoop with 1:15 to go. With possession of the ball East stalled the clock down to six seconds when a Leopard tried to drive the baseline and was called lead. for a charging foul. The Falcons knew what the smaller, quicker Darts could do The Falcons got the ball in to Hicks who raced the ball up the sideline, pressured all the way by a Leopard defender. Around midcourt, Hansen had called for Adams to set a screen and when Hicks sped past the East player crashed into Adams, which sent him to the foul line with two seconds left in the contest. nt offense and attacked the basket with Scott Moon challenging Clearfield's Boykin. Hansen said his team really Moon's shot rimmed out of the gelled in the tournament. basket and Clearfield scored on a West continued to play consisdriving layup by Hicks that put tently as he has all year, he was the Falcons up for good. our leading scorer and leading The game was decided when all year and he had a missed the shot at their Moon tournament. good Hicks went down and end and Boykin played very well in the us. for scored Hicks tournament, and just keeps each and better better getting We were able to keep the lead time out. after that and keep control of the ball game," Hansen said. All of our guys played well down here. We basically went The first game of the tournaseven deep and all of them conment the Falcons beat a good tributed a lot. All seven gave it East team that was peaking for all theyve got and played to their state as well. potential. This game was nearly a mirror Theres not any more that I of the Alta game, but with image can ask of them. Hansen said. the roles reversed for Clearfield. 52-4- 31-2- one-poi- with a one-poi- nt nt lead. Just a few days earlier, the Fal- cons watched the Darts spread their offense out against Layton and then attack the basket as the Lancers were forced to go with a man-to-ma- n defense. Hansen and his Falcons did not want that D happen, and things went in their favor. At the five minute mark of the Adams hit nothing but string on both free throws and iced the win for the Falcons |