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Show Competition, recreation and fitness Wednesday Jan. 15, 1986 Davis downs Highland's Goliaths Though war f Review sports editor CLEARFIELD The basketball game Friday seemed as much as anything an extension of the two teams earlier meeting on the football field. At least on the gridiron the referees could have called a couple of penalties for piling on, another few for pass interference, a clip or two and definitely a facemasking. As it was the referees had to make do with what rules were Roy-Clearfie- ld available. Clearfield won the game handibut it was war all the ly 86-6way. well-prepar- ed Newey. thought our guards did well against the pressure. They had two or three guys on us all the time brining the ball up the court. See Falcons, page 7B I life. SCOTT MONSEN Dan Review Correspondent 2 Cobb against Davis Jon Rees, and 7 Keith Warr facing the Darts scoring leader 1 Mike Taylor. But the Rams big men werent a factor in the game as they both fouled out with about six minutes remaining in the game with only four points a piece. However, the two from Davis contributed 60 points with Taylor leading the way with a game high of 45. We wanted to utilize our strengths, which is our quickness and passing, said Robi6-- BRIGHAM CITY - The Layton basLancers opened the Region ketball schedule against the Box Elder Bees here Thursday night, one day ahead of the rest of the loop. But it was the Bees that got the leg up on the field with an 6-- 1 6-- 54-5- 1 at win. The Lancers outsocred the Bees by three field goals but lost the game from the foul line, converting only three of nine attempts, including a couple of misses in the final seconds that would have at least tied the game and might have given Layton the lead. son. And thats exactly what the Darts did. Davis did just about anything it wanted to do. Rees, Taylor and Brent Meier took it inside, controlling the boards and getting second and third shots. The Rams did make a couple of runs at the Darts, pulling to within eleven a couple of times, but Davis put the game on ice from the charity line. The Darts went to the line 57 times converting on 38. But the night belonged to Taylor as he went to the line hitting 25 of 31. It was a busy night at the charity stripe as both squads combined for 76 shots converting on 51. The Darts had three players in double figures. Taylors game-hig- h Clearfield's offense put all five starters in double-figur- e scoring, while a hounding defense kept the ball away from Newey and held him to a mere 15 points, half his average. Clearfields success came from executing the battle plan. We have to be to play against a Ted Smith coached team because we know they are always going to be prepared," Hansen added. The two parts of that preparation that were particularly effective were Clearfields handling of a particularly pesky Roy press and the defensive scheme on Layton comeback foiled by Bees ends. 8 6, When Cleafield and Roy get together its always a battle, said Clearfield coach Craig Hansen. In Fridays battle, victory for the Falcons was achieved by Clearfields balanced attack coupled with the silencing of Roys 3. 6-- big gun, Mark Newey. GARY HATCH 86-7- Highland started not over Clearfield wins opening battle Lynn Averett Review correspondent SALT LAKE CITY Some members of the media were billing the Region 4 opener for the Davis Darts and the Highland Rams as David vs Goliath. And true to the original story, David stopped Goliath in his tracks. The bigger and physically stronger Rams hosted the smaller but quicker Darts only to hit the showers with an 3 thrashing. Im real pleased with the teams performance. We planned to go after them and we did, said Davis coach John Robison. The Darts came out smoking as they scored 17 unanswered points in the opening of the first quarter, and when the Rams called time out with 2:29 left in the first, the Darts were on top 20-The time out came too late as the Rams werent able to recover from the Darts offensive explosion. Weve let this happen in three ball games. Weve started slow and let the other team jump out in front by such a large margin that we havent been able to catch up, said Ram coach Larry Maxwell. According to statistics the Rams should have been able to control the boards on both is By comparison, nected on the Bees con- charity tosses. shoot very well from the line and we didn't get as many opportunities as they did, said Layton head coach Stan Buchanan. 12-of-- We Photo by Rodney Wright The hair flew early, as demonstrated through 17 unanswered points in the first vis Greg Willard, when the Darts ripped quarter and defeated Highland handily. first region win, and Highland And it seems opener to Viewmont. will travel Rams fall to by Da- - 6-- 4. is a tough place to play. Larry (Maxwell) is one of the best with 15, and Meier had 10, with coaches around and its someGreg Willard contributing nine. thing to beat the Rams on their Highland was led by Steve home floor, said Robison. effort Solomon with a Davis remains undefeated and Chris Rich with 11. with a 0 (10-- 0 if you count Its always good to get that the alumni game) while the of 45 was followed by Rees 30-poi- nt 9-- to the Darts home floor Friday night. Were going to be ready for them (Woods Cross) and I dont think the team is overconfident. If we dont play our game, Woods Cross could very easily beat us, said Robison. the Darts are ready to challenge for the region crown. The team is playing well together and they feel good about each other which is one of the reasons were doing so well, said the Davis mentor. Woods Cross, who lost its Etaitaiii Best & GasHae 29-2- 45-3- After a BE basket, Layton guard Boyd Murray hit a layup to again cut the gap to one, but that was the last points the Lancers could muster. Layton still had a chance to win the game in the final seconds but shots rolled off the two rim. Box Elders Jeff Hadfield rebounded a missed free throw and laid in the only Bee field goal of the quarter to ice the three-poigo-ahe- ad nt win. We played well in the first and fourth quarter, said Buchanan, but not so well in the second and third. Im trying to convice the players that they have to play the full 32 minutes. Its too bad that it had to boil down a a last second shot, the first year coach continued. We had our chances to win but we just couldnt get the ball to go in. The challenge will not get any easier for the Lancers this week, as they return home to host their y rival Clearfield. intra-count- Ms yeu: Mild Cheddar $ 39 Cheese EA Millers Blue Ribbon Vi IBeeff Yield 2 USDA When you dont get to shoot very many free throws you have to make most of them. We got outrebounded by six, but that wasnt as much of a factor. The Lancers fell behind in the second and third periods, trailing by as much as nine points. A late first half rally cut the Bees ad4 by intermission. vantage to But Box Elder continued to roll after the break and enjoyed a 4 lead entering commanding the final quarter. But then the Lancers came to ed. Ualley serve Teaming up to From Cache Valley Gossners didnt Dustin Perry and Rex Brimhall found their shooting touches from inside, scoring 13 point between them in the period. With 2:00 left on he clock the Lancers trailed by just one point. 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