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Show Competition, recreation and fitness Wednesday December 10, 1986 Roy beats Davos for tourney title Clearfield splits week's contests lead Roy jumped to an early and then held on Friday to defeat Davis n for the championship of the Lomond tournament. . . Meanwhile, Clearfield lost a tough game to Sky View. On Tuesday, Clearfield knocked off Davis High in overtime, while Roy J. grabbed an overtime victory. points and Falcons 10-po- chipped in Roy-Be- Clearfield 59, Davis 53 At Clearfield, the Falcons Bracken Larsen buried a three pointer with two seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score, and force overtime. We were behind the whole game and r, tied it with Larsens said Clearfield .Coach Craig Hansen. The momentum from that kept going, and we just oytplayed Davis in overtime. We played pretty good defense, limiting Davis to just two points in overtime, in and they missed three overtime, and that hurt them, Hansen said. Bill Spangenthal scored 13 points for arid Monte Geert-gen- s Clearfield, now ' added Jeff Pearson splashed in a game-hig- h 25 points for Davis, which dropped its 51-5- At Roy, the Royals had five players score in double figures as they marched past the Darts to win the tournament. If youre looking' for scoring distribution, said Roy Coach Ted Smith, you cant do any better than that. The Royals (3-took an' lead into the locker room at halftime but the Darts closed the gap to seven points midway thrpugh the fourth peri- three-point- 2) ' . , C';T 2, , ! We traded baskets' with them apd hit our free throws, Smith said. We got up early and maintained the lead. Thats hard to do against a good team. Craig Miles, voted the tournaments most valuable player, led the Royals offensive attack with 24 points. Doug Brown contributed 20 points, while Rob Belnap and Rob Saunders each added' 11. Davis Jeff Pearson was the games leading scorer with 29 points, while teammate Curt Stoddard chipped in 11 points. Sky View 63, Clearfield 59 ce battle. The teams entered the final period but the Bobcats took a tied at slim lead and held on to it by canning eight out of nine free throws in the period. 1, Jensen finished with 18 points as the games high scorer, while Ronnie Thur-goo- d added 15 for Sky View (3-1- ). Meanwhile, Clearfield got 17 Bill from nine rebounds and points 16 added Hulse Curtis Spangenthal. (1-- 3) - season-opene- r. 3 ' . , "v , Roy 81, Woods Cross 75 , rt At Woods Cross, the Royals duo of Rod Belnap and Craig Miles combined for five and -- 44 points. back-cou- three-pointe- rs Belnap tossed in 23 points and Miles added 21 more in Roys first win of the season. Rob Saunders and Doug Brown also finished in double figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively, as Roy evened its record at 1. We had a lead with four minutes to go, but Woods Cross hit a and we put couple of them at the foul line a few times, said Roy Coach Ted Smith. nt At Clearfield, the Bobcats held off the Falcons behind Brian Jensens 16 second-half points in a close 41-4- er one-and-on- es 1) od- 1, three-pointe- Roy 82, Davis 69 (1-- Bracken Larsen 14. three-pointer- s, Woods Cross tied the score with two minutes to go, and the lead seesawed back and forth (before being tied ll at the end of regulation play). We 68-a- lead in overjumped out to a time, and Woods Cross fouled us to try and get back into the game. four-poi- nt hit some clutch free throws in overtime), and that helped us tremendously. It was encouraging because we were so very poor at the line against Highland, Smith said. We (7-of- -9 free-thro- w Lancers keep even with split SCOn Winter fishing MONSEN Review Correspondent LAYTON The Layton Lancers kept their record even in the young basketball preseason with a split in a pair of games last week. . The Lancers are now 2 after a 9 loss to Region 2 power Viewmont and 5 an impressive win over the Olympus Titans on Thursday. In the early going at the Olympus game it appeared Layton would take its second loss of the week when they fell behind by as much as 17 points in the first half and trailed 6 at the intermission. However, a different Lancer team emerged from the the Locker room for the second half, one that outscored the visiting Titans 8 in the last two periods to win going away. It was like two different teams," said Layton head coach Stan Buchanan. In the first half we werent agressive and we were tenative on everything. We werent using our speed and qeuickness advantage. I reminded the team at halftime that we were quicker than they were and we defense came back out in a and pressed them, where we had played zone defense most of the first half, "Buchanan continued. 2-- 72-6- 81-6- come-from-behi- 37-2- 55-2- man-to-m- We have used the press in all four of our games so far and it has really paid off for us. One impressive key to the Lancer at- tack so far in the scoring balance. Four different players hit double figure led by Albert Chappell with 25 points, includrange. Rod ing two from three-poiDixon canned 15, while Wes Nance chipped in 14 and Robbie Trujillo added nt 13. i At Viewmont the Lancers had the same problems early in the game, but they werent able to catch the taller Staff photo by Robert Regan Layton had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer, but a three-poishot missed the mark. nt Layton Lancer finds the going rough as he tries to shoot, but gets a helping hand from behind against Olympus on Thursday. A t Hot spots make cold days good When the hustle and bustle of life gets the best of you, sometimes you just gotta go fishing. Ironically, some of the best fishing in Utah comes during the holiday season, when its furthest from most everyones mind. Heres rundown of some of the best bets for December and January. A perennial favorite among northern Utah anglers is the annual cisco run at Bear Lake, which usually takes place in Current predictions call for an open water run (no ice this year), which can make it difficult to net the diminutive cisco. But fishing for the ciscos jumbo cousin, the Bonneville white-fisand for bragging-siz- e cutthroat trout can be very good in December. A favortie technique that will catch both cisco and whitefish is to use a small teardrop lure tipped with a waxworm. For cutthroats and an occasional lake trout, troll large spoons or flatfish. Red and white or hammered brass are good colors for spoons. In all cases at Bear Lake, the secret is to get the lure down to the fish. Except during the cisco run, that usualy means 40 to 60 feet during the winter months. Northern Utah stream fisherman will find that the Logan, Blacksmith Fork and Weber rivers offer good fishing for trout and whitefish. Small wet flies, nymph patterns or spinners fished deep and slow can often turn the trick on winter streams. Mantua Reservoir, just a few miles east of Brigham City, offers winter anglers a change of pace. Bluegill and bass were stocked in the reservoir a few years ago. Fishing through the ice should be excellent this winter. A number of reservoirs in Utah, most within 50 miles of mid-Januar- y. h, ice-fishi- north-centr- al Salt Lake City, offer good to excellent winter fishing, including Deer Creek, Rockport and East Canyon reservoirs. Both Rockport and East Canyon are rainbow trout fisheries, with Deer Creek offering trout, yellow perch and largcmouth bass. An often overlooked winter fishery is Utah Lake, which offers a variety of game fish, including walleye and white bass, which are abundant in the lake. Both species may be taken on a d variety of lures. Try jigs in several colors and sizes to coax winter walleye. Perhaps the best ice fishing in the state can be found at Scofield Reservoir, located west of Price near the town of Scofield. Anglers there last week reported fast fishing for rainbow trout using bait open water. Expect fishing to get even better after safe ice forms. In northeastern Utah, Flaming Gorge and the Green River dominate the fishing scene. The Gorge offers in the country for the best lake trout, a claim to fame verified by Division of Wildlife Resources harvest data. The Green River, below the dam, is fast gaining a reputation as one of the premier trout streams in the west. The river has been attracting crowds through the spring and summer, and winter could be the ideal time to have the river all to yourself. lead-heade- ice-fishi- . n lake and reservoirs in southern Utah offer excellent winter fishing. Fish Lake can be a top producer for hefty lake trout and rain-- , Half-a-doze- bows. Panguitch, Otter Creek, Minersville and Piute reservoirs have been con- sistent winter producers the last two years, and prospects look good for another banner winter season at all four. See Layton, page 2C 1 |