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Show Competition, recreation and fitness Wednesday 1C: March 25, 1987 4A irolis to easy GARY HATCH However, the 4A put six players, in double figures, and the other four got eight each, to completely dismantle the 3A in the annual classic at the Salt Palace on Saturday afternoon. Leading the 4A charge, surprisingly to some Salt Lakers, was Davis smooth swingman Jeff Pearson. The Dart senior, who was among the most effective scorers in the state this 18 points, year, popped in a team-hig- h including nine during a late second-quartrun to boost the 4A lead to 8 at the half. Granites Gary Trost, playing on a twisted ankle, earned team MVP honors with his performance along with some good inside defense on 3As smaller big men. Hillcrests Sean Petersen added 12 points, coming mostly off fastbreak layups following steals by the 4A defense. Bonnevilles Mike Sivulich joined American Forks Robert Rasmussen and Viewmonts Scott Bland with 10 points each. Roys Craig Miles, also playing on a badly sprained ankle, added eight points as did Brightons Marc Miller, Cottonwoods David Lloyd and Bountifuls Chad Rigby. Former Layton basketball coach Doug Moon, also a former player at Davis high and the University of Utah, was worry free and full of praise after the contest. This was really a lot of fun," Moon said. f It would really be great if you had a bunch of kids to coach like this all hte time. Heck, I might even get back into coaching then. This is just a great bunch of kids great ballplayers and great young men, too, Moon said. Moon was joined on the bench by his former coach at Davis, Grant Cullimore. One of the reasons for Moons relaxed disposition following the game was undoubtedly the score, but another may have been that he didnt try to do too much coaching. He just kept the game plan simple and let the athletes take care of the rest. We wanted to give everybody plenty of opportunity to play and have equal playing time. When we came here today I didnt want to have to worry about coaching too much, I just wanted to be in charge of substitutions and make sure all the kids got even time, Moon said. The game was even through the first period and Review spofts editor The 3A division may have had the big wheel in Utah boys basketball this year, but the 4A still rolled to a 105-7- 5 victory in the 14th annual United Cerebral Classic. Palsy High School All-StBen Lomonds star guardforward Kurt Miller, the high school media darling acclaimed by some to be the best player in I classic wip aii-sta- ir . ar the state ever posted the highest point total for the afternoon with 23. er 48-3- 6-- nt IT' I' ' v x1 Vt 4' FiA ' " UVV' , J4 ,7 Davis Jeff Pearson loses his handle on the ball momentarily in the game on Saturday. all-st- ar GARY HATCH It took a longshot comeback and two overtime periods to do it, but Clearfield girls basketball coach Margo Jones had one more 91-8- School begin-Rasmuss- en 71-5- Classic, All-St- ar r f ?& jt $'' ' ( V- w i V y fr && 2 r. 4, , C? ' V: tAAM & ?& Sv j A, i' I - r , A - ' ' 'T Junior high basketball lead and The 3A had a was looking for all the world like they might push it to 30 before the game was through. But just then the 4A found its offense, which had been conspicnt Midway through the third peri- od it appeared the 4A team was down and out in the Salt Palace and the 3A was nailing the coffin lid. m - ' ' uously absent and began to play more inspired defense. When we were down 16 I was beginning to get worried, lamented Jones, whose Falcons finished the season 23-- 1 and a state championship. The girls were really tight at first. I think they were scared and a little intimidated about playing in this arena. It didnt matter how many people were here," Jones said. However, instead of folding and coasting downhill to defeat, the 4A found a spark that ignited a previously lethargic offense and made the girls forget where they were. Instead they concentrated on the game. Once the girls finally loosened up they played great. We tried to give the game to them, but once 1 f vv, : A I y vx .ji Stall photo by Rodney Wright Clearfields Joy Trussel dashes after a loose ball in the annual Cerebral Palsy 3A- - basketball game held at the Salt Palace on Saturday. 4A all-st- ar s win county crown Layton and Syracuse. The county title in past years has been decided by the first and second place teams from the south end of the county against the top two teams from the north end. This year however, the field was expanded to include the top four teams from each end and making an eight-teatournament out of it. Despite what might be exReeses replace- pected to be a bigger difference However, ment, assistant Kaysville prin- in the quality of teams, two d games went into cipal Clyde Jackson, is no overtime Syracuse beat stranger to the game. Before coming to Kaysville Millcreck in overtime and two years ago, he was the head Sunset defeated Centerville in basketball coach at Woods triple overtime. Cross High School. The championship game But Jackson or Reese will started off like the Knights tell you it isnt so much who were going to shut the lights out on South Davis early. was coaching. It was a team that pressed ofKaysville jumped to an earlead in the first ten on defense and ran the fast ly break on offense that was re- quarter, but South Davis kept sponsible for the winning re- battling back throughout the cord. game. They stayed within striking Kaysvilles victory in the a and slowly closed the distance championship game provides the to perfect gap. storybook ending South Davis had been season, and while Jackson said he didnt make a Win one for battling back to get even the Gipper speech before any throughout the second and third quarters, and early in the of the games, the kids responded. fourth they finally caught and said was specifisurpassed the Knights. Nothing on was With five minutes left in the Reese but coach cally, the kids minds. Theyd send game the Knights were down him cards and phone him and by five and Jackson called time out. stop by and see him. We changed our defense to South Davis is a very good forfeci a trap and they have very team, and we just tunate to beat them, Jackson a kid who is a really good said. player. Kit Rawlinsonso we also used a diamond-and-onKaysville made it to the finals with relatively easy wins with one of our guards, Travis over Farmington and Sunset, Hill denying him the ball. while South Davis beat North See Kaysville, page 2C Kaysville Junior High completed a perfect 15-- 0 record and won the Davis County championship by defeating 1 at Davis South Davis School on Thursday. High And the Knights kept their record perfect despite the fact their longtime coach, Jack Reese, has been hospitalized at McKay-De- e hospital in Odgen with a serious illness since just after their first five games. cross-matchi- 85-8- m first-roun- . we settled down we started playing as a team, We made some good passes, Afv-x- af-le-ad 34-1- , ''Mv'', ar ts more me victory to notch in her belt before this year was over. The 4A girls outlasted the 3A in double overtime as 8 girls 4 A won the 14th annual the United Cerebral Palsy High . Review sports editor all-st- one-hal- f. adds ome Staff photos by Rodney Wright classic held at the Salt Palace. Roys Craig Miles looks for a passing lane in the Cerebral Palsy flexIt was new and different for these nal stanza, But that was when the 4A began ing its muscle and unleashing some of kids to be playing here in the Salt Pal-ioffensive firepower. ace, and it took them awhile to get ad- With the game knotted at 36 midway justed to the surroundings. They were through the second quarter, Pearson and standing around a little bit at the sparked at 12-- 2 spurt that ning," Moon said, The 4A pushed their lead to 7 gave them their comfortable halftime and seemed to spark them after in-- ter three periods and wound up running termission. .away, outscoring the 3A 8 in the fi- - played good defense and never gave up, Jones said. With talent like these girls have, you just have to turn them loose and let them play. Plus we wore our Falcon uniforms, and this was our year, Jones said. Midway through the third period the 4A team went to work on defense and began to find openings in the 3A defense. Bountifuls Heidi Olsen got loose inside for a bucket and Mountain Views Kimberly Talbot hit a 15 foot jumper. Clearfields Joy Trussel hauled in two offensive rebounds, one of which she put back up and in and on the other she converted one of two free throws. Team MVP Susan Lyons, a forward from Olympus who finished with a game-hig- h 25 points, was warm up and to just beginning hit both ends of a to See Girls, page 2C one-and-o- well-balanc- ed nt half-cou- rt e, ; |