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Show 9th graders can't wrestle FARMINGTON The Davis tivities Association. was justified because freshmen in School Board last week turned Hill compiled his findings and many school districts are allowed down a proposal that would have submitted his report to the board, to compete on the high school allowed Davis district ninth grad- which then made the decision. level. ers to participate on high school Before making the proposal, The proposal was initially wrestling teams. made in a letter to school board the wrestling coaches talked with District Superintendent Rich- president Sheryl Allen in July. outgoing UHSAA executive direcard Kendell said the boards deci- The letter was signed by all the tor, Manon Tree, and he said the ' sion was made after receiving a districts junior high and high proposal appeared to be on solid detailed report from Jim Hill, the school wrestling coaches. i ground. districts director of athletics. The proposal asked that Davis However, in the UHSAA byHill discussed the proposal district ninth graders be allowed laws drawn up this year, the prowith all district high school and to practice and compete on high posal violates at least two laws junior high school principals, sev- school teams in individual sports, and therefore can not be adopted. eral coaches and Glenn Beere, the such as wrestling, swimming and The proposal was made by the newly appointed executive direc- tennis. wrestling coaches because they tor of the Utah High School Ac- e wrestlers in other The coaches felt the proposal felt sciiools districts were given an advantage in bping able to compete at the high school level. To allow for more fair competition, the coaches wanted Davis e wrestlers to be allowed to compete on the high bylaws were rewritten and now clearly state an athlete may not compete at both the junior high and high school levels, which all but eliminates the possibility of adopting the proposal. Hill said. In addition, Davis district e wrestlers by competing on the junior high team would violate another UHSAA statute that prohibits any wrestling before Nov. 9, the starting date for the sport at the high school level. Hill added. Davis district superintendant Richard Kendall said it appeared the only option if the board were ninth-grad- school level beginning in November, after they completed their ju- ninth-grad- nior high competition, which runs from September to November. The way the bylaws were written in past years, the proposal appeared to not violate any statutes. However, with the advent ofthe new UHSAA director, the ninth-grad- to adopt the proposal would be to allow the athletes to choose between the high school and the junior high school programs, which would be distruptive to the junior high programs. In letting the secondary students select (between junior high or high school) you run the risk of undermining junior high wrestling, Kendell said. Kendell said the school board will continue its support of both high school and junior high wrestling, but will not support junior high students wrestling at the high school level. Competition, recreation and fitness Wednesday September 9, 1987 .lock, tackle past Lamiceirs GARY HATCH 4 Lakeside Review sports editor r ' rrr Block and tackle. KAYSVILLE It sounds like shop talk. But to Davis coach Jim Dickson, its simply what the Darts didnt do and what Layton did do that made the whopping 3 difference as the Lancers soundly downed Davis here Friday. We got our butts kicked. We didnt block ai)d tackle and they did. They beat us off the ball and took it to us, said Davis coach Dickson. Layton coach Tom Moore attributed some of the difference in the score to a swing of momentum caused by a sacked punter and a blocked punt on consecutive series in the second quarter. Those two Davis punts, I dont know if those two plays beat them, but from my perspective they were the biggest plays in the game, Moore said. Who knows? If we didnt get that good field position from those two punts we might have gone into the locker room at halftime tied at 7 instead of up 21-"It could have been a totally different game, Moore said. In the first quarter it looked like two offenses were going to be offset by two strong defenses, but the second quarter brought a powerful surge by Layton the Darts were never able to recover from. On the Lancers first possession, Davis swarmed and stopped Laytons line. drive at the Dart Unlikely though it seemed at the time, that Lancer punt proved to be the time Layton would bring out the punting unit all night. The Darts took their first possession downfield and scored in typical Davis fashion running the double wing like always and eating up about five minutes off the clock. Dart fullback Sean Smith took a pitch and cut upfield right six yards through the Layton defense for the games first score. Davis added the PAT to make it 46-1- LYNN AVERETT Lakeside Review correspondent CLEARFIELD Region teams are a thus far. perfect boasting and Thats right, the six teams are the Clearfield Falcons are winning as big 1 pre-seas- 12-- 0, as anyone. Friday night the Falcons crushed the Woods Cross Wildcats That follows a 30-- 0 blow-oof the Viewmont Vikings the previous week. e We made a few mistakes, which we didnt make last week against Viewmont, But I am real pleased with the teams performance, said Clearfield head coach Brent Hancock. Both teams are known for their excellent defense, and it appeared to be a defensive struggle which would end in a low scoring contest. Woods Cross scored first when Clearfield running back Monte Geertgens was stopped in the end zone for a safety. On the free kick, Clearfields special teams caused Woods Cross to turn the ball over at their 46. On the next play from scrimmage, reserve quarterback Gene Smith dropped back and hit Bracken Larsen for a scoring strike. The PAT was good and the Falcons were on top That play really sparked us. And Smith did an excellent job of coming off the bench, Hancock said. Starting quarterback Tim Gardner may have a hip pointer. He only played the first senes for the Falcons. The half ended with no more scoring. Clearfields second series of the second half was the turning point of the game. Starting on their 30, Smith drove his club 70 yards capped off with a sconng pass from Smith to Larsen. The PAT was good and Clearfield led 16-The Falcons defense caused another Wildcat fumble at the Cats 27. Clearfield ran a fake sweep and running back Geertgens hit flanker Rob halfback option pass Hiatt for for a TD. The PAT was good and Clearfield was in command at 23-23-1- 0. ut first-gam- Jf V f A, v s--- 7-- 7. i- 1 w.f v V - V. - ' t r" ' x ;f - k T f i x . V 1 f high-power- ed v $x i i A 4? f 'V-' i vX & $ f fx S - - f 'Vf V 46-ya- rd f 40-ya- rd 7-- 2. t .1' m Staff photo by Robert Regan Davis fullback Sean Smith stretches for extra yards against a tough Layton defense Friday. The rest of the second quarter started Troy Murray to end Rick Sparks, who eryone to the left comer of the endzone lf minutes left in a downhill slide for the Darts and was streaking across midfield just in- - with three and one-ha- showed Layton to be very successful in capitalizing on opponents mistakes. The Lancers, fired up after their scoring drive, stopped Davis on three plays and forced the Darts to punt. However, the Davis punter mishandled the snap and Laytons defense swarmed him und line. der at the Davis The Lancers struck immediately with d strike from quarterback a 7-- 0. But the Lancers roared back. They put together a drive of their own capped by mostly on the ground fullback Dallen Smith up the middle four yards for the TD. The PAT made it 7 with 9:42 left in the second five-yar- 7-- five-yar- side the goal line. The PAT made it 14-- 7. On Davis next possession the Darts to. the returned the kick-oline, but the Lancers again held in three downs. This time Laytons defense blocked the punt and fell on it at the Dart 1 1. Two plays later, speedy tailback Sahn Johnson took a pitch and outraced ev- -. ff 40-ya- rd the game. It was the first of three TDs by son in the game. 12-ya- rd John- Layton again held the Darts on 2. Da- vis next possession and got the ball on the Dart 25 after a tackle for a loss and a penalty forced Davis to punt from deep in its own end zone. See Layton, page 2C 27-ya- rd 2. See Falcons, page 2C Roy shakes off poor start to win but to run with the ball. And just before the end of the first quarter, on fourth and 1 yard to go, running back Steve JAMES NICKERSON Lakeside Review correspondent After a shaky start, Roy High ROY TD Williams broke loose for a points enroute exploded for 24 home victory scamper. The PAT was added by Gene to a mistake filled 6 Noble and Roy had closed the gap to over Logan Friday night 10-Roy head coach Fred Thompson gave In the 2nd quarter, with 7:48 left until a credit to much of the solid, aggressive defense. Our defense played tough and intermission, Logan punted to Roy returner Danny McFarland. After avoiding made it easier (to score) for our offense with good field position. Roys offense a couple of would-b- e tacklers he ran inches from the sideline then cut way sputtered early in the game but heated field 59 yards for a touchdown. across in a . up hurry. was especially pleased with Thomspon take control The Royals wanted to of his of the special teams. Roy averplay the game early, according to Thompson, 19 yards per return. aged approximately but a Roy fumble on the second play of We on the punt return freebie a got the game gave Logan possession deep in and that made a difference. It got us gofew later A on plays Royal territory. ing, said Thompson. the Grizzlies Bobby The runback provided an emotional Pendelton blasted his way over the goal boost for Roy. On the next series the line to open up the scoring. The PAT was good and almost before either team Royals fired up defensive unit sacked had broken a sweat Logan was leading Logan quarterback Scott Palmer for a loss then Royal linebacker Steve Wilmoth stepped in front of a Logan The teams exchanged possession and with 2:47 left in the first quarter Logan pass to regain possession for Roy, again in Logan territory. a booted Stoker Darrell kicker deep place field goal to make it 10-Some d defense by Logan forced Roy to call upon Noble to ataided Logan by next possession, Roys field goal with 4:26 left tempt a facemask penalty, began near midfield. in 3rd the Nobles kick sailed the Logan to ball quarter. the Roy moved through the uprights to widen the lead to line as quarterback Doug, Brown weaved his way in and out of heavy traf- .17-1See Roy, page 2C fic after a broken play left him no choice 25-ya- rd first-ha- lf 31-1- 7. fourth-and-go- al 7-- 0. 45-ya- rd 0. hard-nose- 40-ya- rd 30-ya- rd 0. 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