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Show Competition, recreation and fitness Wednesday January 11, 1989 Falcons win JAMES NICKERSON ; ! Lakeside Review sports editor ! CLEARFIELD There is no team Clearfield loves to beat more than the Bonneville ! ; outset. Beard and Woody got into foul trouble so it was to our advantage to continue to pound the ball inside, said Hansen. We have enough fire power that we certainly are not a one dimensional team. We just adjusted to what happened to them and took it at them. If they wouldnt have gotten into foul trouble they would have been more aggressive on defense and we would have had to rely on another aspect of are game. Larson scored 12 of his game high 22 points in the first half. Bonneville came out for the rt second half sporting a press which accounted for a couple Falcon turnovers. But according to Hansen it was Clearfields carelessness in offense That their accounted for turnovers. Bonneville threatened late in the game pulling within 2 but Clearfield kept the Lakers at arms length by canning some very important free throws in the games wanning moments. Bonneville, which slipped to 1 in league play and 2 overall, was led by Justin But-tawith 15 points. Beard and Sean Sylvester both contributed 13 in a losing effort. For the Falcons, Jeff Painter followed Larson with 15 for Clearfield which improved to in Region 1 and impres- Lakers. The Falcons officially accept-- i ed the role as the team to beat in Region 1 Friday, by spank-- ; before a ing the Lakers 59-5capacity crowd. I wouldnt want it any clos- - ;? 4, er than that, said Clearfield coach Craig Hansen. It was a i good win. We needed to win more than they did because we were at home. We put some ; good defensive pressure on ' them. I would agree with that, ; said Bonneville coach Gary They played very good defense. They have been shutting down people, holding them to thirty points. To begin the game it was the Lakers who were shutting down people as they raced out v to a 12-- 3 lead. Clearfield rebounded, however, to capture 2 a advantage at the end ; of the first quarter. The second stanza stayed ; tight until the Falcons went on an 0 run to pull out to their . Bonneville biggest lead answered the challenge and crept within 4 av intermis-- t sion. ' Bonnevilles o punch, ; Tanoka Beard and Quinn Woody, was softened to a t playful jab as the two Laker u big men were plagued with v foul trouble almost from the ; i full-cou- , half-cou- rt -. 55-5- 13-1- 8-- 25-1- 0-- 7. 9-- rs 29-2- one-tw- , Staff photo by Bruce Bennett -0 sive 1 -0 overalk Clearfields Brock Spencer (left) and Russell Larson (right) battle for a loose ball. The Falcons won the game. 9 Lancers beat 1 I t avis rally .CV f I ? LAYTON It does not mat-ithow you get a win as long as ij er jfou get one. The Layton Lancers stretched ; their winning streak to three with a less than pretty 1 win over I Box Elder Friday to begin Region i 1 in positive fashion. I But according to Layton coach Stan Buchanan the Lancers were ) fortunate to win considering the way they played. We did not play particularly well, he said. We got caught up 'in a sloppy pattern but we had to '.win this one at home. state Layton, the defending champions, started the game with run as the Bees could not mi manage a point until more than ITaidway throughout the first f" 62-5- 4-- A 1 1- -2 -- Quarter. The Lancers just gave the ball ;Jp Chris Trujillo and he knew what to do with it as he canned AO of his, team high, 16 points in first period. Shane Groskreutz decided to take ksome of the heat off of Trujillo in jjlje second quarter. He scored six jTtoints to help Layton to a fairly 2 lead at the comfortable 30-2- j half. ; .Groskreutz and NGai Stever-- I son worked relentlessly in the middle to wear down the smaller ; Bees. I ' f t ! 5 not enou 51 V -- Steverson and Groskreutz did a real nice job, said Buchanan. We wanted to pound the ball inside because we felt that they could not stop our inside game. Box Elder had to rely on a perimeter game to compete with Layton but the Lancers had a perimeter game of their own in Trujillo who was hitting shots from different area codes to begin the game. As he cooled, Layton found their big men to stay ahead of the pesky Bees. In the third quarter Box Elder could only manage to pull within three. Bee senior Kevin Welch heated up in the third period scoring eight of his game high 19 points in a losing effort. Buchanan talked to his team about how important a win was in this game and he believed the added pressure played a part in the Lancers sloppy play. Laytons got 14 points from Steverson and Groskreutz contributed 13. Derek Neilson chipped in eight and normally David Rees checked in with eight also. Layton riding on the three game win streak imin Region 1 and proved to 7 overall. For Box Elder Kurt Morrison was the only other Bee in double figures as he splashed in 10 points. Box Elders problems continued as they dropped to a less- 9 on the year, 1 in region. Lakeside Review correspondent KAYSVILLE To begin the game, both teams could not combine shooting percentages from the field to exceed the temperature outside. Highland jumped out to an early lead behind the strong play of center Kerry Hicks. He led the Rams with 6 first quarter points to help Highland to an 8 lead after one stanza Davis found out in the early going that their inside game would run into problems at the hands of the taller Rams. Editors note: Nick's Picks is a weekly column predicting outcomes of area high school teams. , Davis Brian Kynaston (11) attempts a drive in the middle of 54-5- 2 at Davis. pressure. The Darts lost the close game dont think J ; i ! James Well, as a couple surprises high- lighted prep action last week, this three-gam- 4. Clearfield at Roy: The Falcons used a lot of energy to deny the Lakers an upset victory, but the : week before they used even more energy to beat American Fork in and they still had Bonne-villCenough poise to turn back Roy was stunned by Weber, 4nd to expect the Royals to get ,pp off the canvas and knockout jthe undefeated Falcons is too much. I I e. 1 Nickerson Sports Editor Roy will hang in there for a while but Clearfield will walk out of Roys gym with smiles on their faces and a 12-- 0 record. CLEARFIELD 64 ROY 55 Davis at Bountiful: The Darts are nursing their wounds over a game they should have won against Highland. The Braves are a powerhouse team that has defeated the likes of Bonneville and others. The Darts narrow loss at home last week against Highland took a lot out of them. The Darts need a win badly. Davis will have to shoot the lights out of Bountifuls gym to win this one, all the while stopping the Braves offensive arsenal. I high-power- Davis erased the lead with some strong play by Brian Kynaston who hit a field goal and two free throws to pull the Darts within two points. But that is the closest the Darts could get. The Darts had a balanced scoring attack led by Rhodes with 3. Barton chipped in eight points in a losing effort for the Darts who dropped to 1 in Region 4 play, 8 overall. Highland then came out of the locker room and took control of the game out scoring the Darts 19-- 8 in the third period behind Kris Hicks 8 points to take a 8 advantage at the end of the 1 0-- 39-2- 3-- Warriors shock f ; clock. 20-2- Wicks Picks week could run a similar pattern. Clearfield fresh off of a con- vincing victory over Bonneville will travel to Roy. While Layton riding a nice e winning streak will in- vade Washington Terrace to do battle with the Lakers. And the frustrated Darts venture to Boun-- I tiful to take on the Braves, the team most feel will take Region 47-4- The Darts managed, however, to heat up enough to pull back into the game and deadlock the score at 0 by intermission. Staff photo by Robert Regan BOUNTIFUL 70 DAVIS 56 Layton at Bonneville: The Lancers are looking like themselves again, although the teams they have beaten havent got more than a handful of wins between them. But Layton has a good team with confidence, and confidence can win ball games. The Lakers are still smarting the loss at Clearfield and maybe even looking forward to the rematch this early. Layton matches up with Bonneville better than any other team in the region. Bonnevilles big men have a nasty habit of getting into foul trouble which kills their team and that will be their undoing; at home even. Yes this is a bold prediction but somebodys got to do it Upset special! LAYTON 58 BONNEVILLE 57 Nick's record V the game Roy connected on BLISS FULLMER so. 2-- 2. Lakeside Review correspondent The stuPLEASANT VIEW dent beat the teacher at Weber High Friday night. Roy coach Ted Smith and his Royals invaded the Warriors gym to do battle with former assistant Jay Welk, who is the coach at Weber. A battle it was but the student beat the teacher at his own game I was excited about this one, jsaid Welk. This was my first Region 1 game as a head coach, and it was against the team I helped sev- en and Weber on three. Our kids gave us a real good effort, said Welk. It was one big win. A region win at home. To Smiths surprize Weber opened up the game in a defense but the Royals adjusted and began to toss in ne three-pointer- s. coach last year. The inside game of the Warriors played havoc on Roy, however, as Weber raced out to a 4 advantage at the end of the first quarter behind the sizzling shooting of Jay Preston and sophomore Ryan Jones. Smith felt the deciding factor in the game was that Roy simply did not play well. us, he They flat said. They shot well and made the big plays when they had to. This was a game of heavy artillery. 18 of 37 first half points came from three-poirange. For Roy climbed back to within 6 at the half but it was not until the second half that Brad Miles and Chris Thiel were able to cause some damage to pull the Royals even at 47. Smith did not think Welk had any advantage having coached under him at Roy. 69-6- 5. out-play- nt 23-1- 43-3- 1 three-pointe- rs 11-- 1 ; 1 year. 1- -0 0-- gallant said Davis coach John Robison. But Im pleased with the way the kids hung in there. You cant fault them for not working. We played our best game of the 4-- 3-- A comeback by the Davis Darts fell short Friday night in a close 54-5- 2 setback to the Highland Rams, in both teams league opener. It was a tough loss to take, hot-shooti- than-impressi- ve third quarter. Davis could never quite get on track due to tough defense by Highland and clutch free throw shooting by the Rams. With the Darts trailing by points at the start of the fourth quarter they needed some instant offense. And it came in the form of Jon Rhodes. He helped fuel a 24 point offensive outburst in the final quarter which brought the Darts within striking distance. It never materialized although sophomore Bret Barton helped cut the lead in half with two from long range to keep the game close. 5 Davis pulled to within and set up their strategy with 1:45 left, but they had to foul and Highland made four points from the charity stripe to keep the Darts at bay. The Rams led by six with just 56 ticks on the ED NAYLOR The coaches dont play, he said. They shot very well. We just have to shoot better and play better defense. Im very disappointed about our game. Welk agreed there was no advantage for him. He thought it worked against him. Every time I made a change, offensively or defensively, those Roy kids knew exactly what I was doing and they adjusted to it. Weber was led in scoring by Preston with a whooping 25 points. Jed DeVries, Jones and James Calvert chipped in a dozen in apiece. Weber improved to the always tough Region and 8 overall. -0 1 3-- Roy was led by Miles with 18 d points and Thiel with 15. Roy who won against 9 Jan. 3 suffered Skyview their fourth setback in outings, 1 in region. hard-earne- 57-4- 1 1 0-- |