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Show By s' 4 2 I ' - Nv V o. . " Mf Hv fn'Y ifi 3 iw UVf 4f nj I V' fy-.:'Qy- iT ' lix-A $ V) ,y w0 , VA v t a. f5i4; S'. ? wwj'u.f,:ifli. OPORTSCEFJE Davis County Ski School 451-521- Rocky Mt. Baseball School The Rocky Mountain School of Bsaseball will be presenting its annual team tournament and skills camp in Las Vegas over Presidents Day weekend. 1 The camp will be held Feb. at Sunset Park. There will be six teams in three age divisions (10-14 and Each team will play five games in a round robin format. There are still some opening remaining to fill out the rosters. For more information contact Dennis Udy in Logan at 19-2- 2, ). 752-866- 0. Congiatulalinns to the latest u mners of a Chppei ceilifu ate, free Little Caesars Cac&EJT pizza and apee 5x7 pot trait at Ozoes. (uJUuK ir JAMIE SANT ( Miller scored including the 16 points basket in die List minute to lilt the Darts past Highland 46-4- 1 Tuesday. ByTYBRONICEL ond half when the whole thing SALT LAKE CITY gradually turned into a scrimmage ppuntrfvl Basketball Sant scored 14 points as the Lady Braves pounded rival Viewmont 4 in a Region 2 encounter Tuesday afternoon. 72-4- SCOREBOARD d. Holt had 47 rebounds, Tom Evans was 23-2- 5 from beyond the three-poiarc, coach Brad Christensen announced he will challenge Orrin Hatch for his senate seat, several Skyline parents wept openly in the stands and the streak stands at 872. Yea, yea, yeah. Blah, blah, blah. So now that its painfully clear that there is only one other team in Region 2 that might give the Vikes much of a game, lets focus on the only question left for Viewmont prior to the state tournament. What Colts could best be des- nt cribed as somewhat of a mystery team from Region 2. But of even more concern was the fact the game was being billed as a final tune-u- p d for the Braves in preparation for their third-ranke- Friday showdown against Tune-up- to nt will have his team prepared. Were certainly approaching this game knowing that they are a good team with good players and a good coach, says Christensen. Intense rivalries can often be to the benefit of the underdog (in this youd have to say its the , , A.J. FOR 2: Viewmont standout Alex Jensen led the Vikings to another big win Friday The Vikes have won 35 straight against Utah teams. nobody forced it. The ball was ing them scoreless for almost six at minutes. The score was 43-1- 3 passed around patiently until someone had a wide open shot. On halftime. By then the only reason defense the Eagles never got off an for the Viewmont student body to uncontested shot We executed stick around was to be able to go pretty well, said Christensen. Im bonkers when crowd favorite Brandon The Hardest Working happy with that. Christensen also gets plenty of Man in High School Basketball help keeping the squad in line from Bailey got a bucket. team captain Jensen. By the fourth Otherwise, this brisk one hour quarter the Vikes were throwing and twenty minute game (take note and trying their best Paul Tagliabue) featured only eight alley-oop- s playground moves. Jensen was foul shots, all by Skyline, and left fans looking forward to next week. subbed for eaily in the fourth quarter. Just before he left the court he Friday, Jan 28 at Bountiful turned with a scowl to the five 7 10 15 6 38 Skyfine Vikings still on the floor and VIEWMONT 23 20 6 14 63 yelled, Run the oltense! His EAGLES (38): Johnson 20, Doman 2, Keddington teammates got the message loud 4 Gardner 4 Whiting 2, Chipman 1, Tuft 2, Smith and clear that there is not room for 3 Totals 5 38 VIKINGS (63): Robison 3, Evans 9 Martin 7, Stoll letting up, especially when youve 2 leishman 2, Holt 8, Jeppesen 2, Burningham 6, got to play Bound! ul twice in one Jensen 12 Bailey 2, Gardner 2 Crandall 2, Bowles 4 Walton 2, Totals 29 00 63 year. 3 Point Goals: Skyline 3 (Johnson 2, Smith), The Vikings jumped out early Viewmont 5 (Evans 3, Martin Robison) against Skyline, at one point hold Woods (Dross beats Blew rival WOODS CROSS tempo en route to improving to league play and Realignment When Woods Cross left the famil- tam Fact 85 BOUNTirULSO iv 44 VIEWMONT o3, Sky me 38 DAVIS 4C I" ghic-n- FRIDAY'S GAMES, 7 p.m. VIEWMONT at BOUNTIFUL at Cottonwood ghland at Skyline DAVIS H "'rrywfTW- -i ?;! FT1' We-- 50 t c'lirnpus 58. Joidm 57 WX 71 Cyprus 67 TUESDAY'S GAMES, 730 p.m East at Cyprus Olympus at West FRIDAY'S GAMES, 730 p.m West at Cyprus Olympus at WX Guess again. Cody Malmrose scored 24 points 7 as Woods Cross edged Cyprus in a spirited region encounter Friday. It was like a crosstown rivalry Overall game for some reason, said Woods Cross coach Steve Hill. League East 2-- 9-- 6 Olympus West 2-- 1 7-- 21 7-- 7 WX 2-- 6-- 8 Cyprus 0-- 3 THURSDAY'S I Cw 6-- 9 51, BOUNTIFUL 33 -- DAVIS S,l i 1 .2 h gh and 49 f VIEWMONT 49 FRIDAY'S GAMES, Cottonwood at 545 p.m. DAVIS Skyline at Highland BOUNTIFUL at VIEWMONT rpm Utah Ski Association Alta Beaver Mountain Brian Head Brighton Deer Valley Elk Meadows Nordic Valley Park City ParkWest Powder Mountain SnowBasin Snowbird Solitude Sundance 0 71-6- Indeed, the only thing missing was a fight in the parking lot, stolen mascots and the Oquirrh bucket. Emotions ran high, but the score didnt as Woods Cross controlled the Pirates dropped to Its 2-- 2 in overall. high-scorin- and good to win some of these close ones finally, said Hill. I was upset at our defense in stretches, but we were controlling the tempo. Ironically, the style shifted in the third period as Woods Cross adopted and dominated with Cyprus fast-pace- d offensive style. deadlock After playing to a 27-ain the first half, the Wildcats racked up 27 points in third period, with Landon Clark scoring nine of his 13 6 points, to take a commanding advantage into the final eight minutes. ll 54-4- Weird tempo? It was strange that way, admitted Hill. Big time, but again its nice to win the close ones. We have been on the edge. Now weve got confidence. The Pirates closed the gap down 7 the stretch, outscoring the Cats 21-1- GAME Totals 66 42 35 67 48 38 22 51 46 50 44 58 58 31 FRIDAY'S GAMES, 5 30 PM. East 44, West 31 WX 56, Cypius 46 TUESDAY'S GAMES, 4 p.m. WOODS CROSS at Tooele East at Cyprus, 5:30 p.m. Olympus at West, 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY'S GAMES, in the fourth quarter, but it wasnt enough to undo damage delivered in the decisive third frame. We did a nice job, but fell a little g Okmpus def. Jordan RIDAYS RESULTS Hid iar confines of Region 6, which included crosstown foe Bountiful, for life in Region 7 with Cyprus, East, Olympus and West, many believed rivalry games would be a thing of the past for the Wildcats. said Cyprus coach Mark Wilson. Were actually all pretty even. Woods Cross is a pretty good basketball team, but they had their key player on the floor and ours was short, sitting on the bench. While Malmrose, who Wilson said made the difference in the game was taking control, Cyprus point guard Chad Huntsman was serving a e suspension for a fighting one-gam- incident in a previous game. All in all, a good game, said Wilson. But, were getting tired of losing the close ones. Sound familiar? Bountiful Bowl Cyprus WX PIRATES 16 11 19 21 14 13 27 17 Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful WX 3 4 8 2 6 2 Bountiful 9 Bountiful 1 Bountiful 7 Viewmont 1 Bountiful 5 WX 3 WX1 WX 4 Cottonwood coach Blair Martineau, whose Colts improved to 2-- 1 and 94, said. Not so, according to Bountiful coach Mike Maxwell. I made sure they didnt, Maxwell said. I told them you can't look past anybody in this league. They hit some shots," Maxwell added. We didnt. That happens sometimes in basketball. Whats more, down the stretch the Colts shooting, positively Chris Dudley-esqu- e in the first half, became Mark Price-is- h when it counted most. Cottonwood, which was just 11 of 23 (52 percent) from the line on the night, convened three opportunities, and in all, in the games final minute and a half. If Cottonwood was an unknown to the Braves free-throwi- ng free-thro- one-and-o- coming in, they'll remember Colt star Kevin Linkous the next time they meet 22 Linkous, who finished with a game-hig- h points, drove the final stake in Bountifuls heart when his pair of free throws with six seconds left swished through. I knew if I made them it would give us a chance of knocking off one of the top teams in the state, Linkous said. The only defensive strategy. Maxwell didnt try on Linkous was lassoing the Colt down and dragging him from the court. We tried everything on him, Maxwell said. He tore us up. He won the game for them. On a night when Brett Allen struggled (14 points), Bountifuls Curtis Billings (20 points) nearly won the game for the Braves. Matched up against each other most of the night, Billings and Linkous scored points on one another like two tennis players. It was back and forth, Maxwell said. Two good athletes going at it. With 1;25 to go, Bountiful, trailing 49-4got the ball to Dave Hibbert. But the centers short jump hook fell short. Thats a shot he nits, Maxwell said. 7, Tonight, he didnt. Moments later, Cottonwood had run the clock down to 26 seconds. The Colts Mike Chandler hit a pair of from the line, then Hibbert scored with s. seven seconds remaining to set up Linkous game-winner- Now the Braves must regroup for the Viewmont juggernaut. When asked what his team needs to work on, Maxwell said, Geez, everything." He can ask his dad, Highland coach Larry Maxwell, about that. 67 71 (67): Blanchard 10, Truman 19, Hedgeman 9, Holden 19, Allen 8 McCleve 2, 25 7 12 67 WILDCATS (71): Nielsen 5, C Malmrose 24 Hardy 2, Christofferson 3, Hendry 12, Hogan 2, 71 Johansen 2, Clark 13, Allred 8 Totals 30 Goals: Cyprus 10 (Holden 5, Truman 3, Blanchard, Hedgeman), Woods Cross 2 (Christoflerson, Nielsen) Totals By DOUG LANG Sports Writer KAYSVILLE It has been said that good things come to those who wait. For the Davis Darts they have been waiting for their first league win for a long time. Friday night the wait ended as they came from behind to defeat the Highland Rams 46-44. This win loomed as a huge win for the Darts as they are now struggling to get a spot in the state playoffs. Head coach Jay Welk commented on 5:30 p.m. w 0 Darts edge Rams Friday, Jan 28 at Woods Cross West at Cyprus Olympus at WOODS CROSS E 54-5- They might have been looking past us," Christensen who says, Im looking at it from a region perspective more than anything else. Whoever wins that game will probably be in first place at the mid-poiof the season. Christensen must be starting to see people named Maxwell in his dreams. After all, he has to coach against people with that name in nearly half of his league games and he knows that Mike at Bountiful has made for strange bedfellows and rivals too. Well, though the Braves certainly 3-- 6-- By DIRK FACER Sports Editor ? upset loss to the Colts proved Bountiful still has a few links to work out in its basketball mechanics. After suffering its first region loss, some wondered, naturally, if Bountiful (now 1 and 11-- 3 overall) was beaten as the result of visions of Vikings dancing in their heads. the two teams are also a combined 0 in region and have both been consistently ranked in the top five in the state all year. So what makes it a bigger game, the rivalry or the rankings? Braves) because the high emotional level can often cause the favored team to fail to execute properly. But if the Skyline game was any indication, Viewmont appears not only to be a very talented team, but a very focused team as well. Regardless of the talent differences, Viewmont could have beaten the Eagles solely on the strength, of their fundamentals. On offense ranked, arent in need of a major overhaul, Fridays addition to this being the major rivalry of the neighboring schools, according number-on- e seemingly otherworldly, arch rival Viewmont. Meanwhile, the FRIDAY'S RESULTS For the Bountiful Braves, the danger of last Fridays matchup with the Cottonwood Colts were two-folFirst, the between the JV squads. Alex Jensen had about 75 points, Jeff case me WEEK ( Sports Writer Neither Registration for the second session of the Davis County Ski School is slated for Saturday, Feb. 5 from 10 a m. to 6 p m. at all Smiths Food Stores in Das is County The course will be taught at Snow Basin over six Saturdays beginning Feb. 12. For 7 more information call after 4 p.m. Daws Basketball BOUNTIFUL Viewmont beat Skyline 63-3- 8 Friday night, or was it 265-52- ? Not that anybody was really keeping track during the sec- an important game, theyre playing well, says Christensen. In Home Boys KELBY MILLET? league loss on BHS Its John Stockton and the Utah Jazz spoiled the piofessional return of former U. star Josh Grant Friday Utah's 113 91 victory over the Warriors ushered in a four-gam- e Delta Center homes-tan- d Houston (Tuesday), Chicago (Thursday) and Portland (Saturday) visit town this week. ATHLETES GEOFF GRIFFIN W titer Cottonwood pins Sports week? 4 13-1- SCxOgodg about the Bountiful game next 4 ct BaouiiG oerjDuti vumc u 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 the extreme contrast to this win and the tough loss to the Bountiful Braves last week. Its hard to pull the feelings out, we fought so hard last week and came up short. This week we fought hard and came back to win. Same game plan, different results. Starting out in the game Davis had a hard time beating the In your face defense that Highland coach Larry Maxwell is known for. 5 Davis trailed at halftime. In the third quarter things began to click for the Darts. Led by Kelby Miller. Davis began to get that much needed momentum. Miller looked like he was willing to take the Rams himself. He blocked shots, rebounded, and hit some crucial shots. in the fourth quarter 2 Davis outscored the Rams which led to the crucial last few minutes. With time running out on the Darts, Bessinger cut the Rams lead to 3 with a clutch shot in the paint, and Miller would send the crowd into a frenzy as he would put the Darts ahead 4 with a shot under the basket being covered like a blanket by two Ram defenders. The Rams had their chances with opportunities at the charity stripe, but failed. With seconds left on the clock Greg Emery stole the ball and was fouled in the attempt, sending him to the line. He hit giving the Rams one last chance. Highlands Todd Christensen was able to launch a three point shot, but bounced off the front of the rim, closing the refrigerator door and giving the 0--2 Darts their first region victory. 21-1- 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 18-1- 44-4- 45-4- HcundbcH Cuduis Julie Hascall and the Lady Braves REGION 7 BATTLE: Woods Cross and Cyprus began a new rivalry Friday night when the Wildcats edged the Pirates in a thriller lost to Cottonwood Friday. More Basketball on B-- 1 |