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Show Davis County Clipper 1997 page B1 Tuesday January 21, D Hallelujah! Cats win Sports shorts Mark Watson Prep Schedule Sports Fditor MAGNA The drought is over The famine is tied The pestilence is no more There is joy in Boys Basketball Tuesday, Jan 28 West at Woods Cross 7:15 Friday, Jan. 31 Woods Cross at Tooele 7 15pm Davis at Viewmont 7 p.m Bountiful at Skyline 7 pm. Tuesday, Feb. 4 Granite at Woods Cross 7 15 Woods Cross, the Mighty Wildcats have won a basketball game It was an uncommon scenario for the Woods Cross basketball team and fans Friday night in Magna When the tinal buzzer sounded the scoreboard read 49 46 Woods Cross over Cyprus Players jumped about five feet in the air (perhaps some of their best leaps ol the year), and loyal parents ot Woods Cross players let out a tew war whoops The basketball team tinallv some sweet alter experiencing mostly biller the past two years After winning three games all ot last year and none this year, it was an unusual experience, albeit a Girls Basketball Tuesday, Jan. 28 West at Woods Cross 5pm Bountiful at Viewmont 6 15 p m. Cottonwood at Davis 6 15 pm. Thursday, Jan. 30 Davis at Viewmont 6 30 p m Highland at Bountiful pm Friday, Jan. 31 Woods Cross at Tooele 5pm Tuesday, Feb. 4 Granite at Woods Cross 5pm Cottonwood at Viewmont 6 30 Highland at Davis 6.30 p m. Bountiful at Skyline 6 30 p m Int realize theyre (Cyprus) a little down this year and we still have our work cut out lor we can use this as a gel going The victory was tor Winder because Viewmont at Bountiful 7 pm. East at Woods Cross 7 pm. Davis at Cottonwood 7pm Thursday, Jan. 30 at Highland Thurs.-Sa- t. Feb. 13-1- at West Boys Prep Basketball Standings SUPER WRESTLER Viewmont's Brandon Blackwell prepares to oin Cottonwood pound division Thursday PhoobyMark Watson s Todd Simpson Blackwell dominated this match in the 160 Vikings pin defeat on Cottonwood Viewmont wrestlers recordBOUNTIFLL 2 ed seven pins Thursday night in their victory over Cottonwood pounds Steve Anderson pinned Dave Cotcuniglio at 4 3 At 152 Chad Moms ot Viewmont pinned Adrian Davion in 3 15 47-2- Josh Barnes of Viewmont pinned Rocky Miller of Cottonwood at the 3 08 mark in the made quick work Nick Noel with a pin in class Andy Coil of Viewmont pinned Matt Sjoblom of Cottonwood in 58 At 130- 1 54 4-- 140 Viewmont wrestles al Bountiful tonight at 7 p m Mark 44-4- atson Sports Editor 66-5- hero, said Bountiful guard Jake Kilgore The crowd really came to life in the third quarter After seeing him sink two from half court, we knew we could hit from closer in It was great admiration of the student body that filed onto the court to help celebrate After receiving a standing ovation and congratulations from both coaching staffs, Cottle watched as his team erased the Highland lead and took control. Brett Hewlett sparked a 12-- 3 Braves run through the quarter, scoring on three consecutive possessions, recording two steals and pulling down two rebounds he fed Kilgore for a with 01 remaining in the 9 period to give Bountiful a advantage We were down and I knew I had five-foot- 1 41-3- to do explained something, 1 Hewlett got it going and everyone stepped it up Right now, 1 do three-point- 46-4- 2 The Braves continued the run in the fourth quarter outscoring Highland 1 to open the largest lead of the game at 3 at the 3 28 mark The Rams rallied and got 9-- 55-4- within six with 25 remaining, but d the Braves Paul Christensen on 4 from the foul line and pulled down two key rebounds to preserve the Bountiful victory 1 eon-verte- Paul played excellent, said two-poi- advantage Woods Cross a timeout "I didnt want to called hold the ball because a might get I thought we little nervous 1 just told them to be patient, try to penetrate, and get a layup We didnt want anything but a layup, the coach said The ensuing play was a good one The Wildcats burned off 50 seconds, and then Webb spotted Hogan underneath and rifled in a pass Hogan scored the bucket and was fouled The 3 junior sunk the foul shot and the Wildcats had their biggest lead of the game at 2 with 03 remaining It looked good for the Cats, hut the Pirates rallied On the next trip down, Cyprus scored inside to make it 47 44 w iih 42 seconds left The Punk-- . U swiped the hall at iimJcoini on ihc 6-- 47-4- Wildcats next possession and stored quickly to make it 47 46 Fan sinks 2 halfcourt shots; inspires Braves whatever it takes to win diving on the floor, running into some - I do it Alter the Rams regained the lead on a three-poiplay from Creighton Scott. Bountifuls Zack followed by a Jacobs hit a lay-u- p to close out Kilgore the quarter with Bountiful leading 0 2 1 pre-me- Cottle made two half court shots 41-4- the shot and the Cats took possession WTth 53 remaining and a 200-poun- in a row to win a new Jeep and the a the Cats were starting to smell upset Cyprus found a man alone underneath on its next trip down the tloor, but Tim Hogan blocked Bountiful High quarterback and tree safety Wes Patterson was recently honored as one ot the top 2(X) high school football plavers in America He was leatured on Pox Sports Netwoiks "Countdown to Signing Day" last Saturday Patterson is being recruited by such notable football schools as Honda State, BYU, Air Force and Louisiana State d The Patterson started two years for the Biases and was All Conference and Most Valuable plaver selected in Davis County Team members voted him as Most Valuable Playei. Most Valuable Offensive Player and Most Inspirational During his high school career he carried the ball 196 times for 1912 yards to give hint a 9 7 yards per carry average He rushed for 22 touch downs During his high school career Patterson connected on 30 ot 200 passing attempts for 65 percent completion ratio He passed for 2925 yards and 26 touchdowns He averaged 22 5 yards per completion On the defensive side of the ball Patterson recorded 90 solo tackles and had 138 assisted tackles He picked olf 15 passes and returned three of them for touchdowns He was credited for forcing fumbles on detense On special teams he averaged 26 yards per punt return and relumed two punts for touchdowns He has also been used as a punter where he averaged 42 yards per kick College recruiters consider Patterson a very durable, intelligent and ver satile football player with natural talent and ability d He wants to maor in in college and work in sports medicine Patterson has a 3 92 grade point average at Bountiful High Christopher Thomas 40-3- 7 advantage with five minutes to go Brad Webb helped the Cats to a advantage when he sank a pair ot free throws At this point W 5-- 1 team has now won four games in its last 31 attempts The WTldcats trailed by as many as nine points in the third quarter, but outscored the Pirates 18-- 8 in the fourth A couple of key factors to the Cats victory were foul shooting and savvy play during the final two minutes I'm proud ot our bench and the way we were able to come from behind," Winder said with six minutes Trailing left in the game, the Wildcats scored five straight Joel Adams laid in a basket at the end of a fast break and .35 seconds later Geoff Cotti drove to the hoop to score and give Woods Cross Patterson listed among Americas best With their two BOUNTIFUL top scorers out. Bountiful rode the momentum of a fan playing incogniafter Highland to Trailing 30-2- 5 outscored the Braves by 10 points in the second quarter, Andrew Cottle hit two big shots during the halftime break that ignited the crowd and helped Bountiful regain momentum in the third quarter Bountiful went 8 on to win the game He (Cottle) was the unsung extra special 18-2- 1 Olher winners lor Viewmont included Richard Allied del Collin Roberts 9 3 at 112, and Jaied Robbins del Justin Higgins 3 at Brandon Blackwell al 160 pinned Todd Simpson in 4 40 At 189 Matt Smith ot Viewinonl pinned Jared Wade 4 58 In the 215 pound division Josh Bake 103-pou- Sports Writer 1 The Woods Cross basketball 5 State Tourney at Golden Spike Arena us, but think springboard to his basketball coach trom Granger High, Don Snow, and some of his old high school teammates were in the audience Friday night Davis at Bountiful 7pm Viewmont at Skyline 6 pm. Murray at Woods Cross 7 p.m 67 Tournament almost in shock," said Coach Rick W mder It s been such a long time coming We Tuesday, Jan. 28 Region the tirst-ye- Wrestling Region 2 Tournament tor experience Wildcats Bountiful Head Coach Mike Maxwell ou have to give a kid a chance, give him conlidence and let him know he can do it Paul really came through for us tonight The 6 5 junior started in place ot Brandt Peterson who injured his knee in the waning minutes of the Viewmont game Christensen established his presence in the paint earlv shooting scoring eight points on in the first quarter "I was really nervous before the game I didn t know what would happen In the first quarter, I was fell it " hitting my shots Christensen said I was glad I could step it up with (Dannv) Wilbur and Peterson out Thev were coaching me trom the bench the whole way Christensen led the Braves in 3 scoring with a career high 19 points He was followed by Hewlett, who scored 17 points pulled down 10 rebounds and recorded live steals and five assists Kilgore rounded out the scoring with 15 points Bountiful will be without Peterson for at least one more game and Wilbur, who broke his hand in practice, will be out for at least two more games Highland Bountiful Highland 23. Blat k 9 1 4 58 I I 7, 8 lt 8 18 7 13 9 angton 13, I ahrum 2. Scott arntr 3, Holton 10. Totals 22 hree point shots - Scott 4, Black. Bountiful - Kilgore 15, Hewlett 17, C hnstenstn 19, Jorgenson 2. Jacobs 9, C hecketts 3 Totals 24 16 25 66 shots Kilgore. C hnstensen Ihree-poin- t with 20 seconds remaining In the final 20 seconds the Cats held on for dear life and Cotti sunk a pair of free throws to make the final 49-4- 6 Scoring in this game was more balanced than usual for the W ildcats Hogan and Webb had 1 Cyprus in region standings with a record The Wildcats host West tonight at 7 15 pm Woods Cross 8 15 8 9 Cjprus Woods Cross 10 15 13 6 2, Webb 13. Carlson 11. Adams 2, Hogan 13, Cotti 6. Iuffm 2 Totals 17 8 49 Three-poin- t shots - none. Osprus - Schuerer 4, Johnson 13, Williams 12, Dorenbosch 15, Hook 2. shots Totals 18 8 46. Three-poiJohnson 2, W lthams 2. - Swain Cottonwood rallies to edge Vikings in Region 2 acton Lynn Averett Sports Wnter View mont jumped out to a half5 first period lead and a time advantage After three, the Vikings held a 8 edge However, in the 1 8-- 8 28-2- COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS What should have been wasn't as Cottonwood came from behind 9 to upset Viewmont Friday night in Region 2 men's basketball That's one you just can't let slip by, said Viewmont assistant coach Jeff Emery. We came out and played well from the start but we let it get away from us. 61-5- 45-3- fourth. Cottonwood made their run The Colts pulled to within two with 30 seconds remainat 58-5- 6 ing Viewmont's Matt Oman was fouled and went to the line for two Oman converted one giving the Vikesa59-5- 6 lead Cottonwood pushed the ball down court with sophomore Matt Alverson hitting a three to tie the score On the inbound pass, Alverson stole the hall and scored a layup with three sec onds left Oman did get a three-poi- attempt off as time expired However, the hall circled the rim and came out as the Colts earned their first region victory We have to take better care of ihe ball No way should we have had the hall stolen like that said F mery The main problem was we didn t control the offensive boards late in ihe game ind we misseJ too manv tree throws I hev (Cottonwood) controlled the bouids and they took adv antage " For the game, Viewmont was from the line hut only in the fourth managed This was a must win for them and it put us right hack in the middle ot the pack," said coach Emery Scott I, Friday night in Region 2 action Davis is coming in after a victory over Skyline 7-- 61-5- 8 Weidauer Cottonwood with led while Brian 12 and M verson contr him d ten Oman and Rob VviniU Viewmont with 13 points each iewmont ( ottormood while Brad Crockett added eleven and Jeremy Thomas Weidauer 15, Cottonwood Sorensen 12, Alverson 10, Robls 8, scored nine Viewmont plays at Davis Dennery 7, Neeley 6, Watts 3. Totals 0 23 61. Sorensen 15 scored rJ (3- - 3 apiece, Doug Carlson added Woods Cross is now tied with ( 18 10 17 9 8 17 13 23-6- 1 it unmnt - Oman 13, W intle 13, rmkelt 11, Thomas 9, Jackson 6, Case 4, Perkins 3. Totals 16 26-3- 9 59. |
