Show Division Race In III Scramble The unpredictable Davis Darts pulled another major upset last week as they knocked league leading and number five ranked Clearfield from the top spot in the hot Division One basketball race THE BOUNTIFUL Braves who were tied lied for the lead with the Falcons going into last Fridays Friday's round had an easy time with the shorter Layton Lancers and now claim sole possession of first place At Kaysville the surprising Darts of Coach Mike Gardner made it two taro in a row over the Clearfield Falcons No one in these parts can remember when that happened before For the Darts it was a big win giving them a good shot at that second tournament berth THE LOSS could have have been a very costly one for the Falcons since it knocked them down with the rest of the pack They will face a real struggle now to qualify for or the Class AA tournament The Darts were never headed headed headed head head- ed in the contest An extremely extreme extreme- ly tough defense and a lightning lightning lightning light light- ning quick fast break proved to be the difference in the game The usually tough Falcons Falcons Falcons Fal Fal- cons were unable to get things rolling AT BOUNTIFUL the hot shooting Braves were unstop- unstop able shooting a torrid 52 percent for or the first half haIC and rebounding with abandon The second half haIC was more of the same Even the reserves who entered the game midway through the third quarter were great For the Lancers it was a disappointing game With big Vance Downs and Orlando Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son on the bench much of the game the shorter Lancers were unable to stay with the tall and talented Braves THIS WEEKS WEEK'S action features features features fea fea- fea- fea tures the Viewmont Vikings visiting Layton and Clearfield's Clearfield's Clearfield's Clear- Clear fields field's twice beaten Falcons playing host to the league leading Bountiful Braves Layton and Viewmont both have a shot at a tournament berth With another loss virtually eliminating the Lancers Lancers Lancers Lan Lan- cers you can bet they'll be beafter beafter beafter after this one The Lancers have three games remaining and they must win all three to stay in contention The Vikings are about in the same situation though they have four remaining games The Vikings dropped two of four in the opening round and can hardly afford to lose to the celler Geller dwelling Lancers Lancers- This game should be close AT CLEARFIELD the Falcons Falcons Falcons Fal Fal- cons will be after their second win over the Braves this sea sea- son In their earlier meeting the Falcons pulled a mild upset upset upset up up- set by downing the Braves on their own court You can bet that the Brave aggregation will be out for a little revenge in this one If Bountiful plays up to its capabilities capa capa- it should win but not before a torrid struggle CLEARFIELD IS very capable capable capable capa capa- ble of beating the Bountiful squad as was shown in the first contest but they'll have to be much better than they've shown the past couple of weeks Clearfield cannot afford afford afford af af- ford another loss so watch for or a supreme effort from the Falcons this week Wm Crow Jr |