Show Viewmont Basketball Looks Good By DAVID L. WIG HAM Usually when a high school has a good football the basketball isn't so Not so with the Viewmont ALREADY this year the have an record to their and have caught the attention of many coaches in the The best way to sum up their success so far is While most teams have one or two outstanding Viewmont is a STARTING guards for Jim Cleverly are Nelson and Both are quick and excellent outside On defense the usually throw up a and with these two out front it works pretty keeps the other teams honest with his driving Give Clyde a little room and he's off for the RANDY Johnson has really been doing a great job at his forward For a big the left handed Johnson has one of the best jump shots in high school The good thing about Johnson's outside is that it draws the defense out on It used to be that the coach would try to get the opposing team's big man to take that outside but Johnson would kill THE OTHER forward spot is held down by the defensive minded He doesn't score but then neither does the guy he's He really isn't especially but gets excellent position for the Against the much taller East Clausen did an exceptional job on the CENTER position is occupied by When people talk about Viewmont his name is seldom but he's a consistently good There's nothing fancy about He just gets the job and done Viewmont has a very strong and has gotten alot of mileage out of it but I feel the main reason for the early success is that this group has played alot of basketball together and is already a mature ball IT CERTAINLY looks like the Vikings are going to be the team to beat in Region |