Show v Eagles "off to a good start" in conference play batting 337 Wells has 9 home runs and the highest batting average batting 443 Brian Hansen has!) home runs and is batting 397 and Steve Hardy is batting a respectable 415 and has 10 steals on the season According to coach Frank Juliano this is by far the liest players he has ever had "We're loaded with talent we have good kids who arc fun to work with and I am very proud of them" He feels the team still has a lung way to come if they want to reeat as conference champs "They're tempermental and not working together as a team yet" he stated "but when we get consistant look out for the Eagles" n CEU posted a 1 record which is very good considering they played two games at home Juliano feels that the road trips made them stale and hopes being back home will cure it "As long as they keep the tiger and drive in them it's too early to write us off" The College of Eastern Utah men's baseball team took one of two games from Snow in a doubleheader home returned College in Ephraim Colorado from and took two games Northwestern Community College s to a good to get conference play-off- start The first game of the double bill saw Snow completely dominate the The Eagles by lieating them track on second game the Eagles got and came up with the 10-- win Jim Orwin earned the win in the pitching column The next day the team played well and 1 and took two from CNCC win the Wayne Arrayo picked up in the first game and Darrin Wells for the second The Eagles stand at 1 in the ICAC The Eagles home run record for a single season was broken Saturday when Blake Bush belted the 41st team home run for the season and the record was extended to 44 by the The previous end of the game 40 record was Power hitters are the strong point Sean of the Eagles this year Hackford has hit 10 home runs and is ft-- ft 8-- ft 7-- 12-1- 3-- pre-seaso- he added This weekend CEU will host Dixie College in a doubleheader Friday at 1 and 3 pm and play their annual alumni game Saturday at 4 pm Stubbs named as ICAC coach of the year The Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference coaches of Region 18 named College of Eastern Utah's head basketball coach Ronnie Stubbs as their choice for coach of the year "1 couldn't believe I got the award at first" Stubbs said "It I is nmhably the best award a new coach can receive because it is voted upon by my peers" Coach Stubbs is a native of Long Island New York and attended high school in California He is an alumnus of CEU having played under veteran Eagle eager coach Curt Jenson in 1975-7- 6 He continued his basketball career at Southern Utah State College where he graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in physical education and psychology He was given the Mr Hustle Award from the Thunderbirds his senior year In making plans for nextyear his first full year after assuming the head coaching duties in mid season Stubbs has set his goals of recruiting the three best high school athletes in the State of Utah He is setting his goals high because he wants to be in the race for the conference title "At least I want the Eagles to make the playoffs next year Another goal is to get the community more involved in the Eagle basketball program "We drew some big crowds atsomeof the games and we want to Football program adds three coaches and sets new priorities by Willie Gilbert of the Eagle Staff Spring is the time of the year The major leagues for baseball started a few weeks ago and college baseball has started Questions arise: Will the Meta repeat as world series champs and will CEU defend their baseball title successfully? Basketball is also a big part of the spring season with the Indiana movie" lloosiers making a "real-lif- e by winning the NCAA basketball now the NBA playoffs coming up Golf clubs are dusted off and tennis racquets are restrung for a new season But what title and goes on in the world of football during spring? BY U the U of U and other colleges just finished spring workouts the NFL draft is set for late April and the CEU football program is undergoing major changes in 8 preparation for an optimistic 87-8- football season The football program began its changes during winter with the departure of its head coach and assistants Since then a new head coach has been chosen and the program is looking more and more stable each day Lanny Littlefield a nativt Utahn is coming to CEU as the new head football coach officially in June Littlefield has a winning reputation and is well regarded as a coach who can change a losing program into a winning program Littlefield will be leaving a head coach position at Rancho High School where he has had winning seasons over the past three years of 3 1 plus taking his team to the state playoffs each season Littlefield who has never had a also coached in losing season Louisiana and was an assistant at Southern University an college when Southern won the National Championship in Division II Littlefield played college football in Utah at Dixie and SUSC He was a lineman Littlefield is very excited about the opportunity of coming to coach in Utah He says it is something he has always wanted to da "I like the challenge of turning a lasing program around and making it a winning one" Past evidence shows that he is very successful at turning programs around Northside High in Louisiana had never had a winning season before Littlefield's 3 7-- 9-- 9-- 1 all-Bla- ck 7-- first season Other coaching changes include a new offensive line coach Frank Yancy Yancy played football in San Francisco where he was an all- - conference lineman Yancy leaves Northern Arizona University where he has been working as a graduate assistant in charge of the offensive scout team Yancy is currently working with the Eagles in a spring conditioning program and as the strength coach The replacing James Spani defensive coordinator will be Greg Spencer presently a coach at Chapperel High School in Las Vegas new coaches are all enthusiastic and very optimistic about the coming season They want to change the past reputation of the The football feam a reputation which has been a deterrent of the team's success Littlefield and his staff have set three priorities to change the CEU football program They are the same for each athlete First and foremost is the present education of each individual player Last season 118 players showed up for fall football camp in August Presently 19 of those 1 18 players are left Only 56 stayed to finish the season and about that many finished fall quarter Littlefield wants to keep players in school and graduate He expects 100 percent commitment to classes first and then 100 percent to football invariably in that order Not the reverse as many coaches allow To enforce this position ami to prove the education commitment is real the coaches have sent a memorandum to each teacher them to notify the instructing coaches each time a player misses a class Grade checks are also being circulated every two or three weeks to keep a running report on the student-athlet- e game" "Hopefully we can carry the enthusiasm over from this year into next" he added Stubbs also wants to get a Big Brother Program started whereas CEU's student athletes can helo the vouth who come from single parent families "I want CEU athletics to have a positive image in the community and throughout Utah players and if a player is not a 10-- 0 player then we don't want him We want winners" stresses Littlefield "If we follow our priorities carefully then we will be successful" There will be no official spring football practice just a daily conditioning program consisting of and running weight-liftin- g administered by coach Yancy Recruiting is a continuing process and coaches expect to have players for camp next fall 70-8- 0 "If we have to appear in classes we will" Yancy says "If an athlete misses class he gets to attend a special ‘happy hour class' an hour of hell by running at 6 am with me as the instructor" Littlefield is steadfast in his position on player's education coming first stressing that "If we are successful in class we will be a success on the football field" Second in priority of each athelete's education is the continuing education of the individual Littlefield wants to see each player continue his education at the four-yeinstitution of the athlete's ar choice continue todraw crowds at every He wants to see his players graduate from CEU and from a four-ye- ar college Third in priority to education is to recruit and have the best football players available "We want KM) Hopefully half will be from in-sta- te "We are and half from to fill all recruiting positions and with the nucleus of this year's team still intact we are optimistic about the future of the CEU football out-of-sta- te program and the winning opportunities next year" Yancy added The general feeling around the team and its coaches is summed up in one word OPTIMISM! The players and coaches are working hard to get ready for next season "We want the school and communities support We want the respect that the football team deserves" he added If all goes as planned you will see a "new and improved" CEU football team smashing their Western States League opponents next fall |