Show Page 8 April 14 1994 Sports Looking for the diamond in the rough Region 18 announces the players by Randall Harrington all-confere- nce sports editor The College of Eastern Utah diamond dwellers are having a rough time trying to combine the best aspects of each team from this year and last by Randall Harrington sports editor buzzer-beatin- year "The strong points this year arc totally opposite of last year" head coach Dave Paur said team was The strength of the its ability to slap the leather off the string but had trouble with its crew is blowing pitching The smoke past opposing batters but they cannot make contact with the ball "We basically went out to recruit good pitchers and we have done that" Paur said “So our ERA (earned run average) is about four or five last year it was about ten If we would have had this pitching with last year’s team we would have won il (Region IS)" The Scenic Western Athletic Conference is divided into the northern and southern division Every team plays all of the teams in the SWAC but only the teams in their division (ie the North or South) are counted as league games The winners of each division earn the right to face each other for the Region 18 title To reach the Junior College World Scries the Region 18 winner must face the Region 1 and Region 9 winners The southern division includes Colorado Northwestern Dixie Eastern (see diamond In the rough on page 7) g g Alka-Scltz- 92-9- 3 93-9- f After numerous three pointers crowd- - raising slams atrocious-clanginbricks backdoor cuts and coaches buying by the box the end of another junior college basketball season has produced the all conference team Scenic Western Athletic Conference coaches were asked to vote for the top players in Region 18 Coaches could not vote for their own players The women’s first team included Kamic Bland (SLCC) Teresa (iemar (Ricks) Angie Ross (CFU) Stephanie Sorcasen (Utah Valley) Amber Me K wen (Southern Idaho) and Linscy Mortenson (North Idaho) "That's the highest that we (CEU) have had a player place in the voting" said women's head coach Dave Paur "The top three are nominated for “ - i ' ' a " Jfcf v'l V A1 it V : j m uxif ' - ‘ y - V-- fU v a a V-- cr vote-gette- rs status" McKwcn will be playing for the Universtiy of Utah next year The men's first team included Paul Rogers (North Idaho) Chuck Overton (Salt Lake) Shannon Antrum (Dixie) Faron Hand (Dixie) Smith (Utah Valley) and Rasul Salahuddin (Dixie) Second team honors consisted of Shawn Bankhead (Southern Idaho) Marcel Johnson (Salt Lake) Silas Mills (Salt Lake) Sandra Varejao (Southern Idaho) Ryan Williams (Ricks) and Justyn Tebbs (Snow) Hutchinson Kan was the site of the men’s National Junior College Athletic Association basketball championships Region 18 was represented by the Salt Lake Community College Bruins SLCC defeated Ricks in the Region 18 tournament to qualify for nationals The Bruins fared well in nationals placing fifth overall SLCC was eliminated by Midland Texas "It's a step that SLCC has never taken Every junior college team's goal at the start of the season is to go to Kansas" Bruin head coach Norm Parrish said The Region 18 women's tournament winner Ricks College went to Tyler Texas for nationals They were quickly eliminated by Central Arizona 0 69-6- The College of Eastern Utah played other learns that made il to nationals Northland Pioneer and Hiwassce College both defeated the Eagles earlier in the season and fared well at Hutchinson Q The boys are back BaSeball by the number$! Baseball is back bigger badder and richer than ever Every year baseball seems to encompass the best and worst that has to do with sports Baseball has more extremes than any other sport On the same page you can read about the miraculous Jim Abbot for the (bom with only one hand) pitching a New York Yankees and of Vince Coleman throwing an M 80 into a group of fans Already this year Kent Mcrckcr has thrown a for the Atlanta Braves and the Cubs' Karl Rhodes hit three homers in his first three at bats a feat not even Babe Ruth can boast Yet despite these two great events baseball as always has balanced out confession of these incidents with the he has that abused Darryl Strawberry drugs and alcohol over the years and will be checking into a rehabilitation center And so as in life baseball has its share of highs and lows yet every year as the season comes to a close the highs find a way of outweighing the lows and we find ourselves with fond memories of another great season and are looking forward to the start of spring training As this baseball season begins be prepared for your share of disappointments and let downs as controversial incidents arise and heroes fall Yet look forward to the great achievements and milestones that are sure to come and most of all keep your eye out for those new heroes who are sure to rise above the rest and set a new standard of excellence both on and off the Held no-hitt- no-hitt- tear-fille- d According to The Associated Press the average salary in Major League Baseball rose 61 percent this year to $1188679 - The New York Mels' third baseman Bobby Bonilla is the highest-paiplayer at $63 million Now folks that's not S63 million over five or six years that's $63 million per year Forget about your physics homework and get out and practice your swing - The New York Yankees are the lop paid team with an average salary of SI 760974 - The Detroit Tigers have a major IS d The new alignment As you may know by now baseball has undergone a new alignment Below are the newly formed divisions in each league listed in order of my predicted finishes American League league-leadin- g million-dolla- r players The San Diego Padres arc last in the league in average salary coming in at an average of $51 5231 per player If it's true that money can buy success then it must be aptly true that a lack of it brings a lack of success Watch for San Diego to have one of if not the worst records in the league - The leagues' average ticket price rose to $1045 from $960 - On opening day there were 265 million-dolla- r players out there hilling catching and throwing a 5oz baseball Amazing Favorite Nicknames Coined by ESPN’S Chris Berman 1 John 'Tonight Let It Be" Lowcnstcin 2 Bert "Be Home" Blylcvcn 3 Jim 'Two Silhouettes on" Dcshaics 4 Julio “Won't You Let Me Take You on a Sea" Cruz 5 (Xldibc "Young Again" McDowell 6 Von "Purple" Hayes 7 Wally "Absorbinc" Joyner Baseball’s movies Top Ten Movies I Field of Dreams 2 The Pride of the Yankees 3 Bull Durham 4 The Stratton Story 5 The Natural 6 Bang the Drum Slowly 7 The Stratton Story 8 Fear Strikes Out 9 The Babe Ruth Story (B&W version) 10 Damn Yankees J |