I Cats Win Third In Track Meet By John Yardley Panguitch served notice on the rest of the state 1-A track teams by clinching a very respectable 3rd place in the 15-team Kanab In vitational track meet last week in Kanab. The Bobcats proved whom they will have to reckoned with at region and state after just being topped by Kanab and North Sevier. The team scored 95 points, with the following racking up a great share of those points: Rick Robison, 1st in the long jump and placing in the high jump; Donny Leach, 1st in both the 220 and 440 yard dashes and 2nd in the shot put; Mike Baldwin, first in the high and intermediate hurdles; Paul Hatch, 3rd in the high hurdles and placed in the high jump; Scott Christensen, 4th in the intermediate hurdles and Allen Riggs and Korry Soper both placed in the 899-yard run. Panguitch also won the mile-relay. "We have some real fine track people and I am very pleased with their showing at Kanab," said a happy Coach Ray Englcstead. For the PUS girls' team, highlights were Lana Houston winning the intermediate hurdles, and Heidi Miller "tripling up" with three-thirds in the mile, two mile and the discus. Escalante and Bryce Valley also participated at Kanab. Best showings for Escalante were by Mike Griffin with a 2nd in the 100-yard dash and 4th in the 220; Joe Jones with a 3rd in the mile; and three 4th place finishes in the relays. For the Bryce Valley Mustangs, Craig Bybee took a 1st in the javelin and Ronald Johnson captured two second place finishes in the distance runs. All are strong track men. All three county teams are gearing up for the i'1 county meet to be held in Tropic in three weeks. The girls' teams at all three schools are coming along well and should be ready for the Tropic meet. In other news this week, the Panguitch Little League parent-children night was held Wednesday. Bruce Hey wood will serve as president this year and can be contacted for information. Panguitch girls Softball will begin about May 1; Lucille Proctor is the person to contact. Panguitch Golf Association's monthly team tournament was played Monday at Mt. Carmel. The team of Orian Bauer, Don Clarke, and Don Liston won first second went to the team of Bryce I ley wood and Ned Richards. The "PGA" meets the first Monday of every month and plans a special tournament for the Cancer Society on Monday, June 7. All are invited to particiapte. On the national sports scene, the Utah Jazz surprised the world last week by winning four of five games after losing a record 18 straight. In the Masters Golf Tournament, Craig Stadler won with a lackluster four under par in sudden death with Dan Pyhl. The green-jacket affair was tormented with bad weather and slick greens, making it almost impossible to score. Many of the major league baseball openers were "snowed" out as the weather played havoc with the first week of the new season. Atlanta, which can be seen locally on Channel 3, started the season with a hot 4-0 record, the best in the major leagues.