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Show 1 5 mow. f aSSEKST? r?,- - ,7 Vf r z z$ v f r WW li'WTT Jn A ,&. V!VT' tfaswfc 3T TH SiP sj?Mcjmmmm5g .: "" lw - '- . -- .'v- .. ,V,Vr. t,- - V& ro ? ,:J r ? "' ?ft rv; '0 ; V r V Li' ws '''"'S ,.v ,Sfv. V STRETCHIN OUT . . tilts head back in final i., ! s L vj i29 ' ! ' 3 i v. Cottonwood's Rich Fankhauser thrust for the bag as Highland first . - V '"- V sacker w- -. " -. Sjrf ' ';'v h.Sjlgy ''R ' S& V Jw'kr .J, W 'mbs. v v., "' Tf-pt- Ar - '. T' pwfcta r . ,. ST; 1. $C- -- T v i 't kJ! v r W s' COMIN' LOOSE for throw during Co- Bruck Clayton stretches Fellows ttonwood's title quest. Lambourne Named Most Valuable Player . . . Highland's Robert reaches to place tag on Cot tonwood's Rich Fankhauser, but the ball ped out of his glove. slip- - Cottonwood Claims Third Title In Four Years On Aug. MURRAY. 1973, Bob Burkett had a heart attack. Seven years to the day later, Burkett's heart- a 11, was beat players irregular 3-- 2 performance loss Perhaps the most pressive win of all was Cottonwoods weakest game of the six, a d thriller 7 team had Our roles Sometimes they found it hard to accept, but they did it. One of the hardest some players found to accept was Burketts rule that pitchers just pitch, they dont play other positions. But that policy paid off in the tournament as Cottonwood had the deepest pitching staff of any of the 16 teams starting the title chase, and by Monday, still had a staff while the mound crews for Highland and Hillcrest were beginning to show of the the rugged week before. One pitcher doesnt win a tournament, and neither does two, said Burkett, a man who lives for baseball, particularly this season well-reste- d wear-and-te- nearly as impressive as that of the Cottonwood championship team in 1978, mow ing through six opponents without a scrappy on Mon- a all they had to fill. again But this time, the aberration was caused by the joy felt by the Cottonwood coach as he watched his club defeat for the Hillcrest State American Legion baseball championship. With that, the state title and the right to advance to the western regionals belongs to a Cottonwood team for the third time in the last four years Burkett's club earned that right with a tourna-men- t over n Highland squad day. In that contest, Cottonwood displayed the never-say-di- e determination required of champions by rallying deficit to capfrom a ture the win Depth, particularly in the pitching staff, carried Cottonwood to the title "All year weve been 2 after experiencing several frustrating to years trying pump life into a disintegrating baseball program at Judge. Cottonwood went with five different pitchers, including the tournaments Most Valuable Player. Rocky Lambourne. Lambourne picked up two mound w ins and had four full days of rest before being called on to put out a Hillcrest rally in the seventh inning of Tuesdays finale. Brett Jensen also Mat-tone- n -- tion to the stranded, however, emphasis Good when baseball axiom finishpitching will stop good in shutting hitting down the powerful Hillcrest attack. Cottonwood led 1 Lambourne when entered the game with one out in the seventh after Jensen began to tire, issuing walks to Eric Varoz and Scott Pugmire. He fanned Dale Dawson, but an error allowed Varoz to score, narrow ing the margin to Pugmire was 2 glancing back in sports with the .. . . Kearns Although California-bound- , August, 1970). ttonwoods first foe on Wednesday. Cottonw d 3, Hillcrest 2 As he had done the previous 1- 2-- 0 8- (That was Thursday night, Lambourne gave L SMART NEW Acrylic Knit 100 Long Sleeve assortment of combina- Big new color tions, stripes and trims. Sizes S, M, L, XL. Reg. 19.00 Now Only lf tournaments Au- tomotive star, lined a double off the pinch-hi- t left field wall to keep Hillcrests hopes alive. He moved to within 90 feet of home plate when a wild pitch allowed him to reach third. But reached back on a pitch to Anthony Gutierrez, who went down swinging. The title was Cottonwoods. While Lambourne did the job defensively, hitting honors were more spread out. What proved to be the winning run was in- delivered in the sixth ning when catcher Rick Schaap slugged a 0 2-- Fifth Place Is Taken By Girls SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The Utah champion Standard Optical girls softball team took fifth place in the national tournament held for girls ages 16 to 18 here last week. The team consisting of many area athletes won three games and lost two in the tournament during their three days of competition. Standard Optical won its first game of the tournament Friday the Bayou agaisnt Babes of Alvin, Texas. Lisa Brunyer of South high was the winning pitcher as Cindy Lyon of Olympus h'gh and dan Shirts Hillcrest eighth and retired the first two batters in the ninth. And it intensified when Blake Jensen, the In Softball Nationals - Allison Dennison of Jor- Sweater through in the Poulsen over the left 11-- 1 KENNINGTON mowed pitch from Tracy specifically. The Arizona state champs will be Co- side as Lambourne 2 entered the finals of the American Legion Tournament undefeated, Granite shut them out 0 and behind pitching by Len Hallstrom and Jeri Mori to take the championship with an 1 record in the tourna-men- t. Yountville Lambourne ed the inning with his second strikeout. The tension within the packed confines of Ken Price field did not sub- Lambourne Said one opposing coach known for his knowledge of pitching technique: "What those guys have learned is from Kent Bills. They really developed ability to control where they put their pitches. Cottonwood is now FOR BACK-TO-SCHOO- won twice, while Brad won once. So too did Glen Nash, regularly a third baseman, who came on in relief to hold Highland in check until his teammates could rally for the win. Burkett is luxurious in his praise of his assistant coaches - Kent Bills and A1 Gouge helped mold Cottonwood into the championship team. The praise for Bills job with the pitchers was echoed by other Legion coaches as well He helped Lambourne develop a hard slider, probably his most effective pitch, and worked with the staff on the most important aspect of pitching - concentra- slammed high triples. The Utah champs won their second game later the same day by sneaking past the Phoenix Angels Diane Cookson of Bountiful claimed the win from the mound as her team came from a 1 deficit for the win. The third game was played after a seven-hou- r ram delay Saturday. Standard Optical win over claimed a Battle Creek, Minn. The Minnesota team 2 4 inning. tying it up, putting the first pitch from Fellows into the parking lot- Russ Trutzel earlier had given Cottonwood a 0 lead with a circuit-clou- t in the top of the second. But Highland came back as Mattonen did not have one of his He sharpest outings. 3-- 0 center drove in who had singled and stolen second, to give Cottonwood a 1 lead. Hillcrest had forged a tie in the top of the frame when Gutierrez doubled to left center with two out and scored on an error. Jensen earned the mound win, limiting Hillcrest to three hits in s innings. Lambourne allowed just one hit for the remainder, striking out four. Moore and Nash each had two hits apiece for the winners. Fankhauser, homer two-ru- n West Valley City, UT. . Bruce to West Vallay Vlaw 1 Clayton in the second, then began having difficulty finding the strike Thurs., Aug. 14, 1980 twice more. Nash put out the Highland attack with a zone. Highland scored three more runs in the fifth, sending Mattonen to the bench in favor of Glen Waddell, who gave way to Nash in the sixth when Highland scored sterling relief ormance, giving perfCot- the chance to put its name in the record book, for good, the following night. tonwood - Sports Picture Honors Won MURRAY. A Green Sheet sports photograph has been accorded Picture of the Month honors by the University of Utah. The UofUs Division of Journalism and Mass Communications cited a picture captioned Lost as the top Contact? sports picture for March. It showed basketball players from Judge and Provo scrambling for a loose ball in the state semi-fincontest won by the Bulldogs enroute to their first state championship. The photo was snapped by Michele B Leader of the Pack. The shot was of Murray high runner Criss James setting the pace in an early-seasorace. A third Green Sheet long-distan- n Awkward photo, Outlet- - also gained an art-mes- s. honorable mention. In it, Murrays Pam Sheya was throwing a pass to a Miss Bartmess also gained honorable mention honors in April for a track picture captioned in a state (See Page 4, Col. 9) teammate six-plu- DCIACIG AmOVGQSAQV 7 The 0 game ended shortly after midnight and officials started the next game at 12:45 a m., because of the rain delay. The game was called when rain again began after two innings of play. Standard came back early the next morto the ning but lost Rock Island Rookies of Illinois Star pitcher Sharon Browm was unable to compete in the tourna6-- 2 ment for Standard because she walked through a glass door at the hotel the day before competition began. Highland exemplified the strength of Cottonwood's bench as Burkett used 14 players in the come-from-behi- triumph. Power and finesse keyed the comeback, with Moore having a hand in both. Moore scored the winning run in the top of the ninth when he tagged at third on a short fly to right by Schaap, did a head-firslide around the Highland catcher protecting the plate, reached back and touched home before a tag could be made. He also drove in three runs with a bases-loadedouble in the We have just completed our new So. Redwood Rd. This facility when FRONT END ALIGNMENT Most U.S. Cars Call for Appt. 3847 So. Redwood 4031 So. 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