Show i B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday August IS 2002 Headed te Cooperstown urn® to play huge tourney All-sta- rs tournament featuring 63 other teams from around the country The local kids call themselves the Cache Valley Wildcats Their coach Spencer Brown says this will be the first trip to Cooperstown for every player on the team “We’ve got some quality players on the team” said Brown whose son Logan is a utility player for the Wildcats "They’re going to all con- tribute Every kid is going to get as much playing time as the next They all hit the ball well they throw well theyfield well It’s nice to have 1 1 kids on the team that you know all 1 1 are going to be players” In addition many of the players’ fathers will make the trip and serve as assistant coaches Hopes are high according to coach Brown that the Wildcats will do well at the tourney — by that he means 500 or better However they will have to do it without one of their star pitchers Twelve-year-ol- d Kyle Andersen recently suffered a serious shoulder injury while playing football and will hot make the trip Coach Brown said Andersen is one of his strongest arms “You go into any tournament wanting to win the tournament” the coach said “But knowing the caliber of teams that we’re going up against if we come home with a winning record or at least a 500 record I think we'll have a real suc- - By Gregg Hardy staff writer HYRUM — Never mind that they arc going to play some baseball at the game's most historical place of them all Cooperstown NY These kids arc going to see Derek and A-R- od As in New York Yankee Derek Jeter and Texas Ranger Alex Rodriguez two of the best shortstops in the major leagues Eleven little leaguers from Logan and south of Logan will be leaving for Cooperstown site of the baseball Hall of Fame Friday to play in a five-da- y CV Wildcats Hera is a look at all 11 players on the Cache Valley Wildcats roster accompanied by their hometown position(s) and age all-st- ar Kyle Andersen Hyrum P 12 11 Adam Addley Logan B 11 Ethan Bottorf Logan 2B-Logan Brown Logan Utility 12 Rob Garrett Millville SS-- P 12 12 Chris Harvey MUMHe S 11 Brock Coooer Wofevie P-Derek Van Noy Logan OF 12 C-2- C 38 Jarm'TVIerLpganlP-OFl1- 2 Justin Birky Logan 1B-1McKay Hadjn Logan OF-- P WM 11 not make trip duo to injury i& 'f ‘‘ir U 1 A :wv C t iv ' Vi ' s rf- $ - tr ' - cessful trip “Everybody we’re facing is brand new to us so we have no idea what we’re seeing” Coach Brown said the Wildcats are guaranteed eight games during the tournament which starts Sunday and ends Aug 22 Of the 1 1 players on the team' : Sr El LuceraHerald Journal Wolvers have Jory good time fr ’ Providence alive ft I By Gregg Hardy staff writer PROVIDENCE — Jory Jensen was not on last year's Providence Wolverines Beehive State championship team " But if things break right for the Wolvers Saturday they just might owe it allto the former Mountain Cjest Mustang pitcher Jensen came up big on the mound and at the plate as the Wolverines rallied from five runs down to beat the Brigham City Peaches 14-- 9 Wednesday night to advance to the semifinals of this year's Beehive toumament Had Providence losL it would have been eliminated from the tournament r With a record in pool play Instead ( Brighum City after two wins Saturday 'lost a three-watiebreaker with Provi-denand Tara's Rebels Jensen pitched 4 23 innings of relief-afteProvidence's ace pitcher Matt Glea-so- n labored through 2 13 shaky innings Jensen also put the game on ice with a £rand slam in the bottom of tbe sixth inning “I threw a lot of curvebalU” said Jensen who had six strikeouts on the night “I normally don’t throw jhat many curveballs but I threw quite a few J tonight The 6--7 hitters' (for Brigham 3--4 are hitters City) especialpretty good ly and I don’t think I even threw them a fastball at all — straight curveballs”' “He popped a couple out in Legion ) v ball” said Peaches coach and pitcher Mike Hollingsworth who saw Jensen pUy for Brigham City’l American Legion O r t ' Lt xjkt jLg1 i ' A' ce for him He’s a good kid” - £?? 'i V- - LuceraHerald Journal son out They scored six runs on three'hitsand six walks Two of those walks — unearned' bne by Gleason One by Jensen — With the score tied at 9 ih the bottom df brought in a run the sixth Providence loaded die bases Aleadoff 1 with no outs against Peaches reliever of the third n r Devin Everett who replaced j Providence which had three dongs cm the-- : Hollingsworth Everett was able to get night Gleason then helped takejhimself'v Scott Bude to ground to third baseman oft the hdok by plating two with a dour ' Jason Chruteasen who threw home to1 i' ble' ': force out David Simmons Wolverines desigpked hitter Wick Udy Then with the bases still loaded Glea- - had a monster night at the plalegoing 3-for--3 with a home run son who moved to third base after being doiude and single relieved by Jensen hit a fly ball to He was also intentionally walked! y V a The Wolverines left field David Webb the will play Pocatello the run looked ready to tag up but Peaches No 1 seed out of its pooL in a semifinal left fielder Jason Woodward dropped the game Saturday in Smithfield In Satur- balk allowing Webb to score day’s other semifinal Tkra’s will play the Providence trailed Brigham City 3 Smithfield Blue Sot The chamninnship after the Peaches sent 12 mot to me plate game will also be playedASaturday at 7 in the third inning Mnk knocking Gfea- :"' Pm-i i The only run Jensen allowed was ' 1 1 i team this summer “He puts a lot into (his swing) He came in ana pitched well and then got that grand slam so it was good - EN 1 ‘ Vv‘- - - J! Matt Gleason (33) slides safely into home after a wild pitch by t Providence’s Brigham City The Wolverines beat the Peaches 14-- 9 in Beehive State Tournament adlori r - " iV 1- -2 y 'I- : v - : s Cooperstown NY The Wildcats will take some time at the end of their trip to take in a ' major league baseball game Aug 23 as New York hosts Texas at Yankee Stadium “We’re going to see Jeter and Rod on thefield at' the same time” coach Brown said “That’s baseball at its ultimate right there” - miss some greens because it’s tough and if you’re able to make a couple par putts that really keeps you going That’s what Tiger has been able to do for a long time I think that’s the difference’-The difference die 45000 or so fans who will line die fairways daily at Hazeltine National Golf Club will see won’t necessarily be on the greens but in the amount of time it takes Garcia to hit aball “Thank God I was able to find something that feels good and also I feel like I can hit the ball well” Garcia said ’ “It’s perfect I put myself in contention in the last couple of tournaments and things worked perfect So it looks like it’s all done” If it is that will be a big relief for Garcia whose constant regripping became so distracting at the US Open that Woods refusal to even look at him when he addressed the ball in the final round New York fans found it so amusing they began counting out loud as Garcia waggled with money exchanging hands on how many times he would regrip before hitting the ball Stung by the reaction Garcia looked for a way to get his right hand comfortable on the dub at his vety next tournament the Greater Hartford Open The results were so good he finished 20th there and then eighth at the British Open last month- - Continued (him B1 second baseman Colton Simmons tries to tag Providence baserunner Adolfo Rosales Wednesday night Jensen’s arm and bat keeps in Garcia "" Brigham City a tournament seven are from Logan and two are from Millville Wellsville and Hyrum each have one In addition to the 1 roster coach Brown said a couple of other son Dalton players his and Andersen’s brother Andrew may see some action during the tournament 7 ':? rn - j Mitch MascaroHerald Journal BeehivelStatelTournament 4 "r a-- v The Cache Valley Wildcats are headed to - P-S- v 1?i? tiirip Q0®?© JpcnDUQ® shal-kn- go-ahe- ad 8-- -- ? -- chances The best came when he finished a shot behind Woods in die 1999 PGA where he thrilled the crowd by running and leaping to see where a shot hit from next to a tree root ended up on the 16th hole A few holes earlier he made a birdie putt on a par-- 3 then looked up to Woods and signaled to him as though the game was finally on ‘‘I don’t know about you guys but I really think that I played well enough to win it” Garda said “But in these kinds of tournaments it’s not only about playing well everything has to be there” At the US Open in June Garcia finally got the head-to-heduel with Woods in the final round that he wanted Four shots behind he pulled within a stroke after two holes of the final round but then made a three-pu- tt bogey and finished with a 74 that put him in fourth place Final-roun- d putting woes have cost Garcia win also was in contention in the Masters until a 75 left him in eighth place behind Woods “Make more putts That’s what it comes down to making putts” Garcia said “In these kind of tournaments you know that you’re going to ad some ismart plays plays you hope all wide receivers will make He’s done a pretty nice job so far" On die defensive side the ball another freshman drew praise — defensive end John Continued from B1 football game on Aug 31” There was more enthusiasm Wednesday despite no full contact “Putting the pads on and allowing the kids to get closer to executing everything that you are able to do in a game gets them fired up a little bit” Dennehy said “Everything in the game is so much mentaf attjtude and how you look at Chick “He has caught my eye just because of how hind he vrorks” Dennehy said “John C3ndc has done a pretty good job far us He has to come dong because he has to (day for us” So far there have been no ‘‘super serious” injuries' Freuunan defensive end' Mkhdel Gates is coming off “I thought today would be a shoulder surgery and lot harder in full pads but it v ' “tweaked” it a bit Wednesday felt good to have all the pads but Denndiy doesn’t expect on” junior defensive tackle him to miss much tiine JorgC Tfcpiasaid Senior tight end CaseyPop-- 1 : ' IWednesday1 Dennehy singled out a playpinga er on each side ofthe ball with a sore hamstriiig :V ' when asked to name some “We’re being cautious” ' Flayers that had caugjbt Ins Dennehy said ’Tie knows attention On offense JC wide what is going on and tiiis ' allows other kids lib Nick f' receiver Kenny Clafk has made die Aggie receiving King and Patrick McNutt (to corps deeper'-“I’practice)” Junior college runni ng KiirV pretty jdereed with S him (Clark) and his work James Samuelstillhasirt been ethic" Dennehy said “Hri' cleared to practice He has a works hand is a smart idayer bad heek Dennehy isn’t sure' iuid has a chance to hem out when he will start working out in pads receiving corps H’a made ' t I - i ' ! v - v |