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Show tfHI.Vj The Magna Times West Valley JMews,Thur(a, March 29, 2001 5 Sports Sports cJh Pirate Men By S. DEAN LfDBETTER Staff Writer tg&aUcSimons Kyle Huntsmans electrifying three-ru- n homer lifted the Cyprus baseball team to a 1 victory over Juan Diego, a 'Pirate men, you mighty pirates. Your always strong, your always brave, your always true." Old School Song first-innin- g, 5-- new Catholic high school from -- Draper. The triumph on March 19 in Magna was the Pirates second non conference win of the 2001 season. already tagged for two outs in the bottom of the first inning, the was going to pick the top fifty athletes ever to play for Cyprus, but it was too hard The first ten are easy, but after that it gets dicey. A lot of very good pirates are even in both ability and accom- Pirates kept things alive as Reggie Fisher stroked a single and Casey Miller walked. These events set the stage for the drama to follow. Clutch hitter Kyle Huntsman stepped to home plate two outs and two on. Hunstman thrilled the home crowd with a huge three-ruhomer blasted out of plishment The very best athlete ever to wear die Blue and Gold, the one who went farthest? Thats easy. Its gotta be Blain Lindgren, The Olympic hurdler. Blain won the high hurdles in the 1963 Pan American games n and was second in the 1964 came Copper Park over the left field fence. Diamond action settled down to a pitchers duel through the next several innings. Sophomore southpaw Joe Wice dazzled Juan Diego batters through six complete innings of shutout pitching. Wice struck out six. walked two and scattered four hits in the stellar performance to chalk up the victory. Reliever Reggie Fisher closed for Cyprus with a solo strikeout, allowing a single hit and run in the final inning. Cyprus added a couple of insurance runs for a 0 lead in the sixth inning on a walk and a 5-- trio of hits. Dallas Christison drew a walk, followed by a Cody Jenson base hit. Reggie Fisher then slapped an RBI single to bring home Christison. Cyprus Redwood Road end 25th South) Consecutive RBI doubles to deep left center field by Kyle Huntsman and Josh Newman fourth inning capped a Cyprus rally that trimmed the Tooele lead to Huntsmans double sent home Casey Miller and Newmans double scored two-ru- n, 4-- 2. Huntsman. The Pirates drew closer in the sixth inning when Josh Newman singled home Cody Jenson, making the score 4-After falling behind 6--3 in the bottom of the sixth, Cyprus ral 3. Staff Writer ee. y? & '' After knocking off if"' Needless to say he was a great track man at Cyprus and the r- . Steve Lester a basketball player and track man while a pirate later became a great dis- V 4 three-tim- state champion Bountiful ' fj , ' 7 , y" - 1 -- 2001 season opener, the Cyprus High boys soccer team experienced a tough week. First came a surprising 0 loss to Woods Cross and next a 1 loss to West High of Salt Lake City. With these games, the soccer Pirates record went On March 20 Magna home turf, the Cyprus defense was finally cracked by Woods Cross with a Wildcats half-tim- e goal for a lead. The floodgates opened in the second half as Woods Cross struck repeatedly on sideline throw-i- n plays for a quintet of goals. Woods Cross finished with a 0 shutout win. Asked if he had anything good to say about the game against Woods Cross, Pirates coach Warren Child said, "Yes, its over. In a second consecutive game at home, Cyprus hosted rival West High on March 23. Through most of the first half, the contest was a scoreless deadlock. 3-- '?2 2. most noted ever to wear the -0 Pirate colors. V; ' Erickson was not a native. He came out va of Idaho, namely die University ath- ;:nry lete in both baseball and basket- j ! j.: V ''in ball Leif was a left handed pitcher in the big leagues for several -- 6-- '4 ", ': yearn. He came to Magna to work at Kenecott add pitch for their Semipro teatrt . Thbse Vfe ft' the -- photo by Andrew Weeks Cyprus player dribbles the ball down field in last weeks game against Woods Cross in Magna days of great baseball in Magna and other communities. Many big leaguers and g leaguers played at the community park in die late thirties and e 0 in the 6-- tance and marathon runner: He holds fifteen American records from five K to marathon. He also holds a world record in die Eight K. Steve is one of die of Idaho were he was a star contest in Tooele on March 21 by a 6-- 4 score. By S. DEAN LEDBETTER He later became a successful banker and a good football refer- Leif Other Action Cyprus lost a close diamond lied again with a solo run in the top of the seventh inning. A lead-odouble by Joe Wice to deep left center field sparked the rally. ff Pinch runner Steve Contratto stole third base and hurried home after Cody Jenson slammed an RBI single over the third basemans head. The game ended as pinch run- ner Tyler Jones streaked around from second base toward home on Jensons hit. The fleetfooted Jones nearly scored but was tagged out at home plate. Tooele High celebrated a 4 w in. 6-- Matt pitcher Starting ' - Boys Soccer March 23 Wt st at Cyprus 3:30 Manzanares got the loss after fanning six Tooele batters. Cyprus reliever Kyle Huntsman also struck out six Tooele batters. Brock Walters was the w inning pitcher for Tooele. p.ro. ' March 27,,Cyprus at Olympus t, : 3:30 p.m. Boys Tennis at Olympus Vfarch 27 Cyprus 3:30p.m.'t March 29 Bountiful at Cyprus 3:30 pan.: 'Girls Softball March 22 Cyprus at West 3:30 p.m. March 27 East at Cyprus 3 p.m. March 29 Cyprus at Woods Cross 3 p.m. Boys Baseball March 27 Bountiful at Cyprus 3:30 p.m. March 29 Cyprus at West 3:30 pan. March 5 29-Ap- ril Boys Soccer March 30 Cyprus at Murray 3:30 p.m. Boys Tennis March 29 Bountiful at Cyprus Cyprus soccer team has tough week out of the area (At University of Utah. fifth run came as Casey Millers RBI single brought Cody Jenson racing home. March 2249.- - Olympics. Can anyone top that? I don't think so. Blain THIS WEEKS GAMES Homer lifts Cyprus past Juan Diego Serendipity West drew first blood at the mark of the first half. Defender Joey Andrews partly deflected a Panthers shot on goal but the ball ricocheted into the Cyprus net for a 0 West lead. Two minutes later, the Panthers surged ahead 0 with another goal. Cyprus soon answered with a goal, courtesy of a penalty kick booted in by Josh McPhee. This score narrowed the West lead to 1 -- 2-- 2-- for The score stayed at of the second half. 2-- 1 three-fourt- The Panthers'struck for a third and final goal with 30 minutes expired. Pirates goalie Todd Overson foiled a West goal with a dandy save near the net but then dropped the ball. West alertly scored on a two-fochip shot kick for the final 1 decision. Cyprus had several chances to score throughout the game. The Pirates converted, qn one outpf seven shots on goal., West had'JO shots on goal and made good on three. . ot 3-- 3:30 pan. April 3 . Cyprus at East 3:30 ' p.m. A pril 5 Murray at Cyprus 3:30 p.m. Girls Softball March 29 Cyprus at Woods Cross 3 p.m. Highland at Cyprus 3 April 3 p.m. April 5 p.m. 1 Murray at Cyprus 3 " Boys Baseball March 29 Cyprus at West 3.30 p.m. April 2 Olympus at Cyprus 3:30 p.m. April 5 Woods Cross at Cyprus 3:30 pan. Track and Field 4 at Cyprus 3:30 p.m. April April 5-- Boys Soccer Bountiful 6 at Cyprus April 3:30 p.m. April 10 Cyprus at Highland 3:30 p.m. Boys Tennis 5 Murray at Cyprus 3:30 April pril 2 Cyprus at Woods Cross 3:30 p.m. ex-bi- Extra-innin- early forties. Leif was one of them. He qualifies as a Pirate By S. DEAN LEDBETTER Wahlin graduated from in 1946. He was a nationally know sports man. Layton Lancers rallied for a solo run in an extra inning to nip Cyprus in high school baseball action at 3 Magna Copper Park on March 23. Clive 4-- His sport was horse shoe pitching and he was no ringer. Give won seventeen state cham- The extra-innin- g heartbreaker with visiting Layton concluded the Pirates 2001 non conference sched- pionships tossing horse shoes. Its a tough sport where die best of them throw a ringer most every time.Give later was fourth in the Nation. Pirate man, you ule. The young Cyprus team has a 5 record. The Pirates surged to a 0 first inning lead with a quartet of singles and a sacrifice fly. Sparkplug Dallas Christison started the early fireworks with a base hit and advanced to. second on a single by Reggie Fisher. 2-- 2-- bet Scott Eyre: Scott was a great high school baseball pitcher at Cyprus. He has pitched in die big leagues for the past five years with die Chicago White Sox. know bow long be can After all, he is a Pirate man. Pirate men have a way of gettin it Done., . Casey Millers sacrifice fly to center advanced the runners to second and third. Kyle Huntsman then singled to bring home Christison standing up. Josh Newmans RBI single finished the Cyprus scoring outburst as Reggie Fisher raced Who Simons Says: "The road that leads to a lot of Basketball losses is strewn with bodies of players across home plate. Layton chipped away at the ' with another run in the fourth frame. The Lancers briefly pulled ahead 2 in the top of the fifth 2 Staff Writer Man. who had potential." nips Cyprus g .Cyprus lead with a single run in the third inning and then tied the game 2- - 3-- inning. Cyprus gamely battled to knot the score 3 in the bottom half of the fifth inning. Dallas Christison led off with a single and moved to second on a perfect sacrifice bunt down the first 3-- Of base line by Cody Jenson. Reggie Fishers clutch single batted in Dallas Christison as the speedster motored all the way home form second base. The diamond contest remained deadlocked through the next couple of innings. Regulation play ended at riding the range all day looking for a printer. seven innings with the score tied In the eighth inning, Layton left fielder Webb hit safely and stole sec3-- ond base. Lancers third baseman Baud then slammed a single to right field to bring around Webb for the eventual winning run. Layton shutout Cyprus in the extra.inning to w in Starting pitcher Joe Ellis pitched six and innings, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four Lancer batters. Joe Wice took the loss in relief. 4-- 3. two-thir- Moreys Custom 568-39- 55 I Siding cell 860-627- 0 We are experienced printers at The Magna TimesWest Valley News We believe in service. o Siding 0 Windows 0 Insulation Rain Gutters Free Estimcn Cs!J us Ji!bcut c-r.- frH Discount at UliJ Business Cards Flyers Newsletters Phone Books Envelopes Letterheads The Magna TimesWest Valley News 801-250-56- 56 8980 West 2700 South, Magna, Utah 84C44 |
