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Show Page 6 Thursday, April 25. 1996 Messenger-Enterpris- e Manti set thin-cla- ds records in track meet By Greg Badgers lead conference by 2 12 games By Ken Bcazcr Snow Colleges baseball team picked up some more ground over the week, sweeping CNCC 4 and 3 and splitting with Dixie 11-- 1 and increasing their conference lead to two and a half 6-- 7-- 2-- 6, to get the save. Travis Hatch went slowed the Badger bats momengames overUVSC. at the plate with a double the home Carlsons Scott but Badgers tarily, Against CNCC, and shut be out in two the bottom of the sixth werent about to singles. by run In game two, the Badgers Mother Nature again, fleeing a wet brought in three runs and gave and soggy Badger Field to play at Snow College a 4 victory. jumped out early and never trailed, the Thomas Gunnison High School. The unfapicked chasing three CNCC pitchers from Jeremy up in the game. Joseph Johanson led the Jensen in came and Chris Gunnison miliar confines victory from hitting attack going the plate with one run batted in. Brent Alvord picked up the victory, striking out nine and stranding ten base runners. Derek Carter earned the save. to Manti, giving up their home Templars combined for a total of The Badgers then traveled to 21 hits and 18 runs. Mike Cox St. field advantage, for a double-headGeorge to play Dixie on Frilast Friday. Hurler Bryan dealt the crushing blow with a day and jumped all over the in a near grand slam home run during his Keisel pitched a 1 in the first game. Rebels, perfect game performance, giving second visit to the plate in what Brent Taggart pitched a four hitup just one walk while striking out seemed to be an endless first in- ter on his way to his seventh victen of the 15 batters he faced in a ning as the Templars jumped out tory of the year. 0 blowout. Another home run to a 0 lead. The Badgers pounded Dixie off the bat of Kevin Callister put Manager Mark Olson was ace, Scott Harrison, for ten hits and the icing on the cake in what very pleased with his players, who seven runs before he took a seat scored 46 runs in the past three w ith the would be the first of a two-gagame well out of reach. the over Wildcats. games while only allowing one Scott Carlson went visiting romp at the Steve Neeley took to the run and committing only one erdrivand three runs plate, scoring ror. It is this kind of ball that can mound in the second game, pitchin another. Zach ing Rappleye, take us to the state championship ing three complete innings, allowDoug Hagler, T.J. King and Brent ing only two hits and a walk with game, Olson said. Taggart also had a multiple hit The Templars will have no runs, while striking out five. game for the Badgers. Sophomore Kurt Keisel then took hosted Millard on Wed, Apr. 24 In game two, Dixie scored the rubber for the final two in- and they will travel to Morgan for four runs in the bottom of the sixth nings, allowing only one hit and a a doublchcader beginning at 12 to break open a tie, going on to walk with no runs while striking noon on Sat., Apr. 27. The frosh beat Snow, The loss dropped out two in the 0 shutout. soph doubleheader against Delta the Badgers conference record to Everyone played in the game, will be but still gives them plenty including the freshmen, as the of breathing room at the top of the conference. Snow College hosts CEU this Wednesday and then will turn around and travel to Price to play CEU again this Saturday. The four game series with CEU willjjjay a of their last eight games, all but move onto the National Champimajor role in deciding the conferrelegates the Lady Badgers to fin- onship in Hutchinson, Kansas. ence title. The Badgers can all but With two games remaining ishing no better than second place wrap up the title with a four game for the first time since 1989. this Saturday against UVSC in sweep. Anything else would leave Though losing the regular season Ephraim, Snow College can pick the door open with two weeks rechampionship and the opportunity up crucial momentum with a maining before the SWAC to host the SWAC Tournament is sweep of the Lady Wolverines, disappointing, let there be no mis- and put themselves in the enviable take, the Lady Badgers still look position of the team no one wants to win the SWAC Tournament and to play. No team has more tournament experience than Snow and no team understands what it takes to win like Snow. Still, the Lady Badgers need to take care of business this weekend, before any tournament hype can begin. Con- The Manti Templars more than recovered from their two devastating losses against Gunnison and North Sanpete w ith overpow- ering victories over the Juab Wasps and the South Summit Wildcats last Wednesday and Friday. Juab didnt know what hit them as they were run over falling prey to the arm of Bryan Keisel, who gave up only two hits and one earned run, while striking out 13 this past Wednesday in Manti. Kevin Callister tore the cover off the ball, going two for two with a home run and a double as he was also walked and hit by a pitched ball, scoring four times, while knocking in four runs. Snowy weather forced the South Summit Wildcats to travel 15-- 1, er no-hitt- er 11-- 14-- 13-- 6-- 2. 1 8-- 10-- 3, Lady Badgers need momentum to make it into national tournament By Ken Beazer With hopes of winning their sixth straight S WAC crown all but dashed, Snow College heads into the last week of conference play looking for momentum before the SWAC Tournament. Splitting double headers against Dixie and CNCC last week, combined with losing five The Manti track team entered their busiest week of the season with a new vigor and bright new look. For the first time in over ten years, you could look out over the track complex and identify the Manti tracksters in their new, place throw of 42'. Kristy McArthur finished 6th in high with jump and 8th in the long jump Stevens 1 qualified 14 1" and Kurt for state in the 1 00 meter dash with a time of 1 1 .6 seconds. Manti travels to Salina for a 24 practice meet on Wed., Apr. bright red uniforms and warm-up- s, and the pride from that new look exemplified itself in their accom- and they will travel to Millard 27 for High School on Sat., Apr. the Old Capital Invitational where schools are exand 26 6-- Templars riding high after triumphant weekend victories By Greg Dettinger state in the shot put with a 5th Dettinger plishments. Tuesday the track team traveled to Millard High School to participate in the Coach Robison Relay meet in which two new school records were set. Jay Baker, Ryan Mendenhall and Jared and Jason Wendel set a new record in the 4x800 meter relay, with a time of 9:26, and freshmen Jeff Wade, Josh Johnson and Jake and Nick 2-- A A pected to compete. Madsen set a new freshmen school record in the 4x100 meter relay, with a time of 5 0.2 seconds, wh ich was also a first place finish for the meet. On Wednesday, the team traveled to Nephi to participate in the Juab Centennial meet, where there were some outstanding performances turned in. Kurt Stevens finished 2nd in the 100, 200 and meter races, while Angie Gedge, Janna Bateman and Rebecca Riding had 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes respectively in the 800 meter run. Angie Gedge received the Outstanding Female Distance Runner award while Shelly Otten received the same award for the female field events, after taking 1st place in the long jump and high jump events. wil, Alder had the best finish for the Manti males in the field events as he threw the shop put for a personal The staff of the Manti Mes-40- 0 senger and Ephraim Enterprise are always looking for ways to improve the quality of our newspapers so that we can better serve our customers. We welcome all suggestions that you might have. Without your input, we will never know what we are doing right and what needs fixing. bestof387". Please write to us at: Manti then traveled to Cedar Messenger-EnterprisInc. . City on Friday to participate in the m Cedar City Invitational, 35 y UT 84642 Manti, which was attended by schools to ranging from Van Orman placed 5th Denise in the high jump with a jump of 4 10", which qualifies her for state. Reegan Bolli qualified for e, two-da- 1- -A 5-- Lady Templars grab victories over Millard, Juab and South Summit By Greg Dettinger The girl's softball team had an outstanding week as they came away with important region victories over Millard, Juab and a doubleheader with South Summit sistency is the key. Last weeks games provided glimpses of greatness for the Lady bined for a total of 17 hits while Badgers, splitting a pair against committing only two errors defen- Dixie on Thursday, w inning 1 6 sively to contribute to this big win. in the first game before losing 2-- 9 Due to the snowy weather up in the second. north, the South Summit Wildcats In the first game. Snow Colgave up their home field advan- lege exploded for ten runs in the tage in order to get their double-head- top of the seventh inning, blowin against the Templars this ing open a 5 tie. In the inning, past Friday afternoon. Manti won the Lady Badgers sent 13 batters both games by scores of 1 7 and to the plate and turned the dia13-- 5 as they finished up what was mond into a veritable a fine week for them both offenGwyn Lyons picked up the well as as defensively. sively victory on the mound for Snow. Manti scored a total of 54 runs As fate would have it, the in four games, while giving up Lady Badgers should have saved only 2 1 to their opponents as they some of those hits for the second move closer to another opportu- game when they only managed five hits and two runs on the way nity for a state championship. have hosted to their first defeat by Dixie this will Manti i Millard on Wednesday, April 24 year. and will travel to Morgan for a On Saturday, the Lady Bad- Sanpete Youth Pioneer Pageant a WjerriU 5-- this past week. Strong pitching combined with phenomenal hitting, led the Templars to these four big victories. Manti traveled to Millard where they defeated them 12-- 6 behind the pitching of Amber Lyons who allowed only six hits and three earned runs while striking out six in five innings pitched for the win. Freshmen, Kim Dalene came in for two innings and the save, giving up two hits while walking one and striking out six batters for all of the registered outs. doubleheader on Saturday the On Wed., April 17, Manti 27th, beginning at 12 noon. hosted Juab where freshman The Manti JV team will travel pitcher Kim Dalene held Juab to to Cedar City on Tuesday, April one earned run, allowing only two 30 for a doubleheader and the Varhits and three walks while strik- sity will host Gunnison at home on Wednesday May at 3 p.m. ing out five in a 2 Templar victory. The Templar hitters com er 5-- Come be part of an exciting Osmond production. You,II have an unforgettable summer preparing 7-- 1 2-- merry-go-roun- d. 7-- 5. 1 Dana Peacock picked up the victory and the Lady Badgers ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER Natural relief is now available. Call 24 hours in crushed the ball, collecting 1 5 hits. at Robyn Peterson went the plate, knocking in three runs. for the Sanpete Youth Pioneer Pageant to be performed July 4th, 5th, and 6th Mt. Pleasant. This memorable performance will showcase the talents of local youth recounting the pioneer experience using song and dance. Singers, dancers, stage hands, lighting technicians, horsemen, ushers and other volunteers are needed. Age 20 or under preferred. gers were on the road again to Rangely, Colorado to face the leagues hottest team, CNCC. Snow College paid no attention yo CNCCs recent hot streak and took game one from the home team, Jsm ond production If you're interested, call Colette at Debbie or George at 462-244- 1 by May 17, 1996. 283-441- 2 or The next game started out good again for Snow as they took a 1 lead after two innings. But their bats w ent cold and they were unable to hold off a CNCC late 4-- rally, eventually falling 4 in the bottom of the seventh inning. 5-- i |