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Show I;- f i . .f ftaAiMa IB Tuesday August 14, 2001. t ByRICHARDSHAW Sports writer It seemed destined. Kids from Carixm who had won the state 3 A basebiall championship last spring: (lie 3A and lAbaseball players of die year. Some of the best baseball pUqersEmeiyCountycoukiofferin the age bracket and two of the best players from last yean East Carbon High state playoff team. . - v j : :Itseemedtobedestinythatthese Uds would go on to. win the Amerh. ' canEegfonsstate championship this year, go on to the regional tournament at afamiliar field withfamiliar fens in Salt Lake and then a trip to Yakima, Wfeh.totbeAL WoridSe-ries- .- . f never will be, but in my eyes I am for one major reason. This summer when Murrays Ifshard to know when you have American Legion baseball team actually become a native" of a rame to play Helper, I was excite : to oover it because I thought that place you have moved. I grew up in the middle of the might see someone from the gang Salt Lake hllqr, Murray to be after all, Murray, being a fairly inexact Of the 36 years Ilived somedependent town with its own Httle where along the Tsatch Front I school district in the middle of al spent 25 of them residing directly those giants, has retained many o in Murray Qty. I made residenits native sons and daughters over tial attempts at living in placeslike 'foeyears.' When f got to foe game I took Wg Jortbn,Ogden, Salt Lake and Riverton, but it seemed I ws al- - ; my place behind the visitors backwayt destined to return fo tny stop and akxig foe sidelined On that field that is the best place to take hometown.,1 ..... ::;.. - ; That was until I decided to take photographs. I have taken a few ! a job asa magazine editor in fromfoebome dugout, but they jud County, Calif in 1987. When dont work as well I went there I foouit I would only Anyway, whenlkwked foe team come back to Utah in general, and over, I realized foat the kids on that team came from such a different Mureay in particular, on vacations and during the big winter bolides. place from where I came it was just ;I saw myrelf being sunned on foe filfo watching Viewmont or Cedar ; beach with wann breezes Mowing Qty piay Helper. Even the Murray coach was in his early 20s; no toforoughmyhak. V Instead I got aveiy boring job ken (rid guy like me, and lived in a Ettle ccmdo that cost .. crowd had a few Murray rite more than twice my beautiful supporters, hut none of whom I capccodinSJinhad,andrcpuld knew. Later, when I looked at foe never get away from people,. I box scores I realized tluit a son of hated it. one of my best friends in lugjh sdxxri , I came hadq firrt foi the St had played in the. game; but I George area for awhile, wherei wouldnt have known him. from found Californians moving in try- -. anyone else anyway, ingtoercateanofoa Palm Springs : Ialso was surprised thatlhad no and then to cold nnd dreary mixed feelings when the Helper Ogden, where I lived in one of the kids whipped the Spartans foat day. worst parts of tbwn fojr a few I knew these ldds andfoeir coaches months. some of ineir parents. t'f .The old Murray hold was no lfinaDyfledsouth,backtoSalt Lake whmc we lived in Hcdladay; kriigorfoae. That iswhyT was sosad when only a stones throw from most of foe placeslwaa working with and Murray beat the Helper team last dose fo the old Murr homer week I was unhappy, I had followed these kids aUsummer; many of them Then in 1991 1 came to Car- - "becoming very familiar to me as bon County. Carbon had been a " foeyplayed at Carbon and East Carplace I had treated like most bon High in the last year. Wasatch lYontbrs do. Id often That js Mien I realized that if am driven through it on my way tip trolya natncJamnolongeraSpar-ta- n MoabJ had often remarked how or as they were known before much I liked it here, but I never the a Smelteritc, named considered moving here because after foe lead smelter that existed I thought it would be impossible near foe high school on State Srieet to get a job and survive. . for so many, years. My blood no Then one day foe perfectjob in longer runs orange and black but Price was in the paper. But when blue and white, .V they told nfe foe salary; I realized - Oh, JT1 still get a twinge of pride it wasnt foe perfect jab andturned when Murray beats Highland, Skyit down. lt was a third of what I line or East, hated rivals in foe days had been making in Salt Lake. I spent al Murray High, regardless But my wife reminded me of offoesport. how mudi I had always liked k But just let them play a school here and talked me into reconsid- from eastern Utah, and I know " ering. :.. wheremy loyalties lie these days. That only took about five min-- , - I like it here. I like the people tttes and ten minutes after that I here and the way spo rts arc played was maldna dans to move; here. I like foe coadies I work with Now that I have been herelO and foe respect foe kidsdn the teams years, worked for three different seem fo have for people. Organizations, run my own busii I Eke the Cariion culture. ness, I sometimes feel like I now .. Ifthat doesnt make me at least a desove native status. V. e, I guess I never will be I know in some peoples eyes I one, , v.-. .. By RICHARPSHAW Sports writer . , . Or-an- ge They seemeddestined Their bats had been hot,even in low scoring gaiiies they had still nailed many hits and they probaMy had the best pitchers in die state. They had beat fee team they feced fa Wednesday : nigfa at Oquirfo Park inKearnshandilyeariierthisscason. ' But destiny has a hinny way of fooling us and doing things we dont " : 'expect On the Wednesday night trip home from the game, instead of . . thinking about meeting? formidable foe in BinghambrWpt Jordan, Help, ers players and coaches were think- ing about a barbecue next week where they would be turning their uniforms in. ' AUth was due to an unexpected loss to Murray in a game the Helper team had basically until the sixth inning. ; MWe had them beat," said team manager Jeff Cisneros on Friday morning. We were ahead 2 going won-easil- . Helpers Matt Noepfer retums to a home plate ceiebr- tion with his team mates after hitting a home run earlier y .sertedoithemjnd,biddat foct Barnett has held teams at bay all season, somehow the Murray batten quick work of his pitching and 7-- . just went bad. The game had begud well with Helper's Matt K3oepfer hitting an out of the park home run on the teams first at bat early jn the game. Murray must have been devastated by that blow, but somehow foey.shorc things up and just kept coming at the kids from eakern Utah. : However there was a wall they needed to overcome and feat was in ; the form of die recently reactivated JoshGreenwood,whorcturhedtohis first game badcafter a broken ankle injury in the middle (rf the season by ' pitching untjl the sixth inning. Greenwood did a great job for us right up until that inning. said Cisneros. But Murray got a few hits I mfom at tju beginning of the sixth and I was concerned that he looked tired so I pulled him." V ' Emery's Tbavis Barnett, was in- - : 7. : . rdfctfieil, but few felt Murray would make it, ...And because foe regional ebam-mapionships are being held at Covey Field thisyear, Utah gets two teams in. Murray will be oneoffoem West despite foefact that they Jordan on Saturday night in a long de - . foe game and foe season. Some of the players were philo-sophical about the situation; some will playin high school and at the .game that went 12 innings until legion level again next year, others imost,! a.m. The score was 12-- 9. arc going onto play in college. But a Helper can take some solace in number had tears in their eyesas they that they lost to one of the eventual left the field, champions, but that is probably little In terms of batting, Helper put comfort when a group of kids have togefoeralmostalloffoeirrunsre- - come so dose. ktto Greenwood's fatigue, they Jut three more singles driving Inforee runs 5 in favor of Helper. Then Murrays Qayjte Garrett tripled wifo the bases loaded and foat put the Helper dub behind 9-Helpercouldntscoreinthebot-- ; fom(rfthesixft,butwhenthecoaches.cordedohthepermanemrccordwith brought Blake Wilde in topitch singlexstrung together. That was of against Murraymthe top of the sev- - course with the exception of enth, Murray couldnt get Sny more Hoepfer s home run. nmneirs across home eithefas heal- ,. Ofriotcfcthefatfthatforthelast lowed only one hit and took them fouryeais, the last seeded team from out of tlwoffen stance and put Ite Ssdt Late fclley League, who them back on thedefensive: earnedfoatspot by having to play in Helper had often been in this spot foe secratoeiglrtfieM fight for two season, so fens and (layers woe spots made it to the championship confident that they could game an Saturday. ' ; record three runs in the bottom of ; Almosteveiyoneknew West Jor- 7-- S . dad . . .. . On Wednesday, Noepfer hit another homer in the state tournament, but despite that. Murray won the game. - the iaiungfowinthe game. Unfortunately , the gods of base- ball were not. smiling on them this night as acoUple of strike outs and a hft right at a Munay infielder ended on base from the fewhits they had obtained at. the.;1 expense of : this season! mjd-195- But it isnt quite over for Helper and players yet On TUesday evening the Helper team will face a group of old timers who haye piayedwith the program in the past, The game will take place at Gardner fans . ; . : : . Fieldat7pjh. It will be one last dunce for fans to thank these kids far the great sea-t- his ion they have provided to the base-fairball lore and people of Carbon and Emery counties. ly . semi-nativ- soccer ByRICHARDSHAW - Sports writer n , foe first game rf any kind of .In school foe new ' athleticseason, high the Carbon High giris soccer team ran all over Granger High in a non-leag- ue game mi Friday mght in Vlfest '. That was as many players as we had brought along, said Capalbo. So we played it straight up and by the book, At halftime the score stood at 0-but one .big statistic stood out; Granger had only had one shot on goal during the game because Carbons defense was so good the ptay almost all took place in front of 2-- 0. . c . fellty City and started their young I just told her we would match their season off right. number of playersrin the field arid . 1 wasnt sure what to expect," saeagreca said head ghis soccer coach Dave When the team arrived atfoe school Capalbo. The day before the game Granite School District Grangers epadt called me and fold on Friday however, they found that me she wasnt even sure if they would Granger had 19 players-lineup to have enough players to field a team. jAqrthem.-..- ' hii . 0, d - : Cariion Highs football season begins Mflridaii ; The first Carbon High football of foe season will be Friday at the Lady Lancers god, . .5 pan. at foe CEU football fiekLBe-caus- e VTith about two minutes gone in of construction on Qrbons the Second period, Carbon struck field, all foe home games this year with fury. Shanna Oakley drove in a will be at the college field and they goal, the first Of the year and the will beriftemoon contests. The team Dinos were up father, , will face Payson High School from Dennis, happens to be one of the Utah County. roachesoffoeteani. East Cariboo begins fall baseball About ten minuteslater another WhilebasebaH most other places goal, driven in by Julie Swineburn went through the net . is winding down,in the lAranks it is - When foe game ended, even ifone just getting started. East Carbons had not known the score they would team will face their first opponent have known who won the game jurt oo TUesday night in Loa as they face by the stats. Carbon had taken 18 Wayne High School at 4 p.m. shots on goak danger had taken one, Most 1A schools play fan base-b- aD and a weak one at that. instead of a football schedule. I could see at halftime how tired Pool league to have first meeting. the Granger kids were, said The Castle VUlley Pool League Capalbo. I told our team foat only a wiU be having their first meeting of few minutes into foe second half we foe season on August 21 at 7 p.m. would be running aides around The meeting is set at the Regis Club them. Our condition was so much in Hearer to discuss this years league better. Thats what you get when you set up and to take ideas from indistart working out in June. viduals who want to participate. An ' Capalbo also had to tease his team captains and bar owners should goalie, Danni Long, about her part crane to this meeting, but an players in the game. are also welcome. ' 1 told her she must have been Womens golf toorumeot slated at napping down there in the goal with cotutrydiilh so few scoring threats by Granger in The Carboa two womens best ball tournament will take place on golf TTw Cartxjn High thejame,"heiaid. soccer off team is and Carbon girts ruiminf farthe0 photo was behind but on Friday they beat Granger Carbons preseason schedule con- August 22 There win be a breakfast season. Heroin a play against lone Peak on Monday after- 0. The results of the Lone Peak game were still uncertain at tinues on Thursday evening when held at the country dub before the 9 noon they go down field with the baB. At the time of this', - press time but results will be Thursdays Sun Advocate. they take on the Lady Miners of Park a.m. shotgun start The tournament is being run by the Carbon Ladies Qty in Summit County. . . ; game infor.-mati- . : y-.-- ; : . 2-- - 0, 2-- GotfAssodatioaEntrants musthave a handkap estaMished to participate. RegisOation for the tournament began August I and will continue , . until the field is full. For more contact 71m King at 637--.; 2388, ; Regioa Wildlife meeting slated. : , The next Regional Wildlife Advisory Council (RAC) meeting will ' convene on August 21 at 630 p.m. in the John Wesley Powell Museum inGreenRiver. CentorstageMnbefoe2002Fish-in- g Proclamation. The DWR is pro-- . posingareductioninthe general bag and possession limit for trout from I fish . to4 fish. . Rotenone treatments and introductions of Colorado River Cut- - ' throatTbrait at waters in the south- eastern region will also be on foie , Helper Ait Festival 5$ ran takes place oa Saturday: Carbon County Recreation is operating 5K run in conjunction with the Helper Arts Festival on Saturday. Entrants are encouraged to for this race by Thursday by ParCalling recreation at 637-50ticipants who register after that day wiU not be guaranteed a - ; The race will begin in Sprite CaiK yon, travel up Main Street and end up on. foe parkway. Runners win meet at 8am. at the pavihoo in downtown Helper and recreation will bus them to the starting point in foe pre-regis- irt . i I |