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Show i Bonnevi! Another Bonneville Hoy sports confrontation is in the making this week, only this time it will he staged on the basepaths The Royals will take on the (o Region One leaders at p ni on Thursda afternoon in what could decide the leader of the hectic region 3 iym U pat will huh II it i' pi i e -- M featured contest, foach bred s1 it in I'k up! Im I a c i (,ai a c ' W i be hi in ho place d pro hall t org miation 1 is c t raig Halverson i 1 -- a-- kelh d lin hose battling for a spot m the lineup include second baseman .Jett Black hum and Garth Hutley slioi tstop Brad Wooit md outfielders Bart Hodges and Jilt Stone hi ook Shirting left iuldii Knit Bover suffered a broken collaihnne recently and will he out of action lor a few weeks op pin' 11 isfiium is,nien Kim Wilde 1 is a ( la le ' etcr in catcher Mi hi d i hai huMng rctur ui'il Hal Ur who ,s bacMcl up by Kch and Brent opt ioous u ii ( oi on , li wi'h i, rs! baseman has had to cope with error problems in the early going of the Region One dogfight while Bonneville has enjoyed some moderate success The Royal lineup stands pretty well Roy h and Dale .lotus shortstop ht!l lav lor and outlulders Kurl N'lson loev Hill and Steve 11am r anil' Msa pc'1 to id 1! ewi a s c olid h ' i guiding the mind this year a ti d I v two none !!ai lloch and i'l hi ' i i f elder Bunn mam Hh is expect to sac plenty of action hide first sneker Rich Walton a tli 0 id S(ol n , i1 i K'ii ii tic Id a id Sc otl c Id pos, lions lorPu i a i - t I Hon ' ice ( mo look i". t o t f i n n i hi mii Hurley arid center irt t Nichols i )i Ian Jo ( mil i c'li a " u a a i Thompson of Roy will send junior Jimmy McMahon to the mound in a starting call Coach Gardner of Bon neville says hell send Scott Singleton against the Royals on the mound Coach Gardner Bonneville h c I race In this Pafm aide ( duel j m nt In ill ci i ini ( i 1 Km i Iltc hmg Department I In the pitching department, righthander Gary Tracy and southpaws Bret anlewven and Scott Singleton will carry the heavy load with sophomores Gavlen Deardon and Kraig Moore providing depth Coach Garner feels his dub is solid defensuelv in the outfield, with their hitting and infield defense still rounding into shape The Lakers' pitching is adequate and Gardner has high hopes that his team will be in the thick of a close league race, with perhaps the tinal outcome hinging on which team can plav the best on the road nd while Bonneville will not be favored to take either league title this spnng the "new look" Lakers appear capable of making plenty of noise in both sports M ,,- -4 I'f-- f ,y .u. i Coach Thompson Roy Skyview fails to talented Roy basemen carlv runs Keith Duncan escaped near disaster last Tuesday night by just edging by and thus keeping in the Skyview, thick of the Region One baseball dogfight Earlier the Royals had been beaten by the Weber Warriors, 10-- but Coach Fred Thompson says that things are due to a change anyone of these stormy spring days As of last Tuesday, Box Elder and Bonneville led the league with identical 5 records Roy and Weber follow with 3 2 marks and the remaining 3 schools h Roy had to hold off ut a later 7-- G . ' SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS eg N ( hoK cleaned up long shot triple and he ball tor a i passed M it was going to be a 1 to an' or. e especialiv the around for four iddenly knew that said ( oach v' is foi real Ken biancis was on the Min mound li" Rov and as the third inning mm iin hi effectiveness was wearing cit t sr view tamed a run in the third tv n p me in Hie lourth with some 0 iji ig UK hcncMting ott some t1 n u s hoc als st.dd in tu K iv als got struck with ' it t1 ic ft wcie (hi the brink of Hick Stiinehockcr led ho o e in thi t .1 lii"i g o,; with a double In the ' p i i d'u, tume the Bobcats had in o o d a i no olf Kellv ( hecketts who c mi 'i ti to f and were in command 4 Me 4' o' n moved Stone' to second with a sue i die e giounder Greg Nichols corlinmn ins lace bnlianf piety "hi m I an uroi and moving Rick g.'t c Hi ic continued his solid r rn r i m, ug in Stonev with a 'i Ward, m no Hn.tda both gained isc on walks This set the stage for ( i ases loaded and the ng H u stn need b, u for some runs The junior 3GW ,m'"v.d (toi sail ( s lace dut ing an inside baseball practice session is expected to return to the Kovals lineup in either Thursdays contest or the following week As of yet the Kovals have failed to throw out a base' runner and that is Marks specialtv He was a steady starter last season with Roy and even saw good plav ing time as a sophomore When Maik finallv returns full time. Coach I hompsem may mov e Jerry W ard to the designated spot and keep Kartchner behind the plate At first base, the Royals couldnt be Claude Payne is playing happier consistent both at the bag and at the bat He s well on his wiay to an season and helping the Royals eye those state baseball playoffs When Jimmy McMahon is not pit clung he usually gets the nod o play shortstop or second base Greg Nichols has moved in lately to fill whatever needs Rick vacancy filling Stonehocker eyes down some infield position each game as he played third against Skyview Oilando Gallegos was Roy s second baseman last contest but usually plays third In the outfield, the Royals were hurt when Mike McCoy missed lus defensive tesponsibilities due to a sore arm Anytime you find yourself with a player ot Mike s caliber missing said games you begin to feel it Kurt and Clair Davis Thompson Bennington have moved in to fill out I i i i i t ? 1 r , ,, f i, ti'i' S t MV, I I ht'c disgi uiid slimmed out a two single to lett te secure a Roy lead of 7 4 ,u d t vo innings to plav ( he kfMs looked verv respectable in liis ri lot work of brancis He allowed t" o inns m the sixth inning as Roy to fade the crucial league 11 r KEN FRANCIS hurls fast ball at Skyview Bobcats in last Tuesday s action Roy won the game 7 in sh tkt op at positions richne r the suaoi uckstop s , i c l i ured t vo months i ii e tut t ill hi1 mm in the f 1 K e ' v toward sports oh Hen win a lew exceptions small females v ho tried to inulate hovs hut teal ful parents disc ouragul t,)cm w ,h i ha hword whicl rue luing Iomboy lheie really has no sin-ib- l were similar problem- - bn males hut of a less was anothc who important natuic Ih rc i decided that it v oald r. u- -, n.l for he r oldest son to learn to cook on the i tf ( !, me e '1 it he would nev er marry m he little !ter decades of p, icctal i League is now being forced i Hinder the possihilitv of using girls as will - lue s u, it s program At ot ti is , d es ut it never ful-t- o times, the rah! rise again Mb udes a t i , pulls altend these days Howevu now a d tv - J. ! D i ague is s'i u klv i vouth program are big time business In no parents so incline o i p impel md J'e m n 'tare performer- - so v ic ai ou h tl ith d in te ihev beam - li uMi m m a mm to see the light Whcn'lu ' ol 40 summers bee onn - tl e m anage r ol t Little n the league team lie sucld rh in -i Me St i the i.lv Woild at Mi d ban Dodge dugout Series again host ,u en t clu'di i n i prt senting the Rov Lion s Drum te mi i r ( ol S rndtr s ( K arfield Take Out Those aie die o- - ngrles Dodgers and those tigiius m iimIoih - re people like plavers liomeverv team dm Hi ooks kolmison- - tlieWillm Mav s or even Hu M,ii Kvaris he notion ol having to use a gu in eei ti it el l would not onlv endanger your e ham is uf eat Miring he title hut vring hinderance Item vour n In w mailies Thetruthisth.it most n.m i 'its w.u t to win wm win with no part ul a it dm mdmg 4 a hild nnnd I hose ate ,ni Iv oui e ( a the it and a girl would get m t.ie w v ( loailv it is the onlv turn in ,i voung gu! s lilt when she can it asonahl, hopt In mil Im hovs Mixing ol Sexes on Hie iv It is wise though !n I'livone to brace them selves The dtli leagius will hi mtigiaid am. there1 is untiling Mi a i i he dnni Ixuit d Who reallv wants to anvw iv Onlv a m de c i, mvmist pigs This me v i! le nun it nod ( i mu will tamed iv seek it s wav into the t tail n ounMuns md 11 he the lirst sm prisi dil it dot -- n t Basketball base b I! to 4b ill hoe ki v boxing wrestling rowing ii "V nt i i mg hoi es all have been mtegrited Mil tbits onlv the pet burning end Tliev n m.idnnu tjaMm atlile tic duet toi s T he v i c ollii latwig at Ihivre lights man igmg a li 'i.eueM in hev wot king as spoitswnlii- - ti aim i - Id lib ml and ti i time al inspecting in un rami' y, di Uh v i ven di m die eai s f"h iD at ii n no I'm s ,md gul 'juiati VOIVI 111! al M I i , glill field positions nothing secure at this point Onlv right field seems secure when McCoy is missing Here Greg Nichols can run like a deer and has been hitting good as of late Junior Craig Hansen has sparkled for Coach Thompson and he has admitted this time after time since he finally let the husky DH have a chance to swing his deadly hat There was hours of preparation before the Sky v lew contest, w ith Coach Thompson and others working three or four hours to prepare the field for the Skyview bunch At 9 a m in Tuesday Roy could have built another swimming pool ov er home plate, but the sun came through in the wanning moments of noon Gymnasts finish 4th Coach Jan Parrish described her teams performance in the state gymnastics meet, as their second worst team effort of the year Despite this though, Roy finished fourth in the state meet their best finish ever as a team Brighton High took the team title for the third consecutive year, putting together 239 94 points to Orems 228 61 Highlands 221 48, and Roys 218 91 It proved to be one of the closest finishes in the state's history The fourth place in state cannot in any length the Royals accomplishments in Region One There the Royal coeds combined to take the team title for the third straight season Three Roy girls placed in the state meet and all were seniors Neasha Roberts was a fourth place finisher in compulsory vaulting while Kathy Tracey placed sixth in the event Cindy Allen placed fourth on the optional bars and another fourth in optional floor exercises Cindy was a fourth place optional performer schools competed for the top prize Twnenty-fou- r at Bingham High last Saturday with judges giving low scores the entire meet Kathy Tracey replied after the meet, We could have done better but we are pretty well pleased with our outcome This is my first year in gymnastics and winning the region title was something I will never forget "I ve done anything like before over-shado- -- c -- t 1 It seems the prepsters in Utah high schools got a jump on everyone that plays organized baseball in the spring and summer months Various teams play ed before the college teams by as much as three weeks or moi e Major league baseball, the big time paradise usually sets the pace lor everyone But this season While the biggies were ironing out seminglv endless contract and who has power over w horn problems the prepsters w ere getting the sore spots out of their play But in just a few weeks, the youngest perfomers and the stars of tomorrow will he warming up for another interesting campaign In general the little league spoits seasons run smoothly with the possible exception of a few little league football teams last fall There are headaches and there are countless jovs from watching the little guys gul in out all summer But could there be another topic that will relate with little leagues in future years Without further adue talking about girls participating with boys is disturbing to most in this area, hut then again it is a rather interesting subject to many others Girls and women play ing with hoy sand men in our area is not as tremendous a problem as it finds itself in larger i it it's With the acceptance of Title IX and the passing ol it in future months, girls and women athletics need not find the path to play with the other sex, huvt rather the need to improve greatly their improved possibilities No Gills on Bov's leams , Back m that quaint era, when men were men and women seemed to like it that way, the mere suggestion that one little girl would even want to plav baseball on the same team as hoys would have been a dear indication that America was about to tall Societv never considered such a shocking pioposal mostlv because sexual roles were clearly defined rigid Horn childhood A couple had a little bov md the lathe r threw a (list basemansmit in his ih It d was a little girls there weie dolls on the ii (; , he II cfoie the kid had a chance to drench her first diaper B the time a gul was old enough to understand that there was a fundamental ditferenee between her and her hi others, she was openly an'agomstic . a-- , 1 i 1 ! t i e mi-o- ut I i i,n McMahon: He hits em all somebody pointed out the other collected has every kind of hit known to man day. He hits line drives clinkers squibs, shots, nubbers. Hart's drag hunts push bunts swinging bunts and now and then he muscles up and hits one about 4(H) feet The toloiiul switch hitting tree swinger of the Rov Rov als is cutting and slashing when he leaves the dugout His strike one begins at the tip of his toes and runs to the top ot his cap from West Peachtree Street to Stone Mountain said (.oach bred Thompson His strike one is high wide and handscome How to pitch to him is a pitcher s dilemma Up9 wav Sure then watch No way Down0 borget it vour lett fielder chase it down In0 That s his home Jim McMahon time he goes out At the moment he leads our team in hits, average, runs hatted in and is a steady clutch performer something we need moie of in the future Besides being the hitter he is, Jimmv impioves each dav on his pitching technique Jim throws right and is truh a strikeout pitcher Jimmy throws too main pitches about 17 an inning He s a strikeout pitcher anil those kind are able to tnrow more pitches McMahon three 114 pitches against Bear River striking out 14 hatters ami yielding onlv 2 hits He has great speed hut doesn t have all the control that he needs over it Ken brancis has the control hut lacks the speed that Jimmv possesses " said Coach Thompson uin alley II I was a pitcher pitching to Jim McMahon," said ( oach Ken Hicks ot the ( learfield Falcons who had just had the Koval ace go three for three against him I d pitch me right down the middle Ditcher Mike Sandoval overhearing the conversation from an adjoining lockerroom could not suppress a smile And you Sine vou would" said Sandoval he said halfway would get the pitcher killed jokimgl v McMahon laughed which he does a lot now a davs Heisahappv hallplaver who doosn t like a lot of static a let of eontroveisv He simply wants to go out and do hts lust ob without fuss Mid his way with tin hat is to cut and slash a method which nohod v m a high position with the Royals has tried to i hange When Jim t u st began the season he was being ov er sdeitive ot pitches and was striking out more Weve told him to go to the plate swinging and het a use of ties he is leading the league in base hits ami mav he even the average, said ( oach Thomp I have not seen too main other people that can he as aggies n eat the plate, said Thompson 'lie has an e e tor the hall that is unmatched in this part of the state He n developing into a fine smooth swingei went lurther to sav, Like 1 said lie was taking a lot ot pitches, hut still he was we want He getting on base a let and that s what makes veiv good contact He is improving each (oach Thompson Jim McMahon |