Show First baseman Jeff Hiatt stretches out and digs the ball to make a great play Photo by C Hamaker Solid fall baseball program should melt into spring Dave Litllcwood was CEU's representative to the ICAC staff writer team this year as a pitcher With an 3 victory the He was selected to the 1988 second College of Eastern Utah Eagles team in Litllcwood had dominated Snow College Badgers g a earned a run average sends which out a recent fall game positive outlook for the opening of (ERA) of 357 His past record is 4 on the mound and may be used the spring baseball season as a DH this year Litllcwood “We had an said played for Taylorsville High good effort from everybody” second year head coach Steve "Bud” School Dan Emery was also a Weiscr “they’re really pulling second team member together and working well in the last field” year as starting center fielder He Snow had an The Eagles played average of 446 in Helper October 28 John Gunter in '88 and hit one home run during the season Emery is expected to scored two RBI's with his home run Pitching was also a key to the bat in the first or second spot in the win spring as he did at Tooele High "Sophomore Mike Smuin School "We're looking forward to was excellent as starting pitcher” said coach Weiscr "along with Jeff having Travis (Lohnes) start this Wartman behind the plate” year” coach Weiscr said "he has Two days later the team been looking really sharp this fall" He tied for the most wins on the traveled to Grand Junction Coloteam with a 3 pitching record rado to play Mesa College felt his team His ERA was 486 Lohnes is also Again coach Weiscr played well with pitching as strong a graduate of Tooele High The “sharpest pitcher this point in their game "Travis Lohnes fall" the coach said is Todd and Todd Bcndixon were our exceBcndixon He will be on the starters and both pitched continued starting rotation in the spring and llently" Weiscr had a 24 record last season with Dan Emery hit a home run and Travis Langpap was also one save Bcndixon previously strong at baL Robby Conrad played played for Jordan High School Chris Heaps shared time well defensively the coach added Ten sophomores will be on second base last season with returning on this years' squad and Mike Salazar This year Weiscr hopes to utilize Heaps' "great are expected to lead the team to a speed” as a DR He had a A00 successful season in the spring by Kristie Eliason all-st- ar 8-- team-leadin- 3-- all-arou- nd on-ba- se 5-- batting average in 88 and was called a "spark plug type” for his abilities to get the team going Heaps teamed with Bcndixon at Jordan High Salazar should be starting second baseman in the spring and is as far as Weiscr has seen so far "the best on the pivot in the conference” He earned a 259 batting average last season Salazar played for Basic High School in Las Vegas "Lonnie Anderson pitched well last year and earned the very most improved player award" the coach said "He has also made the most improvements this fall" Anderson's pitching record last year was 0 He is an alumnus of Kearns High School Mike Smuin "also pitches very well” Weiscr added with a 51 record in 1986 He is a returned missionary and was selected to the second team as a freshman Smuin graduated from Carbon High JD Keller "started slowly last year" but ended up starting in left field the coach said He should be starting right fielder this spring Keller has "the strongest throwing arm in the conference" He played for the Alta Hawks "Aaron Walters played sparingly last year but is a very good defensive outfielder" Weiscr said Walters is from Durango (Continued on page 7) 3-- Sophomore BB players are 9 season optimistic for the team 88-8- Sophomore guard Darren Stuart added "We arc a lot better Teamwork and hustle are than last year because we play the secrets to success for College of better as a team We do not have Eastern Utah's men's basketball any superstars just a very good team this year according to Nelson team” He fell that last season's "Stretch” Stewart one of the team had more talent This year's Eagles reluming sophomores squad is much better on the basis While the team is ranked that there are not any individual eighth in the preseason conference stars He feels everyone wants to work together for the betterment of they are not the least discouraged Stewart said The Eagles believe the team as a whole that they will finish much higher Stuart feels this year’s than the preseason prediction The squad "hustles harder and is a lot squad has been working very hard smarter than last year's team" He since practice sessions began a knows the team will do very well week before most students returned since they are so willing to work to college The main emphasis of together the daily practices has been According to Stuart the teamwork and dedication rather than team gets along off the court as individual play as was the case on wen as on which is a key for a previous teams he added winning season When he Key injuries such as the js althy again he will be ready to one sustained to Stewart's knee play better than ever with the assist have reduced the team roster to 0f his teammates eight healthy players according to Teamwork hustle and sophomore guard Steve Jennings intelligence arc echoed by the in the Being picked to finish eighth players as being the points of conference is not a drawback ac-emphasis for the Eagles this "The other to cording Jennings season The factors seem to be conference teams have not seen the working with the much improved skill and depth we have Combined pjy Qf Eagu during the past with the quality of our practices and tw0 wxfavl scrimmages the talent we posses we feel that In CEU’s preseason game we can finish no lower than against the Badgers from Snow Bend" College it was a blowout with the The players in general are Eagles winning by 30 points The next preseason game very optimistic for the 1988-8- 9 season The low preseason pick CEU pitted against Salt Lake Com (Continued ion page 7) appears not to intimidate anyone on Warren staff writer by Scott ’ |