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Show orts Second place is unfamiliar territory for Owlz are looking to make a surge to overtake the Chukars. Sports writer "It's still early in the year. We're just trying to On the day of Major make sure everyone's got League Baseball's Midsum- their proper rest," said Orem tiicr Classic, the Orem Owlz- Owlz Manager Tom KotchiiU\U Valley's version of the man after a recent win. Los Angeles Angels of AnaThe Owlz must be prophcim-arc in erly rested, second place as they are in llie Piothe best team neer League in the league Smith DiOwlz Schedule offensively. v i s i o n The Owlz standings. arebattingas July 19-22 As pea team .312 Four-game series fcniiisil winwith 214 against Billings ners, the hits and 17 Owlz aren't home runs. July 23-25 Used to be-A large Three-game series fMg three reason for against Great Falls games out the inflated vf first place offensive lltis close to numbers is (he halfway first basepoint of the man Gordie season. The GronkowsOwlz trail ki, who (he Idaho leads the league in RBIs Falls Chukars by three games with 26. He also has four with the Ogden Raptors and homeruns to go along with Casper Rockies bringing up a 457 batting average. the rear in the South Division. Before heading out on a Winning four of their weeklong road trip, the Orem lasl live games, the Owlz Owlz swept the Casper RockMatt Beaudin ies in a three-game series. In game one of the series, the Owlz rallied to overcome an early 6-1 deficit to win 11 10 as Jeremy Moore tripled in the seventh to score a run. Later in the same inning, Anel De Los Santos brought in Moore with an RBI single giving the Owlz an 11-9 lead. The Rockies threatened in the ninth, but came up short with only one run in the inning. Under the blazing sun-due to an early Sunday start-the Owls wasted no time taking care of business in game two. Orem scored three runs in the third, thanks to catcher Chris Rosenbaums first homerun of the season. Owlz third baseman Jay Brossman went 4-4 on the day, driving in a run with his sixth double of the year in the fifth inning. Brossman leads the league in hits with 39. The 7-3 win set the table for a series sweep Monday night in Orem. The brooms came out early as the game was blown open when Owlz shortstop Andrew Romine belted a grand slam in the fifth for one Johnston/College Times Orem Owlz' first baseman Gordie Gronkowski beats the runner to the base for an out. Beside helping his team defensively Gronkowski is batting .443 for the season. of his three hits on the night. and no runs to lead his team M ustangs and the Great Owlz right-hander Es- to the 13-2 blowout win. Falls White Sox before reThe Owlz go on the turning home to match up merlin Jimenez pitched six innings allowing four hits* road to take on the Billings with the same two teams. SPORTS BRIEFS American League extends win streak to 10 season and how much it truly means to real baseball fans. Sports writer In the top of the fifth inning the game's MVP Irchi• The MLB All-star game is ro Suzuki hit the first inside fun entertainment at its finest. the park home run in All-star This year's game was game history. With a runner played at one of the most on, he pulled a ball to the fun-friendly parks in the deepest part of the ballpark, country, Pac Bell Park in San Prancisco. Their home after it took a funny bounce run derby is a must-see the off the wall, Ken Griffey, day before the game, of Jr. had no chance at throwwhich the free-swinging ing out the speedy Irchiro. A solo home run from Valdameer Guerreo won the Devil Rays young star (Ills year Hometown favorCarl Crawford was hit to tie Barry Bonds opted not the deepest part of the ballto participate in the home park in the top of sixth and nin derby. The media frenzy surrounding Bonds makes fiim quite possibly the most This year's game was . controversial player in all played at one of the the big leagues. He may have played his final Allmost fan-friendly parks star game in front of some in the country, Pac Bell of the fans that love him jnos t. B onds went O-forPark in San Francisco. 2 with one deep fly ball. Upand coming New York .Mcts shortstop Jose Reyes gave the AL a 3-1 lead. Victor Martinez made .played great early in the it 5-2 for the AL in the top game with a double, single, of the eighth with a two run stolen base and run scored shot of his own. In the botall in the first three innings. tom of the ninth Alfonso SoThere was even funny riano hit a two-run, two-out, man Dane Cook narrating opposite field home run. jia commercial about the exThe National League .citement of the MLB postErik Frederickson wasn't just going to lie down and let the American League win yet again and extend their win to ten, were they? Three batters later, the bases were loaded and the NL had its chance to win, but they came up short yet again. So, with the recent rule change of the winning team's league getting home field advantage in the World Series, the AL will have home field advantage once again this year. The real question is why NL Manager Tony Larussa didn't use his own Cardinal star Albert Puljos to pinch hit with runners in scoring position in the bottom of the ninth. Albert Puljos is one of the most feared hitters in all of baseball, and he would have had a chance to tie the game or even win it. The Cardinals slugger didn't play at all in this year's game. The season is half way over and October baseball is right around the corner. So we can only patiently wait to see what teams and players will step the biggest on baseball's biggest stage, the postseason. UVSC Volleyball UVSC Athletics UVSC Head Coach Sam Atoa has announced the upcoming 2007 volleyball schedule and the hiring of two new assistant coaches. The 2007 schedule features five tournaments, including the year-end Division I Indpendent Championship, hosted by UVSC. UVSC will face all four in-state schools at least once, including Utah (in Orem, Oct. 23) and BYU (in Provo, Oct. 9). Scott Lee is entering his first season back at the school, where he was a volunteer assistant for five years prior to working as an assistant at Snow College UVSC Director of Athletics Mike Jacobsen has restructured the department's athletic administration by naming Nate Mathis assistant athletic director of marketing and promotions and Jared Sumsion the executive director of the wolverine club. Mathis has spent the last year serving as the executive director of the wolverine club, while Sumison joins the athletic department after working closely with Utah Valley President William A. Sederburg as the coordinator of constituent relations. UTAH Blaze Uiah Blaze wide receiver Si aha Burley was named the Arena Foolball League's Offensive Player of the Year. The 2005 AFLWA Offensive Player of ihc Year finished the 2007 regular season by shaltering league records for receptions (166) and receiving yards (2.129). The previous marks were 154 (Marcus Nash in 2004) and 1.982 (Calvin Schcxnayder in 1998), respectively. Burley also finished with 49 receiving touchdowns (No. 2 in AFL). Burley, who was All-Arena First Team this season, became the first player in United Stales professional football history to reach 2,000 receiving yards in a single season. The six-year veteran achieved the mark in jusi 15 games. His record-setting. 2,000-yard ball was sent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canlon, Ohio. WitAom fel vst&'j**vi 2007 SUMMER RATES MARRIED CGUnt PRICES MOVE "i^flpbcnteon tf§ <Mti dfcpMit 4b nffiT |