Show Farmington Wins Raiders Raiders' Invitational Tournament Here The Vernal Raiders hosted a fast pitch invitational tournament Friday and Saturday August 11 and 12 Teams from Grand Junction Orem Farmington Farming Farming- ton Utah and Sunset Utah participated in the double elimination tournament FRIDAY EVENINGS EVENING'S games were Orem versus versus Sunset Orem defeated Sunset eight to three Orem's shortstop Nancy Reed batted 1 1000 during this game The second game matched the Vernal Raiders against Farmington At Atthe Atthe Atthe the end nd of seven complete innings the score score was three to three With both teams fighting hard to drive in the winning win ning run the g game game me went into three e overtime overtime overtime over over- time innings In the bottom of the ten tenn tenth th inning with r runners on second and third Farmington's pitcher Haun go goa got gota a three base hit to bring the score to four to three Scoring for the Raiders were catcher Diane Mecham Gerrie Genie Buckalew shortstop and J Jeannie annie Gross pitcher Credited with runs batted in were Wanda Hobart Annette Hatch and Gerrie Buckalew Connie Cook first baseman for the Raiders was credited with eleven putouts in this game The fi final al game of the evening saw Orem defeat Hillcrest of Grand Junction 12 to one Orem's centerfield- centerfield er Donna Young and shortstop p Nancy Reed both batted during this his game and the coach of the team Lore Lee batted 1000 SATURDAYS SATURDAY'S GAMES featured Farmington against Orem both unbeaten en teams Farmington defeated Orem 16 to two At 11 am a.m. the Raiders played play ed Sunset and won 11 to five Terri Holmes and Annette Hatch each had three Diane Mecham and Gerrie Buckalew were each credited with two and Connie Cook with one RBI Pitching for tl thus this s game was Loa Kay Bowthorpe and Rosemary Bigelow The game at pm p.m. was played by Orem and Hillcrest with Orem winning seven to three h Hillcrest's center center cen ter tel fielder Diane Martin was credited with six putouts and the pitcher had seven strikeouts and two assists Orem's pitcher Lanie Neer was credited credit credit- ed cd with four strikeouts and one assist shortstop batted in this thus game Pitcher Lani Neer batted in two THE game was Orem versus the Raiders In seven innings of tough competition competition com com- petition pitcher Jeannie Gross had four strikeouts and two assists She gave up eight hits huts and no walks Connie Cook had two Rosemary Bigelow and Gerrie Buckalew were each credited with one RBI Fielder Mary and Wanda Hobart were each credited with three putouts and catcher Diane Mecham Me cham sham made five putouts Scores were made by An Annette ette Hatch Diane Mecham Connie Cook and Jeannie Gross The Raiders took the lead in the fourth inning inn ing and the final score was four Cour to one This Thus put the due Raiders into the champion ship bracket at 7 pm p.m. The Farmington team scored first in inthe inthe inthe the second inning Raiders Loa Kay Bowthorpe Mary and Connie Cook each scored a run making the score three to one However in the third inning Farmington brought in two more runs tying the game three to three Farmington then scored four runs in inthe inthe inthe the sixth inning bringing the final score at the bottom of the seventh inning to seven to five Standing for the tournament ment were first place Farmington second place Vernal Raiders and third place Orem TROPHIES WERE awarded and all- all stars announced All stars from the tournament were Sandy Treadwell catcher Terrie Haun pitcher Pat Osborn second base Farmington Gerrie Gerrie Ger Ger- rie Buckalew shortstop Connie Cook first base Mary field Diane Mecham catcher Vernal Nancy Reed shortstop Nancy Smith pitcher Patty catcher and Lal Lanie e Neer base Orem One grand slam was hit by fielder for Cor Farmington to win the home run trophy Highest batting bat bat- ting average went to Nancy Reed of Orem and runs batted in award went to Lanie Neer of Orem Three outstanding players were chosen for Cor the tournament and they Nancy Reed Orem Sandy Treadwell Farmington and Gerrie Buckalew Vernal Vcr Vcr- nal |