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Show HMMIIMI IMIMUyi Titans Crushed, 23-- 16 ,1981 Thursday, Apr. WEST VALLEY VIEW - 5 Colts Rout Pair Of Foes SO. COTTONWOOD. Picking up a pair of lopsided triumphs during the week, the Cottonwood high baseball team extended its winning to streak seven and remained atop the standings in Region Three. Colt bats sizzled on the Cottonwood diamond Monday as the club pounded out 25 hits in a 23-- rout of Olympus. On Friday, Skyline scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first, but was blanked the rest of the way while the Colt offense had two, three- 5 Conrad Is Named To SUSC Post CITY. CEDAR Former Cyprus high Safe by a mile at third, Murray's Floyd Armstrong stands up quickly after slide as Cyprus POP-U- SLIDE P . For Green Sheet Teams head third baseman Andy Hill watches outfielder's throw to relay man. Coach Bill Siebenberg's Spartans won 15-- . . football Don Conrad coach has been named interim baseball coach at Southern Utah State College here. - Conrad succeeds Tilts Tell Region Tale Topsy-Turv- y MURRAY. It was hardly what one would describe as a routine resume league play Tuesday at Tooele. week in Region Seven Jordan after meeting Uintah Both yesterday. games start at 3:30. baseball. Murray started the week out Friday by bombing Cyprus But, on Monday, the That same day, hosts Cyprus 15-- region-favorit- e Spar- tans were upended by a vastly improved Judge team, Coming off that big win, Judge hosted Cyprus the following day and was promptly blown off the field, 5-- 18-- did not Consistency reign supreme. REGION SEVEN STANDINGS (Through Tuesday) Cyprus league standings as much as one might assume. Coach Bill Siebenbergs Spartans remained on top with a mark, counting among their weeks win in games a Jorover innings eight dan. Cyprus is in second with a record, Coach LaRon Uncks Pirates having lost a 4-- 1 6-- 5 3-- 2 5-- 4 decision to Tooele on Friday, in addition to its split with Murray and Judge. Coach Dave Disor-bio- s ) Bulldogs also fell victim to the Buffs, 10-- 6 on Tuesday. Judge is idle this week. Murray headed for Las Vegas yesterday (Wednesday) to try its odds in a tourna(3-4- ment against teams from Arizona, California and Nevada. The Spartans 18, Judge 5 The Pirates exploded for nine runs in the fourth inning, prompting Coach LaRon Un-c- k to comment, We learned something from Murray. When the dust had cleared at the UofU field, the west valley squad had pounded out 16 hits and stolen six bases. Randy Jones had five runs batted in on a 3x6 effort, while Gil Romero went 4x5 with three. Also having more than one hit were Paul Still, when the week ended, the surprises did not jumble the Hack Coon, Ran- base hits and the Pirates made a pair of errors. Joe Rotzler homered in the sixth and the Pirates pushed of runs another pair home on two walks, a passed ball and a sacrifice. Jones was the winning pitcher, but yielded to Romero in the fourth and Anderson came on in the seventh to mop up. The win moved the Pirates into second place in the league with a 2 record, while Judge dropped to 3-- 3-- Judge 5, Murray 4 Murray was cruising along comfortably Monday, resting on a lead against Judge, a school which had not 3-- 0 dy Anderson, Marty beaten the Spartans in Jones and Andy Hill. years. But the complacenThe Bucs picked up two runs in the first on cy took its toll as Joe singles by Coon and Rotzler unleashed a Romero and a double big bat in the final two by Hill. Anderson and innings to lift the Hill had singles in the Bulldogs to the upset third to produce a run. over the region Then the roof fell in leaders. on the Bulldogs. Spartan lefty Kevin Wooley had a double Wright was breezing and Jones a pair of along with a one-hlead base blows, while shutout and Coon, Steve Bracken, one out into the sixth Romero and Doug inning when he surDilley all devivered rendered consecutive base hits in the fourth. singles to right field by There were also four Mark Murphy and walks, a hit batsman Brett Hansen. He went to a and a Judge error. The Pirates added count on Rotzler three more in the third before the Judge when Anderson and centerfielder caught Romero had safeties hold of a pitch and among a walk, a deposited it over the sacrifice and an error. left field fence to tie In the sixth an error, the game. a walk and a Rich Stung by the sudden Hardman single pro- comeback, Murray duced a run and the struck right back. In the top of the Pirates got two more in the seventh when seventh, Floyd ArmJones tripled after a strong singled and walk and another stole second. One out Romero single. later, he broke for Judge finally got on third. Armstrong had the board in the fourth third easily, but he when Mike Clark and was able to come all Rudy Chong delivered the way home when it the throw sailed into left field. Spartan sophomore Spence McDonald, who relieved Wright in the sixth, struck out the first Judge batter in the seventh before giving up singles to Justus Romero and Murphy. The Bulldogs loaded the sacks when Armstrong misplayed a force attempt at second, setting the stage for more heroics by Rotzler. He lifted a high fly to the sun deep left field. Murrays Craig Donaldson was unable to come up with the fly near the fence and it dropped in for a double, driving in the tying and winning runs. Rotzlers hit gave the mound win to Robert Thomas, who scattered six hits and struck out seven. - Thomas looked strong, even in giving up two runs in the third on a double by Brent Hilton and a solo score in the fifth on a base rap by John Morgan. Before his departure, Wright retired 10 Bulldogs on strikes. he not been covering the bag on Woods steal attempt. Base hits by Paul Beck, Dave Erickson and Brent Hilton followed, mixed in with a sacrifice fly, a walk and an error, before Roumpos came up with his second hit of the inning. Seven runs were in. Beck capped the explosion with his second hit of the frame, a homer to left. Murray added insurance in the sixth on a triple by Armstrong and a runscoring double by Maurice Watts. Cyprus had opened the scoring in the sethree-ru- n two-ru- n cond on a solo shot by After Doug Dilley. Murray took a 1 edge in the third on a two-ru- n single by Morgan, the Pirates tied it when Steve Bracken 2-- (SeePage 3, Col. 1) Mitchell, who resigned from the post. A 1973 graduate of SUSC, Conrad came to the Cedar City school as an assistant football coach. Conrads appointment as interim baseball coach is for the remainder of the current season, according to SUSC athletic director Steve Lunt. After the season is completed, a review of coaching assignments will be if made and, necessary, new assignments made, the SUSC official noted. Prior to arriving at SUSC in July of 1979, Conrad served as head grid mentor at Cyprus for four years. Before that, he was defensive coordinator in the Pirate football program for two years. Conrad was assistant baseball coach for the Pirates for six years, serving three of those seasons as an aide to Mitchell, who was the head baseball coach at Cyprus for three years. run innings enroute to a victory over the 9-- 1 Eagles. Coach Ron Rushtons squad was the league leader (with a mark) 3-- 0 frame in finishing up. Olympus scored one run in the third and four in the seventh. Rushton substituted freely midway through region REGION THREE STANDINGS yesterdays Colts 23, Oly 5 Kim Facer collected four hits (including a two-ru- n homer in the third inning) in as 5-- 1 (Through Tuosday) W Ttom Cottonwood 3 Crangor East Skyline Cronito Olympus L CB Pctg. 0 1.000 .647 .667 .333 .333 .000 in five runs, highlighting Cottonwoods destruction of the Titans Monday. The Colts pushed across 10 runs in the second inning, scoring two in both the first and fourth, four in the third and five in the sixth. Facer, Troy Davis and Glen Nash each drove in two runs in the big Cottonwood second. The Colts belted two other home runs besides the two-ru- n shot by Facer in the third. Dave Carter delivered a message to the visitors about what was in store when he led off the bottom of the first by hitting the first Titan pitch for the circuit. Bryan Banks added a bases-empt- y shot for Cottonwood in the sixth. Dave Ballard matched Facers 4x4 plate performance, rapping a triple among his four hits. Nash and Mike Moore each went 3x4 (Moores total in- cluding a double and three RBIs), while Davis drove in four runs in going 2x4. Colt starter Rocky Lambourne pitched four innings, allowing four hits and one Titan run while striking out six and walking one. Carl Coates, Brad Knight and Bob Dear-doreach hurled one ff contest. cond, the Colts 9, Eagles delivered 1 0 n with a single, stole glancing back in sports with the . se- - . . Cyprus high outin lasted Granite extra innings, with doubles by Mike 6-- 4 Jenkins and Stan Saltas, plus a home run by Nick Beck, ac- counting for the decisive Pirate runs. Mel Hadfield struck out 11 in picking up the mound decision for Cyprus. Jenkins paced Pirate hitters with a 2x4 performance, while Roger McMullin collected two singles and a triple in four for the Farmers. (That was April, 1966). at-ba- ts 2-- 2 Cyprus and Murray, were tied 2 in the 2-- when 0 mu George Roumpos started off the parade when he followed a base hit by Brent Wood with a perfectly executed hit and run that dribbled through into right the position where the second baseman normally would have been, had 'i i'iw? Mewe lifi AMERCfGiOH Its the simple solution to home improvement needs. Pay only for the time you use the money to remodel, add a room, kitchen, patio, or insulate to save energy or make any other worth , - , - r- r SWINGIN' WIDE . . . Murray' Brent Hilton hi body intide from the bag to di- - stretche L J rupt double play try by Cyprus second sacker Rich Hardman. while modernization. This means you can pay ahead and save interest. Or pay the whole loan off early without penalty. The loan is ready when your plans are. Get the best kind of a loan at Each affiliate bank of First Security Corporation is a member of FDIC. timely-hittin- g Carter his second single of the two-ru- n Skyline scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first when an Eagle double and a pair of Cottonwood errors allowed the hosts to score their only run of the game. The Skyline edge held up until the top of the third when the Colts enjoyed the first of their two, three-ruframes. After Lane Lewis walked and Daren Evans reached base on a bunt single, the two executed a double steal. Carter, after chasing both runners home Murray 15, Cyprus 2 fourth home Moore, who had doubled with In the three-ru- n two out. the contest, and more than 20 Colts saw action in the lopsided 3-- 0 Siebenberg went to the hit and run. For the rest of the inning, all the Spartans did was hit and run around the bases. When they were done, the score was 12-- 2 and the game all but over. singled Cottonwood sixth, Facer singled, stole second and came around on a base hit by Lewis, who advanced on a wild pitch and stole third. After Evans walked and stole se- a many plate drove and Fankhauser. Brett Jensen hit a home run to left center with one out in the fourth, then Cottonwood made it in the fifth when Nash bases-empt- y going into (Wednesdays) scheduled contest at Granger. League action is slated to resume next week, with the Colts hosting East on Monday and Granite on Wednesday. Both games will begin at 3 p.m. cond and advanced to third on a throwing error. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Rich game. The Colts tallied their final run in the top of the seventh, when Nash singled, stole second and scored on a single by Jensen. Jensen hurled the first six innings for Cottonwood, allowing the single Eagle run which was unearned. Reporting Violations Encouraged SALT LAKE. The first call to the line for reporting wildlife violations to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has resulted toll-fre- e four arrests, in ac- cording to DWR officials. An anonymous caller reported the frequent shooting of ducks and pheasants in the Magna area, division spokesmen noted. DWR law enforcement specialist Bruce Johnson investigated the case and apprehend-e- d four juvenile in the act of suspects shooting ducks. Court action is pending. Currently under investigation are several other wildlife violation cases reported through the toll-fre- e calling program, division officials said. The (See Page 3, Col. 9) |