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Show ou're in for a10change minutes out in and you're slides safely Into second with stolen base during State Legion. SAVED IT . . . Granger's Bobby Fratto makes stab at ball as Lance Pratt of Granite From Legion Play - Granite, Granger Ousted SALT LAKE. Cottonwoods quest for the state Legion title included a victory Wednesday night over a young Granger team that had been impressive in its early outings. Following that 1 was from the loss, Granger eliminated tourney by another Green Sheet area nine - by a deciThat same night -- sion. 3-- 2 (Thursday), itself put Cot-tonwoo- d in the drivers seat with a 6-- 1 victory over Hillcrest. Granite then suffered the fate Friday that befalls many tournament teams - its pitching was depleted and -- U, Pro Ranks Calling Kearns Diamond Stars KEARNS. At least three members of the Kearns American Legion baseball team will play the game at a higher level next season. Pitcher Kelly Lund has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Utah on a scholarship while lefty Tracy Johnson, who also played in the outfield, is also reportedly considering an offer from the Ute coaches. Johnsons brother Mark plays forBYU. Shortstop Ryan Job signed a professional contract with the Milwaukee Brewers organization early this week and will report to the teams Billings, Mont, entry in the Pioneer year. League next Horseshoe Qualifying Being Held SALT LAKE. The first phase of the inaugural Utah horseshoe doubles championship was held Saturday in conjunction with qualifying for places in the singles title round. Pairing for theis doubles competition being carried out by selecting the top and bottom player on the roster to form team No. 1, the second from the top and second from the bottom for team No. 2, and so on until all those desiring to play doubles have a team partner. The final round for doubles action will be held Aug. 23 at Liberty park beginning at 7 p.m. On Saturday, horseshoe pitching activity is planned as part of the Deweyville Days celebration. Tossing will begin at 5 p m. Highland struck for a victory Friday. Cottonwd 6, lifted in the third frame in favor of Mark Olsen who was replaced by Don Jones in the sixth. It marked the end of a 9-- 1 Hillcrest 1 Greg Romeros runscoring double with two out in the sixth inning ruined Rocky good 9, Granite fourth 8-- Jones performance reflected his season-lon- g pitching style, tions with men on board, Jones came through. He gave up solo runs in the second and fourth, but was never really threatened thereafter. The decisive inning was the fourth. Granger pitcher' Darrin Steele s retired the first two bat-ter- before Granger was then responded with a run in the fifth when Mike Quigley doubled home Kerry Fogarty, but the West Valley team could not muster the tally it needed to forge a tie. Granite put a run on the scoreboard in the first on singles by Dave Pratt and Scott Watson. Granger tied it one inning later when Gary Allen doubled, moved to third on a base hit by Bob Fratto and trotted home on a sacrifice fly by Brian Druce. Steele tossed a and struck out four in the losing effort. six-hitt- Bradford and Gatzemeier were each KEARNS. Fall soccer signups for the Kearns area will be held from 9 a m. to noon Saturday and Aug. 23, at Kearns Library. Boys and girls age may register. Fees will be $17, including uniform. A birth certificate is required. 2x2 to pace the Granite attack, while Quigley and Allen led Granger with two hits apiece. Cottonwood 4, Granger Arcadia, Bennion, vid Gourley, Fox Hills, Oquirrh Hills, South Kearns, Western Hills and West Kearns elementary schools and Kearns junior high are eligible to sign up. Anyone requiring further information may call 1 Rich Fankhauser the eventual buoyed champs in a game that featured an incredible number of young players still will - players MATTRESS Bocek. Tarbox greeted the bottom half of the frame with a base hit and Fankhauser drew a walk. Both runners moved up on a sacrifice fly by Mike Moore and scored when Glen Nash singled sharply to who have Legion eligibility left next season. Cottonwood struck for two quick runs in the CLOSEOUT ODDS and ENDS 100 SOFA center. Jensen helped himself when he chased Schaap t, SLEEPERS aV SLEEPERS AS LOW home with a base hit in the third and in the fourth Lane Lewis scored on a Tarbox double. Jensen held Granger in check until the sixth when he walked two runners and there were a pair of Cottonwood errors, but the lefty struck out Bob Fratto with the bases full to put an end to the threat. Jensen allowed only one hit, a two-ou- t double by Gary Allen in the seventh. 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Granite trailed i players I k ft 4. wl tom k.3 A GOOdV- - ; l P 9 mm Top Of The Line SPRING AIR FAMOUS POSTURE SERIES 0 when Dave Pratt stepped to the plate in the bottom of the first. Pratt singled, and his brother Lance followed with another hit, putting men on first and third. Scott Miller doubled home one run, and after a walk to Watson loaded the sacks, Paul Arnold singled in another run. At this point, Orem began to fall apart. Three walks and four Orem errors broke the game wide open as Granite A strong pitching performance backed up by solid play at short by attending 966-063- collected Granite to score what proved to be the winning run. Bruce Da- and Todd Bradford misplayed, allowing 1 Registration Is Slated For Fall Soccer League Students Gatzemeier Pratt were Clayton a home run duroutburst. ing a four-ru- n Bryan Mark singles. Ground balls off the bats of Jones and Dave back-to-bac- Lester sur- rendering about a hit per inning and striking out only four batters. But in pressure situa- Robert and Granite kept alive through the fourth day of the tournament. Granger outhit the Post 112 club but two costly errors in the fourth gave Granite ace Don Jones enough of a lead to keep his teams tourney hopes alive. Fellows, avoiding being shut out when Dave Pratt scooted home on k singles by Scott Miller and Scott Watson after living on an error. Highland scored a run in the second, two in the third and did most of the damage in the fourth when Fellows slugged a double Granger 2 3, i 14, 1980 first off Grangers Joe show- A pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the Granite was able to muster only two hits off Highlands West Valley View Thurs., Aug. 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Those wishing to regFashion Place Mall 262-402- 2 West Valley City, UT. ing for the fiesty Post 112 squad. bid for a nohitter and a shutout, but by then the big righthander had already virtually assured himself of MVP honors and his team of a spot in the finals Rick Schapp gave Lambourne all the runs he would need against the powerful Hillcrest squad with a two-ru- n homer in the second inning after Russ Trutzel lived on a fielders choice. Schaap singled home two more runs in a three-ru- n fourth and in the fifth a pair of Hillcrest efforts allowed Norm Tarbox to score and the Cottonwood fans were going wild. Although Lambourne walked half a dozen batters, he rifled third strikes past 13 and was in total control of the game. It was a stellar performance against a good team and Cottonwood was able to send Hillcrest ace Steve Nielsen to the bench in five innings. Highland tournament Phone Orders Accepted i ewJ V W4 J. WXfc r lsr , ( |