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Show Rod Conklin beefs Tom Sprouse for singles crown Rod Conklin of Vernal lost the first set to Tom Sprouse, 6-4, but he rallied with 6-1 and 6-2 triumphs in the second and third sets to capture first place in the men's singles at the UBIC Tennis tournament in Roosevelt, Saturday. Sprouse jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first set, but Conklin tied up the first set at 2-2. Sprouse grabbed a 40-15 lead in the fifth game and won the encounter en-counter to go up by one game. A 5-4 lead was gained by Sprouse and he jumped out to a 40-15 lead in the tenth game. Conklin won a point to cut Sprouse's lead to 40-30, but Conklin was long on a shot and Sprouse won the first set, 6-4. Conklin jumped out to a 30-0 lead in the first game in the second set and Sprouse scored to cut his opponent's lead to 30-15. Conklin won the next point for a 40-15 lead. Sprouse darted close to the fence, hit the ball over the net, but set up Conklin for an easy shot and the winner. Vernal's Conklin owned a 2-1 lead early in the second set and won the rest of the games for a 6-1 triumph in the second set. He turned in a good overhead shot and then he produced a cross court return for a point to gain his first win in the set. Conklin won the fourth game for a 3-1 lead. Conklin jumped out to a 30-0 lead in the fifth set. Sprouse turned in an excellent ex-cellent cross court shot to reduce Con-klin's Con-klin's lead to 30-15. Conklin produced an easy cross court shot for a 40-15 lead and turned in a good shot that was just in bounds on the right side of the court for a win to take a 4-1 lead. Long and wide shots by Sprouse presented a 30-0 lead to Conklin in the sixth game. However, Sprouse tied up the game at 30-30 when Conklin was unable to return a shot just over the net by Sprouse. Conklin gained a 40-30 lead when Sprouse was a bit long on his return shot. A good cross court shot by Sprouse tied up the game at 40-40, but wide and long shots by Sprouse gave Conklin a triumph and a 5-1 lead. Sprouse pocketed a 15-0 lead in the seventh game. Sprouse had a shot land just barely in bounds and then won the point when he returned Conklin's shot with a powerful slam. The game was tied at 15-15 and a good low return shot that just barely cleared the net gave Conklin a 30-15 lead. The game was tied at 30-30 and a good cross court shot by Sprouse gave him a 40-30 lead. Sprouse turned in a good twisting motion mo-tion and put the ball over the net, but Conklin scored the winner with a cross court shot that landed to the left of Sprouse, who was unable to return it and Conklin won the second set, 6-1. A 2-1 lead was acquired by Sprouse in the third set. Some of the highlights of the first three games were a soft shot by Sprouse that just hit the line and two over head shots by Sprouse. Conklin won the fourth game to tie up the third set at 2-2 and won the fourth game for a 3-2 lead. Conklin owned a 40-30 lead in the sixth game and Conklin Con-klin won the game and grabbed a 4-2 advantage when Sprouse was unable to put the racket on the ball and it v , ' S ; J J TENNIS CHAMPION, Rod Conklin, competes in the UBIC Tennis Tournament championship match in Roosevelt, Saturday. Satur-day. Conklin lost the first set, but won the second and third sets for first place. stayed on his side of the net. The ball failed to go over the net. but the racket took its place and landed on the Conklin Con-klin side of the net. Conklin jumped out to a 15-0 lead on a shot in the net by Sprouse in the seventh game. The game was tied at 15-15 and then two long shots by Sprouse gave Conklin a 40-14 advantage. advan-tage. A long shot by Conklin cut Con-klin's Con-klin's lead to 40-30. Sprouse tied up the game at 40-40 and tied it up once again. Sprouse produced a cross court shot that Sprouse couldn't return and won the game for a 5-2 lead. A 40-0 lead was netted by Conklin in the eighth game and the winner was scored by Conklin when his serve bounced off Sprouse's racket no good to give Conklin a 6-2 win in the third set. "I served it hard and it went off his racket," stated Conklin. "This has been a pretty good couple of weeks of tennis. I've been lucky." Conklin won the Vernal City Tennis Tournament singles crown and teamed up with his brother, Tom Conklin, for doubles titles in Vernal and Roosevelt. John Hullinger beat Dave Reay, 6-1, 6-2 and Dennis Garner downed Lee Marrett. Conklin had a bye in the first round and Russell Goodrich downed Tom Heidebrink. Sprouse downed Gerald Golding and Day DeLaHunt beat Mike Peterson. Burke Eldredge downed Kelly Reay, 6-0, 6-1. Hullinger downed Garner and Conklin beat Goodrich. Sprouse beat DeLaHunt and Eldredge downed John Paul Murphy in second round matches. Murphy beat Morlin Buchanan in a first round match. Sprouse beat Eldredge and Conklin downed Hullinger in semifinal semi-final matches. Rose Mary Bigelow placed first in the ladies' singles when she beat Gayle Buchanan, 7-6. 4-6. 6-2. Tom Conklin won the boy's singles. 6-3. 6-2 and Ron Winn placed second. Rose Mary Bigelow and Rod Conklin won the mixed mix-ed doubles title and Morlin and Gayle Buchanan placed second. Tom and Rod Conklin beat DeLaHunt and Sprouse for the men's doubles crown. 1 ' " " t " - ? ' i . V '. v ' ,f'V'f '. ' yV i r- .- ' V TOM SPROUSE studies the action on the other side of the net and gets ready for a possible return shot. Sprouse won the The Conklin brothers downed i, l and Peterson and DeUHum Sprouse downed Buchanan Garner. Eldredge and Hullinger A ed Harrison and Peterson Debw and Sprouse defeated Hullino,, " Eldredge. ger and first set, but lost the next two sets in a singles championship match against Rod Conklin, Saturday in Roosevelt. |
