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Show Gouniy lace fofics c off boll honors ... I 1 ..if' ' . i i . , -i K. . ' teit.'MrttiiragiWinnfflM -,laitM.iMMiiiimmr.riiteTirrin-.? day. It threw SUSC and Idaho Ida-ho State into a tie for first place, and forced a playoff. Denise pitched that game also, her third for the day. Idaho State won the tourna-m tourna-m ent, but both teams will travel to Greeley, Colo, for the Regional tournament which begins today (Thursday, (Thurs-day, May 12th) with the three top teams from this tournament tourna-ment to compete in the College Col-lege World Series. Competition will be tough for SUSC, which is the smallest smal-lest school In the tourney. Others competing at Greeley besides SUSC and Idaho State are University of Utah, Utah State University, Arizona University, Arizona State and Colorado University. Coach Joe Hilloch rates her as one of the finest athletes ath-letes he's had. Denise Wood, daughter of M r . and M rs . Vern Wood, led . her SUSC Softball team through the Intermountain Assn. for Women tourney in Pocatello, Idaho last week. She received an award from the IAIAW for the all-conference team pitcher. She was also chosen all-tourna-m ent pitcher. Denise 's athletic achievements achieve-ments come as no suprise to countyites who know her. She was the first Beaver County girl to receive an athletic scholarship. She's a true county representative. representa-tive. Her mother is a Milford girl, her dad a Minersville boy. She was raised in Minersville Min-ersville and graduated from Beaver High School, in the spring of 1975. It was a rugged tourney, with the Cedar City team matching up with Metro State, Adams State, Western State and Mesa College, all from Colorado, and Idaho State. Denise pitched two shutouts, 18-0 and 2-0. The 2-0- shutout was against Idaho State the final DENISE WOOD ISN'T AN AVERAGE RAGARM |