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Show Prep league battles begin r 1 if " t t j V r. I ' - - V ',-, -;- -v ... 1 , 1 f - ' ' - , - . j It i. ' " I . ' ! . " - " , , . 1 i " 1 ( W-- - -.; . - . j . . . - - - ' -. : Openers bring mixed results to S. Davis teams League play began this week in both Regions 1 and 6. Davis drew a bye on Tuesday while Viewmont suffered a disappointing loss to Weber. Wednesday, however, the Vikes were back with a vengeance overpowering Layton; the Darts edged Roy. Region 6 action found Bountiful splitting a pair and Woods Cross losing two straight in high-scoring bouts. BOUNTIFUL 9, GRANITE 3 BOUNTIFUL Offensive prowess and a solid pitching performance per-formance by Brave senior Jon Harmer handed the Bountiful High baseball team a 9-3 win over the Granite Farmers Tuesday. Harmer hurled the ball for six innings in-nings allowing only three hits and two walks in Tuesday afternoon's Region 6 opener. In spite of the strong offensive showing, coach Phil Olson had mixed feelings about the win. "We swung the bat well, but we're not where we want to be yet defensively. That has me a little concerned," Olson said. The Braves finished the game with 16 hits and only two strikeouts. strike-outs. MURRAY 7, BOUNTIFUL 4 The Braves watched a 2-0 lead become a three-point deficit Thursday Thurs-day as the Murray Spartans dropped Bountiful 7-4 in Region 6 baseball action. Errors cost the Braves a win in their second league matchup, coach Phil Olson said. The Braves led 2-0 until a three-run three-run homer in the fifth gave the Spartans Spar-tans a 3-2 advantage which the SEE BASEBALL ON A-10 Viewmont pitcher Brad Rencher led the Vikings to their first Region 1 win this season over Layton Wednesday. The Vikes battered the Lancers 1 4-4. cher Dave Webster. Webster struck 11 Vikings out and allowed only two hits as Viewmont fell to 1-4 on the young baseball season. Weber's win catapulted the Warriors to an impressive im-pressive 4-0 standing. VIEWMONT 14, LAYTON 4 After a disappointing loss to Weber Tuesday, the Vikings were out to seek a little vindication on their next opponent And, like the sun which finally awoke from hibernation and shone with radiance Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, the Vikings awoke from their slump to hammer the Layton Lancers 14-4 taking advantage of 10 walks courtesy of the the Layton pitcher. Layton jumped to a 2-0 lead early, ear-ly, but a 7 -run, Viewmont score-fest in the second inning backed by five, third inning runs overwhelmed the hapless Lancers and earned both teams a 1-1, Region 1 standing. The game was called after five innings. 'Cats who loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning but couldn't muster a run. "Obviously, we don't have any trouble scoring,' WX coach Steve Lindsay reported. "We've managed manag-ed to score 23 runs in two games. That's pretty good. "We just didn't have any pitching pit-ching against Murray and no defense against Jordan. It's very frustrating." DAVIS 2, ROY1 After enjoying a bye Tuesday afternoon as Region 1 competition opened, the Davis Darts opened league action Wednesday with a 2-1 win over Roy. Tied at one after four innings, the Darts managed to capitalize on Royal errors to score what would eventually become the winning run at the bottom of the fifth. Davis played solid defense allowing allow-ing only 2 errors while the error-ridden error-ridden Royals finished Tuesday's game with 6. Neither team dominated offensively. The Darts logged 3 hits to the Royals' 2. Darts pitcher Ryan Sprague was credited with the win after logging 8 "royal" strikeouts and allowing just one unearned run in the third. WEBER 5, VIEWMONT 1 Defending Region 1 champion Viewmont struggled against the Weber Warriors in both teams' league opener Tuesday afternoon as the Vikes fell victim to Warrior pit- Baseball CONTINUED FROM A-9 . Braves could not overcome, even with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh. "We did not play good defense at all," Olson said. "We're at a disadvantage because we've only played two preseason games, but we'll be all right. We just need to keep playing." In spite of the loss, Bountiful continued to hit the ball well logging logg-ing 11 hits to Murray's 9. Bountiful senior centerfielder Scott Erickson finished the game with a home run, a triple and a single. Errors, however, became the crucial factor in Thursday's match. Murray suffered one while Bountiful Boun-tiful was credited with four. MURRAY 18, WX 12 The Woods Cross Wildcats' Region 6 baseball opener with Murray became a slug fest, tallying a total of 30 runs; unfortunately for the 'Cats, however, WX allowed an 11 - run lead to dissolve into a 6-run deficit. The Spartans logged an 18-12 victory Tuesday over Woods Cross after trailing 12-1 at the bottom of the third inning. Murray logged four home runs en route to winning both teams' league openers. Defensively, the 'Cats were credited with only two errors compared com-pared with Murray's five, but the Spartans outhit Woods Cross 15-8. JORDAN 12, WX11 On Wednesday, the Jordan Beet-diggers Beet-diggers dropped Woods Cross to 0-2 in league play edging the 'Cats 12- 1 1 in another high-scoring duel. Woods Cross led 11-8 at the top of the seventh, but a four-point Jordan Jor-dan scoring spree in the 'Diggers final at bat spelled doom for the |