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Show r ,., i The Uintah baseball squad is getting closer to full stride after two exciting wins last week and one yesterday. The Utes traveled to South Sevier last Tuesday to test an arm and a line-up. Brian Fletcher assumed the mound duties while Justin Decol started in left and Lance Stevens led off. , . Fletcher pitched a complete game four run victory and helped his own cause 1 with a single and a run scored. Stevens went two for four with an RBI and a run scored while Decol played solid defense in left field. Mansfield, Murray and Olsen, the heart of the Ute line-up continue to produce big numbers. Scott went three for four with an RBI and two runs scored batting 18 Vernal Express Wednesday, ftT A. 1 4 ferf-Wta " - ' f " fe' vU' ' '7. -3 j fin UNKNOWN UTE soccer player attempts to header the ball in for a goal just missing. Soccer team goes 2-1 for the week to stay in hunt for region Uintah started last week in a 3 way tie for first place. By the end of the week, they had established themselves as the team to beat. Playing at Spanish Fork last Wednesday, Uintah felt they had something to prove to themselves. The team had had a hard time putting together two consistent halves of play. The Dons were just what Jhe doctor doc-tor ordered. The Utes came out hustling and playing aggressively. Even though the team only led one to nothing at the half, they were in complete control. con-trol. According to Head Coach Ed Browning, one of the best indicators of play is shots on goal the Utes had 20, the Dons had 4, for the entire en-tire game! Ute captain Jared McKeachnie scored two goals for the team while Kory Goodwin put in the other with an assist from McKeachnie. "Wc were Juslf quicker than they were" Coach " Browning stated. "Clint Dudley (the other Ute captain) cap-tain) played beautifully, setting up our offense with some great chip passes. We just missed our first "Header" goal of the season when Goodwin missed an open net shot by getting a lad too low on the ball." Another amazing statistic was second. Ryan went three for three, scored three times and had two RBI's including another home run. Dave Olsen, batting in the cleanup position went two for four, scored once and had a two run homer. The Utes never trailed as they led 3-1 after one, 5-2 after two, 7-2 after af-ter five and 9-3 going into the bottom bot-tom of the seventh with Sevier scoring scor-ing once in the bottom of the seventh sev-enth to make the final 9-4.' The Utes then traveled to Wasatch on Friday to open Region play. It was another typical Uintah game. It was also another different Uintah lineup. Shane Lemon was on the mound, Travis Iverson was in left and Billy Meyers was batting for himself instead in-stead of a DH (usually Mott). "Billy had been hitting really well in practice all week so we decided April 10, 1991 wi'i-r&&frfmtm I ' 4 ' in, ,,,,,11 , steals. Uintah had 89 steals for the game, a phenomenal number considering con-sidering their average is around 25-30. 25-30. "The Spanish Fork coach told me it seemed like we had two extra players on the field" Coach Browning stated. For the game; McKeachnie scored two goals on three shots, Goodwin scored one goal on three shots. Dudley, Laurence and McKeachnie all had one assist. In the steal department; Dudley led with 17, Jason Anfinson had 11, Chad Luck had 10, McKeachnie 9, Blair 8, Forsgren and Wood 7 each, Laurence 6, Cleavenger and Cook 4 each, Goodwin and Reynolds each had 3. The 3-0 win moved the Utes to 2-0-1 for the season. Uintah then played Carbon at home on Friday. Going into the game, Ute Coach Browning stated his team must put back to back solid efforts in for the first time this year they did. Even though Uintah was a bit more sluggish than their coach cared for, they still led 1-0 at the half and it wasn't that close. The Utes played even better defense de-fense against the Dino's than against Spanish allowing only two shots on goal the entire game absolute ab-solute domination. V- j to let him hit in the game" Ute Coach Brent Labrum stated. Good move. Meyers went one for two but reached base and scored three times on two walks and an error, er-ror, to go along with his 5 stolen bases, including stealing third twice. The Utes began this game with a bang, sending ten men to the plate in the first inning and scoring four. Only problem was, Wasatch almost al-most duplicated the feat sending nine batters themselves and scoring four also. In the second, Uintah scored again on a solo home run by Scott Mansfield his first of the season. Wasatch responded with three of their own to go up 7-5 after two. Uintah scored again in the third on the strength of Meyer's two stolen bases but Wasatch responded with four more runs to take an 11-6 lead. III J t Uintah came out in the second half and scored with only 25 seconds sec-onds elapsed. "We told the kids at half they needed to pick it up a notch and they did" Browning stated. stat-ed. "We went after the ball as well as I have seen all year." Again shots on goal was a good barometer Uintah had 20 compared com-pared to Carbon's two. The Utes added a mere (for them) 30 steals. Coach Browning began pulling his front line out with 15 minutes left in the contest and still dominated. dominat-ed. "Every game the team sets goals they would like to achieve and for this game the kids wanted to score three times and allow only one goal. If they achieve their goal, I buy them snickers bars" Coach Browning sadly stated. "They are starting to reach their goals on a consistent basis, which is a good newsbad news situation for me, we have a lot of kids on this team!" The line on this game was consistent consis-tent with the Don's game. McKeachnie scored two goals on seven shots, Goodwin scored once on four shots. McKeachnie and Luck each had an assist Reynolds led the team in steals with 1 1, followed by Dudley with 6, Anfinson had 5, McKeachnie 4, , Continued on page 20 The Utes came back in the fourth, sending 11 men to the plate and scoring six runs, three of those coming com-ing off a line drive homer by Mickey Keiver to take a 12-11 lead. Lemon held Wasatch scoreless in the fourth. The Utes again pounded the hide off the ball sending eight men to the plate, scoring three and stranding two more. 15-11 Utes. Scott Gardiner came in to relieve Lemon in the fifth and held Wasatch scoreless. ; The Utes went down in order in the sixth as did Wasatch to leave the score at 15-11. Uintah failed to score in the seventh sev-enth and seemed to have the game in control with Gardiner on the mound heading into the bottom half of the inning. Not so. Wasatch rallied by drawing a walk TeononDS tieainm ftaE&es mMlft) Team Uintah faced it's toughest Region challenge to date as undefeated unde-feated Lehi came to town. With two undefeated teams facing off for first place in Region, something some-thing had to give. Uintah was 8-0 while Lehi was 7-0 and both teams felt they were the favorites going in The Utes had one other factor in their favor pay back. Head Coach Eric Pye was at the helm when the Lady Utes traveled to Lehi earlier in the year under similar circumstances. circum-stances. "We had a very young team and didn't really expect to have the opportunity op-portunity to play" 'for the Region crown when we traveled to Lehi" Pye explained. "But when we got out there, the coach (who is also the head coach for the boys team) was rude and abrupt with some of the girls because he wanted to win so badly. So the men's team wanted to show him how a team and community commu-nity can win with class." And win they did. With the Lady Utes looking on, Shane Bullock led the charge. Bullock had been extended to three sets by the same player the previous year, but it was a different story this time. Mixing a strategy of serve and volley power tennis with precise passing shots. Bullock dismantled his Lehi opponent in straight sets 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to remain undefeated for the year. FRESHMEN HATCH rubs tender "butts up" r-J? .:"'..,.. ..... ... I j ?lc High School Rodeo team doing well High school Rodeo team , doing well The Uintah High School Rodeo team competed , at Moab and Mohticello, March 22, 23, where the team members came home winner win-ner Nikki Wilkins, a junior, placed fifth in the barrels. Her sister, placed second in barrels. Brandy Wilkins was first attendant in the Queen contest and placed second in the break-away. Also in the barrels, Sheila Wilkins came home with a ! . C"" "" ! VW 0" Ml ui n j- V-T- n;,:i't V'H fvt i ( , javrll A COACH LABRUM "bungoes" to Eaton looks on. and tagging Gardiner for two consecutive con-secutive singles to score one. With two on and two out, Wasatch's cleanup man pounded a double to score two more and make the score 15-14. Gardiner went to a 3-1 count before forcing a game ending p fT' jw; L " . I . - ; " ' r,,,:,,. i. ..ri,i.ll..,.. wwii. .wi . r '' ww! lm:ikmtnt!STt W t lit I 1I?U-M I'M t -. I - - -. s iw : 'VS('i"sVi5.... " , I f ' " - " f ' - I JEFF SNOW and Jordon Hatch warm up prior to match with Lehi. Both young men have seen varsity action and continue to improve. Tobias Teufer followed suit, using his familiar style of base line ground-strokes to wear his opponent spot after losing in a game of second and third place. Cricket Allen and Randy Wilkins, both juniors, placed first in team roping. Allen also placed in the calf roping. Rocky and Breed Searle both placed in the bullriding. Breed placed 5th and Rocky came home with a tic for third and a fourth. , The team was the smallest one there, but if points were taken by team or by spirit the Uintah team would have won. This past weekend, the team traveled trav-eled to Ogdcn. infield as Ute catcher Dave groundout to Meyers. "It just goes to show how unpredictable this game can be sometimes" Head Coach Brent Labrum stated. "We expected a pitcher's duel and ended Continued on page 19 down. Toby also won his match in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. "Toby plays a classic clay court game" Coach Pye stated. "He sits back on the baseline hitting heavy topspin and kind of lulls his opponents into floating a shot back and then "wham" he drives it down the line for a win-ner. win-ner. Starting at number three singles for the first time this year, Kyle Klein put up an admirable fight. "We had heard that Lehi had very tough doubles teams and had 'loaded' 'load-ed' them up" Coach Pye explained, "so we moved our ace in the hole Courtney Nelson, to the doubles dou-bles position and brought Kyle in at number three. Klein played very well against an experienced senior dropping a 2-6, 3-6 decision." At number one doubles, Eric Enloe and Sheridan Peck kept their unbeaten. streak alive and beat another an-other undefeated team (Box Elder was the first) in a high energy match-up. At times the ball was moving so fast with all four players at the net it took a second to realize the point had ended. But in the end, it was Enloe's and Peck's experience experi-ence which payed off. "Eric is ranked second in State in doubles and Sheridan made it to the State finals last year at number two doubles" Pye explained. "When matches get tough, they respond with a higher level of play." After taking the first set 6-1, the Ute doubles team had to come back from a 5-3 deficit to tie the set at 6 all and force a tic-breaker. In the tiebreaker, tie-breaker, the Ute twosome fought tooth and nail for each point as the tie-breaker was led by first one and then theipthcr team up to 6- 5 for Lehi. Peck, then hit two booming serves to pot the Utes up 7-6 and Continued on page 21 |