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Show r.' Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, March 24, 1993 Page 7 Tigers defeat Hunter, (earns, lose to West Jordan, Bv Gina Clark The Orem Tigers were busy last week with four pre-season baseball matchups. After two narrow nar-row losses against West Jordan and Granger, the Tigers defeated Hunter and Kearns to bring their record to 4-2. Orem 4, West Jordan 6 On Thursday, the West Jordan Jor-dan Jaguars silenced the Tiger bats on their way to a 6-4 victory. Scott Hall, Matt Jackman, and Mark Preston earned the only three Tiger hits of the game while a West Jordan homerun late in the seventh inning knocked in three runs and capped the Jaguar victory. Against the Jaguars, Orem "just didn't swing the bat," Tiger co-captain Micah Pullins said. Orem 4, Granger 5 Orem faced Granger in the first game of Friday's double-header. double-header. The Lancers popped out to a 3-0 lead in the first two innings in-nings until Orem's Ryan Bythell poked a double over centerfield to Returned Missionaries excel By Quig Nielsen Three major universities in Utah are now recruiting more than double the number of returned LDS missionaries for their basketball program than ten years ago, a quick survey shows. For the 1982-83 season Brigham Young University had only two returned missionaries in their program, Craig Christensen who served in Sydney, Australia, and Gary Furniss, in Papeete, Tahiti. This year BYU lists nine returned missionaries, David Astle of Sacramento, Calif., served a mission in Spain; Kurt Chirstensen of Salt Lake City, in Bordeaux, France; Ryan Cuff of Richfield, in Cordoba, Argentina; Mark Durrant of Provo, in Kentucky; Ken-tucky; John Fish of Salem, Ore., in Scotland; Russell Larson of South Weber, Utah, in Argentina; Jared Miller of Fielding, Utah, in Santiago, Chile; Randy Reid of Spanish ForUh4il New Jer- sey; and Gary Trost of Salt Lake ". City, in Philadelphia. Weber State University had one LDS missionary on its team ten years ago, Tom Heywood who missioned in London, England. On the team this year are Mike Sivulich who served in the Dominican Republic, and Alan Spencer in Central Mexico. The University of Utah has four returned missionaries playing play-ing this year. Josh Grant, who served his mission in England, Larry Cain of Ogden, Utah, Florida Spanish speaking, mark Rydalch of Oakley, Utah, Texas San Antonio, and Jeff Connolly of Salt Lake City, Japan. Interestingly, Interest-ingly, ten years ago, no LDS returned missionaries were on the Utah squad. At the recent WAC basketball tournament in Salt Lake City's sparkling new Delta Center five of the ten conference con-ference teams listed LDS returned missionaries on their rosters. The tourney, a highly successful basketball extravaganza, ex-travaganza, was well-organized and masterfully directed by the WAG commissioner's office. On the all tournament team, two of the five selected were LDS returned missionaries. Josh Utah Co. Parks reservation being taken Willow, Adventure, Vivian Nunns and Canyon Glen parks are now under the management of L & L INC. and individuals oi groups wishing to reserve them for summer use, may do so by calling L&L INC. at 226-3564. Reservations can be taken Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Willow and Nunns are the only two that are available avail-able for overnight camping. L & L management will be happy to answer any questions regarding the reservations and facilities of these parks. .. ... Additional Player Sherrie Rasmussen a senior at Orem High was inadvertantly left off the list of players named to the region first team. We are sorry that this happened. Ret the Tip-fir nffonoA (minor Rnff Hall followed with a solo homerun, sparking the Tigers to a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning. Granger evened things up in the fifth then loaded the bases on two walks and an error. One Granger run scored before the Tigers earned the final out. After a scoreless sixth inning for Orem, Granger loaded the bases again. Tiger catcher Tyler Mitchell stopped a Lancer runner at second, then Jon Clark struck out a batter and forced a pop-up to stop the Granger attack. The Tigers came up short in the seventh after a Lancer double-play double-play stranded Orem's tying run. Orem 10, Hunter 6 After the 5-4 loss to Granger, the Tigers struggled in the early innings against Hunter, falling behind by as much as 6-1. But the young Tiger squad pulled it together in the fifth inning, spurred by a Brett Daniels' double that knocked in two Orem runs. In all, the Tigers grabbed Grant of Utah, a player every coach in the league would like to have on his team, and Jared Miller of Brigham Young, an aggressive ag-gressive athlete who Coach Riley Wallace of Hawaii, declared, "he's my type of player." What is it about LDS returned missionaries thafs drawing the coaches attention? "Coaches understand the value of what a mission does for a young man and they accept the fact that this is a real commitment commit-ment to leave for two years to do church work," Chris Hill, athletic director at the University of Utah who like Wallace is not of the Mormon faith, said. "Coaches realize it is a maturing process and they see it as something that's definite positive." Brigham Young University's director of athletics, Glen Tuck-ett, Tuck-ett, says "Now a basketball player who goes on a mission interrupts his career rather than terminat-.ing terminat-.ing it In the past it was felt that a young man who went on a mission mis-sion would lose his legs, lose his touch and lose his desire," Tuck-ett Tuck-ett continued. "Gradually at BYU we have proved that philosophy to be wrong. For many years young returned missionaries participated par-ticipated in track and field, and in baseball. Pretty soon the attitude caught on and we found that these young men could do it in football and basketball too. We find the young men haven't lost much. I've always said that if a young man could play before he went on a mission he could play when he got back." The other three WAC conference con-ference teams with returned missionaries mis-sionaries playing this season were Air Force Academy with Bryce Morgan from Nephi, now a junior who served in Argentina; Hawaii with Jarinn Akana of Molokai, Hawaii, who served in Chile; and Fresno State with Brian Santiago from Provo who served in the Dominican Republic, and Chris Koford of Ogden, who served in England. Also on this year's Bulldogs roster is Alex Fisher from Salt Lake City, who will soon be leaving on amission. Asked whether it was more At Jerry's Sports Service we have sold trampolines for several manufactures manufac-tures during the past 11 years. We currently have chosen American Playworld tramps over other brands for these Tcasonsi ,1. SUN PROTECTION: heavy webbing to protect deterioration. 2.5 YEAR WARRANTY on fabric, stitching and frame. 3. POWER CURL FRAME reinforces the frame and eliminates sharp edges found on other frames. 4. 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Eight Tiger baserunners made it home in the second inning, in-ning, while the Kearns Cougars struggled unsuccessfully to keep up. The 13-2 win over Kearns gives the Tigers their fourth win in pre-season baseball action. Orem heads to Arizona today to wrap up pre-season play with four tournament games. in basketball difficult or easier to coach returned missionaries, BYlFs Coach Roger Reid replied,. "Coaching is coaching. I don't know whether they are tougher to coach or easier. One thing I can say, these young men work hard, they want to do their best, and they're goal oriented. It's really an honor to coach them." Then he added, "As everyone knows at BYU we encourage the young men to go on missions. When they return we're proud of them and the way they represent our university. We never have any ' problems with them in the classroom. class-room. These young men end up in , fine careers and make successful contributions to society." Two of the returned missionary mission-ary athletes in brief interviews praised the value of the missionary mission-ary training. "My mission helped me tremendously in basketball," Utah's Larry Cain who comes from Ogden, and whom his coach calls a "manufactured" player, I said. Tm older than most of the .-. players and my maturity has : helped me out in a lot of situa- tions. On my mission I learned and acquired a work ethic and ' that same ethic has helped me in :i my program to become a better v basketball player. I've always wanted to be a college basketball player and to become a doctor. Now I'm really excited to be accepted ac-cepted in the University of Utah medical school. I certainly recommend recom-mend a mission for anyone. My testimony grew during my mission mis-sion and I learned Spanish and can still speak it pretty well. Even though I've been home over two years I can still give the discussions discus-sions in Spanish." Brigham Young's all-conference Gary Trost, who served his mission in Philadelphia, is most appreciative for what his mission did for him. "A mission was a good experience for me to mature and develop mentally," he said. "It certainly helped me to become a better basketball player. I'd do it again without question and I'd recommend that every young man who hopes to play college basketball have a mission in his program." OHnnam V FREE LADDER j with Tramp Purchase H thru April I) Spring Sports Camps for Youth at BYU Brigham Young University is offering three spring sports camps for junior high students, high school students and adults to be taught by BYU coaches and athletes. The programs include Jeanie Wilson's Hoop It Up 3-on-3 Tour-nament Tour-nament for women and girls, Elaine Michaelis's Spring Volleyball Vol-leyball Camp and League for youth, and Keith Russell's Spring Diving Camp for youth. Wilson, BYU Lady Cougars head coach, will direct the Hoop It Up 3-on-3 Tournament Saturday Satur-day (April 10). Glenna DeLisle, assistant coach, and team members mem-bers will assist. Divisions for the tournament include junior high, high school (NCAA rules prohibit seniors' attending) and open (women college age and older). Wilson also will teach three one-hour Coaches Clinics to show other coaches the master techniques techni-ques that make the BYU women's basketball team the WAC's finest Coaches registering with two or more teams can attend the Coaches Clinic for free. Each participant will play in at least four games, receive a jersey jer-sey and compete against some of the best athletes in the West Per-, formance awards will be given to tournament winners. The Spring Volleyball Camp will be Friday (April 23) from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday (April 24) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. League games will be on Saturdays (May 1, 8, 15 and 22) from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The camp and leagues are open to boys and girls ages 8-17 from beginning to advanced levels. The cost for the spring camp and league play is $60. Participation Participa-tion in the spring camp only is $40. BYlFs women's volleyball team head coach Elaine Michaelis will teach the clinics, supported by assistant as-sistant coach Stephanie Trane and team members, the camp features fea-tures in-depth instruction and training, competition for all levels, a camp t-shirt and league performance awards. y " Participants may contact Sports Camps at 378-4851 for more registration information. Electric Shaver o All Brands a Same Day Service noqKeP)voai Sandmchts & frozen yogurt Athlete of the Week The Athtefe of the Week will receive a includes a Large Hogl Sandwich. Large Drink. SCOTT HALL Scott Hall is Orem High's Athlete Ath-lete of the Week for hittin&a home run against Granger to pace the Tigers scoring attack. Sponsored By: hogiSyogi Sanduncfies & frozen yogurt 71 South State Orem 222-9004 fj,, ,' By Ron Richardson I know if s not very comforting to remind everyone that in the NCAA tournament that out of the first 64 teams in the "dance", 34 were eliminated after the first round, BYU not being one of them. Last week I wrote that in order for the Cougars to win, they had to do four tilings. The only thing they missed on was the turnovers, and if not for that, the Coug8 would have advanced. Right after the loss to Kansas, I was feeling pretty dejected. I was sitting at my word processor working on another project when a "few-and-far-between", philosophical philo-sophical though came to me. And so, I hope that you will stick with me just for a few seconds while I wander a bit from sports in order to make my point. Ultimately, sports is at the bottom of all that I say here. Presently, I am also working on another project, a screen play. It takes a lot of my time. But that's all right Because it's important im-portant to me. Late that night, after the BYUKansas basketball game, and after I was long over feeling sorry for myself, I was working on the screen play. I sat back to read what I had written, and then I wondered to myself if what I had just put down on paper was really any good or not Suddenly, I realized real-ized that it really didn't matter -good or bad. I had put my best effort into it, and no matter how it turns out, I have done the very best that I can do. It's my best work and what more can anyone ask of himself? Then I thought of the basketball basket-ball team, and why I was discouraged, dis-couraged, and why it was that I shouldn't have been. What more can you ask out of anyone, out of any team, out of any one player, than their very best. And that is exactly what the BYU basketball team, players, and coaches have given to us this year. It's interesting for me to hear BYU fans say that the Cougars have not done well in NCAA Tournaments in the past, so there isn't much of a chance for them ...-v1MteS?itr.i : We Mend Erery&ing Under the Moon, THE MENDING SHED 1735 So. State St Orem 51735 South State Orem 225-8012 hogi(jsllaSj) HV5 Hogl Meal which Yogurt and Large Sponsored 7 1 South hoqi(jbsmgj) .v.v.v.y.v.v.v.vAWw,-vv.v.v.v.X..v.v... COUGAR COMMENTARY doing well in the future, or in this game, or during this season. What in the world does the past have to do with the present when you are playing a sporting event? Each game is started out like a brand new life, each shot at the basket is a new shot, good or bad, missed or made. To predict this season's results with our past records is insane. What basketball player goes out onto that floor not wanting to be a hero, not wanting to make every single basket that he or she puts up. Is it possible that they miss on purpose? Ridiculous. Yet sometimes some-times we "boo" a player because he throws an errant pass, or throws up a brick after playing his guts out for God, school, team, coach, family, and country. We actually "boo" that man. Shame on us. It's been a great year. The Cougars didn't win it all, but only one team will. A lot of very good teams are going to fly home very sad and very early before the final buzzer of the Tournament is finally sounded. And to those other 60 teams that lose out before the final four, it won't matter mat-ter one iota exactly where it was that they fell by the wayside. I remember that Duke won the Tournament last year, but how many of you remember who the final eight were? Yes, it's been a great season. The players played their guts out, and if you want anymore than that, then maybe Earth isn't where you belong. It's going to be very hard to replace our five great graduating seniors, Trost, Nixon, Sanderson, Miller, and Astle. Can a 7 ft.-6 sophomore, who hasn't played any sports for the past two years, make that much difference? A TV announcer during the NCAA Tournament made the prediction that with Sawn Bradley in the lineup, BYU will be a top 5 team next year. Who knows? Maybe. Well just have to wait and see. But until then, those five seniors who are leaving us for a "real life" have given me a lot of good memories. None Bad. Repair yogi Sanduncfies & frozen yogurt Athlete of the Week The Athlete of the Week will receive a Hogi Meal which Includes a Large Hogi Sandwich. Large Yogurt and Large Drink ALISON GARDNER Alison Gardner is Mountain View's Athlete of the Week for outstanding out-standing pitching performance during the St. George Tournament By: yogi Sanduncfies & frdzen yogurt State Orem 222-9004 |