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Show Page 4 CITY SPORTS Wednesday, May 24, 1995 from HarwardL He was also impressed im-pressed with King's pitching in both the championship game and the rest of the season. "Seth won half of that game and Lance won half. I only had to pull a pitcher out of a game twice all season. They all did a great job," Harward said. The Tigers were very strong offensively as well. The final game saw first baseman Jon Clark leading Orem with three RBIs, followed by Erickson with two and King with one. Shawn Peterson had two hits to round out the effort. The baseball title ends a phenomenal year for Tiger Athletics. Ath-letics. November brought a football foot-ball title, followed by a wrestling title just a few months later. Jon Clark, Shawn Peterson, Todd Mitchell and Jason Gonzales all have championship rings for football, as well as one for wrestling wres-tling for Mitchell. Harward thinks the state final experience gave the Tigers an edge. "We had Jon, Todd and Shawn to lead us. These kids know how to win. They know what it's like to win a state championship," he said. The coaches and players saw many factors in the success of the team. Harward and Mitchell agreed that part of that success was due to their attitude. "It's our attitudes. We knew we could do it," remarked Mitchell. Har-: Har-: ward said. The seniors had an Sponsored by Jerry's Sports Service SaSeiirday, Jans W. in conjunction with OREM CITY'S FAMILY SUMMERFEST I ENTRY FORM (1) (2) Phone: (Home) (Work) Mailing Address: City State Zip Submit $15 for each team entry or 410 for each individual entry Total submitted Questions can be directed to: Home (801) 785-9349. If jfcsi & & in 14 lit ' : f n mm Clip and mail registration and fees to: Old West Dutch Oven Cook-off 577 N. State Orem, Utah 84057 GENERAL RULES 1. Entry space is limited. May 20, 1995 is the entry deadline; any entries received thereafter will be handled on a space available basis. 2. The cook-off is a demonstration of the art of Dutch Oven cooking. Contestants are, therefore, asked to dress in western, pioneer, or mountainman clothing; share cooking techniques and recipes with spectators; and generally share their enthusiasm for Dutch : w Oven cooking. 3. Contestants will be judged by a panel of judges and field judges on their manner of cooking, team dress, spectator interaction, presentation of entrees, and the appearance and taste of the entrees. 4. Entry in the cook-off releases recipes and participants for media use by the Old West Cook-off Committee. Com-mittee. 5. Contestants are expected to provide pro-vide their own dutch ovens, recipe ingredients, and cooking equipment equip-ment and supplies and fuel. 6. Two persons are allowed on each team, with a minimum age of 18. Specific rules will be mailed to applicants upon receipt of the entry fee and application form. attitude. They were not afraid of anyone. That's how you have to think." Jon Clark noticed that they peaked right when they needed to. "Guys started to play like they could at the right time," he said. They all agreed though, that their ability to come together as a team was most important. im-portant. Senior Brandt Pullins put it well when he said, 'We were all able to sacrifice everything every-thing else. The team was the top priority." The players had a lot of praise for their coaches as well. Catcher Shawn Peterson said, The coaches deserve it. They worked hard. That's why Orem High is such a great school." Jon Clark added, "That's one thing I'm most excited for, is Coach Harward." . It was a fantastic week, as well as a great season for the s V. Vis?.. f f V ( f !y Proud dad Jay Erickson Lance. . r . m v The humblest citizen of all the a righteous cause, is stronger than 8-7 Win for Bruins Floyd's homo defending 5A champj Mountain View earned the right to play Orem for the state championship by defeating the defending 5A champs, Taylors-ville. Taylors-ville. Taylorsville's quest to become be-come the first at-large classification classifica-tion team to win four straight baseball titles since Hillcrest did it in 1980-83 was derailed by two Kody Floyd home runs in the first game. Floyd's second two-run blast came in the top of the seventh with two outs and gave Moun Tigers, especially for seniors. They built a close bond through years of playing together. Lance Erickson, Jon Clark, Shawn Peterson and Todd Mitchell have been playing together since they were eight, and those four, along with seniors Seth King and Brandt Pullins added a state title to all their great memories of this season. When they look back on this dream season in the future, they will remember all kinds of good things. Clark said, Til remember remem-ber that last out, everyone celebrating, knowing we'd done it. It was neat seeing the fans, sveryone supporting us." Todd Mitchell said, that the dogpile will stand out in his mind. That last pitch, knowing ifs going to be the one that finishes it, 111 (Continued on next page) .;,:. Vf K-Vy rt orv V Y poses with All-State pitcher land, when clad in the armor of all the hosts of Error. -William Jennings Bryan runs eliminates tain View its first lead of the game, 8-7. "It hurts bad because we were so close to keeping it going," said Taylorsville Coach Steve Cramblitt The Warriors had control after a five-run outburst on seven hits gave them a 7-1 lead in the fifth inning. But Mountain View chipped away with Floyd's two-run two-run homer in the sixth, then went ahead for good with four runs on two yilks, two hit batsmen and the hdme run in the seventh. |