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Show B6 Vernal Express Wednesday, April 2, 2003 mes dlomDimato occeir H3-- H Conags famms ygjlly By Andrea Stringham UHS correspondent Uintah opened region play Friday at Union on a bitter cold altemoon Uintah scored 13 runs on 13 hits and committed one enror Union scored just one run on three hits while committing sesen errors The n game was cut short due to the for Utes When disappointment hit the Utes last week, it in came force. After 10-ru- rule. Ty Cam mack was the winning pitcher as he threw a great game sinking out five Union batters in five innings, allowing only one earned run, no walks and three hits. Harry Hacking. Ty Cammack and Danny Hatch all had multiple hits for the with Danny game, for four and three Culpepper going Jared Labruni having a key hit during the third inning with bases loaded. Uintah hosted Granite Tuesday for the first varsity home game. T he Utes scored the first run. Jace Mecham in the second inning. Danny Hatch was on the mound The Utes will then travel to Judge on Friday to continue region play The Utes traveled to Notih Sanpete for their last preseason game last Tuesday. Uintah jumped out to an early two-rulead with Russell Lamb hitting a single, Harry Hacking hitting a double and Danny Culpepper hitting a single. After taking the lead, the Utes never looked back. hits and They went on to collect deleated North Sanpete n 1 5-- 1 1. Lady Utes have last inning surprise For the second time in one week, the Lady Cougars used a last inning rally to deleat their opponents. The Lady Utes were the second Will! and sullered a 3 - 4 defeat on Union's home field last Friday. Union deleated Park City in a - 0 shut out on March 25 after a dry spell that lasted nine innings for both teams. Park City out performed Union 12 hits to 6 but couldn't get a run across the plate. You know, the frustrating thing about the game was that we held the lead Irom the second inning on," said laidy Ute Coach Tony Cloward Uintah scored 2 runs in the second inning then added one more in the fourth while holding I 1 finishing their preseawith son three shut out victories and one loss then and opening10 i Region play with a 6-- shut 0 i I A out against Union, last week held of Granite goalie. promise for Uintah scores by going over the head the Uintah defense against a Granite free kick. soccer program. The two games A Granite player threw an elbow they had scheduled turned sour as into the face of a Uintah defender. they suffered a 3 - 0 shut out in The Uintah player struck back and Heber against the Wasps last two more red cards were produced Wednesday then had officials call and both players were ejected. The their game against Granite on official then headed to the Granite Friday. The Granite game ended in sidelines to explain his call. a 1 - tie during the second period According to Coach McKeachnie, of the first overtime. while the official was enroute, The Wasatch game was cold, another Granite player tossed a windy, rainy and miserable, said water bottle at him. The otficial Coach Jared McKeachnie. Getting immediately called the game and shut out just made everything even cancelled the junior varsity worse. He said the Utes took the that was to follow. Coach field lacking their usual aura of game McKeachnie said he still hasnt confidence. The Wasps had the heard what the outcome will be. wind to their advantage in the open1 was very proud of my guys," ing period and within moments had said McKeachnie. Granite went a the Utes reeling from a goal shot little off the deep end. He credited looked that McKeachnie said his team for maintaining control beautiful. The wind carried the Last year we had a similar situaball right into the net and put anothtion start to develop against er wet blanket on Uintahs confiGranite," McKeachnie continued. dence. Wasatch kept control of the There was a lot of trash talk and game and the Utes felt the sting of a we let, them take us out of, our goose egg in the scorebook.. Prior to the trouble 'this game. The Granite game in Salt Lake that Uintah controlled hesaid year, City on Friday apparently turned the but had difficulty getting game into a pretty ugly affair. At the end their goal shots to connect. We had of regulation play, the score was 27 shots on the goal; some great knotted at one and the first overtime crosses with headers, McKeachnie was half over when the game said. There were some good one unraveled. According to Coach on one contests- against the goalie McKeachnie, overtime consists of but we Jace Mecham crosses the plate for Uintah to give the home team its first score against Granite in the just couldnt get the ball to two periods of 10 minutes each. second inning. in. go The first team to score takes the in The Utes are now Union scoreless into the fifth. Union three runs in the bottom of the sevthe last inning and we had a little bit game. A Granite player had already 10 one have and play league Region Coach a mental melt down, enth and final inning of regulation of received a red card leaving his team put their first run on the scoreboard week. this Coach Cloward said. Game statistics were to play short one position. About game in the filth inning but used their play. McKeachnie had his team practicfour minutes into the second period, home field advantage to drive in See Surprise on page B7 the Utes were lined ing offensive attack dulls at pracThey came out hitting the ball in up in a wall tice this week. He hopes it will be effective in improving Uintahs shot to goal ratio. The Utes host Park City at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. This is an important game, and The blustery cold wind offered to the doubles teams. were looking forward to it, McKeachnie said. caused the Wasps to rethink Seniors Josh Reynolds and Grant Young have been holdand cancel their tennis tournament in Vernal last week. ing down the number one Their The Utes didnt waste the day doubles position. however and played internal younger team mates Wes challenge matches to settle Hadlock and Brad Gessell team positions and to prepare challenged them and forced for a busy schedule this week. three games before it was setWhile the Wasatch game was tled. The seniors won the first Foul, nasty weather showed up rescheduled for Apnl 8, game but Hadlock and to win the track event hosted by Uintah will play 6 matches in Gessell came back to win the Uintah. Union and Granite both four cities this week. second game. Reynolds and traveled to Vernal last Wednesday I talked to the Wasatch Grant pulled out the third to compete against the Utes. coach and he asked what the game to retain their top posiShortly after beginning, a cold, weather was like, said Ute tions. Hadlock and Gessell t Tennis Coach Mindy Merrell next took aim at the second windy day also turned wet forct y ;vxrr ing coaches to call off further last Thursday. When I told doubles team of Wills Jolley Wallis. I him the s v and and Ollie was competition. , Ls Jolley temperature ' V V 1 T 'When the weather turned about 35 degrees with a 20 Wallis also prevailed. i. V X U I asked the coaches what worse, said Granite wind Utes mile per hour he The played like to do and put would in Salt Lake School hold even didnt they City practice High they most of the weight on Granite," S' V unless it was 40. Needless to on April 1 then host Judge said Coach Shane Lance. the say, Wasps werent Memorial on April 3. They traveled had Granite the in the board on the buses and with greatest impressed playing Friday i distance so I kind of let them Ben Lomond High Valley cold. Coach Ashley play s' i V .? decide whether we should continMerrell said that she encourSchool in Ogden while in ue." the use for Uintah transit an to Logan aged players to The three coaches were conthe day challenging each tournament on Saturday. The cerned about injuries to their athother for the lead positions Utes will play 3 matches in letes and unanimously decided to for the upcoming week. So, the Logan competition. the event. end the undaunted The tournament Logan by frigid v Before the tournament ended, weather, the Utes took the will have some killer matchUintah had won the boy's 3200 courts and dueled each other es, said Coach Merrell. But r for it will us. race, the boy's 100, the boys 10 for be The 's' . Y supremacy. ! good i. y hurdles and girls 100 hurdles In the returned Utes Mike from singles lineup, recently f. t Granite won the girls 100 while Mansfield and Marc Muir another tough tournament in 'if i K'O? for the first seat and St. George. Merrell said that battled Lady Ute Elyce Watkins ran sec. v , .y. ond. at Granite also won the 4 x 1 are St. close a match tournament the i apparently George This week, the Ute varsity for . talent looked like boyfs t nothing compared . j ' will travel to Delta on On any given day, they t v' f the one lined up in Logan. J to squad .H' n each the numcan beat to , If . li n Saturday hoping to repeat the Merrell, other, According t J & 4 I -Coach Merrell said. On this ber one ranked Grantsville championship they earned last t year. The tournament includes day, Mansfield came out top will be in Logan as will be schools from A through 4 A and dog and will fill the number perennially tough Ogden. one St. the will fill Muir from View Pme usually has 20 to 25 teams position, u- tNdinvolved. lintah took top honors the second spot and Brett George area will also be in last year. will in the Christensen be for bear loaded third and Logan of Uintah's first home tennis match and requires team members to bundle up dura of the form singles player. nationally The same challenge was ranked player. See Track on page B7 i 1 1 1 4 i. 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