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Show THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1978 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS PAGES s National League Begins Sign Up Granger South National League will register March 11 at Granger High School. The league includes Pee Wees (seven and eight); Minors (nine and ten) and Majors (11 and 12) There is also the Granger 13 j ear olds Babe Ruth Prep League for thirteen year olds only and the Granger Babe Ruth League (13, 14 and 15) Registration will be from noon until 5 p m For players seven the 12 through registration fe is $23. For the first time a 13 year old baseball league is being started at Granger South National in conjunction with GWEN W1TTENBACH Benn ion's top speller followed by IS Celeste Graham and Wen- dy Latimer. Kearns Loses, Plays In Tourney Playing Granger in the last league game, Kearns but still made it to lost, the state Tournament. The Cougars met Granger February 28, and lost High point men were Bryan Stanton with 18, and Brad Staker with 17. Thursday, Kearns went on to meet Jordan in a playoff game. Kearns lost again, Men in double figures for that game were Brad Staker, 20, points. Brett Monson, 14, and Mike Ricketts, also with 14. 57-7- Bennion Names Champ Wittenback was named the Spelling Bee Bennion of Champion Gwen School angel correctly for the schools title. Dale Webb was the 23. Gwen, the of Mr. and Mrs. organizer of the Spelling competition with Miss Elementary February daughter Richard Wittenback spelled Kearns National Registers KEARNS Kearns National League will continue registration for players ages seven through 12 on March 11, 12 at Bruce Field. Saturday registration will take place between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. On Sunday registration will begin an hour later at 10 a.m. and continue through 6 p.m. Registration fees are $18 for majors and $13 for Pee Wees. A family discount will be given if more than one family member signs up. Team and individual pictures are included in the fee. Birth certificates are required at the time of registration. ... Boundary for National League extends from 3200 West to the betwen 4100 railroad tracks and 5400 South. Glenda East helping to judge the spelling finals. Fourteen fourth, fifth and sixth grade students entered the competition. Second place speller Celeste Graham spelled laboratory, correct. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Graham. Third place went to Wendy Latimer a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Latimer. The final word she spelled correctly was raspberry. West Valley Senior League registration will be at the For further information on players call Gloria Johnson, For information on Senior League call Dell Draper, There will be a parents 969-591- 968-780- meeting at the Granger 60-6- Kearns High School Girls Basektball team is third place in Region II. March Playing at 1 Brighton, the Cougars wiped out Bingham by 20 points. Kearns went on to be defeated March 2 by the Library Saturday, March 11 Hillcrest Huskies, from 5 p.m. Parents may also register their children Cougars played a last region " tournament game on March during that meeting 4,' and creamed the Brighton 23-3- 1. 2-- with 16. Other Cougars racking up double figures were Bryan Stanton, with 14, 11, and Mike Ricketts with 10. Jim Brown Kearns will participate in the State Tournament this week. Babe Ruth program The new league will place only 13 year olds on the team Babe Ruth and Prep League fees have not been set yet, but will remain close to last years fees Registration fees will not cover all of the expenses for outfitting the new teams nor for replacing worn and torn uniforms. are Sponsors being sought and welcomed to help provide necessary funds for these items. Advertising at the ball park and other forms of advertising are available to the sponsors Anyone interested in sponsoring or obtaining additional information may call Sandy Ellefson or Dean Malsberger LAURI JOHNSTON AND Jennifer Troop help Mr. Troop display poster announcing father and daughter banquet to be held at Western Hills on March 6. 1 (969-174- (968-1691- Sign Up Continues KEARNS continuing American Registration for Kearns this League Girls Place Third In Play same time and place as registration for the younger league. Sixteen through 18 year olds may register at Dell Drapers home, 4545 W. 5460 South. registering the younger 57-7- Viewmont was crunched 4, by Kearns. Sophomore Chad Mantle was the high scorer for Kearns March the Granger Bengals by Saturday, March 11 at the American Ball Field, 5825 So. 4270 West between 10 a m. and 6 pm. Fee for American League was reported wrong last week. Cost for the first player in a family is $20, the second family member is $15, and for $10 the Registrations accepted or West points. Competing next in the State Tournament, Kearns will play Monday at 2:30 p m. in the old Weber gym. Coach Gary Barger made the comment that there were great team efforts made, and that the teams .cake fight: in celebration after the game was great. Tourney Hosted The Intermountain AAU Tournament Qualification will be hosted by the Salt Lake County Recreation Department, March 9, 10, 11, 1978. Teams wishing to enter should phone, Wayne Miller, or at The team winning the Intermountain Tournament will advance to the Regional Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 17, 18, 19. KYB Wraps Up Season Noted pm 6 5772 South 4270 4061 West 5780 South. 486-938- Champs will also be after evenings at 20 third Registration will close with the first game May 1. However, teams will be practicing right away and all through April. 533-028- Kearns Recreation Center announces that the old timers basketball program was won Bernie by Grazianos team with a 15-- 0 win-los- s record for the season. Team members Bernie Graziano, Gertsen, Rick Hill, were Gary Steve Bart Williams, Cory and Brian Williams, Willis, Woolsey. are that the old Timers will play floor hockey in the near future at the Kearns Recreation Center. Anyone desiring Plans additional 969-255- 1 Kearns League Holds Meeting There will be a Kearns International Little League meeting on March 9 at 7 p.m. at the Kearns Library. All parents are invited to attend. International will also be on March 11, having sign-up- s from 9 to 6 p m. March 14th, 6 to 10 p.m. and on March 18, 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Players should be at least eight years of age before August 1, 1978, but not over 13 years of age before August 1, 1978. Registration will be held at Zions Bank, located at 4135 West 5415 South. Fees are $20 for a first child, and $12 more for each additional family member wishing to play baseball. include Fees pictures. Players must bring a parent or guardian to register, along with his or her birth certificate. .eft 0S ppnrafl IfOGDF SjpFffS sserjs gddugO JpCSflGDFSS information call and ask for Mike Killpack. With Tourney iV t & s This Saturday concludes the Kearns Youth Center basketball program for this year. The first tournament round was played Saturday, March 4. In the junior division, two Kearns teams met defeat to opposing Granger teams, while two other Kearns teams were victorious. the bombed Braves Granger Salt Lakers, 45-2- L' Scoring 10 points each for the victors were Mike Mitchell and Trent Ricks. All Stars battled and defeated the Raiders, 33-2- Defending the Granger Raiders was Bart Rose, with VALERIE STEELE 10 points. 49-2- Top Speller David by Debbie Eldredge Pottrer, Kim Mires, Tom Valerie Steele, eighth grader and daughter of Mr and Mrs garnished Lloyd J. Steele, the over-al- l spelling bee title at Kennedy Jr. High, Friday, Feb. 17. This competition concluded with Valerie to represent Kennedy Jr. in the Granite School District Spelling Bee slated for Thursday, March Winners of the Granite District Bee will compete in the State Spelling Bee scheduled for April 14, Later the state champions have the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for the National Spelling Bee June The school competition had all English classes compete to start the elimination. The finalists in each grade were : (seventh i Paden and Chantelle Simpson. (eighth grade) Mark Werner, Chris McCandless, Ron Taylor, Ty Coles, Kim Cloward, Babette Carter, Cun- Kaylynn ningham and Valerie Steele, (ninth grade) Debbie Grange, Lynda Holst, Lori Tim Brown, Wagner, Michelle Pulley, Cyndi Chadwick, and Jolyn Fratto. On 16. grade) Debra Maxwell, February 17, the finalists met in the auditorium and were such words as given fluorscent cholorphyll, and so on. "conscientious, Chantelll Simpson missed on twenty-on- e conscientious. Valerie Steel corrected the spelling then spelled prevaricate to win the competition. Helping with the school spelling bee were Mr. George Anthony, Mr. Dan Park, Mrs. Irene Ostrander and Mr. Randall Godfrey. Heaton, 10, Bill Stafford, 11, and Kenny Thompson, 12. Hustlers, another Granger team, defeated the Utes, Sean Johnson, 13 points, Kelly Overby, 15, Hustlers; and Ken Meldrum 23, Utes, were high point men. Second place midget team last year was the Seabees. Saturday the Granger Flyers defeated the Seabees, Men in double figures were Michael Moffett, 12, Jeff Willardson, 17, Flyers; Greg Carver, 10, Johnny Miller, 10, and Jonny Walker, 10, Seabees. Kearns Vikings lost to tne 47-4- 53-3- Granger 32-2- Kearns Nuggets nugged Mike the Rams, Nuggett, was the high point man with 12 points. 27-2- Warriors, Cougars, 25-4- Cougars scoring 18 points were Gary Holmen and Greg Jones. Lakers smashed Grangers Baldys, 57-2- High scoring Lakers were Jimmy Paulsen, Todd 11, and Jed Christianson, Oliver, 16. Kip Killpack of the Granger team collected 14, 12. Micky Lambourne, of the rSs rfr -wv, - Kearns, 2 clobbered the Stars, 10 up racking points Players and over include Billy Erskine, 10, Tye Olsen, 11, Kendale Gates, 16, Scott 62-4- Oppocher, Warriors; 16, Todd Trakos, 10, Steven Bleak, 11 and Tim Cook, 12, Stars. More Tournament Champion Valley Ligars, Granger, wiped out last years second place team, the Road Runners, Ligars scoring high were Dave Defending Steele Named Kearns Giants, helped his to victory with 19 team Giants led over The points. the Colts, games were played on Monday March 6th. With both teams from the Kearns midget division of the program, the Buccaneers lost in an overtime to the Giants, Corey Rommell, Buccaneer, shot 10 points. Giants Mickey Lambourne and Lance Parr were also players in Double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively. For the second game that night, the Bucks defeated the Lakers also in a three minute Buck Jeff overtime, 29-3- 41-3- Heaton scored 20 points while opponent Jed Oliver chalked up 18. Junior division Hustlers played a close second half against the All Stars. High point men were Scott Van Orden, Kelly Overby, and Michael Hustlers; Sandoval, All Star, with 10 each. Hustlers points defeated the All Stars March 43-3- 6 the 8th Annual Kearns Youth Center basketball tournament will end and all awards will be given out. Championship games will begin at 10 a.m and continue until about 3 p m. 11, fflarch 9 thru 12 FREE TO TTjE PQBL3C . |
