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Show v " i 4 The Magna TimesWest I Valley News, Thursday, August 26, 1999 Sports Northern Cal downs Hunter Cyprus by S. DEAN LEDBETTER thrashing Arizona's Scottsdale heat Northern baseball club 4 and Cal earned the nght to represent the Pacific Southwest Region m the 1999 Age 13 Babe Ruth World Series August 8 in Tallahassee, CONTRIBL TOR 8-- The Northern California State Champion baseball team from elk Grove, a suburb of Sacramento, defeated Utah 2 on August 10 in the fourth round regional semifinal game. This marked Utahs second 9-- 0. 21-2- Florida. 6-- Supported by adroit fielding, Utah starting pitcher Joe Wice had a no-h- it shutout game going for the first three innings against Northern California. During the first three innings, only two Northern Cal hitters had reached base, one on a base on error and another on a loss m the 1999 Pacific Southwest Babe Ruth baseball Age 13 Regional Tournament in Elko, Nevada. double-eliminati- With the loss to Northern California, the Utah State Champion Hunter Cyprus Allstars finished a respectable third place in the regional tournament and ended n competition with a record, northsuperb 12-- 2 win-loern Cal went on to win the regional championship the next day, twice walk. Northern Cal coach George Fisher commented, "That lefthander (Joe Wice) really had our hitters shut down for three innings. post-seaso- ss Wice is a fine pitcher. In the fourth inning, however. the flood gates opened. Northern Cal capitalized on three hits, two walks, three passed balls and a four Utah fielding errors to seize a 0 6-- lead. Joe Wice departed the game after four complete innings having allowed all six runs, three hits, three walks, and striking out two Northern Cal batters. Dan Cuvelier was inserted as the Utah relief pitcher in the fifth inning and shut out Northern Cal the final two innings. Cuvelier allowed no runs, one hit, and walked no batters in two innings of pitching. Utah struggled at the plate through five innings, having only five baserunners on three hits and two walks. Sean Stephenson and Tyler Jones each singled in the first and second innings, respectively. 6-- 2 and Dan Cuvelier doubled of the left center fence in the third inning. However, effective Northern Cal fielding and pitching left each Utah baserunner stranded without scoring. That changed in the sixth inning. Sean Stephenson lead off by reaching base on an error, stole second, advanced to third base on a Joe Ellis ground out and crossed home plate by virtue of a Jesse Nichol RBI single to left field to narrow the Northern Cal lead to The rally was snuffed out after Joe Wice flied out to center field and Chris Gilbert flied out to right 6-- 1. field. Utah rallied one last time in the bottom of the seventh inning. Tyler Jones gave Utah new life by reaching base on a Northern Cal third baseman error. Jones advanced on a Chad Reeves single and a subse- quent right fielders error and scored on an RBI ground out to second base by Dan Cuvelier. Reeves was stranded at third base, however, as the game ended on a DOI2Y MADISON BAKERY 4669 W. 3500 S West Valley City, UT. Stephenson. The state champion Hunter Cyprus Allstars represented Utah well in the Pacific Southwest Babe Ruth Baseball Age 13 Regional Tournament, winning third place honors and the respect and admiration of regional opponents. Northern California coach Mike Retzlaff summed things up this way. "Utah has a great team. Third place is not too bad. There is no shame in finishing third. We expected to meet Utah in the Mon. -- Sat. 8 00- - 7 00 Sunday 10:00-- 5 00 IBad i To School IBIms 3rd Annual Back to School Sale AUG. 28TH Saturday Let Dotty Madison help you lunch boxes. regional championship game. Utahs players are the nicest team pack your Hostess Box Cake Chocolate-Ras- Ding Dongs champions. p. Variety 99$ by S. DEAN LEDBETTER CONTRIBITOR Sandwich Brd. Assorted Varieties White or Wheat 24oz. 499 299 ofo Hot Dog& Drink $ The August 9 regional tournament third round winners bracket game pitted the Utah state champion Hunter Cyprus Allstars against $ the Arizona state champion Scottsdale Heat baseball club with plays together Arizona struck early in the first inning, taking a 0 lead off two walks, two singles and a double. Utah responded with a Dan Cuvelier leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning. Cuvelier advanced to third on a stolen base and a Sean Stephenson infield ground out to the Arizona second baseman. The rally stopped with Cuvelier stranded at third base fol- year-roun- d. 3-- 299$ - MORE then just a BREAD store! - Soda - Candy Mixes - Breads - Box & Snack Cakes - AND MORE! REGISTER TO WIN ! team effort is a lot of people doing exactly what I Rick Majerus say." People are busy this time of the year building teams. High schools try to make football teams by practicing twice a day. The colleges are having running drills that would kill the Marine Corps. NBA franchises are busy buying players from other teams. All the NBA teams in the west look stronger. On paper, the Jazz look bad. Most teams have strengthened themselves. The Jazz have done nothing. They cant even sign Shandon Anderson. Portland traded Isiah Rider and Jimmy Jackson, two malcontents, to Atlanta for Steve Smith, one of the best players in the league. That makes them the automatic favonte. The Blazers already beat the Jazz last year. They look much stronger. traded Phoenix for Penny Hardaway. They now have two of the best guards in captivity. They are certain to be a factor in the league. The Jazz guards dont match up too well against Kidd and Hardaway. Every time the Phoenix fellas blow by Stockton and Hornacek. Our guys will look older. Young legs seem to be the answer. The Lakers are always improving their team. They seem to have unlimited money. No one on earth can match up with Shaq. Too big and too strong. If the going gets tough when they play the Jazz, Shaq will simply slap Ostertag and he will disappear for another sea son. Shaquille makes Greg look like somebodys little brother, like a kid who snuck into the game, or like someone who really shouldnt be there. The Jazz dont match up well with Los Angeles. No one can stay with Kobe. On paper, were dead. San Antonio, the reigning cham- pion, makes all other teams look mediocre. The "Twin Towers are awesome. No one can stay with them. Tim Duncan is by far the best player in the league. I know Malone has the MVP trophy, but lets be reasonable, Duncan is the man. No one can defend against him. The man has total game! So, on paper, things look pretty bleak for the Jazz. They always stand pat and resist change. How long will Hornacek s knees bend? Real superstar? Will Anderson come back or go into infinity? Will Karl Malone pump enough iron to compete with the big boys? Will Tim Duncan get hurt? On paper, thats our only change. SIMONS SAYS: "If the Jazz sign Will Perdue, that will give Ostertag a big, slow guy to go against in practice. SIMONS S YS: "The Jazz are starting to smell old. What does old smell Arizona slips past Hunter Cyprus 79$ Snack Pies Chips we faced in the entire tournament- This was a superlative evaluation by a coach of the eventual region Box Zingers Twinldes-Cupcak- es of Sean strikeout swinging A See store for details! 1O40NONTH MAIN LAYTON 73m UV IOOC SOUTH S L C 470C SOUTH 2700 WEST TAVI OftVU 7713 SOUTH STATE SIC 7735 WEST 3500 SOUTH MAONA 0723 SOUTH HIGHLAND O SANDY 1067 SOUTH TIM EAST SANOY 3363 WEST 6200 SOUTH KEARNS 000 SOUTH 2700 W WEST JORDAN U50 NORTH 200 WEST PROVO WES f CENTER PROVO 7M EAST 400 SOUTH SRIMNOVtUC Prlces Effective: AUGUST 2Cthru3 00 k strikeouts of lowing Joe Ellis and Joe Wice. The Arizona lead later expanded to 4--0 in the second inning following a leadoff hit, sacrifice bunt, hit batsman, and passed ball. Arizona then built a 0 lead in the third inning with a double to the center field wall and a subsequent RBI single. Utah had only one baserunner during the first four innings of play, often swinging late and striking out five times. However, Utah figured out the challenging Arizona pitching by the fifth inning and erupted with a valiant four-ru- n rally. Jesse Nichol and Tyler Jones offenignited the Utah sive with consecutive singles. Nichol and Jones then advanced to third and second on an Arizona passed ball, followed by a Chad Reeves RBI double that brought home Nichol for Utahs first run of the game. Dan Cuvelier then batted in two more Utah runs with a timesingle. A stolen base, ly two-Rpassed ball, and a Sean Stephenson RBI single then scored Cuvelier to The trim the Arizona lead to inning ended with Stephenson left back-to-bac- 5-- fifth-inni- Bl 5-- 4. on base, following a Joe Ellis ground out to shortstop. g Utah uprising The received some unexpected fan support when a dozen Native American firefighters from Fort Duchesne, Utah showed up to cheer on the cause. The Ute tribe members were off duty from fighting range and forest fires in northern Nevada and added some rhythmic vocal support to Utah's already strong fan contingent of team family members and friends. deficit at However, the one-ru- n 4 was as close as Utah got. Arizona shut down Utah hitters with five more strikeouts. Joe Wice, Chris Gilbert, Jesse Nichol, Conley Anderson, and Chad Reeves fanned during the next two innings, while Tyler Jones flied out to right field for the only Utah ball out of the infield. Arizona added another run in the sixth inning to make the final fifth-innin- 5-- tally 6-- 4. The heartbreaking 4 loss to Arizona dropped Utah into the August 10 fourth round semifinal game to face the Northern California State Champion from Elk Grove, a suburb of Sacramento. 6-- The new 1 999-20Magna Phone Books are in! 00 Boneless CHUCK chuck STEAK ; sweet & Juicy mmi 34V&-390- f 2. 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