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Show Thursday, May 6, 1999 Messenger-Enterpris- Page e 5 Manti High track team has best performance ever at BYU Barton By Brad Templar tennis team sweeps to 1st place in Division championship By Wilbur Braithwaite defeating Austin Lefehvre of Johnson and Chris Consentino Manti High School successfully defended their South Division Boys Tennis Championship last Saturday. Under perfect weather condia temperate sun and no tions wind the Templar Team swept all three singles and both doubles divisions. Besides winning the gold trophy and individual gold - medals, all seven players qualified for the state championships. The tournament w il be play ed at B YU next Saturday with court assignments given at 8:30 a.m. Phil Brandt, an player, received an opening bye and then lost only one game in the and finals combined. Playing a near flawless first set, the smooth stroking junior deall-cou- semi-fina- rt ls feated Crane of Courtney Gunnison 6-- 0; 6-- 1 before w inning o er Kenneth Christensen of South Sevier. In second singles, Brad Dyreng has an opening bye before 6-- 0; 6-- 0 Grand ; 1 . Showing strength off the backhand and an improved 3 over serve, Brad won Gunnisons steady and promising 6-- 6-- 0. 6-- 1 6-- 1; 6-- 6-- 0; In the No. 2 doubles, Matt Olsen and Jon Cox combined good spin serves with sound doubles tactics to dominate their division. player Josh Childs. Nolan Kjar played by far his After a bye, thejuniorsophomore best tennis of the season taking pair defeated two good athletes three straight matches. In the first from Millard, Seth Watson and In the firound he bested Erin Sanford of Josh Monson, San Juan After a close 4 nals against South Seviers Dustin Lane and Micah Lorene, they set w ith Alan Lefehvre of Grand, Kjar took command of the match played their best tennis of the seaKenneth son winning winning The order of finish of this a scrambler from Christensen, could down run South Sevier, not years tournament was, respecthe angled forehands offered him. tively, Manti, South Sevier, 3 for the Gunnison, Grand, Millard, with The score was San Juan and Wasatch Academy MHS sophomore. Josh Schiffman and Talon in a tie. Much credit for development Bird meshed closely in the No. doubles. Covering the net like a of this years team goes to assisblanket, the partners got progres- tant coach Scott Dyreng plus sively stronger. After a bye they squad members Jed Rasmussen, vic2 stroked their way to a Kyle Sorensen, Mike Liddell, Aaron and from Matt Stores Alex Scholes, Matt Tibbs, Eric tory The finals went Catmull, Morgan Frame, Garrett Fry' of Gunnison. their way winning from Ryan Nilsson. Sergis Wamick, Daniel Wallingford and McKay Adams. 6-- 6-- 0; 6-- 0. 6-- 0. 6-- 1; 6-- 1; 6-- 1 6-- 2; 6-- Templars dominate Rowland Hall and St. Joseph's By Brad Barton Kenny Cox and Kevin Brown Manti batted around, as every body Jayhawks came to town and got each pitched exceedingly well to in the lineup got to bat twice at much the sne results as Row land least. The Templars ended up w in- - Hall did as lead the Manti Templar baseball they were swept as well. Kenny Cox pitched the first team to consecutive sweeps of ning that game In the 2nd game of the win game and although Mantis bats Row land Hall and St. Joseph's this Field. bill, the contest was highlighted by were not hot that game, they used past week at Templar On Monday, the Templars a laser blast home run off the bat good judgment on the bases to of Derek Jensen. The Templars score some cheap runs and took a w ent up against Rowland Hall and with also batted around that game and them of 1 work decision. made quick 21-it ended solid and offense, In the 2nd game, junior pitcher up winning pitching great when St. On the in 2nd the Sam Thursday, inning, Josephs Bailey helped Manti contain especially the paltry St. Josephs offense. On offense, it was much of the same story' as the Templars used good 14-- 9-- 4. Brad Barton dogs. The ensuing week against Kim Dalene and Annie Rowland Hall, Dalene and Schlueter continued their domiBy nance on the mound as the Manti Lady Templars kept pace with Grantsville for2A supremacy with big wins over Gunnison and Rowland Hall. Against Gunnison, Dalene did not let the Lady Bulldogs start anything by keeping them off of the bases. The Manti offense also played a major role as several girls, such as Anique Denton and Meagan Van Orman had several RBIs to lead the Lady Templars to a 20-- 3 victory over the overmatched Gunnison Lady Bull Schlueter each pitched a shutout as the Lady Templars won both games, 13-- 0 and 15-- 0. Stacey Wheeler had a big series against Rowland Hall as she drove in 9 runs in the games to lead Manti's base running and timely stealing to get some more free runs. When the dust had cleared, Manti ended of big wins the up winning by a score With the good shape as they probably will not have to play Grantsville until the state final on May 20, assuming that they will make it that far, which they have a very good chance to do. run. Brady Nielson also had another strong showing as he finished 2nd in the hurdles in a time of 40.9 seconds and also did well in the 100 and 300-met- er 200-met- er runs. Snow Colleges baseball team found out first hand why Dixie College is ranked second in the nation, and owners 4 14-- 3. Templars earned this week, they are in good position to still make it to the state tournament, which begins on Saturday May 8, where they will most likely have to go on the road to live to play another day. 29-ga- winning streak, losing all four 3 games in the series, four the and Yet, despite straight losses, the Badgers came away from the weekend series hoping for another chance at the Rebels in this weeks Region 18 Tournament. The four losses gave the Bade finish in the gers a matched SWAC and them up against SLCC in the tournaments first round. The Badgers went against the Bruins in conference play earlier this year. Last weekends series against 4-- 1, 6-- 5, fifth-plac- 2 ROOMS & HALL & 3 ROOMS, $9995 $5995 CLEAN & PROTECT, 350 SQ. FT. MAX. WHOLE HOUSE (5 rooms, hall & stairs) $14995 CLEAN & HALL & STAIRS PROTECT, 800 SQ. FT. MAX. CLEAN & PROTECT, 500 SQ. FT. MAX. UPHOLSTERY CLEANING COUCH: 54w LOVESEAT: 4495 FABRIC PROTECTOR: 3 lin. ft 1600-met- er er run, and 3rd run. The boys st place in their medley team took section of the meet, (they ended up finishing 2nd to Malad, Idaho 1 overall.) The Templars also received strong performances in the hurdles, the 4x1 and 4x4 re1 1 run. lays, and the 400-metAgain, as was the case last week, although not everybody was able to qualify for state this week. er largely to a home run by Jeremy Huntington. The Badgers held the lead through the fourth inning but couldnt stave off a Rebel comeback. Dixie fought back and won the game in the last inning despite for the Badgers to prov ide some spark, but Dixie managed to get three out of the park, giv ing them plenty of offense. Errors and dubious calls enabled Dixie to score four runs in the first inning of game four, as the Rebels managed to cross the plate four times on one hit. The 0 early deficit was more than the Badgers could counter, and they went on to lose the game, Snow managed only two hits in the game for their lowest offensive output of the year. The Badgers will now travel back to St. George this week for the Region 8 Tournament. Snow w ill begin their tournament run on Thursday at p.m. against Salt Lake Community College, who finished just ahead of the Badgers for the SWAC's fourth spot. another good pitching performance by Nick Oldroyd. In game two. Alan Cox went to the mound for Snow and held a strong hitting Rebel squad to only four hits. Cox appeared to be in command of his pitches throughout, but three of the hits he allowed were home runs as he took the loss, 4-- 1 4-- 6-- 0. . Games three and four were played in Ephraim, marking the final games the sophomores w ould play on Badger Field. In the first game, Dixie Dixie began in St. George on FriSnow In the first game. jumped out to a 1 lead and kept day. jumped out to a 0 lead, thanks the Badgers at bay for the duration. Chris Luras hit a home run 1 1 7-- 3-- Lady Badgers win Snow Colleges softball team claimed an exciting victory' over No. Ricks College, in the final game of a e set, after dropping the first three 0 The four games and the Lady Vikings brought against the curtain down on the conference schedule as the Lady Badgers now advance to the Region 18 Tournament this Friday and Saturday in Orem. The weekend earned the -0 four-gam- 4-- 1. 7-- 5-- 2; -3 Lady Badgers a third place finish in the SWAC behind league chamRicks pion, UVSC, and runner-uCollege. Nationally ranked UVSC and Ricks are early favorites to vv in the region crown and advance to nationals later this month; however, many consider Snow to be the Last weekend, the Lady Bad- p, dark-hors- e. e 1 'X COPY - i gers not only prov ed that they can play with, and beat the best, they also learned w hat it takes to do so. Snow College had several oppor- The Lady Vikings collected 14 hits while limiting the Badgers to four. After giving up three runs tunities to win, more than one early , the Lady Badgers kept game game against one of the nation's three close, but were unable to get elite, but failed to finish strong, ov er the hump, losing 1 Down to their last chance for learning the importance of errors and timely hitting. an upset, the Lady Badgers sent In the series first game, the Heather Buttars to the mound in Lady Badgers pounded out seven game four. The freshman hurler hits over the games first four in- threw the game of her life. Ricks managed to work the nings, yet perilously clung to a seven advantage, leaving potential ty ing run around to third stranded. The turning base with two outs in the last inpoint came in the bottom of the ning. but Buttars fielded a fourth when Snow had bases grounder back to the mound and loaded with one out and failed to threw the ball to first for the out. score a run, a costly mistake. preserv ing the win. In all. Snow committed five The two teams w ill square-of- f errors for the game and Tracy again this Friday in the Region 8 Ev ans took the loss despite allow Tournaments first amnd at 2:30 ing only one earned run. p.m. Utah Valley earned the right Game two saw Ricks take to host the region ev ent due to their charge early and nev er look back. first place finish in the SWAC. 4-- . 2- -I base-runne- rs 1 1 -- Write a Letter to the Editor government subsidized :- Jpli E. 100 N. in Ephraim 283-636- 3 A public hearing is scheduled for May 19, 1999 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ephraim Senior Center, 75 West 100 North, Ephraim, Utah. The purpose of this public hearing will be to consider a zone change as recommended by the Ephraim Planning Commission to rezone 22.67 acres of real propto R-- l. The public is encourerty currently zoned to R-aged to attend and giv e comment. A Wendy Hansen Ephraim City Recorder (c: (6) IL Publish Ephraim Enterprise May 6, 13, 1999 ( IL (enn -- SOUTH- Snow College South, formerly Sevier Valley ATC, wJl be offering two vocationaltechnical programs for high school students on the Ephraim West Campus this summer: Auto Mechanics will run June 1 through July 9; 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Building Trades (Carpentry) will run June 1 through July 30; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For registration information, contact your high school counselor or the Snow College South 1. Registration Office at 435-S96-9- REEfESTIMATE of 4 v NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Wayne Counties the Rent based on income, fe- - 45 Serving Sanpete, Sevier, Juab in 3200-met- -3 Each completely electric one bedroom apartment can house 1 or 2 people. Small pets are permitted. -8- 88-776-2482 8-- 6-- 0. -- h of a 4 Rural Development Renta 1 2nd in the Dixie smothers Badgers in 4 games offense. With the state playoffs coming up, the Lady Templars are in er 200-met- er 1. Lady Templars vie for supremacy with Grantsville in 2A 100-met- 6-- 1. 2; 6-- 6-- 0. Nina Madsen took first place run to lead the Manti Templars track team to an impressive showing at the BYU Invitational in the JA2A section last Friday afternoon. Madsen also took 3rd in the in the there were several athletes that put themselves in a position to do so next Friday at Region, as they finished in the Top 5 in their respective events, as far as Region 12 is concerned. As for Region, it will be held May 7 at 10 a.m. at the Manti track. It will be a great opportunity for the members of the track team who have not qualified for state, as of yet, to achieve that particular goal if they can finish in the Top 5 in the Region, which the past few weeks they have done. Cody Braithwaite had another stellar performance, as he finished 71 |