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Show Page 3 Thursday, April 29, 1993 e, Messenger-Enterpris- Lady Templars lose first game to Hawks BY BRUCE The headline attraction in Region 9 softball last week had .V theLadyTemplarsandtheNorth Sanpete Hawks, both undefeated in league play, in a faceoff. b result was a victory I h The end vr V, nu JENNINGS for the visitors from North Sanpete, and Mantis first de- - t s v,. o v f i ' - feat Templars down No. Sanpete, lose to Grand last week Mantis baseball team scored ' from Moab. 13 runs on 10 base hits in a The defeat ofManti enabled lopsided defeat ofNorth Sanpete Grand to stay undefeated in Reon the Templars home field last gion 9 play, and dropped Manti week. down to Allen Cox went the route on the mound, limiting the Hawks to just five hits. The Hawks struck first, getting one score in the first inning, but the Templars scored four times in their half of the first inning to take the lead L Brody Keisel doubled to bring in Joe McCaul with one of those runs and Josh Jackson blasted out a three-ru- n homer to gain credit for three other runs. The game continued in like fashion. In the second inning Brody Keisel doubled again to bring in two more runs, and the Templars lead The big hit of the game was Andy Coxs homer with the bases loaded that ended the game in the fifth inning on the 4-- 6-- 1. For the Manti hardballers, the Templar vs. Grand game on Friday had a very different endloss to the Red Devils ing; a 9-- 12 a 4-- 6 record. Heavy hitters for the Red Devils did the damage with six home runs and two doubles. They were ahead 124 at the end of the sixth inning. The Templars got a two-ru- n rally going in their half of the sixth inning and five more in the seventh to make the score respectable, but not enough to win the match. Bryan Keisel was the starting pitcher, and Brandon Olson hurled the middle innings with Shane F onville striking out three to shut down the Red Devils in the final inning. It was the last home game for Manta. The Templars will finish their season at Grantsville and Juab this week and then move on to Gunnison next week to finish out the regular seasoa The Templars have qualified for the regional playoffs with their current record. & .it At the end of the fifth inning the Lady Templars had a 10-- 7 lead and appreared to be in control, buttheLadyHawksregained the lead in the top of the sixth inning and held it through to the C. f finish. The big hitters for the Lady Templars were Emily Olson, with and Lori HuntsAmber man, Lyon and DanaPea- cock who all doubled. 1 , n , atwo-runhom- B J er UaTn Lyons signmen anr. ana- the pitching as- . In last weeks other game, also played on the Manti field, the Lady Templars pulled out a 1 win with last inning hero-12-1- ics. The team from Moab, trail- ing by four runs at the end ofthe sixth inning, scored seven runs inthetopofthe seventh inning to go ahead. The Lady Templars then rallied to score four times. Shauna ( Manti High School Templar girls softball team: 1st row; Lori Huntsman, Janika Johnson, Amber Pierro, Megan Tervort, Angle Gedge, Coach Cathl Jarvis, 2nd row; Coach Hymas, Emily Lyons, Stacey Nielson, Jackie Anderson, Molly Petersen, Dana Peacock, Starr Peterson, Jennifer Crosland, 3rd row. Shauna yman Erica Hermansen, Shauna Rasmussen, Melissa Bartholomew, Amber Lyons, Ruth Ogden, Jodie Anderson, 4th row; Coach Malle Hrelnsen, Robyn Eliason, Shauna Johnson, Stacey Cox, Emily Olsen, Emily Walker, Coach Moncur. Ogden shared the time on the mound, This week the LadyTemplars play twice, both games away, at Grantsville and Juab, and the next week they finish off their regular season at Gunnison, site of the their biggest softball triumph last year, the state championship. i Jazz Band wins high marks at Reno festival 7-- 1, 8-- 5. athree-runhom- BY DEAN ODRISCOLL run from Dusty Staufer to win m six innings 13-The second game was highlighted by a Joe Johansen grand slam that brought the Badgers from behind for the 5 win in a game that saw the lead change four times before the final tally. "It has been an up and down season this year. The weather hasnt helped at all, and we had three weeks when wejustcouldnt get any quality practice time." The Badgers moved their league record to 7 on the season and hope to use their two game winning streak to make a run over the remainder ofthe season. The Snow College Jazz Band brought home some good grades from the 31st Annual Reno Invi- tational Jazz Festival The 3. 8-- 3-- James Armstrong, Scott Dyreng, and Kris Jorgensen emerged as doubles and singles champions, respectively, at the BYUWilson Tennis Invitational held last Friday and Saturday at BYU. Larry hall, tournament director, presented Jorgensen with the singles trophy, and the Armstrong-Dyren- g team the doubles award. Manti High also listing recent years past win- ners. the meet progressed, Jorgensen found a stroking As rhythm and raised his game each round of play. After an opening bye, the lanky junior had to go to defeat tenacious Eric L Petersen of Gunnison bested he In the Paul Lindberg of Millard Playing against Grantsvilles Spencer Selquist he won to take the championship. Armstrong and Dyreng, a all-o- ut 3-- 6; 6--3; 6-- semi-final- s, -l. but pulled the victory out BY GARY CHIDESTER The Lady Badgers used a four game home stand to clinch the conference regular, season championship and will now host the tournament on Friday and Saturday. Friday the Lady Badgers knocked off Utah Valley in two second 'straight 2 and conferwin over UVCC gave the ence title clearly to Snow Col( 8-- 10-l.T- lege. The Lady Badgers didnthave everything their own way as they lost a game to the Dixie Lady after givRebels on Saturday the in first inwins ing up four 9-- 5 ning. The Lady Badgers struggled through the second game as well new combination, adjusted to each other well to best Kurt Chaplain and Kevin Lindstrom of South ' "We have now accomplished one ofour goals, said Coach Mike Canales. We wanted to host the playoffs and win the conference, and now we want to win the playoffs and move on to AT OUR RESEARC pre-seas- from the Western United States to attend the festival L The Sevier proved to be a harder test It was smooth sailing the first set, but rough going in the second as Grantsville experienced team of Kam Jeffries and Peter Cliatwin With a roared back and won match on the line, the Templar duo settled sophomore-junio- r down and worked to a 2 lead. The Cowboys put on the pressure, and closed to within 54 when DyTeng served out the match with good support by Armstrong at the net to win 64. Looking ahead, Manti will be among nine or ten teams competing in the region tournament at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City on Friday, April 30th. Play starts at 9 a.m., and this is a qualifying meet to determine entries into the 2A State Tournament to be held at BYU on Saturdayd, May 8 at 9 a.m. 6-- 0; BY WILBUR BRAITHWAITE 6-- semi-fina- ls 6-- 2, 1-- 6. 5-- Jazz Band Director Vance Larsen was really pleased with the way his students took advantage ofthe event to improve themselves. "Its really positive to meet some of the folks who compose pieces of music that we perform. We got to mingle with some of the finest jazz players in the world right now." The band made a wide loop as they traveled to the festival so they could perform atEmeiy High School and Taylorsville High School along the way. Once in Reno, the band received Supe- - Gunnison, rior ratings on their performance. There were music educators and professional jazz musicians from all over the Western U.S,. Tt was good for us because we dont get exposed to good bigband jazz too often in Ephraim." Larsen added, We were able to hear what level of perfection is possible and it shows us where we have room to grow. It also gave us some confidence and we found out we are doing some really good things. The competitions were held in the categories of Jazz Choirs, Vocal Solos, Combos and the one in which Snow competed, Big Band. Fresh from their trip to the festival the band just put on their spring concert in Ephraim. They were joined for a night of big band sound by the Delta High School Jazz Band. rm & A"- - 4 : aK .4 "" r Grantsville, Park City and Manti probably have the best team records, but outstanding individual competitors will come from er group was one ofdozens school of high and college bands Templars win trophies at BYU Invitational received school travelingplaques, Lady Badgers win conference! Ik Snow College Jazz Band performs at their spring concert. 3-- Theres no place like home for the Snow College Badgers. On the road to play the Dixie Rebels the Badgers lost both games, 1 and 11-- but at home the Badgers outscored Colorado Northwestern 13-- 3 and "We just couldnt buy a hit against Dixie, said Head Coach Robert Andersen. That hasnt been our problem this year, but it sure was Friday. Itsbeenhard to keep any momentum going. The Badgers fell behind early on Saturday to CNCC three to nothing, but quickly jumped e ahead thanks to MW Johnson blasted out a two-ru- n doubles and Emily Olson singled home the winning run. Dana Peacock and Dawn Badgers now 7 in league action BY GARY CHIDESTER - V v Morgan, VvXn - Richfield, Millard, So. Sevier, No. Summit, Grant, So. Summit and No. Sanpete. Ever Get A Pal Studied! 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