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Show Sports Page 4 Thursday, April 28, 1 988 e, Messenger-Enterpris- Snow sweeps double header 'j Vi in Dixie, now second in ICAC .) vi Jy ' T . . Y y. ?. (i - a v '? BY DONALD GUYMON i Y tk Hj, VL L i- - r t p- -- - i V- Snow College baseball coach, Steve Gardner, enjoyed a first since coming to Snow as a result of the Badgers sweeping a double-heade- r against Dixie St. at College George. i .. 1 ' - The Badgers won by scores of Those two victories and solid second place a In Snow put ICAC the in standings; conse6-- 3 0 ', Wi '. .' - - I - Winning Manti High tennis team members include: front row; Ryan Shaw, Gary Chadwick, Russell Mickelson and Chad Nell. 2nd row; Coach Wilbur Braithwaite, Yori Ludevigson, Mike Brenchley, Steve Brenchley, and Mark Bennion. back row; Tyler Nehrenz, Brian Bean, Shane Ludvigson, Terry Simons, Matt Jenkins and Jeff Adams. Templar netters still undefeated, zap Richfield, No. Sanpete, Grand BY BRUCE JENNINGS Manti High School's boys tennis team remains undefeated In dual meets after stroking out victories over Richfield North Sanpete and Grand County Chad Nell Is fast rounding 5-- 5-- 4-- 0; 1. ' T- - Into top form with singles victories over Troy Brown of Richfield and 3 and Paul Chacon of Grand and then teaming up In doubles with Russell Mickelson for a wipeout of Mike Erlcksen and Ryan Ellefsen, 6-- 0 6-- 6-- 6-- 0 0, North Sanpete. Russell Mickelson defeated crT-r--' 7T ' 0, 6-- 0 6-- 6-- 1, besides the doubles 1, win over North Sanpete. Gary Chadwick had three singles wins. They Included a defeat of Dusty Ross, defeat of Richfield, a Robert Seeley, North Sanpete and then a 3 victory over Kelly Welklng, Grand. Mark Bennion and Terry Simons teamed up for a doubles win over Brian Rowley and Brent Arns, Richfield, but lost to Pierce and of Grand 6-- 3, 6-- 1 6-- 6-- 2 0, 8-- 7-- 6-- 4 6, Van-derov- 6-- 3, 7-- er 5. In singles Bennion defeated Mike Olson. North 6-- Sanpete, and Simons defeated Joe Bradley, North Sanpete 6-- 0 6-- 0. 6-- The brother duo of Steve and had three wins. North Sanpete defeated a They team a Richfield team and a Grand team Mike Brenchley 6-- 6-- Shane Denton slugging away in game with Emery. , At the end of six innings the Manti and Emery baseball teams had played themselves tie Friday afternoon Into a on the Templar field. But in their half of the seventh. the roof fell In on the Manti 3-- 3 hardballers and the end result was a victory for the visiUng 9-- 3 Spartans. This week the Templars are away twice. They played North Sanpete in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday afternoon and travel to Monroe for a game with South Sevier Friday. Mark Wathen doubled. Shane Denton singled and David Stevens then singled to bring In two runners and put the Templars at the end of the first ahead Inning. That score held up through 2-- 0 run while the Templars went scoreless. The Spartans when Steve then Ued It up at Gordon, who had singled, came home on a wild pitch. Both teams scored In the sixth Inning: Travis Wakefield for Emery with a home run. and Guy Larson, running for Richard Squire, who was brought In by Andy Naylor with a single. The roof fell In for the Templars In the top of the seventh. Emery scored sLx runs on three hits, a couple of walks, an error and a hit batter. 2-- 2 Mark Wathen singled to open the Manti half of the seventh, but the other three Templar batters went down in order. The win left. Emery with a 5-- 0 record In league play while Manti dropped to 3-- 2. Now is the Time to Beautify and Clean up Your property Help make your town beautiful! HELP WANTED: Manti City is now accepting ,; applications for hourly paid employee for work in parks and the cemetery. Applications should be received no later than May 2, 1988. Ray Johnson, Sexton Manti City part-time- 8-- 9-- the second Inning. In the third Joe Wilson hammered out a home 3, 3. Extra singles matches were won by Mantls Jeff Adams, Justin Ludvlgsen and Mark Bawden. Shane Young and Justin Ludvlgsen, playing for Manti lost to Rod Martin and Mike Johnson of Grand Templar hardballers fall to Emery Spartans BY BRUCE JENNINGS 6-- 2, 6-- 2 Inning. The game remained tied at one, until the eighth inning. In that Inning Snow exploded for five runs. They came when Rob Beck hit a home run and when Brad Orr doubled a run In. The Badgers had been inef- Alan Thompson, Richfield. and Robert Frazier, Grand, 6-- 3. quently, setting up a meeting with UVCC for first place at home this Friday. Both teams scored early In the first game. Snows first run came when designated hitter, Kent Hartley, sacrificed a run home. Dixies lone run came on a solo home run in the second r 1 4-- 7. Manti High will participate in the Brigham Young University Invitational at Provo this Friday and Saturday. fective before the eighth Inning, because they had left 11 runners on base; including leaving Keith Uperesa joins Snow football staff Former NFL lineman and an BYU football star Keith Uperesa will assume coaching duties this coming season for the Snow College Badgers. Keith will also be the Sports Information Director, responsible for athletic publicity, as well as serving as the Assistant coordinator for sum- - mer conferences and workshops for the Office of Contlnu-- : Ing Education. Head football coach Paul Tidwell of the Snow College Badgers speaks of the coming season with renewed confidence and optimism now that offensive line coach Keith Uperesa has returned for spring practice. "Keith helped us tremendously last year," praised Tidwell. "His experience In major college and professional football Is one thing, but Keith also Is a great coach he knows what to teach the players, and knows how to teach it veiy well." Uperesa was a four-year MHS track team results at recent meet BY BRUCE JENNINGS Manti High School's track teams will be at the BYU Invitational Friday, and Coach Buck Gent was hoping that this weeks weather would be more favorable to workouts than was BYU from 1974 to 1977. He was an all WAC Line- starter for man, and Honorable Mention his senior year. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders, then moved to the Denver Broncos for two seasons. He remained In Denver as the personnel director for Sterling Colorado Beef for one year, and then returned to BYU In 1984 to complete his masters degree in Physical Education. BYU Coach Lave 11 Edwards claims, "Keiths outstanding playing career, his education, his personal qualities, and his professional skills make him an excellent coach." While attending graduate school he was assistant coach at Timpvlew High In Provo, and also coached BYU In the 1985 Citrus Bowl. Keith grew up In Hawaii, where he met his wife Kalpoleimanu. They have two children, Ikalka and Naupaka. The boys division saw four last weeks. At the Snow Invitational last week a Templar abbreviated squad placed In a number of events. In the girls division Becky Meade took third place In the 800 meter run and third In the mile. Kaylene Birch placed fifth in the 300 meter Intermediate hurdles, fifth In the 100 meter dash and sixth In the 200 meter dash. Templars place. Tyler Bolli got a third In the 300 meter Intermediate hurdles and a fifth In the 110 meter high hurdles. David Nielsen took sixth in the shot putt, Shane Stllson a sixth In the long Jump and Lariy Cox a seventh In the 400 meter dash. SanDee Cottrell named outstanding student Outstanding College Students of America Is pleased to announce that SanDee K. Cottrell has been selected as a new member because of outstanding merit and accomplishment as an American college student. SanDee Is a student at BYU. She Is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan I. Peterson of Manti, Utah. Polynesian Luau May 12 The Snow College Polynesian Club is planning its annual Polynesian Luau coming up Thursday, May 12 at the colleges Old Gym. According to club advisor Cless Young, this"1 years club is the biggest ever and will be providing authentic Polynesian food and entertainment at the luau. Members of the club include native Tongans, Samoans, and Hawallans, said Young. Entertainment for the luau will include live music and dance from those cultures. The Luau is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. See ad for ticket Information. the bases loaded three times. Mike Peterson pitched an excellent game for Snow, as he gave up only four hits. Both teams also scored their runs early in the second game. Dixie got three quick runs In the first two Innings; Including two home runs. don Burt drove in two runs with a home run. After his early control problems, Jim Kortright settled down allowing no hits after the second Inning, and he struck out 12 Rebel batters. Snows overall record now stands at 16-- 1 1 and they are in conference play. After playing UVCC Snow will battle Colorado Northwestern at home on Saturday. Both days 6-- 2 All ofSnows runs came in the third inning. Chris Hermansen started things off for Snow with a solo home run. Rob Beck then hit a double driving In Phil will be double-headerSmith. Designated hitter Bran they will start at and s, 1 p.m. Ephraim summer recreation programs get good enrollment BY BRUCE JENNINGS Although official summer is still weeks away, Ephraims summer recreaUon program is already underway. Teams are now pracUcing, as the weather permits for their season open- ers. And partlcipaUon this summer will be bigger If not better than ever, according to Mark Anderson, city councilman In charge of parks and recreation. He said that 45 teams will be three more than compeUng last year. of them will be Twenty-tw- o Snow College intramural teams; 29, Little League teams, one a men's softball team and two women's softball teams. Figuring 15 members to a team, that 675 people who will be running bases and chasing fly balls. And therell be a lot more contributing in one way or another: coaches, officials, score keepers and mothers, among others, transporting the athletes hither and yon. Heading the summer recreation Is Bart Nelson, Snow College math professor, whose tasks are mulUtudlnous In keeping the program running smoothly. in AnMr. to Ephraim, according derson, has one major problem, a lack of playing fields, so that tight scheduling is required, one of Mr. Nelsons areas of Summer recreation, expertise. But that problem may get a partial soluUon soon. Mr. Anderson is recommending to the City Council that a committee be appointed to come up with a listof locaUons for development, with the Rotary Park and the Industrial Park among the possible sites. Snow staff plays BYU in fund raiser game BY KEITH UPERESA The second annual Badger football fund raiser turned out to be quite a success for the second year In a row. Members of the Snow College football coaching staff, faculty, and administrative personnel took on the former BYU football players and NFL players at the Snow College Activity Center. The visiting stars included Steve Young (San Francisco 49ers), Mark Bellini (Indianapolis Colts), Sean SalColts), isbury (Indianapolis BYU-NF- Richard Hobb Thomas (BYU). L (BYU), Rodney and David Miles (BYU). The stars were led by Sean Salsburys 37 points to BYU-NF- L go on and defeat the staff members from Snow College 104 to 81. Also contributing to the stars scoring for the BYU-NF- L were Mark Bellini (26 pts), and Richard Hobb (18 Pts). Steve Strong and Mike Black led the scorers for the Badgers with 15 and 14 points. Those who attended the game met with these stars and got their pictures and autographs before, after, and even during the game. Many of the participants In the halftime contests came away as A total of 24 Converse athletic bags were given away In the three-poishot contest and two winners in the shot contest won a Jazz basketball and a softball bat with a Badger baseball cap. The highlight of the halftime contest was the slam-dun- k contest which was won by Dave Barge of the Snow College basketball team. The winning dunk was a slam from the left baseline over three boys on the floor. prize-winner- s. nt half-cou- rt Historical Society will hold dinner meeting The Sanpete Historical Society will hold a dinner meeting at the Warm Creek Ranch In Fayette on May 5 at 7 p.m. Reservations should be made to Albert Antrel, Maurlne Johnson, Nlbley, or Nadine 283-423- 5. Following the dinner, a program will be held. The program theme will be "Show and Tell" on an overview You t of the Sanpete historical projects and collections. "We need to discuss what has been done; what is being done; and what still needs to be done," stated Nadine Nlbley. Especially invited are members of the DUP, SUP, history teachers, librarians, mayors and anyone who Is interested in history. are invited to a Votynesian Luau May 12, 1988 6 to 8 p.m. Snow College Old Gym Cost: Students $3.00, Adults $4.00 Family $15.00 Presented by the Snow College Polynesian Club |