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Show 2 WEST VALLEY VIEW Thursday, May 20, 1982 Drop Pair Of Games To Ogden Spartan Hopes Crash On the MURRAY. whole, it was a very good year. You cant take that away of one afterbecause noon. That succinct state ment by Murray Coach Bill Siebenberg sums up a season for the Spartan baseball team that began with question marks, rose steadily to the brink of a championship, then plummeted abruptly to earth. Thoughts of one bad afternoon will stick out in the minds of the Spartans, who dropped To Earth In 3A and 10-- 3 4-- 3 decisions to Ogden in the finals at Derks field, and unfortunately will pale memories of four earlier days in which Murray was, by far, the class of the tournament. No one had come even close to the Spartans. Murray was swinging a big bat, scoring runs in bunches. Opposing pitcher left the field The Spartan staff, whose depth posed the shell-shocke- main concern for Siebenberg and assistant Gene McKeehan, looked seasoned in Orem overpowering (11-2- ), Ogden Box Elder (6-- Provo days, (9-4- (10-1- ). on which had previous days crossed the corners of the plate at knee level started to float down the pipe, waist-higOgden jumped on the h. COIN' throw to complete double play. Looking on Is inSpartan shortstop John Morgan, who itiated the play. Mike Hall calls Ogdens Chon Choi out at second as Murray second sacker Kirk Imamura releases at third a two innings with a cut-of- Those f They the mistakes. With men on base, the Spartans started coming up empty handed. Instead of drives into the power alleys, Murray came up with high fly balls -three of which could have been home runs (two probably) at Ken wanted, there were occasional lapses (par- ticularly with the curve) where the ball would hang. That was the problem in the third when Ogden put together two singles, a questionable error and a triple to right by Craig Slama to forge a tie. After a scoreless Murray inning, Beck struck out the first bat- the inning The Finals Price, which were caught near the left Murray needed just one of two to take home the championship trophy. And Ogden already had tasted the Spartans bite, having fallen on the second day of the tournament. But While for the most part, was able to keep his pitches where he off with towering fly balls, certain home runs at Ken rest of a banner year. 9-- rest showed. Beck, Paul Brinkerhoff and Paul Beck started mind, overshadowing through with only one days rest. The lack of the Spartans looked like they were going to burst loose and blow the game apart as they had done previously in the tournament. men on in cant always come r. In the top of the are the things that stick one-hitte- third, and the pickoff. missed defense. determined pitcher batters he faced and completing the first possibility of another on Beck on the mound. But even a gutty, to the challenge, striking out the first two ), Murray ran different. Pitches Tourney Monday Price park, but which were merely long outs at Derks) - or, worse yet, strikeouts. The Spartans didnt run well on the bases, losing one run by leaving too early on a tag and For four wild. But on the fifth, Monday, things were FOR TWO . . . Umpire and stole second but died there. In the sixth, Rob Beck walked with two outs but got no further than first. The seventh. The Spartans had the top of the lineup coming to the plate. Siebenberg and McKeehan considered having their players take a pitch, up perhaps coming with a walk to get a man on base. But a review of the pitching charts showed that Ulrich had thrown strikes on the first pitch to six of the previous seven batters. Five of those pitches were fastballs, and Murray is a fastball hitting team. So Siebenberg let his players go. After taking a ball, however, Paul Beck flied out to right. Imamura bounced the first pitch to the third baseman. Two outs. two-ru- n field fence. But with two outs, Kirk Imamura continued the assault on Ogdens Jim Gifford, driving a triple to center field. After Guy Watts walked, John Morgan drove a double to left center, scoring Imamura and advancing Watts to third. Clint Forrest then caught hold of a 2 fastball and sent it into 4 the Tigers started to roll in the first game and never lost the momentum, even overcoming a deficit to one of the states best pitchers, Paul Beck. 3-- 0 ter he faced and a lefty, Joe Parker, blooped a double down the left field line and his came around to score when Brian slow-swingin- er 5-- 0 the Stromberg, number nine hitter, lined a base hit to right both Watts and Morgan to score easiGifly. Murray led ford was pulled in favor of Clard Ulrich, and the Spartans had game. The Stopper. Despite going with only one days rest, the Spartan ace responded g pinch-runn- right center, enabling Beck for the second Watts flied out to left. It ended in the first game when Ogden scored five runs in the top of the sixth, cutting short a Spartan rally deficit. from a Murray had started out flat. Pitcher Mike Simpson, who had an extremely impressive cond went down trying to steal second. But a 3-- Siebenberg saved The Spartan title dream ended when se- Friday showing lost Box field. Still, Murray had three chances to score. 3-- 0, Elder, the zip on his fastball and couldnt find the (See Page 4, Col. 3) against . In the fifth, Morgan singled with two outs Beat Granger, Fall To Huskies, Braves One Run Games Mark Granite Showing MURRAY. Two runs made all the dif- ference for the Granite high baseball team. Coach Wayne Star-tin- s Farmers dropped two games in the Class 4A tournament, both by a single run, to the eventual finalists. A break here or there in either game and didnt Granite could just as well have been the state champion as Hillcrest which, as it turned out, went the tournament undefeated. It has been a super year for us athletically, Startin said later, through the noting that won Farmers had CAMCO region titles in football, baseball, track and and finished second in wrestling. OUTDOOR DRINKING cross-countr- FOUNTAIN y, And, he added, Its been fun for me to coach some winners. Many of the baseball players also were on the Startin-coache- d football squad. Huskies 5, 4 Saturday, Startin was faced with the kind of decision which thrive on -and always say they would hve made the correct choice. Rodger Hoffmann had pitched a superb second-guesse- at Following S.L. Stores ALLWOODS 5976 SO. STATE ENGLAND EAST 0600 SO. PLUMBING 3SS EAST 3900 SO. with the idea of walking Varoz, a feared power hitter. But in doing that, he reasoned, he would be putting the potential winning run MURRAY PLUMBING SO. STATE PAY-N-PA- C 37S0 SO. Varoz guessed fastball, he got it, and drove the ball over the right field fence. Hillcrest 5, Granite 4. On to the championship. That blast, along with one earlier in the inning by Jeff Wilcox, spoiled what had been a superb pitching performance by Hoffmann. For six innings, the senior righthander had accomplished something which no one else had done all year shut down the vaunted Husky attack. But Hillcrest rose to the occasion in the seventh. And cham- ball. He was then relieved by senior southpaw Greg Holman, who off a stint the previous day in a heartbreaking loss to was coming seven-innin- g Bountiful. Despite undoubtedly Lancers in check until the seventh when Coach Mike Folsters club refused to die despite a four-ru- n deficit. So Startin call- d ed on a Hoffmann, who got the final out of the game on a strikeout. sore-arme- . Granite had snapped a deadlock in the top of the inning when Gregg Sharp followed 3-- 3 STATE on base. S00 WEST 9000 SO. Hillcrest Coach Bob Johnson would likely bunt the runners to second and WEBSTERS INC. 79S1 SO. STATE third and Granite would be in real trouble. So, even though he DiitrOiliE by AlcDsnoM Plumbing Davis with a double into the right centerfield alley. The Farmers then loaded the bases without a hit and pushed another run home when Hoffmann was hit by a pitch. A bases-loade- d walk to Lance pratt made it Granger could have (See Page 4, Col. 1) 7-- 3. Sherm Davies - Independent Granite LUBE & TIRE will take 268- - 5310 South State Ph. 3838 Care of You! For WlesnerSd n 8, Granger CHANGE OIL -F- ILTER, LUBE! Granite earned the against one of those classic wins produced by state tournaments. 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