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Show 2 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, Augusts 1984 Cottonwood , Tri Cities, Brigham City Fall Taylorsville Advances With Three American Legion Wins beaten easily Solid pitching carried Taylorsville to three straight victories in early stages of the state American Legion tournament. The Western Division champs breezed past Brigham City and Cottonwood before giving fans their moneys worth Tuesday night with a seventh-inninrally and a pair of s defensive gems to send to the losers bracket. That set up a meeting of unbeatens from the two brackets that was unexpected. Granger, also from the Valley Leagues Western Division, was slated to meet Taylorsville last night (Wednesday) after press time. Common sense would seem to indicate that Granger, which was forced to come through the Valley League tourney, was running out of pitching. But Coach Barry Sceili was not discounting the team that his had TAYLORSVILLE. twice the during season, noting that Granger is a squad and the team is solid-hittin- g on a roll. The winner of last nights test will in the tournament today and have an edge the rest of the way. Tville 5, Tri-Citi- 3 It was two defensive gems - one by shortstop Mike Littlewood and e another by outfielder Billy - that had people talking Tuesday. They were major league efforts, Sceili said. No one would dispute that. Lambourne ran down a fly ball to deep center, cathing the ball up against the Ken Price field wall. The next play was a hot smash that appeared to be headed for left, but Littlewood somehow made a leaping stab of the ball to preserve the win for teammate Jimmy Orwin Tri-Citie- Lam-bourn- Lambourne and Littlewood into the hero roles. Taylorsville scored its first run in ace Shaun the sixth off Storey. Walker singled and came home on a base hit by Shawn Lund. Before that the Valley League team had stranded six runners in scoring position. Orwin pitched brilliantly, allowing just four hits, no walks and striking out seven through six innings. Tri-Citi- Tri-Citi- draw a bye g and a save for Jonny Walker, who has figured in all three pitching decisions for Taylorsville. It was failure to make the key in trouble. plays that put In the seventh inning, trailing Taylorsille got a monumental break. Vargo led off the inning with a base hit, took second on an error and knotted the score on a single by Kelly Davis. Littlewood walked, bringing Walker to the plate. He lined the ball into left. The fielder came up throwing, but failed to nail Davis at the plate. Walker headed for second and the catcher tried to get him, but there was no one there and the ball sailed into the outfield, allowing Walker to come around and score behind Littlewood, making the score Tville 5, Cottonwood 2 Strikeouts were the order of the day Monday as Cottonwoods Jim Pike fanned 11, while Wayne Arroyo struck out 10 in five innings and Walker added three more in a stint. However, Taylorsville was able to outhit the Eastern Division runner-u- p two-inni- The insurance runs proved important when Walker struggled a bit in the bottom of the frame, forcing 9-- fired a third strike past one of the leagues most dangerous hitters. Both teams scored in the first. Tom Mortensen walked, advanced on a ground out and came home on Marc Dicinos base hit for Cottonwood, but singles by Craig Vargo, Littlewood and Phil Evans knotted the score for Taylorsville. Arroyo helped his own cause in the third with a base hit, scoring on a double by Littlewood. In the top of the fifth, Cottonwood tied it up on a single by Craig Sorensen and an error, but Taylorsville put the game away with a pair of runs in the fifth when Vargo singled and scored ahead of Davis on a roundtripper. George Grizzle gave Arroyo an insurance run with a sixth inning homer. The key to the victory may have been in the Cottonwood fifth when Cottonwood loaded the bases with two out and Dicino worked Arroyo to a full count. The Taylorsville hurler TayIorsviiie6,B.C. with OrWalker fired a win brought on in the seventh to save Walkers arm and help the redhead get ready for his scheduled start on Tuesday. Taylorsville pounded out 13 hits while Walker was striking out eight Evans and Littlewood combined to send Davis home after he had lived on an error. Lund led off the second with a towering home run. In the third Taylorsville scored another solo run on singles by Lambourne and Ryan Brown and in the fourth Littlewood doubled and came home on an Evans single. The final two runs came home in the fifth as Vargo tripled, Davis singled and Littlewood rapped a 31 Granger Squad Nips American Legion Opponents i v day night. With the score knotted at Lund drilled a bases-loade- d single in the bottom of the eighth to secure a 10-- 9 win. The Granger team ran on the strength of an offensive showing from Jeff Willardson, who smashed two home runs in the contest. Brian Joy added a double for the winners. Granger was down 2 before coming to the plate in the sixth inning to register seven runs and tie the score at Neither team could get a run across in the seventh, sending the game into extra innings. KEARNS. Coach Layne Hobbs Granger Legion squad doesnt make anything look easy. Going into a contest against Taylorsville on Wednesday evening at Southridge park, Granger was undefeated in the state American Legion tournament. But not by much. in After getting by Highland Saturdays opening round, the west side squad proceeded to register g wins over on Monday and the Logan (10-9- ) on Tuesday. mighty Hillcrest (11-1- 9-- 9-- 7 last-innin- heart-stoppin- Granger 11, Hillcrest Granger 9, Highland 7 9 Without a doubt, Tuesdays win over Hillcrest was Grangers biggest of the season. Hillcrest has been rated the No. 1 team in the league and is the defending state champion. In addition, Grangers foe had lost only one game up until Tuesday. However, Leroy Woodard changed that in the bottom of the last inning when he sent a pitch bouncing over the fence for a ground rule double, scoring Ryan Stephens from second and ending the game. In the sixth inning, with Hillcrest sitting on an 6 lead, Mike Wilding homer to give swatted a three-ruadvantage. But a Granger a one-ru- n passed ball in the top of the seventh scored a Hillcrest runner from third and the game was tied at paving the way for Woodards gamewinning double. Woodards heroics with the bat not only earned his team a victory, but gave him the win on the mound. He had entered the game two innings earlier in relief of Jeff Lund. 7-- 6 Granger had prefaced that win with an equally exciting victory over Logan on Mon . . expanded., tin the classic will include three additional races, one a long road race from distance two-da- y Utahs Dixie. Next months race will be a 1.9 mile (3.1 kilometer) affair with three uphill climbs, three downhill stretches and straightaways for high speed chases. 1985 The race is open to all, with classes for novice and veteran riders of all ages. There is also a family division. The family team must include one parent, one female and at least three persons. Registration blanks are available at most Utah COTTONWOOD flat-repa- ir 3. bicycle shops, Murray Recreation Dept., and Cyclesmith Supply Co., 4768 So. Brown St., Murray. Registration will remain opefi until 7:30 a.m. on race day. The signup fee is $10, which includes entry, a e pass at 49th Street or Galleria and choice of a cycling cap. There will also be spectator contests with valuable prizes. A newspaper pitch contest for youths Pre-rac- e workshops are scheduled through Murray Community Education. Further information may be obtained by calling Riders will compete for more than $15,000 in prizes, a spokesman said.; The event is being sponsored by the Murray Chamber of Commerce, Murray City and others. Further information may be obtained by calling 263-783- s Thrifty shoppers read the Green Sheet classifieds! GET READY FOR THE ANNUAL MURRAY UTE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AUGUST 4th & 11th Murray district will conduct registration sessions at the Vine on Street Library for boys age Aug. 4 and 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A $45 registration fee will be charged and players will be permitted to keep the jersey. Additional boys in a family will pay $35. Further information may be obtained by calling HEIGHTS. AUGUST COUNTY 1 e D it w t$ e TSths O C 11 0 ' Si a 3 y u E . . ? uvv za o iZ CL . S5 ll m a 5 OO ? eo . 52 o W CN CS V- FAIRGROUNDS I I I I of MURRAY SPECIAL FAIR ATTRACTION . . . I I I I GREAT WESTERN CARNIVAL! FEATURING . . .THE ALL NEW A THRILLING $UPER - LOOP! - DON'T MISS IT Ua (I uo 3 O u 10th at the 268-363- 3. A- - o I I MONDAY, AUGUST 13th thru SATURDAY, - Col. 6) Q. 12-1- $ALT LAKE COUNTY FAIR! Several Murray swimmers placed in the top six in a state championship C" meet here during the week. The events and those placing included: 50 back, Nikki Fonnesbeck, fourth; 100 back, Rod Horton, first; 50 free, Rachel Andrus, fifth; Tim Andrus third; Cindy Horton, first; N. Fonnesbeck, sixth; Korey Tesch, third. Also, 50 breast, Gary Horton, D O age 6 will be held, with the grand prize a $200 bicycle. Another bicycle will be given away in a contest, open to boys and girls age ijhiiftrin Murray Swimmers Place In C Meet z 13-1- 0 COLLISION . . . The ball squirts loose os Granger shortstop Ron Sackett (20) and second baseman Kevin Anderson collide going for a in tournament game against Highland on Saturday. Despite pop-u- p several costly errors, Granger won the contest. o 11-1- Granger was set to face gained United States Cycling Federation sanctioning. Sponsors are stressing, however, that the classic will not lose its focus on the beginner cyclist race opportunity, but that the event is being 9-- mat Thirty-on- Taylorsville last night MURRAY. The third annual staging of the Salt City Classic is scheduled here on Labor Day, with race officials announcing they have n kfrra frfiiiffr COTTONWOODHEIGHTS. e members of the Granger Orca Swim Team participated in the state C championship meet Saturday and Sunday. Three relay teams placed, including the boys 8 and under in the 200 free where they took first. Swimmers were Paul Binns, Jared Christensen, Brett Hall and Cory Sinclair. The 2 team took second inthat event as did the 4 boys. Individuals gaining first through sixth finishers were Craig Jensen, third, fourth, two fifths; Mike Hamilton, third, fourth; Laurie Park, sixth; Jason Munk, fifth; Jason Christensen, sixth; Nicole Collard, B time in 100 back; two firsts, fourth; Brett Hall, B Time in 100 free, first second. victory in downgoing into ing Highland. Down the bottom of the fifth inning, starting Granger pitcher Lund scored Willardson and Pat OMalley when he sent a fastball into left center. Highland put together a rally in the seventh, moving runners to second and third. But a Highland runner was thrown out at home when he tried to score on a wild pitch and Woodard later came in to relieve Lund and earn the save. lead in the seHighland took a cond inning, then added two more in the third, but Granger came back in its half of the inning to tie the score at Murray Gears For Labor Day Family, Solo Bicycle Race 8-- Granger 10, Logan 9 Granger 'Orcas' Swim In 'C' Meet 6-- 6. In the opening round of the tournament, Granger put together another I I I I Tt., - 19 & M gs a k. a B V (0 w 5 o O CO I-- , I to c ii ax " d 2 VI I si I I I I I I I I I 1 two-hitte- r, GREAT WESTERN CARNIVAL 1984 Platinum Advertising, Inc. I. V 1 |