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Show 2 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, August 16, 1984 Title For Legion Taylorsville Tops Granger MURRAY. Its on to Las Vegas for the Taylorsville American Legion baseball squad which sailed through the state tournament with a 0 record capped by a 12-- win over a gritty Granger club Saturday night. After a couple of near misses in Legion play over the past two years and a heartbreaking end to the high 6-- 5 school the season, talented Taylorsville crew put it all together, leaving no reasonable doubt that it is indeed Utahs best baseball team. Taylorsville will meet Reno, the Nevada state champ, Wednesday evening at Cashman Field where the AAA Las Vegas Stars play. The two teams have met once this year already, with Reno having claimed a 1 victory, but Coach Barry Sceili is enthusiastic and optimistic about his teams chances in the regional. The winner of the western regional will advance to World Series competition in New Orleans. Taylorsvilles advancing to the title contest was no surprise to Legion fans, but Grangers was. Sceili was among those who had nothing put praise for the Granger players and coaches American who not only proved their own mettle, but also saw to it that the finals, were composed and the semi-finalof Valley League teams from the Western Division, the third being Bingham. In getting to the finals, both Granger and Taylorsville had to defeat a good team, while Taylorsville knocked 4A high school champ Bingham out of the tourney and Granger handed Hillcrest only its second loss of the season, after which Bingham eliminated the Eastern Division champ. Saturdays finale, by looking only at the scorebook, would go down as sloppily played. The two teams were officially credited with 13 errors. At least four of those were of a questionable ruling at this level and several were the result of some aggressive play that created some Granger was hurt by errors early in the game, but it was the timely hitting of Taylorsville that finally did in the West Valley club. While Granger faced a no tomorrow situation, Taylorsville went into Saturdays rather sparsely attended contest with the knowledge that it could wrap up the title that night or come back again on Monday, that because Taylorsville had handed Granger its first tourney setback in last Wednesday nights battle of unbeatens from the two tournament brackets. Granger drew first blood in the g affair when Mike Wilding ripped a Wayne Arroyo pitch over the centerfield fence after the Taylorsville hurler struck out the first two batters he faced. Taylorsville got the run back in the bottom of the inning when Kelly Davis lived on an error and came around on two more Granger miscues. s, Tri-Citi- near-misse- s. nine-innin- NIPPED . . . Toylorivill The eventual champs hit Jeff Lund hard in the third, but could get just a pair of runs, one a booming homer to left by catcher Phil Evans, followed by a Billy Lamboume double and a base hit by George Grizzle. Taylorsville began to creep ahead in the fourth when Craig Vargo belted a double, advanced on an fielders choice and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jonny Walker. Pat OMalley, who was named the tournaments most outstanding player, as opposed to Walkers MVP honor, homered in the sixth after g Granger had scored a run on a base hit by Kevin Anderson, fifth-innin- coupled with an error, but Taylorsville made it 3 in the sixth with three more runs. Mike bunted his way aboard, Evans drew a walk and Walker singled for the first run. Grizzles base hit scored Evans and Vinnie Brown sacrificed Walker home. Granger got two of those back in the top of the eighth on Jeff Willard-son- s two-ru- n shot to left after Wilding rapped a single. That greeted a tiring Walker who came on d in relief of Jimmy Orwin after Arroyo had gone seven and Or7-- sore-arme- win one. No Taylorsville pitcher went the distance, by design, which resulted in Taylorsville giving up just 18 runs in the six games. Walker settled down and rubbed out any further Granger threats. After a solo homer by Vargo, Taylorsville clinched the title with four runs in the home half of the eighth. Vargo finished the tournament with 13 hits and five walks in 25 trips to the plate. Lamboume, he of the great speed, singled, stole second and third and scored as George Grizzle singled, followed by a base hit by Vinnie Brown. Ryan Brown walked and g Kelly Davis delivered a blow followed by a Littlewood sacrifice. The celebration was quiet as such celebrations go, much in respect for Taylorsvilles fallen foe, Sceili said. The Taylorsville coach in his postgame remarks praised the seniors on his team who had been so close before, were disappointed, but never gave up. He also referred positively to the Babe Ruth and Automotive programs in the community. Taylorsville has three of its four pitchers coming back next season, to be joined by Automotive players who lost only once in the regular Babe season. Also, the Ruthers took second in the Western regionals. Some fans were predicting dynasty, noting that the high schoolers are d Ron coached by the Rushton, but Sceili knows too much about baseball to start predicting things. 1 just .want to concentrate on this year and Vegas. Next year -thats then. This is now, he said gesturing to his players who were warming up to the idea of being state champions. highly-respecte- IT, UMP . . . Taylorsville Coach Troy Davis (6) appears to be to help umpire Mike Andrews make up his mind on Jeff trying CALL Willardson's stretching attempt as Jonny Walker 'base. Walker was Indeed safe. (13) glides past first New Trout Hybrid Coming To Fish Lake SALT LAKE. If all goes well, anglers may see a new fish next season at Fish Lake. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists recently stocked the lake with 36,000 splake, a hybrid cross between a speckled (brook) trout and a lake trout. Division experts hope the new fish will be easier to catch than lake trout, grow rapidly in the lake and feed on nongame fish in the lake particularly chubs and shiners. The five-inc- h splake fingerlings were raised in the newly completed Mammoth Creek Hatchery. Last winter, eggs were taken from lake trout in Fish Lake and fertilized with Creek brook sperm from Seven-mil- e trout. They were incubate and raised to eyeup stage in a makeshift facility at the lake. The fry were then transported to the Mammoth Creek facility where they were raised to stockable size. - Craig Vargo is nippod at first base as Lund in tltla contest Granger's Jaff Willardson takas throw from Jaff BACK TO SCHOOL action. Sale Ends August 31st Nike 261 4605 Adidas Saucony Puma New Balance Converse. and more! -- Fashion Place WE TURK BRAKE DRUMS & ROTORS 3495 West 3500 South 968-291- "If Wl CAN'T HUP YOU... HOIODT CAN.' 4 Murray, Utah Next to Weinstocks MUTT m? 532-700- 8 Crossroads Plaza Third Floor Salt Lake City, Utah |
