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Show 'W V" tr- - V 'r- 'V .y w r r rv f'T --. iiy ii m' . v Page 12A South Edition . (W if twr M Lakeside Review Wednesday, April 11, 1984 TigM GARY L. HATCH Review Sports Editor The Leopards got one run in of the first two innings, but did not score again until the sixth. David Cole was the starting pitcher for the Darts. Roy hung on to a piece of the Region 1 lead Friday by whipping Layton We just hit the ball well, said Lancer coach Fred Thompson. Weve been swinging the bat well and driving in runs the last few weeks - knock on wood and I just hope it keeps up. It sure is going to be a tough league, though. I think everyone will beat everyone. No ones pitching,is dominating, and its going to be a tight race, he added. The Royals jumped out to a 0 lead after three innings. Lay-to- n battled back to make it after five, but Roy added three more insurance runs in the sixth to cap the win. Clearfield put a notch in the win column as they downed the 3 in a Bonneville Lakers game Friday. After narrowly missing a win last week against Layton, th6 Falcons jumped out to an 0 lead after two innings and never looked back: Jeff Parry singled in Clearfields only two runs in the first inning. In the second, a d by starting pitcher Greg triple ' Folk gave Clearfield three runs. Page Higgins then knocked in two with a single, and Phil Petersen added another single to knock in the sixth run of the in--. ning. each The region baseball races, after three rounds, are shaping up a lot like the basketball season did for both Region 4 and Region 1 tight. Four teams share the drivers seat in Region 4 and three are in the same position for the Region Crown. But it looks like there are plenty of backseat drivers in both re- 7-- 1 gions. Bountiful and Davis are tied with Highland and East for the lead in Region 4, all with 1 records, Viewmont follows at and Woods Cross is surprisingly V' 2-- f 'i'&'t Ei 1- -2 5": iA 0--3, In the north end of the county, Roy shares the league lead with Box Elder and Weber, and Clearfield, Layton and Bonneville all share records. At Bountiful on Friday the Braves took advantage of Viewmont miscues in the second and fifth innings to put fifteen points on the board while holding the Vikings to just four runs. The game was called after five innings. Theyre a much better team than they showed here Friday, Brave coach Phil Olsen said. The Vikings got off to a good start in the game with two runs in the first inning against Bountifuls Robby Thompson, but that was where the good ended for the Vikings. Viewmont just couldnt get a clean pickup when the Braves started to test the Viking de- 3-- 4-- .1 11-- rain-shorten- ed 8-- Photo by Robert Regan A VIKING takes a dive against Bountiful Thursday runs in the second inning and the Vikes could never recover. Bountifuls Doug Anderson and Tim Smith laced three hits each, followed by Bruce Riddle with two hits, including a double. Mike Laraby also nailed a triple for the Braves. On April 3 Bountiful lost 1 to East in one of the most frus The Braves rattled off nine in 1 Region action. make anything work. trating of Olsens career. We left 18 runners on base in that game. You can only leave 21. Ive never been involved with anything like it. We just couldnt get the hits when we needed them. We tried We tried to everything we tried to them in, squeeze swing away, but we couldnt 4-- -- , . 1- -2 fense. 3. I guess . it just wasnt meant to Olsen said. Davis had some of the same problems with East Thursday that Bountiful had a few days be, earlier. The Darts dropped the game and lost out on a chance to take sole possession of first place 4-- 1 . in the region. We hit the ball well, we just didnt get hits at the right times to get the runs we needed," Dart coach Kent Draayer said. Some little mental mistakes cost us, he added. The Darts outhit the Leopards 4 but got just one run in the seventh inning to show for it. 9-- bases-loade- Ice Breaker Invitational Gary L. Hatch The Clearfield Falcon boys showed their strength by placing first in the annual Westland Ford Icebreaker Invitational last Friday and Saturday held at Ben Lomond High School, j The Falcon girls placed second y in the event behind Weber High. The invitational is the first state qualifying event of the season for schools. and The Falcon boys fielcj strength carried them to a 70 point finish. They won three qf the six field events, amounting to 5 of the 17 events overall.! This is kind of a first for us since we had never won a major invitational in the state before, Clearfield coach John Flint said. The Falcons finished first in the shot put with thp effort of sophmore Craig Carter, who had a personal best of 55 feet 2 Baseball Is The One Sure Sign Of Spring two-da- ter, also known as talk or noise words and phrases said not to communicate any message in particular, but as an end them- 4-- A selves. Everyone has at least heard, if not used the old standbys, Pitchers got a rubber arm, and Hey batter. Swing! Since the open fields that were home for my meadowlark now are a subdivision and because I never can tell January from July by the weather, I now rely on ' ' the sure sign of Spring. Now when I step outside and listen, I hear Hey batter batter batter swing. . .tink, and Scott Ferrin, and fourth place shot put effort from senior Kim Thurgood, who placed second in state last year. The Layton Lancer boys, who led the field on the first day of the meet, placed third overall with 50 points. The Lancers placed second in the 1,600 meter relays, third in the relays, and second in the long jump by the efforts of Tom Kidd. Layton got a 5 javelin finish from Ronnie Pearce (170-6- ) and Dave Totario (169-0Junior Terry Kealamakia had a inter4 finish in the mediate hurdles and the 1 high hurdles, and Dave Brimhall took third in the shot , Review Correspondent Review Sports Editor Everyone has a sign he looks for to prove to himself Spring is here. Over the years I have encountered several. For example, when I was a kid I knew it was Spring when I heard my first meadowlark in the open fields across the street. I could also depend on the warm weather and sunny skies that came and stayed with April. Now Utahns are coming to know it is Spring when Salt Lake City looks like Venice, Italy or when junior has to trade in his toy trucks for toy boats to still be able to play effectively in the living room. There is, however, one unequivocal sign of spring. It is comprised of two words that to every true hardballer are play ball. quintessent to life Those two words engender in the minds of baseball players and fans everywhere everything that is baseball. The smack or more lately of a solid hit, the the tink combined smell of oiled leather and liniment and the chatter or talk that players and fans involve themselves in from their first baseball experience.. Only baseball provides chat 0miiniat Chris Larsen 3-- from a third-plac- e 110-met- Sin-gle- y, 400-met-er A 300-met- er 10-me- ter 4-- 22-2- ). 3-- . i anchor leg in the winning Falcon relay team; which had a time of 50.58. ' Teammate Laura Zaugg won 400-met- er er high hurdle finish from Jeff a fourth place high jump effort from Greg Willard, a fifth place long jump slinch from senior Morgan Nelson, and a sixth place effort in the long jump and javelin by junior Jeff Ohlwiler. The Roy Royals took ninth with 20 points by the labor of Larry Helsm, who won the intermediate hurdles, and took fifth in the 1 high hurdles. Viewmont and Woods Cross placed 3 with a 7- - and effort respectively. The Clearfield Falcon girls clinched second with 83 points, 13 behind the winning Weber. The Falcons Stephanie won the 200 meters with put The Davis Darts took eighth a time of 26.13 and the 400 mewith a 22 point finish supported ters at 58.91. She also ran the 300-met- er Clem-men- ts the 100-met- er high hur- dles, 15.50, and came in second in the 200, 26.39. Clearfield also gained support from a discus finish from Kerry Bell, Sue Thurgood, and -6 Janna Mower. Lisa Garcia took third in the 100 meters for the Falcons. The Roy Royal girls, sparked by good field event placings, tied, for eighth place with American Fork. Julie Taylor clinched third in 2 the Javelin with a effort, and Shelley Schamber placed third in both the shot put and discus. The Layton Lancers tied for eighth with Spanish Fork. 127-2'- inches. Senior James Moore broke the Clearfield school record by a foot, taking the pole vault with a personal best of 14-- and senior Hal Schofield placed first in the J high jump at Cleafields 1,600 ineter relay team of Rod Ruyjbal, Ricky Smith, Hal Morre, and Greg Boykin, took first with a time of I know Spring has finally arrived. 6J just realized we dont have to worry about building any more swimming facilities in the I 6-- 6. state. All we have to do is paint lines on the bottoms of selected potholes around the area and then wait for the flood waters to 3:31.03. Ricky Smith also swept the 400 meters (50.40) and placed fourth in the 200 m ters (23.09). The Falcons took its first invitational with support from a third place finish inj the 800 meters by senior Ehiane Rock, fourth and fifth discus placing by senior Gary BrCitweiser and come. Judging from some of .the roads Ive been on we could add facilities several Olympic-siz- e this year. Some could even handle a er platform without dredging. pikers Qualify Entrants For State Rodeo Finals The Weber-DavSpikers rodeo club qualified 15 entrants in 15 events for the state rodeo finals at the Spikers High School Qualifying Rodeo held in Ogden's Golden Spike Colloseum on Friday and Saturday. The rodeo was one of 20 or so the Spikers will be competing in this year in preparation for the 6 state finals scheduled June in Heber City. The Spikers are comprised of participants from 17 high schools in Weber and Davis counties. But the Rodeo was not only a is 13-1- , of qualifyers. The top three finishers in each This has been our most suc- event qualify for the state rodeo cessful rodeo in years, said Darfinals. rell Christensen,- a Spikers ' The top four finishers in the ' advisor. state competition qualify for the We had three to four hundred national rodeo held in Rapid entrants from all over the state, City, South Dakota on July good stock, and outstanding supThe top three finishers in orport from the parents and comder in each event were as folmunity. The highlight of the rodeo lows. was probably the support of the Boys: Fred Lowery, businesses, he added. Cowcutting The Spikers are the largest Oakcrs club; Todd Cornia, high school rodeo club in Utah South Rich; Brett King, Spikers. Bareback BroncRiding with around 70 members, Christensen said. Continued on Page 13A. success in terms - 22-2- 8. j $ Photo by Rodney Wright TWO RELAY runners strain to gain an advantage in track action Saturday. I, . m m ii Bain |