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Show t If Winter comes, can Percy Bysshe Shelley. Had Shelley posed his ques- far behind ? tion to Northern Utahs high school baseball coaches, he would have been answered to his surprise with a resounding, Yes." To Shelley, his Western Wind was heroic. Ours has created havoc. The past two seasons the weather has run roughshod over high school baseball scheduling for the 2A, 3A and 4A divisions 1A plays in the fall. Something needs to be done to correct the problem if we want to have an optimal, even ed by an acceptable, baseball program in the state. 1 . W--" , - 'i.'Xi V-- .Crf JKV I. eason Worth Considering Longer 0, Wind, Spring be 4, wear and tear on unseasoned ' ; pitchers arms. The most obvious problem with playing during part of the summer is the conflict that it. One of the big problems with the baseball season, is we have to squeeze it in after the state see two solutions to the problem. We could either send in an application for nicer spring basketball tournament around the middle of March and before the end of school at the first of Gary L. Hatch weather, or we could follow the suggestion of Woods Cross coach Val Cullimore and consider allowing high school baseball schedules to run into the summer break. Now Im not sure Cullimore is 100 percent sure he likes the idea, but it merits consideration. I would not have said this a few years ago, but the longer Ive coached the more I think it would be a good idea to extend the league into the summer, Cullimore said. would arise between high school and American Legion play, but the high school season wouldn't have to be extended much to make a big difference. It would definitely be better May. That leaves just more than a month to play all our games, inNext year cluding well have a couple more weeks. The way it is now, if a team hits a slump, three or four games can go by before they recover, and by then its too late to salvage their season, Cullimore said. Also, needed preseason games could be more easily scheduled around the cold weather, saving . Review Sports Editor pre-seaso- n. Extending the schedule would season would be longer, allowing have several advantages. not only more time to reschedule rained out games, but also to The most obvious is the likelihood that the weather will be allow more time between regular better, though that is no sure season games. That would enbet. able teams to go through a Another advantage is that the slump and still not be devastat than cramming four games into one week, which is the situation facing some teams rain-plagu- ed right now. There may be some problems with extending the high school baseball schedule into the summer, but there are also some big advantages. Its worth Page IB South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 2, 1984 No Team Guaranteed Jorgenson, who rapped out three singles in asTnany times at bat, still has a good shot at v Weber, at e in Region 1, but capturing are still possibilBonneville and Layton GARY L. HATCH Review Sports Editor Going into the final regularly scheduled round of action in the areas region baseball races, no one in either league is guaranteed a spot in the state' tournament. Clearfield and Highland come closest to clinching a tournament spot, but each has to win at least one crucial matchup before either can feel secure. The tournament field will be made up of eight teams, four of which will be the region champions and the other four will be winners in playoffs between the e second- - and teams from each of the regions. Several teams still have to make up previously rained out games many of these games will be played yesterday and today, which was after press time for this issue of the Lakeside. In order for Clearfield to wrap up the Region 1 title, they must get past a provided the. Royals striding Roy won Tuesday. We feel like were playing today (Tuesday) for hopefully a playoff berth. If we can win, well probably be playing Clearfield for the region championship, said Roy coach Fred Thompson. Friday the Royals raised their record to solidly behind 2 Clearfield, by 5 in Brigham beating Box Elder .. Cty.. Kevin Fronguer pitched three and d innings and was relieved by Clair Kelly, who went the rest of the 5-- 3, third-plac- ities. Layton raised its record to 5 Monday by defeating Box Elder 10-- 4 Monday and knocking the Bees out of playoff contention. The Lancers got all 10 runs and 10 of hits in the first two innings their against the Bees and coasted to an easy 3-- 1 win.- - third-plac- t t James Kortwight started at pitcher and went the distance for the Lancers. In Region Four, last weeks league leader, Bountiful, dropped games to Viewmont and Davis and now must beat the current leader. Highland, for a sure playoff berth. followed by Highlands record is Bountiful and Davis at 4 each. Viewmont and East are both at 5 and still have a shot at a berth also. Davis capitalized on Bountifuls inability to hit Monday as the Darts eked out a 4 win in Kaysville. The Braves managed only four hits for the contest, a double by Dusty Ja' cobs and three singles. Davis scored its five runs in the first three innings against Braive pitcher Rob Lundquist. Mike Neuteboom came in to relieve Luridquist in the fourth toning and held the Darts scoreless, but the Brave offense couldnt generate enough runs to make up the difference Viewmont kept itself in position to get into the playoffs by splitting two games against Highland 6-- 3, 5-- 4-- 5-- 6-- 5-- 3, 1 12-- - one-thir- way for Roy. Bret Crittendon smacked four singles in six times at bat for the Royals. He was followed by designated hitter Jeff Monday. Photo by Robert Regan ; chases after a loose ball Mon- day against the Bountiful Braves in Kaysville. The DAVIS MIKE PRICE To start Monday off the Vikings had to finish a game began March 25 that in- was delayed after four and nings because of weather. one-ha- lf v Darts won and share second place in Region with Bountiful. 5-- The Vikings had built an lead on the 25th and won 15-- 5 Monday. The second game, however, was a 1 . 4 -4 complete turnaround and the Rams won 1 1 1. Woods Cross dropped its last two games, losing 0 to Highland and then losing 4 to East. 4-- 7-- Davis County Invitational Falcon Girls Win, Boys Second M Davis was led by the come back of senior Morgan Nelson, with a 8 personal best effort, finish in the and a second-plac- e high jump. Nelson also took second place in the long jump with a 22-- 2 CHRIS LARSEN Review Correspondent For the last three invitationals the Clearfield Boys track team has placed first, and this girls have placed second. However, last week at the Davis high Track and Field Invitational, it was just the opposite. The Falcon girls swept first place 0 over Alta, while the boys fell just short of Alta The Falcon boys were led by senior James More, who won first place in the Shot Put with 56-- 5 and senior Ricky Smith, who won the 400 meter dash, setting a new state record at 97-8- 85-8- 0. 49.33. fifth-plac- pu-te- rs 174.20. We had some disappointments, but we also had others that did really well said Coach f TwiMVtyy a VHfl 4 Ij ; y v ' v-- , p leap. Senior Jeff Owhiler kept up his consistent performances this seae 183.30 son with a throw in the javelin. Eric Thompson also took first place with a throw of 159-- 6 in the discus. The Layton Lancers place fifth in the invitational with 50 points. Layton was led by Terry with a second- - and a fourth-placfinish in the 300 and 10 high hurdles. The Lancers also received a third-plac- e shot put effort by Todd Brimhall. The Lancers 440 yeard relay team swept first place in 44.45. h The Roy Royals finished with 27 points, again on the s efforts of super hurdler Larry first-plac- . Keal-amaki- Other Falcon contributors were e shot fourth- - and Kim Thurgood and Vaughn Waite and second-plac- e javelin thrower Sterling Allen. Allen threw a personal best of ' 6-- a, e 1 sev-et- John Flint after the meet. The Viewmont Vikings placed Helms. third with 64 points, as they . Helms won the 300 intermedi- have been consistently doing in ate hurdles in 39.21 and placed invitationals previously. third in the 110 meter high hur- -' Viewmont was led by the ' dies due to a slow start, Helms legs of Senior Mike said. Allen. The Coach John Flint said the Allen, who took state in cross Clearfield girls had done an country this year, won the 1600 outstnading job in the invitameter run in 4:27.3. tional. He also placed third in the The Falcon girls were led by 3200 meter run, and anchored . Stephanie Clemments and Laura Zaugg with 97 the winning Viewmont medley long-distan- I 1 . , Photo by Rodney Wright N tea-ma- te relay team in 3:40.76. bM' Photo by Robert Regan THESE'GfRLS are, stepping' high through the fast heat of hurdles at thd Davis High track and field f, the invitational Friday. 300-rriet- .V '' br points. Senior Reese Kidman also gave the Vikings a second- - and fourth-plac- e finish in the 1600. and 3200 meter runs. Viking senior speedster John Warner won second in the 100 and 200 meter runs. The Vikings suffered from the loss of hurdler Troy Hanks.who is out for the season with a pul. led ligament in his leg. , The Davis Darts placed fourth in the meet with 58 points. , . Clemments was voted most outstanding athlete of the meet. She placed first in both the 200 and 400 meter dashs in 26.1 and 57.76 respectively. Clemments anchored the wind relay, and the ning ond in the 200 meter dash. Zaugg also took second in the dash and third in the hurdles, behind teamate Sharon Anderson. The Layton Lancers placed eighth in the meet with 25 medley relay. Clemments also placed fourth in the long jump. Senior Laura Zaugg took first in the 300 intermediate hurdles with a 45.78 time, and took sec- - points. 1 . POLE VAULTER just misses clearing the crossbar day at the Davis High Invitational Track Meet. A v . 440-yar- d-place secon- . 100-met- er first-pla- 100-met- er both the 100 and 200 meter; dashs. ; The Roy Royals placed ninth in the meet with 20 points. The Viewmont Vikings placed eleventh with 14 points, but were without speedster Jenny, Miller. ; Layton was led by Carol Day The Davis Darts and Bountiful and Pat Montano. Day placed Braves placed., fourteenth and third in the, high jujnp. with a 3 leap and sixth in the long jump. sixteenth with foitr points and Monatano placed fourth in one point, respectively. 5-- ! t ce Fri- |