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Show rpD SUN CHRONICLE, April 21,1 977, Page 9 - chS t' nr filn O T&P&&U 4- - SEVEN REASONS why Roy High School is undefeated in Region One baseball. These pitchers are (from left) Mike Westmoreland, Larry Guinn, Kelly Checketts, Todd Vernon, Mike Budke, Jim McMahon and Mike Bennion. tidefeefed! RoyaB s remain ore Region slim margin, Roy Sky View and Bonneville last week to stay undefeated in Region One. Behind the pitching of Mike Bennion (at Sky View) and Jim McMahon (at home By a defeated against Bonneville) the and Royals eked out wins over two tough teams. Bennion took control at Sky View and struck out nine batters, gave up only two hits and hit a home run to win his own ball game. Meanwhile the Royals collected 7 hits, 2 1 and committed no errors to out last the Bob Cats. The Bonneville game was a cliff hanger from start to finish. Both teams went scoreless in the first five innings, though Roy got a few scattered hits, only to have the batters die on base. In the sixth inning, Bonnevilles Hurley blooped one into left field for a double, and Hill singled him in to give the Lakers a big 0 margin. Roys Fraga got a hit in Roys half of the sixth inning, cne ID With d IP) and was able to advance to third base against a rugged Laker defense. He was cut down trying to score after a sacrifice fly to left field on a controversial call at the plate, to end the threat. In the final inning, the Lakers had only to get three men out to and preserve their shut-ou- t win the game, but Tracy pitched himself into trouble He hit the first batter, walked the second and hit the third to load the bases with nobody out. The next batter grounded out on a fielder's choice to home plate. With the bases loaded, and two best batters coming to bat, things looked dark for the Lakers, but Roys neither McMahon nor Zahn got a hit; they each looked at a celled ball four to wdk in the tieing, and then winning run and that was the ball game. Roy shouldn't have won that ball game, but then they didnt deserve to lose. They out-hthe Lakers 5 to 2, and left runners on base in almost every inning. Bonnevilles only two hits came back-to- it Clearfield City called for a bond election, last month for $1,270,000 to build a proposed recreational development for the community. By an overwhelming margin of 1069 to 404, the voters rejected the proposal. Since that time a lot of town- speople have shown much concern over the election outcome. Had we known it might not pass, we would have got out to vote, they said. These concerned citizen believe that two factors spelled doom for the proposal; the golf course portion, and voter apathy. A lot of proponents of the plan didnt bother to get out and vote, but were sure it would pass, and in Clearfield, they said. there are a lot of The proposed development called for purchase of 163.5 acres of land for full recreational family-orienteparks to include a baseball and softball complex nine new lighted tennis courts, a large bowery picnic shelters, a golf course, archery ranges, horseshoe pits, handball, basketball and volley ball courts, a jogging course, frisbee courts, fishing pond, horse and bike riding trails, winter sports, football and soccer field, skateboard track, playgrounds, restrooms and parking. Clearfield has 40 acres of parks, but should have 150 acres, according to the standards of the U.S Government Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. They recommend one acre in parks for every 1,000 residents. Clearfield has 15,000 people, and will have 21,000 by 1980, according to current estimates Clearfield is a Land Locked community, with little room to grow. Land is already getting scarce and expensive. In the is going to wish that city 1980s, someone with hind-sigleaders of the 1970s had had foresight to see recreational needs of tomorrow, because tomorrow will be here. A group of concerned citizens is presently circulating a petition, calling for another vote on the proposed bond. So far, they have over 200 signatures, and the list is growing. They are proposing that the golf course portion be deleted, but the rest of the plan should be incorporated. They believe that if it can be put on a ballot again, it will pass According to one City Councilman, the 3 mil tax on a home valued at $30,000 ould cost the owner $1 50 per month to pay for the proposed recreation facility Rare is the household from their $1 50 assessment. which would not benefit Lets look at a close neighbor, and at what they have accomplished in their recreation program Roy has one of the s best recreation you will ever see. They have ample parks and facilities to handle the needs of their young people They belong to the same Wasatch Front Football League (WFFL) as Clearfield, but it seems to be working better in Roy. They suited some 14 teams, last year, including five teams in the 70 pound - 8, 9 and 10 year old class. Clearfield had five teams in their whole program Many people attribute the difference to a lack of facilities, which in turn does little to foster football enthusiasm The five Clearfield teams must play their home games on the already busy high school field. That patch of grass can only absorb so much punishment, and is used by the three high school football teams. Roy, on the other hand, plays their home games on three fields provided, and cared for by Roy Recreation They do no play on the high school field. Clearfield is affiliated with a national organization for Little League basebaal. The program is geat, but they are still county-whurting for fields and facilities. Roy plays baseball in a meet to their diamonds ball ide program, and has ample for kids, five years and older , and needs. Roy also has softball leagues for girls. These last two groups are needed in Clearfield, bu they dont have facilities to handle the back in the 6th frame to score their lone run In that final hectic inning, Tracy just wore out, and the Royals capitalized on his loss of control to get men on base and score two runs to win It was a miracle win for Roy and a heart-breake- r for Bonneville, who played such perfect ball to the 7th inning They made the plays they needed, until the 7th inning, said an elated, but humbled Coach Fred Thompson of I would have cried, Roy had we lost this one, and we almost did, he sighed. McMahon struck out 11 batters, to keep his record spotless for the year. He got one of Roys five hits, but it was Jims walk in the 7th that tied the score. Bennington got one hit, as did Hertzke in his role as a pinch hitter. Fraga got two hits for the game and played flawless ball at short stop. Mike Bennion caught one fly ball over his shoulder to rob Bonneville of an extrabases hit. Roy plays Box Elder at Brigham City tomorrow to open the second half of Region One play. Trae fleam wonts wins Coach Dan Sheffer didn't have much to shout about last week. His track team was rained out (SNOW) in their meet with Bonneville on Thursday, and they scored only 81? points in the high school invitational at Weber State on Saturday But a number of his athletes of next year finished wnthin striking distance, and made their known as presence sophomores and juniors Roys Layne Olsen took fourth in the javelin with a heave of 1799 (he was disqualified on a technicality that would have given him second place with a throw of 194) Sophomore Kevin Christiansen took fifth in the 100 yard dash; Mark Howes tied for fifth in the high jump, and Roys 440 yard relay finished sixth to round out the scoring for the Royals On the perimeter of the various events, Roy established itself as a contender for next year, and possibly this year, if they work for it Of the eight finalists in the 100 yard dash, sophomore Kevin Christiansen took fifth, and junior Kurt Bennington took seventh. In the 220, Bennington took seventh, and Christiansen finished .02 seconds short of being in the finals for the event. Junior Brad Vaughn 126 to finish eighth in the state. Junior Dale Lyman finished eighth in the inpole-vaulte- d termediate hurdles. Mark Bradford and Mike tmoreland respectable Wes- registered time and distance in their specialties. Mark ran the 440 in 52.9, and Mike 199. long-jumpe- d We need your assistance in organization of the various teams for summer recreation. Your assistance can mean the difference four-diamo- off-stre- ten-fol- d protests a close coll at home plate Hepworth. The umpire won the argument. with umpire Carl set-up- I ! i I programs. From this corner, 1. i I recommend that the citizens of Clearfield take a long, hard look at the bond election they recently-votedown. Sign that petition, get it back onthe ballot, and then get out and vote it in. Its a worthy project, and well worth the five cents per day it will cost the average household It will cost much more in the 1980s when Clearfield realizes the need for such a plan, and take action to get a program through. I between a poor or good program for the youth this summer. Please help us and the boys and the girls to have a successful program by assisting in the organization of them. Rosters and release slips will be available at your school cffice or Roy City buklding. The team rosters and fees should be turned in with an activity permit before or on May 12. Please return them to the Recreation Building (behind fire station) at 4:30. Coaches should attend and other questions will be answered. Rules will be handed out at this meeting. Please do the following items 1. Make sure each team has at least 10 to 15 players. Keep in the right grade division. DO NOT mix them. Stay within own school area 2 That each team has a captain and an adult or older youth as a coach or manager : ROY'S Coach Fred Thompson wiMM p ft YOU'LL JUMP FOR JOY! When you hear about the deals we 've got. We believe that leasing should not be just for the company or the rich and elite. We can beat any deal in any leasing company anywhere. Shop around, then come and see us. Collect A a $2 00 registration fee for each boy or girl participating and submit fee when roster is completed, and submit at registration. 3. See that the boys and girls understand that once signed up on a team they cannot change to another team. 4. Games will start the first week in June and teams will play two games a week. 5 Team captains, coaches and managers should keep a list of their players and cheir phone numbers so they can contact them about league games 6 Equipment for games will be furnished the by Recreation For Dept 3130 WASHINGTON PH.621-807- 0 in Saturday's track and field Examiner. These activities will begin the first week in June. 9. The leagues for Boys Baseball and Girls Softball are as follows: - 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade ll (Youth interested should register May 12 at 4:30, organized teams are not necessary) Boys & Girls - Midget C - 4th grade and under this school year. Boys & Girls - Midget B - 5th grade and under this school year. Girls - Midget A - 6th grade and under this school Boys & year. 7th Girls Jr. grade and under this school Boys & - B - year. Girls - Jr. B - 8th & 9th grade and under softball. Baseball uniforms are not necessary, although they can be used Teams must have with team alike name on it 8 A schedule of other events such as arts & crafts tennis, etc. will be published in the Sun Chronicle and Standard recreation Girls Jr. - A - 10th & 11th grade and under softball. Boys - Jr. B - 8th grade and under this school year. Boys - Jr A - 9th & 10th grade and under this school year. 10 We will attempt to divide Junior B league into separate 7th & 8th grade leagues (In case there are not sufficient teams, it will be combined ) 11 A league will be held for young boys' & girls in the 1st, 2nd &3rd grades if enough register on May 12 at 4 30 The teams will be . organized school area, by elementary by the recreation department 12 Only tennis shoes or molded cleats may be used in 4th ,5th. & 6th grades baseball 13 No cleats can be used in softball program Weight training set at Roy Complex The Recreation Roy Complex is currently staging an ongoing weight training and general conditioning class. Instructed by Mark Von Iderstein an assistant track coach at Weber State the course is consli acted to oiler a wide range ol specific to general conditioning concepts tor men 14 years and older All areas of weight training, including strength increase, stamina, power, tornand body muscleuie available building General conditioning, weight loss, weight gam and diet - suggestions tor optimun results are also incorporated The into the program program is offered free charge For further of in- formation. contact the Roy Recreation Complex, 2150 West 4700 South. Roy, Utah, phone 825-976- Meeting set 'practices, a team must furnish their own equipment. 7. Petersen Leasing, Inc. 63'' Assistance needed for Roy recreation Watch those Royals from this time on. Those marks were short of scoring points in the Weber State meet, but a host of juniors and seniors are waiting in the wings, and could move up by state-final- s time. non-golfe- j tied for fifth ploce in jumping meet, held at Weber State College MARK HOWES for Wildlife STODDARD of Sand Ridge Junior High won 1st places in the 100 and 220 KYLE dashes, the long and anchored the winning 440 yard relay for his team in a with yard jump, tri-me- Valley and Wahlquist Junior High schools. The Utah Wildlife Board has scheduled its next meeting for Saturday, April 23. in Vernal, Itah. The meeting will begin at 2 00 p m in the conference room at the Utah Field House of Natural History. All in- terested persons are welcome to attend |