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Show Sports SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 1, 1996 Hafen's Cowboys extend winning streak 22 retired I By Rory Brunner Coach Arlyn Hafen was a great Kanab coach for 30 years, and he will always be remembered, as his 22 was retired by the Kanab baseball team. Hafen was honored at a ceremony performed last Tuesday before the contest with the North Sevier Wolves. His jersey will hang in the school trophy case and a banner of him and three other The Kanab Cowboy varsity baseball team had only one game over the week with it being a 13-- 0 trouncing of the North Sevier Wolves in five innings. Another great pitching performance by Cash Kloepfer, too many North Sevier errors, seven, and ten hits by the Cowboys were the key ingredients. Kloepfer went all five innings for the Cowboys and allowed only two hits while striking out nine. The big hit in the game came in the bottom of the torious in a much closer ballgame. This thriller was a pitchers dual heading into the bottom of the last inning with Luke the Cowboys trailing a on reached base single, Ramsay followed by a walk to Matt 1-- McFadden. Latimer Smith reached first on an error, to load the bases with no outs. Jerron Glazier came to the plate and got a full count on him before lining a shot up the middle, scoring Ramsay and McFadden to first when Travis Turbo Kanab baseball greats-Gar- y Glover, Hank Crosby and Mickey Houston- - will hang in centerfield as a reminder to the fans and Doug Crosby, representing Hank Crosby, Robert Houston standing in for with the Mickey Houston, Gary Glover and retired coach Arlyn Hafen players of what a great job and banner that will hang in centerfied at the Kanab High ballfield. pose influence he had on Kanab sports, particularly with the Utah. He coached the girls basGary Glover was honored as baseball program. ketball team to a state champi- the winningpitcher in both state In his more than 25 years as onship in 1992 and coached the title games that Hafen coached. head coach of the Kanab base- boys team through the early 7 0's. Mickey Houston was cited as ball squad, he had compiled a Coach Hafen is a true legend the first Kanab High School winning percentage ofover 84. to Kanab sports and we would graduate to get a 4 year scholarHe led the Cowboys to two state like to thank him and try to ship to play baseball. Houston baseball titles, four runner-u- p carry on his greatness through played at Southern Utah UniKHS sports in the future. It is versity in Cedar City. trophies and 16 region titles. Aside from that, he coached because of all that hes done for Hank Crosby was honored as 1 the football team to a the team and the community, the first Cowboy to be drafted by record over the course of 29 that no baseball player will ever a professional basball team. years, which is second on the e wear his 22 on to the field . Crosby also played collegiately at Dixie College and UNLV. victory list for the state of again. 0. win the game for Kanab Brinkerhoff hit a two-ru-n blast Pitching an excellent game for over the left field fence for the the Cowboys were Glazier, Smith first home run of the year for the and Adam Douglas. Earlier in the week the JV and Cowboys. The sophomore Brinkerhoffalsohadtwo singles Freshman teams traveled to to go on the day. Also Dixie, with each of the teams recording big hits for the Cow- coming up on the short end with boys were Logan Brown, who the JV losing 1 0 and the Frosh belted a triple, with Hank 10-Walker and Casey Glover each Games this week for the CowThe a double. Cowboys boys include a trip to Cedar City ripping increased their record to 7 on Tuesday and a varsity only overall and 1 in region. contest in Kanab Friday against The young J.V. team played top ranked Grand County. Come - later in the afternoon against out to the ballpark and support the Wolves, also coming out vic- - the Cowboys. 2-- 1-- 5. 7-- -- 5-- 211-89-- all-tim- KANAB DATE KANAB KANAB FREDONIA ORDERVILLE WEST EAST WEST 5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. May 4 Exhibition only 6-- 9 1 10 am noon 7-- 8 0 10 am noon 2 pm (3 innings against each other) 4MW l V C.C. Auto Parts PPG Paint Products SIA Abrasives Oxygen & Acetylene Welding Supplies Largest Inventory in the Area! Quality NAPA Parts! All Starting Times are Utah time - Home Ifeam listed first. Home team provides umpires and game balls. 801-644-25- 26 418 East 300 South Kanab, UT 84741 1. |