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Show The Magna TmesWest Valley News, Thursday, August 10, 2000 5 Baseball tourney at Hunter Park By S. DEAN LEDBETTER The inaugural 2000 Cal Ripken defeating Buchanan California 9-- 2 in the finals. Buchanan was the Regional Central California North state Pacific Southwest organized and operated he has seen in 20 years. Elliott went on the praise the Hunter Cyprus-hoste- d tournament as being of World regional baseball champion by Staff Writer Baseball Tournament was held July 26 - August 3 at West Valley City Hunter Park. Eight teams from four western states competed for the regional championship and the right to play in the Babe Ruth League Cal Ripken World Series in Mattoon, Illinois on August Three California teams placed in 19-2- 6. the top three regional spots. Bullard, the Central California South state champion, emerged as the Pacific Southwest age 12 12 Hunter Cyprus Babe Ruth League president Don Reilly was in charge of the 2000 regional tournament. Reilly praised his entire league board for their outstanding effoits. Other teams participating in this years regional tourney included East Juab, the Southern Utah state champion, Spanish Springs, the Nevada state champ, and the Arizona Babe Ruth Fair Play state majors state champion, place fourth. Tourney host team Hunter Cyprus finished fifth in the regional tournament Marion Elliott, Babe Ruth Baseball Pacific .. ri 5 ?? Series caliber. champion. Northern California state champ Oakland placed third in the regional tourney, while Riverton, the Utah age Q Southwest Regional Commissioner, praised the regional tournament in West Valley City as being one of the best . -- ".J "Tv 0 V - fi 0 u . . A baseball team finished fifth In ths 2000 Pacific Hunter Cyprus age 12 Primary Majors 3. First row, left Southwestern U.S. Regaional Tournament held at Hunter Park July to right, Coach Wes Griffin, Keice Jensen, Matthew Gardner, Tyler Griffin, Cameron Taylor, Greg Pease, Jeffery Miller; Second row, Coach Dave Bird, Skylar.Bird, Nathan Snarr, Miguel Perez, Preston Wood, Mario Medrano, Junior C. Wood, Coach Cornell Wood. All-St- ar Hunter Cyprus baseball takes fifth in region tournament By S. DEAN LEDBETTER Staff Writer runs in the fourth three inning. Mario Medrano stroked a base hit and Jeff Miller reached safety on a shortstop error to advance Medrano. Miller stole sec- go-ahe- Hunter Cyprus age 12 primateam achieved ry majors some special honors this postseason as the host team of the 2000 Cal Ripken Pacific all-st- ar They were a team there was no 9 in it -- Southwest Regional Baseball tournament July 26 - August 3 West Valley City Hunter Park. As the tourney host team direct entrant, the Hunter Cyprus placed fifth in the all-sta- ar 15-1- Texas. We have a hard-workin- g, deter- mined team with lots of depth, said Jim Hampton, biology profes-men- s sor and soccer club adviser. We schools during the plgy .four-yeseason to prepare our players for national competition. ar In the four years SLCCs club has been invited to compete against four-yecolleges and universities at nationals, they have placed in the semi-fina- ls two years and in the the other two times. quarter-final- s, ar Go Away Earl -- Woods is getting He is wearing on my How lohg do we have to listen to his drivel? How long must we suffer under his chronic palaver about himself? May we remind you, Earl? Tiger won those golf tournament, not you. Youre a twelve handicapper, remember? You have a fast back swing, remember? Youre not a good golfer. You are not tournament-tested. Dont tell the world Earl how to play golf. Dont tell us how great your son is. We know it already. Dont make stupid quotes to the media. Just go away. Slip off into oblivion some where so we dont have to listen. Please, Earl, go away. the good old days, we called s. like Earl close to the rich Those who stand and famous, so some of the gravy will flow in their direction Some will spill off on their shoes. They say we a lot and often take credit for other peoples accomplishments. Earl .is die grand champion here. The man has ego coming out of his ears and mouth. Im sure he thinks Tigers golf game was inherited. You know, genetic. Handed down from the In gravy-trainer- previous generation. E2rl says, Tigers a Stanford man. You cant out think him on the golf course. I know plenty of Stanford grads who cant play golf at all. Some of them do have a trace of humility, though, Earl. Imitate them!! Earl says, Its no use for oilier Book of Hag golfers to practice. Tigers practicNo use lifting weights. ing too. Tigers a lifter. No use showing up, Tigers there. Game over. Go away Earl. Woods is a great golfer. the best ever. Maybe better than Nicklaus maybe. All the chapters arent written yet. Should Earl take all that credit? Tiger I think Tiger takes more after his mother, their smiles are the same. Earl wants Tiger to be a great humanitarian. Now theres a wor- This years squad features several outstanding players, many who have experience and were stand-out- s at their high schools: Jamall Adams, of Clearfield; Devan Bean, of Bountiful; Will Clark, Taylorsville; Shaun Fuhfiman, Bountiful; Bryce Kennington, of Layton; Dax Lawrence, of West Valley City; Shawn Murphy, of Sandy; Scott Nichols, of Holladay; and David Sunblom, of West Valley formance for Hunter Cyprus was a thrilling 3 victory over the Arizona state champion, in a contest played on two separate days. The game began in the second round on July 28, with Arizona Babe Ruth Fair Play jumping off g lead. Hunter to a 0 in the third back battled Cyprus inning with a Junior Woods solo home run to trim the deficit to Miguel Perez followed with a' two-odouble to further threaten Arizona but was stranded on second base as the side was City. retired. 4-- top-lev- 3-- ut Hunter Cyprus had only just begun to fight and struck for In addition, the team features Brian Popish, Colorado stand-ou- t now living in Salt Lake City, and several international players: Mexico Citys Jose Bricaire, now of Kearns; Japans Fumihiko Murray; Colombian Nestor By ALAIN BLAIR 3-- 3-- 4-- lead. tourney opponents. Northern California state champ Oakland outdistanced the locals 21-- 0 in the opening round. Oakland eventually finished in third place. Bullard, the Central California South state champion, beat Hunter Cyprus 11-- 1 on July 29. The loss to Bullard knocked n Hunter Cyprus from the tourney. Bullard went on to win the regional championship. After the tournament was over, coach Wes Griffin put things into perspective as he praised the Hunter Cyprus age 12 primary team. majors The league coaches picked these boys to be on the (regional) host team. That says something right there. That is probably the best compliment the could be given them, Griffin said. They were a team - there was no I in it, praised Griffin. double-eliminatio- The game was suspended due to darkness in the bottom half of the sixth inning, with one out and Arizona base runner Josh Gaster on second base. Play resumed on July 29. Arizona loaded the bases when the game started again, but saw the opportunity slip away on a force out at second and a strike out by Skylar Bird. A 3 regional tourney win for Hunter Cyprus was recorded in the scorebook. 4-- Jeff Miller, Tyler Griffin and Skylar Bird team pitched to hold Arizona batters at bay through task of beating them twice to steal the crown. Staff Writer The king of Utah baseball added another jewel to their crown. The Taylorsville Warriors won the American Legion State Title last Saturday with an easier than expected 16-- 7 win over the Copper Hills Grizzlies. The win gave the Warriors their 5tn State American Legion Title in the last eight years not to mention the nine titles won by Taylorsville in high school play since 1988. The Warriors were the only undefeated team entering the final day of this years tournament and the Copper Hills Grizzlies had the unenviable Aug 25 Oct. 9 17 thy goal, to make his mark on world history. He needs more compassion, says Earl. Tiger needs balance, hir. dad says. Without proper balance, you become pompous and domineering. Stop Earl, youre describing yourself. If you were a doctor, you would need to heal yourself. Stop the rhetoric before we all have to sec an ear specialist. youre so smart Earl, why not up smoking? Now theres a goal for you. You dont even have to talk to do it. We would all be very impressed. If you did, maybe we would listen when you talked all-st- ar Coming through the losers bracket weakened the Grizzlies pitching staff and Taylorsville showed no mercy in the dispatching of Copper Hills. We knew they weren't going to have a lot of depth left, said Taylorsville coach Travis Ewing. We were able to throw some very good pitching performances and not have to spend a lot of hours playing. They come out and compete and theyre talented. All 1 try to do is not get in their way. Taylorsvilles Matt Shepard won the Most Valuable Piayer Award and the Most Outstanding Pitcher Award for his efforts, while Tyson Olson of Copper Hills won the Leading Hitter Award going 1 from the plate. Although the loss was hard to take for Copper Hills both teams will advance to the Western American Legion Regicnals at Lindquist Field in Ogden, Utah today (Thursday )..The Warriors play at 5:00 p.m. and Copper Hills will play right after. Taylorsville will face off with the Arizona State Champions while Copper Hills will host New Mexico. 1 think we can do something at this regionals, said Ewing. This is a really talented team. Barbara J. raison, f.l.D, Family Presto Bsard Certified Sharon IVasck, F.H.P. r.!sst Insjrar.ss excsito If about putting. Simons Says: If Earl Woods is going to hand around golf courses, hes got to learn to whisper while the players are teeing off. InsuranGQ? EM a W3 getting out. ond and Medrano stole home for the second Hunter Cyprus run, making it a 2 Arizona lead. A Tyler Griffin RBI single drove in Jeff Miller to tic the score 3 Griffin scored the eventual winning run, advancing on a catchers error, passed ball and s Skylar Bird fielders choice for a 3 Hunter Cyprus The King Lives On - Taylorsville Wins American Legion Crown Medina, Jr., now residing in West Jordan; and Mexican Alvaro Solis, now of Salt Lake City. SLCCs Bruin club will host five home games. Admittance to the games is free and this years home schedule will be played at Eisenhower Junior High, 4351 S. Redwood Rd. Their home game schedules follow Day Oct. first-innin- 3-- 1. Personally, Simons Says: Tiger Woods and I both hit our woods into the woods. Its just that I have more trouble field that two overall. The tournament highlight per- Eguchi, now of West Valley City; Venezulan Edgar Lanz, now of One thing about being in love with yourself, it keeps you from talking about other people. m included age 12 state champions from four western states. The locals won one game and lost SLCC Mens Soccer Team, Schedule Salt Lake Community College soccer club already is known as a fcader in club soccer teams for.,, both two- - and four-yecolleges, having placed in national competition four of its five years of existence. This year is no different as they are anticipating a return to nationals, Nov. 9 in Austin, eight-tea- Arizona. In the first two innings, Miller fanned three, walked two and allowed three runs on one hit Griffin walked one Arizona batter in two shutout innings to pick up the win. Firemen Skylar Bird got the save by pitching the final two shutout innings, striking out three e batters and snuffing out the Arizona rally. Hunter Cyprus did not fare as well against two other regional late-gam- Wes Griffin rs regional Photo: Devan Bean, a returning soccer player for the Bruins, should help lead the team to national competition. Bean, right, i& from Bountiful and is shown here in a 1999 SLCC game against Weber State University. -- most of the game against clter L'D ta a 50 Miami cn cash pay.nsr.ts rcsda ai ti.na st visit, (tess taseii For Aunoinimcnt can 2 4Cu3 Sccli 4CC3 Vitest tJ! css V2ZZ2 fctziytr) |