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Show The Magna TimesWest Valley News, Thursday, April 26, 2001 5 Sports West mips Cyprus in 1 0 innin Serendipity Sports Nsver say never By S. DEAN LEDBETTER Staff Writer 6y Dale Simons u Your. an athlete once, but if you do it right, once is only enough. -- Book of Hag ichael Iordan is talking about coming out of retirement. Actually other people are talking about it more than Michael is. Will he do it? 1 hope so. I want to see him have the expe- -0 West nipped Cyprus 4 in a high school baseball marathon on April 19 in Magna Copper Park. With two outs in the 10th inning, the Panthers pushed across the winning run. The loss kept 2 Cyprus in a second-plac- e tie with East High. Cyprus got on the scoreboard first in the first innings. Three 5-- 6-- singles by Dallas straight rience of playing on a loser team, like the Washington Wizards. Not even Michael could save them from themselves. . Mario Lemieux did it in Christison, Jon Tate and Reggie Fisher produced a Cyprus lead. Christison hurried home when Reggie Fisher slapped an RBI base hit to center field. in the West tied the score third inning and added a second outrun in the fourth. A dual-ru- n burst in the fifth inning put the visiting Panthers ahead 1. The West lead was short-live- d as Cyprus struck for three more runs in the home half of the fifth inning. Nathan Case base hit to left, followed by a Code Jenson -1 4-- at second base in the bottom of the seventh. A Cyprus scoring chance slipped away in the eighth inning as a runner was again left at second. Cyprus loaded the bases in the ninth inning but a clutch hit eluded the Pirates as another gamewinning opportunity was missed. After West edged ahead 4 with two outs in the top of the 10th inning, Cyprus got a potential walk. Dallas Christison loaded the bases by safely reaching first on a base on error. Jon Tates RBI single brought home Cash to trim the West lead to 4-The Cyprus rally continued when Kyle Huntsman batted in Jenson and Christison with a timely single to center field, this knotted the game 4-Cyprus had West against the 2. 5-- 4. ropes several times. The 4 deadlock remained through the regulation seven innings as the 4-- recorded the win. Kyle Huntsman struck out 12 West batters in eight innings pitching. Joe Ellis hurled two innings in relief, fanning one batter and allowing one hit and one run Cyprus Spring Sports Schedule runner to second. However, the runner was left game-tyin- g stranded at second base as West Pirates stranded the winning run Hun terCyprus baseball award Boys Soccer: 'April 27 Murray at Cyprus hockey. He was an instant success. Just add ice and skates. May I I May U-1- if Could Jordan do the same? There are things some folks could never do, like me being a scratch golfer, or Polinice making three free throws in any one game. Like Shawn Bradley shrinking, or Coby Bryant becoming shy. However, we should never say never. Things sometimes change, if you wait long enough. To me, the meaning of life is to train players that you know will never play beyond high school, or some recreation league. Of course your never sure, I . have been around player who were poor in their youth and good later on. We cut a guy in high school who later plated for Columbia in the Ivy League. I also, saw a coach play a quarterback on the second string, who later started at Utah. Remember that Michael Jordan came in second in the balloting for Mr. Basketball in the state of Carolina. Remember he was picked third in die N.B,.A. Draft Dd ybu think the officiating will ever improve id I hate to say never, but, in this case, I am a pessimist. Perhaps die League will add a fourth official, never, you say? Never say Never. If they had four officials, it would give them one more guy to miss calls. Speaking of never, I hope John Stockton and Karl Malone 'it' never retire, I guess we should 'ii never say never but, it looks bleak if they go. I didnt think the big league umpires would ever call strikes according to the rule book, but I actually saw some strikes called that were six inches above the belt. So, we should never say never. , schools May $ jump so high be could get air sick. Never. Region 5 Baseball Standings Eugene Lusk Roberts, a pioneer in physical education, physical fitness, and recreational leadership training in Utah and the United States, founded the event in 1911. He called the meet a carnival, as it was an opportunity for young athletes to come together in one grand athletic event. In 1987 First Security Bank joined as the Invitational corporate friend and sponsor, providing many of the substantial costs Tournament ' Boys Tennis - , May 2 State Tennis ! Tournament at Liberty 11-1- Girls Softball Apr8 26 Cyprus at Highland May I i Cyprus at East rMay 3 Olympus at Cyprus I stand 2nd round May I tournament at borne schools 7-- 1! fMay State Softball 5-- 17 . Tournament Boys Baseball i j April 27 East at Cypres fMay 1 Cyprus at Highland May 3 Murray at Cyprus May 8 State baseball 14-1- tour-fname- nt Track and Field April 25 at Highland f May 4 Regional fChampiortshps May 2 State Track Meet at fBYU : 11-1- Photo by Debbi Olson it tAU games begin at 3:30 p.m. j Gtris softball games begin at 3 Cyprus edges Bountiful 4-- 2 Bv S. DEAN LEDBETTER Huntsman homer trimmed the Cyprus edged homestanding Bountiful 2 in high school baseball action on April 17. The diamond decision lifted Cyprus to a 1 mid season conference 0 record, closely behind 4-- 6-- 6-- Murray in the 2001 title hunt. Joe Wice picked up his third consecutive complete game pitching triumph against no er league losses. After allowing three hits and two runs through two frames, the southpaw got in the groove to hurl five straight n innings. Wice struck out six Braves in seven no-ru- innings work. Bountiful bolted to a 0 lead in the first inning and maintained the dual-ru- n edged until the sixth frame, when a spectacular Pirates home run broke up the shutout. Kyle Huntsman led off the sixth inning by hammering the horse- - involved in making the meet possible. With the merger of Well Fargo and First Security complete, the event is proud to change its name the BYUWells Fargo Invitational Track Meet in its to 90th year. This weekend, Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April, 28, as many as 3,000 high school athletes from more than 100 highs schools in seven Western states will compete irr the 90th annual BYUWells F.rgo Invitational Track Meet. Division Great Values Great Rates hide over the left field fence. The Staff Writer no-hi- t, Can We Interest You In A New Saturn? Braves lead to 2-- 1 1 and 2A schools will compete on Friday with division 3A, 4A and 5A schools com OVER 250 SATURNS TO CHOOSE FROM . One out later, Casey Miller base hit to left field, moved to second on a passed ball and raced home to tie things 2 as Matt Manzanares reached first safely on an RBI base on error. A wild pitch allowed pinch runner Steve Contratto to scamper home for a 2 Cyprus advantage. 2-- If resale you're interested in dependability, quality, safey, low maintenance and incredible, value. Saturn is your car. The automotive community continuees to hail Saturn as the best in its class." Well, now with our new lower interest rates, owning any new Saturn is also like money in the bank. Choose your model. Choose your rate. Offer ends eye-openi- 3-- After two outs in the final inning, the Pirates added an base hit to center and eventually trotted home on a Joe Ellis RBI single to left field. With the 4-- 2 decision over Bountiful, Cyprus recorded the sixth victory in seven conference outings. Bountiful slipped to a 2-- 4 con- ference record with the loss to Cyprus . Fireman Burt was charged with the pitching loss. APR .9 1 APR 3.9 36 MONTHS insurance run. Kyle Huntsman BYUWells Fargo track meet expectes over 1 00 schools the country. ' , 3-- 2-- For 90 years Brigham Young University has been host to one of the largest, and certainly the oldest high school track meet in " State Soccer 17-1- ; mid-Jun- e. Left-hand- Simons Says: I guess it is possible that Ostertag could Inter-regio- f. playoffs May 15 Quarter finals at home I president of the HunterCyprus Baseball League presents a Service Award to Mark Harris during Opening Ceremonies of the 2001 baseball season. Harris was given the award for having been involved in the league for 20 years. Harris served as member of the board of directors of the league for 13 years. 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