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Show The Magna TirnesAVesf Valley Nfews, Kearm Chnortide, Thursday, July 19, J2001 t 1 h 5 ' i c ! .y1 1.4 Serendipity I. i; V " rv 77 ;n : r f. ii . ih :! (Spcrtsx ssK,ysiw' By S. DEAN LEDBETTER Staff Writer "Vou caii lead a torse to water you reii't make him lksi." bf J 'a' ( t ri s - $ , old saying ia sports that goes like fills; ' "If your going to win games, ' you gotta have tUthorses." ; record overall. Next stop: the summer n playoffs. league It has also been said, "that peat coaches." ; Cyprus varsity prep baseball team secured a second place regular season position in 2001 Utah summer league competition by defeating rival Murray 13-- 0 on July 5 at Ken Price Baseball Field in Murray. The shutout road trip victory lifted the Pirates regular season summer league record to 1 and 1 overall. Adding a n forfeit by Viewmont, the record rose to 10-- 1 Cyprus prep win-lo9-- great players make 19-- late-seaso- ss If these two adages are tme, what's happening in Seattle? The Seattle Mariners had several of the best players in the game of baseball and couldn't win. Now, they have a couple of guys named Joe and they win all the time. ' ' 'V;" How corse? Randy , Johnson,' who Is arguably the best pitcher in base-bal- l, was with Seattle. He left and went to Arizona. Johnson won fee Cy Young Awasd, but not the pennant Randy Jdtnson killed a bird that flew in front of bis fast ball, but his team loses a lot ; v Seattle is getting it done with other pitchers. I would write their names here, but yon wouldn't rec' ognize fean.t,, - and 20--1 overall. On the heels of a 5 games in 4 days grueling schedule in 100-pldegree weather, a rather tired Cyprus prep squad was edged 6-5 by Clearfield on July 7 and 4-- 3 by Davis on July 10. us The crunch-tim- e tally sheet read: 8 games in 9 days, 6 wins, 2 losses, an 4 Independence Day toumey title and regular season runner-up- . As July 10 closed, Cyprus had a 10-- 3 summer league regular season record and tying fee game 2 in fee fourth inning. Jon Tate reached base on a third baseman error and advanced on a Kyle Huntsman single. douTate and Huntsman scored on a ble slammed by Reggie Fisher. After Davis went ahead 2 in fee sixth inning, Cyprus answered by reducing fee lead to 4-- 3 in the Same inning. Dan Cuvelier safely reached first on a shortstop error. Aggressive base running by pinch run- Magna Copper Park. Reggie Fisher was n lead five innings because of the rule. Wice had zero walks as Murray managed only three base runners in the entire 1 charged with the pitching loss. Clearfield scored three runs in the top of the first inning, only to have the Pirates trim the lead to 2 later the same inning. Clearfield surged to a 6-- 2 lead in the second inning but Cyprus trimmed the advan- 10-ru- 3-- game. After gaining a 0 first inning lead when Dan Cuvelier and Tyler Jones each 2-- scored runs, the Pirates added 8 insurance runs in the third inning to surge ahead 10-A total of 10 base hits produced the 8 Cyprus runs. Eight of thd hits were consecutive. Cyprus scored three more runs in the fourth inning to complete the 13-- 0 rout of Murray. Cyprus prep outhit Murray 17-- 3 as Kyle Huntsman batted 4 for 4 (double), Reggie Fisher 3 for 3, Tyler Jones 3 for 4, Jon Tate 1 for 4. Joe 1 for 1, Joe Wice Ellis, Dan 6-- 4-- ner Forrest Ledbetter netted Cyprus run number 3. After a Jon Tate sacrifice fly to field, Ledbetter sprinted to third The single-ru- n margin tage to remained as both teams went scoreless in 0. 5. the last five innings. Tyson Pearce led Cyprus by hitting 2 for mid-rig- ht base and alertly motored home as fee shortstop threw the ball past third base to the fence. In taking fee loss, Joe Ellis pitched fee Z DAVIS 4 CYPRUS 3 score, Davis handed Cyprus a By a loss on July second consecutive single-ru- n 10 at Magna Copper Park, closing the summer league regular season. entire seven innings for Cyprus, striking out 9 Davis batters and allowing 4 hits, 4 4-- 3 walks and a hit batter. Cottonwood Heights and the By STEVE COOK XV- A they play. How can it happen when drey have just lest s best After 2 years of domination at the annual American Red Cross Lifeguard Games, the competition realized they had to work overtime to outscore fee Kearns its was only 1.25 pts. near perfect on their skills challenge throughout fee competition, but it just wasnt as lifeguard enough to three-pegames champions. Seaitle had tius prat short stop named d, He felt the great Northwest and went to Texas for a measly twenty five tnilliae a year. Texas is in last plat; twenty eight games tohiad Seattle How do you figure V A' - I deaHevh know4 fee name of at , i With the large number of & Y, swimming facilities newly put in operation across the state in the last few years, as well as existing ones including water theme parks, the event drew the short stop who took Alex Rodriguez place in Seattle, but ;fm mvt fee's happy to be there. .'J The Manner fcive 4ccS ettor great baseball players In the 1 recent past Martinez went to the Tinor ,, Yankees to play fast base. Only v $ r , 41 ; V 6, pW'- - , a. ; .'Vi.': highly V BackboardSpinal Injury Water Rescue, the manager, lM Pinella is left. Could the success be because of Submerged Victim Rescue, and the manager?; The ancient Team Water Rescue Relay. When all was said and done, fee team from fee Steiner Aquatic Center took fee gold, followed by Mariner? Is coaching that important? v ."v The Mariners had all those superstars and didn't win. Now and are in they have front of ttepack. You explain it. ! Perhaps you remember the great race horse; Seattle Slew? Infant CPR is one of the skill challenges during the games. f the games came from as far south as Hurricane, along with from teams Magna, Taylorsville, Holladay, the important to see so many Sports Mall, and Centennial. A great deal of praise goes to the American Red Cross Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter of its lifeguard certification programs, of and the quality which all competing facilities have participated. Led by Patti OConnor, Health & Safety Training Specialist, the games have brought an exciting element to the motivation of Utahs life- guards, and will continue to grow each year into wjjat is the pinnacle tSuib the centers General Manager. accomplishment of all lifeTheir continuation to finish in guard team competitions. the top level is just another indiA special thanks to the folcation of the hard work and dedilowing companies for the gencation the employees here have erous donations: Einstein risen to. n Brew, Bagels, Beans The top 5 teams from the Rogers Bakery Magna, competition were as follows: 1st Pepsi, Condies Food, Frito Steiner Rain Team (60.75 Lay, Culinary Kraft, and skilled teams. Each team was scored in 6 different skill challenges: CPR, First Aid, Water Treading, 'A y 4 17 pts). Other teams competing in other teams sharpen their skills to challenge our team, which ultimately benefits the general public. KOPFCs lifeguards are accustomed to emphasizing safety and excellent customer care as their at number one priority year-roun-d the Fitness Center. Guests at our facility can be assured that fee finest employees and lifeguards in fee state are on hand during all hours to provide a superior, environment should any Brent toet$K . situatio.n arisesqid Fitness Center, Team KOPFC hxse- - (58.75 pts), 4th - Bountiful West (58.5 pts), and 5th Center Fitness (56.5 Valley KOPFC team. This is a great accomplishment for all 75 of our lifeguards and shows what a great team we have, said Brad Peercy, Aquatics Manager at the KOPFC. Having won this event fee last two years, Oquirrh Park Fitness Center lifeguard team. Held Saturday, July 15, at fee ning seven out of every ten games Cottonwood Heights pts), 2nd - KOPFC Team A 3rd (59 pts), Blimpies Kearns. w .i!?pig'i;:ii22rleadera; Are his vibes still in Seaftle? Is to die cause of ah feat winning? A , 2-- 0 Clearfield prep outhit Cyprus 10 to 6 to gain a narrow 6-- 5 decision on July 7 at Left-hand- er shutout gem, striking out 10 Spartans and scattering three hits in a game shortened to and a great center fielder. At Cincinnati hes just anther jeft handed swinger. The team be went to Is losing. Seattle is win- ' lead in the first The Darts built a three innings but the Pirates battled gamely, 2-- Ken Griffey Junior was a Jcv-Blo- T place CLEARFIELD 6 CYPRUS 5 CYPRUS 13 MURRAY 0 Joe Wice pitched another Mariner wto wanted to go fc3ck Alt Scads he tome to Cirt-Lad- . was a prcdiA- - home rud hitter, a U. Kearns take Bronze at 2001 Lifeguard Games - pitcher and center fielder P TSTHTEJ? Cuvelier, Nathan Scheurer, Tyson Pearce and Dennis Montague all hit 1 for 2. 20-- 3 post-seaso- . aa feres' ' XT' prep, secures IE r ,r S w i I i K M ,N' A' v cglstratio n ; r Simons Says: "Are yon sure feat was an earthquake last Monday, or was feat one of Brooks Jones and Dave Pierces players hitting a ,Giiis:nges'7:to. 12 ccme signup far ' 'V 10 W Simons Sayst "Seattle lost - ; Rofetqaetffifiey wd Johnson, hfarimez, AH Americans, They replaced them with pne player from Japan, His name is Ichiro. Rcgistration wil! be lield at ths lion's Club on ;July28 ftom9 until 2 p.m. Come Join die fun. You know kinds like ere Toyota for two Cadillacs, a Lincoln and a ' ,' A Chrysler." s ' s - $ TEis - v , Wee r FUNERAL HOME Qln brint;d. peel ' Pre-Nee- M'iir.o-pt,- Lisa s. peel r i FORETHOUGHT - 1 a. 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