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Show f I The Magna Times, West Valley News & Kearns Post, August 1 5, 2002 Sports Pee Wee All Stars finish 4th in state Stingers to By S. DEAN LEDBETTER "Staff Wiltor contest Ben was the winning Wright as pitcher Murray was limited to three hits. The win advanced the Pee Wees to the quarter-final- s game. third-roun- The Hunter-Cypru- s age Pee Wee All Stars won fourth place in the 2002 Utah State Tournament to n close out a fine 7-- 8 extra-innin- the the State Championship. State tourney play for the Pee Wees opened on July 6 at Murray Liberty Park defeatwhere Hunter-Cypred Midvale-Hillcre- st The game was tied at 10 in the final inning until a Ty Martinez RBI doubl drove in the winning runs. Martinez was also the winning pitcher. The Riverton 1 team A 10-h- Hunter-Cypru- it 6. us 6-- round. Bingham carried a 0 lead into the fifth inning of the July 11 final four semifinal game before Hunter-Cyprrailing mightily with five runs to tie the score Bingham scored four more runs in die final inning to temporarily sure ahead s again responded with a pair of runs in the sfrth inning but the .second rally fell short Prior to entering the state tournament, the Hunter-CyprPee Wees secured second place in the 5-- 12-1- 0. Hunter-Cypru- take the win. us Taylorsville upended 12-- 2 in the Hunter-Cypr- us 5-- 5. al offensive attack on July 9 , pounded 14-- 4 giving Benjamin Wright the pitching win. Riverton 2 came back to shut out the Hunter-Cypru- s team 0 in the first five Granger us resulted in a lopsided 12-- 2 victory over Murray in a s Hunter-Cypru- 9-- 7. y p. Taylorsville went on to win the state tournament. In the semi-fincontest, 9-- 5. s match-u- second-roun- d Hunter-Cypru- 8 s Hunter-Cypru- outscored the Riverton 2 In the game team 24-against Riverton, Hunter-Cyprfell behind 0 into the third inning until Harley homer Mayo blasted a s to erase the shutout 22 score on to went runs in the third inning to al us edged on July 8 in the State Tourney second round. opener, game. In the seventh inning, Martinez doubled home the winning runs to send the Pee Wee All Stars into the semi-finquarter-fin- al run for 12-- is 9-- 9-- Hunter-Cypr- us into vaulted Hunter-Cyprthe state tournament. In the District Tournament s narrowly defeated Rose Park 7 on g July 10 in an performance. The Pee Wees made it to the final four matchup on July 11, which ended in a 7 loss to Bingham and ended honors district runner-u- p Hunter-Cypru- post-seaso- Hunter-Cypr- us Taylorsville District Tournament with a triple sweep of oppositioon against a single loss. Winning the d 5-- innings of play in the district game. A bases-loade- d triple by Wright drove in three runs, which started a seven-ru- n rally for Hunter-Cypru- s. A pair of insurance runs gave the Pee Wees a 9-- 6 win with Preston Jensen as the winrunner-u- p ning pitcher. finished state tournament the district Hunter-Cypru- s with a 1 record. Winning the consolation bracket 3-- Tourney berth. The 13 members of the HunterCyprus Pee Wee All Star team includes: Kacey Anderson, Croyden Carr, Salvador Cisneros, Camden Hanson, Preston jensen, Tyler Martinez, Marley Mayo, Brayden Phillips, John Pyle, Derrick Perry, Coy Skiby, Trevor Wall and Benjamin Wright The team was coached by Bodie Phillips, Mario Cisneros and Lonnie Martinez. Josh Kirton, 130 pounds. Gomez, Howell and Sam Nichols won Outstanding Sophomore awards. "We had a team with a lot of sophomores and juniors, mostly juniors," said Head Coach Roy Whitworth. 'We expect to get stronger in the years to come." two Pirate wrestlers marked the best Cyprus individual performances at the 2002 regional tourney as Eric Smith captured thrid place in die class and seized Howell third Tyler in the class. place in fourth the Finishing regionals were Aaron Jepson, of new players from Brockbank Junior High. During the past three seasons, the wrestling team has shown steady improvment finishing in eighth place in the 2000 Region 5 Tournament seventh place in 2001 and sixth place in 171-pou- 103-pou- Much of that strength will be in the form of the ninth-grad- e and Derrick 160-poun- ds Chapparo, Finishing fifth were Tony Chris Strader, Allen, 160 pounds, Eldon Gomez, 145 pounds and 152-poun- 215-pound- 2002. Bronze medal finishes by Brockbank wrestlers who will be joining the Cyprus team after helping Brockbank win the 2002 s, -- V division championship and runner-uin the regional tournament The 2002 Cyprus wrestling team had 16 members that included, Chris Allen, Kory Bright Derrick Chapparo, Eldon Gomez, Tyler Howell, Aaron Jepson, Josh Kirton, Bryan Merboth, Nick Nielsen, Edward Rask, Jessie Shepard, Joel Sherard, Adam Smith, Eric Smith, Tony Stader and Jonathan p Vail. The team is coached by Whitworth and assisted by Earl Coombs When that happens-mo- st likely Friday, Aug. or Monday. August 26-tteam will become the fastest PCL team in history to reach five million fans in attendance at home games. "The Stingers' accomplishment, in becoming the fastest PCL team to five million fans, is a terrific reflection on a franchise as well as the character of the fans in Salt Lake City," said PCL President Branch B. hy foah Simons If Ikrxr start" The franchise moved to Salt Lake from Portland before the 1994 season and opened proud of both." The 5 millionth fan that goes through the turnstiles at Franklin Cover Field will receive a prize package that includes two round-tri- p airline tickets from Jet Blue, two tickets to see an Anaheim Angels game, two Stingers' season tickets for 2003, a Stingers' team jacket, a special "5 Millionth Fan" bat autographed by the 2002 Stingers provided by Zinger bat, the chance to throw out a ceremonial first pitch and other prizes. Anon-fielceremony will mark the occasion. d iilifkr y, irm.KHii ins Best Smr Center - he Rickey. "The PCL is Serendipity Sports - "Salt Lake has been a wonderful city for this franchise, ever since we opened the gates in 1994," said Stingers' v President Hilary Drammis. 'We're very proud to draw our five millionth fan in our ninth season. It's an accomplishment that's truly a tribute to our fans and the community that has supported us from the very tory. 12 Cyprus wrestlers prepare for season The Cyprus wrestling The Salt Lake Stingers are just 39, 457 fans away from drawing their 5 millionth fan in franchise his- championship earned HunterCyprus a Utah State i team is looking to have one of its strongest season with the return of most of last year's team and an infusion set record for attendance Ikv'tDiliilfe j Franklin Covey Field for opening night that year. The franchise was named the Buzz from 0 and then was renamed the Stingers before the 2001 season. The Salt Lake franchise led the PCL in attendance for its first six and seasons (1994-199has been consistently among the league's attendance leaders every year. This season the Stingers have averaged 6.500 in attendance per game with several games topping 10,000 fans and two games sold out at 15.500 fans. The team currently leads its divie sion in die PCL by over the Omaha Royals. 1994-200- 9) one-gam- ibn jjmrfUili d lUlwW'b When Shaqtik O'Neal goes on safari, elephants get behind trees -- Book sicr'nleibal Who is toe bestbasket- ball center ever? is it Shaq? I'm not too sure. There have been some other great ones; big fellas that could really ' one. Shaq is the now guy, Russell was tire best defender, Jabbar has the most pints and Chamberlain was die best lover. You pick em? Krrert, who started out wi:h 6 o name Lew Alcinder, was drays surrounded by great payers, he and his mki had a dynasty going k play, How about Kareent Abdul Jabbar, or Wilt Chamberlin? We could also nominate Bill Russel Russel started out by beating the University of Utah out of the NCAA tourna! ment He got nothing but better after that and led the Boston Celtics to maty LA. under Fat Riky. Who is the best of all time? Simons Says : The radio says: When you think of Toyota, think of Karl Malone Toyota. When i think of Karl Malone, I think of a big, strong, rich, and gifted powerful forward who plays hard all winter and whines all summer " don't know. Russell was the most mobile and the best on defense. Jabbar has most of 1 the records. Shaq weighs the most and Witt was like "one bora out of due tsme AS of them played on w in- -. oars. AS of litem were winners end made winners out of their franchises. I'm not sure 1 could honestly pick the "best" championships. He was mostly known of Hag , tot defense and was only Bill a great who spent his whole career with the Celtics. H played in twenty one ehminabon games dur-ing his illustrious playing ' days and won them all WtH Chamberlin was seven foot one and weight f 275 pounds (Shaq outweighs him by 75 pounds), ' Wilt avenged more than SO points a game in the 1962 ; season. He once scored one hundred poin tsina game while ft years and W.ATI & iCt , of championships including : four what m college at i U.C.L.A. He had the j ; giantywup'og boojcshot j ) fhrtw as u71 xl able. 1 e in a s n tte i s U. f . .. . . Ly I COPY! 4 f $ rvf t a v Hospital main floor conference room Topics of discussion: Nutrition in pregnancy Growth and development Normal discomforts of pregnancy When to see your doctor f With your support Volunteers of Uni www.VoluntecrsofAmerica.org tin Hi tlHUi' if Seeking information from Utility Workers, Boiler Firemen, Slag Pullers, and Dispatchers, and any outside contractors who worked at the Kennecott Copper Plant in 1947-198- 5. ra Zuzr, Legal Assistant, Baron & Sudd, & P. C. 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