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Show May 16, 1995 The Dixie Sun Rose recruits Runnin' Rebs By ROBERT SAVALA JR the dixie sun It is spring time and Coach Dave Rose getting his team prepared for next is year. Although the recruiting process is just started. Rose does have an idea of where headed for next season. he is Three students from last year are returning including Kevin Simpson and Sonny Watson. Joining the returning class are two returning missionaries: Travis Homer and Matt Chison. "1 think that the nucleus is good and I'm building on that," Rose said. "Usually, for a junior college, the recruiting is not done till late July or early August." "I plan on recruiting a few Utah players, a few out of state players, and open tryouts were held last week and continue until the end if summer," he continued Page 7 COLLEGE ll I G II T "I am looking at some Division 1 41 high school transfers and some Prep students," Rose said. Softball finishes with a loss By ROBERT SAVALA JR. the dixie sun The season is over for the Rebels Softball team. Finishing the season with a record of the Lady Rebs ended the year with a loss in the first round of the Scenic West Athletic Conference playoffs. The team was plagued with troubles from the start of the season. With the loss of two starters, pitcher Meggan Forbes and center fielder Mellisa Cauley, it took the team awhile. CEU By sively. Dealing with a low budget and small fan support also hurt the team's moral, it seemed. Despite these setbacks, four players received All Region 18 honorable mentions. This year is Coach Sherry Titus's last year as a coach and physical education teacher at Dixie College. Recently she accepted an offer to coach women's basketball in California. devastates Dixie tennis team BRENT C.WINTCH DIXIE SUN THE but by the end of the season they had pulled together offensively and defen- The Dixie Tennis Club walked away another loss Thursday afternoon, winning only one match against the College of Eastern Utah. Dixie entertained CEU players in seven matches, dropping all but one. Travis Stokes, the No. 1 men's seed. with Champs Continued from Page 7 was the only Rebel player to score a win for Dixie. Adding the loss to CEU, the club finished up the season with an 4 record. "We didn't have a very good season this year," club president Kelly Newman said, "but we all had a lot of fun." Newman says he hopes that next year, the club will continue and have a better record. 5 N. Main St. in Cedar City for mo info: 634.8G38 0-- Dixie College Theatre Shepherd's homer easily would have fence in center field, cleared the had it been sent in that direction. 20-fo- ot lead. Dixie scored again in the fifth, and led until Ricks' hitters strung together seven singles in the top of the sixth to score five runs. With the bases still loaded, Dixie coach Gordon Jolley hooked starter Aaron McArthur in favor of Cale Shepherd, who retired the side with one 2 2 pitch. The Rebs immediately went about getting back the advantage they lost in the top of the inning. Craig Peterson singled, followed by Sudbury's double just inside the bag at third. Ricks coach Jerry Schlegelmilch replaced pitcher Adam Mattson with knuckleballer Matt Jensen. Jensen promptly filled the bases by walking Parker, who had homered in the fifth and hit a grand slam earlier in the day against CSI. Choosing to pitch instead to Dixie cleanup hitter Shepherd, Jensen threw two knuckleballs. Shepherd looked at the first for a strike before sending the second into orbit for a grand slam over the d fence. left-fiel- Following his heroics at the plate. Shepherd closed the door on Ricks the rest of the way and picked up the save in a 12-- 8 victory. With both pitching staffs nearly depleted by Saturday morning, the title game was expected to be a slugfest. However, Dixie's Robbie Allen and Ricks' Jeremy Bowman dueled through three scoreless innings before the Rebs took a 0 lead in the fourth. After Allen got Dixie to the fourth inning, Lambert came on to finish up and virtually shut the door on Ricks the rest of the way. hits The Rebels got a pair of two-ru- n from Sudbury and Shepherd to increase That was all Lambert the lead to needed, although he received help from Parker, who killed a Ricks rally by throwing out a runner at the plate with two outs in the eight. Shepherd was named Most Valuable Player, while Jolley was honored as Coach of the Year. Because Dixie won Region 18, Hurst Field will be the site of the tournament Thursday and Friday. 5-- 0. by George Bernard Shaw May 17, 18, 19 & 20, 1995 at 8 p.m. and Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Graff Fine Arts Mainstage Theatre Directed by Brent Hanson |