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Show eason Wort .0, Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Percy Bysshe Shelley. Had Shelley posed his question to Northern Utahs high school baseball coaches, he would have been answered to his surprise with a resoundYes. , To Shelley, his Western Wind ing, -- was heroic. Ours has Created havoc. The past two seasons the weather has run roughshod over high school baseball scheduling for the 2A, 3A and 4A divisions A plays in the fall. 1 Something needs to be done to correct the problem if we want to have an optimal, even ed by it. an acceptable, baseball program in the state. One of the big problems with the baseball season, is we have to squeeze it in after the state basketball tournament around the middle of March and before . the end of school at the first of I see two solutions to the problem. We could either send in an application for nicer spring weather, or we could follow the suggestion of Woods Cross coach Val Cullimore and consider allowing high scjtool bastfball schedules to run into the summer break.' Now Im not sure Cullimore is 100 percent sure he likes the idea, but it merits consideration. "I would not have said this a few years ago, but the longer Ivq coached the more I think,' it" would be a good idea to ejtfend the league into, the summer, ' Cullimore said. May. That leaves just more than a month to play all our games, inNext year cluding well have a couple more weeks. "The way it is now, if a team hits a slump, three or four games can go by before they recover, and by then its too late to salvage their season, Cullimore pre-seaso- n. Extending the schedule would have several advantages. The most obvious is the likeli- hood that the weather will be better, though that is no sure season would be longer, allowing not only more time to resched- ule rained out games, but also to allow more time between regular season games. That would en- bet. ' able teams to go through a Another advantage is that the slump and still not be devastat . v "wear and tear on unseasoned pitchers arms. The most obvious problem with playing during part of the summer is the conflict that would arise between high school and American Legion play, but the high school season wouldnt have to be extended much to make a big difference. It would definitely be better than cramming four games into one week, which is the situation facing some teams right now. j There may be some problems with extending the high school baseball schedule into the summer, but there are also some big advantages. Its worth rain-plagu- said. Also, needed preseason games could be more easily scheduled around the cold weather, saving Page IB North Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, May 2, 1984 Me Tourney Berth No Team Jorgenson, who rapped out three singles in as many times at bat. still has a good shot at Weber, at in Region,!, but capturing LaTdrtafid Bomrervilledte' stillpossibil-itiS- , GARY L. HATCH Review Sports Editor Going into the final regularly scheduled round of,action in the areas region baseball races, no one in either league is guaranteed a spot in the state tournament. Clearfield and Highland come closest to clinching a tournament spot, but each has to win at least one crucial matchup before either can feel secure. The tournament field will be made up of eight teams, four of which will be the region champions and the other four will be winners in playoffs between the e second- - and teams from each of the regions. Several teams still have to make up ' many previously rained out games of these games will be played yesterday and" today, which was after press time for this issue of the Lakeside. In order for Clearfield to wrap up the Region 1 title, they must get past a striding Roy provided the Royals won Tuesday. We feel like were playing today (Tuesday) for hopefully a playoff berth. If we can win, well probably be playing Clearfield for the region championship, said Roy coach Fred Thompson. Friday the Royals raised their record to solidly behind 2 Clearfield, by beating Box Elder 12-- 5 in Brigham 5-- 3, third-plac- e, .. , , ri Layton raised its record to 5 Monday By defeating Box Elder 10-- 4 Monday and knocking the Bees out of playoff contention. The Lancers got all 10 runs and 10 of their 11 hits imthe first two innings against the Bees and coasted to an easy 3-- - t ' win. James Kortwight started at pitcher . and went the distance for the Lancers. In Region Four, last weeks league leader, Bountiful, dropped games to Viewmont and Davis and now must beat the current leader. Highland, for a sure playoff berth. followed by Highlands record is Bountiful and Davis at 4 each. Viewmont and East are both at 5 and still have a shot at a berth also. -Davis capitalized on Bountifuls inability to hit Monday as the Darts eked out a 4 win in Kaysville. The Braves managed only four hits for the contest, a double by Dusty Jacobs and three singles." 4 v Davis scored its five runs In .the first three innings against Brave pitcher Rob Lundquist, .... Photo by Robert Regan Mike Neuteboom came in to relieve City. v Lunduist in the fourth inning and held DAVIS MIKEPRlE chases after a loose ball Mon- - Darts won 4 and share second place in Region 1 Kevin FrMguer pitched three and y J.he relieved was Dartsjcoreless,: but the Brave by against the Bountilul Braves in Kaysville. The inhirigind generate enough runs to Clair Kelly who went the rest of the won The Vikings had built an 4 lead on make up the difference Viewmont kept : To start Monday off the Vikings had way for Roy. 15-- 5 the Woods Cross dropped its last two the won 25th and in into itself to playoffs Monday.' to finish a game began March 25 that get position ' Bret Crittendon smacked four singles The second was a losing 0 to Highland and then games, inhowever, was game, four after and delayed in six times at bat for the Royals. He by Splitting two games against Highland 4 to East.. and the Rams turnaround losing complete because of weather. nings was followed by designated hitter Jeff" Monday. third-plac- 6-- 5-- 3, 6-- 3, 5-- 4-- 5-- " . ....... 5-- ofday ne-thi- rd ( 11-- 1. 11-- ,T 4-- one-ha- lf 7-- mi Davis County invitational mm, ,"I"i ''Z Falcon Girls Win, Boys Second CHRIS LARSEN. Davis was led by the come back of senior Morgan Nelson, with a 8 personal best effort, finish in the and a second-plac- e high jump. f Nelson also took second place in the long jump with a 22-- 2 , Review Correspondent For the last three invitationals the Clearfield Boys track team has placed first, and the girls 6-- . ' have placed second. However, last week at the Daleap. vis high Track and Field InvitaSenior Jeff Owhiler kept up his 7tional, it was just the opposite. first consistent The Falcon girls swept performances this sea-i e 183.30 a with while 0 son the over Alta, place throw in the javelin. boys fell just short of Alta The Falcon boys were led by ' Eric Thompson also took first senior James More, who won place with a throw of 159-- 6 in first place in the Shot Put with the discus. 56-5 The Layton Lancers place fifth and senior Ricky Smith, who won the 400 meter dash, in the invitational with 50 setting a new state record at" points. 49.33. Layton was led by Terry with a second- - and a ' Other Falcon contributors were e finish in the 300 foyrth-placshot fourth- and and 110 high hurdles. Kim Thurgood and Vaughn ., Waite and second-plac- e javelin ' The Lancers also received a e shot put effort by thrower Sterling Allen. Allen threw a personal best of Todd Brimhall. ' The Lancers 440 yeard relay 174.20. ; We had some disappointteam swept first place in 44.45. we also had but others The Roy Royals finished sev-et- h ments, with 27 points, again on the that did really well said Coach efforts of super hurdler Larry John Flint after the meet. . The Viewmont Vikings placed Helms. third with, 64 points, as they , Helms won the 300 intermedihave been consistently doing in ate hurdles in 39.21 and placed ' third in the 1 10 meter high hurinvitationals previously, v Viewmont ' was led by the . dles due to a slow start, Reims ... . legs of Senjof Mike said. ' V "J 1- Allen, i.; v The Coach John Flint said the Allen, who took state in cross Clearfield girls had done an ,r;-- ' r -g A country this year, won the 1600 outstnading job in the rnvita- meter run in 4:27.3. tional. He also placed third in the The Falcon girls were led by 3200 meter run, and anchored Stephanie Clemments and Laura Zaugg with 97 the winning Viewmont medley relay team in 3:40.76. points. Senior Reese Kidman also - Clemments was voted most gave the Vikings a second- - and outstanding athlete of the meet. fourth-plac- e finish in the 1 600 She placed first in both the 200 se3200 meter runs. Viking, and and 400 meter dashs in 26.11 nior speedster John Warner won and 57.76 respectively. second in the 100 and 200 meter ,v Clemments anchored the wind runs. .relay, and the sec-- : ding e The Vikings suffered from the medley relay. Ptroto by Robert Regan loss of hurdler Troy Hanks, who! Clemments also placed fourth is out for the season with a pul- Jn the long jump. high through the last heat of led ligament in his leg Senior Laura Zaugg took first High track .and field,; .The Davis Darts placed fourth 'in the 300 intermediate hurdles ' tooksec- in the meet jifh 58 'ftbints.-"Vith 'a' - if 'i'- ; first-plac- 97-8- 85-8- 0. -- ! ....... . fifth-pla- Sr. & 1 Keal-amaki- a, pu-te- rs ce third-plac- HM rfJ . ; , long-distan- v: ce v v ; I . tea-ma- te - . " t ' X, "X; - 440-yar- ; THESE GIRLS are stepping iTKUhe 00-met- er, qnd-plac- Iwrdtes.ftthevis, tationalvFrtdays, 45.78-firricr-a- nd Photo by Rodney Wright just misses clearing the crossbar the Davis High Invitational Track Meet. A POLE VAULTER iday at ond in the 200 meter dash. Zaugg also took second in the dash and third in the hurdles, behind teamate Sharon Anderson. The Layton Lancers placed eighth in the meet with 25 points. Layton was led by Carol Day and Pat Montano. Day placed third in the high jump with a 3 leap and sixth in the long jump. 100-met- er first-pla- 100-met- er ce 5-- Mohatapq placed-four- th j n f1 Fr- both the 100 and 200 meter dashs. The Roy Royals placed ninth in the meet with 20 points. The Viewmont Vikings placed eleventh with 14 points, but were without speedster Jenny Miller. The Davis Darts and Bountiful Braves placed fourteenth and sixteenth, with four points and one point;-respectivel- y. |