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This is a very tough region, and with Viewmont lurking around the takes, Faced with the task of prevailing in an extra, extra session, Bountiful ended its two-gam- e home region losing streak by nip- :V w., - ping Cottonwood in five shots Thursday at Millcreek Junior High. w The 4-- I hard-earne- the ball in the net, BUZZLINE: The Salt Lake Buzz cap a homestand eight-gamTuesday when the bee the boys entertain 7 Dukes at Albuquerque a m series Following p in Tacoma, the Buzz returns to Franklin Quest Field April 25 to face the e I We think 2-- 4 J said Bountiful have had a hard time and I this is a turning point. In recent outings, the Braves dropped region contests to visiting Highland and Skyline in overtime. Despite the win, which lifted the Braves to 2 in league play, Coach Dave Wigham wasnt entirely pleased. The effort was good, but we still cant score. We have to put 1 v felt confident we were going to win it, FINAL Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz are in the midst of jockeying for postseason position with San Antonio and Phoenix. The NBA Playoffs begin later this month. Utah concludes regular season play this week with games at Sacramento Tuesday (KJZZ-18.30 p.m.), Denver Friday (Prime Sports, 6pm) and Los 30 p m ) The final home game is sandAngeles Lakers (KJZZ-1wiched the road wars. Portland comes to town Thursday to conclude the regular season home campaign for the Jazz. KJZZ-1will broadcast the game at 7 p m. ciipper pmosron osborn w vic- d goalkeeper Scott Badger. TUNE-UP- S: v shooutout edge gave 3 the Braves a tory. said Wigham. Shootouts thats not a win. Chuck Miller, Brian Neville, Scott Beynon and Josh Kilgore scored in the shootout, while Badger deflected two shots for a ? ; r GOING FOR THE GOLD: Defending a state champion Bountiful snapped region losing streak at home by outlasting Cottonwood e two-gam- the Braves. Wigham returned to a personal tradition and did not witness the final kicks. I stayed and watched against Skyline and we lost, Wigham said. So this time, the kids kicked me out. Added Cottonwood coach Dennis Doyle: It all boiled down to that horrible, horrible shootout. We had our chances and shoot... Doyle was pleased with his teams defense effort, but noted there was pretty good defense played on both sides. We like a certain tempo, said Wigham. But, they took it away by fouling us. They came down here for the tie. Bountiful will seek its second straight league triumph at home when rival Viewmont invades City Hall Park on Tuesday. DAVIS 3, Highland 2 By DOUG LANG Sports Writer Las Vegas Stars KAYSVILLE Davis capitalized on two quick goals to edge Highland 2 Friday night. Rob Gillespie scored just two minutes into the game and Quinn Cannon added another goal early in the first half to squelch the Rams and leave both squads with 2 Region 2 records. SPORT 3-- 2-- Davis goalkeeper Chad Sackett served as coach on the field to pace the winning effort Every time they do something positive, I let them know it, said Sackett. I also wanted them fired up to keep the pressure on Highland so we could LEADING THE CHASE: A 10-- victory over Cyprus Friday enhanced Woods Cross' reputation as leader of the 4A state soccer pack 0 EsylDBDe Ski with the Olympians winner takes a break Bemie G. Ure of Bountiful (center) KEYSTONE, Colo to on the slopes get autographs from noted skiers Phil Mahre (left), e 1984 Olympic gold medalist; Trace Worthington (standing), World Cup combined champion in aerials; and Steve Mahre, 1984 silsix-tim- ver medalist. Ure won the trip from Diet Coke to Ski with with Olympians in KeystoneBreckenridge, Colo., in conjunction KLZX radio in Salt Lake City. LAKE SALT 5-- 1 SOUNTIFUL loss at the hands of Skyline. Or should that be the hand of Skyline? The left hand of junior pitcher Dave Allsop to be exact. Woods Cross Baseball Woods Cross Softball Malmrose, who belted a triple, drove in three runs to lead the Wildcats to a 5-- 2 Region 7 victory over Olympus Thursday Bearnson, who had a class writing inspirational messages on his pitching hand to get himself psyched up to throw to the Vikes. (Of course, no teacher in the Davis School District would allow such a thing to happen.) The activity certainly worked well for Allsop who pitched a complete game, only allowed four hits, and struck out nine. We saw him last year and he was nothing like he was today, double, knocked in five runs as the Lady Wildcats blasted East 22 5 in a Region 7 contest Thursday said Viewmont KAYSVILLE TODAY GB DAVIS at Cottonwood Skyline at Highland BOUNTIFUL at VIEWMONT Thursday's Games, 330 pm. DAVIS VIEWMONT at Cottonwood 2 2 2 DAVIS Tuesdas Games, 3.30 p.m. at BOUNTIFUL DAVIS at Cottonwood Skyline at Highland Fndas Games, 4 pm. BOUNTIFUL at Highland DAVIS VIEWMONT Region 7 Baseball Region 7 Soccer League Games 3 4 4.5 6 wx L GB 0 0 2 1.5 East 3 3 Cyprus 3 3 West Tuesdas Games, 330pm West at Olympus East at WOODS CROSS Thursday's Games, 330 p.m. East at Olympus Cyprus at WOODS CROSS West at Cyprus Olympus Fndas at WOODS CROSS, 7 Games 3 30 p.m East at Cyprus West at Olympus inning. One of the bright spots for the Vikes was the relief pitching of Jeff Garff. With no less than four major league scouts pointing their radar guns at his every pitch, Garff got out seven of the eight batters he faced. The one batter he didnt get out was the one he hit, and only one ball even got hit out of the infield. So how do you explain the season of the Viewmont Vikings? Just a couple of weeks ago the Vikes tourwent to a swanky nament with a fancy name (The Gorman Gael Easter Classic) and Thursday April 14 te Olympus Cyprus 3 0 1 West 11.5 WX 2 have to show if they are X. 1 WX 10, Cyprus O WOODS CROSS The Wildcats blasted Cyprus under the lights at Curtis Field Friday. Goalkeeper Peter Carr registered the shutout, while Wade Nielsen and Clay Holbrook paced the offense with two goals apiece. The Cats also own Region 7 victories over East and West entering their biggest challenge. Woods Cross is now in league play and will square off against fellow unbeaten Olympus Tuesday at 7 p m. at Curtis Field. Both squads are ranked among 3-- 0 the top five 4A teams in the state. The Wildcats are ranked first. y pre- right stuff. About the only lighting of the scoreboard for Davis came from sophomores Nick Reese and Chad Martineau who were in charge of the scorers table. Highlands assault started in the third as Luke Geddes took a Nate Randle pitch to deep left field and & the Rams never looked back, Highland went on to score four s more runs with great hitting. We had the whole package today, said Highland coach Keith 2 5 s West. The Rams had Randles number as he attested after the game. 1 just didn't have it today and Highland took advantage of it, he said We have played some tough games and j Thursdas Games, 330 pm. J Olympus Thursday and Region 7 behind Cyprus MAKING THE FLAYS: Woods Cross upended claimed sole possession of second place in should have won. We played Viewmont hard last week and let them come back on us. Although being down most of the game the Darts never quit. They mounted several charges but to no avail Not only were the Darts frustrated by the Rams defense, but junior pitcher Zack Sorensen refused to give Davis any chance of hitting and putting Highlands lead in jeopardy. West feels that Davis will win more games, but just not today. Highland finished the game with five runs on nine hits and two errors. Not bad for the fifth place team in the state. Davis on the other hand is now I region and trying to find in themselves Highland is a good team and we are just not hitting that ball good right now, said Davis coach Stan Buchanan Our team wants to win bad, things are just not falling our way. DAVIS ability to overcome the tough games. Davis just didnt have the at WOODS CROSS West at Cyprus East at Olympus 3-- Thursday April 14 at Kaysville 5-- Tuesdas Games, 330 pm. West at East Olympus SALT LAKE CITY The warrant was issued Friday despite the pleas of unbeaten Viewmont. Skyline scored two unanswered goals to hand the Viking their first Region 2 loss. Skyline is a good team, but no one on our team played well, said Viewmont coach Will Veal. The only consolation is that we are still in first place. Viewmont stands alone at 1 in league play. However, the real story Friday centered around red cards Josh Hogge, who scored Viewmont s lone goal, was tossed in the second half. Skyline also lost a player due to some quick whistles. Not warranted. said Veal who felt neither player deserved the ouster Highland tenders or contenders. Unfortunately, on Thursday, Davis met a strong Highland Ram team and the Rams chiseled the Darts down to a 0 shutout Both teams sport a strong senior base that had experience and the i 2 3 3 East 58 0 and Mauss (S) Mauss 2 KAYSVILLE At this point in the baseball season every game is GB 1 Skytino 3, VIEWMONT 1 Z Region 7 Softball L Allsop By DOUG LANG Sports Writer DAVIS W Garff (4) and Rice Highland 5, DAVIS 0 at Highland League Games 300 200 x 151 000 010 0 Skyline (S) VIEWMONT at Cottonwood at Lake City VIEWMONT Beckman Thursdas Games, 330p.m. BOUNTIFUL at Salt crucial. For the Davis Darts they at Cottonwood Skyline Olympus Olympus West East Tuesdas Games, 330 p.m. of Chapmans ball allowed him to circle the bases and move Skyline to a 0 lead in the first inning Viewmont wouldnt pick up a base hit until catcher Steve Rice hit a ground ball between short and third with two outs in the fourth V Skyline at Highland BOUNTIFUL at VIEWMONT Skyline at DAVIS, 7 GB Cyprus wx 2-- GB Tuesday's Games, 4 p.m. Cottonwood at VIEWMONT League Games L 4 0 3 0 .5 2 2 2 1 2 2.5 0 3 3.5 0 3 3.5 BOUNTIFUL at DAVIS BOUNTIFUL at Highland Skyline W Skyline Highland Cottonwood VIEWMONT Highland 2 Skyline VIEWMONT 1 Tuesdays Games, 330 p.m. offense going in the bottom of the first with a double. That was followed by base hits by Bronson Bills and Shane Chapman. A mis-pla- y ion 2 Softball League Games W VIEWMONT 3 BOUNTIFUL Roger pre-seas- Region 2 Soccer League Games coach Farnsworth. However, his surprise was nothing compared to that of I Allsop himself. In wasnt as ready as I wanted to be, SCORE w 4 Highland 4 Skyline VIEWMONT 2 BOUNTIFUL 1 DAVIS 1 Cottonwood 0 could think about was said Allsop. Therefore, the southpaw spent his sixth period American Literature CROSSJ WOODS JILL BEARNSON THE DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER League dames I pitching today, VIEWMONT DAVII All fa fat JESSE MALMROSE Baseball beat up on a bunch of teams that were supposed to be the best in the nation. Then they came home and got 2 in their own little six team Region 2. Farnsworth sees two factors at play. First, Weve got a tough region, says Farnsworth. But he also doesnt deny that, Since the Easter tournament weve had a little bit of a letdown. Ultimately, Farnsworth is more interested in how his team plays in May rather than in March or April. Our goal all along has been to make the playoffs and play the best at the end. Viewmont plays host to rival Bountiful Tuesday. First pitch at 3.30. Allsop also got the Eagle CITY corner, you have to be ready. Davis coach Alan Porter noted that this was Davis first home win this year We knew we were capable of winning and Im glad it happened tonight, said Porter. We have lost some key players and we knew we had to play good team ball to win and we did We had a lot of momentum in the first half and we made the most of it. giroauuMfe 3-- Congratulations to the latest w inners of a Clipper certificate, free Little Caesars pma and a 5x7 portrait at Okies. Winners are chosen eaih week from Bountifiil, Davis, Viewmont or Woods Cross high schools. Region 2 second as Highland rallied to I needed something like to today give me confidence. Viewmont fell to .500 in Region 2 with a win this game. Unfortunately, what worked in the first half disappeared in the he said. By GEOFF GRIFFIN Spoits Writer ftllPPEItJCOUNTRYASEBAU! PREP ATHLETES However, ll for the Darts Davis took advantage of the breaks they were given and were able to capitalize on our mis- champion Bountiful Braves. i Cud By DIRK FACER BOUNTIFUL "V, , Hd Ed 001 200 2 59 2 000 000 0 012 Godfrey (7) and 2B Z Sorensen Sorensen and Jensen Randle Shrives 2(H) Shnver (H) Rivera (H) (H) DQU?JnFUL 10, Cwocd 2 The BOUNTIFUL Braves scored six runs in the second inning and added four more in the third en route to blasting Cottonwood Thursday. Brian Beck, Kevin Catoe and Seth Neuswander had hits in both innings as Bountiful (1-claimed its first Region 2 win. 3) Thursday, April 14 at Bountiful 242 Cottonwood 200 000 0 064 000 X 10 6 0 Weidauer Disoera (4) and Farr Greeno Boardman (B) and Beck BOUNTIFUL Farr(C) WX 5, Cnx:32 WOODS CROSS The Wildcats claimed sole possession of second place with an impressive win over Olympus Thursday. Jesse Malmrose drove in three runs as WX mounted a 10-h- attack. it Thursday April 14 at Woods Cross Olympus WX 002 000 0 010 400 X 2 9 0 510 0 Gane Skinner (4) and Vandenakker (7) and fenton, vis Davis and PapiaDaks (WX) Buchi (0) Poulton (0) Malmrose (WX) Wseman (WX) Milne (WX) (WX), J (0) |