Show Valley slow pitch 9 ‘Saturday-night-with-nothing-to--do (First o two parti) time and what little territory it had in Logan But it was lovable The whole of Cache Valley loved it Everyone wanted more of it By Mike Ingraham sports writer It brainchild has outgrown headache stage had it Smithfield Nibley lured it with diamonds Now at the kge of 14 slow pitch softball appears to be n in Cache Valley With its finally picnics and tournaments and cleated players crying out for justice from the paragons in blue softball is as much a part of the Soon Hyrum was an offhand offspring Mendonall a brainchild Who would have thought it would stir such seduce so many and be 10 passions embraced? “I think we have handled it quite well” says Larry Jacobsen the man most responsible for delivering that rascally recreation slow pitch softball unto Cache Valley If the sport first needed nuturing it soon demanded taming By 1978 (or was it ’79? — everything happened in a blur) this brainchild had grown into quite the little headache If it weren't so lovable it might have been like a giant reptile with 100 heads rounding the corner sending people scurrying into committees and special sessions to decide how to cope Like an insect it multiplied devouring full-grow- summer texture here as the scent of cut alfalfa the taste of fresh tomatoes the sight of shaded ponds and swings by bams Saturday the Icebreaker Tournament initiates another season Within weeks there will be dirt flying arms flailing balls falling too many of which should have been caught The Care will giant shadow of Yamaha-Aut- o hover no more over rivals but there will be no rejoicing over the passing of one of the originals a team for whom the expression “late and great” applies in its fullness Gone too will be slow pitch’s ancestor fast pitch which has not died but rather faded away to Tremonton and in the case of Raymond Construction Co to the more challenging fields of Ogden But there is rebirth as well The “A” Division those serious sorts who come to play and play hard will be back in Logan after briefly impaling themselves on their own mighty bats so to speak “They were a victim of their own successes” says Brent Jorgensen a of the Smithfield operation A reign of terror held by a few titans — JV Corp Valley Care — over Merchants and Yamaha-Aut- o stand for “A” the rest of the field made folks the "Angry' Suddenly down in “B” looked awfully and ripe to those battered victims of the “A” teams So with no me to play the titans were taken in by Jacobsen over in Nibley and played an apparently undignified schedule semi-serio- us well-adjust- ed Something had to be done so winter meetings were held with the happy result that superior softball will again be performed in the Valley specifically at the Quadruplex in Logan Once again JV Corp and Valley Merchants can wear their worst game faces as they take on Western Lamplighter Aquarius Waterbed ( Aquarius Waterbed? Sounds dangerously laid back for this crowd ) Gia’s Restaurant Crescent Communications and a late entry Anderson Mechanical A brief eulogy for the departed The line drawn on the caveman's wall said it first and most forcefully: we are all hunters of the perfect flow of motion in other words style Auto Care had style and not because of the two state titles or the rivalries that began with Pugmire Realty and ended with Valley Merchants and JV Corp See SOFTBALL page 14 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 19 1984 Doesn’t matter how a win’s a win tor Logan 9 Prep baseball By Nick Drake sports writer If you ask Logan Grizzly coach Stuart Howell no matter how you do “a win is a win is a win” it Logan High needed some clutch hitting from Rick Thorne and Derek Matlock to overcome a g to win deficit with a five-ruover rival Sky View their first region game Wednesday at Glen Worthington Park But there were some anxious moments for Howell and the Grizzlies In the top of the seventh with Logan clinging to the one-ru-n lead Sky View’s Dennis Elwood reached second on a throwing error by LHS Brian Soderquist With only one-oand nobody forcing him Elwood tried to reach third on a grounder to shortstop Thorne and the Grizzly senior made a perfect throw to third nailing the Bobcat for the second out Robyn Craig followed the running miscue with a double that would have scored ground-rul- e Elwood — had he stayed — and tied the game The next hitter hit back to the mound and the game was Logan's “That's a heck of a way to lose a game on a ground-rul- e double" said Howell “I sympathize and empathize with (Sky View) coach (Joe) Robertson and coach (Clyde) Nelson because that's a tough way to lose But on the other hand I'm darn happy to win it A win is a win is a win no matter how you win it" Robertson said it was a number of things that led to Sky View’s downfall “Pitching was a key We had a 1 lead and couldn't bold them” said Robertson “The mistake hurt us A number of mistakes hurt us One mistake is not going to hurt you but you put four or five together and let two runs or two outs slip by you it’s going to hurt you and we did We made errors in key n 5--1 fifth-innin- 6--5 second-basem- an ut Pete SchroppHerald Journal 5-- base-runni- Sky View's Troy Barker contests out tag put on him by Logan's Brian Soderquist Wednesday ng situations” Brett Christensen led off the big Logan fifth inning with a walk and Soderquist followed with a single Thorne smashed a double off losing Jodie Cronquist pitcher scoring both Christensen and Soderquist After intentionally n walking Brad Kidman Bobcat third-basema- Terre Egbert threw Jay Gardner’s grounder over first base allowing Thorne to score and moving Kidman to third and Gardner to second Matlock then delivered a single to score Kidman and Gardner giving the Grizzlies the winning margin out That took them out of scoring position” lead in the The Bobcats jumped to a two-rufirst inning when Cronquist led off with a double d line and Chuck Elliott down the followed with a triple to score Cronquist Egbert hit a grounder to third sacker Gardner who threw home to get the advancing Elliott But the Bobcat bowled into Grizzly Kidman who dropped the ball to score the second tally but not without an argument between Howell and home umpire Ellis Christensen with Howell declaring Elliott executed an illegal slide into n left-fiel- “We had the clutch hitting we needed to win” said Howell “Rick and Derek came through with some key hits But we also made some key defensive plays Rick made two or three clutch defensive plays and Kent (Haslam) dug a couple of balls out of the dirt at first' to help us The key to the game was the runner going to third and Rick made a key decision to throw Layden: Bench is the key to victory in Game 2 of series By Tom Harvey 123-12- series “Most of the time our bench was playing against their bench” Layden said “I think our bench showed a lot of poise a lot of patience and made some big baskets I think our depth was the difference” The Jazz the surprise team of the NBA this season are in their first playoff series in the nine-yehistory of the club and the first for most of the players “Now we have to take advantage of the win” said rookie Thurl Bailey “We have to win these two at home” Denver center Dan Issel agreed that Utah's bench is a key and that Denver had trouble adjusting the first game e ar See JAZZ on page 14 the plate The Bobcats added two more in the fourth inning when Troy Barker drilled a Mike Udy homer pitch over the fence for a two-ru- n Thome led the Grizzlies with a double and single and three RBI’s and Tim Rodebush also added a triple Hie Bobcats were led by Barker’s home run and single while Elwood also contributed two singles Sky View and Logan are scheduled to tangle again today in Smithfield at 3 pm eg Sports report c Aggies away The Utah State men’s track team heads for Boise while the women venture into Bozeman for a pair of meets Friday and men's team will Saturday The compete in the Bob Gibb Invitational while the women's team will be hosted by Montana State Aggie golfers get their final test at Provo’s Riverside Country Club where Brigham Young hosts the Cougar Classic consisting of 36 holes Friday and 18 Saturday Last weekend the Aggies finished third in the Bronco Invitational USU netmen go into the Snow College Invitational Friday and Saturday favored over Ricks Utah Tech Mesa (Col) and Dixie No 1 Aggie Dave Edman rejoins the team after recovering from an arm injury No 3 Rob Hampton will also resume play The Aggies are 9 in dual meets seven-memb- er pre-PCA- SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden says the play of his bench is one key to victory tonight in Game 2 of their playoff series with the Denver Nuggets 1 winners in the opener Tuesday night used Utah 50 points by its reserves to take the advantage in the best-of-fiv- him A 10-- Apprehensive Forbidding weather may wash out what might be a four game sweep for the Utah State softball team at home Friday and Saturday The Aggies have a chance of blasting off in High Country Conference competition against Northern Colorado and Colorado State But if the games are cancelled USU will be forced to swallow a split with each team Presently the Aggies stand 5 overall and 1 in the HCC USU is scheduled to take the field at 2 pm against Northern Colorado an outfit 11-- 1 the Aggies demolished Sunday in an exhibition Runners-u- p in the HCC last year the Golden Bears are sending their varsity program into hibernation Saturday weather permitting the Aggies welcome Colorado State at 1 pm The Rams are 7 overall and 2 in HCC play both losses coming against Northern 19-1- 3-- 6--0 2-- 0-- Colorado Bears best locals Sky View hosted its first track meet of the season Wednesday finishing third to Bear River and Logan The Bears racked up seven firsts and 57 points while Logan took five firsts and came away with 53 points Sky View's Eric Robertson and Bob Durtschi accounted for four of the Bobcats' five first place finishes and led the hosts to 29 points In girls' competition however Sky View dominated with 90 points Bear River tallied 47 and Logan with just six entrants i earned 23 points The Bears' Brett Payne and Durtschi were triple winners Payne taking the 110 meter hijgh hurdles the long jump and the shotput while Durtschi prevailed in the mile the 800 meters and the 3000 meters Robertson won the 100 meters and the medley relay team also came through for the Bobcats Logan earned first places in the 200 meters with Jon Shaw the 400 meters with Eric Johnson the discus with Dennis Wildman the pole vault with Rulon Wood and the 1600 meter relay with Kattia Pheng Johnson Scott Clayton and Shaw Girls' results were not reported with the exception of Logan's The Grizzlies placed all five competitors most notably Mamie Brown who won the 300 meter hurdles in her first try at the event Brown placed second in the long jump and fourth in the 100 meters Other Grizzly girls included Toni Andrews second in the 100 meter low hurdles and third in the 300 meter hurdles Celia Weeks second in the discus and the high jump Sharon Matthews fourth in the 200 meters Debbie James third in the high jump and Colleen Hart fifth in the javelin |