Show Friday May EU— It 1178 SPORTS "Wait 'til if I Next Year byTonyMagann sports year ends we can look upon the last eight months as a disappointing but year Most of the teams had losing records However the respective teams were comprised mainly of freshmen players With many players returning CEU can look toward next year with hope and excitement But you do not place your future entirely on your returning players You can have all the talent you need and not have a winning season The athletic programs under which these athletes serve can either help oc hinder the efforts of a winning season Without the right facilities the coach and players can only do so much The track and wrestling teams might have been competitive if they would have had better facilities practice in We have a track that is fit for a dog race weight set that some high school dumped five years Talking to some of the wrestlers and track members received the impression that it was all a waste of time heavyweight wrestler could have been one of the best in the conference but he had no one to practice with during As the 1978 C7 ay ax1 ' workouts Some of the runners admitted they they slacked off on their speed for fear of twisting their ankle The poor tennis team warned to play the cracks on the courts instead learning to play competitive tennis These sports will never be very competitive without some changes made Our Basketball team thanks to some very outstanding teamwork and some very good players provided us with one o( the better recordiit-UuiSilwwcd'tome exciting BfaebaUtelm Saved Utah games Most of the players an freshmen and with the Baseball Ends Rebuilding Season Tony Sperry us teSffitaSnStSrtemh0ttld were tUmted towardi the High hope g jj-t- o this bmebdltejun Md Dwayne Johnson and Marty Malmrose were leading hitters with 3 and 2 win knockedajny chancel ffS S&wSWTJS! Xngt is7 Pnnr nitrhinff And ttle'conference RBI's £& rea!wl for Brelt Brady wa star hSfuiiJ °ing 4 with 3RBI’S- r' Jje eam tumid improve KdJy Kimber going 8 with reSnitnHt This college a tough time improving these one home run Harry Hillas beC't a?dlti0nu0f Pitching the losing game football CEU needs a football program but hng 3-- 1-- UUke to congratulate the basketbaU team and certain members of the track wrestling and baseball teams for their personal accomplishments I do not write for girls sports but I would also like to congratulate the girls softball team on the best winning season of all Hopefully next year with more experienced players and better attitudes along with a better program we may have a long awaited outstanding season After all I’m getting tired of writing that this is a year and that all this team lacks is experience and the expression “Wait till next year" By was a jj“ ®ame Joey Johnson pitched 6 tough inning’s to get the victory scored 3 run the first Inning with a home run "“d® y Dwayne Johnson went on to score They one m the 2nd and two in the 4th In the sixth inning with a score of 7 CEU went to 4 jJJjg to irom E& CEU also split with CNCC to end the season 6-- gng CEU won the first game Larry Dawes was the winning pitcher giving up S"?ry' 7--4 only 7 hits Along with pitching Dawes went 3 1-- with 3 RBI's Woodward went two RBI’s Scott 2-- 2 with In the second game with 18 hits and scored 14 runs to CNCC went to work win easily 14-- 7 Tbp hitting performances for CEU were Dwayne Johnson and Larry Dawes each with one home run and 3 RBI's ng - T-- - — :l- - 1 urn — - 1 fc — 1 ki f v -- 1 I "J £i vi f'l'v 3 v --- mJk Dlmltrious Georges Jw k'2 i- - Boyd Hanson Vari $ :yA " t w ' w B MM J ij CEU students enjoy watching track meet Track Team Travels To Finals The CEU track team finished off the year by qualifing two members for tTTvjT'rrw tne nationals The track team plagued by and bad at- -' not titudes did perform as 4 ! well as expected Frank Ziibal the Eagles pole vaulter qualified for By Tony Nationals with Jump of over 13 feet Hansen the Boyd decathalon man qualified earlier by massing more than the needed 6000 points at a meet held at BYU While only these two ac- tually qualified for the Nationals to be held in Magann Illinois Coach Ray Barms ‘ also Invited John Parker the three-mil- e runner and Jeff Callor the runner Coach Barms feels that with their determination they will be very competitive Also worthv of is Dimitrious recognition 880 the Eagles Georges Dimitrious triplejumper has been one of the most consistent and determined men on the team While he will not be going to the nationals he is deserving of congratulations for his hard work and improvement |