Show Thursday April 11 1991 The Eagle - Plage 7 Few survive tryouts remembered CEU’s first for his defense and all around talent All-Ameri- can by Richard Nielsen first Player He was also high scorer of the ICAC most valuable player of the Region One NJCAA tournament C player and one of the All-Americ- an sports editor Ron Cunningham former CEU (Undout who did not take up basketball until his junior year in high school passed away in March at his Washington DC home as a result of a heart attack Cunningham was recruited by former CEU basketball coach Out Jenson from his Washington high school to play for the Golden Eagles during the 1964-6- 5 season By the end of the season Cunningham led CEU to a region championship and a third place finish in an exciting national tournament in Hutchinson Kansas "Ron was perhaps the most powerful defensive player we ever had at CEU and maybe in the ICAC (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference)” Jenson said As CEU's pivot man the 66" freshman became the college's all-ICA- ‘Cunningham and Company' In addition to being named CEU’s outstanding player in 1965 Cunningham set the school record for most points in one game (47 at the national tournament) tray1 he scored 600 pointsluid averaged 2M points per game both records remain in the top ten in CEU's history lion was a neat all-arou- nd player but his real strength was in defense He established foe school nreordwith 496 rebounds in one nlaver has come season etoseto thi" rjMsaL After one year with CEU top ten players in the NJCAA National Basketball Tournament By the end of the season fens began referring to CEU as Cunningham transferred to the University of Utah as a sophomore where he became a star player with the Ruinin' Utes Jenson compared Cunningham to Ma Bill Russell in a small man's body He had long arms and the timing that made him a great shot blocker" OBasebalL— The Rebels gained an early lead in game one which brought on the CEU bull pen A late rally by the Eagles tightened up the score but it was not enough as Dixie took the opener Steve Gordon found little success on the mound against the Rebels in game two as Dixie pounded out eight runs in the top of the fourth inning The next day the Eagles trav died to Ephraim to play in the turkey farms of Snow College The fust game was one of the best of the year for the Eagles as they fought hard throughout The two teams traded leads through the early innings to see the Eagles with an 7 lead going into the sixth Renteria then slugged a two run shot over the fence to put the Eagles up for good at 10-- 7 The Badgers scored two late runs but Brian Archibald put Snow out in the seventh com- ing on in relief of winning pitcher Greenland Final score 10- 8-- ton Brandie Shiner Price Jen- nifer Grim Tooele Nicolle Ten- staff writer College of Eastern Utah held the nant Salt Lake City and Melinda 1991-9- 2 cheer song and yell Arrington Huntington leader tryouts last week and picked Returning as song leaders next year will be Mary Graves and up 25 members After a full day of dancing cheering and stunting Amy Nelson from Layton: Lara Fraiwkon Wee Jennifer McDon- the group kept 12 of its original Hcbcr City Jamiie Gcuing members and picked up 13 new The yell leading squad includes Sandy and Michele Pilcwicz Richard Nielsen from West Val- Roy The two new song leaders ley Todd Handy Roosevelt Shane for next year are Heather Knilctz Pbmeo Green River Ben Czappa from Tooele and Rachel Powers Wisconsin Mas MasatoshiJa- fhmOgdcn The squad will begin practices pan Feliciano Gonzales Tooele in May in preparation for competi- Shane Nelson Layton and Adam tion at the Universal Cheerleading Bradford Kearns Association Camp in August The eight member chccrleading squad includes Michelle Trcsner and where they will be defending their Jenifer Adams from Kearns Shaw-- title as best overall cheer squad in the Western United States na Garcia and Julie Taylor Lay- - by Kristin Kohlmeier 9 Despite a superb pitching effort by Jared Fernandez the Eagles dropped the second game 4 in a game that went into extra innings In the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded Snow scored the winning run as the runner on third crossed home on an infield grounder CEU now stands at 4-- 6 in league play with six games re- maining The Eagles still have a shot at making the playoffs as two teams from the southern division qualify Dixie 64) is in the driver's scat and will most likely host the tournament but UVCC Snow and CEU are all battling it out for second place CEU travels to CNCC Friday and returns for a Saturday after noon doubichcadcr with UVCC The final regular season game for the Eagles will be May 3 as Snow pays a visit to Gardner Field in Helper Game time for both tests will be 1 pm 5-- 1 Gardner Field pm v Helper ITT" USBCUritV (Continued from page 3) on campus issuing citations to those win abuse the parking provided for the handicapped Those who park in the red zones will also be ticketed In keeping with Johnson's phi- losophy of keeping campus prob- on campus fines for parking violations will be paid on campus There will be a hearing officer who will hear cases ami an appeals committee for those who fed they have been dealt with unjustly from the fines will remain on campus and be used to finance improvements in parking and pedestrian areas The new rod zone in front oT the college along Fourth North is an example of the types of im- provements planned Funded by the Department of Transportation the red zone was expanded to allow greater visibility thus increasing pedestrian safety There are also plans to improve the crosswalk at that location Johnson believes he can im-leprove the learning environment at CEU by making it a safer place to lcam Lawbreakers will be dealt with firmly but fairly Johnson a member of the Utah Highway Patrol loves the dcmic environment “I would be a student full time if they paid me” Johnson said of college He has three bachelor's degrees in botany art and police science and has spent an equivalent of 12 years as a full time student He has been a resident of Price for 18 years ms aca-Mon- ey TV-T- ? S' - con-Sha- ne CEU BASEBALL LEADERS on base percentage Todd Sudbury 2 Ryan Monteer 3 Randy Visser 4 Dusty Moody 5 Devin Hathaway 6 Tom Dlmlck 7 JelTJewkes 8 Brent Guymon 9 Brett Seager 10 Javier Renteria 1 I ViVAV I i mint i J lWVWAt 1 i 562 481 480 475 464 452 423 414 410 387 VV VVViV-- i A CEU atudant enjoys the spring weather et the tennis courts edjacent to the college Unfortunately this guy cant seem to hit either ball before they come to a rest on the court CEU’s tennis chib plsys Its final match May 3 at 2 pm (photo by Gordon Jonoon) I M II ‘ ! tii I |