Show MHHSMIbhU fpaqelSY Baseball breaks even in Mesquite tournament second inning with the Washington Hast but that would he the only support Bond would receive by Shanz M Lconclli sports editor coming off a 1 St George touma CEU sluggers headed south once to the MesquitcToumamcnt where the reception wouldn't be quite as friendly Eastern Utah set the tone in its first three of six contests for what looked to be a promising weekbut came out even with a 3 end Feb 20-2-2 mark 4 overall 3-- Sftcr 3-- 6-- In the first contest pitching ace Rob Vacl and a stingy defense upended College of Southern Idaho 2--1 and got the ball rolling towards a tournament championship The ixilsLuxling play carried over to the next two games as the Golden Eagles handed Treasure Valley followed by a 1 ui Baseball Academy Then the ball came to a serious hah as tire fogies' bats silenced inJ mishap on defense victimized ilk1 club Snow College CSI ami Dixie College took advan-tig- e of CEl'N generosity spoiling the Man ami 3-- 0 going a mediocre tire fogies Eastern l'lah-- 2 3-- 3 iccord Southern Eastern Utah knotted the score at one apiece in (lie next half inning Speedster Gary Bennett smacked a single into right field to start tilings up Tyler IVterson belted his second consecutive single advancing Bennett Adam Brown drew a walk followed by a RBI ficklcr's choice by Amos Bright to tic things up In the lop of the fiflh inning CEU manufactured another run which would prove tohe thcdccisivc factor Bennett once again nude things happen on the offensive end reaching on a walk and then stealing two bases I le would later score on an emir by tire CSI catcher Peterson led the offensive attack with a day Bright and Bennett were lire oilier two fugles' hits Eastern 'Ilk1 gaiiK w mild turnout to be a classic pitcliers duel between Vael and CSI ace Aaron Bond Viel took ilk1 nxxnxl against funner teammates uid threw a plx'nomenal gune relinquishing only three Inis striking (Hit live and iiclurc perfect control suirvndering no base on balls In fail tire only legitimaichit came onaDeion Washington sololumte run which gavcCSI all the production it could muster IX'fcnsi vely CEU flashed the leather flagging down fly balls and eating up every attempt CSI could put forth Bond was equally impressive giving up four hits walking four batten and whifling 12 Eastern Utah batsmen Southern Idaho struck first in (he bottom of the iluMhive-hi- t slmltmt sniking odi lour ami walking just Killer In the lop of'the first inning Cory Helmuts walked stole second hise uul tlum ads meed im a wild pitch before Jason Martimv ro vdadmihledns ingClemcnts lii'inc As it wixild turmxit Howard would ikvd rui Snow pilcikT hitlers as It Eagles Seele sit down fogies’ lUlvrs die final inning ivliieCEl’eiivkal i!v column Ixil it was Uh hide too late loi the wasn’t ill fixing llmnus would 13 ! was bit by die 12 I dime in the two runs w ilh a pinch hit double saoiiig Nash w Ihi w as hit h a pilch ami Mulimv w ho singled lhui Seeley ami Martimv Nasli uid Peterson tlk were only two oilier hits in a sluggish nl tensive Ollier Eastern l'taIi-- 7 SiHitiu'ni Idaho-- 8 ir double wixild drive him in to end the scoring Bright and Martinez for the comeback hid went at the r4 apiece plate Clements had three RBI and went Ihe next inning Wanilcigh reached on a CSI miscuc Lanes Gateway Main Street Eastern Prairie Baseball-- 6 Wardleigh and Jcnni But just as CEU gut within distance to steal the win in the seventh inning fix: game was called fur lime limit Eagles'siiiud lolhevictixy IDA tixik an early lead in lire first 3-- 0 inning on a three run Ironic mn Brian Seeley ami Henkiiis giX 472-501- 5 Ilk1 (HI third with consecutive singles as llic two would score to dose the gap 3-- 2 A nm was added by fourth for PBAinthc Ij 4-- 2 lead while a ! Jl Eastern Utah-- 7 Dixie-1- 2 With a victory over the RcbelsCEU could still play fur but that wasn't enough fix: championship game incentive as Dixie axitinued ilk Eagles wigs Dixie strock in tlx: first inning with a mn but CEU would negate it w ith two of its uwn Bright and Wanilcigh singled and Nash walked while Omuls had an RBI single in tlk1 inning A five mn second inning by Dixie gave tlx: Rebels a 6-- 2 lead but again Eastern Ukili wixild scrape up fixir mns to tic fix: save Bennett remained tlx: sparii plug that wixild get big Eagle innings going lie singled arxl swixll woKises lYlcrsiMi walkal Brownsingled inamnBriglX smacked a RBI dtxrhlc uxl Wanlleigli htxl a RBI single Jcnni would also bring in a mn to deadlixk tire saxv at 6-- 6 11km a cosily defensive letdown ikxmied tlk1 Eagles Dixie wixild sane three in the fourth ami thesame in fire sixth CEU cuuld only mtinageone nxrre nrnon Briglil and Wanilcigh singles in the sixth inning its own as Starting pitcher Eric I lanakk followed by relievers Cory Johnson Ryan Murray and Josh Johnskm threw well enough to give CEU a chance but defensive broughtinJcnniwho smirked a single breakdowns were too costly The EU squad will try to get hack on track this weekend in Oregon at the Treasure Valley Eastern Utah answered with a run of a Seeley fielder's choice : lYterson Brown Martim1 Nash Childs and Bennett all had a hit Jcnni and Briglrt had a pair of hits each in- slow-startin- 1 Bennett sacrifice wixild score Jcnni singled and cluded a grand slam and two home runs g propelled a il a to post the outcome in the fiflh which ! In the fouith the Eagles wixild inch closer Jcnni tripled to rigltt field to lead firings olf FYlcison and Brown the single on track in the Date Tournament entry fee Good on Feb 20 27 and March 6 Nash wixild single and Gus Qiikls ikxrhlod while Bennett wixild also single to give Eastern Utah two mns in the bottom of the second inning drew a free pass Brown Bright and Maitincz wixild then single closing the gap to 8-- 5 at Bright's the plate including the inning of his life 472-501- 5 8-- IcathJcrmidouhled Utah-1- 3 Then CEU erupted by Holly Martak sports writer The College of Eastern I 'tail's Lady Eagles were hoping tu redeem themselves as they have had a tough season but it was to no avail as they suffered a weekend of against rivals Snow and Dixie The Eagles traveled to Snow College on With this lose Friday 28 and were defeated thev were not ready to lake on the Dixie Rebels as Coach Dn : four says 'The game the) iost ai over about nine minutes after it started" 'I lie ladies played a light delense throughout the whole game but they pM wcicn'i nuking ilk 0-- 2 52-5- 9 63-8- 3 dins isxiillv duiing the second lii!! adies lield tight to th" I adv eight minutes ot Ihe game I Mark Emerson and Biyan Sawyer would amic on in aiicf to shut down CSI batters and leave the ikxxopen $2offW& Helper 5 aeomeback Present this coupon and receive 94S Snow-- Utah-- 2 groundnut by Shan Lconclli rounded out the inning Brown wixild single in the sixth and a Clements Entry fee is $12 per couple Come in or call lo sign lip I Eastern With a terrific start Ilk CEU wagon seemed to he picking up steam Ixrt in a nightcap versus Show die wlkxis somclxtw iuik‘ olf singled moving Clements Consecutive run scoring singles by Martinez and Spike Nash followed by a RBI Thursday March 13 All DATFS will start at 9:30 pni ! leawded the same line as Brown Jcnni went with a pair of singles Seeley singled with two RBI and dements hit 667 and had two RBI limit afler llic sixtli inning After spotting CSI an 0 lead CEU decided to iikkiiu Tournament runs on Thursday Feb 20 27 and March 6 with the finals on I again with a mamnxxh shut sawing four runs PBa wixild hit two solo home mns in the last inning hut the Eagle fiflh was uxi much to overcome Along with BriglU's performance lYterson wart and an RBI Brown with an RBI Nash ClemcnLs walked again to lead oil' lire inning Bright "Open Bowler Date Tournament" Bring a date in to bowl for fun and prizes ! Seeley walked sawing a mn Clcnkitis reached on an error Peterson and Brown walked then Bright did it Sixilliem Idilxi secked revenge from tlx1 earlier loss saxing all ciglu of iis runs in ilk1 first two innings while link1 CEU’s momentum was cut slxxt by ilk1 two-lnx- 3-- head to region tournament Brown singled and Briglrt iiit his first of (wo shots Paul Waallcigli was hit by a pitch Nash smashed a double Jason McKcndrick drew an intentional walk lowed by amxher MuliikV ikxibleto bring in two nxxe mns and a give CEU a 0 advantage A four nm fifth inning distanced the score even nxrre I Street Helper Lady Eagles lervulean effort ixiling PRESENTS S Main I CPU Kits weien’l ikxie yd more nm suppurt but Eastern I lull w ixild mid to its lead in ilk1 third inning Two consecutive triples by Henkiiis and Bright folilk1 Gateway Lanes in Helper 94 Valley-- 0 stayed steads while the hats came alive Id II hits Howard breezed ilow n tlx1 Hmkais Inwiip throw mg om Idaho--1 Treasure Utali-- K Once again CHI' gix a lilt Imm its pitching stall as Travis Howard would throw a slum nit and dclcnsc led by Bright's The Bidgeisupioiaelist Ihe Ladies I: id tlk ciowd loaiing as they were able to lake liie ball over 29 times blit it wasn't enough to beat the Lady Badgers 'Die night's shooting average was extremelv upset with Jamy lav Angel only averaging 12 points for ihe night and Catherine Hale lollowcd with points for the evening DniiaTobiasson Karen Butler and Jackie Row bury also had live points or more for the night but it still wasn't enough to bring lire ladies hack into the game Kowhury also led the team on the defensive side with four steels and two assists The fogies' shots just weren't on and Paur says "you need to have at least three players shooting in the double digits and we didn't have that we only had the two" The ladies were shooting with an average of 600 and this showed to be the key to the loss as Snow had an average of 750 percent The ladies left for half time with a score of 4 but they came hack and lost the game by seven 1 1 34-3- points “Offense just can't score and that's why were losing” says coach Paur The Ladies were off to a troubling start on Saturday night as they took on the Lady Rebels and were unable to hit one of the first sixteen shots during the beginning of the game After the Eagles managed to miss consecutive shots there was no coming back and the game may have well been over Paur stales “we just couldn't get back in the game" Defeat was apparent from the beginning as only two of the Lady fogies were able to reach the double digit mark with Male leading the fogies with 13 points and Rowhury with 12 points and from the field (hat evening The weren't shooting with the right aim Eagles again it ended and up hurting them as they lost by 20 points which put them in eighth place for the region tournament With four uf the Rebels scoring over ten points the ladies didn't stand a change even when the defense was on a role with Angel having four steels and lour assist and Christy McAtcc with three steels The ladies' defensive standing has been excellent and it's what's keepfour-for-lo- ing them in the game Although the ladies suffered two huge losses over the weekend they were still inspired for the Region Tournament as they were placed with the best scat to the tournament Tlc ladies gut the best pick They are lined up with the number-on- e team Salt Lake Community College "None of the teams really fear SLCC and everyone wanted to play them first" says Paur The ladies can match up with SLCC and this just may give them the confidence they need to place at the |