Show Page 10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday March 20 1999 I Prepl Baseball I MC pours it ou against Northridge Jessop K’s six in By Jeff Hunter sports writer HYRL’M — The Mustangs should schedule more Knight games Mountain Crest battered Northridge 13-- 1 Friday afternoon in a 4 rout 12 inning mercy of the 3A Knights Despite the brevity of the contest the Mustangs sent 31 men to the plate and belted out 10 hits including three doubles and a home run 'It seemed like we hit the ball around a little bit MC coach Stephen Hansen said ”Their team made a few errors didn't catch a few fly balls and we capitalized and come through with some big base-hi- ts ed 13 'Scoring runs is good We'll take that any day' So will Ryan Jessop In his first start of the season against Provo the provided Mustangs the junior righthander with 10 runs of support Friday they pushed across two runs in the First inning four in the second two in the third and Five in the Fifth "Our team's been hitting the heck out of the ball Jessop said And that sure makes it easy on the pitch- ers" Jessop struck out six walked one and gave up just three singles "I just tried to mix it up a little bit Jessop said 'And my infield's great ' three-hitt- er TT 5 probably the best inField in the state I just let them (the Knights) hit it and then let them Field it He ran into trouble in the top of the First inning and surrendered an unearned run thanks in part to a pair of MC errors The Knights wouldn't threaten again until the top of the fifth when a basehit and two MC Fielding errors loaded the bases with none out but Jessop retired the next three batters in order to wrap up his second victory of the season 'Ryan threw really well" Hansen said 'He threw strikes and kept them off balance Ryan's going to be big for us this year A big 4 righty 6-- that's throwing downhill That's tough to hit Offensively the Mustangs were paced by senior third baseman Jed Jensen and junior shortstop Nick and drove Bott Jensen went in three runs while Bott delivered a three-ru- n homer in the bottom of the fourth to provide Mountain Crest lead it needed to Finwith the n 10-ru- ish Northridge off after just five innings ’Jed came through with a couple of big hits for us" Hansen pointed out "He came through with a basehit in the second with runners on second and third and I think that kind of broke things open" See MC on Page J&tt Solid pitching good defense and lots of 2) -5 5-- S John WWdnHanU Journal Bear Lake's Bo Smith Is safe at second as the throw to Logan shortstop Cody Knowles comes in late during Logan's 11-- 5 victory Friday only one hit was not overpowering (three strikeouts four walks) but got his stuff working early and fooled Preston hitters repeatedly with what SV coach Jonathan Howell called a “big lollipop curve” “He pitched great” Howell said of Tar-be- L “We made a couple of errors early in the game and gave them a couple of extra outs but later in the game we played a kit better defense behind him” The flashiest defense was provided by backup shortstop Wes Sorensen (playing for Ben Randall who was in West Jordan for a basketball All-Stgame) and rightfielder Richie Bowman Sorensen after committing an error in the third inning dove to rob Chad Tueller of a hit on a liner up the middle in the fourth inning and soon after Bowman stole extra bases from Mike Womack with a off-spe- ed zlies went to the plate in the inning Conner Jones started the big inning by drawing a leadoff base on balls Cody Knowles followed with an inField single Johnson brought his two teammates home by depositing a 0 pitch over the head of Indian centcr-FieldBlake Thomas for a double “We struggled at First (hitting) but people stayed back and saw the ball later in the game" said Johnson who went on the day including a of doubles "I've been averaging a pair hit or so a game today I just started getting into things better" After a single by Stewart Smith blasted a two-ru- n double down the left line Thomsen singled in a run and the 3-- er scoring was completed by Jones with a sacrifice fly to center after a couple of Bear Lake errors “What killed us was our defense" Culver said “We were not lined up right at times had some bad throws and were chasing some balls around” It was the First game of the season for Bear Lake The Bears who hail from Montpelier haven’t even practiced outside because the ground is still “I just can’t believe how well they hit the ball because they have not been outside” said Howell of the Bears “Give them a lot of credit The middle snow-cover- ed See GRIZZLIES on Page 12 Love shares Bay Hill lead ORLANDO Fla (AP) — Davis Love III caused an eruption Friday in the Bay Hill Invitational and it wasn't just with the 66 that pulled him into a share of the lead Disgusted by a buried lie in the bunker on No 17 in which he did well to blast out 45 feet by the hole Love broke a sprinkler head with his sand wedge that caused water to gush into the bunker and really turn it into a beach Then he struck paydirt Izive holed the long par putt then made a birdie putt on the 1 8th to join Tim Herron at 135 going into the weekend “I just got frustrated and lost my patience" Love said “Suffice to say that I'm embarrassed I better win this week because Arnold Palmer might not invite me back" With birdies on all of the par 5s Love put himself in position to win Palmer's tournament which would he long overdue He blew a chance to win Bay Hill in 1989 when he and Tom Kite double bogeyed the 72nd hole and Kite won in a playoff and he Finished two strokes behind Ben Crenshaw in 1992 A year ago Love Final with was in the Final threesome for a Ernie Els and Tiger Woods which Els won handily “I'd love to win this tournament just because it's Arnold's tournament" Love said With more sunshine and little wind forecast for the weekend the Final 36 holes will be played over two days this time — and the list of contendere runs much deeper Andrew Magee feeding off confidence from his runner-u- p Finish in the Match Play Champiomliip made two 40-foputts in a round of 67 that left him one stroke behind at 136 Resurgent Tom Lehman got into contention for the First time since a shoulder injury with a 68 that put him at 137 Among those within Five shots of the lead are Vijay Singh and Lee Westwood at 139 and Colin B J MNdi MascaraHerald Journal Misik tries to apply the tag ar rolling grab “That play Richie made in left field was a great play it saved a double" Howell noted "and then our sophomore’s playing short he booted the one ball early but other than that he was solid” Preston’s only base hit came on Bobby Moody’s bunt in the sixth but the Bobcats immediately erased him by turning a Tueller grounder into a double play The hosts’ only real threat to score cams-in-’ tha third Wtait they loaded the bases with ookouts'wthaiiks to consecutive errors and a walk Tarbet then bore down and elicited a fly to center that was to shallow to become a sacrifice fly followed by two ground outs to end the inning 6-4- -3 Preston coach Mike Hansen was nonetheless encouraged by his team’s play “We had some things that were very positive” Hansen affirmed “Nathan Hess threw a tremendous game for us Seven runs doesn't speak to what I thought he threw I thought they should have had two or three at the most He'll win some games for us” The Indians who still haven't had many outdoor practices got a nice performance from Hess who struck out seven and walked six in a complete-gam- e loss See SKY VIEW on Page 12 Wildflower run wildly popular HUNTSVILLE Utah (AP) — It’s called the Wildflower run and the United States' top skiers say it’s a beauty The course was christened on Friday with the men’s and women's national downhill championships Skiers unanimously praised famed course designer Bernhard Russi’s latest creation which will host the 2002 women’s Olympic downhill Chad Fleischer and Kirsten Clark won the respective national titles but the real star of the day was Snowbasin Ski Resort's Wildflower a course that skiers say combines aggressive speed with exceptional technical challenges The course's name was first disclosed to the public earlier on Wednesday “It’s really important that we have courses like this if we want to have quality skiers on the world scene" Fleischer said “Today was just the first step in that process and with courses like this and (Colorado’s) Birds of Prey we’ve got the facilities we need to compete" Two-tim- e Olympian Fleischer fresh off a stellar World Cup season which he capped with a second-plac- e finish in the downhill championships March 11 in Spain smoked the field for his second national title in downhill d Fleischer finished in 1:1354 nearly a 12-fo- ot half-secon- AP photo Davis Love III watches his tee shot on the 16th hole the second round of the Bay HiU in Invitational By Mike Strauss USU Athletic Media Relations Montgomerie Payne Stewart and Justin Leonard at 140 Defending champion Ernie Els in danger of missing the cut had a 67 and was still in the hunt at 141 along with 1997 winner Phil Mickclson Tiger Woods will be around for the weekend but only because of Matt Kuchar Woods had a 72 for 146 that ordinarily would have been one stroke short of making the cut because he was tied for 71st But Kuchar is an amateur and the cut is for the top 70 “professionals” so everyone at 146 made it early-seaso- high-profi- le skiers Most conspicuously Olympic champion e Picabo Street a winner of the event is missing her third straight championships because of two-tim- injuries In Street's absence Clark won her second consecutive national downhill title with an aggressive run of 1:1800 Washington (6-Gonzaga (4-and San Francisco (7-March 1) 13-1- State's men's tennis team won all four of its matches while the Aggie women's tennis team went during a recent trip to Spokane for a series of dual matches The USU men improved to 5 on the year with victories against Lewis and Clark (5-Eastern 1- -2 8-- 2) i 3) 0) SPOKANE Wash — Utah er I better than ronnerup Damn Rahlves What’s morel the Vail Colo native did it with a severe cold and an eye infection that necessitated a trip down Ogden Mountain to see a doctor before the awards ceremony Early in the run Fleischer said he felt fluid cob lecting in his eye and impairing his vision It kepi getting worse as he came down — until a fortuitous crash into a gate “I hit the gate with my knee and then it whipped up and hit me in the head” he said with a smili "The impact cleared out my eye and I was on my way after that It was perfect timing” Rahlves who was also battling a cold continued n his strong recovery from an injury with a 1:1398 run The two-tim- e national giant slalom champion was followed by promising junior Marco Sullivan at 1:1448 Paul Casey Puckett at 1:1458 and Dane Spencer at 1:1488 The women’s race featured fewer Aggie tennis teams snag 5 W’s 36-ho- le ot PRESTON — The Sky View Bobcats traveled north of the border Friday and found the weather and their hosts to be gracious to a fault as the Preston Indians booted Five errors in a 0 loss to the Utah club Sky View (3-rapped out eight hits and scored three runs directly off Preston errors to beat the Indians (0-3- ) for the second time this week Bobcat starting pitcher Kade Tarbet who gave up 7-- hits had Logan baseball coach Stuart 5-- a stolen base as Northridge shortstop By Lance Frazier sports writer sports writer h j Sky View blanks northern neighbors By Shawn Harrison Howell pleased Friday afternoon The Grizzly skipper watched his team improve to 1 on the season with an 1 wirf over Bear Lake' (Idaho) at Worthington Park Logan trailed early but cranked up its bats in the fourth inning and never looked back ‘Today we got great production out of our eight and nine hitters" Howell said “Both Mark Thomsen and Butch (Steve) Gutke got big hits in key situations Then in the lust inning we got big hits from the big production guys like we are supposed too Ryan (Palmer) Justin (Johnson) Jake (Stewart) and Jake (Smith) have been hitting the ball all year" Logan scattered 15 hits on the day including six doubles Bear Lake Finished with 10 hits but had Five errors “We hit the ball well but we didn't get hits in the right situations” BL coach Greg Culver said The visiting Bears had pulled within 3 after plating two runs in the top of the sixth before Logan put the game away in the bottom half of the sixth Eleven Griz- - yg Mountain Crest's Nick Bott dives safely into second with 11 Grizzlies trample the Bears -- 4 O 6 Number one singles player Jared Burnham and number five player Courtney Nelson led the Aggies as both players went 4--0 in their singles matches during the week Burnham also won all four of his doubles matches On the women's side USU recorded its first dual match win of the year as the Aggies defeated Eastern Washington 6-- 3 on Sunday Sarah Lowe posted a 6--0 6-- 0 victory at the number one singles spot and teamed with Amy Thatcher to win the number one doubles match against EWU In its other matches the USU women lost 1 to Lewis and Clark and 2 to Gonzaga The 8-- 7-- on the Aggie women are now season The men's and women's teams will play at Idaho later this month 1- -9 |