Show n T--r rv1 r r r rinrTryn p iriK p'e The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 29 2000 — Page 7 e come By Katrina L Morrison sports writer HYDE PARK— It took Sky View over two hours to escape Tuesday's matchup against Bonneville with a 0 win— shootout style v 1-- Bobcats and through sun then rain and then sun again before either team was able to leave the Cedar Ridge Middle School field with a notch in (2-- 0) the win column It was an test for two of die eariy-seas- on state's teams View the Sky team was able to conquer the top-rank- ed third-rank- ed Lakers on the foot of lake Carlson and die hand of goal- keeper Nick Larson to topple d die state's team dunk it was an outstand- ing game two great teams Sky View head coach Doyle Geddes said Tm sorry that it comes to this a shootout this isn't the way a soccer game should end We should have each taken our points shook hands and gone home “But Tm glad we won obviously maybe that was some justice for the missed pk early in die game The soccer gods smiled on that shootout situa- second-ranke- 1 non’' The penalty kick Geddes speaks of came in foe first half after forward Adam Burris was taken down in die penalty -- e ' ' e ' wins box by Bonneville goalkeeper? Clint Pederson With 10 minutes left Burris set up the kick but let the Lakers off the hook by missing just to the left of Pederson Burris would be vindicated approximately 60 min- head coach Bill Fletcher said “Casey Jones was outstandThe game was maned by 37 ing for us he was in the zone fouls but Dooe quite as hard as and did a great job defensivethe tangle Randy Garner ran ly" Geddes said into Mid way through the sec- Mustangs 2 Grizzlies 1 (SO) ond half GarnCr was blind- r Mountain Crest improved to sided by Pederson while trying 0 on the young season while to run down a loose ball near Logan fell to 0--2 in a shbotout the box The official Brady Smith got Mountain made no call while Gamer lie Crest oh the board first netdazed oo the ground ting a goal in the 25th minute Minutes earlier a yellow card pn a break away Aaron had been issued to Bonneville scored for Logan on a forward Mike Hickman for a penalty kick with 15 minutes skirmish between him and left to play defender Casey Jones And “Horrocks put the ball ini the nearly 10 minutes after Gamer right place” Logan head coach was mowed down Burris with Fomin Ricarte said a man on his back was aide to But in foe shootout Mounget a shot off but no call was tain Crest dominated outscor-in- g made by the official the Grizzlies 1 to take Neither team seemed the win Logan missed its first two kicks leaving too big a adversely affected by the officials though gap to overcome “It's just two teams going “They came back and played hard at each other I'm proud hard” Ricarte said “It was of these kids but I hate to lose heart breaking to lose like that in a shootout” Fletcher said we have a great team but we The defensive play of both need to work on finishing” teams is what kept the game a For Mountain Crest head affair Bonneville coach Brett Hansen it was a was awarded nine comer Idcka close call he knew was in the during the contest to Sky cards after three shutout victo View's six The nearest converries sion for the Lakers came in the “It was way too close 15th minute when Tyler WhitLogan is a tough place to play into the they're a better team than that by put an box but was saved by Essig 2 beating against Roy Geddes pointed to defenseshowed” Hansen said man Casey Jones who GedBrady Smith Zach Haydes credited with helping to cock (Hint Romney and Cole keep Bonneville's speedy for- Smith each scored in thie wards at bay shootout for Mountain Crest3-- utes later when teammate Carlson buried a penalty kick to the left of Pederson giving Sky View a 3 shootout victory right-foot- e ed 18-ya- rd 4-- Hor-roc- Also making their shots were Randy Garner Burris Christian west Each team recorded a miss and a save contest during the five-shBut Nick Larson's save of ot Casey Hoaglin's shot was by far the most exciting event during Tuesday's contest Larson's explanation of his dive to die left side of the net to stop Hoaglin's shot? “Experience” Larson said 4-- no-cal- ls Not bad for a player who started out the season a question mark on the Sky View roster And Geddes' substitution of starting goalkeeper David Essig at foe start of overtime was a planned move in the veteran skipper's bag of tricks “We knew that Nick was good at dealing with penalty kicks” Geddes said The Bobcats actually prac- deed penalty kicks for over 30 ks & John WUnlHmU Journal BonnevHe's Ryan Combe attempts to hold back Sky View forward Adam Burris aa they both vie for control o( the bail Tuesday after" noon in Hyde Park : “He (David) said to us yesterday (Monday) 'you make sure you get him (Larson) in the game tomorrow'" Geddes sai “So we did” ' And the' effort paid off practice and it became evident though Essig's play wasn't minutes during Monday's to everyone including Essig that Larson was good under pressure anything to balk at The junior goalkeeper's goal mouth stayed plenty busy during his : 80 minutes in foe net Bonneville reeled off 19 shots to the Bobcats' 16 including a pearly spurt where they took six shots before Sky View rattled off one “Thisto me was the teams in the region coming together and just playing really really hkrd” Bonneville two-bes- t ng 5-- - Beck the man for win By Wade Denniston sports writer v- It only took an inning at Willow Park to decide the out- come of the softball game between valley-riva- ls Moun- Casey Beck fired a final- - f round 68 and his 220 total tied ' tain Crest and Logan on a breezy Tuesday afternoon The Mustangs grabbed the early lead in the top of the fifth with one ran but the Grizzlies answered in the bottom half with three runs of their own to round out foe game's scoring With die 1 victory Logan improved its Region 4 record him for ninth as he led Utah State in the SpaldingAnteater ' Invitational golf tournament at Irvine Calif on Tuesday Beck shot a 77 in the morn- ing round and added a 75 in v 3-- to 2-- 1 (6-- 4 nd overall) while Mountain Crest fell to 0-3- - second best seme in the field The only player to shoot a better round was 108-m- (2-- 6) In other valley action Sky 0 at Forrester Acres in Smithfield The loss drops the young Bobcats to Senior Randi Carver went die distance for the Grizzlies allowing just three hits while striking out six walking two and giving up no earned runs leaving Mountain Crest coach v Paul Bowler frustrated “You'll never win a game when you strike out more than you hit” Bowler said But it wasn't the pitching that excited Logan bred coach Mark Dewey rather the hitting And it took just one hit for View fell to Bonneville -- the afternoon before blistering foe course with a final-rou68 for foe an -- UCLA's Brandon DiTullio 5-- who was the individual medalist after shooting a par 213 DiThllio shot a 67 in the first round Utah State did not finish the three-und- er tournkment as two of its golfers were disqualified in the final round and the Aggies could not post the required four scores from its Amelia After a Tiffany Rowley Jackson moved Kendrick to second with two home to entertain Fremont at Hyrum City Park Both games start at 3:30 pm Lakers 5 Bobcats 0 With a slight shakeup in the lineup the Bobcats couldn't overcome a balanced Laker hitting attack “They have some good consistent hitters” SV head coach n Bobcats Mach Mascarafttarald Journal Logan third baseman Cami Despain (left) is late with the tag on Mountain Crest's Amelia Jackson Tuesday at Willow Park passed ball five-ma- Continued from Page 6 and then there would be two outs and we couldn't get a hit We just left our kids stranded fourth inning when Erik led off with a double — he usually pitched and couldn't bring them himself out of if In that inning around” he struck out two Bobcats and However there was one catcher Cody Wright threw bright spot for Dixon and the Swensen out at third to extinBobcats — Megan Hobson guish the threat in the game Udy to ground out “You should never come playing the first two innings at Already Shahbazian baseman Rubina third shortstop kid when you get a rets a big “(When) one Grizzly junior away ' “For never playing a varsity leadoff empty hitter to second” Thorne Cami Despain led off the fifth hit it just adds confidence to Although down just 0 the Holly Dixon said Dixon's with a solid triple to left field everybody else” Dewey said Grizzlies' comeback was the pitchers gave up 16 hits to game and not even having said “I feel like I made a couple and opened the flood gates for of Despain's knock “That was first for the team this season Bonneville “They had a lot of very much JV experience she of mistakes but the kids did a did fantastic” Dixon said good job of picking me up” the real key Although no one which Dewey said was the good decent hits” Logan ' “She did great She’s a hard View's was it But the of a was Sky “What's amazing is that was on base it day biggest plus really Sky View finally cracked worker good kid” in come to the “That's a Braithwaite for us through is inability open in foe sixth ' step” hitting contagious” spark Audrie it Senior winless Paxton that the clutch down solid hits Todd Barr been “We've said with coach four due She's been Cami “Cami’s “When said kept got Dewey foe first three innings in to smacked to a double two one smack pitched she can the the play region it nothing nothing really power Despain got triple “I just don't think we got for the Bobcats before giving down foe third baseline afid adrenaline on the team just This is probably the third before and we have not been scored on a hard-h-it shot up” single by game where I've seen her get a able to muster a comeback our runners around when we way to Britney Andersen The duo combined for just Cory Mikkelsen A TVo consecutive infield hits hold of the ball and knock the I've got to build on that (To) needed to” Dixon said The Bobcats had 10 runners one strikeout and three double by Justin Atkinson these kids that can be a good from senior Kadee Cazier and smack out of it” on a Mountain Orest got its lone confidence boost to them in and eight hits in foe game but walks play sophomore Rachel Allred then scored Mikkelsen for Sky still couldn't get anything “They were very patient hitloaded the bases with no outs run after a walk to Amanda the future” ters” Dixon said “and when View's third run across the plate And despite a hit Logan was Kendrick haunted Carver and Logan hits the road Thurswe hit “I well” Weber with a for you gave them a good pitch “Finally we got some better when thought the able to tie game day Logan game said “It’s like we'd hit (they) jumped on it” Dixon to hit” Thorne said returns Crest Mountain while from bunt A a sacrifice came on home pitches Despain “(Braithwaite) left some balls fence and then went around the plate He wasn't hithigh fly ball to shallow center that fell fifth and sixth but then surrendered a in front of the ting the comers like he used to” in between a trio of Grizzlies to bring leadoff single to Casey Baugh in the over For Tarbet it was his first in were that balls two “The question seventh and Jessop's blast to left in MCs fifth run of the season against no win home were think them either of I don't later Bott followed with a walk to load the moments Continued flora Page 6 Dan Nielson struck out losses defichain-lin- k is “Thawfence Hansen said the runs” which cleared homer The The Robinson bases for catcher Doug in the seventh backbatters two and to play with passion purpose fence and rattled off a couple of nitely hard to judge There's no younger brother of Scott a former the save earn to communication and I thought after the short a so It's it and inning it's good drop on Logan catcher Robinson reached his cars n the parking lot was a noView is now 0 in fourth inning we lost our sense of pascalls didn't those one of Sky the on easier doureally doubter making things thing sibling's alma mater for a two-ru- n and 4 overall while sion and purpose and we failed to comteam” either region hurt line ble down the in region municate” The fence which is green and only Bonneville fell to I’ve hit a couple already this year “I thought that was a big hit” MC is still season The into the is hard runs feet for Down by two young heading anyone play high head coach Stephen Hansen said “That but I don't think I've hit one that far” about four second Mountain Crest got one run kind of us foe naked eye from the but Sky View already seems to with to “I was his homer said of It the up over us pick just Jessop got hump put be having deja vu In the basback thanks to a Logan error a fieldus ahead and got us going” hoping it would fly over and there'd be stands or dugouts Howell said he er's choice a stolen base a walk a Robinson's clutch hit no question because I didn't want to understands that but would like to see ketball season the Bobcats Following were picked to finish fifth and wild pitch and a groundouL have a controversial call” umpires handle foe situation differently Cole Maughan delivered an are In the fourth inning a pair of Grizzly to center to make it 3 Stott got the mechanics they ended up first In base“The umpires' In both foe third and sixth innings ball Sky View was picked that claim rrors provided the Mustangs with second out on a ground ball but declared he of “They wrong" long drives by Cooley led to a pair sixth but they are tied for first base that the another opportunity and this time they ruled The ump moments contentious they’re being taught limps triple into the gap in that his liner to right in the third was a doesn't go out and check that Every after three games really took advantage forced Howell's hand “We have a lot of basketball With one out and runners on die corScott Hall came on in relief of Stott double while the Grizzlies maintained league foal I know of — except apparon the team" Tarbet Activities School ners Webb tied up foe game with a sinplayers Utah the that it went over the temporary fence High ently and caught Ryan Cook looking to final“We want to cany it over said the — Hess left and Nik to base the Association was foe sprints sixth guests gave in gle umpire Conversely Cooley ly end foe inning after Mountain Crest a 3 lead moments later with a double had sent a dozen men to die plate awarded a home run on a well-h-it ball out and takes a look and he makes the and show that we can play with all foe teams” to deep centerfield James then hit a in foe that Mountain Crest insisted bounced decision” Hall retired the Stangs the Grizzlies to get the bats popout Carver drove Cazier going in the fifth after Mus- and Allred home with a doutangs' pitcher Amy Hoskin ble Hoskin got out of the had limited Logan to four sin- inning without any further gles through the first four damage as she struck out Josie Nielsen and forced Sonnet inning- - outs and an-- infield single from Kelli Hibbard placed runners at first and third Kendrick eventually came home when teammate Lacy Gustaveson reached on an error by Grizzly shortstop Swensen 3) first-ye- ar 3) (2-for- 3) hit-and-r- un - Stangs 3-- 6-- 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