Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday April 2 2003 Bobcats overcome injuries pull out a win By Julie Ann staff writer Grosahana NORTH LOGAN — To say the Sky View boys tennis team is fight- ing injuries is an understatement No 1 singles player Skyler Jenks has tennis elbow After receiving a cortisone shot he sat out for a week Cal Gaddis took his spot Now Gaddis is watching from the sidelines after receiving 12 stitches in his knee a couple of days ago So Brandon Messmer found him-No 1 posi- self at the " tionon Tuesddy&gainst Box Elder It proved to work as the Bobcats defeatedthe Bees 3-- 2 at the Sports Academy “I think the true surprise in this match was Brandon Messmer" said ever-changi- Sky View coach Sieve Alexander d°" Skv View hov tennis Messmer who started the season at No 2 angles began the match ( II slow falling 0 but came back to win 5 4 over Bobcats 3 Matt Braithwaite Bees 2 Braithwaite took Jenks to three sets last season during the semifinals of the Region 4 tournament Box Elder coach Wayne Workman said he thought the difference in the match was Messmer's consistency down the stretch “Mads came out strong he did a good jc® that way and then undoes- -' timated what Brandon was going to y i JJ 6-- 6-- 6-- While Messmer was wrapping up the Nol singles spot Jenks was eas ing back into his game at the No 1 doubles position with Jesse Bennion Despite being outwardly frustrated with some of his shots Jenks was able to help the duo come away with the 3 4 victory over Bryce Bott and Eric Louder Jenks said his elbow felt OK for a while but then it started to hurt again “Right now (the pain) is off and on” he said “(I’ll probably play) doubles for a couple of more match- 6-- 6-- es” Said Alexander: “I think it’s good that he’s playing I don’t know if it’s the cortisone shot or his desire to play because he’s such a good com- - petitor The feet that be played today is a good start" Alexander said having Jenks play doubles worked out well because Bennion served first making it so ' Jenks only had to serve twice during die match The final Bobcat win of the after- noon and the one that eventually sealed die team victory came at the hands of No 3 singles player Russell Ward Similar to Messmer Ward dropped die first match 3 but came back to defeat Andrew Singelton 2 3 in the next two There was an interesting adjust- ment Ward Was forced to at the beginning though — Singelton was lefthanded “It took (Ward) a while to solve 1 6-- 6-- 6-- that” Alexander said “He played real well thnngh- - He got patient” Said Workman: “(Ward) did a good job of just wearing our ldd down and letting him make die mistakes" Alexander said )3obcat Adapt Croshaw had an “unlucky draw" at the No 2 singles spot as he fell 1 to Brian Braithwaite The only other Sky View loss came at the No 2 doubles position where David Watts and Ben Philips fell to Doug Brown and Christian 6-- 1' 6-- Wbuden 7-- 6 7-- 4 Alexander said he is most worried about the No 2 doubles spot and will likely do some switching around in die upcoming matches The Bobcats head to Hynim on Thursday for a meeting with the Mustangs Odm© Sky View blown out by visiting Roy By David Cordero staff writer For a span of about 20 minutes Logan dominated this soccer game yet had nothing to show for iL It then managed to control for the most part the next 11 minutes or so The Grizzlies still couldn’t coerce die ball into the net But Mountain Crest did Twice Game over The visiting Mustangs defeated Logan 0 Tuesday afternoon for their first win in Region 4 action “Give Logan credit They played hard for die first 20 minutes until we sewed” MC coach Brett Hansen said "Then thgy kind of slowed down a bit” The Grizzlies’ intensity appeared to wane somewhat — but not by much — after the deficit 3-- What really went south was their confidence “I think we dominated die game in the first half” Logan coach Casey Ashcroft said “Problem was that after they sewed from then on our guys lost it mentally They kept playing but deep down they didn’t think they were going to win because they were down a goal” That score came at about the 20th minute off the head of Mountain Crest’s Jordon Leish-ma- n He was set up with a beautiful cross from Adam Miller who played a strong ball from the right side to him on the left post It was an easy play for Leishman He was all Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Matt Mountain in their game Tuesday at for ball Davidson go up Crest's a Logan's Elijah Angel (left) and to out first win of notch their Grizzlies shut the the The season region Mustangs Logan by himself Logan goalkeeper Ian Abbott didn’t have a prayer “I take responsibility for that” Ashcroft said “It’s a matter of understanding how to mark up” As far as the Mustangs were concerned if was a matter of being heads-u- p Said Hansen: “Jordon just stayed on the back Mountain Crest post where he needs to be and headed it home” Doys socof That was die beginning of a sequence in which Mountain Crest began to convert m opportunities which wasn’t the case last week against Box Elder Hansen said die Grizzlies 0 Mustangs had no fewer than four chances in the box during the final five minutes of the contest but came up short on each attempt in the 2 tie But after Jake Bassett deflected in an Adam Miller shot in die 31st minute to make it a 0 game that brief hex was considered done -“We’re starting to finish now” Hansen said Logan meanwhile could not Its best chance came about 10 minutes into the second half when Evan Stoker received a nice feed on a breakaway and found himself with MC goalkeeper Chase shot McMurdie Stoker fired a low the reach McMuidie but a the of diving past wide to offering went about a the right of the neL A goal would have cut the lead to one with about 30 minutes remaining but the Grizzlies — still scoreless in region play — couldn’t quite rattle one by “They did exactly what they needed to” Ashcroft said “We just didn’t convert it If we would have I think it would have changed the momentum” The Mustangs tallied their final goal when Matt Davidson beat Abbott to a loose ball on die right side of the box and smacked a severe-angl- e shot into the back of the net Davidson on the attempt — appeared to be one that’s usually high or not tight enough to go between the pipes — but was dead-o- n 2-- 2-- one-on-on- e left-foot- ed foot-and-a-h- alf off-balan-ce See HOME on B4 Preston notches big win 1C SV and Logan suffer region setbacks By Jeff Hunter staff writer Although it only accounted for one of Preston’s htilfckizen runs the solo homer that Summer Maseuli hit in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s 6-- 2 victory over Bear Lake will stick in the memory of T ribe coach Launa Moser for a long time “It was one of the prettiest high school hits I have ever seen" Moser said of Maseulj’s blast “She really nailed it It was still climbing when it went over he fence boy” Preplsoftball And so is Preston's offense Moser has stressed hitting in practice of late and the Indians (2-- 0 in Fifth District 6-- 4 overall) bested their rivals through the use of small ball (bunt singles bases on balls) and Kg hits like Maseuli’s homo and double in the third inning Hailey Porter’s two-ru- n “I knew the potential was there” Moser said “We finally got to hitting today and it was pretty Although we should have had more runs than we did” While Preston did leave the bases loaded in two innings Porter drove Maseuli and pitcher double in the Ashley Kelly in with a line-drithird for the hosts’ first two runs Kelly also drove in a run in the fifth with a double of her own and went the distance for the Indians striking out three and scattering five hits “Ashley pitched really really well” Moser noted “She did a great job for us ” ' Preston was thelone Cache Valley school to notch a victory on Tuesday as all three Region 4 schools lost Sky View fell in a'tight 4-- 2 contest to Box Elder while Bonneville routed Logan 12-- 1 and Roy edged Mountain Crest 7-- 3 Bees 4 Bobcats 2 Poor defense at an inopportune time cost Sky View against Box Elder (2-- 0 7-Just of the Bees’ four runs were earned as the Bobcats (0-- 2 4-fell at Brigham City “We played tough D but a couple of errors allowed them to seme” SV coach Shane Jones said “Kristy Anderson pitched good there was just those drops in the outfield Those ve 1) 4) hurt” lead in their The Bobcats jumped to a half of the first inning but the home team countered with three of their own — aided by defensive miscues Sky View managed one more run in the top of the sixth yet were unable to muster any more off Box Elder's Ashley Olsen who strtick out nine 1- -0 Brent Stevanallarald Journal Jets a ball go by Tuesday Potter Preston's Hailey in a game against Bear Lake On fw next pitch double for the Indians first Porter hit a two-ru- n runs of the game See BIG on B4 s k Brant StavansHeraki Journal Preston second baseman Russell Madsen attempts to tag out Bear Lake's Chase Huime who slides in safely in the fourth inning Sloppy Tribe falls to BL By Wade Dennlston Preston staff writer PRESTON — It is hever a good sign when it takes a team more than half the game to show up Preston’s baseball team found that out the hard ' way Tuesday afternoon Four defensive errors and no production from the plate over the first four innings were too much for the Indians to overcome Especially against a team as good as Bear I jltf Jeremy Rowsell threw four no-h- it innings while Stephen Caywood went with a double and run scored to lead the Bean to an easy 9-- 3 Fifth District 3A victory over Preston “Spring break is this week and I think we j started eariy” Tribe coach Mike Hansen i That's ugly baseball” r-4 It certainly was Early on at least A walk two hit batsmen and a throwing error by junior pitcher Kdty Rawftngs fed to two Bear like tuns in die top of the second The Bean (2-- in Hflh District 3A 2 overall) made it 5--0 in the top of the third when they made good on two 0 3-- IndansS both coming with two outs Bear Lake first base--1 man Craig Cook delivered the big Mow fertile Bean a two-rusingle to center field that scored Tfcnner Stoeckler and Nathan Etcheveny “We just kept making mistakes” said Tribe n p See TRIBE on B4 V |