Show B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 22 2004 hires Scott Princeton WiV Tribe finishes Finally By The Associated couple of days “It is a relief to finally get ' this game over" admitted Preston coach Mike Hansen said Thomson concurred Bobcats split with Royals By Wade Denniston sports writer PRESTON — It took them nearly two weeks to do it but the Indians finally polished off the Marsh Valley Eagles on Wednesday er 5-- good doing so Uxtk Preston tallied three errors in the contest — two by Thomson at third base came after it was resumed — and twice failed to get down a suicide squeeze in which a pair of hascrunncrs were left high and dry between third base and home plate “It wasn't sharp” Hansen said “Ifs double Shawn Thomson ‘s of the fifth proved to he the difference as Preston remained undefeated in Fifth District play with a 9-- 7 win over Marsh Valley The game was originally sclied-ulc- d for April 8 but inclement weather led to the suspension of the contest in the bottom of the second with the Indians leading 2 The game was then to be resumed on Monday hut more rain forced it to be pushed back another Air Force coach Joe Scott was named the head coach at Princeton on Wednesday returning to his alma mater a month after guiding Air Force to its first NCAA tournament berth in 42 years The hiring came one day after John Thompson III left Princeton to become the head roach at Georgetown the university his father led to a national title “Very few schools have the opportunity to appoint an alumnus of their university who was recognized as one of the lop five roaches in the country this past season” Princeton athletic director Guy Walters said “His coaching job at Air Force was simply extraordinary" Scott a 1987 graduate of Princeton ' led Air Force to a 22-- 7 record last season iii winning the Mountain West Conference title He was 51-6- 3 in four years at Air Force The Falcons who led the nation in 3-- didn't “Our (conversation post-gam- e sounded like this): We lacked intensity we lacked mental preparation we lacked all that " We did the classic We played at their level instead of making them play at ours" 5-- never finished a season with more than 7 wins before this year Air Force lost to North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament “Joe’s appointment also ensures that 1 second 6 Elsewhere in Region 4 action Bonneville and Box Elder also split with the Lakers outlasting the Bees in the opener 15-- 7 before dropping the nightcap 1 Meanwhile for the Indians (3-- 0 in district 9-- 4 overall) while they did get the victory they certainly about time freak" he said “Stupid weather" ' Mother Nature played havoc in other baseball action around the valley on Wednesday The double-headbetween Logan and Mountain Crest was postponed until Friday However the two rivals will square off in a single game this afternoon at 3:30 at Logan's Crimson Field Sky View managed to get in both of its contests splitting a twinbill at Roy The Bobcats won the first game 3 but dropped the in the bottom Press 7-- ' scoring defense (509 points per game) and finished in the top 20 nationally in team field-gopercentage and per game had See TRIBE on B5 al the unique genealogy of Princeton basketball that stretches back over 70 years will continue” Walters said “Each successive coach was mentored either as a player or as a coach by someone within the Princeton basketball family" Scott will be introduced at a press conference at Princeton on Friday Sophomore point guard Scott Greenman said Thompson told the players he was taking the Georgetown job Monday night “It wasn’t a total surprise” Green-ma- n said “I think we kind of knew that stuff was going on He hadn't said he wasn't taking it so we assumed he was still considering it “Everybody was pretty disappointed I mean he recruited us and he’s the coach that everybody came to play for And we had a really good year this year But he moved on and now it’s time for us to move on” riMl MIm ©Sana West Side edges Panthers By Jeff Hunter sports writer SMITHFIELD —Thirteen has proven to be a lucky number for the Sky View Bobcats this season whenever Mountain Crest is concerned For the second straight game the Cats plated a baker’s dozen worth of runs on their rivals routing the Slangs 3 Wednesday afternoon in a game that ended after six innings by the n mercy rale “That's the best we’ve ever played against Mountain Crest in the three years I've been here” SVcoach Shane Jones declared “It was a little bit different than the last time we played ’em” In that contest Sky View (5-- 5 in overall) had to score Region 4 four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning in order to pull out a 2 victory There were also 6 total errors in the first meeting — 13 more than in the rematch Rather than rely on the Mustangs (2-- 8 to aid their cause with the Bobcats simply miscues fielding hit the ball where no One could get it Sky View rapped out 13 basehits three each by catcher Molly Snow and left fielder Shaela Bodine Among Snow’s safeties was a two-ra- n double in the second inning while Bodine drove in five runs and scored three more thanks to singles in the fourth fifth and sixth innings “Bodine is just really hitting the ball right now” Jones said Up just 2 after three 3-- 13-- 10-ru- 7-- innings the Cats scored five runs in the top of the fourth three in the fifth and two more in the sixth Sky View also benefited from five walks four hit batters and nearly flawless defense Originally slated to be played on Mountain Crest's field Wednesday’s game was moved to Smithfield because the field in Hyram was loo wet Normally the Cats play on the west field at Forrester Acres hut because the east field was drier Sky View ended up serving as the visit- ing team just a few yards away from its home field Still it was a homecoming of sorts for Sky View pitcher Stashia Barr who hadn't seen action in a game since breaking her left wrist in the region opener on March 24- Prior to his week Barr had a cast that went all the way around her elbow but once she had it replaced with a shorter version she promptly asked her doctor if she could play in Wednesday's game “He said ‘Wait two more weeks'” Barr recalled “I said ‘What if I can-gemy glove on over it?' And he said ‘OK’” Thanks to a little extra velcro oii the back of her glove Barr was able to take the field and the righthander ended up limiting Mountain Crest to four basehits while striking out five' and walking five “I felt pretty good out there" Barr ' said “I've been pitching jn practice the whole time I've just had to have somebridy by me to catch theball when if was thrown hack" There were a few wild pitches from the rusty fturlcr but one of them worked to (he Cats advantage when Snow snared the high throw off the backstop in mid-ai- r and whipped the bull over io third base to ‘ 13-1- 1 0) ' t " Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Pitcher Stashja Barr returned to action Wednesday after missing nearly a month with a broken left wrist Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Mountain Crest catcher Nikeeta Bankhead loses her mitt and the softbali as Sky View's Shaeia Bodine slides safely into home plate during the' fourth inning of Sky View’s 13-- 3 victory Wednesday afternoon in Smithfield catch a Mustang baserunner who was trying to advance The victory leaves fourth-plac- e Sky View three games in front of the Slangs with five games to go — “That was big big big” Jones said of the win — while Box Elder (8-- 2 15-and Bonneville (8-- 2 13-are now tied for first place in Region 4 The Bees beat winless Logan 15- 3 in five innings Wednesday in Brigham City while the Lakers topped Roy 4 Pirates 2 Panthers 1 West Side bested West Jefferson ' : 2) 4) 8-- on the road in Terreton by bookending a couple of runs: The Pirates (3-- 1 in Fifth District 10-- 3 overall) scraped out a ran in the first inning and led most of the game before the Panthers tied things up in the bottom of the sixth: In the top of the seventh however the Bucs got the ran right back when Bonnie Dance singled Bo Cobum beat out an infield hit and Dance scored on a double to center by Tammy Uigaese “That was great” WS coach Stan Bingham said- “We came right back and got one after they got their ran” West Side’s Tenielle Beckstead who took a into the fifth surrendered just two hits while walking one and striking out five “That was some really good pitch- ing in a competitive ballgame like this” Bingham noted “It was just a' real nice high school softball game” ' West Side scored its run in the first inning when Darcie Olson singled to right stole second moved up to third on a passed ball and came home on an errant pick-oattempt by the-- ' Vi no-hitt- er ' ff " catcher' even Grizz Continued from B1 Logan and get the win” Heat win T-Wol-ves Jeff Alley and Nate Need- -' ' ham provided an excellent ' By The Associated Press balance of speed and stamina as the Grizzly boys coasted to y Michael Rridd was relieved the Milwaukee 2 top finishes ’Bucks had just enough to hold off Detroit's frantic' On the speed side: Alley comeback: y was running in a league of his ' Redd scored a career playoff high 26 points and 'i the Bucks held on to beat the Pistons 8 own The sophomore crossed 0 heating -the finish line in Wednesday in Game 2 y 1 TV at Auburn Hills Mich V teammate Ben Bultars for the 1 y I1! 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