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Show i ' V A '. v O1 4 v . i. .. : fcif.x3 6 Thursday March 29, 2001 i . plOT to the highest finish they have X had in a some time. ByRDCHARDSHAW Consistent pitching and big bats bring Carbon victory iorts writer ij- A During Tuesday evenings! Atradition is the handing down gamp he talked about how tradk of beliefs, idea8 or customs from tion works and how R can work one gauration to another by word for or against any team. Tradition is important," said of mouth or by practice,;; Smith as I stood with him and; Most families have traditions, such as a special gathering of the - watched si great slide into third tribe, ameetinplace they may go base from near the Dlno dugoiftf each yBar to be together or any - Tfa team has a winning tradition piunberof customary actions. But it can help a squad that needs a. thdwwd family should not be mifr boost But a tradition of not in the oemtext of this ar tag it year after year; no matter! tide because I am talking abort how doseateam comes can wrak ...' the community as a family against players. A team has to" Each year Carbon County puts break that Idnd of tradition and it, out some great basebalLIhe tra-- ! Isnt easy" One ofthe things that the Car-- n dition of fine play and strong X toe bdn since High baseball pfayeas hav, teamsislegendhape.fet fw them this yrar is that the toe of echoolin going high inception 1912, the team has only won one kids in the program come from a number of other sports programs! state baseball diampionshh). : : toe school that have Improved.' toe of at Stockton kind Is Carbon and Malone of high school base- - .! greatly this past yeafi They are ; . ball In the past fifty years. They , used towinning:';;. XX have come close to winningitall,'v . The players on thfateam come, but have nev quite made it to toe ! from ahiisdiool ibotball squad1, that1 went deep into the state, promised land. 'vYX X-, Teams from this area dominate pfayofis than any other since the; little league play when they trsveL early 1950s. Some of toe players The Babe Ruth teams, tromp the were on the wrestling squad that outside opposition The American !! took fifth place hi the state a Legion teams from this area are eoujdedmonthsago.Afawwere' feared by most everyone. It is a oni a basketball team that may,, tradition to see teams from toesev; have not bad the glossiest recordl; leagues goto the top of the state, ; this yeajv but was toe best the and sometimes into national play school had produoed In Beven or I XXX: XX i With toe ranking of second fat!, eight seasons. the stote behind SnowCanyimon.t TheseUfaknowhowtowin,but Tuesday mornlng in tbeSaULakeX can tl take it to toe end? Onty tone, andstrongplay will Tribuns, the team has token major step forward. Th have a telL But if they do jmake it, witlL. 1(W) record as of Tuesday nights Carbon Counties kmgtraditom at over under;! being a winner in basebaft at all previously victory feated in region play North"; levels, tt could bode very well for Sanpete and it appears they&re Vtoe future athletics in this ares--, bound to gb to state. X ; i v4V.,:,Thesekid8ooudBetupanew AssLstant baseball coadi Dave tradltiom one of winning the bijg, Smith knows a lot shout winning ; , game that makes their school programs after guiding Piute High number one Instead of being just Schools wrestling contingent to ! another of those past teams that so many victorys over the years came dose but didnt get toe brass' ' and this yea ted Carbon's stQrlnffwbieii it was tbue to grab it, - 4. .. By RICHARD SI iAW Sports writer' : . . . r ' ; ' y . 1 .J- The high hying North Sanpete Hawks came Into town onTuesday afternoon seekinganother victory to add to their glo8sy3-- 0 Region 8 '...record,;, But the Carbon Dino's had other ideas, Thefr 0 region recordwas; ,at slake and bolstered hy a ranking ofsecond best team in the State that cameoutonTuesday morning, the kids from Carbon demolished the onoehighhopestf theSanpetecrew 10-, V A cold wln was blowing from the northon this sunny day. but that !' didnt cool down the hot Dinosas they began the first inning with three runs and never looked back, y TheHawks, who had been edging other teams! all season didn't have the strength to overcome the .. strong Carbon pitching and field- : ing from the bcghuiing They only had runners make it to third base twice and that was ItWhenthelr half oflheinnings were over their players were left Btrandedonbases like Gilligan on his island, ; a ThC second ihnlngwas a double zero for both teams, but In the third v Carbon scored again putting an- -, other single digit on the board, In the fourth inning theyficored another run and then the fourth in- -. ningproduced fourbigrunsas the ; team pulled away convincingly. v There were maiiy heros iq this game from Blake Wilde who was the starUngpltchcrtoMattJewkeswho ..went .two for two and drove lnhwo runs! Consistent maybe thename of the game in baseball, but the names of Brady Martinez and Kalib ' Curtis could be subsUtuted for that term, Martinezs fast ball and tf mak-constr- 2-- 1 f : -- ! ' KJ . '' '' . 0. s., NT v i j' VV'-"1''- . .'T ' Kalib Curtis (16) gos in for f-f- , ' , 'vmw' . , tte a slide into home base as North Sanpetes tatchef tries to grab , ball to get him out.. . . T- . xj ! ' . : if' . v w am ; Ax - 1 1S sv ' tys? : 4 ! . J ; f . t A y b ..3 ' & . -- . 8stataBBfesa- saasi ..!- - - : ! opposition miserable,' ,v- This is oiie of those games , where it is hard to pick someone who really stood out, said baseball coach Lane Herrick on fednesday morning. Everyone played welL Almost everyone hit toe ball atleast once and toe pitching from both Wilde and Martinez was great Carbon fans were ecstatic about tfae game. They, too saw what ! seemed to be a continual line ol Dlno players hitting one pitch after another. It seemed Carbon always had at least fane player on .base and more often twp or throe.: , v The teams next game will be aghlnst Emeiy at home next Tues- - . day The Spiartans are M in Region 8 play and cancdled their first game, wilh Carbon on their home field because of the weather a few. weeks :'aga': The History ofhigh school ' baseball championships I ii .t ", ' V". tv1 vwpw1. f '' ' - ,.v. , . 7 i ,, J Cadiiiqs in away games; , , r t,. A. . A i, Vs . ' , By RICHARD ortswrtter . - ! . : ; With Carbons second place ranking in the stateSA division Tuesday people began to talk about toe last time Carbon was ranked tola high ! . or when the last time was they won a state baseball championship was. , Two answers; few are Bure about therankingand 1952. Carbon Counties rich baseball tradition has led to numerous titles and honors, but the state high school . championship has eluded the school for almost fifty years. , The Utah High School Activities Associatkm has official records that go back to 1948 and it shows other schools winning it every other year, but it doesnt note which years : : to Herrick,.' the According, for the diampkmshipor coaches are trying to arrange a: s. in were the make-udouble header at Emmys According field on April 20, but nothing is set to many local fans that has hap' pened a number of time Tfae school Jn stone yet baa taken fifth a few times and according to tome sources a twenty to twenty five years ago toe team RtgiGB 8 tudisS was In the state championship game, but no state championship traphie has eome the Way of toe school In a longtime One Important note however. This community used to be dMded In Its high school athletic accomplishments because Notre Dame A;'-- : would field a team in a number of sports, Including baseball, at the high school leveL The players that would have probably gone to Carbon tost went there could have made thediflerencein some of those good year&lfaat may have been particularly true in 1958 when Notre Dame tied with Judge Memorial for toe CUB ft gfatp rfyunpjnrtghip ftithnaa days schools were ranked by size in only two dabsificatiang; A and B Schools. Carbon was in the A ranks attoetona semi-final- t TW'-As trty to toe other side of toe! mountains can be jgood and it can! be had. It was both these things for; the Lady Dlnos softball team dur-- ! : !'? j tag toe last wedr. : On Thursday the team went fry Richileld to play the Wildcats and ; they came away w!th a7--6 victory Carbon pounded out 10 runs1 from hot bats in the game to gain .. the victory They Jumped ahead in - the first inning with a score, but ' toiMdiMHwiitilwlrwTiHQnnwwH Tfae M' s W rfc ' s ' - y - s I , ; k V' . (fVic a y i' ' , ij: fe; ' ,,r ''ll . : ! v'WT , ss : k r . ; andtiedttiq)y Tfae second imiingwassoordess, but in the third Richfield was able to manage two runs giving them the lead. ::;.l In the fourth Inning Carbon scored making It doser, but Btill 3 In favor of Richfield and then " Richfield hit in two runs again mak-- ; : p - , . . . ued : hf.'ij . 2-- ttts: tag it ' A .'V 2--5. In toe fifth taningtoe Lady Dtaos went nuts four runs and tak--; ing bat the lead for good I Both teams scored a run in toe sixth making it where it remained through the scoreless enth inning: ... som-in- g 6--5. 7-- 6, - , WItha2-lreoordtaleaguepl- ay the Lady Dtaos then traveled to - Nnto Sanpete (m Tuesday night and i 4-- . 'Vs . ussmAMIW r n t? I - A j4 AC : : si' y . Misha Decaro snags the ball from a hit by a Delta player in last weeks home game and is about to launch it toward first base for an out Carton split their last two games against Richfield whom they beat avkTv'! 7-- 6 and North Sanpete Rqjsl Kenwrarto. 77 b 73 . Country Lanes , Kraync Albertsons M.M.Bassos ; 71! . JohnsAuto Tham MViewMotOTS 58 Vhcant 0 Sanpete Emery Cartxm Richfield Delta Lost .Won v 3 2 0 .. ...- 2 . . 1 0 - .1 . . ' . 2 3 ' . 2 . . , . - ; 68.5 66 63.5 59.5 59 Rri!a 8 c!&3 N. Blake Wilde follow! through after a strong pitch against North Sanpete on Tuesday. ' 3 .'. a Pts.Won PtsXost Team- - Ander. Rlumb i . . 4-- D.ilS)Ti8attbEr3 ) were edged 3 in tough play North Sanpete Jumped out in front in toe first two innings with a score in each while the Lady Dtaos could not get aninner across horn 46 51 53 55Ji 58 60JS 615 . , . 65 66 124 Ihdivtoual high averages 221.33 NickBlack 190.58 LoriNielsen plate. . In toe third inning Carbon wa able to come back and score twq runs tiring it up and held toe WQd cats scoreless. The scoreless trenq for both teams ran through the fourth inning and then Richfield struck again in toe fifthwitoasfaqpd run.- . In Qlfi sixth tnninghnth tpwinn pii runners across home leaving tog score 3 and setting up a fund battle fa the seventh. Carbon owned the top of the seventh inning and il they could have scored they could have forced the Wildcats to coma badewita to avoid extra innings; bu( they didn't and Richfield got out of playing the bottom of the inning. ! 4-- Alisha Decaro once again pitched a great game with Michellq Watson catching. j The teams next game is this af-- ; ternoon (Thursday) in a contest against Monticello at 3:C4 pm at the Dino's field Innorth Price. . . non-leagu- . :v t e ; |