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Show i 6 Thursday April 12, 2001 r ' r V By RICHARD SHAW ' r . yw Vs " . In a volleyball game between two schools at Kennedy Middle School in Rockford, HL recently the team from Rockford Environmental Academy was disqualified ' g . In the last meeting of baseball teams while Richfield Is still considered a 3A school the Carbon: ' Dinos showed their ability to take over a dose game and beat the.' WDd-- : eats 10-- 6 on the Sevier County teamB home field on Monday The only place righting and You have to feel sorry tor a violence have a place in sports is coach with players like that whrae fighting and violence are else! ; right? Well not quite; especially part rf the game; nowhere , Many sprats figures say that when the opack is moe Volatile V than the jdayera. s... foeyshould not be considered nde The ooach of the tram, Tonl models nii that they are not at Gay; got into it with another fault if they are and they to someWoman about the situation after thing wrong: I disagree; anyone fa the game; went out to her car, took tiie public eye is a role model and out a meat dever and started af- athletes are usually role models ter the woman. Luckily for either foryoungklds. Every successful athlete, from the possible victim or theooach or both, the coordinator of the high sbool to.the pros fa a modd tournanwnt was aMe to get ahold for someone. As I cover local, of the coack before she could do games, I watch as the little klds anydamage and hdd her until the Idolize the high school players and watdithdr every move. The poheeshowedup. When asked about the inddent players fa turn, watch pro playlater Gay stated that she had ; ers, but more Importantly they a rtilgfotrp nnH wdH, I gtiaas fooktotbeir coach for an example of how to act When coaches fall I had abad attitude that day" I Anger In qiortingevente has at apart or do something stupid, ttifakd theyoungBves Influervcedi waberaiuevidrace.Howevm; ' these days, It seems that angw is hythdractiona.; While almost all sports have todiibifed moire bythreatening , little and attaddng Others than it is by league programs of some court are as big as the one none the on even or sort the getting that Is about to start little league field by wimdng: It seems everyone, evfen' .basdwD., v .; Many years ago my oldest son Dpadie8,havebeoamesusoqitiMe was fa pee-wviolence as and more the to league and later bug; httie league. Hehadgoodooadies more incidents occur. , A few weeks ago I wrote a col- wlio knew how to treat kids and : . . . after-noo- n. Jeff Anderson stood up to the, plate during the seventh liming in his first atbat in varsity of tbeyea? and hit a single that drove in two runs as the Pinos were able to lake a win away from a pesky Wildcat team. Anderson was pinch hitting for the injured Carton Pbllastro at the time., "X. .' The game began great forthe Carbon kids as they scored three runs in their first chance at bat Richfield, meanwhile was only able to put one run on the board. s The next two innings were for both trams as the pitching picked up and little was done from, v: the offensive end. vin the fourth inning Carbon blasted their way to four runs, but surprisingly the Wildcats were able to do the same making the score 5 at that point . In the fifth inning the Wildcats scored one run and brought the gap f cfoser together. At that point it was; one of the closest games Carbonhad played this league season that near ' ' to the end of a contest. The sixth inning brought no ; score, but then the seventh came and i'.. three runs put the Dinos firmly in control. Besides the heroics by Anderson. Jared Madrid also was involved in a suicide squeezeplay which led to the third run, The Wildcats were not able. toi ; muster afiy runs during the final. Inning while facing the Brady Martinez fastbslla That wsathoeod Ryan Aveiy' is seen here showing his offensive skills in aT' Hetrick gave Avery a lot of credit for his strwig defensive plif of Richfields hopes ; : at third base which kept the Wildcats away bom home plate.; earlier thii season, lit Mondays game coach Lane "We struggled offensively for a game while said Dino baseball coach.. But we came back." Roosevelt next Wednesday afterThe pitching duties were shared noon.;: lEdiifl 8 aAtmseltsapznldEigs between Blake WUde, the starting Then onEriday the team faces pitcher Troy Grundy who pitched ; Emery on the Spartarfs home field; Won Lost Tbam 14-- 0 1. Snow Canyon that game may be a double header v Carbon part of an Inning and Martinez. 7 ,0 13-- 0 Carbon 2, In other Region 8 action Emery to make up for the cancelled game 2 N. Sanpete $ 3 Cedar City Delta the in earlier season. 72 by stringing together from heal 4 Delta 4.- Lehi li-The Dinra are ranked secondin' Richfield ; six hits in the ninth on Monday to 7 5.- Tboele 4 the state,behind only Snow Canyon win the extra Innings game, : '5 Emery 14-.1If the Warriors faulted who is The next game will be a game againstUnlon ini the Dinos eoukl easily bepumber 1, -- ; ; booto-.les- 7-- : . ; w : . . . hieti riiBM '. . :W : 3 8-- . non-leag-ue h 0. season Sports writer ee umn that .was partially about Bobby Knight, the infamous Ind- iana basketball coach who. was tiieSaltLake Vhlley , V fired hist fall tor breaking the ; When he reached the age to go rules about manhandling stu- out for the Babe Ruth league he dents: TUs dismissal looked like was exdted; he had good skills a victory for those aim want to ; and may have gone on to play for control violence and anger Inthe BfaghamHighandmayhaveeven sportingworid, but within a week jgone on to college on a scholarof that columns appearance, ship. But the first person he enTexas Tech University hired countered alien he entered the Knidwiihimqmdal restrictions Babe Ruth ranks was an arrogant .onbehavimidee.pppppitk; apgry and violent man aim was from many of the schools faculty thecoacbof his teanuHe lastedbased on his violent past I guraa, winning is more Important to forevet; Coadtrawho are frustrated by some sdiools thanetldcs are, . to seema own lack of ability or be in their sports Anger a and more importantly more and more acceptable these who displayanger orvidepoq days. And when the anger spills .over, into vfarienoe,.it seems our: toward others on the ball field when things don't go thdrwsy get sodetyjusteatsitup. aliat they deserve; disrpofat-meVfolraceinothrapailsofthe worid during porting evratshas But fihie kids they take it out on been going on for years. Most famous is thehooligBnism that goes donl deserve it They deserve on during soccer world cup much, much better. Anger can be matches, particularly in Europe. , Used positively but wy when a I aim heardaNRA player derib-- : player learns from a good ex-aon bow to do that inghis experience on the radio' about theviolence that tookplace BillyMartin, who was the main-- , while hewas dayingimofesriraal ager of the New Yrak Ysuikees durball in South America. ing one of their glory runs during He said that all the players the 197ffs, was known for Ms temknew that they could count on an per and his feud with Reggie Jack- extra rest in about the middle of son. His displays of anger often the third quarto during almost got him in trouble, with both the every game because inevitably leagueandwiththemedia. .; 4i same ton would stand up and start ' Butwhathesaidofhisanger ls a fight with another ton vim was what every good athlete tatrfasi- cheering for the other team and cally knows is fruft the whole gym would empty onto ; "(In terms of my own play ) my the floorfaabrawi.lt would take temper has not been a detriment about 15 minutes for the security tfs been an asset R can be a good officials to clear up the mess and force if you use it and it feoesnt get the game started again. Tbe use you. I used to use it on me ss a players viewed it as a second half jdajilwas tougher on BQly Mar' time break. tin than anybody else ever was be.0 It has been speculated that one cause of that angec : of the reasons the players from . Everyone can learn fran that suo-ce- WWBHw II WW I IMSVHV ' WVBSIVI WHW WWMVSI ' SWAC GAMES ; WHSHWISSSW ' ALLGAMES : .. . nl . r ' v .: . & : ' . . - third place fa the league with fas' 387 batting average, 119 at fads, 33 runs, 46 hits, eight doubles and 21RBTS. . Lambourne Is fa fifth place with a .380 batting average, 108 at bats, 29 runs, 41 hits, 10 double!, two triples, one home run and 41 RBTa SWAC Games - t 'n., hCi -- 'U last weekend ..' . . . ; . . ! , . , I ' - . : April 6: CEU1 UVSC 0 April 6: UVSC 22 CEU 3 April 6: TVCC 4 CNCC 2 April 6: TVCC 4 CNCC 3 (9 fan.) April 6: TVCC11 CNCC 1 April 6; TVCC 13 CNCC 2 April 6:SLCC 11 NIC 0 Aprfl0:NIClOSLCC4 April 0: Ricks 4 Snow 0 April 6: Ricks 7 Snow 6 April 0: Dixie 3 CSI1 April 0: Dixie 4CH0 April 7: CEU 3 UVSC 2 : April 7: Ricks 4Snow0 April 7: Ricks 17 Snow 0 ;. April 7; CSI 3 Dixie 2 7: Dixie 0 CSU April April 7: NIC 6 SLCC 5 (8 fan.) April7:SLCC3NIC2 : . X 3 ' it 4 . V - ' .V V- ' 7 - . 1 i 4 4 I .V - V CEUs Ryan Duval is one of the top statistical leaders in the Scenic West Athletic Conference this season with a .387 hatting average and 46 hits to his credit . v s ss par-enf- : ' As the Golden Eagles baseball with two. team news the halfway mark of Duvall is in second place In the their season and they are in good league in walks with 30, Lambourne shape as for as their coach is con- is In third with 27, Steve Practico is hi fifth with 25 and Caleb Harwood cerned. We are in third plaice in the places seventh with 24. : In a category that definitely f league, said head baseball coach Eric Madsen on Monday "but only shows theaggressivenesa of the Dixie and Treasure Valley are CELT team Duval leads the league in Ahrad of us. We have played Dbde stokmbases by a large margin with at home and know how tough they, . 27 of them this season; His closest .. cart be, but Treasure Valley has a competitor only has 17. Jones has because record good mainly they 12 and Scott has registered 1 1 Duvall has also been to the plate have only faced the weaker teams , in the league so far, while we have 151 times while Scott has made It 144 and Lambourne has been lookfaced many of the best." ;. This weekend the CEU men will ing down the chute at the pitcher 142 travel to Rexburg, Ida. to meet times. Ricks College in a double header on . As fwas pitching goes the team Friday and one on Saturday Ricks has noleaders in any of the categoprogram la not very strong this ries, hut has respectable numbers yew, but they can always ' be tough in those areas. V'.-.-- .. at home. Jake King has a earned run avGolden ;. the Eagles erage of 257, which places him 13th Statistically .. have many top men in various cat ip the league. Joldy Watts Is sixth in innings egories. ; Ryan Duvall is third in the league pitched with 50 and he also is 12th to batting average with a .387, while In strlkingout batters with 40 leavLuke Lambourne is fa fifth place ing the plate after he was through with a 580. Kenny Jones Is fa 11th . with them. Watts is also in third place In games started this season. place with a .352. Duvall leadB the league fa runs Aaron Tash has four wins this scored With 33. Jones is tied for seo-- : season, which puts him 10th in the ond with 3 1 and Lambourne is tied league. Zac Dinkins, who is now out for for fifth with 29. Duvallisalsotiedfortheieague the season with a broken leg from a lead with 46 hits while Lambourne motorcycle crash, is still in third Is in fourth place with 41, Jones Is place In saves with four.. In fielding Duvall and Jason in sixth place with38andRyan Scott ; Is in ninth place with 36. Crawford are perfect The putout category shows that In the runs batted In category, Lambourne leads the league by a. Shawn Johnson is In second place large margin with 4 1 RBI's. Scott is In the SWAC with 205 while Practico is in 12th with 142. In sixth place with 27 RBI's. Scott leads the league in assists In doubles hitting, Derek lOOwtile Jones is in third with SWAC with with 13, leads the Waddoups while Lambourne is in third with 10. 87 helps. In overall statistics, Duval is in The triples category Is led by a . ntysanendedifobdnganaOatar first baseman fa a toui league fa : - is in second in that categorywith three and Lambourne is in sixth place; . - . player from UVSC, but Jones By RICHARD SHAW . fight, i ; ; bo-cau- se ort8 writer Sports writer : the National Hockey League set dom win at the Olympics fa they are better boxers than are hockey iayers, while the they rest of the hockey teams, such as those from Russia and Sweden actually play hodtoy rather than ByRICHARDSHAW Anderson breaks game open in seventh inning . |