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Show A SiAdvcc&i, 6 Thursday August 1 6, 2001 . . : -4 -- s RICHARD SHAW By Sports writer . ! , By RICHARD SHAW Sportswriter . It had rained all afternoon and ' the field was wet . . . . LonePeak, the team Carbon to be onc of the best girissocccr programs in the 4A tanks. "Carbons goalie wgsnot there for the start of the game, due to a As I stood on that wet grass near Qeekview Elementary on Monday afternoon taking pho- -, tos of the first high school ath--; letic event of the year I felt a twinge offall in the air. It wasnt that there was acold breeze; I didnt see any leaves that had turned colors or birds was facing is considered . ; rtlix.up. V .' How many more things could the Lady Dinos on their htmie openingdebutafter an victory over the 5 A di- -. jyJ ? vision Granger Lancers last weeklNot.many, If Lone!; Peak had been iiny' ' more ready to play it would have been very scary. The took the ball from the beginning and began to control it And control it they did right up. to the. 0 final mark of thegame. '.' It wasnt that Carbon played bad;, they actually looked very good for much of the game. The strong 4A. squad from Utah. County just proved to be too 8-- : flying south yet But therewere feelings in me that those things bring just thesamcA The start of a new school year was always a relief to me ever since I was a kid. I liked school and after a usually fun simmer it wm good to get back to a familiar routine of leam-- : r irig and activities. On Monday the kids on the sidelineswere so exdted. The j team had just come off a vic- 'jtory over Granger on Friday afternoon and had a feeling of confidence that first time winners always seem to have. : rj Things were new and fresh much as I have, once agaiu-Aloved covering baseball this summer, and a summer of great bascballithasbeen, I am looking forward to footballf soocer, , and volleyball r Thats probably the neatest A thing about athletics. It may,' remain hugely the same from year to year, but there is always n' a renewed spirit of competition each time a season starts. : Heck, in fact there is a renewed spirit each time a new; . . , " . w weaved the. ball ..much; down the field and put it over the defense of the Dinos into the net time after time. it'shardtotakea beatinglike. ; that, but that is what it takes to. get better, stated DaveCapaibo Carbons head coach on Tuesday. . The Lady Timberwolves were . . led by Rachel Hbfhiens who scored three of the goals herself. Two other players;- Jen Hughk and Amberly Patch scored two each... In another game of interest to ' Carbon fans. Region 8s North Sanpete beat, up Region HIV Granite High 8-- North Sanpete will be one of the main powers in girls rocccr in Carbons league thisyear'. i.Every coach knows that a tough prcseason may not leave a team with a glossy record, but it will improve the team and that trend continues as the team faces Park City, the defending 3A. champ on Thursday evening in Summit County and then Lone ; Peak once again irt the at their place bn Monday. v s r, . . . . . - game starts. Right how everyone is i: .winner, few teams, have any. It. losses and the ones that do are all easy to deal, ij with. In a month we will be in i the middle of the league season and trends as. .well aa records will be much more set pre-seaso- n, . ' But for now all the players have a smile on their faces and the coaches are all optimistic. pre-seas- Thats probably the best ithing about high school ics is the freshness and asm it generates. As mnefr as I kwe professional sports, nothing a billion dollar pro can do thrill like the first goal of atiilet-enthus- Carbons Debbie Clark chases after the balf against a lane Peak defender during the game Monday afternoon on the Cmekview field. Carbons record is now arbon their main pitcher, Pat Hansen that' could throw, said : it batters alwaysSwing too eariy. There were lots of kids that sending heat over home plate,. .. McFarland. They really striking out six batters in the first, struggled with theftpitehing. stepped' up, particularly since The East Carbon Viking base - three innings of the opening'-Tony McFarland was the start-- there are many players on the , balheam traveled a tang way to game. ing pitcher for East Carbon in ; team that have early season injii Then Austin Preston came in thisganK.Afterplayihgshoitstop , riesrightnoiw,' get their fimt two victories of the 1 A fall baseball, but the and did a great job in the final in thefirst game, hrs move to...' Hpwever, Tony McFarland in year long bus ride, didnt calm any, four periods. pitcher was a good one. He also isnt one. of them as he hit' or, For playing our first game.' had six strikeouts in three in.- walked ori every up at bat he had.. nerves oh the way, without.much practice, we did . nings. We had the first game jitters, The work he did this summer and , v; said head baseball coach Tbdd veiy welLsaid McFarland..Be- Then Preston came in as re-- : the playing time on the Helper-- . tween the rain and schedules, its lief once again, throwing only 28 American Legion team this sum- McFarland. But the jitters werent re- - been yerydifficult to this team pitches in the next three innings. m?r put him in good shape for served for the kids from East together to play together. and making six strikeouts. this fall baseball season. Carbon, Both Piute, who the Vi- -' Tbny McFarland went three The final inning was con It wasnt pretty but we won and eluded by Jesse Stewart, who themi both, said coach kings played in the first game and for three in the Wyncwhothey faced latcrintiie Cameron Pjazalsohadagreat came into a bases loaded situa-;- v McFarland. We had five errors afternoon were not at their best , hitting game. tion, and struck out the final bat-- in the first game and got a little Therewere aim of doubles .ter, keepingWryne from'seoring! better in the second with three either. In the process East Carbon in the game, said McFarland. Stewart came inand he lnthe first game we had three kids In. the second game the. Vi- -' hasn't came up with a 7h6. victory over pitchcdvery much, said run into double plays. It will just Piute andthey destroyed Wayne kings just disassembled strug- - coach'McFarland, His pitches take some time. ; 20-glingWayneteam. But if preseason play is the , areinteresting.TheballseenKto .The Vikings opened up with They just didnt havearone move very slow.and because (rf; preparation for the regular league- - East Carbon isnt getting ' much before they begin the an- -' nual war in Region 18. They face Manila on Friday for a double header in Daggett County. Manila High is not a regular part of Region 18, it is actually in Re--.. gion 16. But onjy a few teams in that region play fall baseball so have been pqt into 18 forjust , :,thcy that sport.' The Vikings first home game isnt until August 29 when they face Mountrnon Academy at 4 p.m. ht the Suhryside Reid. . Aq. 1801 Carbon (u lirk City OS : . . -- . : . . . ECH Gn Manila Base y. : first-gmn- Aq. 1801 ;. . Carbon (g Panguitch Rodeo Westridge Base.: : ; - abi. rnDi Carbon .. ' Lone Ptiak GS ' i'- - s 7. ; - . . ; . . ECH (fi Westridge Base - Aq. 2301 Carb vs Wasatch GS 5:30 pm ::Aq.ZW , ; r i;;; Carbon (& Uintah FB Carbon CarEmTour. VB Carbon PLGrove Rodeo Carbon (& Randolph Rodeaf CSl Tournament VB CEU 1A tasebd scares Mount Vernon 3 Wendoyer 2 Aq. 2501 jS Q. ,lMrterford CSI Tournament VB Carbon CarEm Tone VB Amer, Fbrk XC Carbon Grove Rodeo PL parbon Carbon Randolph Rodeo River " . 2 . Aq. 2801 Carbon St Joseph GS Aq. 2881 Carb vs Uintah VB&30pm ECH vs Mt Vem. Base 4 pm .. numbered, those : figures are never assure a thing as what a high school player faces. The years sfip by quickly from freshman to senior and soon athletes are facing theif. final home game on a field or court where they have sweated and worked, gained glory and pain, made points and krstpomts for four short years. They will never pass that way again, but few of them at the young age of seventeen or eighteen realize it. Just the other day a mother and her son came into the pa per to look at photos of him playing baseball for both Car bon and the Helper American Legion team this summer. As we looked through the photos I had shot, the young man wantedquiteafewofthem. When wewere done I turned to them and told them that all those photos would be some what expensive the mom said, to me, It doesnt matter, soon he will be going away and .' havethem. So with the fall comes end ings as well as beginnings. People leave high school and, go to cblkge, into the mQitaiy, onto missions orjust off to wok to make' their own .life away, from fire one they have known, for twelve years. But none of; that seems real to a previous; springs high school graduate until be sees the cars in the g lot as he or she drives that is going somewhere" :. eke.. I remenfoer my high school; graduation day over 30 years; ago with much less clarity than; I do the day high school started in my town the next fall and i! was driving to work instead o going to dass.ThieIwas to start' college soon, but in those days it was almost a month between the time my collegiate life bewe-wi- ll park--in- in-o- CEU - soned senior! While we know eveiy pro who plays a sports days are ; . j-- yearbyayPuyerarany under the . . ECH 1. wnirallMenirii Sports Dateline Aq. 1701 Carbon vs Payson FB 5 p.m. Carbon (a; Panguitch Rodeo 1-- West Ridge 17Dugway Vslley 20 ICS 7Piirte ECaibon E Carbon No runs will take place on Carbons field this season. . nor any pass jilays either. The athletic field that served Carbon High for over forty years is gone and replaced by piles of dirt for this year. Running hacks and ends would have quite a time negotiating the hills and rocks on this playing surface as is evidenced by this shot from the 50 yard line. Not much has changed on the field since this photo was taken in except that the scoreboard has been removed and placed on the south end of CEUS football field where it will be used for keeping tabs on the games played there this year. That season begins on Friday with a home : game againstthe 4A classifications Payson High School. mid-Ju- ly J ; 20 Wayne ;7 ;;2 J 6 7 Esfota Oix Elliot Harrington hit a hole jn one at the Carbon County Country Club on hole 8 with a nine iron from ISOyards on Tuesday. The feat was witnessed by Tyler and Gary Nelson, ' gan and the high school started. Thats when it hits a person that the opportunities of life are still ahead, but the ones youth are behind. O J I i ' I. POOR |