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Show FwwwwmwtfmtMunMmMiwfiMMwn gmAMe Thursday March 21, 2002 6A Eagles complete successful weekend By KAREN BASSO Sports writer After sweeping Miles City, the Eagles then traveled to Idaho to take on the North Idaho Cardinals. The weekend found the two teams competing in four games, with the Eagles splitting the games with The College of Eastern Utah men's baseball team successfully completed a full week of baseball action which began March 12 on the Eagles home the Cardinals. The first day of competition was played March 15, which began with a rocky start for the Eagles. The Cardinals managed field. The first two games that Started out the week for the Eagles turned out to be a huge success. The Eagles have struggled so far this season, hut the team looked refreshed and played quite tough against the . plete four more runs. The biggest offensive rally the Cardinals showed all day, came in the sixth inning, when the Cardinals completed their only run for the game. The Eagles finished bouncing back from the back to back losses the previous day. 12-- 1, The Eagles record is currently 1 1 in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, and overall this season. CEU plans to boost these figures this weekend as the team hosts Utah State Universitys club team, Friday and Saturday at the CEU field. The Eagles will play two . 3-- 10-1- 8 at bat The doubleheaders, beginnihg Friday at 3:00 p.m. and Saturday at 12:00 p.m. The CEU players look forward to competing before a hometown crowd this weekend. As they step out onto the field, the Eagles plan to keep the winning streak alive and advance in the standings. games. The first game found the Cardinals running away with the game in the fifth inning as the Cardinals completed eight runs to move ahead of the Eagles The Eagles did respond to the Cardinals eight runs in the sixth inning however. The Eagles began to up the score with a Kenny Jones RBI, followed by a Johnson RBI. The Eagles also completed their third run after a Cardinals wild pitch which advanced Jones to Utah Jazz toward an NBA championship which they were sure would come. Well it still may, but trot this year or for a few years to come anyway. The Stockton-Maloera is almost over and with it cranes a bunch of new names with fairly unknown talents. Obviously many of the fans have left; Tm not sure that the Delta Center has had a sell out this year, where as a few years ago you couldnt get a ticket to see the Jazz play tire Clip-pen- . 8-- 0. The second inning then found the Eagles scoring their second run. The inning began with Shawn Johnson hitting a single, then advancing to second on a throwing error by the' third baseman. Beau Stoker then grounded out at third base, followed hy an Erie Turnbow single which allowed Johnson to advance to third. Turnbow then seized the opportunity to steal second base. Meanwhile, Johnson stole home, putting the Eagles ahead of the Pioneers by two runs. The Pioneers only run camd in the fourth inning. The Eagles ran away with the victory After completing the first game successfully, CEU looked forward to the second game of their double header match up against the Pioneers. The second game was much like the first, with the Eagles ne home. The rally was not enough in the end for the Eagles to walk away victorious. The Cardinals defeated CEU in the first game, But this is the natural way of things if you take the time to look at it. Only a few teams in the history of sports have been able to continually win year after year, era after era as great players decline into retirement and new players come in. The few teams that have have either been lucky or are in large markets where they can buy title after title. Two that come to mind are the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Lakers. But those dues also have teams that hit great heights in other sports and yet have not been abfe to maintain that altitude like their counterparts. Note the LA Dodgers and the New 8-- 3. The second game, was much like the first with the Eagles losAling to the Cardinals the though battered, Eagles were not yet beaten. The team would prove it the next day. After a night of rest the Eagles bounced back strong. CEU began by moving ahead in the fifth of the Cardinals inning, after Derek Waddoups ran to home on a Jordan Oylcr 3-- 0. 2-- 1. . 1- -0 RBI. The Cardinals answered the Eagles run with one of their own in the seventh inning. The Eagles retaliated with two runs in the eighth inning, advancing the Eagles to the final 1 vichitter for the Eagles this sea- - tory over the Cardinals. son. The second game of the . By the fifth inning, the double header also turned out E aglcs were feeling comfort- successful for the Eagles, The able on their home field as they game started warming up in the completed three runs. Al- fourth inning when an AJ though the Pioneers also scored Stosich home run advanced in the fifth inning, the Eagles three runners to home base. found themselves ahead going One more run was completed in the fourth, moving the Eagles into the sixth inning, The Eagles then put the Pioahead of the Cardinals neers away in the sixth inning The fifth inning found the with two more runs, scored by Eagles continuing to run away Turnbow and Mark Gunn. The with the game with four runs Eagles finished the second completed, and the sixth inning also allowed the Eagles to com game 1 over the Pioneers. lighting up the scoreboard first, with a run in the first inning by Kory Drew. As a freshman, Drew currently leads the Eagles jn hatting average with .360. Drew is expected to be a heavy 3-- YorkKnicks. Personally, I dont see this decline of the Jazz as such a bpd thing. The media spends a lot of tune worrying about the decline and commenting on it, always asking the question, What is wrong? What is wrong u that as . 4-- 1. good as Stevenson and 4-- 0. 6-- Kirilenko are, they are not Utah's baseball team completed a successful weekend, ending four games out of six vie- torious. Eric Turnbow had an outstanding series for the The College of Eastern Eagles. Turnbow was expected to be a key player for the Eagles this season, and it seems as if he is living up to these expectations. RICHARD SHAW Sports writer ably deserves the nod, alter playing what Ls probably the toughest However, first things first. Carbon travels to Montrose, Cok). this weekend for the Lloyd McMillan Memorial Baseball Tournament. This tournament has two brackets, with a Utah prescason schedule of any school in the state. First of all they played and placed Second in the Pizza Hut Classic a couple of weeks ago, losing in the end to Tbode. While Bracket, one player : doesntit? But I see this downward trend more as a test for the community than I do for the players or ferry Sloan. Arc we a state offair weather fans dial only support winners, or can we be like the Green Bay Packers fans that come out no mat--, ter what the record in 20 degree temperatures to enjoy -- what they do have? V I have attended a number of games in the years that Stockton-Malone-Hranac- L''- - f y ' r , , A'. - A v Then of course they were de1-- year coach Lane Herrick called ionBndyMartirteztodosegnmes put. He very well could call on, V T ' A ' ' ' C' - i rado. It also includes Emeiy High School The other bracket includes Montrose High School, Aspen High School and Manual High School. This is also the bracket lic School System with 1 100 students. They have lost their only preseason game 7--4 to Conifer High School of Jefferson County. The chances of facing Emery ; the' Salt Palace drum and watch the Jazz lose. The rea-- 1 son for that was that when they ' wxm it was so spedaL I liked the days of Adrian Dantley and Ricky Green. I admired Mark Eaton in his early years ' and actually through hhwhnfe career. When the Jazzfint got Senior Zac toward is one of the key members of the Carbon is in. In the first game on Friday Carbon will play Manual one of the smaller (student population wise) schools in the Denver Pub- ' twoguteyguards. But I personally liked the days whenlcould buy aticket for $3, sit in the high seats at ; 1; . feated by Park City in the battle of the hurlers last Friday 0. ' The reason for the high ranking? There are lots of them, beside the tough schedule. The team has a great pitching staff from top to bottom. Best of Jail, the youngest player on the team may be the best pitcher. Last . . . includes overs cither. , ; '5 . presently ranked as the number one team in 4A with a 54) record. ek played. I loved themwinning and still deeply admire the ' Next they lost to Spanish Fork, Homaock, and they never wiH be. They may turn out to be great but they are different people with different talents book-but-no-lon- team in each. the Buffaloes are ranked in the top five in 3A, they art no push- - Stockton or Malone or arid different attitudes. . But to me Kirilenko is a breath of fresh air. Here is a person who realty likes playing basketball and is happy to do it I guess what really made it apparent to me that Mdone has passed his day on the court is in the first game of the season, when a player from another team got knocked hard to the floor and Kirilenko lent him a hand to get up. Malone went right over and told him never to do that again Tblls you something about the previously Ttoy Grundy to do that this year. But after his duel with Brandon Rogers of Park City last Friday, Last season the Carbon High ' he might just start a lot this seabaseball program was a lot like son. Second, they have good fieldRodney Dangcrfield; they couldn't get any respect. ers both inside the baselines and From the beginning of the seabeyond. Errors are not much of a son until just before the end, the problem with this team. . upstate media continually ranked Third, while they havent woke them second in the state to Snow up from their king winters slumber yet, this team has the potenCanyon no matterwho they beat and how long they went undeftial to one of the best batting, eated. teams in the hisfoiy of the school. " So go figure. When the The loss of stalwarts of last season to graduation, has not diminrankings for all the school divisions came out this week, the 3--3 ished the ability of this team. If Dittos were ranked number one these batters play up to their poin 3A despite the loss to Park tential, pitchers from opposing City last Friday on Carbons teams will fear facing any part of home field. Park City, incidenthe Carbon batting order. tally was ranked second in the The preseason u almost over. state. The last games will be played this ' They incumbents are hard to weekend and then the season beunseat in elections, but more ofgins with Lehi, new to Region 8 ten than not in sports schools this year starting off the regular dont win titles two years in a slate on Monday afternoon on the row. But this years team probDinofield at 3 p.m. By By RICHARD SHAW Sports writer Everyone loves a winner (well everybody who is on their side that is). For years the Delta Center was filled up with large crowds cheering the to defeat the Eagles in both visiting Miles City.. The first inning found the Eagles ahead of the Pioneers by one. after a Gary Earson RBI w liich alii iwed Jacob Wnlfgramm lo score. View in this tournament sue small. Both teams would have to follow the exact same pattern in their brackets to meet at any win-lo- ss point. On Saturday Carbon will meet either the winner or loser (depending on how they do) of the Montrose-Aspe- n High game. Cartm Dines pitching corp this season. Currently Montrose is one of the top 5A schools in Colorado with a3-- preseason record and they lead the Southwestern standings m that division. Aspen on the other hand has not played any games yet. They are a 3A school in the Western would be 3A and so on down the line. The Dinos should do well Slope Conference Standings. In this tournament 0 Oon-feren- re In Colorado there is no 1A classification so all the divisions are a Uttle different from the ones in Utah. Schools ranked as SA take in what would be part of 4A in Utah, 4A take in part of what to Salt Lake even; Pete Maravich was still on the team; only a shadow of himself by that time, but I still think he could have taken more than two thirds of the hot shot guards in todays ; ' NBA with his moves. , Maybe those days will return now. Only one thing though: I doubt Ill be able to get a ticket for S3 ever again j ; V 1 L |