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Show I I ' n SatSoG 6A Thursday April 18, 2002 Fallfrom grace only temporary as Dinos smash Hawks - repeated again and Carbon won the game m six innings. V i Pitching was the key to cutWhen the state baseball ting off the Hawks early. Matt rankings emerged from upstate Jewkes pitched for the first five on TUesday morning, everyone innings, giving up only three hits expected the Dinos to lose their that went absolutely nowhere. top ranking after their loss to Tboy Grundy finished up the Lehi last Friday. Most thought, gamewhen Jewkes came out. In the batting department Jeff they would fall to second or maybe even third (dace. But few Anderson went 4 on the road expected them to ranked as low to driving in four runs. This victory win not imjnove as fourth and to have Lehi ahead the rankings for the Dinos, but it. of them. But that is what happened. So did get them back on the winning on TUesday afternoon, the team trade. Unless there are some upjust went out and proved that they sets involving Park City, Bear still belong in the top three by River and Lehi, it is doubtful that disaasembliqgNarth Sanpete IB- Carbon wifi see that number one a ranking again this year unless North Sanpete isnt that good they wm the championship out this year, but Just the same die right. The Miners uid Bears are Dinos showed their wares from undefeated in their regions and batting to pitching and whoever saw them should hie buying; they weredominant thappenedc The first inning was scoreless so the Pioneers victory over the as die Dinos were just starting die Dinos last week counts more than scoring machine up and it was Carbons early season victory over die Utah County squad. still a little add. Carbons next game is against But in the second inning, the bats got hot and die Dinos ran a very good Delta squad at the away like a sprint car from die Rabbits home field. Delta has first turn ofa track. Tbejr Hasted beaten some people by a lot this out three runs in the inning. ' year.but lost on TUesday night to In the third inning Carbon Lehi 14-- 4 in five innings at Lehi. The final regular season babe beat out two more runs and then took a rest in the fourth. game for the Dinosw In the fifth and sixth inning Emery on April 2& once again the pattern was By RICHARD SHAW Spcnts writer i I 4 - - 4-- i r ' k4 . ... s', r s . pu Y S. , '' f .. r , ' ' -J ' r ' , ; s , . I:'. V ' .". f"'- - 4. : w, SW ' ' " ' ..X ,.. ', ' 4: '' ' ' .V J jj s , V- :x ' W- ' -. r, j". . : - v , 00 r my M JBzM , 'WTSW' .'. . ? i. . . , - 1 -- - 1 .i' f 'L ; i it ' ; - v'. .. Jeff Anderson lets gOwithahitdurjnga recent game. Anderson went 4 atltN pfate and batted in four runs. 4-- ; . UtmtnddrdlEp t 4 , ; sv Miners Z Bear River Bears 3. Lehi Pioneers 4. Carbon Dinoa 1. Park City , Y s'. i Va ,fc tfi i'lZ: $. 13-- 1 13-- d 84 i; 5. Tboele Buffaloes ; g m Sv Vmm&Vbn'd$ loalCglld. Vii85C CartNMs Lehi ; ; ,,5 t22 Emmy Delta N.San. v ByKARENBASSO Sports writer. mound during Tuesday evenings game. Troy Grundy took over I J L.IJ II, It rtoWKS SCOlMSS. . irom J8WK6S 8n0 also MIQ TO Jeff Jewkes went five innings in the game with North Sanpete and only allowed three hits during his stint on the The talented Carbon High tennis team bit the courts .Tbo-da- y to host die Lehi Pioneers in an afternoon of exciting match ups. The Dinos com Dinos softball team progresses despite region loss the past several weeks, with the Dinos holding their, own against all competition. The team seems to play strong, especially stepping up on their defensive play. The level of play was unlike any other for the Dinos on Tuesday who held the undefeated Hawks to only one point entering the bottom of the sixth inning, in which the two teams ByKARENBASSO Sports writer The Carbon High softball team traveled north to take on the North Sanpete Hawks on TUesday. The Dinos competed quite strongly until the sixth inning in which the Hawks ran away with the ball game. The game started out as most of the Dino games have in W 4 . IP (w. weri: tied! The Dinos cameout tough in the sixth, however the Hawks were tougher. According to Dinos head coach Tbny Pinedo, "they just didnt execute when it came time to. There were a couple of plays that turned the game around for us and eventually lead to our downfalL Most of these plays happened in die bottom of the sixth inning, in which the Hawks scored eight runs. The seventh inning then found the Dinos struggling to catch up to the Hawks, therefore losing 1 in the region eight game. The loss to North Sanpete drops the Dinos to 3 for the season, a record that is not truly reflective of the Dinos talent The team is very talented, and ing region eight team, by the final score of In singles competition, the Dinos Matt King played ftrong and true to his fain. King faced Lehis Rhett Wathen who seemed to be frustrated playing against the talented King. The match up was quite one sided, with King defeating Wathen 3-- 2. . Carbons Joe Harber had a difficult match up against Lehrs Daniel Faulk. Harber, who has been strong this sea- 9-- son,' struggled against Faulk. The first set found Harber in control of the match by winning The second set is when g Harber found himself to hold on to his lead. The frustration was written i Harbers face as he con- - 1-- t-- r . , : 0 A r 4351 5 JJOt i Sr Dino tennis team hosts cOmpetative Pioneers .a ...y - C40C seems to be holding than bade. I aip extremely proud of this team, explained Pinedo. As far as improvements go, Pinedo feels diat the team needs to play softball, not baseball We need to work on offense. It seems as if all the team wants to do is bat, which is what baseball is all about. In softball, there are so many other offen-sive tools we need to utilize such m bunting. We addled some of these techniques mto oUr ' game against North Sanpete, and we will continue to work on these tools in the next few games, explaines Pinedo.. By utilizing the many different skills that a softball team can use, the Dinos will be able .to challenge any defense. By throwing unexpected plays at the defense, the Dinos will be able to improve offensively and do what each jrlayer wants to do the most, win. . 6--3. striig-glin- ; Dinos held on to give a great showing on the court The Dino team fell to Lehi During the doubles match up, Spillman shared his frustration with coach King by explaining they are tough. Although the Dmo team was feel-- tinued to battle his Lehi opponent By the end ofthe second set Harber found himself behind Faulk, 6, The third and final set was played to determine the winner ofthe Harber and Faulk match up. Harber who was now de- - 5-- 7, 3-- 3--6. season. game, therefore making the duo .The third and final singles a success. In the final doubles match match was contested by Carbons Andrew Christensen up, Sean Watkins and Neal Who usually plays in doubles Maynes faced off. against a match ups. Christensen was - competative Lehi team. on by coach Kurt King though the Pioneer team was to step up and compete in place ,; tough, the. Dino team was of Bo Christensen who w?s not tougher. able to compete. Maynes and . Wktkins split ; During ms first ever singles the first two sets with the Pio- -. therefore leavmatch, Christensen showed de- - ; neers, 2, termination. Unfortunately, ing the third set to determine the match up did not prove to the winner of the match up. The be successful to Christensen r results were not favorwle to' who fell to his Lehi opponent,' the Dinos who lost the third set .. loss dropped tbe Dinos v The doubles match ups were to a 3:2 final in favor of the Piohighly competative. The first neers. The Dinos will return set pitted Kellen Spillman and ' on their home Ryne Vogel against a strong Pioneer team. Although the ' court April 24 as they take on competition was fierce, the Uintah. . . Al-call- ed , . 7-- 2-- 6, 2--6, ,,y 0-6- J J. : ' . ' , - ?, . ' . . , -- . offofa difficult Ion ' against North Sanpete, the Dinos Just mht be dle to use this disappointment to their advantage. We need to win the; next two games. That is our Coming . TM basemen, Rachcfle Gundmon prepares to throw the talk) first base fori quick out during last weeks home guns against Lsti Smiarto Vis Dinos found themselves faffing to North Sanpeh on mistakes ki the last wieks loss, liesday after ssvwal tidikning ; Pinedo and Pollastrb. 2BVign. . . t y . mainpoaL We plan to take ev---, erythmg just a game at a time. By eliminating the mental block, the team u sure to win, conduded Pineda The Dinos will return to their home field on Thursday to take on the Delta Rabbits. In this match up, the Dinos hope to hop over the obstades that have plagued die team this season and jump mto a winning ' . , ipode. ' ; . ' : In a highly competative match up bn Tuesday, Ryne Vogel, Kellen Spillman fought a tough along with I1. ' i- -' . ' : fight against a doubles team from Lehi. The Carbon team 6. played strong despite losing to Lehi 7: . V " V ' x. " J. j. y r ... 5-- 3-- . . V! i'is sjVasassiiVtVv |