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Show . I I , Tuesday September 17, 2002 2B Sun Advocate Vikings blast Manila in double header at Carbon field By RICHARD SHAW of the year. McFarland and his team were rfot sure what to expect, although they had their, doubts about the Mustangs A quick cut with a lawn mower and a speedy lining job by a Carbon I ligh crew headed by Cox made the field ready for the games by the 2 p.m. start time. . Sports writer When the min came down in torrents on Thursday night in Sunnyside it appeared that at t least two Carbon High Schools homecoming activities might be ruined; the homecomofJ-!as- strength. Any doubt they had was laid to rest as the Vikcs took a 10-- 0 However, on this day it wouldn't have mattered to Manila if they were playing in the super manicured confines of Yankee Stadium. The Mus- lead into the second inning. The highlight of that first inning was a home run by Andy Farliano over the left fence on the field he had played on as a Dino last year. In both games the Mustangs ing parade at noon on Friday and a double header baseball game with Manila later that day. tangs struggled from the get-gBut by noon the bright sun had ,In two games they had no hits in the first contest and only got dried out the roads and the parade went on without a hitch. But three hits in the second game the Sunnyside baseball field was as the Viking blanked them in both 15-still a mucky mess. LCI I baseIt could have been worse for ball crthdTIixkl McFarland miide a call to Carbon High and even the kids from Daggett County; though their field had not had if McFarland had really let the much care, other than watering dogs out it easily could have and cutting since the spring. Cl IS been twin 30-- 0 scores instead. Ihc Mustangs a principal Robert Cox told the Viking couch to bring his team, opponent from Region 16, had and the Mustangs from Daggett actually beat Tintic from ReCounty to their field to play the gion IK a couple of weeks ago, giving the Miners their only loss game. o. pitching was nonexistent. More throws ended up in the dirt than across home base as the Manila 0. hurlcrs sent one after another of the East Carbon batters to first base. Then when a pitch was thrown across home plate, the Viking batters ate it up and sent it into the field. But even worse for the Mustangs, their defense had more holes that a spaghetti drainer as they missci grounders and dropped fly balls more often than they caught them. At one point in the first game two Mustang players both went after a fly ball just behind the base line in right field and collided with each other making a sound like a Green River melon falling on pavement after a fall of 10 feet. No one was seriously injured, but it did scare everyone. The play of the Mustangs made the game unremarkable, except for the fact that the it was so bad that it became remarkable. In the first game Tony non-leag- McFarland pitched until the fourth inning and then freshman Biyant Bridge threw. McFarland had eight strike outs while Bridge had three. East Carbon registered 13 hits and no errors in that contest. The Mustangs had no hits and the scorers stopped counting after their first three errors. In the second game, Samson home Leonard hit an run and McFarland had three hits all doubles. Austin Preston pitched the entire second game and had five strike outs. The Vikes had fourteen hits and no errors. Manila ended up with three hits and two errors. That was a hard couple of 2j" Andy Farliano looks toward the left field fence and watches the ball sail over it as he gets ready to launch himself down the base line toward first base. The home run was 0. -j- . Dino cross country team stomps region 8 competition: The Carbon High cross country team traveled to North Sanpete last Wednesday to compete in ai. ' invitational meet The Dinos had a great performance as the girls took home sixth place honors ancj the boys captured the fourth place finish overall. Melanie Madsen led the girls by placing third in a field of 103 competitors. Madsen was in fifth r place with 300 yards to go to the finish line. She then started to kick up her speed at 200 yards out and just missed finishing in second place by 100 of a second. The second place runner for Carbon was Ashley Rowley and was followed by Elizabeth Brooks,; ,i Brittany Horrocks, and Jana Burrows. The boys team finished in fourth place out of the 16 total teams that competed in the invitational J meet. Scott Tfcrry placed fourth overall, followed in fifth place by Isaac Goodrich. Not bad consider-j- ; ing that there was 81 boys in the race. The Dinos third runner to cross the finish line was Joe Palmer who was followed by Davkf Goodrich and Chris Cook. The course was covered with water and mud due to the laige amount of rain which fell prior to the event. Many of the athletes in the race ended up slipping and falling into some of these mud holes taking a realistic mud bath. The Dinos continue to improve on a daily basis. Hie team will take these newly developed skills., . to their next meet which will take place Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. in Ferron. y games to play, said coach McFarland. It's not good for players to face an opponent who is not up to the competition. I knew they were not too strong but they had beaten Tintic who is tied with us for the league lead. You just never know. East Carbon is now 1 overall and faces Wendover in the state line town on Friday. With Dugway losing it looks good for us to win the region, but we have to be careful, said the coach about the rest of the sea- son. East Carbon has only one regular home contest left when they face Tintic on Sept 27. 8-- Senior Tony McFarland continues to be one of the best all around baseball players in the 1A fall leagues this year as he struck out eight batters on Friday afternoon in a game played on the Carbon High field. Fartianos first this season as the Vikings took apart Manila ! the first game of a double header 15-They won the(second game with the exact same score. ' Wasatch Wasps buzz past the Carbon Dinos By KAREN BASSO Sports writer The Carbon High Dinos traveled to Hcber this past week to takeon the Wasatch Wasps, a team which many in the state feel are front runners for a region title. The Dinos entered the game determined to win and to give their best. This is exactly what the team did. Despite allowing an touchdown run to be scored by the Wasps during the the Dinos opening kick-ofquickly bounced back to hold their own against the home team. The defense stepped up play and did not allow the Wasps to score again in the 88-ya- rd The game was tight and this proved that Carbon is a top contender in the region 8 standings this year. Despite losing three of their last four games, the Dinos have, put forth incredible effort and continue to improve. The Dinos defense ' f. game. The game was elosely contested throughout. In fact, a score was not made since the opening drive until the fourth . quarter: This was when the Dinos took control of the ball and a series of runs by Jamal Lewis was made which put the Dinos in scoring postitidn. To complete the drive, Jan 6-- 7. . , game. Perry Laulu was player who Jorgensen to mention however. great job for us out Jorgensen carried the ball twice for 30 yards and scored the only touchdown of the game for Carbon. The point after kickiwas missed by the Dinos kicker and the game would end with Carbon behind 4-- dis- played incredible strength and endurance last Friday evening against Wasatch. The defensive line held the Wasps scoreless which reflects the talent that the Dino team possesses. The game was a complete team effort. The defense did quite well by not allowing the Wasps to score throughout the game. They really hung in there and gave Wasatchs offense a challenge, explained coach Jorgensen. Although the team did not take home the win, they did compete with strong intensity and offered Wasatch a highly contested game. According to coach Jeff Jorgensen, the game was lined witlfstar players who contrib- uted to the success of the Dinos The Dinos next challenge will take place this Friday evening as the team hosts North Sanpete who is currently 0 this season and ranked in first place in the region standings. Carbon will welcome the chal lenge as the team competes in its annual homecoming game. There is a lot going on this week which means that the players have to stay focused. They need to win the mental game before they can win the ball game. They just need to come out and play with intensity and stay focused and they should be alright, commented Jorgensen. We need to clean up our mistakes however. There have been a lot of mental mistakes and this cant happen during competition. We will continue to work on this as we prepare for North Sanpete, explained ' Jorgensen. The Dinos will continue to prepare for ,their upcomin, game during the week and looi forward to playing before home crowd. . one such was quick He did a there. He adds a lot of strength to this team and he plays smart. Laulu is definitely a key player for the Dinos this season, explained - Jorgensfcrt: . . is . Carton Htatt Carbon Wretch 0006-- 6 7 00 Jorgensen 14 yard run. Kick failed. 0- -7 A - Jamal Jewis escapes a tackle by a Uintah team member but plan to bounce back this week as they host their anm&l duringta bst home game held at Carbon High last month. , homecoming game Friday evening against North SanpeL. The Dinos current record stands at 3. 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