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Show i ItaJttaSj Tuesday October 15, 2002 Its tough to sail across.! rsea in a small boat with lots of leaks. . Just 8sk the East Caibon baseball team. Tliey had a good ship; stout, strong and consistent most of the year. But in a game that was do or die, the leaks sprang up all over the place as the team committed four errors and lost f? " SAJ'ri ; ' -- . ,V v ;.i a ?j . r . f VI .'"iff, .v ' ' . ' - '', . , " iflk ! n ffc;. t - ' '.. r r,L j - '- V t , ' . . . --- t - ' - ,. .'' ?,. r1 V t Z40Kur?. ,Sfr Assistant coach Kyle Abeyta urges one of his players around the bases during tha game at Utah Valley Stats College on Friday. ' ' ' son; they were 10 runned in five innings. .. ; : . Thescorekeeperwaskindto us," said baseball coach Tbdd McEuland on Mondqr morning. "We had more errors than that." The East .Carbon team had been highly regarded all season with many expecting them to go all the way. But between the errors and the energy they must have left at the bus stop in Sunnyside, they were soundly beat by a team they had easily oettatcq earlier in the! : . . "We didnt t to Orem with us," stated ."We beat Wnae easily early in die year and that may have been our undoing. They got better and we apparently didnt. The only consolation East Carbon can take from the game was that Whyne went cm to beat Wrterfbrd on Saturday 11-i 4. mm ( 1 'Xi, v But what they cant take away and fed good with was their game on this important day and the fact that this is the fourth time in four years that the Viking baseball team has been eliminated in the first round of the state tourna- - . . men! T i fayne hammered East Carbons pitching right from the beginning. They were up 1 after the first inning and then went up two more in the second while holding the Viking scoreless. East Carbon gained a little ground in the third when they put one across the plate while keep- - v ing the Badgers scoreless but then the Badgers got tough on defense and never allowed 3-- t JfV tl V' ft (1 i f wrJ. - , t. rt,,. 'lUKV v ' jjfj : -- iV v: V 4 rVfc-vV- . an-oth- er t V?. X h' or'4!.v':-. , s Vikingscore. they put one more across in the fourth and then banged out Asfbrthem-selve- '1; six runs in the fifth inning, therefiy eliminating the ViMnp chances for a comeback. "We had people missing balls Third baseman Biyant Bridge looks for the ball comes into his bass. as a Wayne High School player o legs, said McFhrland. "Flayers who usually bat well didnt. There was just no energy. ' The team will return most of the players next year, but sorely ' missed will be Seniors Tbhy McFferland and Austin PTcston,' both starting pitchers and stalwarts on die team. Mcfbrland will certainly be cm the team when it is released, but he hoped in his senior year to be most valuable in the state. Most pro-- ; I him for that position, but how it will probably go to a High School athlete. all-sta- o v 2-- 3 te The younger Mclferiand went in the game and junior Andy Esrliano had some good hits. Otherwise things seemed pretty . As a team die Vikings had six hits. Whyne had 12 hits and only committed (me error. "It was a very successful sea-ao- n for die most part," said foe coach, "But in the end it was r am meetings were frequent, but that didnt improve things as the squads defense faltered. , s. v , ' , - : J v' - . "Via IB |