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Show Pun-- H - SPORTS Man. h in Uintah Basin Standard dashes after Union Highs Shane Morrill and tries to put the tag on the THE CHASE-MnfCounty's cau-heof the seventh to beat 4-runner. Union had a 2 Ictid w ith two outs, hut Moffat County scored three runs in the top the Cougars. r Tai ! ' ittfr: ;A. v. m , n i if tnT W-.,s ftr; - JH . WIV it all u:' f.T I i'; . ia ,11 5-- 4. M.'tiai C'lunty hatter takes a.swing while Union Highs catcher, Rick Werry. left, checks int I 'iniali, I uesJay, March 2h. Moffat County Wins 54 Cougar lead disappears in wild seventh inning disaster Altamont nips DHS Eagles Union was leading 4-- 2 and needed By Aldon Raciliele By Aldon Rachele 1 A softball play opened last week with Altamont nipping Duchesne, 10-- 9 in the season opener. Altamont haa a baseball team this year, but didnt play the Eagles because for the first time in several seasons Duchesne isnt fieldinga team. The two schools seem to field baseball squads when the other one doesnt have one. Duchesne's soft-ba- ll team will host Altamont in a rematch, April 16 The good new wan that the Union High baseball team heat the Wednesday night snow, but the had news was Moffat County heat the Cougars when they scored three runs in the seventh inning with Union one out away from a victory to take a 4 triumph, Tuesday in Roosevelt. Union Cats were wishing the cool wet stuff had ci to wipe out the Craig, Colorado teams comeback. -- 5-- three outs to pull off a victory, but even though starting pitcher Mike Seeley struck out three batters, those Ks didnt crane soon enough. Moeher singled and Estes was walked. Strike outs removed Bebcms and Field from the field. However, Padon didn't say, "Pardon me," when he singled in Mosher to cut Union's lead tooneat 4-Corrivcau gained a gift. base. A ball he hit was dropped by the Cougar right fielder, who lost it in the sun Altamont Softball Altamonts softball schedule is as follows: South Summit at Altamont, Tuesday, March 19; Juan Diego at AHS, March 22, Juab at Altamont, April 5; Altamont at North Summit, April 9; Altamont at Grand, April 12 (?); Altamont atSouth Summit, April 18; Altamont at Juan Diego, Airil 20; Alfamontat Rowland Hall, doubleheader, Apr.il 3; Altamont al Juab, April 25; North Summit at Altamont, April 27; Juab double-heade- 1-- 1. at AHS, April 27. out Altamont Baseball 'ni'ins Mike sends the htisehall on u trip to home plate. Sci ley sit m k tif three in the seventh, hut the third one came ton late as Motlat scored three runs to go ahead and ended up losing hy one. (it K) ) ('( )KM I 27. 2-- 2, lady from Moffat County has her dog with her while but shouldn't a Moffat County bulldog fan have ball the game, watching that type of dog to bark out support? NOT A BULL DOG-- A For Boys Baseball j JSY GUY-Uni- on Cougarcaicher. Rick Werry, tosses away his gear and uses after the precious hall during a game last week. 2002 Baseball Registration !.. ''' ,1 ' fc. Roosevelt City Building 3 March March March March 1 5. 1 6, Friday 3:30 Saturday 9:00 3:30 9:00 22, Friday 23, Saturday 0 p.m. a.m.-- 1 :00 p.m. p.m.-6:0- p.m. a.m.-- l :00 p.m. p.m.-6:0- 0 For more Information: Townsend-722-998Giris Fast Pitch-BridgFieldstead-722-551Baseball-Marsh- a Boys Tiffany Ortega-722-655Harmston-722-349- 2 or 722-458Melody et 0; 5; 99 The tie didnt last long. Moffat's Bugay swatted Union's Seeley with a double after Corriveau reached base on an error. Baston was walked to fill up the bases and Corriveau came home on a grounder by Mosher with a 1 lead in the second inning. Union continued the YouDo That, We Do That offense with one run in the bottom of the second to tie up the and then grabbed a 3--2 game at edge. Bryan Todd ripped out a double and a low throw put Shane Ureek at second base pluB scored Todd with the run. Ureek was Mr. Go game-tyin- g Go" as he stole third and the throw bounced sway with the dashing Cougar diving across home plate with a one-ru- n Union advantage. Cole Hancock was tagged out at second base on a stealing attempt that didn't workout. The Cougars turned in some fine defensive plays with shortstop, Morrill snaring a fly ball while divingto the ground and third haamnan, Dubray producing a good long throw to get a runner at fint base to end a Moffat threat Estes put the baseball just inside the left field line, but he got greedy and tried to reach second base. He waa gunned down and had to go back to the dugout with a single. Union went up by two runs at 4--2 in the fourth inning. Dubray doubled and was tingled in by Brandon Todd that put the Cougar up by two runs. Bryan Todd got on base on a fielders choice and Ureek singled. However, Union stranded the base runners. The Cats Seeley sapped Bugsy and Hollingsworth on strikeouts in the sixth. Baston was walked. Seeley gainedaperfartfainingwhen he picked the Moffat runner ofT first base. The Cate had a chance to add more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Both Todds plus Ureek were walked. With the bases loaded, Hancock struck out to end the threat. Union's lead didn't hold up with the visitors going home to Craig, Colorado with a 5--4 win. The Cats will host Granite, Friday, March 22 and will face Uintah in Roosevelt, March 26. 2-- Baseball Regi Girls Fast Pitch Softball 5-- 4. 1-- r, South Summit at AHS, Tuesday, March 1 9; Jua n Diego at AHS, March 22; AHS at Rangely , March 25; Union JV at Union, March 27; Union JV at Altamont, April 4; Juab al Altamont, April 5; AHS at. North Summit, April 9; AHS at Grand (?), AHS at Juan Diego, April 20; Altamont at South Summit, April 23; AHS at Juab, April 25; North Summit at Altamont, April 3. with Estes and Padon scoring to put Moffat ahead Seeley amaahad Bu gay with a strike out. Sadly, it came too late with Union headed to the bottom of the seventh. The Cougars refused to quit with Seeley leading off with a walk and advancingto second on Shane Morrills sacrifice bunt. Tracy Gardners time at bat turned into sacrifice hit. He moved Seeley to third base. Rick Werry waa hit by the pitcher with two strikes to place two men on base. However, Unions comeback hopes dropped dead when Joel Dubray struckout and Moffat County returned to Colorado with a victory when they appeared to have been dead in the water. Moffat County jumped out to a 0 lead in the first inning when Field doubled in Estes, who reached first base on a throwing error. However, Union came right beck with one run in their half of the inning to tie up the Seeley was walked with game at one out and moved to third base on Morrills double. Seeley scored the run on Gardners ground game-tyin- g would like to thank all the wonderful people and area businesses of the Uintah Basin for helping make Toys for Tots Christmas 2001 a great success. We Thank You! RIDERS The X-HI-GH Duchesne Softball Duchesnes softball are aa follows: South Summit at DHS, doubleheader, Friday, March 22; Duchesne at Rowland Hidl, March 26; Juan Diego at Duchesne, April 2; DHS JV Team at Wasatch Mountain Jr. p" High in Heber City, April 5;Ducheane at Juab, April 9; North Summit at DHS, doubleheader, April 12; Altamont at Duchesne, April 16; Grand at Duchesne, doubleheader, April 18; Duchesne at Juan Diego, April 23; Rowland Hall at DHS, April 25. POOR |
