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Show r Page 16 -- T SPORTS Anril 16. 2002 Uintah Basin Standard ; ! v;v. ; , .. E.'1 H'lt - ; '5 ' :. K'yi j v . i' ' i 'i ' . .. im ; r-- : )i ft, Vi -- j; 1 i , I w' Tyrrv. . DP!-- : H j tOUNTTCONOm ;1 v i; '- iaaj icocure - SAH0&H'3?MSt " M V v,.-- " . jiv r v-- . , ' ISV-Lviti- r: v :ti V :! ' StjSjJfidf ! 'tt-iiu- i vr. ' 'i f t r;-- THE FOLLOW THROUGH The Cougars Seeley gels ready in field his position and wishes (hat a strike out will allow hitn to not do any glne -- work. THE 1 1CH -- Mike the pi He and lie ball, curve or whatever is on its way to tor a sii ke call. Bley's li"'cs I 1 Mike Seeley uses the proper form to twist THE BEGINNING-Unio- ns himself into position for a toss to the plate. Park City Wins In 7th . Mihail wps il. Highly ranked Miner squad struggles to beat Cats, Undefeated Region 10 leader and Salt Lake Tribunes No. 2 ranked Park City (Carbon is No. 1), came to town, and Union Higha baseball team rocked, rattled and almost buried the M iners before they overcame a 0 Cat lead in Roosevelt, Tuesday, April 9 in the seventh inning to rally for a 2 2-- 6-- triumph. The two teams were locked in a 0--0 tie, and then Union came alive in the fourth with two runs to take a 0 lead. Shane Morrill led off with a si ngle and n passed ball moved him to second base. Tracy Gardners single had runners on second and third and then Joel Dubray cleaned the bases with a mighty shot for a double that hod Union and Cougar fans shouting, Hooedge. ray, Hooray I with a two-ru- n Union's Mike Seeley allowed one hit shutout ball over the first five innings, and struggled over the final three, but escaped danger in the fiilh and sixth. However, he was clobbered in the seventh where a key defensive mishap ambushed his pitching hopes. t two batSeeley walked ters, C. J. DaviB and Branden Gross, in the fifth. Union's defense pulled off a super move to help Seeley out. Union catcher, Rick Werry imade Park City weary of taking a lead when he nailed Davis at third base for the second out. The M iner gnl buried in the rundown attempt. Beevar grounded out and the const was clear for Seeley and com2-- the-firs- .. OUCH, THAT IIURTS!-UniCity overvalue Union's 3-- 0 . i High School's Cole Hancock, right, gets tagged for a dusty nut at home plate. Park 2 on a last inning rally. The Miners-fir- st place team in Region 10 was for tltc week w ith w ins over Union, Wasatch and Uintah. Union rebound with a 6--1 win iw vr Gt ante, ft iilav nn 2-- 0 lead to win 5-- pany. Next it was Union's turn to do UNIVERSITY UINTAH BASIN Friday, April 26, 2002 10:00am Roosevelt City Golf Course Corns Support the... some walking with Cole Hancock getting a free pass to first base. Hancock had his motor running with a stolen base and high throw advancinghim to third. Hancock cleared the dust after igh toss an plate. However, his trip had bad re sults. He was tagged out, which kept Union from going up, 0 Jnfhe " ' tom of the fifih. Seeley continued to have control problems (walked five over the last three innings) aa Alex Finaton led ofT with a walk in the sixth and came home on Mitch Arnolds double that made the score 2 to 1 for Union. A wild pitch scored a pinch runner and the game was tied at 2-- Seeley walked Jason Morgan, but he was Mr. Cool on the mound with a ground out and pop up for the last two outs. Morrill knew todays hopes were vanishing with only two innings left and he couldnt wait until tomorrow. He singled to open the bottom of the sixth. Brandon Todd grounded out and Gardner was whiffed. It appeared that Dubray had a hit, and Union a run, but Park Citys shortstop made an amazingthrow andits first baseman stretched better than Reid Richards Mr. Stretch from the Fantastic Four comic book for the final out. Union and Seeley pretty much ran out of baseball gas with Rogers and Jones pullingofT a high octane attack k with singles and Beevar biting the Cats with a walk to load up the bases. Seeley was in deep trouble. However, he appeared to have a good chance to escape unharmed when Finston was retired on a infield fly and Arnold hit a shot that had doubleplay possibilities. Sadly, the ball darted off an infielder's leg and Rogers, Jones Union's winning scored for hopes were dead in the Cottonwood Creek when Beevar scooted across the plate on a wild pitch. Seeley got the 3-- 5-- 2 head, but he was stranded at second base aa no one could drive him in for a run. Park City was its own worst enemy as the championship caliber team that had beat Uintah and Carbon (1-lead off batter in the fourth, Finaton nailed at third base when Werry connected withDubray at the bag.Cran-dur- t ToddsCoopCd njralotr thfbw to first base for the final out Union will motor to Vernal for a rematch with Uintah, Tuesday, April 16and will host Wasatch, Friday, April 19 plus Judge Memorial, April 23. 0) 2. back-to-bac- e. en final out --too Patrick grounded out. late-wh- Braden The Cats wentdown, one, two, three and it was all over with Park City Union was close, but no winning gum cigar. Park City blanked Wasatch the next day and recorded arare triple 5-- 2. j nion had a scoring opportunity in the second inning when an infielder threw the ball over the first basemans Union plows under Farmers Union High School's baseball team planted the Granite Farmers into a last place tie with Wasatch in Region 10 on a 1 win, Friday in Salt Lake City. The winning pitcher for Union was Joel Dubray, who hurled a com plete game. Dubray haa Unions only two region wins. He was also the winning pitcher in the Cougar triumph over the Wasatch Wasps, recently. Unions softball teams, vanity and Junior vanity, also creamed Granite. Uintah will host Union's baseball team, Tuesday and the baseball Cats will entertain Wasatch, Friday in a rematch. The Cougars are tied forthird place with Judge at 3 in region play. Park City whipped Uintah and leads the region at 6-- Uintah is second at 8-- 2-- 4--2. Carbon, Lehi (Pioneers beat No. 1 Dinos, 1 last week), 4-- Region 9, Pine View, Snow Canyon (last year's second place team at state meet), 4-Region 11, Bear River, 6-- Tooele, 5-6-- 1; 2; 0; The Union soccer team didnt do as well as they were overpowered by one of the top teams in the state, Park in Roosevelt, Frida City, 9-- noon. Union will host Judge, 1 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT (S7UC 1 Sign up deadline: April 18 Call or stop by Utah State University 4 for more information: 722-229- fuaefiaiJ EAGERLY AWAl l lNG-C- oo gar Shane Morrill, right, hopes for a good pitch that he can hit. Morrill gained his wish as he connected with the baseball. POOR |