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Show Pleasant Grove plays pre-season games home at shortstop. Thane Eyre and Corey Conder have been seeing a lot of playing time in the outfield. Wright, another junior has been alternating in the infield. Joining the juniors and seniors, several sophomores are working out and could see varsity time as the season progresses. Here's the Viking schedule tor the year: March 28 4:00 Spanish Fork March 30 4:00 At Springville April 4 4:00 At Payson April 6 4:00 Ixhi April 11 4:00 Carbon April 13 4:00 At Spanish Fnri April 16 4:00 Springville April 17 4:00 Payson April 18-21 Las Vegas Toum April 25 4:00 At Ihi April 27 4:00 At Carbon May 3 Inter-Region a., May 7-12 State TournamJ5 Playing around and through the snow and rain, Pleasant Grove baseballers have been able to get in several pre-season games. Against Granger, Shane Phillips lined a bases loaded double in the bottom of the last inning to give the Vikes an 8-7 win over the Lancers. Phillips went 4 for 5 and had three rbi's. The Granger win was followed by a game that the Vikes would like to quickly forget. Hosting American Fork on March 20 was not a good day for Viking biorhythms. Led by a Brock Knight first inning home run, the Cavemen pounded Pleasant Grove 24-4. Junior first baseman, Mike Jensen, hit a home run for the Vikes. At Timpview on the 22nd, Pleasant Grove exploded for six first inning runs and didn't look back in beating the'Thunderbirds 14-3. Again Phillips had four hits with Matt Norman and Paul Bronson picking up three hits each. The Vikes pounded out 17 hits in beating Timpview. Friday, Shaun Story went the distance against Orem and the Vikes played long ball to dump the Tigers 10-5. Pleasant Grove hitters backed up Story's five hit pitching with 14 hits that included four homers. Norman's second inning two run shot broke a 3-3 tie to put Pleasant Grove ahead to stay. Bronson and Shawn Bezzant had back to back round trippers in the third inning and Steve Hansgen had a solo shot in the fourth. Hansgen's homer landed on the hill in left field while Bezzants' bounced off the tin roof of the shed over the fence in right field. Leading 8-5 after five innings the Vikes added a pair of funs in the sixth. Norman singled in Derek Wright and Bronson brought Phillips home with a base hit. Story was impressive with a complete game performance that came with the weather providing the warmest day yet this spring. Last Saturday, the Vikes took advantage of another day of good weather to host Roy. Bezzant pitched a good game and belted a home run to help boost the Vikes to a 5-4 win over the 4-A Roy Royals. With league play starting today when Pleasant Grove hosts Spanish Fork, the Viking starting lineup looks to have Jesse Walker leading off and playing second base. Norman has been hitting second as the designated hitter and if his arm gets well he will take over at second base, a position he played all during his junior year. Norman is still having problems from a football football shoulder injury that hampers his throwing but he can still swing the bat and has been hitting very well this spring. Phillips hits third and is playing excellent defense in centerfield. Bronson catches and hits fourth with Bezzant fifth and playing first base. Jensen plays first when Bezzant pitches. Tracy Flinders looks good at third and the junior infielder has had a hot bat in pre-season games. Hansgen seems to be finding a x i ' s i t ' i i 4 HP 1 V ' 'i jly sm f j ,. ' ( ilk lV,! & I A ' i M" ; fff lift II ' if A I V H i 1 'x ' ' '' ' y I i PAUL BRONSON, Viking catcher, has been swinging a powerful bat in ! pre-season games. Photo by Robyn Brown. i f ' - - ' ' '" , . y .- - , ' - , 4, SOCCER-Shane Ortega (in white) battles in soccer game against American Fork. The Cavemen, one of the state's best 3-a soccer teams and defending State Champs, edged the Vikes twice 4-1 and 3-1. Photo by Robert Mathews. ' |