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Show The Cats Make Their Own Double-Trouble By DAVE WIGHAM Clipper Sports WOODS CROSS -- The name Frederikson may not mean that much to some people but to the baseball coaches in the region it means double trouble. The Cats of Woods Cross have two players with that last name in Danny and Kelly. DANNY IS the senior while Kelly is the junior on the squad. Both are listed as pitchers although Danny has been seldom used and is more known as an outfielder and hitter while Kelly has seen varsity action on the mound in two season battles in addition to some work in the pre-season wars. The Wildcats are currently in the first place tie for the region lead and both brothers have played roles in the success. Danny, the 6'3" left fielder, is hitting .303 for the Cats with 10 RBI's, which leads the team, and is also leading lead-ing the club in extra base hits. "Danny is the best long ball hitter we've had here at Woods Cross for several years" noted his coach Val Cullimore. Kelly has already helped the program prog-ram with his pitching but it's the future that coach Cullimore looks for in him "he's helped this year but we expect big things out of him next year." THE FREDERIKSON boys were born and raised in the Bountiful area and both became involved in baseball in the little league program. prog-ram. During those early playing days their father was their coach and he remains their best fan, "He coached us all the way up the ranks and got us involved in the baseball clinics during the summer months" they both admitted. admit-ted. The parents make it to most of the Woods Cross games and the two boys always know they can go to their father for help, "if we make a mistake he'll sit down with us and talk to us about why we made it" Kelly offered. Danny has always been a pretty good hitter during his little league days averaging right around .400. It wasn't until his sophomore year that pitching was even mentioned to him, "the coaches said I had a strong arm from the outfield out-field so they wanted to see what I could do pitching. I've always felt I'm a better outfielder . than a pitcher," KELLY HAS always been a pitcher and last year, as a sophomore, he enjoyed his best sea-son sea-son ever. "I can remember throwing a one hitter against East, that was probably the best game I've pitched in my life." Although he's a pitcher, he plays third in junior varsity games, Kelly can still swing the bat. "Last summer I hit .480 and I haven't struck out this season yet" he proudly noted. It might also be noted here that at times this season the Wildcat coaches have used Kelly as the designated hitter hit-ter so he must swing a good stick. Although Kelly was usually an all-star in the little league programs and Danny wasn't there is very little resentment or competition between be-tween the two brothers. "There's a little feeling feel-ing there I guess" said Danny "but very little. There certainly isn't a rivalry thing with us at all." HEADING INTO the season both brothers were optimistic about the Wildcat team, and they still are. "I thought we had a good ball team" admitted Danny "I still think and hope we can win the region title. It's a goal of the seniors to get into the state tournament this season." Seems as if the seniors are anxious since they haven't made the trip into state their first two years at the school. "The pitching and hitting have really come on" noted Kelly "plus we knew we could play solid defense and we have." Danny sees another factor as a big difference in this year's club over his past two, "we pull for each other. In years past the seniors had a habit of getting on the younger players if they made a mistake like striking out. This season though it's not that way everyone just encourages encour-ages each other and that helps." WITH REGION half over neither one of the brothers is willing to conceed anything. "I haven't ha-ven't seen a team in the league that we can't beat" offered Danny. Sot it seems that the Cats are very excited about having a pair of Frederiksons on their team. One has been big with the bat, while the other with his arm. Baseball has become a way of life at their house, they have a hitting net in the garage and it's the only sport either of them are involved in at the school. They both enjoy the outdoors of Utah and the hunting and fishing but given their rathers they would just as soon tye playing ball somewhere. , ALL THIS success hasn't come over night to these brothers, s their own coach noted, "They have both worked very hard at their individual skills and right now it's paying off." The biggest recipient of those long hours of work is turning out to be the baseball team at Woods Cross who feel fortunate to have double dou-ble trouble on their side. I ' - ?Nt jf ..'-. 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