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Show i ' - - MIKE JONES Davis I I - ! DERECK HOPE Viewmont By TOM HARALDSEN Sports Editor With the Region Four baseball season set to begin April 12, all four area teams are finishing busy preseasons, pre-seasons, and with mostly positive results. - .. Here is a team-by-team look at - the 1988 crop of local horsehiders. BOUNTIFUL (Coach Phil ; Olsen): The Braves have finished at least fourth in state in eight of the last 10 years, and were third a year . ago. With the veterans Olsen has r returning this year, that record ."should at least remain intact. The Braves have a number of three-state starters coming back, ; headed by senior Tony Smith, ; perhaps the state's top player. ': Smith will return to his shortstop position, as well as pitch for Bountiful. Boun-tiful. Joining him in the Bountiful in-:: in-:: field will be senior Todd Khoury at ; first, three-year starter Ryan ' Jacobs, another senior, at second, I and junior Brad "Milt" Hartvigsen : at third. The outfield will consist of :; Mike Bearnson, last year's DH and - a junior, in left; senior Sharif Had- ley, another three-year starter, in ' center; and Kurt LaBelle, who DHed for the Braves in last year's O tournament, in right. On the mound, the Braves lost '.junior Adam Larabee before the year started due to knee surgery. Still, Olsen will have lefties Jim "Larson and Cam Christensen, as : well as senior Jason Shaw, Smith, Bearnson, and junior Kerry Kaymira. Backing up Olsen's starters will ' be junior Burke Smith, younger . brother of former Bountiful all-' all-' stater Sid Smith, in the outfield, along with juniors Tim Wooley at ': short and Mark Weston at second. Bountiful began the year with vic- - tories over Orem and American . Fork, prior to this week's Granite '. District Tournament. DAVIS (Coach Kent Draayer): - The Darts will mix experience with youth in their bid for one of the . m f V i -:;f ft- ' jj s;V- " -J MARK SARGENT Davis , J ! tm f ! REED SECRIST Viewmont three state playoff berths Region Four earns this year. Draayer has four left handers on his pitching roster, led by senior ace Mike Jones. Joining him will be Jason Bourgeois, Chris Herrera and Derek Korth. Righthanders . Paul Warden and Mike Lamon, plus sophomores Dan Dygert and Ryan Mounteer, will also pitch for Davis. ' Catching will be handled by junior Nate -Hulce, who Draayer says is "as good as we've had behind be-hind the plate for awhile." Jeff Bearnson and Casey Cullimore, the latter a sophomore, will also ' . , -- I IF iWttffwm lln ilmimiliwfc .mm&xtmm i DEREK KORTH Davis f s 1 r Xs i x y 1 PAUL JAMES Viewmont see action behind the plate. The infield shapes up with Korth and junior Scott Harris at first, senior Mark Sargent at second, backed by Cullimore and Dave Newby; Jay Thompson at short, and Jeff Strong at third. Warden will back both of them up. The outfield out-field finds Bourgeois in left, Jeremy Chiles in center and Bearnson Bearn-son in right. Sophomores Scott Richards and Mounteer will also see action for Davis. VIEWMONT (Coach Wade Bender): Optimism is high at the Viewmont campus, and why not. ( v j z ) ' SEAN COSPER Woods Cross 4 '" I I - I TONY SMITH Bountiful ( ) & ' x , ' 1 1 -iff I if . i "v XT' ; I ' Jt MAX TURNER Woods Cross -i i i ' i RHETT ANDERSON Bountiful Optimism high as local baseball seasons begins The Vikes turned the program around a year ago, and may possess pos-sess one of the state's top threats in Reed Secrist, who will handle third base for Viewmont this year. ' Bender is high on his players, including infielders Tyler Rainey, senior, at first; senior Paul James at second, and senior Derek Hope at short. Juniors Matt Clark and Keith Gordon will back up Hope and Secrist on the left side. The outfield looks like this: Hank Howell, senior, in left; senior David Waldvogel or junior Gary Latham in center, and Paul Garlick or Tony Steglich in right. Catching chores will be handled by senior Reid Goodwin, with junior Tony Christensen his backup. Pitching for Viewmont will be righties Hope, Steglich, Garlick, Clark and Clay Christensen, the latter two juniors, with junior Darren Dar-ren Baker the lefty. Viewmont began be-gan the year with four straight wins, and should be tough for foes all season. WOODS CROSS (Coach Steve Lindsay): The Wildcats will start four seniors and five juniors this year, as Woods Cross fights for a state berth. Gone are many veterans veter-ans of last year's playoff team, but Lindsay still returns plenty of talent. ta-lent. Junior Chad Watson will start in left, senior Max Turner in center and junior Chad Rawlins in right. Senior Shane Frederickson will also return to action in the outfield when he recovers from an injury. J, ,. - , ' 4 C. t ) in i BRET ROGERS Woods Cross , 'I I SHARIF HADLEY Bountiful Senior Steve Worthen will start at first, and when he pitches, will be replaced by Mike Wright. Shawn Cullimore, a junior, will be at second, senior Shaun Cosper at short and senior Bret Rogers at third, moved from shortstop where he played last year. Catching will be junior Greg Dyson, and Shaun Stephenson will probably handle the DH or utility roles. Woods Cross will throw Worth-en, Worth-en, junior Brad Kossin and junior Brian Jensen to start with. The Wildcats should have little trouble with their offense this season, and if the pitching jells, they should be a factor in the race this year. Woods Cross is currently 2-1 on the year. Region play begins April 12 with Highland at Davis, Bountiful at East and Viewmont at Woods Cross. The state tournament begins be-gins May 23, and runs through May 27. |