Show j Bring Out The Bruin Bats A talented baseball I squad could reach Western this year yearBy 0 By Kent Williams Staff Writer JORDAN The CAMPUS-The Salt Lake Community College Mens Men's Baseball Team is more than halfway half halfway halfway way through their season now and are currently in 3rd place inthe in inthe inthe the Scenic West Athletic Conference with 18 wins and 7 losses With enough wins they still have a chance of taking first and a good chance of mak mak- u 0 ing it to the Western Regional Tournament In the 2001 I season the Bruins took 3rd in the In 2000 they also took 3rd in the and second in the ment menta A big thorn along the y 4 I Ij j r J J r Md 7 x a A Tj 0 U The Bruins after another win at the new Cate Gate Field April 2 2002 The snow covered Wasatch Mountains are in the background Dh Photo tr hu by Kent Williams road to the title for the Bruins has been Dixie State College In two recent double doubleheaders doubleheaders doubleheaders headers at the home homefield field Dixie swept the Bruins in four straight games Head Coach Bill BiH Groves in his season at has previously been an assistant coach at BYU and U of ofU U. U In a preview of the 2002 season Coach Bill Groves was quoted as saying We havethe havethe have havethe the talent to win the champi champi- It all depends on how fast the freshmen step up to the plate and play like sophomores at the right time we I If f we peak have a good chance to win the con conference ference Assistant Coach Steve is in his season as the Bruins Pitching Coach After the sweep by Dixie Coach said Were hoping the Dixie thing is out of our tem We bounced back and beat CEU four straight Were We're one or two behind and if we games 1 i play good ana and nave have a good series against Nevada then we could take the title Weve We've got as good food as chance as anyone in the tournament See BASEBALL on page 5 o. o Bruin Baseball Bas On Pace For Playoffs DG Nelson is an Assistant Coach and recruiting coordinator Dave Disorbio is the Strength Training Coach Coach Dave Ross assists in the pitching and recruiting ing First Base player Jason Crawford is one of the Bruins Bruin's star players and leads the team so far this season with 5 home runs 21 RBI's 8 doubles and has a batting average of Last year he had a batting average and 52 RBI's for forthe forthe forthe the Bruins Jason is currently a sophomore and went to Cyprus High School in Magna Utah Outfielder Jake East leads the team in total runs scored at 22 most hits at 27 4 triples and 11 II stolen bases Jake a freshman at won a State championship at Bingham High At Riverton High he was picked by Deseret News for its State All-State First team of 2001 I. I The new home to the Bruins is Cate Gate Field which was as started by donations Scott and Michele Cate Gate donated 1 million dollars of their own money and created the Cate Gate Family Foundation Millions more in donations donations donations dona dona- will be needed to fully complete the complex Currently the field has enough seating to accommodate several hundred spectators The field is made from high quality artificial turf It is located at the new Jordan Campus at West at South There are four home games left in the season which will be played at Cate Gate field On April 19 at I 1 pm p.m. pm p.m. they will host North Idaho and play them again April 20 at noon May 3rd will be Snow College at 1 pm p.m. and then again on May at noon The Tournament will take place May 8 through May 1 11 I and the Western Regional will be May 17 A e |