Show IF Vt T EARLY II VACATION By Paul Childs Staff Writer Ninety-nine Ninety players nine games I four teams and only one champi champi- on That is what it all came down to the first week of May for the top four baseball teams in inthe inthe inthe the Scenic West Athletic Conference The Bruins of Salt Lake Community College had a tough road to pave as they entered the tournament as the number four seed behind the highly touted Community College of Southern Nevada who held the top seed in inthe inthe inthe the tourney Through out the regular season the Bruins tallied a record of seven wins and eight losses against the three teams who finished finished finished fin fin- ahead of them fared best against in state rival Dixie State College where they went five and three in the regular season Their winning record against Dixie did not do much for the Bruins as they faced the Coyotes of in the first round despite carrying an overall overall overall over over- all winning record of 28 wins and 18 losses and a conference record of 12 wins and ten losses May 1 1st st and 2nd the Bruins squad traveled to Las Vegas to face their first round foe in the ther r L. w new tournament mini setup the region has bas just recently start start- ed using As the t team am arrived they carried determination into the series despite having J dropped four of five encounters with the Coyotes earlier in the year This determination was shown in the first game as Randon Young held the Coyotes scoreless in the first four innings The Bruins offense got goton goton goton on the board first and lead byone by byone one run in the fourth Young left the game exhausted after nine innings with leading 3 Meanwhile his counterpart Jino Gonzalez pitched all ten innings allowing seven hits and three runs as he struck out ten and walked six Young was replaced by Wes McKnight and Cam Nelson elson who combined allowed two hits and two runs to score giving the coyotes coyotes coyotes coy coy- otes a four to three victory Game two started much the thes s same me as the first game with the Bruins taking an early 1 0 lead leadon on behind the pitching of Wes McKnight After six innings the Coyotes had built up a substantial sub- sub J four run lead over the desperate Bruins Despite a late surge the Bruins were forced to return home after only two games having lost the series to the eventual Junior A ColIe College e World Series Champions as they dropped the second game by a score of five to two The Bruins finished the season with a winning record at 28 16 overall overall and a 12 10 conference record C |