| Show I Bruins come up short in playoffs John Renshaw w Sports Editor In a season full of surprises came up a little short on their goals for the 2006 season With a fairly young team the Bruins inexperience was shown sh wn recently in the Region 18 Tournament in Carson City Nev Finishing up the regular season season season sea sea- son the Bruins were 18 14 in region and earned the fourth seed in the tournament Their first round opponent fifth seed College of Eastern Utah CEU finished their season at 24 12 in region but made a strong showing in the ment After putting to the test CEU eventually lost in 10 innings to the Bruins by the score of 3 After squeaking by the first round would face number number number num num- ber one seed Western Nevada They finished their regular sea sea- son at 8 29 in region had trouble swinging the bats against Western Nevada and lost 8 The tough loss would not be the end of the road for the Bruins They were sent to the lower bracket and faced College of Southern Idaho finished their regular season at 24 10 and just ahead of in region play was sent to the lower bracket when second seeded Dixie State beat 11 and would go toe-to-toe toe for nine innings In a pitchers pitcher's duel would prevail prevail prevail pre pre- vail 1 0 and end the Bruins' Bruins season for 2006 As for the tournament some unexpected events would take place Western Nevada would lose to Dixie State in the third round 4 0 and place them in the lower bracket After beating the Bruins would face the number one seed and survive 4 3 sending the favorites home for the year In the championship game Dixie State once again proved why they are moving to Division 3 next year by taking home the Region 18 championship championship championship champi champi- 9 Dixie State will move on to the District Championships on May 18 With the tournament concluded concluded concluded con con- two Bruins would take home individual honors Ryder Olsen an outfielder was named region all-region first team Being named to the region all-region second team was pitcher BJ Ferguson Leading the team in batting average Olsen hit with one home run and 31 Olsen proved that he is a. a patient hitter during the season by drawing 30 walks With his offense drawing most of the attention Olsen also put his work into his defense with a fielding percentage An ace for the Bruins this season Ferguson had a earned run average in 12 appearances this season With a record of 8 2 Ferguson also pitched two complete games in 2006 Ferguson is not a stranger to success As a senior at Cottonwood Ferguson was named to The Salt Lake Tribunes Tribune's First All-First Team in 2005 The Bruins have finished their season above at 2723 2723 2723 27 23 overall and fourth in Region 18 drew 2218 at Cate Gate GateField Field and average fans per game This TIus was real progress after the Bruins drew an average of less than 70 fans per game in April The Bruins can use that same support as coach DG Nelson will be back for another season of baseball in 2007 ck tt jf |
