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College baseball: Utah Valley loses in GWC opener

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:54:31 MDT

College baseball: Utah Valley loses in GWC opener

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Utah Valley’s has had its way in the previous Great West Conference baseball tournaments. However, Tuesday, a late rally couldn’t pull the Wolverines out of a four-run deficit in an 8-7 loss to North Dakota in the opening game of the 2013 GWC Tournament. The final GWC Tournament is being hosted by NJIT at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark, N.J. It was the first time UVU (24-29) had lost in the tournament. Now, UVU must now come all the way through the loser’s bracket to try and win it...

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Big 12 delays baseball tournament after tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:54:31 MDT

Big 12 delays baseball tournament after tornado

The Associated Press

Updated May 21, 2013 11:54PM MDT

Oklahoma City • The Big 12 is delaying the start of its baseball tournament in Oklahoma City after this week’s deadly tornado. The league announced Tuesday that the tournament will change from a double-elimination format to pool play and start on Thursday instead of Wednesday. Conference spokesman Bob Burda says Oklahoma City leaders asked the Big 12 not to cancel the tournament and allow it to show “the strong Oklahoma spirit and to the resiliency of the Oklahoma people.” One pool will fe...

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5A baseball: Copper Hills ousts Taylorsville from playoffs

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:24:13 MDT

5A baseball: Copper Hills ousts Taylorsville from playoffs

By neil k. warner For The Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 12:24AM MDT

Orem • Tanner Anderson’s performance in Monday afternoon’s 5A state baseball elimination game at Utah Valley University posed one puzzling question. How did this guy lose three games this year? Anderson pitched a four-hit shutout to help Copper Hills to a 5-0 win over Taylorsville. “He’s been doing that all year. He’s been throwing really well. The trouble we’ve had is getting him to finish. He’s been going four, five or six innings but he finished today,” said Copper Hills coach John Morgan. “I...

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Woods not ready to bury hatchet

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:27 MDT

Woods not ready to bury hatchet

The Associated Press

Updated May 20, 2013 01:14PM MDT

Bethesda, Md. • Tiger Woods spoke for some 20 minutes about the state of his game, belly putters, the U.S. Open and the AT&T National. As he was wrapping up, he needed just one word to cover the topic of Sergio Garcia. Asked if he had any thought of contacting Garcia to make amends between the two, Woods quickly answered: “No.” He smiled. Nearly everyone else in the room laughed. Hardly the best of the friends, the Woods-Garcia relationship hit petty proportions during this month’s Players C...

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State colleges: Wisconsin softball team ousts BYU, 6-0

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:02:30 MDT

State colleges: Wisconsin softball team ousts BYU, 6-0

staff and Wire Reports

Updated May 18, 2013 12:02AM MDT

The University of Wisconsin softball team beat BYU 6-0 on Friday, and the Cougars’ season ended with their second straight loss in the Eugene (Ore.) Regional. BYU (33-25) had just two hits — singles by Bailie Hicken and Madisen Robb in the first two innings — in the loss to the Big Ten Conference tournament champions. BYU starter Tori Almond (12-8) took the loss, giving up three runs on three hits over 21⁄3 innings. The Cougars lost their opener to host Oregon, 5-2, on Thursday in the double-el...

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State colleges: BYU loses to Oregon in NCAA softball tournament

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:48:33 MDT

State colleges: BYU loses to Oregon in NCAA softball tournament

Combined news sources

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Oregon beat BYU 5-2 in their opening game of the NCAA softball tournament Thursday. The Cougars outhit the Ducks 7-4 but didn’t score after a two-run second inning. The Ducks jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first and added insurance runs in the fourth and fifth. Tori Almond took the loss for BYU, allowing three earned runs. Carly Duckworth led the Cougars with two hits and two RBIs. SLCC 10, Weatherford College 2 • The Bruins won in five innings in St. George, routing their No. 10-seeded opponent...

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Bradley opens with 60 at Nelson even with 2 bogeys

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:48:32 MDT

Bradley opens with 60 at Nelson even with 2 bogeys

The Associated Press

Updated May 16, 2013 11:48PM MDT

Irving, Texas • Keegan Bradley has set the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 10-under 60 in the opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship. Bradley shot 60 even with consecutive bogeys midway through his round Thursday. After his second bogey, at No. 1 to start his second nine, he was 7 under his last eight holes. The 60 matched the lowest round ever at the Nelson. Arron Oberholser shot 60 in the second round of the 2006 tournament, but that was on the Cottonwood Valley course acro...

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Golden Gloves: Utah boxers go 3-0 to advance

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:25 MDT

Golden Gloves: Utah boxers go 3-0 to advance

By Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 11:58PM MDT

West Valley City’s Isaac Aguilar is getting a second chance this week at the Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions boxing tournament, and so far, he’s making the most of it. Aguilar, who turns 24 on Monday, defeated Sharone Carter of St. Louis in razor-close bout on Wednesday night at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Judges scored the bout 3-2 in Aguilar’s favor, and when the referee raised Aguilar’s hand at center ring, both boxers appeared surprised. “I thought he had the edge,” Agu...

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Prep boys’ tennis: Third-place finish satisfies Alta

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:45:04 MDT

Prep boys’ tennis: Third-place finish satisfies Alta

By Jon Clifford Special to The Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 02:45PM MDT

For Alta, close was good enough at the Class 5A boys’ tennis state tournament last weekend. The third-place finish behind champion Viewmont and perennial power Brighton left the Hawks with a sense of satisfaction rather than disappointment. It was the Hawks’ second consecutive third-place finish, bolstered by the play of Andy Ovard at No. 2 singles and Connor Pulsipher at No. 3 singles. Both reached the final in their respective bracket to earn eight of the team’s 11 points. Viewmont won the eve...

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Golden Gloves: For undocumented boxers, a punch in the gut

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:59:10 MDT

Golden Gloves: For undocumented boxers, a punch in the gut

By Jay drew | The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 04:59PM MDT

Boubacar Sylla, an 18-year-old boxer from Cincinnati, woke up in a Salt Lake City hotel room on Monday morning eager to discover his opening-round draw in the Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions at the Salt Palace Convention Center later that night. Instead, Sylla, who was born in the West African country of Senegal before moving to Ohio with his parents when he was 5 years old, found out he wouldn’t be boxing at all this week. The 2012 high school graduate and current Costco Wholesal...

NCAA softball: BYU is underdog against No. 3 Oregon

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:57 MDT

NCAA softball: BYU is underdog against No. 3 Oregon

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 05:03PM MDT

At one point this season, the BYU women’s softball team was five games under the break-even mark and a ninth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament looked like a long shot. Since then, the Cougars have bulldozed their way through the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, winning 16 of 17 games and earning an automatic bid to the postseason and a date with Pac-12 champs and No. 3-ranked Oregon at the Eugene Regional on Thursday. BYU opened the tournament in Eugene last season, losing to the Ducks i...

Audit finds annual baseball tournament in trouble

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:57 MDT

Audit finds annual baseball tournament in trouble

The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 05:03PM MDT

Wichita, Kan. • The National Baseball Congress college tournament, which has been a fixture in Wichita since 1935, is in financial danger but city leaders and the tournament’s operators are vowing to rescue it. An audit found the tournament’s operators owe more than a quarter-million dollars and are two years behind on lease payments for Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. The tournament has made only $1,100 in the last two years, The Wichita Eagle reported. The tournament began as a semi-professional ...

NJCAA softball: SLCC enters the national tournament as the No. 2 seed

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:57 MDT

NJCAA softball: SLCC enters the national tournament as the No. 2 seed

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 05:03PM MDT

Will the third time be the charm for the Salt Lake Community College women’s softball team? For two consecutive seasons, the No. 6-ranked Bruins (48-9) have lost in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament championship game. This season, SLCC is looking reach the top as the 2013 tournament begins Wednesday at the Canyons Complex in St. George. The Region 18 champions enter the NJCAA Nationals as the No. 2 overall seed. The Bruins will face Region 17 and No. 15 seed ...

Golden Gloves: Utah’s Gomez returned to boxing to honor his father

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:54:36 MDT

Golden Gloves: Utah’s Gomez returned to boxing to honor his father

By Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 08:54PM MDT

Many of the 300 or so boxers scheduled to compete in the Golden Gloves National Tournament of Champions this week at the Salt Palace Convention Center will turn professional shortly after the event ends, including West Valley City’s Larry Gomez. But few, if any, of the amateurs who hope to make it to Saturday’s championship round can say they stepped away from the sport for more than four years, as the 20-year-old Gomez did before returning to it about a year ago. “I had to do it,” said Gomez, i...