The Orem Owlz had some ups, and downs at the Brent Brown ballpark last Monday night July 27, but ended with a win against the Casper Ghosts.
The Owlz were the first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. A long hit to far center field got Michael Wing to third base and then eventually brought Wing in for the first run of the game.
In the second inning Casper took a 5-2 lead over the Owlz. A wild pitch from Tyler Kehrer of the Owlz got it all started bringing in one Casper runner. Then a home run hit by Casper player Jared Clark brought them to the lead.
Things didn't heat up again till the bottom of the sixth inning. The first three batters of the inning for the Owlz all got base hits making the bases loaded. Richard Cates then got a good hit bringing in two of the Owlz runners, bringing Orem within one run of Casper.
Dillon Baird stepped up to the plate and shelled out his first home run of the season bringing the score to 7-6 for Orem, and giving them their first lead since the second inning.
Hits by Wing and Carlos Ramirez put another run up for Orem bringing the score to 8-6. After scoring five runs alone during the sixth inning the Owlz finished out the game holding Casper and taking the win and keeping the score at 8-6 for the final.
The Orem Owlz will be at home all this week taking on Idaho Falls on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and Casper on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
*Photo Credit: Trent Bates, UVU Review*
Rugby ready for fall season
By Kira Terry
For those looking for another sporting event to attend in the fall, UVU Rugby may just be one of UVU's best-kept secrets.
During the 2008-09 season, UVU Rugby had quite the success which took them all the way to Nationals in Florida. "The team was consistently ranked in the Top 10 throughout the season," said William Taulau Fale the Chief Operations Officer for UVU Rugby.
At Nationals UVU sadly lost to Arizona State, but Fale said, "We have learned lessons that will be beneficiary throughout the 2009-2010 season."
Rugby teams often are seen as some of the closest teams and UVU's team isn't any different. "Rugby is a very team oriented sport," says Fale. "This is because every player has the opportunity to be a decision maker and a play maker by carrying the ball and making quarterback like decisions because they have the ball in their hands."
As for their upcoming season, Fale says their schedule will include, "schools such as Utah, Utah State, Weber State, Boise State, Snow College and other schools with which schedule negotiations are still being carried out."
All are invited to watch UVU Rugby in their upcoming season. Games are held on the field behind the Education Building on campus.
In the off-season Fale says, "We have made some great preparations with both coaching, players, school relations and the whole culture of UVU Rugby. We know that this season is the beginning of something special and invite the whole school to come enjoy UVU Rugby at its best."
UVU Rugby will begin their 2009-2010 season in September and will follow the fall season with a spring season.
