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Page4 Sports The Lone Tree Reporter, May 8, Micah Reeves leads junior high Lions to win, Lone Tree boys and girls sweep first home meet by Bryon Houlgrave Of the five events in which Micah Reeves participated in, the number of times he placed second or lower was zero. Reeves swept his line-up of events and did so in fashion, blowing the doors off the competition in the 100-meter dash and scoring a time that is compa- rable to many sprinters on the high school level. The junior high track teams were finally able to take their first steps on the new surface as com- petitors last Monday, April 28th, at their home opener, and the result was a sweep. The boys, guided by head coach Jay Gorsh, took the lead early and never looked back, unless it was to see how far behind them the nearest runner was. After second and third place finishes in the long-jump, the Lions placed first in their next four events, cinching the lead and simply running away with it. Aside from Reeves impres- sive showcase of speed, distance also played a factor in the Lion s win. Derek Havel finished first in the mile, an event in which he entered with slight reservation. But all reservations were put away on the straight-away, as he casual- ly glanced behind him to see no one there and cruised across the finish line nearly a minute ahead of his closest competitor. Dallas Petersen took first place in the 200-meter hurdle, as well as lead- ing his team to a first place victo- ry in the shuttle hurdle relay, and that was something, Gorsh says, that gave the team a huge boost. We had some great individual efforts from Havel and Petersen, said Gorsh. Gorsh commented after the meet that it was a good win for the team. They had expected a very tough showdown with WACO, who had done extremely well at the Wapello tournament, putting up a first place finish at the 7th grade level and a third on the 8th grade side. We knew that a com- bined team was going to present a challenge. With a time of 12.41 in the 100- meter dash, coach Gorsh feels that Micah could walk into the high school level and be ready to compete. Micah s got a lot of speed, and I m sure he could run with the high school guys, Gorsh com- mented. I think he d be great in many events. Gorsh notes that Reeves sue- ]Splinters From the Bench By eon Rife II cess on the track lies deeper than his talents alone. He attributes his tremendous work efforts and strenuous off-season training regime as keys to his success on the track. He does a lot of things during the off season-extra work- outs that help him develop his speed-rather than just rely on his natural speed, which he certainly has. You can t post those times and not have some natural ability helping you, but at the same time [Micah] takes his natural ability and develops it with extra activi- ties that will help to increase his speed. The girls were off and running too, and behind the times of Ellie Neuzil and Hannah Loan the Lady Lions ran into first place, finish- ing off the Lone Tree sweep. I was really pleased with the girls, said Lady Lion coach, Rhonda Lacina. They were all trying to better their personal best. Lacina said that there are 42 girls out for track this year, so finding the talent doesnt take far to look. Micah Reeves sprinted a 12.41 in the 100-meter dash-good enough, his coach, to compete the high school s We have a very group of girls this year. The girls placed first events, 2nd in 8 events and the day with a score of 1441 The junior high Lady remain unbeaten so far this' a combined team, as do the In Regina the next day, the! grade girls continued their ning ways, scoring 113 pointS the win. The spring sports season is winding down for all. The girls conference track meet was held this week. The boys conference track meet will be held next Tuesday. But, don't think you can sit back, relax, and put your feet up for a couple of months. Baseball starts the last week in May. Well, you just .never can tell what is going to happen in the world of sports. The Prohibitive Favorite finished second in the Kentucky Derby. The Iowa soft- ball team backed into the Big Ten championship. Coming into the last weekend of Big Ten action I would have almost bet the farm that Michigan would win the title and I would 'get' to go to Ann Arbor again if I wanted to attend the Big Ten post season tourna- ment. You notice, I said I would have ALMOST bet the farm. I may not be the smartest pig in the pen, but I learned long ago that there is no such thing as a 'sure thing.' Anyway, Iowa will host the Big Ten Softball Tournament beginning today, May 8. It is the third time Iowa has hosted the tournament, but the Hawks have never won when it was in Iowa City. It has been either Iowa or Michigan hosting the tournament every year it's been held, begin- ning about 1995 or 1996. I'm glad it is in Iowa City, though. I was getting tired of going to Ann Arbor. It's a nice city and Michigan has a nice, pretty, cam- pus, but, it's a lot easier and cheaper to drive from home to Iowa City each day than to Ann Arbor. There are six teams in the tour- nament. Iowa is the #1 seed and Michigan is the #2 seed. In game one, at noon on Thursday, #3 Michigan State will play #6 Northwestern. In game two, at 2:30 on Thursday, #4 Illinois will take on #5 Minnesota. At 5:00 p.m. Michigan will take on the game one winner and at 7:30 p.m. Iowa will take on the game 2 win- ner. That is one definite advantage that Iowa has over the Michigan field. There are no lights there, so the tournament always starts in the morning. The action starts again at noon on Friday. The game two loser and the game three loser meet at noonl the games one and four los- ers meet at 2:30, the games three and four winners meet at 5:00 and the games five and six winners meet at 7:30. On Saturday, the game eightwinner takes 'on the ' game seven loser at noon and then the game seven winner and the game nine winner meet at 2:30 for the champhionship. I think that game will be televised live by Fox Sports Chicago. It has been for the last several years. Iowa managed to win the title by finishing 1/2 game ahead of Michigan. When Iowa lost twice to Northwestern and then beat Illinois in the doubleheader two weekends ago that left Iowa with a final conference record of 13-4. "The Hawks had the 'bye' last weekend. Michigan was in first place after that weekend's action with a record of 13-3 and two games left with Michigan State. All Michigan had to do would be to win one of its last two games. However, the Spartans were look- ing to improve their own seeding in the tournament, so they beat Michigan, 2-0, on Saturday in East Lansing and then beat them 2-1 on Sunday in Ann Arbor. That dropped Michigan to 13-5, half a game behind Iowa, and vaulted Michigan State past Illinois into third place. So, everybody, if you are look- ing for something to do Thursday, Friday and Saturday, take yourself to Pearl Field in Iowa City and watch some softball. Iowa has gotten the final permanent bleach- ers added this spring atop the dugouts and the seating capacity is now about 1200. I was rather surprised, that Iowa didn't get chosen' as a SiteTOr  an NCAA Regional Tournament. The nearest ones are in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Apparently, Nebraska has upgraded its softball facility by quite a bit. When I was out there the softball team was play- ing its games on a recreational field with not much more bleach- er seating than Lone Tree has. 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