For a split second, Real Salt Lake thought they had battled themselves into second place in the Western Conference with a win over the San Jose Earthquakes. Midfielder Kyle Beckerman knocked a loose ball into the back of the net off a Javier Morales corner kick to take a 1-0 lead in the 72nd minute. While the celebration ensued, the referee called a late offside on Beckerman annulling the goal and a RSL win.
Former Utah Valley pitcher Marcus Moore signed a deal on Thursday with the Baltimore Orioles and will begin his professional career in Sarasota, Florida as a member of the Gulf Coast League Orioles.
The crack of the bat and the pop of the ball pounding the catcher’s mitt are sounds that have become all too familiar to Steve Gardner, UVSC’s baseball coach of the past 18 years.
After a coaching run with the Wolverines that lasted nearly two decades, Gardner decided to pursue other endeavors and announced his retirement before the 2008 season.
Ken Griffey Jr. just moved into hallowed company with the swing of his bat. In front of only a few thousand fans at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Griffey hit home run number 600.
Real Salt Lake, perennial bottom dwellers of the MLS, felt the winds of change blowing in their direction, but the momentum boost they had hoped for ended in a disappointing scoreless draw with the Kansas City Wizards. Sitting in the fifth spot in the west division with 11 points, Real was looking to jump right back into the thick of the conference race with five of their next seven games at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Earlier this season Utah was 0-9 and had every reason to schedule its vacation plans early. After making the playoffs in each of its first two years, the Blaze were in danger of missing the post season for the first time in team history.
It took one stretch of unfathomably perfect play for the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl this year. Time and time again in sports, a team gets hot at the right moment and coasts to achieve greatness. While Utah Valley has struggled through most of the season with a 17-35-1 record, the Wolverines have been on a tear lately to finish the season with wins over teams with national precedence.
If anyone is worthy of having his or her own statue on the campus of UVSC, it’s baseball coach Steve Gardner. After 18 seasons as the Wolverines skipper coach Gardner has decided to call it quits and ride off into the sunset of retirement.
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Every team in every sport hopes for its season to culminate in a storybook ending with streamers falling and champagne bottles overflowing while We are the Champions blares over the loud speakers. The Utah Valley softball team was not that lucky, but is pleased as it won nine of its last 14 games to put a lid on a tough season.