Reading Time: 2 minutes httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt7WHgwPfOY The Orem Owlz won their season opener 7-6 over the Casper Ghosts at home in front of a record crowd of 6,163 . Owlz ace Aaron Meade started the game with three strong innings. “Aaron’s tempo with the catcher was great.” Owlz manager Tom Kotchman said. “Much improved from last year.” After striking out […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flush with returning pitchers but short on position players, the Owlz were supplied with one of the best – second- year player Taylor Lindsey. Lindsey, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound second baseman, brings with him a bat that has done major damage already. Coming out of Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, AZ, Lindsey batted .592 his […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pitching coach Zeke Zimmerman, who has been with the Angels organization since 1993, has high hopes for this year’s pitching rotation after the Owlz finished in the middle of the Pioneer League pack last season (fourth, 4.50 ERA) “We have great scouts that not only recruit good talent, but also good people,” Zimmerman said. Of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llQS0galdD4 New hitting coach Tom Evans hopes to spark the Owlz explosive offense. Although Evans is new to coaching, he has plenty of experience in the minor league system. Evans was drafted out of high school by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth round of the 1992 MLB Amateur Draft as a third […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Division titles in 2001-05, 2008 and 2009. League championships in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009. If you were to ask me what professional baseball team had those numbers, only the New York Yankees come to mind. When the Yankees won their first World Series in the 90’s, I was transfixed and totally hooked on baseball. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s Brock Winn dominated his first ride at the College National Finals Rodeo. From there he used a strategy from his studies as an aviation science major. He kept climbing — all the way to second in the nation. The sophomore sensation thrilled the Casper, WY locals in his week-long surge, coming out of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wolverine Rodeo club is putting in a strong showing at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR). The event began Sunday, June 12th at the Casper Events center in Casper Wyoming. With over 100 universities represented, the Wolverines are proving they belong with the best. The team took six riders competing in six different events […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This week could have, should have settled the question of where Utah Valley and the Western Athletic Conference are headed. After the WAC left UVU out in favor of Seattle University, the answer for both parties seems to be this: not a clue. For the Wolverines, it’s a blow that leaves them reeling in the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Several months’ worth of presentations, planning and last-ditch efforts by Utah Valley University weren’t enough for the Western Athletic Conference, who elected Tuesday not to extend them an invitation. UVU issued the following statement early Tuesday afternoon: “We are disappointed that the Western Athletic Conference presidents chose not to add Utah Valley University […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes They won five conference championships this past academic year. Their facilities are expanding. They boast an All-American in basketball and wrestling, respectively. Simply put, UVU Athletics is a whale in the pond that is the Great West. PODCAST Part I [audio: http://wearesuns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/PART1Jacobsen-Interview.mp3] Part II [audio: http://wearesuns.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/PART2Jacobsen-Interview.mp3] No longer content beating up on the Dakotas (among […]