By Tom Zulewski

The Canyon View Falcons fell behind before its first at-bat in a Region 12 showdown against the Carbon Dinos last week. With Jaxon Jensen making the pitches when he needed, it was only a matter of time before the bats came through and gave the Falcons a key win.

Junior Jake Thomas broke a tie with a fourth-inning home run, and the Falcons made it stand up late as they held on to beat Carbon, 4-3 on April 2. Jensen earned the win on the mound with 5 ⅔ innings of work, allowing four walks, but striking out six Dinos hitters.
“I like the way our kids handled the pressure. Carbon’s a good team,” Falcons head coach Jason Jacobsen said. “We made big-time plays.”
The visiting Dinos were able to chase Jensen after a two-run rally in the top of the sixth cut the CV lead to a run, but the bullpen duo of Zac Millett and Price Atwood got the final four outs to complete the victory.
Despite turning a double play for the third straight game, the Falcons fell behind 1-0 on an RBI single from Cameron Vasquez. Canyon View’s Zach Maine hit into a double play in the bottom of the third, but it scored pinch-runner Cameron Williams and tied the score at 1-1.
After Thomas’ homer put the Falcons back in front, CV would add two more runs in the bottom of the fifth that proved invaluable. Cameron Calvez led off with a double and Williams came around to score on a Brady Anderson single. A Kasen Stoker single with two out scored Anderson and pushed the lead to three.
Jace Barlow led off the Carbon 6th with a home run, and Rydge Butler singled with two out to score Tyrus Madsen and end Jensen’s day. Atwood allowed only one baserunner to the Dinos in the top of the 7th before the Falcons held on.
Canyon View began the week with a make-up road game April 1 against the Emery Spartans and did the majority of its work on offense over the final two innings to polish off an 11-1 rout. After giving up Emery’s only run of the day in the bottom of the first, Canyon View scored runs in each of the final four innings to take control. The Falcons were able to end the game early due to the run rule by scoring five runs in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Anderson went the distance on the mound to get the win for CV, allowing only six hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Four different players had two hits apiece in the win.
In the rematch played April 4, Carbon broke open a tie game with eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and went on to beat Canyon View, 9-2, CV was held to just three hits and suffered their first loss in Region 12 play (6-1, 10-6 overall, No. 3 ranking in the RPI). As they did in the previous matchup, the Dinos scored a run in the first inning, but the Falcons were able to pull even with a run in the top of the fifth.
Starter Zac Millett was charged with four runs in four innings and took the loss. Bubba Ludlow had two hits and drove in both runs for Canyon View to lead the offense.
The Falcons returned to another busy week that started with a Tuesday road game at Delta that was too late for press deadline. They will return home today for a make-up game against Emery starting at 3 p.m. today, then will face the Rabbits in the rematch Friday at the same starting time.
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CV Baseball Wins Pair3 min read

By Tom Zulewski

The Canyon View Falcons fell behind before its first at-bat in a Region 12 showdown against the Carbon Dinos last week. With Jaxon Jensen making the pitches when he needed, it was only a matter of time before the bats came through and gave the Falcons a key win.

Junior Jake Thomas broke a tie with a fourth-inning home run, and the Falcons made it stand up late as they held on to beat Carbon, 4-3 on April 2. Jensen earned the win on the mound with 5 ⅔ innings of work, allowing four walks, but striking out six Dinos hitters.
“I like the way our kids handled the pressure. Carbon’s a good team,” Falcons head coach Jason Jacobsen said. “We made big-time plays.”
The visiting Dinos were able to chase Jensen after a two-run rally in the top of the sixth cut the CV lead to a run, but the bullpen duo of Zac Millett and Price Atwood got the final four outs to complete the victory.
Despite turning a double play for the third straight game, the Falcons fell behind 1-0 on an RBI single from Cameron Vasquez. Canyon View’s Zach Maine hit into a double play in the bottom of the third, but it scored pinch-runner Cameron Williams and tied the score at 1-1.
After Thomas’ homer put the Falcons back in front, CV would add two more runs in the bottom of the fifth that proved invaluable. Cameron Calvez led off with a double and Williams came around to score on a Brady Anderson single. A Kasen Stoker single with two out scored Anderson and pushed the lead to three.
Jace Barlow led off the Carbon 6th with a home run, and Rydge Butler singled with two out to score Tyrus Madsen and end Jensen’s day. Atwood allowed only one baserunner to the Dinos in the top of the 7th before the Falcons held on.
Canyon View began the week with a make-up road game April 1 against the Emery Spartans and did the majority of its work on offense over the final two innings to polish off an 11-1 rout. After giving up Emery’s only run of the day in the bottom of the first, Canyon View scored runs in each of the final four innings to take control. The Falcons were able to end the game early due to the run rule by scoring five runs in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Anderson went the distance on the mound to get the win for CV, allowing only six hits with three walks and six strikeouts. Four different players had two hits apiece in the win.
In the rematch played April 4, Carbon broke open a tie game with eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and went on to beat Canyon View, 9-2, CV was held to just three hits and suffered their first loss in Region 12 play (6-1, 10-6 overall, No. 3 ranking in the RPI). As they did in the previous matchup, the Dinos scored a run in the first inning, but the Falcons were able to pull even with a run in the top of the fifth.
Starter Zac Millett was charged with four runs in four innings and took the loss. Bubba Ludlow had two hits and drove in both runs for Canyon View to lead the offense.
The Falcons returned to another busy week that started with a Tuesday road game at Delta that was too late for press deadline. They will return home today for a make-up game against Emery starting at 3 p.m. today, then will face the Rabbits in the rematch Friday at the same starting time.

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