Sentinels down Snow Canyon, finish St. George Summer Classic 3-1

Written by Andy Griffin
June 26, 2016
Austin Deming (13), St. George Sentinels vs. Snow Canyon, Baseball, June 25, 2016, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

ST. GEORGE – Baseball in the heat can be a challenge, but the St. George Sentinels are making it work. The local American Legion team captured a 4-2 win over Snow Canyon Saturday in the consolation game of the St. George Summer Classic. The Sentinels went 3-1 in the tournament.

legionlogoCoach Shane Johanson said he was happy with his team’s effort over the tourney, which included wins over Cedar (on a Tobie Swenson no hitter), Idaho Falls and Snow Canyon.

The only loss in the Classic was a 2-0 decision to Cache Valley, despite a great pitching performance by Brooks Barney, who allowed just one earned run in the complete-game 2-0 loss Thursday.

St. George Sentinels vs. Snow Canyon, Baseball, June 25, 2016, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
St. George Sentinels vs. Snow Canyon, Baseball, June 25, 2016, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

Dawson Staheli was 2 for 3 with two runs batted in Saturday night in the game that was played at Warriors Field and featured a 108-degree temperature at start time. Former Warrior Nick Dolce got the win on the mound.

The Sentinels are 13-4 on the season and are leading the newly created Utah Southern League with a 4-0 record.

St. George plays Helper Tuesday night in Beaver before departing for the USA Premier Firecracker Tournament in Southern California over the Fourth of July week.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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