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Show OREM TIMES Page 9 COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN T'Wolves fall to Fremont r k $ ft Thursday, May 24, 2007 f.jw-.i'V,i-ij'i"i MARIO RUIZNorth County Orem's Mindy Robins competes in the long jump at the 4A track meet Friday ot BYU. Orem girls cruise to second straight 4A track crown Russ Lyman DAILY HERALD For most teams getting zero points in two events they were expecting to win would be a devastating blow to any championship cham-pionship aspirations. For the Orem girls track team, it was just a speed bump on the path to a second consecutive con-secutive 4A crown, one that the Tigers would hurdle easily in Mindy Robins-like fashion. The hirst surprise of the day came when a member of Orem's 4xl00-meter relay team dropped the baton, resulting in a last-place last-place finish for the overwhelming overwhelm-ing favorites in the event. The other unexpected twist came when senior speedster Natasha Martin didn't participate partici-pate in the girls 200m race. Despite being shutout in the two events, the Tigers had more than enough depth to overcome the obstacles. "We came in wanting to win a state championship and they've done that," co-head coach Andy Jacobs said. "We've had some pretty good road bumps along the way, but the kids ran really well. It's a lot of fun." Orem capped off a second year of 4A dominance by scoring scor-ing 100 points on Saturday at BYU, almost 40 more than its closest competitor Springville. "I think it says a lot about our program," said co-head coach Sam Bates. "We've built a lot of depth and the kids came through and got us the points that we needed." Robins did her part by winning win-ning both the 100m and 300m hurdles during the day to go along with her long jump win on Friday. Junior Krystal Harper Harp-er provided a win in the 3200m and the Orem supporting cast, led by Dort, did the rest. Dort ran a personal best to finish second to Springville's Natalie Young in the 400m. She also ran on the Tigers' three relay teams. v-r-- LOCATIONONLY 13 ; f . Fresh Ripe Dole Bananas 3$il lbs. JL Fresh Ripe -w j-Z ..-'jr. Moctyi Fntn e a. A? tan Ground (.4 ',C j-159 K "She pulled back big time for us, she's been a stud for us," Jacobs said. "She's been so instrumental in what we've been trying to do, she's been a huge help for us." Dort's importance to the team can't be diminished by the fact that she didn't take first in any events. "There's always going to be people like Mindy that come out in first," Dort said. "You've got to be happy with doing the best you can and helping out the team the way you need to." Orem's depth was shown in almost every event. Becky Reeves came in second in the discus, Martin took second in the 100m, Delyse Downey placed second in the Javelin and Kendy Christiansen added a third place finish in the 3200m. In addition to placing high, Christiansen also helped her team by pacing Harper to help her win the event. "We pace each other. I don't know how fast to go without her there and she doesn't know how fast to go without me there," Harper said. "I was pretty confident, the two-mile is like my race." Although this year's Tiger team will lose a great deal of talent including Robins, Dort and Downey, the success of the underclassmen over the weekend has the coaches thinking about a dynasty. "The Orem High track program pro-gram is here and it's not going to go away anytime soon," Bates said. In the race for the boys championship, cham-pionship, Timpview outran Box Elder. However, the Bees dominated domi-nated the field events to edge the T'Birds by 3.5 points. Timpview's team of TJ Jones, Jaren Goodwin, Mark Ercanbrack and Chris Page bested their personal best by three seconds to win the event by just .02 seconds over Orem. The Tigers' Tom Steele dove at the finish line, but his effort wasn't enough to get the win. Maceys 9 ct. pkg. Fresh Brownies 16 02 Honey Bunclm 01 Odd Honey t, Almond Pott Cereal M .." .... 1U v Red Devil Cory Pierson placed first in the 110m hurdles, with Orem's Steele taking third in the event. Steele also placed second in the 300m hurdles. Day1 Orem track coach Andy Jacobs Ja-cobs has a dilemma. Of course it's a dilemma like that of Bill Gates having to decide where all his money will go after he dies, the kind that every other coach in the state wishes they had. But it's a dilemma nevertheless. What should he do with senior se-nior superstar Mindy Robins? Should he have her compete in the sprints, where she could contend for titles in the 100, 200 and 400 meters? Or perhaps per-haps have her run the 100m and 300m hurdles where she was a state champion last year? Maybe just let her anchor an-chor your relay teams? "Mindy brings a lot of complications com-plications because the trick is, where do you run her," Jacobs said. "You can't have enough Mindys, that's for sure. She makes it super easy. You ask her to do something, she says 'OK coach. How fast, how hard?" Whatever Jacobs decides, he's sure to look pretty smart. Robins made him look like a genius on Friday. Robins' day started off when she anchored the Tigers' 4x100 relay team' to a near-record near-record performance in the preliminaries. She was just getting started. Robins then took first in the long jump and broke the state record in the process with a leap of 18 feet, 10.5 inches. "It feels awesome. I knew I could jump that far, but I've just been scratching a lot," Robins said. "I've been working work-ing hard for it. It felt good to finally get on the board and get a good jump in." See TRACK, Page 1 1 Gallon 1, 2 or Skim ShurSavings Milk $1" Moceyi Frefh 4WVl Fillet 99 lb. a t Tir nrr.i inr H'.rn ummim NeilK.Warner DAILY HERALD In the matter of a split second, Timpanogos' 5A championship hopes suffered a serious setback on Tuesday night at BYU when a bang-bang bang-bang play went against them, allowing Fremont to escape a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 7-6 win and advance to the finals of the undefeated. It was controversial ending that left Fremont Fre-mont fans screaming with excitement and Timpanogos fans grumbling, "We got screwed." Trailing 74 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, Christian Stewart led off with a walk. Rhett Nelson followed with a walk and Nash Fowler singled to load the bases. Fremont pitcher Dalton Aiken battled back to strike out Jordan Cooper, but Taylor Lyons drew a bases-loaded walk to force in a run. Aiken struck out Robbie Carter, but then threw a wild pitch, allowing another run to score, which cut the lead to 7-6. With runners at first and third, Aiken pitched around and walked Bret Lopez, who had gone 2-for-3 with a triple and 3 RBI for the game. With the bases loaded, Grant Jimenez drove a ball down the right field line that looked like it would hit the chalk and start the Timpanogos celebration, but it tailed foul by a foot. Jimenez then hit a ground ball to shortstop Jade Hadley, who picked it up and ran to the bag instead of throwing it to second. Lopez dove in head first to second. The umpire sided with Fremont Fre-mont and called Lopez out to end the game. "I had the best angle right here and I really thought the kid's foot was in the air when Bret hit the bag," said Timpanogos coach Kim Nelson. After the game, Lopez said he was safe and Nelson argued the call, but it changed nothing. "We just didn't get key hits at the right time," Kim Nelson said. "A few times early when its bases bas-es loaded and one out and don't even get a good swing at it and a couple time we took called thirds (strike) with guys in scoring position or strike Shootout lifts Tigers into semifinals Russ Lyman DAILY HERALD "It's just a situation everyone dreams about. The game's on the line and you have a chance to win it. What do you do?' That was the question that Orem defender Jake Balser posed at the conclusion of Friday's Fri-day's game against Woods Cross in the 4A soccer quarterfinals. He had the chance to experience experi-ence that scene a few minutes earlier. With an entire soccer season resting on his foot, Balser was chosen to take the final penalty kick in the Tigers' shootout against the Wildcats. The senior se-nior captain got nothing but net after he drilled a low shot into left corner to give Orem a 5-3 win after the teams had battled to a 0-0 tie during regulation regu-lation and overtime. "I picked my spot in the lower left and thought about changing it up," Balser said. "Then I figured fig-ured I'd just go with what I've been practicing. I'm just glad I didn't miss completely." Balser was the player who was swarmed by teammates and fans who rushed him, but it was everyone else doing their jobs that gave him the opportunity op-portunity to cap the win with a right -footed exclamation point. After two rounds of the shootout, shoot-out, McKay Corbett and Brad two North statt Weslem Family iw ct. 7 02. Plastic Cups Krafl 18oz Ortamol Honey ot Hickory Smoke A BBQ Sauce 79 36 oz Bottle Western Family Ketchup 99 In Our Deli 8 Piece Delicious Fried Chicken n U A $i99 mrrrc& Regularly J6.99 " IS ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County Jeff Hertig (17) of Woods Cross slides in to go for a steal against Tyler Boulter (21) of Orem on Friday. Orem won in a shootout. Howard both converted their chances for Orem, but Woods Cross was 2-for-2 as well. Jason Bodine nailed his chance to put the Tigers ahead 3-2. Strttt Orem, Utah Western family 120 ct pkg. Napkins Keebler48ct. Ice Cream Cones Kratt 32 oz Miracle Whip or Mayonnaise I88 2 Legs, 2 Wings, 2 Thighs, 2 Breasts ;fi7 1 ;7TT'! IS. M mwm r A 'iVKW few' ", ' " ' . .a.-:.::..-. i-X JEREMY HARMONNorth County Timpanogos's Bret Lopez throws to first in the T'Wolves' game against Fremont on Tuesday. outs. Those are things we pride ourselves in being able to do and we didn't do them today." Since it was only Timpanogos' first loss in the double-elimination tournament, the question now looms about how will Timpanogos bounce back. "The whole year we've always come back . and played well the next game, but we're talking talk-ing just a few hours now," Nelson said. "It kind of tells you about your leadership now to see how some of your seniors or older kids can help rally the troops so we'll see." 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