Show i C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday August 18 2002 i Valley soccer Grizzlies bite teams confident Nuttall scores 4 goals in win By Rick West staff writer After Logan’s 34) loss to Ogden on Thursday coach Slacec Flygare told her team she wanted them to play with more teamwork Lindsay Nuttall knew the best way to do that and she asked Flygare to move Sam Birky ' from midfield to forward ' dub-tea“Wc are on the same and we really connect well together" said Nuttall who is also a forward “I'm just used to playing with Sam and I thought we’d do good” “Good” is an understate- ment The duo were Logan girls soccer unstop- pable accounting for four of Logan's gods in a 5-- 2 blowout of visiting Hurricane on Saturday Logan is now the season Nuttall received credit for all four of these gods but it was usually Birky who did the most work dancing and splitting through the Hurricane (0-defense before dishing soft passes to Nuttdl for open 1- 2) shots "It wasn’t even hard It worked so well" Birky said "She just read my mind" The only goal thd didn’t belong to Birky and Nuttdl was Kami LugtuV blast off of a rebound to open the game But even though Nuttall and Birky did the rest of the scoring dl the Grizzlies were involved in the offense using quick passes and team awareness to slice through Hurricane's defenders 35-ya- rd “(This’was) a completely different team than Thursday" Flygare said “They played off each other We had some great passing combinations” The loss was Hurricane's second straight They opened their season with a 3 loss to Sky View on Friday The Hurricane soccer program is only a few years old and the inexperience has made it difficult for the Tigers to keep up with the valley schools Even Gabbi Mecham Hurricane’s rookie godkeeper struggled After a strong game agains) Sky View Mecham dlowed several of Logan's goals to slip through her hands and she seemed slow and out of focus Flygare believes Logan may have exposed Mccham’s inexperience more than the Bobcats because the Grizz attacked from short range while the Cats had many longer attempts "Sky View took a lot of outside shots” Flygare said “All of ours we worked it through and got in her face and made her make a play I think she still played a good game” After Lugtu's long god which was a rebound of a short blocked shot Hurricane’s Cassadee Stratton scored to tie the game at one It was Stratton’s third goal in the last two games The teams remained knotted until shortly before halftime when Birky took advantage of Hurricane’s tired defenders and burst through for a hard kick from 20 yards away The shot slid through Mecham’s hands and Nuttall punched it in from five yards out A minute later Birky provided an instant replay and crossed to Nuttdl for another goal from the same spot' "They worked incredible see I’ve got really good attitudes” Key players returning for the By Wad Dannlston staff writer It’s hard to believe but another girls soccer season has sprung While each of the three valley schools lost their fair share of players in 2001 things appear to look promising for each this year ‘The Region 4 campaign doesn’t kick off until Aug 27 but Logan Mountain Crest and Sky View have dl done well in preseason so far Here is a look at how each team will stack up 5-- Logan This could be a break-o- ut year for the Grizzlies For die first time since she took over the program in 1999 Logan coach Stacee Flygare has players that have been under her directum die entire time "When we got these freshmen that are now juniors I seriously said to myself ‘When those guys are juniors and seniors we’ll be tough’” Flygare said "I still believe it I’ve been thinking it for three years and hopefully this year it will really pay off Things can only go up for the Grizzlies In 2001 they won just four games But in 2000 they only tdlied a single victory Logan lost five seniors off last year’s team but the services of junior Emily Campbell who transferred to Sky View will be missed "We don’t lose very many” Flygare sdd "We lost a cou- pie other players but we’re still gonna be redly tough We’ve got some great players and from what I can tell redly good attitudes “I don’t think that you can buy attitude and from what I Brant StevensHeraJd Journal Logan Grizzly players Sam Birky left Lindsay Nuttall center and Leah Heister celebrate after NuttalTs second goal of the match near the end of the first half against Hurricane Saturday together” Flygare said “Sam’s always been a great distributor” Hurricane scored first in the second hdf when a mass of Tigers converged on a perfect comer kick TTie Tigers didn’t score agdn but they had control of the trail for most of the - first part of the second hdf Logan appeared to be on cruise control until Nuttdl battled Mecham for the trail in the goalie box Nuttdl eventually knocked the ball behind the goalie to Birky for an easy ' Birky was called offsides but the near-go-d energized Logan A minute later Nuttdl kicked a god past a diving Mecham to run the score to 4-- 2: Near the end of the hdf Nuttall added one more score after Birky danced past several defenders and fed Nuttdl a ’ perfect pass Logan travels to Payson on Tuesday Even though Saturday’s forward combination was an experiment Flygare sdd Birky and Nuttdl will probably be playing together a lot more this season - “I really like the combination we got today” Flygare said Grizzlies include seniors Sam Hatker Susan Krogh Kami Lugtu Shelsie Shaw Ana VaUente and Sarah Luman Flygare also is counting on big things out of her junior class "My junior class this year actually only has six and five of them are field players” Flygare sdd "All five of them are just great players Lindsey Nuttall of course She’s been playing ODPand stuff She’s playing great” rs Logan has some solid from choose it can Senior Cassie Dunn saw significant amount of time last year and junior Miriam McGregor is solid as well Flygare also is high on freshman keeper Megan Johnson Prior to their fust preseason game agdnst Ogden Flygare sdd she didn’t have field pod-doset for her Grizzlies just is confident die can She yet play a number of her players anywhere “I’ve got 17 looking like 18 maybe 19 kids that I’m thinking I can put anywhere” Flygare sdd “So I’m gonna pick my strongest 11 ana if they’ve never played there before they’ll learn it because I want my strongest 11 cm the field “And I am so thankful for preseason because we are gonna look at everything” After getting shut out in its first game against Ogden Logan bounced back to beat Hurricane Saturday The Grizzlies are on the year god-keepe- ns 1- -1 Mountain Crest A year ago Mustangs coach Steve Saunders had the daunting task of replacing top god-scorLacy Gustaveson er See SOCCER on C3 Beats John for LG&CC championship By Wade Dannlston staff writer Clay Christoffersen has played in four club championships at the Logan Golf & Country Club He’s won hdf of them Both times he’s come out on top Christoffersen has knocked off a close friend' Christoffersen’s victim Saturday in the championship flight was Dave John! whom he beat after 36 grading holes When he won his first men's title in 2000 Christof- ferseh knocked off Mike Johnson 9 and 8 "It’s been a long week” said Christoffersen who grew up playing junior golf with John ‘This was my le ninth round in six days because I played in the Utah mid-- : amateur! Sri 1’mjust about running out of gas “But if Dave would've had his putter going belter — he’s usually a lot better putter -- r1 I'd have probably been done" That may be true John had a number of close birdie putts that narrowly missed dropping in (he bottom of the cup On four straight holes — Nos 5r8 tt during the afternoon round John missed ' 'birdie attempt that allowed 'Christoffersen to go p "I probably edged eight'or 10 putts’’ John said VI putted all week in this championship really wejl and made a lot of putts but today they weren’t falling” ’ on missed competitor’s birdie-bi- d John conceded Christoffersen’s ' birdie' Then on No 8 Christoffersen used 18-ho- 2-u- his to reach the 290-yar- d setting up a short eagle putt John’s tee shot found its way behind a tree but he kept his chip low and ran it just past the pin John ran his birdie putt past the hole and Christoffersen countered by draining his eagle to go after John bogeyed No 9 again Christoffersen was On No 17 Christoffersen then with nine holes lo go drove into the 11th fairway but his "I was scared It was a little scary” second shot found the second cut of John said when asked about rough on the left side of the green Christoffersen going 3-John drove into the right tough and “Clay’s ' one of the premier golfers up here his second shot came up way short of the’ green When he goes birdie eagle on seven and eight it was rockin' my world “I was fortunate that Dave got over ' in the roughintothe grass and that’s' pretty good” Christoffersen knew he wasn’t ia (a difficult lie over there and he left it the clear by any'means short (on his approach)” Christof-ferse- n “I didn't really think it was going said “I hit driver oh 17 and it was in my way because I know if Dave gets his putter going he’s gonna make it that dirt on the right side” John said a match anytiide because he’s fe good "I hit a little wedge and it just didn’t player and he knows 'the course” compress or nothing 'It didn’t even r Christoffersen said icome out of there It just came out And John made it a match Slowly into the fairway" but surely Christoffersen thenliad a nice up- and-dod Anear to save par apd take the thepar-- 3 par-- 4 ' Lucerotorald Journal Davsi John chips ttw bal up onto the green during match-pla- y against Clay Christoffersen Saturday at Logan Goff ft Country Club i 1: r two-putte- ed 3-- ' bokt-in-oneo- EM two-putt- ed Christoffersen won the 35th and 36th holes of the match to hold off a late charge by John With the match going into the 25th hole Christoffersen hit several spectacular shots that helped him take his biggest lead On No 7 Christoffersen hit drito reach the green pn the ver 560-yar- d hole in two His eagle attempt came up short but after his 2-- up - across the green to the fringe He then chipped back across the putting surface to the fringe on the front of the green while John to' win the hole “I played the par-3- s really well today” said John who nearly had an ace on the second hole during the afternoon round John finally caught Christof- fersen on No 16 — the 34th hole ' of the match John’s drive from the elevated tee box went right but he caught a break whenf it hit a tree and didn’t go down into the 14th fairway Christoffersen’s drive found the center of the fairway but his approach went left onto the hillside but didn’t bound down onto the putting surface “(That) was just kind of a lazy tired shot in there” Christoffersen said “I just pulled iL” John’s second shot found the green d for par When and he Christoffersen missed his par attempt the match was j ! : lead back y "His short game arotindthe greens is just solid!” John said "He’s really worked hard on it he’s really good at it When he gets around the green ' he’s really tough” V To get to die final round Christoffersen beat John Poppas Gerald Ryan and Mark Baldwin : iw'- - I l'1 i Vifv x- - V” j r'!- - s I - i i1 ' wn l2th led to a birdie that brought John back to within two Then on the 15th a par-- 3 along die mountain ! v side Christoffersen’s tee shot found the rough on theleft side ofthe cart path while John found the center of the green Christoffersen’s chip from the hillside hit the cjurt path and rolled 'YhJ ? 'r'a-'V-- - V‘ '(v f ‘v " EILuoaraHarald Joumar " Clay Ctutsitoffafsen watches as his bal goes toward the cup on the 15th hole during the Logan Goff ft Counby Club championship against Dove John Saturday Christoffersen ended up getting a birda on the hole which put him 1 --up at the time He wort by two strokee In other 'matchra Mike Johnson beat Pete Goble in the president’s Lee Burke topped Wayne Cooper in the director’s Leetnam defeated Fete Sadoski in the flight and John Sorensen ed Joe Jolicoeur in the B flight v f fliRick ' best-Riv- er ' ' ) Summers vktorious at River Former Mountain Crest and rent Utah State golfer Nick Summen beat Kurt Jensen 3 and 2 to win the men’s chanmunship flight at Logan GrdfuNirse the River ’sAfliritt John won ' - ' cur-flig-ht -- : 1 ' s I' : x " ( |