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Show 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, August 16, 2007 Sports 3&ec Page 10 Orem wins big game against Lone Peak Jared Lloyd I'lanary vs. iirscn. No, that's not the headlining headlin-ing lxit on the next Saturday night pav-T-view boxing extravaganza, ex-travaganza, though it had all the thrills of a prize fight. It was a I uesday afternoon matchup of two of the top girls soccer players in Utah Valley lne I'eak senior lorward Shantel I'lanary led (lass 5A in scoring last year while Orem senior defender Hrianne l-arsen anchored a voting but talented Tiger defense. de-fense. The duo battled for much of the game with I-arsen winning win-ning the matchup in a very narrow decision, part of which hinged on the fact that the Tigers left Alpine with the 2-1 victory. "Hr ianne Iirsen is tough," said I me Peak head coach Mike biHargoue. "She's one of the best defenders in the state. Orem is lucky to have her in the back line to organize orga-nize what they want to do." L-itrsen and the Tigers only allowed the dangerous Knight offense to have two scoring opportunities in the game, a key component in getting the victory. I'lanary, however, did create cre-ate excitement early in the second half with the game still scoreless as she broke free deep in Orem territory. I-arsen got some tag-team help on that play as Tiger senior se-nior keeper Aly Tucker made a great diving stop, using her feet to kntK'k the ball away from the Ixme I'eak forward as she tried to go around her. That set the stage for Orem which scuffed a penalty kick wide in the first minutes min-utes of the contest to get a lucky bounce to get on the board first. Tiger senior midfielder www.cougarblue.com Utah's Wild TM Special Adoption Fee for Pairs Adopt a Mare or Jenny Pair for $1 25.00 Aug. 1 thru Sept. 28, M-F 9-3 Sat. 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But the Knights refused to fold, getting a break of their own in the 72nd minute of the game. A long shot bounced away from Tucker and Lora Katzenbach put the pall into the empty net to make the score 2-1. That appeared to energize the home team, which desperately desper-ately tried to get the equalizer equal-izer in the final few minutes but couldn't get past Larsen, Tucker and the Tiger defense. "We played hard those last 10 minutes but before that we had no sense of urgency," Iillargoue said. "It didn't appear ap-pear like we had any concept of what we wanted to do out there. Playing against a good experienced Orem team was what we needed. They exposed what we are doing wrong big time." On the other side, the visitors felt pleased with how they performed. "I felt like we kept the pressure pres-sure on them consistently," louder said. "Everyone stepped up and played well." Horse & Burro Adoption i . ft Arjf , -.i Johnson looking to build MV into Russ Lyman NORTH COUNTY New Mountain View head football coach Teko Johnson is a builder. He might not know much about construction, but he does know a thing or two about laying lay-ing the foundation for a quality football program and forging a winner. After taking over mediocre programs and building build-ing them into successes in his three previous coaching stops on the East Coast, Johnson has confronted yet another big challenge. Mountain View's football program might be the biggest fixer-upper he's ever taken on, but he wouldn't have it any other way. "I guess that's part of my personality," Johnson said. "I like the building part, I like the challenge, so maybe I get a little bit anxious when I'm not doing that anymore." Johnson's first task as head coach was to wipe the slate completely clean. He hasn't watched a single game film from last season and hasn't requested re-quested any depth charts from a year ago. "The good thing about being new is that everyone gets a chance," Johnson said. "I think it's good to have someone new come in who doesn't have preconceived pre-conceived notions, but it could T'Wolves Jordan Christiansen HERALD CORRESPONDENT Win, lose, or draw, coaches are rarely thrilled with their teams. You can't blame them; they're only trying to make their players better. But it's one of the Almighty Rules of Coaching seek out the mis-cues mis-cues in order to improve. Yet though neither team was perfect and both will still hold practices after Timpanogos's 2-1 2-1 victory over Provo on Friday at Orem, Provo coach Chris Chilcoat and Timpanogos assistant assis-tant coach Jim Jaramillo could only point out the positives. Wild Hrfe Burro Program Also adopt at: Manti Adoption, August 25 or Delta Wild Horse & Burro Facility Mon-Fri 8-5 (435)864-4068 - in... . ' - i, L , , . A ' k 1 4'? -J.-f ,m o""- Mountain View's football players be bad for some kids (who played last year) because they haven't earned anything yet." Not only does Johnson not have any preconceived notions on who will play, he also isn't bound to any ideas concerning how his team will play. "Whatever's going to work. If we need to throw we'll throw, if we need to run we'll run," he said. "I'm not grounded ground-ed to doing any particular thing, but I am grounded to doing do-ing it full speed and executing it well." Regardless of Johnson's knowledge of his team's performance per-formance last year, he should have a solid foundation of experienced ex-perienced players upon which to build. earn two victories in "I thought we improved from the last time we played," said Jaramillo. "I'm seeing balls getting get-ting switched, I'm seeing better communication by the players, and we're getting out of problems prob-lems better with our passing. Things are coming along." Timpanogos scored first, when Jessie Beck sent a picture pic-ture perfect pass between two Bulldog defenders to Noelle Sanders, who went right to left and scored in the 15th minute. The T'Wolves controlled the ball in the first half, keeping play on Provo's side of the field. In the second half, both teams' roles switched quickly. This time Provo was on the attack, at-tack, and the Bulldogs found pay dirt. Chandra Salmon went 2-on-l with a Timpanogos defender and goalie Alexa Anderson and beat them both, tieing the game 1-1 midway through the half. After the goal, the momentum momen-tum swung violently in favor , of the Bulldogs, who continued to create scoring opportunities. opportuni-ties. On one run, Amber Wad- Crxk To School ,1 i Beauty Supplies For Hair, Skin & Nails It is still a good time to refinance, whether you're buying, refinancing or consolidating. Delta I CALL US TODAY! r&imi ;M. Wttsftr4 tos.J JERONIMO NISANorth County practice on Aug. 7. Mark Garrett returns at quarterback quar-terback after showing promise as a junior. Garrett has a good arm as well as good speed. Mountain View also returns a full stable of running backs, led by Marcus Draper, who Johnson says may be the most versatile of his talented backs. Anthony Heimuli, Nate Stroshine and T.J. Maunga will also see time in the backfield. Most of the running backs also play on the defensive side of the ball as linebackers. Greg May will lead an athletic athlet-ic wide receiver group as well as the defensive secondary. Caleb Ca-leb Loveland and Sam Roeden should also be go-to targets for Garrett. Up front, Jordan Gustin, Gra sworth flicked a pass right to a streaking Chandra Salmon as her back was to the goal, but barely missed a chance to take the lead after a Timpanogos defender knocked it away at the last moment. On another chance, Jessica Trewartha got a nice pass from Whitney Hoopes, then sent it deep into the T'Wolf goalbox. Vayla Mitchell was right there a few feet in front of the goal, but her shot somehow managed to go barely over the crossbar. "Today we played really well," said Chilcoat. "We started start-ed to mark better in the second half. We're passing better. We're being creative and it's fun to watch." But as time went on, Provo's momentum began to wane, until at last the Timberwolves struck. Sophomore Angelica Dickson put a pass right where freshman Marissa Nimmer needed it in Bulldog territory. As Nimmer kept the defender on her shoulder away from the ball, she took a low shot that passed by Bulldog goalie Katie Liston and into the open net, supply products for great hair days 1M I ! I I Fin ANCiAL;Gkoup ir T tF , . . 4 contender ham Zuber and Bronson Tabor return to anchor the lines. "Overall we have some talent tal-ent in some spots. We just need to find a way to mesh it all together," Johnson said. "We do have some kids with experience, experi-ence, but it would be nicer if they had experience with winning." win-ning." No matter what happens on the field, Johnson won't judge his kids based on wins and losses, but by the effort they put forth and the improvement they show. "For me, success will be defined de-fined by how the kids feel about how they do," he said. "It's not about comparing themselves to Timpview, but about comparing compar-ing themselves to themselves. If they can do that, the season will be a success regardless of how the season goes." Although the success may not come immediately, based on Johnson's track record it should come in time. Johnson is especially espe-cially encouraged by the fact that the Bruins have about 50 more kids in the program this year than they had last year. "Patience is a virtue. We've got a long way to go so we'll take it a step at a time and not get ahead of ourselves," he said "We have a great staff in place. We have some kids that are hungry hun-gry and excited and if we put it all together, it should be fun." preseason scoring the winning goal. "The girls played the full 80 minutes and never gave up," said Jaramillo. "So it was only a matter of time before we put a combination together." Though disappointed at the loss, Coach Chilcoat still seemed upbeat. "We get along really well, we're a team," Chilcoat said. "We trust each other, we listen to each other, and I think that's probably our biggest strength right now as a team. We're going to come together. We played a lot better today than we did yesterday and that's all I really care about." I Timpanogos 4, Bingham 0: At Riverton, Timpanogos knocked off another ranked team, traveling to fifth-ranked Bingham and coming away with a shutout on Tuesday. The Timberwolves (4-0), who led 2-0 at the half, got two goals from freshman Marissa Nimmer, and one each from Angelica Dickson and Noelle Sanders. 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