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Show 8 October 20, 2010 cs$Wh znzzzzzn: Seniors and Parents Introduced on Senior Night at Last Home Game of the Season , j I j.;,. . ' " i - : ; i- V'' ........... ...... V V ,.'' , ."A V v Viking Quarterback Zack Christensen delivers a perfect pass to Wide Re-ceiver Erik Schofield, who pulls in the catch as LP players look on. Photo courtesy of PicMyKid .com by Kent Allen During pregame festivities, the seniors on the Viking Football Team were introduced along with their parents before their last home game of the season. There are 30 players belonging to the Senior Class. Members of this group include Winston Sorhaitz, our standout kicker (who added another PAT to his string of successful kicks making it 20 for 20 this season); Zack Christensen, Quarterback, McKay Madsen and Quinn Newbold, Wide Receivers; Nate Sampson and Bryon Bingham, Tight Ends; Austin Heder, Jackson Giles, Running Backs and Russ Hiskey and Garrett Horsley, Linemen. Amoung all the rest, these athletes will be missed next year. We wish them the best as they move on in their lives. As far as the game went, if the Vikings could have contained one man, they could have won the game. But the difference one person can make was certainly felt, especially during the second half. Lone Peak's Quarterback, Chase Hansen passed and ran enough to be responsible for all but 9 yards of offense for the Knights. He ran 26 times for 175 yards and completed 1 1 out of 18 passes for 173 yards totaling 348 yards of offense. Lone Peak's total offensive effort was 357 yards. Hansen compiled most of the yards and the rest of the team contributed 9 yards to the effort. And he is only a junior. There are great things to be heard of this young man in the future. The first half of the game was also the best defensive effort of the year. Both teams traded possession in the first quarter with no points scored. Both teams scored in the second quarter but Lone Peak missed : rVi r 13 Jason West stretches out to pull in the pass just short of a Viking touchdown. Photo courtesy of PicMyKid.com 24 Parker Johnson strips the Lone Peak quarterback of the ball forc-ing a turnover. Photo courtesy of PicMyKid.com the point after and left the field at the half with PG leading 7-- 6. If that effort could have been continued through the second half, the Vikings may have been able to pull off an upset victory. And several times, the offense or defense were just this close to actually pulling it off. Even in the waning moments of the game, the Vikings were still fighting hard as the Knights did not let up on the gas. The final score was Lone Peak 27, Pleasant Grove 7. The last game of the season will be played at Alta High School on Friday, October 22, starting at 7 p.m. With a 4-- 1 record, Alta is in second place in Region 4 and ranked twentieth in the state. Alta beat the Vikings last year in overtime which put us in third place in our region. It would be great for the Vikings to end the season with a win. --I I ' - v X' .; : " 1 . Photo courtesy of PicMyKid.com Lady Viking Spikers Sink AF Cavewomen in 3 --Game Match American Fork tied the game several times. Serves by Jenny "Munchkin" Hardman and Alison Vincent enabled the Cavewomen to give the Vikings a scare, especially when American Fork pulled within 15-1- 3 and 20-- 1 8 . Delayne Daniel kills slowed the Cavewomen down, and Pleasant Grove stayed narrowly ahead long enough to win Game 1. Even though a Su'a-fil- o kill sent American Fork ahead 3-- 1 in the second game, the Vikings soon secured a 6-- 4 lead on a McKell Hymas ace. Game 2 turned into a seesaw fight until an Audrey Biggs kill put the Vikings lead at 10-- 8. The Vikings proceeded to pull away in spite resistance from Cavewomen Jessica Fugal and Allise Larsen. Aided by Fotu kills late in the game, the Vikings clinched a 25-- 7 win. During Game 3, Dahl's hitting and serving created an 8-- 1 lead for the Vikings. American Fork fell apart in the final game as Dahl, Daniel, and the Biggs sisters pulverized the Cavewomen 's front line. When Daniel's serving had put the lead at 14-- 4, American Fork's effort became a lost cause. Ferocious Viking efforts at the net discouraged the Cavewomen so much that they didn't bother making a comeback. A Daniel ace scored the match point for the Vikings. by Dean Von Memmott The Pleasant Grove Vikings rebounded from their heartbreaking loss to Lone Peak by sinking the American Fork Cavewomen in a three-gam- e match during Region Four volleyball action at American Fork October 12. The Vikings won their match by scores of Pleasant Grove Coach Jamie Schapper said, "Our girls learned from Lone Peak that they needed to fight every minute that they would spend on the court, and they must never let down. Our girls tonight didn't let up one bit, and they beat it to every spot where AF hoped to score an ace." Game 1 went down as the closest round of the October 12 match. Led by Holly Morris and Hayley Su'a- - filo, the Cavewomen wiped away an early 2-- 0 lead posted by the Vikings. When American Fork had clubbed its way to a 4-- 3 advantage, the Vikings proceeded to fight back. Kim Dahl and Gabby Jenkinson joined sisters Audrey and Kat Biggs in registering kills that eventually secured for Pleasant Grove a tight control of the momentum. ' if : Z. Li- - : T . Kim Dahl returns the ball as Sydney Johnson, Makell Hymas, Delayne Daniel, Audry Biggs and Karen Lloyd back her up in a great team effort. Photo courtesy of Chris Hocker CASCADE DENTAL www.DrChrisJolley.com 352 East State Road Pleasant Grove (near Smith's) Maintain Healthy Teeth and Gums for Life! Call (801) 796-034-4 for an appointment! Put Your Eagle Scout or Missionary in the Timpanogos Times! T IMPA NOG OS TIMES (801)785-311- 1 timpanogostimesyahoo.com 11 S. Main St., Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 JV Football Team's Kicker Breaks Stereotype Barriers game of football is all about. That's why I love it," she said. Although football is Ahsli's favorite sport, she also participates in many other sports. She is a member of the high school varsity cross-country and track team, point-guar- d for the basketball team, and plays on a city league baseball team. Ashli loves the competitive nature of sports. Her dream is to play for a PAC 10 school. "Whenever I play a sport, I know I'm home. I just love everything about sports," she said. by Danica Baird Student Writer Look closely at the members of Pleasant Grove High School's football team and there is a noticeable difference: one of the team's kickers is a girl. Junior Ashli Shultz kicks field goals for the junior varsity team. Ashli started playing flag football in fourth grade and fell in love with the aggression of the game. In ninth grade, she tried out for the football team. "I didn't want to be like every other girl who says that they wish they had played football. I wanted to actually do it," she said. She started playing as a defensive back and wide receiver. However, the high school coach suggested that she become a field-go- al kicker. Ashli was happy with the change and loves kicking for the high school team. She believes that her technique has greatly improved this season enabling her to kick further than ever before. She said, "The hardest part about being a girl football player is the judgments made by people who just don't understand why I play football. You get judged a lot, but you have to brush it off." Visiting teams are often surprised when they realize that Pleasant Grove's field-go- al kicker is a girl. Howevever, Ashli feels at home on the football field. Her teammates treat her like any other guy on the field and she prefers it that way. Ashli doesn't care that she is a girl in a male-dominat-sport. She comes ready to play just like every other person on the field. "I'm not afraid of getting injured. You have to be confident. That's what the v " ". - V .V'V. r--y A ,Wy - N (.1 Ashli Shultz says, "The hardest part about being a girlfootball player is the judgments made by people who just don '1 understand why I play football. You get judged a lot, but you have to brush it off." Photo courtesy of Danica Baird |