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Show orts A12 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010 Guardian of Your Community Netvs Marshall Dunn STAFF WRITER The Salem Hill's men's basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 6 is likely to go down as one of the most memorable games of the year, as the Skyhwaks took on the undefeated Ben Lomond team and posted a dramatic 62-61 win. The win came one week after a heartbreaking loss to Provo, and it could serve as a springboard going into region play. Salem Hills started off slow in the first quarter as they fell behind 11-4 early. Poor ball handling, lazy passing, and an unusual amount of hustle by Ben Lomond put the Skyhawks in an early hole, forcing Salem to call a timeout. After the timeout, the Skyhawks seemed more focused, and their defense improved. Down 17-12 with a second left in the quarter, Tyler Hardy hit a half-court buzzer-beater to end the quarter down only 17-15. The second quarter belonged solely to Ben Lomond, as they outscored Salem 21-7 in that quarter, taking their largest lead of the game at 38-22. Bad passes doomed the Skyhawks during this quarter, and the lack of mental awareness did not go unnoticed by the team. "That first half, we weren't in it mentally. We came back in the second half and our whole goal was to come out and play as hard as we can, and we were able to do that," said Hardy. Salem opened up the second half with a lot of hustle and a lot of intensity, which resulted in two steals and seven straight points. However, Jordan Robles also picked up his fourth foul midway through the third quarter, and Salem went into the fourth quarter down 48-37. The fourth quarter did not start off well for the Skyhawks, as Jake Skinner picked up his third and fourth fouls early in the quarter. The spark that Salem was looking for came from Joseph Mohrman, who stole the ball from Ben Lomond's point guard and then drew an intentional foul. Mohrman hit both of his free throws and Salem kept possession due to the intentional foul. On the ensuing possession, London Simonson hit a long three from behind the top of the arc, giving the Skyhawks a five point swing, pulling them within two at 48^-6. From then on it was a backand-forth game with each team trading baskets until finally the Skyhawks were able to take their first lead of the game at 58-56 with 2:30 left in the game. Ben Lomond would not go down easily, hitting a three-pointer to pull within one at 60-59, and on their next possession they were able to draw a foul on Jake Skinner, which put him out of the game with five fouls. Ben Lomond hit both ensuing free throws to go up 61-60, and on Salem's next possession they had to call a timeout with under a minute to go. After the timeout, Salem got an open corner shot by Morhman, but he wasn't able to put it in. A scramble for the ball ensued and Morhman was able to come away with the rebound and get the putback, to put Salem up 62-61 with 11 seconds left. The Skyhawk's defense was able to shut down Ben Lomond's offense in the final 11 seconds for the dramatic, come from behind win. Kate Jar man / The Sentinel PUT-BACK: Salem's Joseph Mohrman gets the put-back on his own shot to give the Skyhawks the victory over Ben Lomond. Maple Mountain defeats Spanish Fork 49-26 Jeril Bills STAFF W R I T E R all in all, I was impressed with what we were doing . . . We were doing the stuff The Maple Mountain we've been working on in Golden Eagle wrestlers practice, so that pleases defeated the Spanish Fork me." Dons on Thursday, Jan. 7, Spanish Fork 49-26 at Maple Mountain coach Layne Shepherd said, High School. "Maple Mountain has got a Maple Mountain domi- good team. I thought a lot nated the lower weight of our guys fought hard, but classes, winning all but one it was just a little bit out of of the matches between the hand tonight." 103 and the 140 lb. diviFollowing is a breaksions. The Golden Eagles. down of each of the matchalso dominated overall, es. winning nine matches to 103 lb. Maple MounSpanish Fork's five. All in tain's Josh Gregg won by all Maple Mountain scored forfeit. five falls, one major deci112 lb. Austin Rowley sion, one decision, and two of Maple Mountain secured wins by forfeit. Spanish the fall against Spanish Fork, meanwhile, won two Fork's Hagen Thomas 55 matches by forfeit (both in seconds into the match. heavier weight divisions) 119 lb. This one was a and scored one fall, one drag-out fight to the end, technical fall, and one deci- but dominated mostly by sion. Spanish Fork's Riun An"I wish that we had derson, who won in an 8-4 some heavier weights to decision over Maple Moungive 'em some matches, but tain's Mitch Kay. we had to forfeit a couple," 125 lb. Maple Mounsaid Maple Mountain head See WRESTLING • A9 coach Justin Judkins. "But, Kaleb Davis / The Sentinel LOCAL RIVALRY: Spanish Fork and Maple Mountain squared off in their first dual meet Thursday, Jan. 7. The Golden Eagles came out on top, winning most of the lower weight classes. v |