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Show SHEET Page 5 Orcm-Gcneva Times Wednesday, April 10, 1991 Mtn. View Wrestling Coach retires Bv Kevin Ynuncr Depending on your perspective, perspec-tive, twenty three years of coaching coach-ing can be a long time. But some say it isn't the years, it's the miles. For Don Palmer, Mountain Moun-tain View wrestling coach, it doesn't matter; both have taken their toll. After six years as Chief of the Bruin squad, Palmer announced Friday that he is stepping down from the Head coaching position. "Wrestling is a 'get down and show em' sport, and Tm unable to do that any more. I guess it's just tough getting old," he said with a smile. Palmer cited recent health concerns as the basis for his decision. The decision was not an easy one and the coaching veteran still has mixed feelings about his announcement. an-nouncement. He maintains the decision was for the best, although al-though he admits hell miss the interaction with the students. "Seeing the students' grow has been very rewarding." "Well miss Don," said Athletic Director Joel Gardner. "The kids related well to him and we feel he taught a good balance between athletics and academics." Palmer will continue to teach in the Social Studies department MV softball still undefeated By Candace Perry The girl's at Mountain View once again dominate the sporting events, this time "hitting" the competition right in the face. In the first three games of the season, the Bruin's proved that they weren't fooling around. With only four seniors on the squad this year, the Bruin's plan to keep their hard-hitting team for awhile. The first game of the season was played against Bear River. The talented group hardly played an inning before they knew they had this game in their mitts. The points were scored consecutively, going from 2 to 4 to 9 to 10 to 13, and finishing off with 16 points and leaving their friends from Bear River with a Orem High track and field compete at Weber State By Candace Perry The Orem High Track and Field team traveled up to Ogden to compete in the Weber State Invitational Friday and Saturday. Satur-day. Weather was in prime condition con-dition for competing, and a few of the Tigers took a hold of that advantage. ad-vantage. The girls started the meet on Friday with Junior Kim Heaps winning first place in the 3200m distance race with a time of 11:56.04. Sophomore Jodi Roylance then ran the 200m to place fifth (26.56). As Orem's Jr. Prom was that evening, the girl's hearts weren't with their competing compet-ing and the relays couldn't be run for lack of attendance. Overall, out of 31 teams, the girl's tied for 13th with 12 points, beating out the Provo and Timpview teams. Orem girls' softball finishes pre-season By Shon Hopkins Orem vs. Cottonwood Last Wednesday Gina Clark pitched a one-hitter and the Tiger bats were hot once again as Orem finished off their pre-season with a 10-2 victory over Cottonwood. The victory kept the Tigers undefeated un-defeated to date with a record of 5-0. In addition, Orem has won by outscoring its opponents by an average of eight runs per game. In their first five games, Orem has scored a total of 42 runs compared com-pared to their opponents' total of 20 runs. The Tigers kept things swinging swing-ing 8B every batter Orem sent to the plate got around to home at least once. The Tiger defense also played superbly after a shaky first inning, in which Cottonwood got their only runs of the game off of a leadoff walk and an error at second base. Gina Clark got the I Tigers out of the inning by retir- ing the next three batters in a row. Clark, who pitched the one-hitter, one-hitter, commented, "I thought it . was a very good game. After the first inning, the defense played very well and didn't get another error, which made things easier forme." Orem's Coach Zirbes was also very pleased with the girls' game, especially since the team was playing without three of their regular starters. "I thought the younger girls played very well and confidently. DON PALMER of the High School. In addition, he plans to work with Head Coach Bryce Monsen to shape the Bruin football team. Football is an organization or-ganization he admits, isn't a "show 'em" sport as much as a "teach em" sport. During the years since Palmer Pal-mer succeeded former Head Coach Fred Roland, Mountain View's winloss record has had its up8 and down's. During the 1989-90 season, meager 0. Jennifer Schlappi smacked a home run in the 5th inning, pushingthe Bruins up the Coint ladder. The game breezed y with the help of pitcher Jane Walker striking the majority of the players out before they had a chance to swing. Final? 16-0 for the Bruins. Confidence flying high, the Bruins faced their next competitor, com-petitor, Spanish Fork. This game was not so easily won, and Spanish Fork scored 3 points in the first inning, leaving Mountain Moun-tain View with 1. Inning two reversed with 4 for the Bruins, and 0 for the Dons, and so on throughout the game. Tension grew thick on the field as Mountain Moun-tain View had met their match, On Saturday, the boy's had their shot at the conpetition. Senior Joel Rockwood was in the first place position for javelin with 175-9 until the last throw when a competitor from West Jor-don Jor-don stole the first place slot, slipping slip-ping Joel down to second. Junior Brian Crow hurled himself 64 over the high jump to claim the fourth place position. Senior Chad Wood was boxed in throughout most of the 800m, but was still able to pull third place behind two of the top distance runners in the state with an incredible in-credible time of 156:98. Orem placed sixth in the 4x4 relay with a time of 3:34.12. The team consisted con-sisted of Scott Thacker, Scott Sharp, Mike Dixon, and Chad Wood. The Orem boy's received 10th place out of 31 teams competing. Jill Martin did an excellent job at catcher and the others played very well also," Zirbes stated. With their last pre-season game out of the way, the Tigers are preparing for region, which starts Tuesday, April 9th, against Timpview. Athlete of the Week HV5 JULIET STONE This week Mountain View High School's Athlete of the Week is Juliet Stone. Juliet is a distance runner in Cross Country and Track for the Lady Bruins. Juliet is noted for her capabilities in running run-ning the Cross Country 5K in 18:23. She also shares her victories with all those around her. For her efforts Juliet will receive Little Caesars Pizza. Sponsored by: tern-Sett cUa 2Ttmc3 and the Bruins walked away with a 10-2 record, in 90-91 the team dropped to 4-6. It's an effect Palmer Pal-mer believes is part of building a quality program and largely depends of the number of Seniors on the team. It's also the thing that Palmer worries about most. Although the statewide' difference in participation par-ticipation between basketball and wrestling is a mere 100 students, stu-dents, some schools are shutting down wrestling programs that border on profitability. "While we've had good support here, as a whole, wrestling needs more administrative ad-ministrative and school support. People need to understand that wrestling is not a money making sport." According to Palmer, the sport is about development of young men. Building a program takes both patience and a great deal of time. Patience and time are in great abundance, at least for now, as the wrestling season doesn't begin until November. Still, Mountain View is taking no chan-ces chan-ces with its program. Says Gardner, "At this time we do not have a replacement in mind. However, we are currently encouraging qualified applications applica-tions for the position." but managed to squeak by with a 9-8 win. Feeling ready for region play, the Bruins headed out to the field to host Timpview. Three up, three down could have been Jane Walker's motto as she was striking strik-ing out batters right and left. Heads still spinning, Timpview managed to hit a couple singles, but their main strength was their fielding. The Bruins made it all the way through the line-up before Timpview could collect themselves and make their plays. The final was once again in Mountain View's favor, 15-8. A successful season? Coach Jeri Kelley seems to think so, and is excited about the pi jspects of a winning year. Postmasters give tax mailing tips Wallace L. Adams, Orem Postmaster, and Richard L. Woolums, Provo Postmaster, are furnishing the following information informa-tion regarding acceptance and cancellation of State and Federal tax returns on April 15, 1991. Utah County residents who will be looking for a place to deposit their tax return on the evening of April 15, 1991, will have (2) places available. The Orem Post Office, 222 West Center, Cen-ter, and the Provo East Bay Post Office, 936 South 250 East, will accept tax returns as late as midnight mid-night on April 15 and will still get that day's postmark. Both Post Offices will have a postal employee selling postage late in the evening. This temporary tem-porary extension should help people still working on their taxes when the deadline arrives. The Postmasters also offer these tips: Make sure your return has the correct postage. The IRS and the State Tax Commission do not pay postage due costs, and the Postal Service can't deliver mail without postage on it. If your return does not have enough postage, it will be returned to you. Make sure your envelope is securely sealed. Loose flaps can get caught in processing equipment, equip-ment, and your envelope could be torn. This could also cause your return to fall out of its envelope. Make sure you include your return address on the envelope. Sponsored by: rettt - liiiiiiiillis Nate Mangum (Goalie) braces for action as Kelly Weber 28 and Travis Betters fight for ball. Action occurred during Orem-Provo soccer game. Orem Tigers loses season opener to Cavemen, beat Bulldogs By Shon Hopkins Orem vs. American Fork Orem lost their season opener last Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat by the American Fork Cavemen. In a game plagued by fouls, the cavemen were a little tougher as they bumped and forced their way to a victory. American Fork's Jim Metton earned the hat trick for the cavemen, who dominated the second half to earn the win. The Tigers, although losing the scoring battle, played very well in the first half, keeping the ball mostly on American Fork's side of the field. However, the Cavemen still got their first goal about midway through the first half on a long cross from the right corner of the field which found Metton wide open for a headball into the net. The Cavemen came out strong in the second half, winning almost al-most all the loose balls (thirteen compared to Orem's five) and taking six more shots than the Tigers. This showed up quickly, as the cavemen scored their second goal in the first five minutes of the second half, off of a ball blocked by Orem goalie Nate Mangum and shot back into M.V. Tennis by Erika Timm Sometimes having the home court advantage just doesn't hack it. That was the case on Tuesday and Thursday for the Mountain View boys tennis team. The home court seeming "disadvantage worked against the Orem Tigers as they played Tuesday on their own home court The cross town rivals went head to head for the dual meet win, but it was the Bruins who narrowly stole away with the winning racket Jon Lee, Mountain View's number one singles man lost to Orem's Mark Hafen, 3-6, 3-6. Santi Soumpholphakdy swung his racket against Orem's Ben Mulstein successfully enough to win the match 6-3 and 6-4. Jared Squire of Mountain View lost in a close match to Orem's singles master Jesse Chapman. The scores were 6-7,6-3 and 2-6, in that match. The infamous Mountain View doubles teams were at their best again, on Tuesday, to rake up ROB Roses are red. Violets are blue. Ill go to the dance, But only with you. AMBER Athlete of the Week MARK HAFEN This week Orem High School's Athlete of the Week is Mark Hafen. Mark is the number one singles player on the Tiger Tennis Team. As well as being an outstanding out-standing player for the team, Mark is a motivator. For his contributions and personal per-sonal excellence to the team Mark will receive Little Caesars Pizza. Settetut 2Tune3 and the net. The Cavemen's third goal also came off of deflected shots. Mangum blocked three shots before A.F.'s Metton finally ' forced it into the net for the final goal. Orem vs. Provo Orem evened up its record at 1-1 Friday as the Tigers beat Provo on the Bulldog's homefield, 4-3. The victory came in an extremely ex-tremely close game, in which the Tiger's scored their winning goal in the last five minutes of regulation regula-tion time. The Bulldogs, who outscored the Tigers in the first half, also outplayed them as Orem's only goal in that half came off of a penalty kick from the goalie box which Jim Strittikus put to the net to even the score at 1-1. Provo's first goal came about ten minutes into the game on a running run-ning throw-in which Provo's left forward got to and headed in. Their second goal of the half came with only a minute to play as a long switch from midfield found the Bulldog's right forward open to put it into the net. In the second half Orem quickly evened things up using a strategy by Coach Fitzgerald in beats Orem, loses to Provo some needed points for the Bruins. Paul Cooper and Daniel Timpson teamed up to win over Orem's Victor Chao and Dan Reynolds. The doubles teams were slamming around the ball so fast that it was hard to tell who was winning, but the score made it unmistakable. The second doubles team from Mountain View paired up James Hecker and Jon Faragher against Orem's Clint Muhlestien and Brady Walker to claim yet another Bruins double win. The final score came out very close, with Orem nearly snatching snatch-ing the win. Mountain View won five matches and Orem won four. The final score was 3-2 for Mountain Moun-tain View. Thursday the tennis team was at it again, this time battling Provo. The weather was perfect but Bruins had the questionable home court "advantage". Jon Lee lost against Provo's best Paul Marshall. Jon really put SAVE $5.00 ON ANY NEW MUFFLER, INSTALLED ; - or - $15.00 ON A COMPLETE EXHAUST SYSTEM I OFFER EXPIRES 4269 1 Both Foreign & Domestic - Custom Pipe Bending FRONT END j" "sa VE $5 .00 ON FRONT : WHEEL ALIGNMENT ! J Includes careful inspection & adjustment of all front end J parts. Regular priceS with this coupon $20.00 LIFETIME GUARANTEE ON SHOCKS & STRUTS I I OFFER EXPIRES 42691 ; "We do it right the 1st time. We otter experience plus a guarantee!' 780 N. 400 W. OREM ( 1 12 blocks west of State on 8th North) 224 - which the Tiger's secondary offense of-fense is put in at the beginning of the half to play their hardest for ten minutes and try to tire down the opponent, and then come out of the game. The 'strategy payed off as the Tigers scored in the first five minutes on a long penalty kick by Trent Broderick, and then scored again five minutes later when the first-string players came in, making the score 3-2. However, Provo tied up the score again when the Bulldog's right forward made an excellent cross which Provo's center forward for-ward headed in for the goal. Orem's winning goal came in the last five minutes, after another penalty kick by Broderick was deflected and Travis Shields came up with the ball to score the goal. Orem Coach Fitzgerald was very pleased with the game. He stated, "I thought our boys pi aye d very well. I especially have to hand it to the Kamikazee team (the second string players who started the halves) for doing their job and scoring a goal." Orem next plays Timpview, Wednesday April 10th on the Tiger's home field. up a fight, but was unable to claim the match. Jarod Squire, unfortunately, followed in John's footsteps to lose the second singles match to Jeff Wing. Santi Soumpholphakdy was quite equally matched against Provo's Matt Carter. But Matt just didn't have the winning edge that Santi displayed. Santi beat Matt Carter to score the first win for the Bruins. The Bruins first doubles team proved that they aren't indestructible indestruc-tible when the pair of Daniel Timpson and Paul Cooper lost to Provo's Ryan Wood and Ben Blair. But the Bruins second doubles team of James Hecker and John Faragher pulled a big win for Mountain View against Grant Jackson and Colby Stead. The scores were 6-7, 6-1 and 7-6. Mr. Wilford Mueller has returned from his service in the Middle East to resume his coaching coach-ing position and is excited about the teams future. Welcome back! 2221 MON Ihru FRI 7 AM to 6 PM S1 |