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Show rge A M E "'CAN FORK CITIZEN Thunday, February 23, 2006 prep Scott Rodee American Foi Higfi School "J U i POP PEOPLE A I J D OUTDOOR FUN Cavemen down T' Wolves, seal spot in playoffs 1 AF boys hoops will be Region 4 second seed Dean Von Memmott 1 in- American fork boys iMsMtwa team earned a f m ii vt wwk's 5A si al e t njrnarnerft ;,t West ValH 's I -rrter by de-)fltrui de-)fltrui 'lit- 1mrt-rwo1ves 7.VZ . (i in n i.uT p ft 1 wsday flight . 1 1l H S,;II 1 it ft'" d'-f (-aT(-(J Lf k- i'i ,ik in win tin- Keg ton 4 ham-;,i.!r-.lii, f n.rt 1 1,1 fl Mountain lic-n Spanish Fork ( fr-iliii fr-iliii i ;i iir--way le for second A'll!lini'-.1? TTK'1 VfSlfT- ij.tv m-oMllllg to Stffll It-sUoUt, .-ml ' i a ' lv rng he rfg h ffi 1 ..- SiM'.ikiny ;!' "dares 'be ' ,i .M!tH'i emerged as the mi -i ii id scc-l 1)(- Brums are third ,ml ill'1 Xffls (flJ1lh. A i rf-i ) an I m k will far Skyline Sky-line or 1 ,n 'kirsviile ml he first n ii.aicl Monday at 4 lUpm The 1 1 lurnarnci g (I it iu "s ' m Wednes- I ikJ.ii'. Mid Saturday AMERICAN FORK SPORTS LEGENDS HALL OF to M . ' - i V f , w I 1 I former American Fork High School basketball star Erk franson recieves a icrscv wus asd rcircd during Ihp ceremony. Former American Fork star Franson Beky Beaton I ormer Caveman basket ball place." trie Franson became the newest inductee into the American f ork Spi tls Legends Hall of l ame before a capacity cnm'd in "The Cave" Feb. 15. i-fe- also became t he first boys basketball player to have liis number ret ired. H is 55 jersey will now join the -others in t he Legends display across from the mam gym entrance as n permanent reminder of his Clutch free throw shooting clinches Cavemen win over Mountain View Neil K. Warner The Knights had the Cavemen Cave-men right where they wanted them - at the free throw line. American Fork was coming off t, Kkif.32 perf ormance from the charit v stripe the last game against Mountain View, and for the season. The Cavemen don't have a single player shooting over 70 percent from the line. Ii was a great game plan, but it didn't work. 5 A. Boys State Tournament f itii found game Monday, f t-b 27 s Pegiori23TED 4 1 0 ,p m Cerd , West Valley City Play oniffiu-i March 1,3 and i Though t hey 1 inixhed in last place. Die Tiirrberwolves gave American fork a strong tight through' o most i trie evening in 1 jf-d.A s context . The Cavemen Cave-men j i'm nd out what they were in for during the first quarter. Timpanogos' Ryan Cook rqa-ned the night 's scxaing through hitting an inside ium,er. Though American f ork's Austin Haws answered it with a trey he launched from the baseline, the 1 imberwolves st i proved 1o be very tough to lame. After a Mason Porter bucket gave the Caveroen a 5-4 lead, a OTP S mm Mo h - & achievements. "The iming w as just right ,'" said coach Doug Meacham. "It was a big game, and we had t he whi ile comrnunit y together." franson played in and 1W0. seven rears before The school split t hat created Lone f'eak . the opponent of the evening. eve-ning. f ranson's parents. Jay and Owen, still live in Highland, though Franson and wite Jenny have chosen to sen le in American Ameri-can I ork. "He just finished his pro rewind But Lone Peak couldn't 'have foreseen that on feb. 15. the Cavemen would come up clutch in one ol the biggest games of the year. American fork made Kkif-11 Kkif-11 free throws m the fourth quart erto pull away from Lone Peak lor a 51-41 win, It was a Cole McWhorter layup put the Timberwolves out in front for the rest of the half. Shots from Porter and Jeff Toone shoved the Cavemen within 8-7, 10-9 and 13-12. However. Cook and Alex Johnson kept hitting shots that enabled Timpanogos to stay ahead. At the end of the first quarter, a Mc Whorl er layup left the Timberwokes with a 19-34 Head. At the start of the second quarter. Caveman Brady Mason soared on an offensive rebound, touching off a 7-2 scoring run that tjed the game at 21. Tim-berwolf Tim-berwolf Tosh Anderson broke the 21-21 tie and sent his team on a 9-0 spurt . After two Skylar Halford foul shots had improved Timpanogos'' Tim-panogos'' lead al 30-21, Toone sank an inside shot that spurred the Cavemen into out scoring the Timberwolves i-5 in the last three minutes of the half. In the early second half, Tim-panogos Tim-panogos stayed narrowly ahead until Haws put American Fork l ill ? jr recognition award during halft ime jf .he American ForkLone Peak game m Feb. 1 5. Frmsm" becomes first boys hoopster to have number retired career a year tor two ago." Meacham added. "He's our first player to accomplish so much in college, and it's especially neat because he's moved back here to raise his family." Franson followed up his days as a Caveman with a stellar career ca-reer at Utah St ate. He made the Big West AM reshman team in 3991 before leaving for two years on an LDS mission. He was named to the all-Big West second team his first season sea-son hack in 1994. but was the Big West Player of the Year in rid ory they needed to secure a trip t o the state tournament ,(see separate story). "We improved on our free throws, but what I'm most proud of is how i iard we played, it seemed like every loose 'bid! w as ours," said American Fork coach Doug Meacham. "We 'have the elements of having a great team, it's just a matter of us gett ing that tough look in our eyes and tonight we had that from the 'beginning.'" American Fork's fourth quar up 38-37. A series of switches in the lead followed. After Anderson An-derson had given the Timber-wolves Timber-wolves a 41-40 advantage, the game took a bad turn for them. A Haws three-pointer nudged American Fork ahead, and a Toone bucket solidified the Cavemen's hold on the lead. A Jayce Ross three-point play left the Cavemen ahead 54-46. The lead grew to 57-46 when Toone put a shot back in during the early fourth quarter. Aided by Mason's thefts. David Oisen and Toone's shooting permitted permit-ted the Cavemen to stay up by at least 10 during the first six mimnutes of the fourth quarter. When the score read 584 8. Timpanogos started a rally. Led by Johnson and McWhorter, the Timberwolves went on a 15-7 15-7 scoring run, climaxing with a Halford trey putting them within with-in 63-60 in the final 33 seconds. Timpanogos took to fouling the Cavemen in hopes of turning turn-ing the game around. However, the effort enabled American Fork to create a 75-5 lead FAME " -x 1995, when he led the cionier-ence cionier-ence in scoring at 38.4 points per game. He made the all-coni'erenoe first team again in 1996, and was also an Academic AB-American. AB-American. He was .also a three-time three-time Big West Player of the Week, and 'his 56-game streak .of scoring in double figures is second all-time. He finished eighth on the career scoring list with 1.545 points and is fifth in career rebounds with 885. He went onto a multi-year pro career in Europe, and was ter free-throw parade began when Austin Haws sank a pair with 6:50 left in the game to put the Cavemen up 38-35. Lone Peak's Grant Cummings answered with a high .percentage .percent-age shot. He caught a teammate's team-mate's air ball and scored on a layup to cut the lead to one. Sophomore guard Greg Meacham then hit one of the biggest shots of the night when he canned a 3-pointer, his only point s ol the cont est, to put American Fork up 41-37 with SOW through foul shots from Mason and Toone. American Fork coach Doug Meacham said. "We made improvements in our offense in the second half, and Brady Mason came up with some key steals for us at the end to turn the game around for us. To finish fin-ish the game on top after being down by five at the half was really great. "This was Timpanogos" Senior Night, and they were prepared to play. The game was physical-We physical-We needed games like this to prepare us for state, so we can know what things to do to keep our focus," he continued. "We took better care of the ball in the second half. We had problems with turning the ball over. In the first half, we had 20 turnovers. We did have some great rebounding. Jeff Toone pulled down 15 boards for us." Toone led American Fork with 19 points while Haws and Olsen added another 12 points each. Porter, Mason and Ross had nine apiece. f Q Xft MftRIO RUIZ Worth County Hater named to USU's Al-Cen-tury team id' 15 players. "'To be on that is a great accomplishment., ac-complishment., along with being an Academic All-American,'" Meacham said. "We hope that this example wiE inspire all -our student -athletes at American Fork to -do their best in the classr oom as well as on the court.'" Franson now makes his living as .an engineer.. Principal Carolyn Merrill began be-gan the ceremony by See FRANSON, Page 7 S:47toplav. A Kevin iindquist layup kept the Knights .close, but American Fork responded with what else? more free throws. Haws made two more and .after Cory Chase answered for the Knights, Jeff Toone took bis turn and added another pair. Toone then soared off an .offensive .of-fensive rebound and sank two more free throws in the final 2:45 to help the Cavemen pull See REWIND, Page 7 Parents: Margaret and David Rodee Year Junior Age: 17 Birthplace Ogden Sport: Swimming Positions-. Swims the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyte races. Favorite sports team: The Lone Peak swim team Favorite food: Mashed potatoes and diiidkeo Favorite restaurant: JCVYs Favorite movie: Monty Python Py-thon and the Holy Grail Favorite book: Eldest Favorite hero: HAST coach Dee Loose Favorite quote: "Quitters never win." Future plans: To keep swimming etuis summer. Most memorable career moment: mo-ment: "finishing second in the 200-yard Ifireestyte aJ qualifying m that event for state." eye INDOORTRACK AF takes five medals at Simplot WOFTH COUNTY The Caveman Track Qufo broiughl bade five medals from the Simptot Gaines in BocateBo, Idaho, last weekend. week-end. Geoff Harmon qualified for the finals in the 80Cta run with a trials time of 2sGS. 15. In the finals, he placed 23rd with an indoor personal re-cor.dPRf2;M.J7. re-cor.dPRf2;M.J7. Brothers Mike and Ben Felix both qualified for the finals an the 160Gn! run with PR times of 4:39 S2 and 4:41.78. respectively, to the finals, Mike placed 27th in 4:4ft. 12 .and Bern placed 34th n 4:44.78. Jarett Pulsipher qualified for the finals of of the .320Cto rum with a PR W:16.74. fa the finals, he placed 12th n W:34J00, Dailia Cattfwel took 70th am the 60m dash in 7.85 seconds, sec-onds, and coach Fimo Kostert placed third in the master's division .and 10th overall in the coaches" 1600m run. The 27th Annual Simplot Games, billed as the Nation's Premier Indoor High School Track and Field EweaC wrapped up the prep indoor track and field season for more than 220 high school teams and dubs and 2)000 prep athletes from across 23 states and two Canadian provinces. The ATMS .outdoor track team begins practice Monday at the high school track. Athletes Ath-letes desiring to participate on this year's squad should contact coach Art Taylor at the high -school. t CaveRats compete at freestyle free-style tournament The CaveRats wrestling club got some good experience at the first freestyle tournament of the season Saturday at JJuan Diego High School. to the flyweight 50-pound sdrvision, Stockton Ererrn, age :5 took -seoond place. to the bantam 50-pound .division. Dylan Ramirez also wrestled in 'his first match. to the novice division, the CaveRats had two wrestlers, Brock Tanner in the SO lbs. ,and Jacob Smith in the 65 lbs. to the cadet '98 lbs division, Chris SaKantyne took seoond. to the junior 98 .division, Justin SaKantyne was first and Jason Eatiantyne took second. At 135, Todd Daering took third, .and .at 145. Jared Smith also took third. Freestyle is one .of two styles .of wrestling practiced in Olympic and international .amateur competition. For more information, goto TO. CAVERATSjQQM. "POOR |