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Show Thursday, May 17, 2007 Page 6 OJ h qJ COMMUNITY SPORTS. PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN AF track posts solid results at region meet Bcky Beaton MP prep I he American I or k track team ikkIik iI iegmn hanipions in three events Mini eat lied 2 lit her places in week's Region 4 meet. "We hail si niie great weather that helped some ol our athletes have some fantastic pet lot manees," said lioys eoarh I lino Mostei t. ( ,eo I laimon won the KOOm in a pe rsonal hesl time , if l:r!)..'5.r, good enough to make the si honl's top 10 h,t I e followed that up with a third place in theUiOOni (4:27.5.1), followed fol-lowed i luselv hv Hen Felix in fourth (127 fil) liothol those were also top-10 top-10 times " I lie last lime American Fork had Iwo l)os under 4 HO in the same year in tins e ml was 1(1!) 1. with Dave Hell and Kevin Davidson," Mostert said. I I lis came in second in the .'i,200m Ci '.). and the Cavemen got more points in the event from Nobby Fee in filth and Kyle Went in seventh. Shawn ( lane was 1 1th. American folk's medley relay te.mi also won a region title (3:40.35) and is ranked in the stale. The squad mi hides Andrew Bangcrter, Dallin ( 'aldwell. I lai mon and Brian S)encer. In the spi nils, ( 'aldwell was eighth ' " ' j." I K ' ' - -' - - - - JEREMY HARMONNurth Courtly American Fork's Ben Felix races during the Region 4 track meet on May 9. Felix took fourth in the 1, 600-meter race and second in the 3.200 meter. We are excited that our athletes are performing per-forming so well. They are peaking at the right time of the season and I think we will see some amazing performances perfor-mances at State this Friday and Saturday." Timo Mostert Mvll rican fork boys track coach in the l()0m and Spencer fifth in the 200m. Chris Wernli fell just short of qualifying, coming in ninth in the 100m and 1 1th in the 200m preliminaries. preliminar-ies. Justin Harrison was seventh in the 400m finals In the hurdles, Benjamin Chris-tensen Chris-tensen was fourth in the 110m event, followed by Alan Smith in fifth. Smith was also sixth in the i()m. Chris- tensen and Smith tied at 17th in the high jump prelims. The 4x100m relay squad finished third with Bangerter, Caldwell, See TRACK, Page 7 AIMIjlM Cavemen baseball comes out on top in tough matchup with Timpanogos e imriE rewind Russ Lyman In a contest that epitomized the entire Region 4 baseball season, the championship game between Timpanogos and American Fork could not be decided in only seven innings. in-nings. l.ven once the matchup was decided, it was only by the narrowest of margins that the Cavemen took home a 4-3 win in eight innings. f ollowing the well-played game that mosph had more momentum shifts than a WWF w rest ling playoff at- American t oi k assistant assis-tant coach Jay Holm-stead Holm-stead said to his team, "If we're going to miss on one side, it's going to be on the aggressive side." What Jake Murphy Mur-phy did with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning crossed the threshold of aggressive play and approached the realm of bnserun-ning bnserun-ning insanity; insan-ity; With two outs and Murphy on second base, Nate Pitcher hit a grounder deep into the hole between second " and first. T'Wolf second baseman Jordan Jor-dan Cooper dove to smother the ball, but Murphy ran through a stop sign at third. Cooper threw a strike to catcher Mitch Foster that beat the runner, but Murphy, Mur-phy, who doubles as a receiver re-ceiver on the football team, juked to the right and dove to the left, reaching his hand in over Foster's glove to score the winning run and deliver a share of the region title. "1 don't know what I was doing, it was just a heat of That's a nere game right there. He (Mangum) has thrown a lot of big ball games for this program and more often than not, he's on the winning win-ning side of those." AF baseball coach Jared Ingersoll ON IAVI OR S MANGUM'S PI HI ORMANTE AGAINST TIMPANOGOS f IK - r 71 ,1 - Photos by BEKY BEATONNorth County American Fork's Josh Mooney pitches uguinst Pleasant Grove in April. Below, Caveman Kelsie Brimhall was one of two senior pitchers for American Fork this season. the moment thing I guess," Murphy said. "1 thought 1 was going to get ripped apart by my coaches, but a bad thing turned into a good thing." Judging by the mob that formed around him at home, it turned into a very good thing. Murphy's play at home was just the final chapter of a thrilling pitchers' duel in which American Fork's Taylor Mangum and Timpanogos' Rhett Nelson both went the distance, with the senior upstaging the sophomore, barely. "That's a playoff atmosphere atmo-sphere game right there," said American Fork coach Jarod Ingersoll. "He (Mangum) (Man-gum) has thrown a lot of big ball games for this program and more often than not, he's on the winning side of those." TheT'Wolves' offense didn't make things easy on Mangum as they threatened in each of the final four innings. in-nings. Timpanogos fought back from a 3-1 deficit with a run each in the fifth and sixth innings. Taylor Lyons scored his team's second run on a similar play to Murphy's in which he dove to the right to evade the lag. Mangum and Tanner Chris- tensen added doubles for the Cavemen. Although they lost the game, Timpanogos will go into the playoffs as the No. 1 seed from the region. Spanish Fork will be the No. 2 seed and American Fork will go in as the No. 3 seed. Due to the fact that all three teams split with each other during the regular season, the tiebreaker was determined by how they did against the next best team, which was fourth-place Lone Peak. I Riverton 11, American Fork 10: At Riverton, the Cavemen Cave-men fell behind in the middle innings and couldn't rally as Riverton won on the first day of the 5 A tournament. Jake Murphy went 4-for-4 with three doubles and Andy Lewis was 5-for-5 for American Ameri-can Fork in a losing effort. Taylor Mangum was credited with the loss. The Cavemen hosted Alta yesterday in elimination bracket play. If they won, they will play Lone Peak or Fremont Monday at BYU at 11 a.m. Softball I May 10 - Lone Peak 4, American Fork 3: The Knights edged the Cavemen in a play-in play-in game to earn Region 4 s final playoff spot. Things went American Fork's way early. The Cavemen Cave-men ended Lone Peak's first batting turn with an unusual double play as the third baseman base-man caught a line drive and threw to first to get the runner coming back from second. Haley Holmstead then led off the second inning with a double, advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt by Sandra Nessler. Shelby Swapp then drove Holmstead across with a base hit for a 1-0 advantage. The Knights got a one-out triple in the bottom half, but the runner was left stranded as Kelsie Brimhall struck out the next batter and then got . the last one to fly out to left field. American Fork got two quick outs in the bottom of the third, but Lone Peak loaded the bases after that. Brimhall got another crucial strikeout to end the threat. The Cavemen opened the fourth with a single from Mallory Davis. Holmstead got a base hit but the runners advanced ad-vanced to second and third on an overthrow. Nessler than laid down a nice bunt, and another Knight error allowed two runs to score to make it 3-0 for American Fork. However, it was the Cavemen who made some mistakes in the bottom half, giving up four runs and the See REWIND, Page 7 Gentry Haws American Fork High School Parents: Eric and Ruth Ann Haws Age: 17 Year: Junior Birthplace: American Fork Sport: Baseball and basketball Positions: A right fielder in baseball and guard in basketball Favorite sports team: New York Yankees Favorite food: Steak and potatoes Favorite restaurant: Outback Hero: Derek Jeter Favorite class: Math Grade Point Average: 3.80 Favorite movie: For the Love of the Game Favorite book: The Mental Game of Baseball Most memorable career moment: "Dog-piling at home plate after our win at Timpanogos." Future plans: To attend college. American Fork head baseball coach Jarod Ingersoll said: "This is his first year of playing varsity baseball. He has a good arm, and he makes good jumps. I'm happy that I'm going to have him around for another year." LOCAL SPORTS Registration open for boys basketball summer skills camp NORTH COUNTY Registration is now being accepted ac-cepted for the American Fork Boys Basketball summer skills camp, scheduled for June 4 to 8 in the main gym at the high school. The fee includes a camp T-shirt and is $65 for grades 3 to 6 and $75 for grades 7 to 12. Checks will be accepted by mail through May 25 or can be brought the first day of camp. Session times are as follows: I Grades 3-6, 8 to 10 a.m. I Grades 7-9, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grades 10 to 12, 2 to 5 p.m. Instructors will include varsity head coach Doug Meacham, members mem-bers of his staff and some players. There will be a special appearance by former professional player Eric Franson, a Cavemen alumnus who was the Big West Player of the Year at Utah State University. Registration forms are available avail-able at the high school. For more information, call Meacham at 756-8547 756-8547 (ext. 194). I Players wanted for girls accelerated acceler-ated softball league: Girls accelerated acceler-ated softball teams in the 16-and-under division are being formed to represent northern Utah County communities this summer in league and tournament play. Experienced softball players who love the game, who want to have fun this summer and are between the ages of 14 and 17 (17-year-olds must have turned 17 on or after Jan. 1, 2007), call for more information about tryouts and clinics. Pitchers are especially needed but we are looking for players in all positions. For more information, informa-tion, contact Kristin Klein at 763-9463 763-9463 or Dee Muse at 763-1711. Visit the flK obituaries "- online to sign - a Guest Book ij or send flowers. See the obituary section at www.heraldextra.com DttUiv&Hcrnlfc TOO Afl, ii. iii mimr i |