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Show Thursday, March 20, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 6 SGpREBpARD Results SFSJSBitBMESi Baseball Remit Opponent Won 10-4 Mountain Crest Won 6-4 Pleasant Grove Lost 0 5Bishop Gorman. Nev Won 5 4 Faith Lutheran Won 8-6 Cottonwood Softball Remit Opponent Won 8-3 Kef Won 12-9 Timpview Boys soccer Result Opponent Won 3-0 fays"" Lost 1-3 Springville Lost 0-4 Hunter Date 314 314 315 315 318 COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN P rrr. Date 313 314 Date 307 313 318 to mm LT(S1D(Q) ( t I , J ,C sV Pt ..... American Fork's Adrian Guerrero and Springville's Devyn Woodfield (6) vie for control of the ball on March 6, 2007 at American Fork. Caveman boys soccer is in the mix in wide-open Region 4 Jared Lloyd NORTH COUNTY Competition in the various regions of high school sports through the years often resembles resem-bles the tides. Sometimes it's a high tide with multiple, very talented teams vying for supremacy, while other times the tide is going in or going out as one or two teams are really good and the rest struggle. This year in Region 4 boys soccer, it's probably near the low tide but that means opportunity op-portunity for everyone. "It's wide open," said Timpanogos head coach Aaron Barth. "American rork and Lehi are playing well, as is Pleasant Grove. The team that Am. Fork has good showing at Dixie State Tournament Neil K. Warner NORTH COUNTY ST. GEORGE American Fork took advantage of five Pleasant Grove errors to beat the Viklings 6-4 on Friday night at the Dixie State tournament. tourna-ment. American Fork stole what proved to be the winning run in the fourth inning. With the game tied at four, the Cavemen had runners on first and third with two outs. Pleasant Grove pitcher Calder Bonnett used the third-to-first move. It worked great, unfortunately unfortu-nately for Pleasant Grove. Jake Miller got in a rundown. run-down. While Pleasant Grove focused on getting Miller, Josh Mooney scored from third to give the Cavemen the lead. That compensated for the previous inning. American Fork got sloppy in the third and Pleasant Grove took advantage ad-vantage of it. , With one out, Quade Framp-; Framp-; ton reached base on an error ' and a Brian Schonbeck hit could ! have been a double-play ball, but the Cavemen couldn't connect con-nect on the exchange from second to shortstop. Instead of having starter Jarett Pulsipher get out of the inning, Pleasant Grove had runners at first and second. Riley White then drew a walk to load the bases and Sean Stevenson delivered a 3-run 3-run double. Chandler Maxfield puts it all together in region and plays well is going to take it." Consider the situation of the top three teams from the league last year: I Lone Peak lost a lot of talent tal-ent to graduation and is playing play-ing a number of underclassmen. underclass-men. I Timpanogos is breaking in a different head coach for the fourth straight year. I Mountain View last year's 5A runner up dropped back into the 4A ranks for this season. "It's interesting because the stronger teams are in the 4A region this year," said Lone Peak head coach Dave Wool-ley. Wool-ley. "But as we get to region I think teams will settle down doubled to right-center to give the Vikings a 4-2 lead. American Fork benefited from a Pleasant Grove error to score two unearned runs in the second. With two outs and two runners run-ners on, Pleasant Grove had a chance to get out of the inning, but a throw wide of first kept the turn alive and opened the door for Gentry Haws to single in a run. American Fork tacked on another run in the third when Jake Murphy singled aboard and scored on a Mooney double. Both teams learned more about their pitching staffs in the contest. Pulsipher, a senior lefty, pitched a complete game four-hitter and didn't allow an earned run. Pleasant Grove's Bonnett gave up six hits and three earned runs through five innings against a powerful American Fork team. Junior Nate Hardman didn't give up a hit in the final two innings for the Vikings. March 14 - American Fork 10, Mountain Crest 4: The Cavemen Cave-men fell behind 4-0 early, but got their offense going to get an easy win at the St. George Tournament. Gentry Haws and Andy Lewis combined to drive in six runs and Stuart Duersch went l-for-2 and scored three times to fuel the American Fork win, In the bottom of the second, and the real sleepers will emerge." Teams like the Vikings, the Cavemen and the newly-added Pioneers appear to be in better shape than they've been the last couple of years, meaning predicting the final standings this spring is a tricky proposition. proposi-tion. Here's a brief look at each of the teams: CONTENDERS Timpanogos (0-4) The Timberwolves have yet to win a game but their losses have come to strong teams (Springville, Riverton, Bingham Bing-ham and Timpview) as Barth planned a schedule that would Haws hit a bases-loaded double to right -center to make it a 4-3 game. "Hawsy will be our catalyst all year," said American Fork coach Jarod Ingersoll. One batter later, Lewis followed fol-lowed with a double of his own to tie the game. Lewis finished 3-for4. "He's just a ballplayer," Ingersoll said of his second baseman. "He had some good swings." The Cavemen took the lead for good when Jake Murphy hit an RBI single in the fourth. Josh Mooney went five innings in-nings and got the win on the mound. I March 18 - American Fork 8, Cottonwood 6: The Cavemen improved to 5-1 on the season with the win over 4A's No. 1-ranked Cottonwood on the road. "Cottonwood's one of the top programs around," said American Ameri-can Fork coach Jarod Ingersoll. "Anytime you can beat those guys, it's a good win." The teams traded runs in the first inning and two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings in-nings to set up a 5-5 tie going into the seventh. With two outs in the top of the seventh, Jake Murphy started start-ed a rally with a double. Josh Mooney followed with a single that drove in Murphy and gave the Cavemen a 6-5 lead. Bo Fisher then hit a single and Mooney hustled to beat test his team early. This is a squad with perhaps the most individual ability in the league but now they need to get all the pieces going in the same direction. "We have tons of talent and the moment we start coming com-ing together as a team, we'll be nearly unstoppable." the T'Wolf head coach explained. "It's frustrating because too often of-ten we're trying to do our own thing. When we gel together, it will a thing to watch." Timpanogos is still a young team, with just one senior starting. Leading the way should be midfielder Trevor Henderson and defensive stopper stop-per Parker Brown. An area to watch is goalkeeper, goal-keeper, where Josh Ostler the throw to third while Fisher took second. Randy Searle capped off the rally with a big hit to left that scored the runners run-ners on second and third, giving giv-ing American Fork an 8-5 lead. Cottonwood threatened in its last chance, loading the bases before Jarett Pulsipher came on in relief to strike out the last two batters and preserve the victory. "Our guys didn't quit," Ingersoll In-gersoll said. "Today was a gut check a little bit." Murphy had a solid day at the plate, finishing with three hits, including a pair of doubles. Searle, who also got the win on the mound, added a pair of crucial hits including a double, and Tanner Christensen also doubled for the visitors. American Fork, whose only loss came to Baseball America's national No. 9-ranked 9-ranked Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas, continued its difficult preseason schedule yesterday with a road trip to play No. 4-ranked 4-ranked Fremont. Boys soccer March 13 - Springville 3, American Ameri-can Fork 1: The Red Devils scored twice in the first 10 minutes and never allowed the Cavemen back into the game at Ira Fulton Field in Mapleton. Not long after the opening kickoff, Springville got the ball into American Fork territory terri-tory and, after batting the ball FILENorth County is getting better with every game. Lone Peak (0-2-1) The Knights needed a couple of games but finally got on the scoreboard in earning a draw with Copper Hills. Woolley said he wasn't surprised that it's taking his team time to figure fig-ure things out, since he has a lot of new players on the field. "We're young but every day they keep impressing me in training," Woolley said. "That's exactly why I think we'll be better than I expected." The steadying force for Lone Peak will be senior Brian I lale, a proven leader and Sec SOCCER, Page 7 around for awhile, ended up knocking it in front of the goal, where senior Miles Sly buried it in the back of the net. With the Cavemen still trying try-ing to get organized, the home team struck again. This time it was senior Bryson Pope who took a pass, turned on his defender de-fender and rifled a shot in for the quick 2-0 lead. He also proved he knew how to use his head near the end of the first half. He took a great cross off a free kick and headed it past the diving Caveman Cave-man keeper for the 3-0 lead go ing into the break. On the other side, the visitors visi-tors had a couple of opportunities opportu-nities to cut into the lead but couldn't capitalize. "We couldn't finish," said American Fork head coach Barkley Chile. "I don't know how many shots we had, but we struggled to get them in." The best came as junior forward for-ward Quinton Hull got free on a long pass and beat the Red Devils to the ball, but his touch was blocked by keeper Thomas Day, who had come charging out of the net to snuff out the threat. Things changed a little in the second half as American Fork tightened up on the defensive end, allowing Springville a lot fewer opportunities and keeping keep-ing them scoreless. The Red Devil defense See REWIND, Page 7 Upcoming games Baseball Date Opponent Time 3, Jordan 3 30 pm. 42-50 Southern Nevada Tournament Softball Opponent Juan Dieuo Bnqhlon Hi Lehi Pleasant Grove Date 320 325 3'27 401 Time 3 30 p m 3 30pm 3 30 pm. 3 30 p m. Boys soccer Opponent Time Timpview 4 pm. & Mountain View 4 pm. (t Lehi 4 p m Date 320 325 401 Track Opponent O Lone Peak Date 325 Time 3:30 pm. Standings Reported games through 318 Baseball Region 4 School Region record Overall record Timpanogos 0-0 6-0 American Fork 0-0 4-0 Spanish Fork 0 0 3- LonePeak 0-0 2- Pleasant Grove 0-0 4 2-1 Lehi 00 2-3 Region 7 School Region record Overall record Springville 0-0 6-3 Tooele 0-0 5-3 Orem 0-0 3-2 Payson 0 0 3-2 Provo 0-0 4-5 Mountain View 0-0 2-3 Timpview 0-0 2-3 Softball Region 4 School Region record Overall record Spanish Fork 0-0 4-0 Timpanogos 0-0 5-1 American For 0-0 6-3 Lone Peak 0-0 4-2 Lehi 0-0 2-2 Pleasant Grove 0-0 0-1 Region 7 School Region record Overall record Provo 0-0 5-2 Tooele 1-0 5-2 Springville 1-0 5-4 Payson 1-1 5-4 Timpview 0-1 3-6 Orem 0-0 1-5 Mountain View 0-1 0-4 Boys soccer Region 4 School Region record Overall record Pleasant Grove 0-0-0 3-1-0 Lehi 0-0-0 3-1-0 American Fork 0-0-0 1-2-0 Lone Peak 0-0-0 0-2-1 Timpanogos 0-0-0 0-4-0 Spanish Fork 0-0-0 0-4-1 Region 7 School Region record Overall record Springville 1-0-0 4-0-0 Mountain View 1-0-1 2-2-1 Timpview 1-1-0 4-1-0 Provo 1-1-0 3-2-0 Payson 1-1-0 1-2-0 Orem 0-0-1 2-0-1 Tooele 0-2-0 0-2-0 eye UTAH FLASH Habitat Night at Utah Flash game on Friday I labitat for Humanity of Utah County will be sponsoring sponsor-ing the first Habitat Night at the Flash on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Utah Valley State McKay Events Center. All interest community members are invited in-vited to attend. In what the organizers hope will become an annual event, all proceeds will benefit Habitat's Habi-tat's local building efforts. Fans are invited to come enjoy a great night of NBA D-League D-League Basketball as the Utah Flash take on Colorado. Tickets are $7 per person and will need to be purchased in advance at the I labitat office at 1119 S. KM) West in Orem or at the I labitat ReStore at 626 North Freedom Blvd., Provo. Habitat for Humanity of . Utah County is a non-profit, ecumenical organization and is one of more than 2, 100 affiliates affili-ates of Habitat for Humanity International. The local chapter was organized orga-nized in 1991 by a group of lo-ail lo-ail community members who were concerned about substandard substan-dard housing in the county. Since then, the organization has built andor renovated 27 homes, providing more than 43 adults and 93 children safe and affordable housing. The affiliate is currently building and renovating homes in the F"rovoOrem area. For more information, please contact Rachel Wyatt at (801) 348527 or rachel hfhuc.org. I Cavemen baseball to have fundraiser. The American Fork baseball team will be conducting conduct-ing the annual fundraising dinner din-ner and auction on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the high school. The dinner will be first, followed fol-lowed by the auction at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 per person and may be purchased from any member of the baseball team or at the door. The booster boost-er parents would like to thank the community in advance for the support. |