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Show Thursday, May 29, 2008 Page 6 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Utah Valley All-Star Neil K. Warner NORTH COUNTY The ninth annual Utah Valley Val-ley All-Star Classic baseball game was rained out on Monday Mon-day and has been rescheduled for Tuesday at BYUs Miller Field. American Fork's invited representatives include seniors se-niors Jake Murphy and Nate Pitcher. The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. when the valley coaches take on the all-stars in a five-inning game. The main event will follow at 7 p.m. when the all-stars will be divided up in an East vs. West format. Prizes for the most valu J American Fork experienced some Beky Beaton NORTH COUNTY The American Fork spring sports season contained a few surprises, particularly in girls softball, where the Cavemen had to win a play-in game just to get to the tournament, then went farther than any other Region 4 team this season. The baseball team had another an-other solid campaign, though it did not advance as far in the tournament as hoped. American Ameri-can Fork didn't have a great year in soccer or track, but both squads gained experience experi-ence that will help them next season. The Cavemen did not field teams for boys tennis or girls golf. Here's a team-by-team look at how the season went. Baseball M5-10 overall, 6-4 Region 4 I Region third place I State third round The Cavemen bounced back from a midseason slump of four straight losees to win their final four league games, including two against Timpanogos to knock the Timberwolves into an unexpected un-expected fourth place in the region. American Fork got off to a good start in the tournament by 10-running Northridge on the road, but then suffered a lopsided loss at Taylorsville to drop into the elimination bracket. They led much of the game against Viewmont and had the lead in the final inning, but the Vikings pulled it out in the bottom of the seventh to send the Cavemen home for the year. The team loses some big-hitting big-hitting seniors but returns its staff ace and a solid group of younger players eager to find spots on the roster. Softball 1 14-13 overall, 4-7 Region 4 I Region tied fourth, won play-in game ) State fourth round The Cavemen won more games in the preseason than previous teams had won in the past five years, but they found the going tough in Region Re-gion 4. However, they were able to pull into a tie for fourth place with season-ending, tight wins over Timpanogos and Lone Peak, then managed a play-in victory over the Timberwolves Tim-berwolves to earn the league's Cavemen fall to Pleasant Grove in Dean Von Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In Tri-City Colt League baseball action at American Fork's Rotary Park Tuesday, Tues-day, the American Fork Cardinals fell to the Pleasant Grove Twins by a score of 12-1. Singles from Matt Bez- zant and P.J. Chnstensjj able players on each team for both games will be awarded following the respective contests. con-tests. Representatives from the Utah Flash and Orem Owlz will be at the game and will be participating in contests and promotions. Fans in attendance at-tendance could win tickets to future games and restaurant gift certificates. Admission price for the two games is $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and kids. Proceeds from the game will go towards a baseball scholarship for a Utah Valley baseball player. For more information send e-mails to nwarner(r heraldex-tra.com. Photos by MARK JOHNSTONNorth County American Fork's Mallory Davis attempts to beat the ball as she steals second base during a game against Pleasant Grove on April I. The Cavemen softball team picked up a pair of wins in the 5A state softball tournament to advance farther in postseason play than any other team from Region 4. BELOW: American Fork's Josh Mooney pitches against Pleasant Grove on April 8. The Cavemen baseball team took third in region play and beat Northridge in the opening round of the state tournament before a pair of losses ended their season. final playoff berth. No one was surprised when American Fork fell in the first round to Region 1 top seed Fremont, which eventually finished fourth. The Cavemen went on to vanquish Brighton, then beat Pleasant Grove, a team they had lost to twice during the regular season, before exiting at the hands of Layton in the fourth round. It was the best finish for American Fork in at least a decade, and perhaps ever in this sport. The team loses five seniors but returns six varsity underclassmen, under-classmen, including both of the primary pitchers, to build with next year. Boys soccer 3-12 overall, 2-8 Region 4 I Region fifth place The Cavemen had a difficult diffi-cult season as they struggled through some internal player issues but played better after some of those were resolved. They were competitive in most of their games, how set the stage for a Pleasant Grove takeover in the top of the first. Nick Houston and Cody Jensen each singled in a run to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. Right fielder Matt Ludlow's Lud-low's catch of a Bobby Lewis Lew-is fly ball enabled American Fork to shut Pleasant Grove down for the inning. Though leadoff hitter Tra Baseball ALL-STAR ROSTERS EAST I Springville: Ben Doxey, Corey Co-rey MacMurdo, Brian What-cott, What-cott, Kurt Averett I Pleasant Grove: Regan Walker, Adam Nielson, Riley White I Orem: Goose Kallunki, Nate Adamson, C.J. I Iarrison, Jeff Mella I Timpanogos: Jordan Mehlhoff, Gentry Croft, Mitch Foster, Grant Jimenez, Taylor Lyons, Bret Lopez I Provo: Adam Law, Kyle Val- gardson WEST I Spanish Fork: Gentry Mitchell, Mitch-ell, Damon Ward, Devin Nelson, Nel-son, Tyler I lanks SMI JLI memorable moments during spring T7-TV, . i -x. ytfr-y J ' " ' .. , - ' . J " i - $ , T . A ' " ". : " . ever, and did manage to win a couple in the region. American Fork graduates just three seniors who were still on the team at the end of season. The squad will return 10 varsity players, including both goalkeepers, to lay a foundation for better results next year. Track t Region boys fifth, girls fifth State girls 18th, boys 18th The team lacked sufficient depth to challenge for the crown at either the region or state level, but a number of Cavemen earned spots on the school record lists with outstanding individual performances. perfor-mances. Ben Felix wrapped up an fine track and cross country career at American Fork by medaling in both his distance races, placing fourth in the l,(i()0m and fifth in the 3,200m at the state meet. Sec REVIEW, Page 7 vis llemsley got on base via a walk in the bottom of the first, Pleasant Grove pitcher Jake Sessions struck out two of the next three Cardinal Cardi-nal hitters. The next inning, Brock Warden hit a grand slam to spur the Twins out on a six-run rally. American Fork did get a single from Ludlow in the bvtom of the Classic rescheduled Lone Peak: Daniel Sechrest, Chase Cook, Brennan Holm-stead Holm-stead I Lehi: Josh Swenson I American Fork: Jake Murphy, Mur-phy, Nate Pitcher I Mountain View: Mark Garrett, Gar-rett, Kyle Kendall, Caleb Lovcland, Tanner Young, Marcus Draper, Travis Jack-man Jack-man Payson: Dalton Smith, Beau Bufton, G)dy Ferguson CRAIQ DILGERNorth County Jake Murphy hits the bull in a game against Timpanogos on April 29. Murphy and Nate Pitcher will represent the Cavemen at the Utah Valley All-Star Basebull Classic. V Colt League baseball second, but Sessions continued contin-ued to hold American Fork scoreless. During the third's top . half, a Lewis single resulted in the Twins' loading the bases on no outs. Soon, Bez-zant Bez-zant hit a two-run douible, and Pleasant Grove picked up another three runs on two walks and a passed ball. On one out in the fourth, r Ml sports season Cody Jensen doubled off American Fork pitcher Jim Davis. Lewis doubled in Jensen Jen-sen for the final Twin run of the game. In the bottom of the inning, in-ning, Davis doubled in Hemsley to put the Cardinals Cardi-nals on the board. Sessions held the Cardinals in the fifth to cause the game to be called. it eye AF SPORTS Date setforAF alumni golf tournament NORTH COUNTY The date has been announced for the third annual AFHS alumni golf tournament, sponsored by and to benefit the basketball program. pro-gram. The event is scheduled for Fox I lollow Golf Course on June 7. The four-man scramble will begin with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded throughout through-out the course and for the top teams. Participation is open to American Fork alumni and all others are welcome. Tournament and hole sponsorships sponsor-ships are also available. Tournament Tourna-ment sponsorships are $200, which allows advertising throughout through-out the course. Those unable to participate in the tournament are still invited to make donations to the program. Those interested in sponsoring sponsor-ing any part of the event or who have any other questions are asked to contact Eric Franson at (801)592-3224 or Doug Meacham at (801)(502-9927 before June 4. I Planet Volleyball Camp coming up next month: The Planet Volleyball Vol-leyball Camp for 2008 for players entering grades 2-10 will be June 16-18 at American Fork High School. The cost is $40 per player and includes a T-shirt. Sessions are as follows. I Beginning A (grades 2-6) is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. I Beginning B (grades 6-8) is from 4 to 6:30 p.m. I Intermediate (grades 6-10 who played club or league) is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Former American Fork standout stand-out Emillee Toone, who now plays at the University of Utah, will appear ap-pear at the camp. Registration and payment are due by June 6. Registration will still be accepted through the first day of camp, depending on space available, but there will be no guarantee of T-shirt availability or size. Registration forms are available avail-able on the American Fork High School Web site under volleyball. For more information, call coach Dannette Moea'i at 400-9503 or e-mail coachmoeaiyahoo.com. I Registration open for AF baseball base-ball camp: Registrations are now being accepted for the annual American Fork basketball summer sum-mer skills camp. The event is set for Monday through Friday in the high school main gym. Fees include a camp T-shirt and awards. Sign up for the grade to be entered in the fall. Sessions are as follows. I Grades 3-6: 8 to 10 a.m., $65. I Grades 7-9: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., $75. I Grades 10-12: 2 to 5 p.m., $75. Individual skill and team instruction in-struction will be directed by varsity varsi-ty head coach Doug Meacham and assistant coaches Lynn Anderson and Bob Eckles. Forms are available at the school. Checks can be brought the first day of the camp. For more information, contact coach Meacham at 756-8547 (ext. 194). Without customers ... Your BUSINESS is only a hobby. Think about it. Your advertising message can reach more than 92,000 readers every Sunday in the Daily Herald. r 1 |