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Show ""-- Lehi Free Press New Utah! - Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - Page 8 Sports I Pioneers beat Hawks Jmini.iini. iipi uim.iii.iiiii.hu ii 78-6- 4 .W '' .""PW By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent non-leagu- Every basketball player has an 'on' night. Feb. 20 was such an Justin evening for schedule; Lehi ends in second place Dean Von Memmott The Lehi Pioneers finished the regular season on a winning note by beating the North 4 in a Sanpete Hawks game Feb. 16. Lehi Coach Dave Filimoehala said, "I thought they Lehi worked well tonight with getting back to playing the kind of ball they're known By non-leag- for." Hawk Shandon Shepherd opened the game's scoring with on a trey. Lehi pulled ahead scoring by Micah McKinnon and Adam Bateman. Shepherd hit a second straight trey to put North Sanpete back in the driver's seat. Trades of the lead persisted through much of the first quarter as both teams became incredibly accurate with their shots from the floor. Royal Nielson gave the Hawks their last lead of the quarter when he sank a jumper Lehi to put them ahead tied the game on a Brock Cooper free throw. David Pioneer Christofferson broke the tie r with a trey. Another a to Lehi him by paced 1 lead at the end of the quarter. During the second quarter, North Sanpete didn't let the 4-- 3 17-1- three-pointe- 25-2- Libberton. He swished in four treys on the way to 16 points to fuel the Lehi Pioneers to a 0 win over the visiting Snow d Canyon Warriors in action of the state playoffs. Though a reserve player, he shone in the second half, which saw Snow Canyon almost tie the game. saw the That period Warriors begin a terrifying scoring spurt. After Pioneer Brock Cooper had placed the Steve Jursa and lead at Pioneers lead by more than nine points. Meanwhile, during same that quarter, Christofferson hit another two treys to keep Lehi from falling behind. In the second half, the Pioneers shot better than they did in the first half. That was bad news for North Sanpete, which had been doing so well in keeping the Pioneer lead in single digits. When Cooper hit a to put the score at the game took on the form of a blowout. Shepherd tried averting the transformation through long shots and layups, but even though he put North Sanpete Lehi still pushed within its lead back into double figures. After the Pioneers placed three-point- 43-3- 46-3- 68-6- first-roun- 3-- A 34-2- 55-4- er 6-- 1, I J ;.f ; - ! mei 2 when arrived within Cooper stole the ball. The steal didn't smother Snow Canyon's chance to even the score. The Warriors quickly 34-3- North 4, Sanpete chalked up seven free 1 durthrows to get wtihin ing the early fourth quarter. Lehi halted the Hawk march, and B.J. Benson hit two s that helped the Pioneers stay up by more than 10 points through the rest of the period. Christofferson led Lehi with 14 points while Cooper added another 13. Shepherd led North Sanpete with 21 points. three-pointer- 14-1- Photo by Dean Von Memmott a shot Lett's Shane Pickett (in white) puts in win over North during the feb. 16 Sanpete. Swimmers tie for first place in region meet controlled firmly was the Jamie Carbine 12th, Megan terfly. In the boys' medley relay. The freestyle, Joseph Faulk took Jensen 13th, Shelby Walker Pioneers took it in a time of eighth and Jon Bryson 1 1th. 14th, Rachel Romney 15th, In the girls' division, Lehi Daniela Kirchberg 17th, and 1:47.53. The winning relay team included Danny finished fourth. The Pioneers Rachel Phillips 21st. In the girls' butterfFellingham, Cory Dortch, also took fourth in the girls' David Fellingham, and Cliff City. medley relay. ly, Rebecca Tucker took third, Lehi's Danny Fellingham Worthington. s V of Christensen took ninth in Comprised Haley y meet. stood out at the In a time of 59.47, Christensen, Rebecca Tucker,; the girls100-yar- d freestyle d While he took second in the Tucker finished fifth in the Megan Jensen, and Jamie Worthington won the boys' breast stroke. Carbine, the Pioneers' girls' girls' freestyle, he won the butterfly. d In the boys' back stroke in a time of breast Those who qualified for state freestyle relay team will be competing this Friday 1:01.2, setting a new Pioneer stroke, Dortch took third, took second. In the girls' 50 free, Haley and Saturday at Brigham Wilson Bateman 12th, and team record. The boys' Christensen took seventh, Young University. freestyle Brandon Mortenson 13th. event. was a of Adams, Comprised Cam Holbrook won it while setHolbrook, and the Fellinghams, ting a new personal best in a the Pioneer boys' time of 24.03. Teammate freestyle relay team took third. WTeston Adams finished fourth Brady Peterson took second Located in Miracle Bowl ' in the 50 free in a time of 24.90. in the boys' individual 1585 So State - Orem d Another boys' event Lehi medley and the but Von Memmott With a score of 129, the Lehi Pioneers tied the Uintah Utes for first place in the boys' division at the Region 10 swim in Park meet, held Feb. 200-yar- d 29-1- 500-yar- d 12-1- 3 6-- 100-yar- d , i 50-yar- 100-yar- d 100-yar- d 100-yar- d 100-yar- d 50-yar- 1J ''". f 200-yar- d Lehi-dominat- M 400-yar- d R 9, 32-2- 200-yar- d two-da- received another chance o do so when Lehi threw the ball away. Adam Bateman saved Lehi's neck through pulling down a defensive board. He passed to Libberton for the first of four Nevertheless, the prospect of Snow Canyon retaking the lead stayed strong. The Warriors had been ahead briefly earlier in the evening. Jursa and Beck led Snow lead at Canyon out to a 3 the end of the first quarter. During the second quarter, Lehi forced the Warriors to turn the ball over several times. The Pioneers used the Snow Canyon turnovers as fuel for a running-gunnin- g game. Lehi twice got up by 10 points during the quarter. After the Pioneer lead had Snow Canyon grown to outscored Lehi 3 to get within 6 by halftime. Lehi Dave Coach Filimoehala said, "That's a good team that came up to play us. We knew that we had to pUiy their style fo( game in ordertabeat them." In other words, that meant : playing an uptempo offensive and tough defensive game. The coach said a running-gunnin- g game hadn't been Lehi's style of play for a long three-pointer- s. 55-5- By Dean 6, Theo Beck led Snow Canyon on a 0 scoring run. No sooner had the Warriors 9, their lead at beats Snow Canyon Lehi e Warm up for tourney run in game while rest of region finishes their 78-6- P11icir1c X ft A Anpi 100-yar- 225-603- 8 Lehi grads sought for hoops tourney If you're a Lehi High School graduate, get your friends and your game together for our annual alumni tournament. All high school graduates are invited to play or put together a team, and this year, older and younger divisions could be We're looking for 12 of formed. Lehi's best teams to play a So, if you've got game, double elimination tournacall Todd Kirkpatrick at April 9. The fee 5 through is $125 per 756-399- set-u- Burningham at Baptist Church p. Sunday Services at 1 1 :00 a.m. at the Best Western Inn in Lehi v 0 a layup. Pioneer Joe Nattress quickly made up for the miss. He stole the ball and cut away for a layup. He then produced key offen sive rebounds, including one J during which he put a Shane Pickett free throw back into the ) hoop to extend the lead to 44-- I 36. Beck hit a field goal near the quarter's conclusion to put Snow Canyon within . The final quarter's opening minute became like a greased pig catching contest. Neither team could seem to hold on to the ball for more than a few 44-3- Ai fri i look over our selection oi quality merchandise. y -- V M- - W In. "V 'S V mid-cou- rt shot, but jump Libberton swished in his third trey to put the Pioneer advantage at 49-4- 0. Jeff Beacham and Beck paced Snow Canyon on a 4 scoring run that placed the Warriors within Suddenly, Bateman hit a three-poibomb that kept Snow Canyon from getting any the closer, even though Warriors did pull within five points thrice. The Pioneers safeguarded their lead through long stalls, 9-- 52-4- 9. nt Jex freethrows and Christofferson thefts. Lehi's biggest lead of the half was Two Jake Ellison free throw trimmed it to 0 just before; "the final buzzer. '' ' If Lehi's 11 scorers,' Jex was second with nine points. Lehi will square off with Bear River in a 10 a.m. quarterfinal game at UVSC's McKay Events Center Feb. 25. 68-5- 8. 68-6- flflt h Littk Satin MM 221-79- MADE IN 1 www.geocities comheartl andplains 7325 S 768-821- 7. 149 VEHICL ES FROM $99.00 Offered for Immediate Disposal 1 1999, during a MEMBERS Keep your membership dues current and they will never go up for life. Call for details. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE at the four to six thousand dollar OREM, UTAH range." This event promises to be exciting. "If you've never seen this type of disposal before, make sure you arrive early," says Brent. Brent Brown. General Manager and Part Owner of Rick Warner Toyota in Orem plans to hold a one-da- y sales NEW MEMBERS Take advantage of current rates. 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At precisely 10:00 am the pre-ma- rk slasher will begin slashing prices to the lowest possible price. Whoever is behind the wheel of any used vehicle will be given first opportunity to purchase the vehicle at the posted sale price in the windshield. No haggle, no hassles. Used car buyers will be available to bid on trade-in- s during the sale hours of 10:00 am til 6 00 pm. Lenders will be there to arrange . r financing for virtually every level of credit history. Brown states, "Pleased be advised, this is a one day only sales event. Because of the size of the dislow-co- ii in' ilil Satin LustreJ sales event. one-da- y 1 st Interior Wonder Tones Satin Wail & Trim counts being offered, when our inventory has been reduced to the desired level, the sale tags will be removed and all vehicles will return One coat coverage over all colors Choose from over 1000 colors Washable and spatter resistant to normal pricing "This inventory situation has been very difficult on us, but it will certainly be an opportunity for the consumers who participate. We'd rather give. our local customers the Easy soap and water chance to purchase these vehicles than to send them to the wholesale auctions in Salt Lake," says Brown. Questions regarding this sale can be directed to Randy Slocks or Larry Terry at 0. Vin numbers Dealership. available at i i I seconds. Snow Canyon finally took a j firm hold on the ball and , brought it across the , line. Suddenly, Pioneer David Christofferson stole the ball J t and sank a layup. 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