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Show inursaay, xpiemoer it, tuuo r aijc u n c ivi I I IV! t S r1 WnlU COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Recent surge has Phillip Morgan MOUNTAIN VIEW At the In-ginning of the Region Re-gion 4 portion of play, notxxly in their right mind would have chosen the Mountain View Bruins' girls soccer team to be-near be-near the top of the standings. However, after dropping the first region game and extending ex-tending their losing streak to seven games, coach Sara At-uaia At-uaia and the Brums are right in the thick of the Region 4 race after winning their last three games "We had a really hard preseason pre-season schedule against some really g'xxl teams." Atuaia said " I cams like Alia and OREM . w.,- , "'til " v " ' -f' " ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County Ryan Mount gets an out in a game against the Idaho Falls Chukars ut Orem on Sunday. The Owlz lost ti-3. Orem's season ends sooner than expected Neil K. Warner A team of Harvard mathematicians math-ematicians is currently on the case. What are the odds that Orem Owlz starting pitchers Sean O'Sullivan and David Herndon, the Pioneer League leaders in F.RA, would get Ix-at in back -to-back games in the Pioneer League South Divisional playoffs? One in a hundred? One in a thousand? Idaho Falls had lost seven straight games in Orem and had just a 1-10 record in Orem on Sunday afternoon, when Idaho Falls faced Herndon, Orem's ace. But the Chukars defied the odds and beat Orem 9-3 to advance to the Pioneer league Championship series to play Missoula by completing complet-ing a two-game sweep in the best -of -three series. "They're an older club. I think their experienced showed little bit more today. ... We just weren't able to stay out of the big inning." said Orem manager Tom Kotch-man. Kotch-man. "If you're going to lose to a team, you don't like los 0& Flail Savings Metalmart Metal Roofing & Siding Jfc m Tuf- Rib 29ga. 3' wide t-1 jcov.r-i va - uaivanizea - ib : '"" "' 8'. 10', 12', Tuf - Rib 29qa. 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Now with a record of 3-7 and .3-1 in region play the Mountain View goals are sky high with the confidence that OWLZ ',!tsr,'i vf,7 : ' r. ing, but I don't mind losing to Idaho Falls because their players play the right way, their manager's (Brian Rupp) a class act. You just can't win all the time. That's the first time we haven't won here in six years." On Friday night in the series opener, the Chukars roughed up O'Sullivan, who came into the game with a 4-0 4-0 record and a 2.14 ERA, by scoring six runs and pounding out nine hits in a 6-2 win. It was more of the same on Sunday. Idaho Falls jumped on Herndon, who came in to the game with a 5-2 record and a 2.21 ERA, with three runs in the first inning off a Jace Turner three-run homer. It was Turner's 10th home run of the year and seventh against Orem. Orem countered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first when Tad Brewer was hit by a pitch and Peter Bour-jos Bour-jos doubled. Chris Pettit hit a sacrifice fly to score Brewer and Bourjos came home on an Abel Nieves groundout. But Idaho Falls erupted for See OWLZ, Page 10 Inexpensive" jng-Last.no 14', 16'. 20' C$25.44 ea . 1 Mon.-m 6 -5 1 -800-947-0249 SAT 8 NOON 181 South 1200 East Lehi fmwwxntx Bruins thinking region title is needed to compete with some of the top teams in Region Re-gion 4 and 5A. "We really wanted to beat Timpanogos last week," said Atuaia. "We came out and played a great team game and ' got the win." What is the Bruins secret to the recent barrage of victories? vic-tories? "I think that many teams underestimated us because of the losing streak," Atuaia said. "We started stringing together to-gether goals and caught some teams by surprise." This week the Bruins face more tough tests in the form of American Fork and the defending de-fending Region 4 champions from Lone Peak. St " . l , '" 11111 " t ;; " " ' """ -MuumnMm1Mm """ ' : 'A ) ; l; Ek x ' jumtmt.mhmmk&' juntas -am " ... 1 . - .-mill mm- MELISSA FARGONorth County Orem's Emily Julian (22) hits the ball over the net during the volleyball match between Orem and Pleasant Grove held in Orem on Tuesday. Despite loss of seniors, there's still talent in Utah Valley Jared Lloyd NORTH COUNTY It's scary how much volleyball vol-leyball talent graduated from Utah Valley high schools last fall. Gone are 2005 Utah Valley Val-ley Player of the Year setter AUyce Wilson of Pleasant Grove and 2004 winner setter set-ter Ashley Hamilton of Lone Peak, both players that quar-terbacked quar-terbacked their teams to two straight state championship games and won a title apiece. That in and of itself might be enough to expect a drop off in area volleyball but the list certainly doesn't stop there. Check out some of the top players that ended their high school playing days after af-ter the 2005 season: I Pleasant Grove: Kortney Robinson, Hailey Jeppson, Morgan Lloyd, Tela Burnett and JeNae Mortensen. Lone Peak: Tami Peterson, Peter-son, Leslie Fonbuena and Olivia Fowler. I Other Region 4 teams: Jenna Toone and Shantelle Deciding to sell was tough. Using a REALTOR made it easy. Utah County Assoctlon of REALTORS www.ucaor.com Brought to You By ml? xtt&nfite col i jl I 720 South STATErSTREET.0rem f a vi inn aw .) OAIUKUAY tMF DRAWING Sll W APwssicK I FOR JERSEY H t ITil7RT?7i V "American Fork is a good team," Atuaia said. "I haven't seen them play yet, but from looking at their results re-sults they can put balls in the back of the net. 1 don't think that they have been shutout yet." If Mountain View can get through the week with victories victo-ries over the Cavemen and the Knights, this young group of Bruins will be near the front of the Region 4 class competing compet-ing for the region title. "We feel that if we can keep this momentum we can win the region and make a run in state," Atuaia said. "These girls play with a lot of heart and if we play the way we are capable, we can play with anyone." VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW stacked Durrant (American Fork); Abby Jo Johnson and Bre-anne Bre-anne Molen (Timpanogos); Marianne White, Alyssa Merrill and Angie Glassford (Mountain View); and Marianne Mari-anne Weight (Spanish Fork). I Region 7 teams: Danielle Taylor and Cori Neilson (Springville), Carly Taylor, Dani Robinson and Tiarah Shumway (Orem); Aubrey Orion (Payson); Liz Walker (Lehi); and Michelle Oldroyd (Timpview). It's almost like reading a Who's Who on prep volleyball volley-ball for the past few years. With all of those excellent players no longer on the court, area teams should expect to take a step back, right? Don't count on it. Once again, both regions are stacked with outstanding teams. While two or three squads in each classification appear to be at bit ahead of the others, don't be surprised if the gap has narrowed and upsets occur regularly. With league play begin m - I, A imi -''. uww i i r Football After a 31-3 loss to crdss-town crdss-town rival Orem last week, the Bruin football team is looking to get back to its winning ways this week as it travels to Spanish Fork to take on Griff Robles and the Dons Friday at 7 p.m. "We had it rough on Friday," Fri-day," said Mountain View linebacker Josh Curtis. "We had some turnovers that hurt us and we really gave the game away. All in all it was a fun game." With a record of 1-3 the Bruins are currently in last place, but can make a run by stringing a couple victories See FORWARD, Page 10 ning next week, here's a look at how Utah Valley volleyball should play out this year: Region 4 CONTENDERS Lone Peak (15-5) The two teams that appear ready to battle for the top spot in area 5A competition come as no surprise since both schools have put together togeth-er solid volleyball programs. But with success comes pressure. pres-sure. "Most of it is self-imposed," Knight head coach Deanna Meyer said. "I want to continue contin-ue to have a strong program and we have the talent to do that. We just want to go out and improve every game." Lone Peak lost some stars, but returns powerful senior outside hitter Christie Carpenter. Car-penter. "She's one of the most athletic ath-letic individuals out there," Meyer said. "She has great See VOLLEYBALL, Page 10 Utah County News wmheraldextra.com GOING ON VACATION? Donate your newspapers to Newspaper in Education. For more information call 344-2923 IVeldable Steel Hinges In Stock - Huge Selection 6' Continuous Bteqes Barrel Hlrigca mr-6' Open Width L Light Geary J 7" $5.99 ea I I I Dllty -Greased Zrk. BU Bearing We've Got Em' - You Savell Stop In & Browse! MrrrA1 rr 768-3332 WrPWJIh'S We accept Q 1 181 South 1200 East Lehi M-f s-. st -n exiti-is 279' Alexis Harrison Mountain View High Grade: 11 Birthday: May 19 Position: Fullback Birth place: Provo Favorite color: Yellow Favorite resurant: Cafe Rio Favorite food: Navajo tacos Favorite book: The Count of Monte Cristo Last book you've read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Favorite Movie: She's the Man Favorite soccer memory: "Beating Timpanogos last week. It was cool when Stacy (Bartholomew) was about to score and I took the ball away from her." Favoite subject in school: Math Favorite thing to to with friends: Play soccer Phillip Morgan NORTH COUNTY For those of you that have been to Philadelphia, and many of those who haven't, the most famous sandwich in the entire city is the Philly cheese steak. Now, seeing as I'm the new sports writer for the Orem Times, and getting out to as many high school teams as I can (sometimes three in one day), I see a lot of great performances from players and great support from fans. That is why I am starting a new award to reward those schools, those players and those fans who show exceptional ability in any given week. This new award is entitled the Philly Cheese Award not only named after the delectable de-lectable sandwich from the city of brotherly love, but also named after myself. The inaugural Philly Cheese goes to the Mountain View high school student section. During the Bruins' football game against cross-town rival Orem, the Mountain Moun-tain View faithful were as loud as I've ever heard in all my career covering high school football. Even when their team was losing, the Bruins student body cheered and chanted in support of their team. Now some may ask, 'How do we win a Philly Cheese Award?. Well my friends the answer is easy. For the student body, get 20 percent of your student body at the games, cheer loud, be united and be creative. For athletes and teams all you have to do is make a spectacular play, knock off a top opponent or make history. Multiple Philly Cheese Awards may be given out in any particular particu-lar week as long they are warranted. war-ranted. As I see the student bodies of Mountain View-, Orem and Timpanogos making an effort to reach and achieve these goals, I will raise the stakes (no pun intended) in-tended) and make the goal 30 or 40 percent. I hope that this will be a fun competition that will get the athletes, coaches and everyone at the schools involved and excited ex-cited about high school athletics throughout the year. I Orem Times sports writer Phillip Morgan can be reached at pjmorganheraldyahoo.com. Visit the obituaries online to sign w r ' rt 1. r or send flowers. See the obituary section at www.heraldextra.com POOR |