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Show Thursday, April 3, 2008 OREM TIMES Page 11 J i . - T - I I MARK JOHNSTON North County Orem's Jordan Johnston, right throws to first base to complete a double play as Provo's Morgan Ventura slides into second base on March 27. Tigers Continued from Page 9 advantage. A long pass barely cleared the head of a Springville defender de-fender and Chandara ran on to it, taking it past the diving keeper and sliding it into the net for the equalizer. Both teams had some opportunities oppor-tunities after that but neither could capitalize until late in the first overtime period. Louder said that this was a nice win for his team to puU out against a very strong Red Devil ball club. "Every win in our region is going to be big because the teams are so evenly matched," he explained. "It's important to get points, especially on your home field. We were fortunate that we made some plays and got the ball in the net during the overtime." Baseball I Orem 4, Provo 3: At Provo, one complete game could be considered consid-ered a fluke. Two could be considered a trend. What about four complete games in four starts? That's au-t-o-matic. Last Thursday afternoon Orem pitcher Nate Adamson did it again. Adamson went the distance, allowing six hits to improve to 50 on the year as he helped Orem win its Region 7 opener over Provo. "I didn't have my best stuff today, but I got confidence as the ball game went on and I had a ton of confidence at the end especially with the lead. I wanted want-ed the win so bad I didnt want anything to get in the way of it," Adamson said. "I wasnt really re-ally expecting it (hot start), but li take it." Adamson may not have had his best stuff and even though he wasn't on top of his control he got stronger as the game went on. He allowed just two hits over the final five innings to set the stage for an Orem comeback. The Tigers trailed 3-2 in the sixth, but tied the game when J.T. Lindsay singled and scored on a Jeff MeHa single. Orem then scored the game winning run in seventh. CJ. Harrison led off the top of the seventh with a double. Provo intentionally walked Goose Kal-lunki. Kal-lunki. Colton Baird hit a sharp comebacker that was knocked down by Provo pitcher Griffin Geslison, who got Baird out at first, but not before the runners moved up a base. Marc Morgan reached base on an error that allowed the go-head run to score. Geslison got out of the inning without further damage, but Adamson seemed to get stronger as the game went on. He retired Provo in order in the seventh and struck out two of the three batters he faced. The Bulldogs felt like they could have beaten Adamson, especially with the effort they . got from their starting .pitcher BradRigby. , ty McQain Griffin and Matt-jj Griner each had two ruts for Provo. Mella aftdlindsavtaj two hits each for th Tjgm. - - I Neil Warner con? ribuleito this story. i 4 Orchard Park Care Center YoMUtiltshCbhnff Sfecrs'tnaMi EXPERTS IN REHABILITATION & SENIOR CARE - mm Softball Continued from Page 9 year' he said. While conceding that his team is the favorite, he gave a pretty good summary of what the coaches said about the other teams. "LehTs always good. American Ameri-can Fork has been a surprise so far, and Pleasant Grove is a mystery," he said. "Timpanogos is weD-coached, and Lone Peak has good athletes and can't be counted out. I think it's going to come down to who gets hot and who gets lucky." Here's a brief look at each of the teams: CONTENDERS Spanish Fork (12-0) "This is a fun team and a good team," Andrews said of his squad, which returns a number of players from last year's state runner-up and has exceptional depth. "Our schedule sched-ule hasn't been that good so far and we may lose some games, but that's fine. "This is probably the best defensive de-fensive team I've had, but our hitting outshines our defense," he continued. "Top to bottom, it's a dangerous lineup." At the top of everybody 's Est is Whitney Holm, the Valley Player of the Year last year. Her pitching has been limited so far this season as she's been working through a groin injury, in-jury, but she also plays second base and still hits. Andrews thinks it will be .another week or two before she returns to full form. Ashley Chappel and Tina Ferguson Fer-guson alternate at second base and catcher. Kalelyn Elliott is the cornerstone of the defense at shortstop and bats in the 3-spot. 3-spot. Center fielder Afy Tingey also hits really wel With Holm unavailable, the Dons have been relying on three other pitchers. "Cami Robinson has done the best so far, and Dezlee Roberts has been a pleasant Surprise," the coach said. "She's better than we thought. "Deven Baum is the other. The three of them have been doing just fine," he added. DARK HORSES Timpanogos (9-3) The Timberwolves return eight seniors, seven of whom have played varsity since their freshman year, so this team has exceptional experience and leadership. Tanner will be relying on the pitching tandem of Kirsten Bra-mall Bra-mall and Shiri Stevens, who has been injured and is just coming back. Kelsi Belliston has played at second base the past few seasons but has been moved to third. "She's one to look f or " her coach said. "She's an amazing amaz-ing athlete and an all-around player." Center fielder Megan Bishop is a powerhouse on both sides of the plate."She hits well and will field anything hit her direction," direc-tion," Tanner went on. "Even if she has to make a diving catch, she'll get to M somehow." Infielder Brittany Peterson has tons of range and could play anywhere. She also swings a big bat and is a really quick, solid player. Kalee Gonzalez is the top hitter right now and has really come along this year. Tanner said her senior-heavy team has some extra motivation motiva-tion this season. "They know it's now or never for them, so I expect them to go to every game really prepared." she said. American Fork (8-5) The consensus on American Fork is that the team is loaded with athletes and has gotten off to a stronger start than many expected this year. "Their scores have been amazing so far," former coach Tanner said. "They've really been hitting the ball a lot this year. Anyone who's going to play them is going to have to have good defense that day." Sorensen is distributing pitch ing duties between two junior primaries, Annie Christensen and Kayla Sorensen. "They've come a long way and we'll have them next year as well," lie said. Any discussion of batting starts with catcher Haley Hot instead, the Valley Offensive Flayer of the Year in basketball and a pretty fair softbaU player too. "She swings the bat about as weD as anybody and is a good athlete too," Oilman said. Lehi (8-4) "We have to make sure we come with the game face on and ready to play every day, but we can compete in this region," re-gion," Warr said. "I do believe we have some of the top pitching to be able to contend with the top teams in the state with the return of sophomore Ariel Zimmerman and her sister Ashley Zimmerman, Zimmer-man, who has been starting the season for us as Ariel has been recovering from an injury. Pleasant Grove (5-4) The reason why the Vikings are something of a mystery to the other region teams is because many of the players are so new . The team has just three seniors and four juniors playing with a bunch of underclassmen, under-classmen, "We're way young," Gill-man Gill-man said. "We have a lot of sophomores and freshmen who want to step up and play varsity. We played a lot of summer ball together but we lack a little bit of maturity. 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