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Show Thursday, June 23, 2005 OREM GENEVA TIMES Page 7 Thanksgiving Point Golf Club Girls Continued from Page 6 500 in region play and getting them into the state tournament. Smith's target, catcher Jenny Fiso also stepped up to fill some big shoes, developing into not only a solid catcher and strong hitter, but an Academic All-State student as welL Mountain View also checked in with an Academic All-State athlete, as senior Cara Wright earned the honor to match being honored in volleyball. Behind the plate, sophomore catcher Holli Cot ant was steady for the young Bruin squad, providing pro-viding direction, fielding and hitting. Track Every year Mountain View has a lot to live up to, but the Bruins still find a way to finish high by competing with some of the state's top athletes. This year was no different. Despite a slip to second place, Mountain View's Heidi Houle, one of the premier runners (especially (es-pecially for middle distances) in any classification, finished her career strong. Houle opened the state track meet with a victory in the 1,600-meter, 1,600-meter, then followed up with a win in the 800. She also picked up a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash. After a stellar basketball season, sea-son, Bruin Michelle Harrison finally picked up a state title of her owa Although not her best, Harrison's jump of 5-foot -4-inches was good enough to claim the title. In the javelin, sophomore Brittany Brit-tany Harvey's 124-foot-10-inch throw was good enough for first, marking the second straight year a Bruin has won the event, while in the discus Kristi Koplin grabbed a title, throwing 131 feet 3 inches. For Timpanogos, Vanessa Hawkins was a top performer all season. With a couple state titles behind her, Hawkins finished second in both the 1,600 and 3,200, but then helped the 1600-meter 1600-meter medley relay team, which has found itself in second the past four years, to a state title. Kate Harline was Or em's top performer at state, also doing well in the distance events. She was fourth in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs. Great Continued from Page 7 Orem's top performers at state, finishing fourth in both the 1600-meter run and 3200-meter run. Name: MICHELLE HARRISON School: Mountain View Class: Junior Sport: Track Position: High jump Highlight: Won the high jump by clearing the bar set at 5-foot-4. Name: Brittany Harvey School: Mountain View Class: Sophomore Sport: Track Position: Javelin Highlight: Won with a throw of 124 feet 10 inches. Name: Vanessa Hawkins School: Timpanogos Class: Senior Sport: Track Position: Distance events Highlight: Hawkins was second in both the 1600-meter and 3200-meter, and was on the winning 1600-meter medley relay team at the state track meet. Name: HEIDI HOULE School: Mountain View Class: Senior Sport: Track Position: Middle distance events Highlight: Houle won the 800-meter and 1600-meter runs at the state track meet. Name: STEPHANIE JOHNSON School: Timpanogos Class: Senior Sport: Softball Position: Catcherright field Highlight: Johnson provided senior leadership behind the plate and was a clutch hitter. Name: TAJIA LAW School: Timpanogos Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Position: Third basepitcher Highlight: Law showed up with intensity for every game and was a fiery, emotional emo-tional spark for the T-wolves. Name: KRISTI KOPLIN School: Mountain View Sport: Track Position: Discus Highlight: Won the state title with a throw of 131 feet 3 inches. Name: Alice Smith School: Orem Class: Senior Sport: Softball . Position: Pitcher Highlight: Took over on the mound and led the Tigers to a third-place region finish fin-ish and appearance in the state playoffs. Name: Cara Wright School: Mountain View Ctaae: Senior Sport: Softball Highlight: Academic All-state. T-wolves' Larsen helps team to wins Landon Olson NORTH COUNTY STAFF PLEASANT GROVE The experience is building in a hurry for Timpanogos' Angie Larsen. The only pitcher on the T-wolves' T-wolves' tournament roster, the sophomore-to-be threw six games over the weekend, leading lead-ing Timpanogos to a couple of victories in the tournament bracket at the Timp Classic 16U Softball tournament. "It was hard but fun," said Larsen, of throwing so many games in a two-day period, the most she's had to pitch in so short of time. After dropping games to Timpview and the Utah Twisters Twist-ers in pool play, the T-wolves rebounded Friday night to upset Armi's Angels, Mountain View's team, to win the first game of tournament play. Larsen picked up the shutout in the game and contributed three singles in the 3-0 victory. Saturday morning was a bit tougher for Timpanogos as it lost 11-0 to the Rage, but the T-wolves T-wolves bounced back against the Oquirrh Mountain Stars in Classic Continued from Page 6 little dinker. I told myself I was going to be safe no matter mat-ter what. I was ready to dive," Hecker said. She easily beat the throw, leaving two runners on. After Alii Bramwell (another T-wolf) walked, Marti Gray ripped a two-run single through the left side. Bramwell would later score on an illegal pitch, giving the Cobrazz a 4-1 edge. "They just put their heads down and went to work and did what they had to do," said coach Brad Miller. "We start slow a lot of times. We usually have one good inning. This one we were able to score fairly quickly and just keep scoring." In the fourth, the Cobrazz sealed the game. Alyssa Miller singled and Ali Kirkham walked to start the irining, then Hecker was up again. This time the results of her trip to the plate were similar, if not a bit more dramatic. Instead of looking for an all-or-nothing at bat, she just wanted a base hit. Again she quickly fell behind T-wolves Continued from Page 6 inning when second baseman Vanessa Nimmer nabbed a line drive. In their half of the inning, Timpanogos started with Chel-sie Chel-sie Laird on second, then had runners on the corners when Rode reached on an error. Gonzalez was again hit by a pitch, loading the bases and bringing Hecker to the plate. Quickly in the hole, Hecker bounced back, lacing a base-clearing base-clearing double to left field to give Timpanogos the 4-1 win. Larsen allowed only four hits while picking up the win for Timpanogos. 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The round tripper gave the Cobrazz a 7-1 lead. With one out, T-wolf CheLsey Brown would end the game, lacing an RBI-single to right field to make it 9-1, invoking the eight-run mercy rule. McKensy Hillstead started the game on the mound and picked up the four -inning victory, vic-tory, not even giving Bramwell a chance to finish it off. With their depth of talent, the Cobrazz were a favorite going into the tournament, having picked up Timpanogos aces Bramwell and Tajia Law, as well as Hecker and Brown in addition to the Lehi players. t Timpanogos 8, American Fork 3: In the second game, the T-wolves T-wolves just kept rolling. "I think the energy carried over because we had the overtime over-time then went straight into another game so we were all pumped up," Rode said. A walk and three straight singles gave the T-wolves a 3-0 lead to start before AF got a pair back in the bottom of the first. In the second, Bishop led off with a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third then scored on an error. Then, with two outs, Rode, who switched her hitting this year, doubled. "I hit it left handed. I'm not left handed. I hit a double. I'm so excited," she said. Shelves 2 Semi-Annual 11 ruas for the blowout victory. vic-tory. Shortstop Kalee Gonzalez tripled in the game, Larsen added another pair of singles, while the rest of the off ease contributed plenty. "I think we did good when we played together," Larsen said. In the next game, against the North Sanpete Hawks, Timpanogos played solid, but one costly inning with a couple of errors got the Hawks four ruas, as they pulled away for the 5-0 victory to eliminale the T-wolves. "I wasn't throwing as hard that game," Larsen said. "My arm and legs had about had it." Despite the losses, pitching coach Tim Hill said the experience experi-ence was good for the young pitcher, and after the two pool play games, told her, "When you lose, make sure you don't lose the lesson you were supposed sup-posed to learn." Larsen said Hill helps her especially with the mental side of the game. "I have to make sure I'm trying try-ing my hardest every pitch," she said. "We expected from the beginning be-ginning to play six games and head home, and that's what we did," Hecker said. With three pitchers, the Cobrazz had a solid rotation, getting the chance to keep the hurlers plenty rested, switching switch-ing between Law, Bramwell and Hillstead. In the first game against the Twisters, the Cobrazz used a big fourth inning to blow the game open for a 7-2 victory behind be-hind Law on the mound. Earlier the Cobrazz had their biggest challenge against the Mity Mites, but Bramwell threw the shutout in the 2-0 victory. The day opened with a 6-0 victory against the Blitz, with Hillstead and Bramwell splitting split-ting time on the mound. In px play, the Cobrazz easily downed both Pleasant Grove 9-0 and North Sanpete 8-0 to grab the No. 1 seed out of their pool going into tournament tourna-ment play. Among other local teams, Armi's Angels (Mountain View) went 1-1 in pool play before falling to Timpanogos then the Blitz in bracket play. Gonzalez followed by reaching reach-ing on an error, and Hecker singled, making it 5-2. In the third Timpanogos scored another pair of runs, then would get one more, after a two-out double by Hecker in the fourth. She would score on an error. Larsen picked up another win, allowing only three hits and striking out seven in four innings of work. For both games combined, Hecker was 5-for-5, with two doubles and also drew a walk. "I think everyone stepped it up because a lot of our girls are missing. So everyone stepped in where they needed to and got stuff done," Rode said." Quilts Clocks!! Rugs 2" Americana 489-8242 Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6 Thanksgiving Point offers an all-around challenge Neil K. Warner NOHTH OUW1Y MAI I First, you must navigate the wind and hope you clear the Jordan Jor-dan River. Then you must d(xlge one of the sand traps that guard the green and keep your ball from rolling off the green and down a slope. And finally, you must make a putt. Paring the 208-yard par 3 at Thanksgiving Point Golf Course in Lehi is never easy, and a birdie on this hole is worthy of saving the ball for your trophy case. It's holes like No. 7 that have not only made Thanksgiving Point one of the top rated courses cours-es in Utah, but one of the most popular courses as well It's a Johnny Miller-designed course that offers a variety of challenges to golfers of varied skilled leveLs. "You may not Ihink that Lehi would be the perfect place for a golf course, but Johnny felt inspired through the whole design," said Mark Whetzel, director of golf at Thanksgiving Point. "Every hole is next to each other, but you can't see the other hole. It's turned out to be the prefect pre-fect piece of property. Johnny created such a magical place." Thanksgiving Point was ranked in the top 10 new courses in the country by Golf Digest in 1997 and since that time the awards have continued. It was recently named the No. 1 public golf club in Utah by Golf Digest and one of 15 "hidden gems" in the country by Links Magazine. "We never really designed a signature hole," Whetzel said. "In our opinion we have so many. There's No. 4, a downhill Par 3 and another great hole is METAL ROOFING & SIDING! 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Little room for error on either side of the green. i p y j t :j i tcoursej - No. 12, a dog -leg left over water and No. 17 is almost an island greea It's probably the biggest green in the state if not the coun-. try. It's difficult to pick just one ; as a signature hole." Hole No. 4, isn't as difficult as No. 7, but it 's st ill a challenge. It's 194 yards from the black tees. It can be tricky judging the distance from the elevated tee boxes. Hole No. 12 temps golfers to cut the corner on the dog-leg left hole, but gamblers do it at the risk of getting wet. Golfers must navigate how much of the water wa-ter they want to try and shrxit over, while hoping to stay on the ' fairway. Hole No. 17 has turned out to be a popular one due to the elevated tee box that looks down on the hole which is on t he other side of the Jordan River. The green is huge, but there isn't much room for error. If yew don't hit the green your likely in trouble. A bunker guards the front of the green and t here is very little playable room sur-njunding sur-njunding the green One of the aspects thai sets Thanksgiving Point apart from other courses is the lengl h of the course. Carts are required and for good reason The course stretches over 7,728 yards from the black tees or 5,838 yards from the red tees. Thanksgiving Point is the home of the annual Champions Challenge, a tournament that has brought in some of the top names in golf to compete that include the likes Jack Nicklaus, ' Johnny Miller, Bobby Casper, M ike Weir and many ot hers. i -74a-a332 f DC tU,.- -J8-fDC"1 e Home!! PC. S3 t S3 : to Est. 1986 COPY |