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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - Page 1 1 s PORTS Hi t Sop 30.C. i 3 ft ten Hi By Todd Veenker p Sports Correspondence one After traveling to lympus and pulling off the 4 victory for the opening y me of the 2002 baseball sason, Pleasant Grove 72 turned home on Monday iternoon and were deteat-j deteat-j 13-8 in a slugfest. ' After losing nearly the itire starting line-up from ist seasons team, the ikings will unveil a long st of new faces throughout iOO, lis new Region 7 schedule. , This season with the igion being just five teams, will be important for the to. ikings to get off to a quick K art, especially since the igion schedule begins just vo weeks into the season. - Timpanogos, expected by 2 lost to lead the region race, m ill be Pleasant Grove's rst region opponent next CH eek. Last Wednesday against - lympus, the Vikings strug- led offensively through the jjjj rst three innings of play, to. l fact, not a single base inner found his way on ntil the fourth inning, d Her giving up two runs in le bottom of the third - ining, Pleasant Grove nally broke an 0-9 drought t the plate when Robby feber managed a walk. The next batter, junior A tyan Davis, wasted little fe me taking advantage of is base runner by knock- lg a two run shot over the " utfield fence to even the core at two. Olympus - ecovered with three traight outs following the 'avis home run to close out ie top half of the fourth. By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent 1 1 he Vikings opened their ins' soaball season with J'o wins. At American Fork 1 larch -4, Pleasant Grove l fed a six-run rally to tram- wie cavemen iu-l. ine kings followed the win up ith a 7-2 victory at home er ' the Timpview hunderbirds March 6. Of tk , j - "'ie viKings win arch 4, Viking coach Jeff prison said, "Pitcher ennio 3,,:n i i ,i uvint; K.epi mem American Fork off bal-ncp bal-ncp .n,,- i-i I -- uuense aid not ttine until the fourth. We ant get very many hits way. Our girls did do good 0m the fourth inning on." ln the top of the first, f.?ncan Fork hurler ehssa Nelson opened the ame by striking out Becky Super Pen lanes every night 'or clean, smoke free Family Fun!! 785-3001 " . A ;i:vi": ;t s v: is'-H!'" " 1p-? Viking baserunner tries to beat a pickoff attempt back to Iew-look PG opens In the fifth inning Pleasant Grove fell behind one run when an error allowed an Olympus batter to reach base. Two batters later an Olympus single scored the Titan base runner run-ner for the 3-2 advantage. Pleasant Grove evened the score in the top half of the sixth inning thanks to a double by Weber, who put himself in scoring position with one out. A Walk of Ryan Davis and an error that allowed Aaron Brady to reach base gave the Vikings bases loaded when Bryce Wells was walked to score Weber. The teams finished the seventh inning still knotted at three, forcing extra innings. Pleasant Grove needed just one to win the game. A leadoff single by Weber, followed by a Ryan Davis single, put two Vikings in scoring position. The next batter, Brady, knocked both Weber and Davis in thanks to a monster double. In the bottom half of the eighth inning, Wells closed out the game on the mound, giving up just one run that was the result of a fielding error. Nevertheless Pleasant Grove pulled out the one point victory. ; Monday afternoon the 5A powerhouse Taylorsville High School came to Viking Field and quickly took advantage of Pleasant Grove errors to jump out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Pleasant Grove responded with their second home run of the young season. Sotoo starts with big Gwilliam, then walked Dani Sirkle. Before the Vikings could capitalize on the walk, second baseman Brooke Helmandollar set them back snatching a Jennie Thurston fly ball and tagging Sirkle in a fielder's choice play. In the bottom of the first, Monica Lamb singled into right, then scored a run on Janae Bagley's two-out double. Pleasant Grove kept American Fork's lead confined con-fined to 1-0 during the next two innings. In the fourth inning, the game swung to Pleasant Grove's favor. After a Rachel Hartgrove sacrifice fly scored Sirkle, who had singled into right, the Vikings capitalized on two errors in a six-run rally. Jana Steineckert singled in two runs and Michelle Bowl "ii; Photo by Todd Veenker first base Monday night. with win The third batter in the Pleasant Grove lineup took advantage of two base runners run-ners and knocked the ball deep over the left field fence to pull the Vikings within three runs after one inning of play. Clay Hooley whacked Pleasant Grove's third home run of the season, this time in the third inning. Hooley's two run shot followed fol-lowed up a one run double by Wells. Wells and Hooley both scored thanks to the home run. After three innings the Vikings had pulled to within two runs at 8-6. Taylorsville added four runs in the fourth inning, with the Vikings having no answers in their half. It wasn't until the fifth inning that Pleasant Grove managed man-aged their final runs of the game. Alex Davis reached the bases thanks to a fielder's choice. Mike Sanders then walked, setting up Josh Webb, who reached second base on a throwing error that scored two runs for Pleasant Grove. The sixth and seventh innings produced nothing for the Vikings as Taylorsville left town with the five point victory, a direct result of Pleasant Grove's six errors. This afternoon Pleasant Grove plays host to Cyprus, followed by a Friday afternoon after-noon trip to Bingham to close out the Viking's three game week. The region schedule kicks off next Tuesday with Timpanogos for a 3:30 game. victories Bratt batted in one. Scoville held American Fork hitless until the sixth. Meanwhile, the Vikings scored two runs on a sixth-inning sixth-inning error. In the seventh, Scoville and Halsie Carson, each singled in an insur-. ance run. Scoville contained American Fork in the bottom bot-tom of the seventh. . In the Vikings' five-run win over Timpview March 6, Scoville smacked two triples. Chelsea Sondrup also contributed a triple to the victory. Timpview took a 2-0 lead in the first IV2 innings. Pleasant Grove narrowed the Thunderbirds' advantage advan-tage to 2-1 in the bottom of the second. The Vikings pulled ahead 4-2 in the third and never looked back. Cascade Collision AuU Body Repair Customer Service backed by Inteqirity, Knowledge & 175 North 1200 East PG spikers receive honors Seven members of Pleasant Grove's- championship champi-onship volleyball team received postseason recognition recog-nition for their efforts during dur-ing the fall season. Chelsea Sondrup Chelsea, a senior at Pleasant Grove High School, is the daughter of Chris and Tr aci S 0 n -drup of Lindon. The team's middle blocker, s h e earned MVP honors from both the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune. She has had 219 kills and 41 blocks this season. ,; . "Chelsea was a. cannon," said coach Mike Daniel. "She hammered ball after ball, year after year, all the way up to and including our state championship game. She was very consistent and smart with her hitting selections, a true state MVP." She states her favorite things about this season has been that the team got along really well. They all love to play the game and showed Viking Pride! Advice to younger players play-ers is to "work hard, have confidence in yourself and have a positive attitude." Jamie Lee Kartchner Jamie, the daughter of Jeff and Marlyn Kartchner, is a junior at PGHS. She is a setter a n first team All-State honors. Kartchner's 765 assists put her second on the state all-time list, and she's in good position to break the state record during her senior sen-ior year. She also had 81 kills, 48 aces and 10 blocks last season. "Jamie was the engine of the team," Daniel said. "She was a leader on and off the court. She always did what it took to win the drill, game or match, no matter who she was playing." Her favorite things about this sport are the, team and the leadership that comes with being a setter. She liked taking region, state, getting the awards and just being with the team. Advice to younger players play-ers is that "success never comes before work except in the dictionary." She plans to play college volleyball. ' Stephanie McFarland Stephanie is. a senior at the OP position who was A 1 1 Region. She had 148 kills, 12 aces and 29 blocks this year. "She was one of the best blockers in the state," Daniel said. "She was also one of the best offensive players for all three positions, posi-tions, middle, outside and offside." Welding Rod 50 box $39.95 ea. Through March 16th Only! 181 S. 1200 E. Lehi Metalmart 768-3332 Skill on the volley- ball ; f N t e a m ' ' " t . J - X h a s x :J , earned ? - ' team Vf MVP I ;j X named vXTZ to the 44 All, f State f ; - J second - "Slit'; team 1 , I , $ w , w a s I first t team? I 3 Lehi 768-8010 Additional information on her was not submitted. Michelle Bishop Michelle is a senior outside out-side hitter who was second team All-State. She had 137 kills, 30 aces and 4.5 blocks this season. "She' was one of 0 u r best defensive players," Daniel said. "Despite her small size, she was a big threat offensively at the net and one of our best and primary passers. She has been ' looked at by a couple of colleges col-leges for her defensive traits." Additional information on her was hot submitted. Jennifer Thurston Jennifer is the daughter of Val and Susan Thurston of Pleasant Grove. She is a senior an d w a s named the All-Region All-Region defen-s defen-s i v e "Jenny was a great passer, consistent consis-tent server, and a great defensive player," Daniel said. ; "She would come through with big plays time after time without being as flashy as some of the other players." She likes digging the hard hit balls and getting serving aces. Her favorite things about this season are winning the state tournament tourna-ment and spending time with teammates. She advises younger players to "work hard, do your best and, most important, impor-tant, have fun." She also plays basketball and softball and has signed to play softball for the University of Utah. Angela Zimmerman Angela is the daughter of John B. and Davidene Zimmerman. A senior, she has played outside hitter and middle blocker. She has been team captain and has earned Honor-a Honor-a b 1 e and All-State Academic Team. - She posted 173 kills, 27 aces and 15.5 blocks this season. Her net play was a key to Viking success all year. One of her favorite things about this sport is team unity. When they all come together to accomplish accom-plish a goal, they are unstoppable. She also loves how they are all best friends. Her favorite thing about this season was winning state. Beating Provo again was very nice also. She would tell young players to "get involved with club and recreation volleyball. It is so fun and V-I A ... A i 1 1 lift- III I C I e ary Building Corp. Customer Appreciation Days j Steel by I f 7rT.. A March 21 & 22, 2002 8am -6pm FABRAL j &C"Tp andMarch 23, 2002 8am-5pm j C.4U6t6lg cut 25lh tfMr I business.' 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She advises younger players to "not quit just because someone tells you that you're not good enough. If you love something, some-thing, just keep working hard." She plans to play college volleyball and graduate with a degree in criminal justice. She has received letters let-ters of interest from UCLA, the University of Utah, University of Hawaii, Long Beach and Weber State. tit- J Adult J basketball standings A League 1 Doug Smith Auto Plex 10-3 ! '', PMG Insurance ' 10-3 " PMI -9-4 ; 'j Burninghams 7-6 li Noni-Buzz.com 6-7 li Dale Greenwood, DDS 5-8 ' BroCo 3-10 ; TheHasbeens 1-12 .4" ' B League - j Ainge Drywall 11-2 J : PMI"B" 11-2 ,i Hunter Insurance 10-3 ; ! HumphriesGene Harvey 10-3 ' j MD Lawncare 9-4 J ; Premier Wood Products 9-4 Game Den 9-4 Car Quest 7-6 ;!' Fairways Pro Shop 7-6 Richards Pro. 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