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Show Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Wednesday, March 20, 2002 - Page 1 1 laseball team defeats Cyprus in snowstorm, bows to Bingham ry TODD VEENKER against Salt Lake schools i plpasant uiuvc p'cocmuu acuon prior to iijned a fiiu " "iiu icgiuu smeuuie, " i 'am cr the U Sill-" '; .--ife" 'JJE&I-- All. VXJ'mri i I t Photos by Todd Veenker Viking batter takes a swing during the Cyprus game vith snow falling on March 1 3. the Vikings first defeated Cyprus 2-1 in a cold and snowy Wednesday afternoon after-noon game. On Friday, Pleasant Grove lost a 10-6 in a game that had been scheduled at Bingham, but bad weather had made Bingham's field unplayable so the game was moved to Pleasant Grove. The Vikings have benefitted bene-fitted this season from a new infteld tarp that keeps their dirt infield dry during bad weather. Pleasant Grove is one of only a handful hand-ful of teams in the state with such a luxury. Against Cyprus, the team needed four pitchers just to fight off the cold and snowy weather. Between the four pitchers, the Vikings held the Pirates to only one run. Meanwhile the Pleasant Grove bats were almost as quiet except for a first inning double by Tyson Mehlhoff that scored Cannon Carter. The lone Pleasant Grove run in the first inning wasn't was-n't matched by Cyprus until the fourth inning when the snow and wind really took a toll on the Viking defense. A wild pitch and a throwing Soccer By Dean Von Memmott has a 1-1-1 week t. In opening their boys Moccer season last week, Pleasant Grove posted a ' ome record of 1-1-1. On March 11, they defeated the visiting . nranper Lancers 4-0. I ftfarch 13 saw the visiting Davis Darts come irom behind to win 2-1. On March 15, the Vikings and risiting Cavemen battled to n 3-3 tie. J In the ' Granger game, J Viking Tanner Gibb scored the first goal in the opening half. Lancer goalie Al Ken!C:Sontoyo made scoring impossible for Pleasant !t wee'Grove through the rest of the period. Sontoyo's Viking counterpart, counter-part, Brock DeGraff, didn't let the Lancers score at all in either half. Moreover, Granger fired only three shots on goal for the entire game. , Viking coach Billy Lynch said, "We had five freshmen and four sophomores play varsity today. I was pleased j to see how well they did. All ; the guys rushed the ball i well." In the second half, the Vikings became really hot in scoring. Gibb scored the second goal. He booted in a third one, but an offsides penalty against the Vikings canceled out the shot. Brett Waters made up for it with a goal of his own. Jared Farrin kicked in the fourth goal to complete Viking scoring for the day. The Davis game was a heartbreaker for the Vikings. In the first half, neither team could score. The game saw great defensive defen-sive efforts from McKay Lynch and Ryder Sloat. Darts Ben Stock, Blair Willis, and Mike Morgan tried ripping the Viking defense apart, but Pleasant Grove held firm. The Vikings kept Davis from making effective use of its long-ball strategy. Meanwhile, the scoreless stalemate continued until midway through the second half. Gibb scored the game's first goal. After that, Davis repeatedly rebuffed Viking attacks. In the final 3V2 minutes, the game took a nasty turn for the Vikings. Morgan tied the game at one. At 1:57, Pleasant Grove drew a violation, vio-lation, in its penalty box, and Stock kicked in the penalty goal. In the American Fork game, Viking Ryan Palmer scored the opening goal on a penalty shot. This gave Pleasant Grove hope that it could bounce back from its stinging March 13 loss. With DeGraff on the ball, the Vikings take their 1-0 lead into the second half. "We had a chance to finish fin-ish the game in the first half, but we missed a lot of shots," said Billy Lynch. "American Fork did play well, though. It was a good, entertaining game." Midway through the second sec-ond half, Caveman Tyler Beardall received a corner kick and booted the ball into the net, forcing the game into overtime. In the first period of overtime, over-time, Waters broke the tie on a breakaway play. Jordan Keith tied the game at 2-2 in the second overtime over-time period. This forced the game into a shootout phase. After four of the first 10 penalty kicks had proved successful, Caveman Nate Smith booted boot-ed in a shot. Paul Kennington answered with a successful shot of his own. With the contest being a non-league one, the refugee declared it a tie. 'Mters invited to regional meeting Tuesday idudlni e Hunters interested in seeing big game hunting changes in Utah in 2003 are invited to attend the upcoming Regional Advisory Council Meeting scheduled March 26 at 6:30 Pm. in the Springville Junior High School, located at 165 S. 700 East in Springville. . The Division will be taking tak-ing suggestions for Utah's 2003 and 2004 big game seasons from the public at this and other meetings throughout the state. Steve Cranney, Big Game Coordinator for the Division t Wildlife Resources, commented com-mented "Tt'e Q -I 4- 4- that people who are inter- "tea m big game hunting attend these meetings and share their ideas with us. Over the next few months we'll be drafting specific recommendations to present pres-ent to the public and the Utah Wildlife Board this fall. We need input from the public now to help us formulate for-mulate those recommendations. recommenda-tions. "If people wait until this fall to share their ideas with us, it will be too late in the process to give those ideas the consideration they deserve." Cranney notes that Utah's statewide general archery buck deer hunt will probably be one of the main topics of discussion at the meetings. 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You will also be treated to some very enjoyable stage shows and some action features that will make your visit all the more exciting. Autorama will also be featuring Catherine Bach (Dukes of Hazzard), Joanie Laurer (WWF's Chyna), and Paul LeMat from American Grafitti. Pickup your tickets on weekdays week-days from 8am to 7pm, Saturday Satur-day 8am to 6pm. Closed on Sunday. Parts Unlimited will also have a booth that will showcase Likwidart. Autorama will be open to the public from 1 2 noon to 1 0pm on Friday, 1 1 am to 1 0pm on Saturday, Satur-day, and Sunday hours are from 1 1 am to 8pm. error helped the Pirates even the score at one run a piece. In the sixth inning Aaron Brady singled to give the Vikings a rare scoring opportunity. Following a Brady steal to second, Russ Wall singled home Brady for the game winning run. On Friday Pleasant Grove suffered through a sub-par game against Bingham in which the Vikings gave up 11 hits and four errors as the Miners managed a 10-6 victory. Things looked really bad for Pleasant Grove through four and a half innings of play as Bingham took a commanding 7-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning. It wasn't until Brady singled sin-gled home Carter in the fifth inning that the Vikings got on the scoreboard. A nice rally in the sixth inning made the game respectable but Bingham had already done the necessary neces-sary damage to leave town with a win. Bryce Wells got the sixth inning started with a single. Clay Hooley kept the comeback come-back alive with a double that scored Wells. Nick Boren and Ryan Davis each reached base by way of errors. The five-run sixth inning was capped when Carter singled home Davis, but two runs in the top half of the sixth by Bingham and a tenth run in the seventh was all the Miners needed. need-ed. Yesterday the Vikings opened region play at home against Timpanogos. The Timberwolves are viewed by most as being the league favorite. An early home win against a strong Timpanogos team would go a long way towards this young Pleasant Grove team gaining much needed confidence. confi-dence. Friday afternoon Pleasant Grove will travel to Mountain - View for the Viking's first' road game of the region schedule. EL A Pleasant Grove pitcher gets set to throw during last week's action. Coach Hoover's team will need to cut down on the mental mistakes if they hope to pull off the road win. Next Tuesday Pleasant Grove will continue contin-ue on the road at Orem before heading off to Las Vegas for the annual Gael Easter Classic. ...w. W -.vV-- ,,- , . N?1 r . Photo by Dean Von Memmott Pleasant Grove's Jared Farrin (5) dribbles around a Granger player on March 1 1 . Dean Gunther Wins 'top Tech 2001" In North America lllpiiiBill iflljL r The winner of the NATE certified technician Olympics is right here in American Fork. Congratulations to Dean Gunther of Gunther s Comfort Air. Throughout the U.S. and Canada, there are over 10,000 technicians who have certified through the "North American Technician Excellence" (NATE) program. Each year NATE invites the top scorer from each region to a "Top Tech" competition. Dean Gunther earned the invitation to represent this region and competed against seven other regions in North America. The competition was a timed, hands-on diagnosis of problems in four areas that took about two hours. Dean outscored the others to win the "Top Tech 2001" award. At Gunthers Comfort Air, we believe our service technicians should have excellent technical skills as well as excellent character. Even though the pass rate is only 56, all of our service technicians are NATE certified. And they all passed the test on their first try. We hope that gives you one more reason to choose Gunthers Comfort Air for all of your heating and air conditioning needs. 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