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Show Pleasant Grove Review Utah - Thursday, March 20, 2003 - Page 6 Spo PGHS traclcsters get off to solid start By Beky Beaton Although coming up short on both ends of a season-opening dual meet with perennial power Provo on March 11, the Pleasant Grove track team competed quite well in many events. The score was 78-54 in the girls division and 104-36 on the boys side, where the Bulldogs had a tremendous advantage in depth. In the girls races, the Vikings placed in every event but captured the top two spots in the 400 and 1600. Janae McKay was first at 1:09.04 in the shorter short-er distance, followed closely by Kim Mahoney at 1:09.61. The leading Provo runner was almost five seconds back. The 1600 was a bit more of a contest for the top three spots, with the rest of the field nearly a minute or more behind. Amber Glea-son Glea-son was first at 5:30.98, and Tawny Parks came in second sec-ond at 5:32.93. Calli Bentley (:13.41) was second in the 100, McKay (:30.67) was third in the 200, Emily Gurr (2:48.77) was third in the 800, and Sarah Hiatt (15:15) earned second place in the 3200. Annette Johnson John-son won the 300 hurdles at :51.40 and finished third in the 100 hurdles at :18.94. Leli Fotu opened her season sea-son by qualifying for State . . ) - ' " ' i ; ' .."'' ' If-; If-; i; . - .- ii J Photo by Kent Davis Viking Verdon Walker competes in the hurdles March 1 1 . in the shot put, outdistanc- jump, but Vikings took four ing her closest competitor by more than 10 feet at 38'6". She also won the discus dis-cus at 10410" and was second sec-ond in the javelin at 67'6". Kellie Turner (66'6") was third in the javelin and Maggie McGrath (67'5.5") was third in the discus. Pleasant Grove's throwers throw-ers captured 12 of the possible possi-ble 18 spots in those events, a very promising beginning. Nora Tank and Kaylee McEwan tied for second in the high jump at 4'6", followed fol-lowed by Heather Berg at 4'2". The Bulldogs swept the top three spots in the long of the other five places. The Vikings won the medley relay comfortably at 4:47.18, while they were just a second behind in the 4X400 at 4:22.53. They were also second in the 4X100 at :54.85. "I was very pleased with our results in this meet," said girls coach John Ker-nan. Ker-nan. "The Provo girls are very good, probably a top three team, and the good news for us was we hung in with them." He continued, "We followed fol-lowed the rule limiting each player to four events because we thought it was more important to get an idea of what we can actually actual-ly do in a meet as a team. We, expedite get better every week." With several key performers per-formers out due to injury and not nearly as many participants, par-ticipants, Pleasant Grove was dominated by the Bulldogs Bull-dogs on the boys side. One bright spot was Troy Bailey, who won the 200 (:24.29) and was second in the 100 (:12.02). Second-place finishers in running events included Eric Gulder (:55.32) in the 400, Spencer Whetten (2-17 12) in the 800, and Kolbein Kolste (12:22) in the 3200. Logan Gurr (5:18.85) was third in the 1600. Ben Buckner won the 300 hurdles at :41.83. Scott Fox was second in the long jump (16'9.5") and third in the high jump (5'0"). Casey Saunders was third in the long jump (15'3.5"). James Kernan was second in the pole vault at 8'0". The Vikings won the 4X400 relay at 3:37.06 and finished second in the medley med-ley (4:05.46) and 4X100 (:47.88) relays. Pleasant Grove is the site of this weekend's UHSTCA meet, which is set to begin at 9 a.m. The team is scheduled sched-uled to host Mountain View and Orem on Wednesday. Viking softball goes 2-3 in busy week By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Pleasant Grove Vikings opened their soft-ball soft-ball season by posting a 2-3 record last week. At East March 10, the Vikings dominated the Leopards 14-4. The next day, the visiting Wasatch Wasps came from behind to win 6-5. 6-5. At West March 12, the Vikings won 11-4. March 13 saw the Riverton shut the Vikings out 15-0 on the road, and Pleasant Grove finished the tournamentlike tournament-like stretch with a 3-13 loss at park City on Friday. East controlled the first inning of the March 10 game. In the inning's top half, Leopard pitcher Kirsten Stewart struck out two batters, and second baseman Tess Arcie grounded ground-ed out Kelsey Morris. In the bottom of the inning, Ashley Taylor doubled in Stewart, then scored a run on a Lala Utone single. The next inning, Viking Paola Rios hit a one-out single, sin-gle, and Stewart walked Marti Francom. Erin Tueller singled in Rios and Francom on two outs, then stole second. Though East kept Tueller stranded, the damage was already done. Pitcher Morris Mor-ris held the Leopards scoreless in the second, third, and fourth. Morris' Mor-ris' efforts helped to set the stage for East's rout. In the third, Morris broke the 2-2 tie by clubbing club-bing an in- the-park afterwards, Lauren rr- n V " ,v - ;; -v .: J5 X. Kelsey Morris prepares to deliver March 10. homer. Richt Klos tripling into lelt. lean Fran com tripled into center, and Rios singled her in. East's chances for tying up the game during the third's lower half collapsed when right fielder Alisha Hatfield's Hat-field's catch of a Via Tulkol-vato Tulkol-vato fly ball resulted in an inning-ending double play. Pleasant Grove dealt the Leopards a harsh blow in the fourth when Erin Glazier clubbed a one-run single that opened an eight-run eight-run rally. After holding the Vikings scoreless in the fifth's top half, the Leopards forced the game into a sixth inning by scoring two runs on freshman fresh-man reliever McKell Wilson. The sixth opened with Stoker singled her in, then scored on a Holly Winter single. Sent back in to pitch, Morris held East scoreless in the sixth's bottom half, causing the game to be called at that point. In the Wasatch game, the first three innings saw both teams unable to score. Wasatch broke the deadlock with a fourth-inning run. In the bottom of the fourth, Pleasant Grove pulled ahead 2-1. Wasatch tied it nt two the next inning, but in the bottom of the fifth, the Vikings pulled ahead 4-2. The Wasps retook the lead on a three-run rally in the sixth, then held the Vikings scoreless in the bottom of the TIT Soccer starts pair of close By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Pleasant Grove Vikings opened their soccer season with a tie and a loss last week. At American Fork March 11, Pleasant Grove battled the Cavemen to a 1-1 tie. March 13 saw the Cedar City Redmen shut out the Vikings 1-0. In the American Fork game, Pleasant Grove's Jay Ilelquist scored the afternoon's after-noon's first goal just minutes min-utes intio the contest. The Vikings led 1-0 until the game's final five minutes, min-utes, when Caveman Mitch Tate kicked in a goal. The match eventually ended in a draw. The Thursday game's first half went down as a deadlocked duel between Viking goalie Joey Webb and his Cedar City counterpart, counter-part, Scott Hamlin. This proved to be particularly partic-ularly frustrating to the Vikings when they received fine scoring opportunities. One such chance arose when Cedar City drew a foul inside the Redman box. 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Morris gave up only two hits. Riverton's Channelle Parry gave up only two hits while shutting out the Vikings in the March 13 affair. Riverton picked up three runs in the first, four in the second, and eight in the third. Erin Tueller hit a double for Pleasant Grove. At Park City, all three of Pleasant Grove's runs were made in the sixth inning. The Miners took a 4-0 lead in the first three innings and didn't look back. The Vikings are scheduled sched-uled to play at Spanish Fork ' Monday, then host Hunter on Tuesday. Varsity game time is 3:30 p.m. Call 756-7669 place a classifie: l- Personal &. business loans, debt consc&iaii bankruptcy. From $5,000 to S.OO.H- iVE F35 Wide sq. ill fo God Bless Amel $ 1 0 OFF Any ir sz. Seasoned Sf: fT Mark Lees 10 years experience 12tf- All trucks 12 ton f'. Full Repair All foreign and domestical' Latest in Diagnostic 1c ir 0 1 We'll be here tontWf No job too big orsc-j 1 EJ'S CAR CARE 7561 95W.Mv c. Stephen King Have You Filed Your Tax Return Yet? 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