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Show Sentinel Guardian of Your Community News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 • A l l MM rematch with SF James Hardman STAFF WRITER Neilsen and Wesli Peay continued bringing pressure on Spanish Fork's goalie, At the rematch between but with the excellent deSpanish Fork and Maple fense of Spanish Fork and Mountain, the Golden Ea- a good goalie, Spanish Fork gles again came out on top was able to keep the Golden 3-0, but not without a fight Eagles to 1-0 at the half. from the Lady Dons. On "They played tough," Thursday, Sept. 17, the two said Maple Mountain schools' girls soccer teams coach, Carolyn Swenson. "I met again, this time with a was really impressed by the well-played game on both hustle they showed. Every sides of the ball. time we got the ball they As the first half started, were there." Maple Mountain's Baylee As the game progressed, Maple Mountain was able to put two more points on the board, and the game stayed at 3-0 until the end, although both teams missed a.couple of shots that could have raised the score of the game. 'This was the best I've ever seen them play," said Spanish Fork coach, Dennis Gillie. "It was a huge improvement. All 11 of the players -came and played hard. We worked hard and we frustrated them." ^t^^^^^^^i Christian Thompson / The Sentinel DEFENSE: ALA's Sydney Swenson chases down a Union player with the ball. ALA soccer hosts Union Michael Richardson STAFF WRITER The ALA girl's soccer team played against Union High on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The Eagles fought hard, and prevented Union from scoring many goals, but in the end Union won the game. The final score was Union 2, ALA0. Union started strong in the first half when Courtney MaRay scored the first goal of the game within five minutes. After the Eagles adjusted to Union's aggressive play, they turned up the heat on defense. Throughout the first half, Union came close to scoring many times but the Eagles defense and good goalkeeping by Wendy Trujilla kept Union out of the net for the rest of the half. At the end of the first half the score was 1-0, Union. In the second half, both teams started out strong, and ALA began to take more shots. Neither team scored for most of the second half, but both ALA and Union came close many times. The goalies on both teams protected the goals well. Union's goalie, Kaycee Prevedel, had 12 saves and ALA's goalie, Wendy Trujilla, had 16 saves. After a long battle, Union scored their second goal with much effort in the latter end of the second half. Both teams played hard for the last few minutes of the game, but neither team was able to score again. ALA's . head coach, Steve Solen, was proud of the team's performance, especially in the second half. "I think the second half was the best half our team has ever played. We had about 12 shots at the goal, and the team's communication skills improved," said Coach Solen. "We did a complete 180 from the first to the second half." ing a ground-and-pound approach. "I just came in and exploded," said Clemens. 155 1b. Dan Berry (Salt Lake City, Unbreakable) vs. Beto Castillo (Orem, Behring Jiu Jitsu): Berry won, 30 sec. submission. 186-204 lb.WesSpivey (Payson, Unbreakable) vs. Tom Moore (Nephi, Independent): This was the first bout to go into a second round. After both fighters stayed on their feet for the entire first round, Spivey won 1:18 into the second round on a TKO after finally taking down Moore and applying a choke hold. 1551b. Josh Buck (Elite Performance) vs. Steven Wolfe (Kerns, Independent): The first and only injury of the night occurred here, as Josh "Buck and a Half won the fight with just two moves, a takedown followed by a throw in which he lifted his opponent over his shoulder and slammed him to the ground face-up. Wolfe was taken to the hospital to be examined, and was reported to be okay. Buck was declared the winner. 185 lb. Nick Martinez (Payson, Unbreakable) vs. Mario Espinoza (Salt Lake City, UCTC): Martinez was true to his team name (Unbreakable) in the first fight to go a full three rounds at the Maximus Challenge, refusing to tap out despite the brutal ground and pound elbowing of Mario "El Gato" Espinoza. Espinoza won by judges' decision. 205 lb. Damian Nielson (Santaquin, Unbreakable) vs. Jason Geiger (West Jordan, Absolute MMA): Nielson won on a TKO 1:13 into the match, using a ground-and-pound attack. 155 lb. Rober McCollum (Payson, Unbreakable) vs. Juan Alcala (West Valley, UCTC): The combatants came "out like fire," as one announcer put it, but Alcala knocked out McCollum on a hard shot to the head, winning in 9 seconds, the fastest bout of the night. 215 lb. Drew Daniels (Salem, Unbreakable) vs. Hank Weiss (Provo, Behring Jiu Jitsu): This was the main event of the evening, a stand-up only fight between 6-0 Drew Daniels and local MMA powerhouse Hank Weiss (35-18 before the match). The bout went for three grueling five minute rounds, during the first two of which Drew "Big D" Daniels dominated most of the time, but he lost some of his steam in the third as Weiss came out firing punches with a fury, drawing blood and going for the knockout. Daniels wouldn't go down, however, and "Big D" won the bout by judges' decision. MMA: From FIGHT • A14 Kate Jarman / The Sentinel ON BALL: Maple Mountain's Taylor Williamson and Spanish Fork's Shea Johnson race for the ball. Kaleb Davis / The Sentinel STOP: Maple Mountain Goalie Kara Betts gets a stop, while teammate Meghan White comes in to help. Golden Eagles take on Salem James Hardman STAFF WRITER Maple Mountain recently hosted Salem Hills High School for a fast-paced ladies soccer game on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Maple Mountain came out with another win at 5-1. The game started in a disappointing manner for Salem Hills. Maple Mountain's Baylee Neilsen, Hai- ley Gerrardd and Breana Bate kept Salem goalie Kaylyn Sly busy, helping Maple Mountain play an aggressive game against the Sky hawks. "The girls played really good," Maple Mountain Coach Carolyn Swenson said. "They were really aggressive." While Salem had some letdowns during the game,4 they did score against the powerful Golden Eagles. Erica Egbert scored for Salem Hills, while Baylee Neilsen, Hailey Gerrardd,BreanaBate and Wesli Peay all scored for Maple Mountain. "We didn't play good enough," Salem Hills Coach, Lee Gillie said. "We just didn't play physically enough." Maple Mountain is currently 9-1 and 4-0 in the region. V and Drew "Big D" Daniels (Team Unbreakable) of Salem each won their respective bouts. This event was held in honor of Maximus Garcia, Aaron Garcia's son, who died this year on July 7, just less than two months before his fourth birthday. The proceeds will go toward helping the Garcia family pay for the funeral. Those still wishing to donate to the Garcia family may do so through an account set up in their name at Central Bank. The fights went as follows: 185 lb. Donny Oliver (Payson, Unbreakable) vs. Joe Lakai (Orem, Behring Jiu Jitsu): "Joe Jitsu" Lakai won this bout with a takedown and a chokehold. 49 second submission. 185 lb. Justin Henderson (Spanish Fork, Independant) vs. Jason Jones (Ogden,Independant): Justin Henderson won his first ever MMA bout against Jason "the Face Kicker" Jones with a takedown and guillotine in what one of the announcers called a "quick, technical fight." 26 second submission. 170 lb. Jordan Clemens (Payson, Unbreakable) vs. Francisco Espinoza (West Valley, UCTC): Clemens won on a TKO in 1:45 us- Eagles: From ALA • A14 unable to score. Juab had the ball with two minutes left, and it looked like the wasps would just take a few knees and run out the clock. They decided to try to run the ball and run the clock out. The Eagles forced a fumble with 33 "We played great in the seconds left, and then second half. We were nerdrove to the Juab 44 yard vous in the first half. We line to set up the last play. were all nervous. We were They were unable to score, thinking, 'This is Juab. This and the Eagle lost 12-15. is our rival/There was some Captain, Cole Fulton good stuff ... Jared [Chiwas happy about the way .chia] was awesome. I think the Eagles played in the we just need to be ready for second half, and he is look- region and just keep going ing forward to region play. harder" he said. |