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Show Sentinel Guardian of Your Community News WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 • A l l Devils burn Eagles James Hardman STAFF WRITER The Maple Mountain Girls basketball team was playing with fire as they visited the Springville Red Devils on Friday, Jan. 29, and the fire proved to be a little overwhelming. Maple Mountain suffered a tough loss against an excellent Springville team, 59-27. Springville struck hard and fast, scoring 20 points before the Golden Eagles could touch the scoreboard. MMHS scored five points in the first quarter, and Kassandra Paprocki scored a three-pointer near the end of the first. Paprocki had three three-point shots throughout the game for Maple Mountain, two shots consecutively at the end of the fourth. "Kassandra played excellent tonight," said MMHS Coach Cory Green. "She showed up and played hard for her team.1' With springville leading 42-13 at halftime, things looked grim for Maple Mountain. Never balking, the Lady Eagles continued to put up a fight, despite the lopsided score. The second half brought Kavla Neves / The Sentinel CONTACT SPORT: Maple Mountain's Baylee Nielsen gets physical as she heads to the basket. more for the Golden Eagles in the way of defense as Jessica Benson and sisters Wesli and Jayci Peay stepped up to the challenge. "These girls were great tonight," said Green. "They blocked well, and really kept up with the good competition." Despite Maple Mountain's efforts, Springville beat the Golden Eagles 59-27. "We're learning," said Green. "It was a great learning experience. We know what to work on, and what our strengths are because of this game — a great team effort." Kay la Neves / The Sentinel GAME PLAN: Salem's Amanda Tuttle takes the ball downcourt, guarded by Maple Mountain's Aleksa Gappmayer. SH defeats MM in Local skaters to defensive struggle compete in Provo Jeril Bills STAFF WRITER This Friday and Saturday, the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo will host the Utah Winter Games figure skating competition. Allison Atwood, director of the event, says Peaks Arena only gets to host this once every five years, since it rotates around the rinks of five in-state skating clubs who participate in organizing the event. The purpose of the Utah winter games figure skating event, says Atwood, is to raise awareness of the sport of figure skating, something that isn't very big in the Utah County area. To find participants, event organizers sent out invitations to all of the figure skating clubs in Utah. Nearly 200 skaters between the ages of four and 64 will be participating, including some from this area, like sisters Lauren, Audrey, and McKenna Barney, of Salem. Each of the skaters has a private coach, who helps them prepare for the event. Skaters will compete in one of four different categories. Those categories are Free Skate, which focuses on technical elements; Artistic, in which the focus is the skaters' ability to express themselves to music; Showcase, which Atwood describes as "fun and lively;" and Improvisation, in which skaters "make it up on the spot." Within each of those style categories, participants are also divid- ed into one of four classes depending on their skating ability. Atwood says those categories range from "Snowplow Sam," which she described as young children just learning to skate, to Novice, people who can do more difficult maneuvers, like double jumps. Those who place within the top three at the event in each category will have the opportunity to represent Utah next year at the State Games in San Diego. The Utah competition will be held Feb. 5-6 at the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo. Admission is free. Friday's portion of the competition will begin at 10 a.m. and go until 5:30 p.m. The event will resume on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 6:30 p.m. Alexis Richardson STAFF WRITER On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 the Salem Skyhawks girls basketball team played against the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles in a fast-moving game that ended with the Skyhawks winning 39-28. The first quarter was a fast, intense quarter. The Skyhawks held the Eagles scoreless. Jamiee Hodgson started out with the first shot for SHHS. Lyssa Hanks and Erika Adams also made shots in the first quarter, and Mickenna Belliston made a three-pointer, to put the Skyhawks ahead by nine. The first quarter ended with a score of 9-0. The second quarter was just as intense, with some pushing and elbow throwing. Belliston made another three-pointer for SHHS, Hanks contributed four and Hailey Ingram made two. The Eagles played hard and weren't about to give up. Aleksa Gappmayer, Jayci Peay and Sadie Williams all made shots during this quarter. The quarter ended with a score of 24-10, Skyhawks. The second half started fast again. Each team only made one shot that wasn't a free throw. The physical defensive struggle continued and the quarter ended 29-15. During the fourth quarter, both teams came alive on offense. Natalie McVey, Hodgson and Hanks contributed for the Skyhawks. Baylee Nielsen, Aleksa Gappmayer and Kelsey Lewis all made shots for the Eagles, along with Sadie Williams, who made one shot and three freethrow points. The game ended with a score of 39-28, the Skyhawks winning by 11. Although the Eagles lost, they kept the Skyhawks going and on their toes. They played a good defense. "We battled through the game with our defense," said the Golden Eagle Head Coach, Cory Green. "We need to work on our offense though. Our shooting made all the difference." The Skyhawks played good offense in the first half, but it seemed to drop off a little in the second. This is a pattern that they have been trying to overcome. "The first half was great; I was pleased," said Skyhawk Head Coach Mike Conner. "The second half just kind of hung around, and didn't go anywhere, but the first half was good." Visiting Wasatch Wasps sting Lady Eagles Michael Richardson STAFF WRITER On Tuesday Jan. 26^the ALA Lady Eagles basketball team faced the Wasatch Wasps. The Eagles had a rough game, but they maintained their energy throughout the game. Despite the Eagles hard work, Wasatch still managed to leave ALA far behind for most of the game, winning 54-29. Early in the game Wasatch quickly gained a lead of 6-0. After a long struggle, ALA finally started to get back in the game when Katie Muhlestein made a long jump shot from just inside the three-point line. ALA got the ball back before Wasatch had a chance to shoot again, and Wendy Trujillo scored the Eagles' next point, making the score 6-4. But soon Wasatch had the ball again, and they quickly put up a three-point shot, giving them a 9—4 advantage. Midway through the second quarter, Wasatch had left ALA far behind 1A-4. Finally the Eagles scored again when Sarah Madson made her first basket of the game. But the Wasps made another three-point shot before the end of the quarter, making the score at halftime 31-6. In the third quarter the Eagles had made some progress, but the Wasps were still ahead 36-10. Halfway through the quarter, Sarah Madson made a trey for the Eagles. By the end of the quarter, the Wasps were ahead 45-14. The score was 45-16 not far into the fourth quarter after Madson made two foul shots, but Wasatch drained another three-point basket soon after. Paige Laughlin (ALA) scored midway through the quarter making the score 48-18. Soon after, Mauri Staheli (ALA) scored as well. The Eagles earned their next four on foul shots. Before the game ended, ALA scored another foul shot, Kaleb Davis / Tfie Sentinel and another basket just before the buzzer, bringing TRAFFIC JAM: ALA's Sarah Madson looks to pass as she's double-teamed by Wasatch. . the final score to 54-29. |