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Show Sentinel A12 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 Guardian of Your Community News Lady Dons win two MM conquers Payson Bryan Redd STAFF W R I T E R The Lady Dons ran their region record to 8-0 last week with convincing wins ,over two much-improved visiting teams on the Dons' home court. The Lady Dons defeated Uintah in three sets on Tuesday night, and SF was victorious in three sets over Salem on Thursday. Uintah made the long trek to SF last Tuesday and looked ready to compete early in the first set. SF" adjusted to the Utes' soft block technique and pounded the ball for 10 kills, led by Redd with five. Spanish Fork served an amazing seven aces (Redd four, Merrell two, Thurgood one) capped by a six-point serving run by Danee Merrell to win set one 25-15. SF was tested in set two as Uintah relied on good defense and serving. The Utes tied the set 20-20 with a six-point run. The Lady Dons had 13 kills and Merrell set Redd for a thunderous set point 25-22. Spanish Fork dominat-. ed set three with 14 kills, nine blocks and five aces, winning 25-14 and defeating the Utes 3-0. The Lady Dons hosted the Salem Skyhawks in their final home game of the season. The Dons honored five seniors on this special night, with tributes from Coach Diana Troyer to Jaden Clayson, Kylie Schofield, Danee Merrell, Rachelle Remund and Erin Redd. Spanish Fork played balanced volleyball, relying on tough serving as Salem committed many unforced errors. The Dons won set one 25-14, led by Schofield with eight service points. The Lady Dons received excellent back-row defensive play and hustle from senior libero Jayden Clayson. Salem struggled defensively in the beginning of set two, falling behind early, 16-6. The Lady Dons had 10 kills led by Redd and Theurer, and Schofield had 10 ' points off serves to defeat Salem in set two 25-13. The Dons struggled to string points together in the third set. The Skyhawks dug everything SF pounded their way, led by libero Mckenzie Treanor. Outside hitter Kylee Kolibar had three kills to keep Salem close early. Spanish Fork put up seven blocks, and played aggressive hustle defense. The Lady Dons received See SF • A l l James Hardman STAFF WRITER The final home game of the season for Maple Mountain, Senior Night, on Oct. 22, began with Coach Amber Hall honoring the team's only senior player, Manuela Santos, a foreign exchange student from Brazil. "The game is a lot different than in Brazil," Santos said, "and my teammates had to teach me many things about volleyball." Maple Mountain took the lead early, and never gave it to Payson. CeLin MacDonald gave the Golden Eagles an extra boost to win the first set at 26-24. The second set was not nearly as close. Maple Mountain quickly took the lead a second time, flying ahead of the Lions and Payson never recovered. Golden Eagle Kylee Bendtschneider and freshman Kalli Collier showed great ball play and consistently spiked the ball. Santos contributed her fair share of powerful spikes to continue the set in favor of Maple Mountain, who blew the Lions away 25-15. "We came out swinging in the end," Hall said. "We have a young team, and almost all of them will be back next season." Koleb Davis / The Sentinel FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Senior Manuela Santos of Brazil has been a team leader for Maple Mountain. Maple Mountain rounded out the evening by clinching the third set at 25-12, finishing up the game at 3-0. Once again, the Golden Eagles showed no mercy to the Lions, winning the third set quickly, and once again the spiking power combination of Bendtschneider and Collier proved to be too much for the Lions to handle. Senior Santos was able to end her final season with a sweet victory. "1*11 miss a lot of things," said Santos in her farewell. "I want to remember it all. It was great." Skyhawks down Lions Michael Richardson STAFF WRITER Keri Huntsman / The Sentinel HEIGHT ADVANTAGE: Spanish Fork's Kylie Schofield puts the ball over the outstretched hands of Salem Hills' Stephanie Spencer and Kylee Kolibar. Christian Thompson / The Sentinel SENIOR NIGHT: ALA Senior Sarah Madson puts the ball over the net against Carbon. The Salem Hills Skyhawks girls volleyball team played against the Payson High school Lions on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Payson played well, but the Skyhawks won all three games, 25-22,25-20 and 25-18. In the first game, even though the Skyhawks started out a little slow, they still managed to take the lead. The Lions kept the score close for the first part of the game, but eventually Salem started to pick up speed and pulled ahead. Payson wouldn't give up without a fight, however, and soon their hard work started to pay off. They caught up and kept the score close for most of the rest of the game, but after a hard-fought battle, the Skyhawks finally came out on top and won the game 25-22. In the second game, the Lions started out by getting ahead in the first few minutes, but soon the Skyhawks had warmed up again. They quickly caught up and passed the Lions. Salem doubled Payson's score about halfway through the game. After the Lions recovered, they started to make a comeback, scoring several points in a row. Eventually Payson brought the score to 23-20 with Salem in the lead. But despite Payson's comeback, the Skyhawks kept them from scoring again, and won the game 25-20. In the third and final game, the score stayed fairly close at the beginning. The Lions kept on fighting and eventually took the lead midway through the game. Despite Payson's hard work, the Skyhawks didn't let them stay in the lead for long. Soon Salem pulled ahead with a fivepoint lead. The Lions continued to struggle to get ahead again, but just as they started to get back in the game, the Skyhawks had a burst of energy — keeping the Lions down until the end of the game. The final score was 25-18. Head coach for Salem Hills, Kathy Treanor, was proud of the team and their efforts. "We did start off a little slow, but we eventually pulled it together, and the team did very well. Stephanie Spencer had 12 kills and Kylee Kolibar also had 12 kills, so they did pretty good," said Treanor. "It was a very important game, one that we had to win to go to state, so it was a good stepping stone for us." ALA falls to Dinos in four Alexis Richardson STAFF W R I T E R The first game ended with Carbon winning 25-18. The second game startOn Thursday, Oct. 22, ed out close. Both teams American Leadership Acad- played hard and kept the emy played Carbon High ball in the air for much School's volleyball team in of the game. Senior Sarah what was the Eagles' last Madson set a lot of shots home volleyball game of and also got a kill. The the season. Carbon won in Eagles .were leading in the a close four-set match. Car- beginning, but the teams bon had only lost once ear- were neck and neck with lier this season, and that was the crowd on its feet most to the Eagles, so this was of the game. The Dinos an exciting game for both finally pulled ahead near teams. the end of the game and The first game started, won with a close score of out with both teams play- 23-25. ing hard and keeping the In the third game, the points low. ALA got the Eagles were determined to first point of the game come back. The intensity from a block by Annika heightened as points were Crockett, and the Eagles racked up on both sides. slowly widened their lead. The teams both played ALA was up by three when well and worked hard to Carbon made a quick three stay ahead. In order to points of their own, find- have a chance to keep ing a weak spot in the Ea- playing, ALA needed to gles' defense. The Eagles win this game. The Eagles quickly filled the spot and scored some great kills and started working their way an ace. McKenna Poulter back into the lead. Annika made an ace shot that got Crockett and Mckenna the team pumped up and Poulter made a great block, •excited. The The teams but the Dinos pulled ahead. stayed close as the game i went on. Finally the Eagles pulled out the win, 23-25. The fourth game was a hard-fought game. It started out tight, with the Eagles working well together to score. With the help of their team, McKenna Poulter and Sarah Madson made great kills that helped the team immensely. The teams were literally taking turns making points as they each struggled for the lead. Carbon got to 25 first, but they were only one point ahead of ALA, so the game went on. The Eagles made one more shot, tying the game 25-25. Carbon lost the serve, but then made another point, bringing the score 25-26. With the Eagles serving, the final point also went to the Dinos. Although ALA was disappointed that they lost their last home game, they knew they had played well and fought hard. "It's not always about if you win," said Coach Carvalho, "it's how you play the game, and we played great." Kate Jarman / The Sentinel KILLER INSTINCT: Salem's Lindsey Averett puts a shot over the net against Payson. ,. |
