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Show 8 .;:-V-- TIMPANOGOSrTIMES November 24, 2010 Haley Burns Receives Academic All State .: :,J f j i , i r- - i iii Haley Burns was recently presented her award for Academic e. Photo courtesy of Danica Baird PGHS Athletic Trainer Kristin Pond Continues to go the Extra Mile Kristin helps athletes decide when they should sit out a game and let their bodies heal, as well as preparing them to get back on to the field as soon as it is safe for them. phmo cour(esy of Danica Baird eleven years. In addition, Pond has also taught Health Science classes at the high school for nine years. Pond covers sixteen different sports and many of these sports have junior varsity, sophomore, and varsity teams. Pond can typically be found on the sidelines at every home game. Although the away games are harder to attend, she tries to cover as many as she possibly can. Pond said, "Trying to divide my time between all the different sports that are going on at one time is hard to balance. Time management is definitely the hardest thing about my job." Football season keeps Pond extremely busy due to the number of injuries. Pond said, "Football is where I treat the most injuries because it has the most participants. Throughout the season, I easily deal with fifty to hundred different injuries." However, Spring is her busiest season due to the multiple games that overlap. Pond's goal is to help athletes realize that missing one game is better than missing the whole season due to an aggravated injury. Kristin helps athletes decide when they should sit out a game and let their bodies heal, as well as preparing them to get back on to the field as soon as it is safe for them to do so. For Pond, this is the most rewarding part of her job. She said, "Seeing an athlete who has been totally nonfunctional due to an injury come back and start competing again is very rewarding." Not only does Kristin love being an athletic trainer, she also enjoys sharing her love for Health Science with others. At the high school, Kristin teaches Sports Medicine and an Emergency Medical Service class. She also offers students a chance to internship in sports medicine. Sports Medicine Intern Katherine Diehl said, "I was injured my sophomore year and I got to know Kristin Pond really well. Watching her treat my injury really caught my interest so I took sports medicine and I really loved it." As a teacher and an athletic trainer, Kristin Pond goes above and beyond the call of duty. She is truly dedicated to helping athletes overcome injuries and helps students acquire a passion for health sciences. Kristin Pond is definitely one of the most valuable players at Pleasant Grove High School. by Danica Baird At Pleasant Grove High School, the most valuable player at every sporting event isn't necessarily the athlete. It's Athletic Trainer Kristin Pond. Pond is dedicated to helping each athlete and is always willing to go the extra mile. Becoming an athletic trainer wasn't Pond's original plan. During high school, she wanted to become a pediatrician. Each week, Kristin actively pursued this dream by volunteering at the local hospital. However, she quickly realized that being a pediatrician was not for her. During her junior year in high school, she discovered her true passion . Her love for sports prompted Kristin to enroll in a sports medicine class and that is when she found her true calling in life. Kristin knew that she wanted to be an athletic trainer. Pond said, "It combined my love for sports and medicine. It was the perfect blend and was the perfect job for me." Kristin graduated from BYU with a Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training. After graduating, she became Pleasant Grove High School's Athletic Trainer, a post she has held for PGJHS Orchestra Holds First Concert of the Year V M - t - - - The Pleasant Grove Junior High Orchestra performed marvelously to a full auditorium. The Beginning Orchestra performed seven numbers. The Intermediate Orchestra performed three selections including "Fanfare" by Richard Stephan. The Advanced Orchestra then performed two numbers and the Elite Orchestra closed out the performance with five numbers. Photo courtesy of Chris Hocker Kim Dahl Signs Letter of Intent Pi'! " """.'M"'."'.". ...,... mmwxuMK. u "' iu u urn JJ inuu "V , .... t . J t; - - . by Danica Baird This year.Pleasant Grove High School's volleyball team stunned everybody by earning second place at the State Tournament. Senior Kim Dahl helped lead her team to victory in dramatic fashion. Next year, Dahl will play volleyball for the BYU Cougars. For Kim, her volleyball career started in the third grade when she attended a volleyball camp and discovered she loved the sport. Kim said, "Volleyball just feels so natural to me. I love volleyball." During Kim's junior year, BYU offered her a full-rid- e scholarship to play outside hitter on their volleyball team. Dahl said, "It was always my dream to play volleyball for BYU. My mom would take me to their games and so it's just weird to think I'm going to actually play for BYU." Fellow teammate McKell Siaheli said, "Kim's one of the best players I've ever seen and she's also a team player. Kim is a leader on and off the court." Kim is a strong athlete and dominates the court, and is also a strong leader. This past season Kim served as captain and helped lead the team to victory. Kim said, "I hoped that as captain, I could make my team believe that we could get as far as last year in the State tournament." For Kim, the highlight of her high school career was beating the very strong Bingham at the State Tournament. After losing multiple seniors who helped them claim first place at the State tournament last year, nobody expected the Lady Vikings to make it past the first round in the State Tournament. Proving everybody wrong and knocking Bingham out of the running was the most meaningful moment for Kim. Kim said, "Beating Bingham was such a huge accomplishment. Nobody thought we could get to the final game again. But we did." On Thursday November ll, 2010, Kim was able to achieve her childhood dream and officially commit to BYU and formally accept her full-rid- e scholarship. Kim said, "Officially signing that paper and having that big step behind Senior Kim Dahl helped lead her team to victory in dramatic fashion. Next year Dahl will play volleyball for the BYU Lady Cougars. Photo courtesy of Danica Baird me is so exciting. The next step is actually playing there." Kim can't wait to actually play for BYU. At BYU Dahl plans on gaining the education necessary to become a teacher and training to become a volleyball coach. Kim said, "I want to be able to influence teens to dream big and be passionate about something and get where they want to go." Dahl was a strong athlete and a fierce competitor on the court and a great leader for her team. She has been an exemplary student-athlet- e for her high school and has represented our community in an extraordinary manner. Kim will take this dedication and commitment to the next level as she showcases her talent in front of thousands of BYU fans. PGHS Ballroom Team and Dance Company Hold Concert .. ....I .... I......... I. - - - - - - The Pleasant Grove High School Ballroom and Dance Company per-formed jointly for audience members that included numbers that included choreography by both instructors and students. There were 18 selections performed and the PGHS Technical Crew assisted with lighting and sound for the event. Photo courtesy of Chris Hocker Viking Athletics Region Foes to Change Again by Kent Allen Well, I have heard that a change is just as good as a vacation. I don't know if I really believe that, but I do like the ability to make adjustments when necessary and adjusting they (UHSAA) are. The new region changes will take effect in the Fall of 201 1 thru 2013 and that is also a change. Instead of reviewing attendance ratios every four years, they are now doing it every two years. The new Region 4 group is suggested to be American Fork, Bingham, Lehi, Lone Peak, Pleasant Grove and Riverton. The UHSAA Board of Trustees came up with these new groupings and had them published on November 10 of this year. A hearing on the placement of schools into regions will be held on November 17, and the final approval will be scheduled for November 18. This can be an advantage because of how often people move around. But if you are a coach trying to build something to hang a reputation on. you may have to hope for the luck of the draw and previous success to attract new talent into your program. Our current region members include Aha. Brighton, Hillcrest, Jordan, American Fork, Lone Peak and Pleasant Grove. Under the newly suggested grouping, we would lose the Salt Lake schools and add Bingham, Riverton and an old foe, Lehi. In 5A, Alta is the biggest school with an attendance of 2,553. In the proposed new Region 4, Bingham will be the biggest school and 2 in the state with an attendance of 2293. Lone Peak is 6 in the state with 2.136 students, Riverton 7 with ,944 students, American Fork at 8 with .940 students Pleasant Gros e with 9 with .875 students and Lehi at 23 with 1.638 students. 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