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Show Thursday, October 11 2006 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW Page? Football Continued from Page 6 Three plays later, the Knights intercepted at the Viking 33 with 2.42 left. They reached the red zone again but were unsuccessful on a 4th-and-8 try and had to turn the ball over on downs. "Defense kept us in it, no question," Sampson said. This game was a team effort. Our defense held Lone Peak to 10 points in the first half and nothing noth-ing in the second half to give our offense a chance to make something happen. They didnt back down." Lone Peak got the ball to open the third period and reached the 25, but was again turned away on a 4th-and-4. All of these stops turned out to be crucial in the tight contest. The Vikings had failed to get' two first downs in a row all night until there was just under five and a half minutes left in the third quarter. "At halftime we definitely hadnt had a lot of success and we knew we needed to do something different," the coach went oa "We had to try to put the ball in the hands of the guys who got us there. We had to stay within our scheme. "We had to get after the offensive of-fensive linemen to block the line first," Sampson said. ""They made some big adjustments Vikings sophomore team continues to roll NORTH COUNTY The Pleasant Grove sophomore sopho-more football team pounded out a 20-0 victory over rival Lone Peak last week on a stormy Thursday behind the running of sophomore sensations sensa-tions Dalton Brady and Brian McDonnel. On the other side of the ball, the defense recorded its third shutout of the season behind the heart of defensive star Trevor Hawkins and the prowess of Mike Ferrera. The scoring began late in the first quarter when Brady led his troops on a 12-play, 65-yard 65-yard drive capped by a five-yard five-yard scamper by McDonnel, who avoided one tackier and outran three others to reach the end zone. Lone Peak threatened three times in the first half inside the Viking 20, but were turned away ail three as Hawkins and Ferrera both recorded sacks and the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove secondary kept batting away passes, led by Jordan Edwards and Zach Bunker. In the third quarter, Brady found an opening on the right side of the Knight defense and raced 47 yards down to the Lone Peak 18. Soon after, McDonneD found the end zone behind the blocking of fullback Mike Ivins to give the Vikings a 14-0 lead. Lone Peak still had some chances but Edwards had a pick and Bunker and MarchaU Nelson swatted down passes on big third-down opportunities. opportuni-ties. Then, with 6:48 left in the game, Brady broke away for a 60-yard touchdown run to ice the victory. "We are playing with a lot of confidence," said sophomore sopho-more coach Clark Blaisdale. "Winning is contagious and right now the entire program is winning." The Vikings dominated Lone Peak on all four levels as the freshmen through the varsity each recorded victories victo-ries over the Knights. I Sept 28 - Pleasant Grove 19, Timpanogos 13 (OT): The Vikings struck first when McDonnell dove in from the one to cap a 10-play, 65-yard drive. Timpanogos would later add a field goal as the Vikings took a halftime lead of 6-3. The teams traded possesions posse-sions before Timpanogos scored after two long passes. However, Brady struck back quickly with two passes of his own, both to Mark Bez-zant, Bez-zant, the latter coming after side-stepping pressure and "BARFf HEML- "Econo" Rib - 29 Gauge 3' wide x 1 6'-2" Long UiDLS S17.E0 1-eOl -768-3332 U . 3E KZlALmart Jr?007-0249 metalmartbiz ,v a' o sty ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County Pleasant Grove's Mitch Sanderson runs the ball through Lone Peak players for a first down in the third quarter on Friday in Highland. Sanderson scored the first touchdown for Pleasant Grove in the third quarter to make the score 10-6. Pleasant Grove upset Lone Peak, 13-10. and got more aggressive. We had to get Mitch (Sanderson) into some running space, and when we did, he got more yardage. Zach is always a threat to throw it or run it," the coach added. "He's not just a great athlete, but a competitor and a leader. Our seniors really stepped up in this game." throwing a perfect strike to Bezzant for the 25-yard touchdown. Jake Kriser added the extra point and the Vikings regained the lead 13-10. With four seconds remaining remain-ing on the clock, Timpanogos booted a 35-yard field goal that barely crossed the goal post to tie the score and send the game into overtime. The Viking defense lead by big Kyle Anderson, Sean Stevenson Ste-venson and Trevor Hawkins forced Timpanogos into another an-other field goal which gave the Timberworves the brief lead. On their first play in overtime, over-time, Brady found Jeremy Adams in the flat for a 12-yard 12-yard gain. McDonnell scampered scam-pered to the six-yard line on the next play to set up first and goal. Brady then bulled his way down to the four behind Anderson, An-derson, Sean Havilli, Josh Ramage, Brandon Clark and Kriser. Jordan Edwards took the next handoff and gained a tough yard. The Viking offensive of-fensive line then pounded the Timpanogos defense back into the endzone as McDonnel McDon-nel accentuated the heroics with a touchdown and the victory as th players rushed the field in celebration. "When we can win on all levels, that's when you know our program is performing at a pretty high level," varsity head coach Dale Sampson told the sophomore troops after af-ter the victory. All four teams have beaten Timpanogos. I Sept 21 Pleasant Grove 14, Mountain View 7: Against the Bruins, the Vikings fell behind early 7-0 after giving up a 70-yard scamper on the first play of the game. However, after settling down, the offense pounded the ball up and down the field, sustaining three drives of 10 plays or more that not only consumed the clock, but ate up the yards enroute to touchdowns midway into the second quarter and at the beginning be-ginning of the third stanza. This time the defense was led by Ferrara, who recorded three sacks and seven tackles on the day. Parker Salmons had a pick that set up the first Viking score. Brady tossed a 20-yard fade pass to Tony Holman to tie the game, then later, McDonnell plowed his way in from two yards out to finish off an 11-play, 70-yard drive that secured the victory for Pleasant Grove. Kevin Curtis submitted this information. Red & Whits ea j $23.52 ea Starting from their own 20, Pleasant Grove marched down the field with the broad shoulders of superback Sanderson Sand-erson carrying much of the load. "Mitch has been in those competitive situations and knows how to persist to reach the objective," Sampson said. Sanderson is a two-time state wrestling champion. Rewind Continued from Page 6 over American Fork. Viking star Whitney Mendivil plays her club volleyball with American Ameri-can Fork's Alisha King, and the two are good friends. Throughout the match, Whitney Whit-ney Mendivil came up with huge digs on King's swings to help the Vikings close out games. "Their AFs) top player Alisha, Ali-sha, played with her (Mendivil), (Mendi-vil), she knows where she hits, and she dug her so many times," Nuttall said. "That's kind of a nice advantage that I cant teach." Whitney Mendivil added, "It's a little extra motivation knowing that she's one of my best friends. She was digging me, I was digging her, we were kind of just going back and forth." Whitney Mendivil played a great all-around game, as she finished with 12 digs to go along with 17 kills. The rest of the Vikings also played solid games as Danica Mendivil had nine kills. Smith had 21 assists, and Kayli Wakefield and Barner had five blocks each. Although Whitney Mendivil seemed to have her number on several plays, King also played well, finishing with 18 kills to lead the Cavemen. American Fork also got a strong performance perfor-mance out of middle blocker Rebecca Zirkle with six blocks. The win for the Vikings further clouds a complicated picture in Region 4 as four teams are within two games of the region lead. Nuttall says that with the return of Smith, Pleasant Grove shouldn't be counted out. "Here we come dang it, it's about time to show people who Harris Continued from Page 6 me. I started competing in tournaments when 1 was 10 years old." He said he still goes golfing with his paternal grandparents whenever he goes up to Logan to visit them. "I was born in Nebraska, and I lived for a time in San Antonio, Texas," Harris said. He said his family moved to Utah several years ago. To prepare for his final season sea-son of Viking golf, Harris participated par-ticipated in some tournaments this past summer. He said, "I played in the Cache Valley Amateur Invitational and won it. I also won a tournament at a BYU golf camp." Asked what the toughest course he has found in Utah Valley, Harris answered, "Thanksgiving Point, but the hardest course I've played at HEED A FEHffi? Galvanized 1 38" O.D. 16 gauge -24' L 1 78 O.D. 16 gauge -24' L 2 38" O.D. 16 gauge-24' L Cash KHALffiar He rushed for two first downs and made a catch for one more during the drive, fittingly finishing it off with a short run for the touchdown. Also crucial were rushes and reads by Brady and a toss to Tyson Keetch for a first down. Pleasant Grove faked the PAT and holder Brady picked the ball up and tried to find a i t ' t'-y ' " ""' ttl Lai AiHt a il BEKY BEATONNorth County American Fork's latum Porter hits over Pleasant Grove's Vayann Smith on Sept. 21. we are. We're excited to start region over again and prove to a couple teams that we're a lot better than we were before," she said. I Oct S - Pleasant Grove def. Spanish Fork 3-0: The Vikings swept the Dons in Region 4. Details of this match were unavailable. un-available. Cross country I Oct 7 - Pleasant Grove boys earn trip to State: The Vikings finished fourth at the Region 4 meet to advance to the 5A state meet Wednesday at Sug-arhouse Sug-arhouse Park in Salt Lake City. Going into the Region 4 meet at Alpine's Westf ield Demen-tary, Demen-tary, Pleasant Grove had as much chance as any of the other oth-er five schools present at going to State in the boys and girls divisions. Last seasoa nobody from Pleasant Grove got to run in the final high school event of the seasoa This year, the Vikings at least received the satisfaction of seeing their boys team win a so far this fall has been Soldier Hallow out by Heber." He said Pleasant Grove's biggest rival in golf this year has been Spanish Fork. "Spanish "Span-ish Fork has won region 11 years in a row. This is the 1 1th year they've won it," Harris said. "We finished second in region re-gion this year. We hope to take region next year. We're going to be losing only three seniors. We're going to have a lot of good players back like my brother Zach and a freshman." Golf is not the only sport Alex Harris plays at Pleasant Grove. He said, "Zach and I also play on the tennis team" He added that he and Zach often go out golfing together. Harris said his biggest goal after the state tournament is to secure a shot at playing in the World Amateur Tournament. He added he wants to qualify for it during a tourney down in St. George next summer. EDILDIKG FARELS? Fence Pipe! Price - FOB Lehi g9c7TE 1 -800-947-024? receiver or run it in but was sacked by Lone Peak defensive back Mike Honeycutt, leaving the score 10-6. "Mitch just got things going, go-ing, and everybody jumped on the bandwagon," the coach explained. The Knights responded by coming straight back down the field and reaching the red zone in about three minutes. However, Lone Peak tost the ball on the next play and it was recovered at the PG 15 by Trevor Heder with just under nine minutes remaining. The Vikings then went 85 yards in six minutes. Brady got it started with an 18-yard completion to Braden Framp-toa Framp-toa Brady and Sanderson continued to advance the ball on the ground, and a catch by Keetch at the 15 helped set up the final score. Pleasant Grove took the lead for good when Brady found Mitch darine alone in the end zone, and Mark Kennington's PAT made it 13-10 with 2:43 to play. Lone Peak's last drive ended with an interception by Brady, and the Vikings ran out the clock before starting a wild celebration with the Pleasant Grove fans who braved the nasty weather. The Vikings (4-0, 6-2) have now assured themselves of a playoff berth and at least a share of the region champion chance to race at state. "A couple of region coaches said to the others, 'Don't worry about them IPG,'" said Viking coach John Kernan. "It's great that our boys proved everybody every-body in the region wrong about PG. The boys ran faster today than they had any other time this year." The boys team scores read Lone Peak 48, Mountain View 57, American Fork 59, Pleasant Grove 107, Timpanogos 120 and Spanish Fork 127. During the race, Jordan Bent-ley Bent-ley took eighth, Erik Simpson 16th, Evan Argyle 25th, Darren Gleason 27th and Byron Palmer 31st for the combined score, while Trevor Walker and Levi Williams also competed. The girls team scores read Spanish Fork 50, Timpanogos 63, Mountain View 74th, Lone Peak 75, American Fork 81 and Pleasant Grove 149. In the varsity girls race, Julie Mazieka was the top finisher for the Vikings at 1 1th place, followed by Jessi Baird, Jamie Harmon, Madeline Shetton, Ash-Ian Ash-Ian Matheson, Haley Eldredge and Lauressa Cook. In the junior varsity girls race, Kristin Knodie led the way at 15th. Erica Porter, Em-melina Em-melina Frenzel, Cathy Thomas, London Burke, Brittney Stirling, Cassi Baird and Kylie Mayfield also participated. In the junior varsity boys race, Nick Forts finished in the top 10 at the sixth positioa posi-tioa Others representing the Vikings included Alex Nicho-les, Nicho-les, Hyrum Gurr, Nate Porter, Golden Bishop, Skyler Saunders, Geoff Merrell, Sam Summer-hays, Summer-hays, Brett Brailsford, Colby Neilson, Colby Pearson, Tony Adamson, Adam Edwards, Mike Stirling and Chad Gudmundson. Dean Von Memmott filed this report. The latest in BYU Sports online wwwwJreralfcxtra.com FSnall Registration For October Season Fail Futsal Indoor Soccer ship. They can win it outright with a victory over Spanish Fork on Oct. 20, ending Lone Peak's string of region championships champi-onships at five. Pleasant Grove played a non-league non-league contest at Pay son last night but results were unavailable unavail-able at press time. Check next week's issue for the details. The Knights (3-L 7-1) had already secured a spot in the state tournament but must now fight for seeding and a possible share of the region title when they play at American Fork for the final league contest. "We're on higher ground but we haven't accomplished anything any-thing yet," Sampson continued "We do have to wipe the smiles off our faces and realize the opportunity we have to go to Spanish Fork is big. "Our fate is in our own hands now. We definitely don't want a three-way tie scenario, so it'll be important for us to play to wia" he said. "We're maturing as a team to make a run at this thing. "We chose to play a game this week that we could win or lose at Pay son so we could be more competitive for Spanish Fork," the coach added. "We cant duplicate game conditions in practice. We want to be gamers so we have to be ready to compete every week. "We've put ourselves in a good positioa We want to be in a better one," Sampson said. Tennis I Oct 10 - Pleasant Grove ties for 10th at State: The Vikings tied for 10th place with Davis at the state 5A tournament, finally finished Tuesday in Salt Lake City. The tournament started on Thursday last week but adverse weather forced some of the matches to be concluded Friday, and all of Saturday's schedule was shifted to Tuesday. Second singles player Megan Sparks was the top finisher for Pleasant Grove, advancing to the semifinals before losing a tough match to Lydia Hays of Skyline 7-6 (7-1). 64. In the first round, she retired Allison Long of West Jordan 6-4, 6-L then defeated Sheila Adams of Lav-ton 6-4, 6-4. At No. I singles, Ashley Johnson gave Bingham's Katee McDonald all she could handle in the first set but ended up bowing out 7-6 (7-4), 64). In third singles, Rachel Ma-theny Ma-theny pushed Region 3 top seed Summer Davidson of Bingham to three sets but tost 3-6, 6-L 6-3. 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