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Show c POMT Page 9 Orem-Geneva Times Wednesday, May 24, 189 SHEET Mtn. View girls race to second place crown at state meet, Orem boys, girls finish third By Cathe Owens Greg Kennedy and Bryan Rowley earned first place finishes in the javelin and the long jump to lead the Tiger boys to a second place finish at the state track meet last weekend. Orem's girls won the medley relay event on the way to a third place state finish. With three second place finishes and three thirds, Mountain Moun-tain View's girls used the depth of their team to claim the second Elace trophy with 62 points, just ehind Bingham with 68. Orem's girls, with only eight athletes performing, per-forming, had 54 points for third. The Bruin boys finished seventh with 29 points. The winning team, Davis, ended with 71, Viewmont second with 52 12, and Orem third with 51. GIRLS' RESULTS Freshman Becky Perry gave Mountain View a boost on the score sheet placing in three events, including a tie for second ' . jjl w m,M vmkw ; American Fork's Bart Jorgensen got a nose across the finish line to edge Orem's Bryan Rowley in the state 100 meter sprint. Rowley placed in four events for the Tigers. Cathe Owens photo place in the 100 meter hurdles, matching Alta's Hubbard with a 15.64 time. Perry placed fifth in the 300 meter hurdles (47.71) and fourth in the long jump (16-10). Her teammate Andrea Jensen finished just ahead of her in the jump with a third place 17-1 14. The winner in that event was only one half inch ahead of Jensen. Becky Bybee also scored in three events for the Lady Bruins, capturing second place in the 800 behind Bingham's Lynette Peterson, Peter-son, and third in both the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. Orem's Julie Sorenson ran well in the distance events as well finishing second in the 1600 and 3200 ahead of Bybee, and trailing her in the 800 for third. Mountain View's Diana Pyne also placed in the 3200 race with a fifth-place run. Relay teams from both schools performed well, with Orem taking the crown in the 4x400 (4:04.04). Mountain View finished fourth in that race (4:08.66) after a second place finish in the 4x100 (50.11). Orem was third in the 400 (50.30). In the medley relay Orem was third, followed by Mountain View in fifth. Kim Henry placed in both the shot put and the discus for the Lady Bruins, tossing a 102-6 sixth-place discus, and a 34-10 34 shot put for fourth. Teammate Liz Dawe placed sixth with a 34-6 14 put. Natalie Jones finished sixth in the high jump with a 5-3 finish. BOYS' RESULTS Bryan Rowley went 23-5 to take the crown in that event, while teammate Dave King finished sixth (21-5 12) to lead Orem to third place in the state. Greg Kennedy also earned a first place crown with a 185-2 javelin throw. Dave James was fifth with a 173-4 performance. Rowley scored four time for the Tigers, adding a second place in the 100 meter race (11.17 to Bart Jorgensen's 11.16) to the tally. He also place fourth in the 200 and anchored the second place 4x100 meter relay team's second place run. Orem's 4x400 relay team finished third (3:25.07). Nathan ,Davies raced to a sixth place finish in the 400 to complete Orem's scoring. Mountain View's Chad Bybee and John Savage doubled up to score for the Bruins with Bybee placing third in both the 3200 and 1600 meter runs, while Savage finished fifth in the 110 high hurdles and sixth in the 300 meter hurdles. Duane Shumway placed sixth in the 3200. The Bruins also scored in the medley relay with a third place finish behind Davis and Viewmont. fl " I iff ' ' W Bruin freshman Becky Perry extends herself in the 100 meter hurdle race. Perry tied for second, and placed in the 300 hurdles and the long jump. Cathe Owens photo Bruin kickers enter final four in state soccer competition By Cathe Owens Mountain View's soccer team continued its drive to the top with a 1-0 win against Woods Cross Monday to move into the final four teams in the state soccer tournament. "This is as far as I even hoped and dreamed we'd go," said Bruin head coach Dave Woolley. The Bruins face Region Two champion Brighton on Wednesday Wednes-day at 6:45 to vie for a berth in the championship game. Td rather meet them in the final game," Woolley commented, "but it's all in the luck of the draw." Brighton finished region play with a 12-1-1 record, and has continued con-tinued that strength in the tournament tour-nament adding five more wins to the tally. The Bengal team has 11 state select players from the Olympic Development program, and they have played together for years. "It's hard to overcome that," Woolley admitted, "but we will certainly give it a good shot." Mountain View gave Brighton one of the best shots they had taken this year when they held the region leaders to a 1-1 tie when they met the first time this season. They second time in region play Brighton beat the Bruins 6-1. The winner of Wednesday's game will play the winner of the Clearfield-Viewmont game for the championships Thursday at 6 E.m. All tournament games are eld at Hillcrest High School. BRUINS 1, WILDCATS 0 "It was an ugly-played game," Orem teens race in Mexico City Two Orem teenagers participated par-ticipated with the Provo-based Vicious Cycle bicycle racing team last week at the Olympic Festival in the Mexico City, Mexico. Robert Williams, 16, and Burke Swindlehurst, 16, of Orem traveled to Mexico to race in the Festival which prepared 15- and 16-year-old athletes for competition competi-tion in the Pan Am Games. The racers competed against other young athletes from around the world including Cuba, Peru, and Costa Rica. noted Bruin coach Dave Woolley, "It was hot and windy and we didn't play as well as we could, but we won." The Bruins ousted Woods Cross Monday when a Ben Cahoon goal went unanswered, giving Mountain View a 1-0 win. Fifteen minutes into the first half Greg Jolley booted the ball from midfield some 40 yards, crossing it to where Cahoon jumped and headed the ball into the goal. The Bruins had several chances to score throughout the remainder of the game, but the ball didn't go in. Cahoon sent about five more shots toward the goal, but the one goal was enough for the win. "Brian Jolley saved our bacon at the goal," Woolley noted. Jolley, Jol-ley, a freshman goalkeeper, made three critical saves, and stopped several crossed balls to keep the Bruins in control. FALCONS 3, BRUINS 2 An uneventful overtime sent Mountain View and Clearfield into a shootout to end the second round state tournament game last Saturday. Clearfield's goalie, Mark Tureson, stopped three of five Bruin penalty kicks, while three Falcon boots hit home to end the game. Mountain View just missed some strong scoring opportunities oppor-tunities in the second half, but couldn't pull ahead of the Falcons. Clearfield jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half, then halfway through the second half the Bruins found the scoreboard with a 14-yard goal by Ben Cahoon. Greg Jolley booted in the tying score with just under 10 minutes to play. Tight Mountain View defense kept Clearfield away from the goal while the Bruins attacked the Falcon box, but couldn't hit the net. Several shots just missed, swinging a little wide or glancing off the top bar, and the game went into overtime with a 2-2 score. The Bruins controlled the ball well in the extra period, but still couldn't get past Tureson to score, forcing a shootout to declare the win. BRUINS 2, WARRIORS 1 A Ben Cahoon goal in the overtime period last Thursday handed the Taylorsville Warriors their first loss of the season, 2-1 sending the tournament favorites into consolation play. Cahoon took a pass from Lof-tin Lof-tin Graham and found the net late in overtime to claim the win. Taylorsville earned a 1-0 lead, and held it over the Bruins until Ray Hooper found the net with a Graham assist with 10 minutes left to play. The Warriors beat Mountain View last year 9-1, and the Bruins were determined that it wouldn't happen again. This game, Mountain Moun-tain View's tight defense and long wind made the difference, advancing ad-vancing them into the second round. BRUINS 4, WILDCATS 2 Mountain View earned a berth in the double-elimination state tournament with a 4-2 playoff play-off win at Weber last Tuesday. Weber's team banged the Bruins up, but couldn't stop their offense as Greg Jolley booted two goals in the final five minutes to ice the win. Weber jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first half while the Bruins struggled to adjust to poor field conditions and rough play, but Ben Cahoon tied the game at 2-2 before the half was up. The Bruins took control in the second half of play, and got the ball into the net again with 4:50 on the clock when Jolley smashed in a 45-yard boot to go ahead. The final score came on a penalty kick by Jolley late in the game. mm w MP MB? LsuvIL Athete of the Week BRIAN JOLLEY Freshman Brian Jolley was the key to Mountain View's state quarter-final soccer soc-cer win against Woods Cross Monday. At the goalkeeper position, Jolley made three critical saves and stopped several crossed balls to keep the Wildcats scoreless. The Athlete of the Week receives free pizza from Little Caesars. 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