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Show 'PORTS SHEET Page 5 Orem-Gcneva Times Wednesday, March 4, 1992 Mtn. View Bruins win Region title, head to State Winning a Region Championship Champion-ship is never easy. At least it shouldn't be. And Friday the American Fork Cavemen made the Bruins earn the 67-65 victory that clinched Mountain View's first place region finish. The game had all the drama required for a do or die finish for both teams. Going in to the contest American Fork was tied with Orem for the fourth and final playoff slot. A win by American Fork would nearly guarantee the Cavemen a shot at the State title. For Mountain Moun-tain View, a loss would mean second place to Timpview, the win would keep the Bruins tied with Timpview for a co-championship. Fans weren't disappointed. American Fork controlled the tip and jumped to a 6-0 lead in the first few minutes of play but by the end of the quarter Mountain View had narrowed the Caveman lead to one, 10-9. Americah Fork managed to keep it's lead intact through nearly near-ly four minutes of play when Bruins' Jeremy Sink and D.G. Nelson hit back to back three point shots and gave Mountain View a 24-22 lead. By the end of the second quarter Nelson had hit another trey, Sink had chipped in a couple, Eric Gentry hit two from the line, and the Bruins had built up a 35-29 lead. In the third quarter Mountain View continued to outdistance the Cavemen and had built up nine point lead. But the Bruin lead vanished in less than three minutes thanks to treys by Cavemen Travis Stringham and Local contenders, meeting the challenge of the American Gladiators at the Salt Palace on Friday include, back row, left to right: Craig Burger, Salofi Hanneman, Mark Kibort, Brad Densley, Jason Beane (Freddie Martin, not pictured). Front row: Shelle Marchant, Jennifer Zabel, Lisa Rosen, Betsy Spiegel, Delese Walden (Charlotte Winward, not pictured). Salofi Hanneman will represent Orem in the televised event. Orem athlete competes Friday in American Gladiators Meet An Orem athlete and youth counselor will join 11 other local athletes who will meet the challenge chal-lenge of the American Gladiators when 7-Eleven presents the televised competition at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. Bearing a Samoan first name, Salofi Hanneman is one-quarter Samoan, having served an LDS Church mission in Samoa. Hanneman Han-neman is employed as a youth counselor at the Provo Youth Detention Center, and he has lived with his wife in Orem for the past four years. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Hanneman also attended at-tended Santa Ana Junior College in California where he played football. He was elected First Team All-Conference, All-County, All-State and Honorable Mention Men-tion Ail-American. PHYSICAL CONDITION When asked why he wanted to compete against the American Gladiators, Salofi said, "I enjoy staying in good physical shape and the American Gladiators Driving course set The Utah Safety Council announces an-nounces .Defensive Driving Course for March. The eight-hour course teaches you a better way to drive in a program that's strong, incisive and memorable. You learn to recognize a hazard, understand the appropriate ap-propriate defense, and act correctly cor-rectly in time-in bad weather, on country roads, on rush-hour expressways, ex-pressways, on urban sidestreets, with pedestrians, with cyclists and with fixed objects. Ryan DeMille. Chris Bates hit two from the field and Fernando Diego scored two from the line and American Fork back within striking distance at 53-50. Through the fourth the lead teetered back and forth as the clock ticked away. When Stringham Strin-gham hit a trey for the Cavemen, Ryan Roberts hit for the Bruins. One and Ones by Bruin Ryan Lewis were matched by Chris Bates. And each point added to the scoreboard brought a deafening deafen-ing roar from the crowd. The clock had ticked down to :24 and American Fork had the 65-64 lead when Nelson drove the middle for the layup. In the process, American Fork's Nate Mills fouled D.G.,Nelson. Around him the crowd was going wild. Inside, the Bruin heard nothing but silence. "If you hear the crowd youll get nervous and miss," said Nelson. "All that was going through my head was that I should have hit the layup first and then stepped to the line," said Nelson. Following an American Fork timeout, Nelson calmly stepped to the line and hit both shots. The Bruin edged ahead by one. American Fork took possession posses-sion with 19 seconds left but lost the ball on a travelingcall. Mountain Moun-tain View fed the inbound pass to Ryan Lewis and as expected, Lewis drew a foul from Caveman Nate Mills. Lewis stepped to the line and hit the front end of the one and one but missed the second and the Bruins had an all to narrow two point lead. The Cavemen had one chance gives me the opportunity to compete com-pete against great athletes. I love competition and the opportunity to perform, not only against others, but against myself, in striving to do my best. I work with youth in Utah County, and they have challenged me to participate with the American Gladiators." The six male and six female contenders were selected from more than 650 hopefuls at the tryouts held at Deseret Gym on Feb. 19. Each of the contenders excelled in pushups, 40-yard dashes, the hand-bike and matches of "powerball" and "jousting"--both American Gladiator sports innovations. SEVERAL EVENTS Eevents included for the one-on-one live competition between local contenders and gladiators will be assault, the joust, the eliminator, the wall, powerball and atlasphere. the local contenders con-tenders will earn points, according accord-ing to their supporting performance perfor-mance against the gladiators. The top scoring male and female contenders will win gold Drivers who successfully complete the course receive a 50-point 50-point reduction off their Utah driving record, one time during any three-year period. Individuals 55 years of age and older may ;qualify for insurance in-surance discounts after completing complet-ing the course. The eight-hour course is scheduled in Provo, on Saturday, March 7 at UVCC (Provo campus), cam-pus), room SW 217, 1395 N. University Avenue. Preregistra- to win but the chance vanished somewhere in the uproar from the fans as Bruin Stoney Hunter got a hand on Stringham's three point attempt and Nelson snatched the ball for Mountain View. Nelson drew a foul and missed the free throw but American Fork was unable to put a play together in the final five seconds and the crowd poured onto the court to celebrate the 67-65 win. "I think the coaches think Mountain View is the best team in the state," said American Fork Head Coach Bob Eckles following the loss. It was 20 agonizing minutes before Eckles got the word that Timpview had edged Orem by five - the five points that meant American Fork's playoff hopes were still alive. Inside the Bruin locker room the Bruin team was ear to ear smiles. Former Bruin Coach - an American Fork resident - Carl In-gersoll In-gersoll stuck his head inside door and, as well as spending a few mo-' ments with the team, shared a bear hug with Head Coach Kline Adams. There was celebration over a co-championship with Timpview, an honor Adams didn't mind. "We haven't won a region championship champion-ship in five years or so," said Adams, "I'd rather win the championship cham-pionship outright but they're a good team too. Still, no one can take this away from us." Later that night, on the toss of a coin, Mountain View entered the playoffs in second seed. The ranking rank-ing places Mountain View head to head Skyline next Tuesday. medals, a home fitness machine, a supply of vitamin supplements from General Nutrition Center, an American Gladiator's Ar-mitron Ar-mitron watch, and the opportunity oppor-tunity to compete on the Samuel Goldwyn Company's television series. They will also become eligible to vie for a spot in the national finals, slated for Atlantic City in May. Second place contenders will win silver medals, a supply of vitamin supplements and the Ar-mitron Ar-mitron watch. LOCAL CONTENDERS Other local contenders in the local competition include Craig Burger, West Valley; Jason Beane, Salt Lake City; Freddie Martin, Provo; Brad Densley, West Jordan; Mark Kibort, Santa Clara, CA; Delese Walden, Sandy; Charlotte Winward, Logan; Betsy Spiegel, Salt Lake City; Lisa Rosen, Ogden; Shelle Marchant, Salt Lake City; and Jennifer Zabel, Clearfield. They will compete against American Gladiators Gemini, Ice, Nitro, Zap, Laser, Blaze, Tower, Diamond, Viper and Jazz. tion is required. For enrollment information, call the Utah Safety Council toll free at 800-933-5943. The registration fee is $20 per person, $7 for mature drivers over age 55. African Americans have an almost one third greater chance of having high blood pressure as compared to whites, according to the American Heart Association. i Mountain View High School Athletic Director Joel Gardner presents the Region trophy while (L-R) Karrie Henry, Jamie Dodge, LeAnn Muranaka, and Emma Rode celebrate the win. Lady Bruins ranked No. 1 going into state playoffs Who would have believed this," said Dave Houle shaking his head, "who would have ever believed this." In his hand, Houle held the Region trophy, a prize that seemed a light year away last November 27th when the Lady Bruins battled Judge in the Girl's basketball preseason opener. The journey was long but Thursday the dream became a reality for the Lady Bruins, as they waltzed to a 69-32 win over American Fork and closed an undefeated, un-defeated, 19-0, season. The undefeated un-defeated season also gave the team the undisputed first seed for the State Championships. Thursday's game was typical of most the Lady Bruins' contests this season. The game is close for the first three minutes of the game and then Mountain View pours on the steam. Through the rest of the game their opponent struggles to score get fifty points on the scoreboard while shooting against Karrie Henry, LeAnn Muranaka, and Liz Pinegar. As Henry, Muranaka, and Pinegar slow the opponent's offense of-fense to a trickle, Raegan Scott, Amy Baker, and Jamie Dodge fire away at will and Mountain View's ladies walk away with a twenty point victory. Through the season the ladies have held their heads high the good times and the bad. They graciously gra-ciously accepted the easy wins against Pleasant Grove and Provo. They also battled through what Houle called the "wake up call" against Orem. "The key to our success is that we just enjoy each other's company," com-pany," said Houle. "Through the season we just concentrated on having fun and along the way we learned that hard work brings a lot of luck." According to Houle, if the Ladies can make it past the first game so much the better, because as he sees it the playoffs are the frosting, the Girl's Region Championship Cham-pionship was the cake. "Whether we're going to win the whole thing, I don't know," said Houle of the road to the Championship, "anything can happen in the tournament. But I do know that no one can take away what they've already accomplished." ac-complished." At press time the Lady Bruins Athlete of the Week LIANA SNUKA This week Orem High School's Athlete Ath-lete of the Week is Liana Snuka. Liana scored on some key shots to keep the Lady Tigers neck in neck with Timpview last week. For the'game, she scored 16 points. For her effort Liana will receive Pizza courtesy of Little Caesars. Sponsored By: And m 1"" . , I ailing, iluiiumi.h.iiihhiwiiiihiiihi" ' "''","". - immmwml ''Mmmmmui3. v ) ,IX!)W ' ""f lll H " Lady Bruin Emma Rode keeps a close watch on her opponent op-ponent during last Thursday's action against American Fork. Mountain View won the contest, 69-32. were on the court against Roy. A win sends them on to the quarterfinals quarter-finals against either Bingham or Alta. About 500,000 Americans have a stroke in a given year and about 150,000 of them die, according to the American Heart Association. H V 5 mmimmnm TIPS We want the scoop on what's happening in Orem. Call in news tips. Orem-Geneva Times 225-1340 Athlete of the Week D.G. NELSON This week Mountain View High School's Athlete of the Week is D.G. Nelson. Nelson scored two key free throws under pressure in final seconds of last week's contest against American Fork. The free throws set up a 67-65 win for the Bruins. For his effort, D.G. will receive Little Caesars Pizza. Sponsored By: And |
