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Show JHf Page A3 Times Newspaper Thursday, May 23, 2002 State Baseball Championship Timpanogos brings home the title Continued from front page However, the T-Wolves been the victim of such a comeback before. Two years ago, Timpanogos had the same advantage playing Taylorsville on the last day of the 2000 class 5-A tourney. They even had a five lead late in the first game. Taylorsville came back to win game one and game two. The Wolves were left to think about it. The bats came out again against Olympus. Nearly everyone was hitting well. Chris Carter went 3-for-5, Spencer Snow went 3-for-4, as did Landon Law and Ryder Olsen. Greg Larsen finished 2-for-3. As soon as the final out was recorded, some state championship champi-onship T-shirts started appearing. Celebration! Fans and players stormed the field after the T-wolves beat Orem f to OREM fthe i I M , m v.l 4 FITNESS CENTER DAILY ADMISSION FEES Adults ( 1 4 & Older) .$3.00 Youth (4-13) $2.00 Child (3 & under) free Senior Citizens (55 & older) $2.00 Family Night (Monday 6 p.m.-10 p.m.) . . .$10Famlly Track Only $1.00 Utah State Tax Is applied to the sale of all passes and admissions unless a completed tax exempt form Is presented Coach Kim Nelson said that If he had known, he would have ended it in a hurry, remembering the final day of the tournament two years ago. The T-Wolves did jump out early scoring seven unanswered runs in the first four innings. It looked as if the team was going to roll to an easy win. Timpanogos pitcher, Mac Nelson, came to the mound in the fifth and looked a little tired as all of a sudden Olympus hitters hit-ters started hitting him. One of the hitters that found a Nelson pitch, Titan center fielder Steve Manookin, tripled in the fifth to score two runs. He would later score to cut into the Timpanogos lead but it would be all that Nelson would allow them to have. Timpanogos responded with two more runs in the sixth but regardless the game was in hand. The T-Wolves ran through .. OI.UII...,, J. I I mi m 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 2 Fees & Charges 580 West 165 South Orem, Utah 84058 (801) 229-7154 neu? image in family fitness MgalrJaaifiimi mm)- II MBgHmt u,rj $300 $240 $165 $149 $40 ,3 . , I $175 $140 $105 $95 $25 $155 $124 $90 $81 $20 1 ' ' I - " ' -- -' '---- . i j, y ,'f. .i. l $5 $52 NA NA $15 $395 $316 $205 $185 ' $50 1 .).,.,. .... . . .,- ., ',..-(.,. ,a. x i. s&& I $215 $172 $125 $113 $35 $195 $156 $110 $99 $30 ' $120 $93 ' NA NA $25 50 Meter Courts, Indoor Rooms FREE the tournament undefeated and outscored opponents 43-9 during the five-game stretch. The team did everything they needed to in order to finish off the championship champi-onship run. This match up could become a rivalry. Both teams have several key players returning next season. sea-son. Play-everything sophomore Mac Nelson will return for the T-Wolves T-Wolves along with Olsen and Russ Nelson. Olympus returns pitcher Neal Hoffman and Manookin. Eric Fairbourn and Ryan Quinn are additional starters coming back. The win continues Utah County's domination- in the sport. Seven of the last nine years in 4-A, a team from this county has won the title. Add to that two 5-A titles won by Orem High in the 1990's and seven out of nine years in 3-A before the County schools moved to 4-A. Olympus 9-3 for the state title. Orem Fitness Center Facilities Olympic Swimming Pool with Hot Tub, Basketball 14 Racquetball Courts (2 walleyball courts), Indoor (16 mile) Track, 18 Cardiovascular Exercise Machines ("Life Fitness," "Stair Master," Nordic Track," "Sprint"), Weight Room (with "Paramount" free and circuit weight equipment), Fooseball, Shuffleboard, Tennis, Indoor Volleyball, Locker (with saunas), Child Care service, Land and Water Aerobics classes. Orem Fitness Center Classes The Center offers many classes this spring and summer including: swimming, karate, baton twirling, weight training and wellness programs, pro-grams, basketball clinics, fly fishing, hunter education, tennis & racquetball rac-quetball classes. Local athletes heading to Utah State University MARTIN HARRIS Times Sports Editor With the athletic seasons done and the state titles won, two Mountain View seniors signed letters to compete at Utah State University on Tuesday. Cross country star Tiffany Strickland will compete for the Aggies in track and field, which event has yet to be determined. "There is a chance she will be running the steeple chase but I really believe that they will look at the 5,000 and 10,000 for her,"coach Dave Houle said. Strickland did not compete on the Bruins track and field team this past year but she was the captain of the state champion champi-on cross country team in 2001. She captured another state title with the Bruins victory against Pleasant Grove for the softball championship. The two-year starter was the team's leadoff hitter and starting third baseman this past season. However, her collegiate athletic career will be focused solely on running track. "Utah State has a solid track program," Houle said. "Knowing Tiffany, I think it's a perfect fit for her." "It was my first choice of college," col-lege," Strickland said. Coach Houle had another one of his athlete's sign to play for the Aggies. Basketball star Brittany Tressler is the first s,ignee of the Utah State women's basketball program. The Aggies will be putting fielding a team with NCAA sta OREM tus starting the 2003-04 season. sea-son. The school signed former Bruin Reagan Scott as the head coach and she signed current-Bruin current-Bruin Tressler as her first player. play-er. "I want to make sure te people peo-ple there feel positive about their decision to bring a basketball basket-ball team there," Tressler said. She should do that with ease. Tressler averaged 11.5 points per game this past year and was the team's second leading scorer. According to coach Houle, she led the Bruins in rebounding with approximately approxi-mately eight per contest. Her statistics were gathered playing play-ing only two and a half quar ! ' I Mnj ' ' .'lap - .'.' - W Pholo by: Martin Harris Brittany Tressler Is the first recruit of Utah State's soon-to-be women's basketball program. Her mom Kristle Is on the left with coach Dave Houle and principal Richard Clark standing. ' - Pholo by: Martin Harris Tiffany Strickland signs to compete with the Utah State track and field team next year. Her mother, Marilyn Dearlnger Is on the right with coach Dave Houle and principal Richard Clark standing. Wi?s)Dpra g MARTIN HARRIS Times Sports Editor Mountain View won the state softball title but Region Seven dominated the tournament. Pleasant Grove was the runner-up in the all-county title game, Lone Peak finished fifth and Orem High placed seventh. The Tigers have a lot to build on next season. They lose only three starters in outsiders Ashley Tippetts and Whitney Robbins and Lisa Jackman at first base. Super sophomore pitcher Devrie Downey returns along with her battery mate, catcher Marsha Heimuli. Orem made a nice run in the tourney, including a win over eventual third-place finisher Murray High. The Tigers knocked out Cyprus before being eliminated themselves by region mate Lone Peak on May 14. The Tigers never lost a tournament tour-nament game against a team ters a game. She will be sitting out next season while anxiously waiting the start of the program the following fol-lowing year. "I think she will bring an offensive punch to the program that they are going to need," Houle said. "Tressler is a winner, win-ner, a first team all-state player. play-er. She is a great student of the game, so she will pick up the offenses quickly. She has been a leader for us." Both of the seniors from the Bruins girls basketball ' team have now signed. Megan Morton signed last month to play at Kentucky Wesleyan. R3)(Q)IjrftS outside of their own region. The same could be said for the Bruins and the Vikings. The Knights defeated Bonneville in round one before being sent to the one-loss bracket brack-et by Spanish Fork. There they eliminated Payson and Orem before falling to Roy. The Vikings ran through Timpview, Orem, Spanish Fork and Mountain View before losing two in a row to the Bruins in the championship match up. Mountain View defeated American Fork, Box Elder, Roy and PG twice to win the title. Baseball The crown belongs to Timpanogos. The Timberwolves went untouched through the champions bracket to win their first state title. They beat Payson, Murray, Roy and Olympus twice, outscoring their opponents a combined 43-9. The other side of the county fared well as Provo, Springvillp Continued on next page COPVl |