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Show run Page A6 Times Newspaper Thursday, September 26, 2002 Prep Football Struggling Tigers fall again 'V 1 40 440mMm' It, MARTIN HARRIS Times Sports Editor Orem High's football team struggled on every play to find yardage against a stingy Lone Peak defense as the Tigers lost 35-0. The Knight defense never allowed the Tigers to find a rhythm and held the Tigers to 31 yards on the ground and 41 through the air. When the yardage lost by the Tigers due to eight Lone Peak sacks, Orem mustered only 26 yards of total offense. "We played good (on defense)," Ixme Peak coach Monte Morgan said. "We attacked their quarterback quarter-back well and covered their receivers. They played hard and executed well." Ciood is an understatement in regards to the play of Jared Hamilton. The junior lineman sacked Orem's Robbie McKinney three times. Late in the fourth, he recovered an Orem fumble and returned it 20 yards for the touchdown. 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"We'll win a game when we stop turning the ball over so much," Orem coach Alex Jacobson said. "We are turning the ball over too much. We are not getting it done." "We put our defense into a bind most of the night. We gave Lone Peak a short field and we left our defense out there too long." "We didn't do the little stuff. We have to get back to the fundamentals." fun-damentals." The Tiger defense was not as bad as the score might make them look. Two of the scores were by the combined work of special teams and the defense. During the first half, the defense itself allowed only one Knight field goal. Then on the first Lone Peak touchdown of the second half, the Knights started with the ball your idea on the Orem 38-yard line. The Knights scored next on an Orem fumble that gave them the ball on the Tiger 34-yard line. On their next possession for the Knights, they started with the ball only seven yards from the goal line thanks to a 43-yard punt return. The Orem defense stepped up and held them to a field goal. It turned out to poor field position the entire night for the Tiger defense. Despite all the scoring, Lone Peak's offense amassed only 227 yards. Orem drops to 0-5 for the season sea-son but more importantly 0-1 in the region. The good news is that Lone Peak is one of the toughest teams in the region. The Tigers travel to Pleasant Grove and Mountain View during the next two weeks. The outcomes of those games should determine if they will still be playing in November. Lone Peak improves to 1-0, 4-1 4-1 overall. The Knights host Layton this week before traveling travel-ing to Timpanogos in a game that will probably determine the region championship. our website at 84042 "t. A familiar scene. Orem quarterback Robbie McKinney spent a lot of time running for his life. The Lone Peak defense sacked him eight times. Bruins defeated by Vikings 35-14 BY TODD VEENKER Sports Correspondent Mountain View and Pleasant Grove opened region action last Friday night as both teams hoped for an early victory and a head start towards one of the three play-off berths from the region. The Vikings came out the big winner as they celebrated the 35-14 35-14 Homecoming victory over the Bruins. Neither team could convert field position or turnovers into points in the first quarter. Pleasant Grove's Jason Gray was the game's first big playmaker as he fell on a Mountain View fumble fum-ble two minutes into the game, but the Vikings were unable to score. In fact it wasn't until the six minute mark of the quarter that either team made a first down, when Bruin quarterback Jeff McDonald hooked up with Dave White to get the first one. As the second quarter got underway, Mountain View found themselves driving deep in Viking territory, but it stalled at the Pleasant Grove 29-yard line. Mountain View was forced to try a 42-yard field goal that sailed wide left of the mark. Pleasant Grove's first big conversion con-version came on Mountain View's next possession. Viking Caleb Rutter stepped in . front of a McDonald pass and set the Vikings up on the Mountain View 25-yard line. Two plays later Pleasant Grove's Matt Mortensen caught a 21-yard pass from Mike Sanders that moved the ball to the Bruin 1-yard line. Sanders kept the ball on the Girl's Soccer - MV baffles past THS MARTIN HARRIS Times Sports Editor The final score showed 4-1 but it does not begin to tell the story of the game as Timpanogos fell to Mountain View. The T-Wolves Shantae Adams made school history when she sank a goal for minutes into the game. It was the first time Timpanogos's girl's soccer team scored on the Bruins. The goal gave the Wolves an early 1-0 lead. The lead was short-lived and thoughts of an upset were quickly forgotten as the the Bruins Courtney Asay scored two goals in a four minute stretch and completed com-pleted the hat trick before half-time. half-time. Freshman Erin Salmon added another goal when she headed in a kick by Leesa Henderson. The Bruins took a 4-1 lead into the break. Coming out of halftime, the Timpanogos team continued to play hard and they shutout the Bruins in the second half Another first for the T-Wolves against the Bruins in school history. "I am real happy with the way we played," coach Jeff Ginn said. The girls learned if they play like a team they can compete with anyone. This might be the first time this season we've really played like a team and it's a reason rea-son why we're struggling to make ( n (J V f " ', vie.,' next play for the touchdown run. Aaron Lewis added the extra point and the Vikings held a 7-0 lead with six minutes remaining in the half. On the next Bruin drive, the Viking defense stepped up again with big plays, including a nice tackle in the backfield by Chris Clegg. Mountain View also came up with a big fourth down conversion conver-sion thanks to backup quarterback quarter-back Xavier Aburto's keeper for the important first down. However, Pleasant Grove had defense on the mind as Jordan Haynie picked off an Aburto pass for the third turnover of the night. Pleasant Grove got another big play from Mortensen as he raced 20 yards to the Mountain View 16-yard line, setting up the second Viking score of the night. On the next play, Sanders made a nice play fake and kept the ball around the end of the line for the 16-yard touchdown run. Again Lewis added the extra point and Pleasant Grove appeared as though they would head to the locker room with a 14-0 lead. The Bruin offense couldn't run out the remaining two minutes of the half as Mountain View was forced to punt the ball back to Pleasant Grove with very little time left on the clock, and Rutter returned the Bruin punt 45 yards back to the Mountain View 20-yard 20-yard line. From there, Sanders found Mortensen for a 13-yard touch-, down pass. With the Lewis extra point, Pleasant Grove found themselves with a 21-point half-time half-time advantage. Midway through the third the playoffs." The Wolves need to win! there last two games against Pleasant Grove and Orem to have a chance at the state tournament. Mike LaHargoue, the Mountain View coach, was full of praise for his opponent. "I expected this kind of Timpanogos team all season. In our region with only three playoff spots, it would be a shame if a team like this had to stay home," he said. The contest almost was not played. Two of the three officials did not show up. Two volunteers stepped up from the crowd and helped call the lines. , The game was delayed 20 minutes min-utes from starting. LaHargoue r vv... t "ft.- Heidi Walker (no. 7) tries to get around Bruin defender Ashley Eakins (no. 14). with another Mountain View player at her heels. 41 or.;-. ... f 1 quarter, Mountain View put together their first scoring drive of the night. The 60-yard drive was highlighted by a long pass play from sophomore Don Lovelace to White, who ran to the Viking 16-yard line. Several plays later Craig Fitch carried the ball for a one-yard dive into the end zone . Bryan Black's extra point kick was good, making the score 21-7. As the third quarter came to a close, Pleasant Grove had advanced to the Bruin 18-yard line, but the Mountain View defense didn't allow the Vikings to convert the drive into points. The Pleasant Grove defense answered with the fifth Bruin turnover of the game, thanks to a Kaleb Harris interception that gave the ball back to Pleasant Grove at Mountain View's 43. Three minutes later Mortensen hauled in a Sanders pass for the 17-yard touchdown. Lewis increased the Viking point total to 28 with the PAT. Offensive production from Ben Holdaway and Tanner Rehrer helped Mountain View move into scoring position with four minutes min-utes remaining in the game. A 2-yard 2-yard run by Lovelace scored the second Bruins touchdown of the night. Black's extra point made the score 28-14. Pleasant Grove's Rutter capped the night's scoring with a 29-yard touchdown catch that he battled away from the Mountain View defender. Lewis finished a perfect kicking night with the final extra point of the game. The Bruins host Timpanogos tomorrow at 7 p.m. said the delay taught his team a lesson. The Timpanogos players continued to warm up with' the extra time while the Mountain View players sat and relaxed. . "They stayed warmed up and were ready to play when the game started," the Bruin coach said. "Our girls learned they had to be ready and preparedTeams in this region are not going to just roll : over for us." Timpanogos (1-4-1 in region) plays the Vikings Tuesday, while the Bruins (6-0) take on rival Orem today ; The win extends Mountain View's unbeaten streak to 33 games, a record of 32-0-1 dating back to the 2000 state tournament. tourna-ment. ' "v 4 1 fT |