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Show Times Newspaper Thursday, September 18, 2003 Page B3 IP Timpanogos girls' soccer defeats Mountain View for the first time ! 5 it-'. : Hi, r K i 1 8 - -iV if f, ph(o by Landon OlsonTVHt'.v Sentpaper Timpanogos' Stacy Bartholomew (12) attempts to push Bruin Natalie Graham off of the ball during Thursday's game at Mountain View. Both players finished with goals. LANDON OLSON Times Sports Editor As the team came together, one thing was definitely distinguishable above the cheers - "We beat Mountain View!" It's been a breakout year for the Timpanogos girls' soccer team and they've had some big wins, but the biggest yet may have come Thursday. Riding a four game win streak, the Timberwolves (5-1, 2-0) picked up three goals in the first half and added an insurance insur-ance goal in the second en route to a 4-2 victory vic-tory over Mountain View, their first ever against the Bruins (6-4, 1-1). "It's been coming and I knew this year we were going to dominate," said Timpanogos senior Missy Lee. Picking up their fifth straight win has given the T-wolves some momentum, but while winning has had something to do with the team's confidence, there's been an attitude change since coach Natalyn Lewis took over. "It was not just the fact that we started winning, but we stalled trusting each other with each other's skills and we have an awesome awe-some coach who I dedicate this whole season to," Lee said. "She's fantastic and she is the one who also breathed spirit into us and helped us realize what we loved about soccer." soc-cer." Even Mountain View coach Mike Lallargoue gave a lot of credit to the T-wolves' T-wolves' coach. He said the team has about the same players as last year, but "the difference is their coach is getting them to work." To start the game, Mountain View had some early opportunities, including a shot off the cross bar, but it was Timpanogos who struck first In the sixth minute, Shantae Adams took a long cross shot toward the far post, slipping it just over the goalkeeper's head and in. Less than five minutes later, Stacy Bartholomew would score to give Timpanogos a 2-0 lead. Bartholomew's goal came on a rebound off a corner kick by Adams. As the ball bounced to her, Stacy found herself wide open and knocked it in. "I was taking the trash," she said. Timpanogos head coach Natalyn Lewis said those first few minutes helped deter mine the course of the game. "I was very pleased we came out on top of things right from the beginning. That makes a big difference in the game" she said. "I just wasn't very happy they answered back with two goals in the next 10 minutes." The first of those goals came in the 12th minute when Natalie Graham connected on a sliding shot, and then was followed minutes min-utes later by Erin Salmon, who scored on a header off a corner kick to knot the score at 2-2. The score would remain knotted until the final minutes of the half. In the 34th minute the Bruins were awarded a free kick just outside the penalty box, but failed to score, bouncing a shot off the post. Three minutes later, Julie Hegerhorst would score for Timpanogos to not only give the Timberwolves the lead, but momentum going into the second half. Throughout the half Mountain View did have some chances, but just couldn't quite connect, hitting the post on several shots. "The second half was a little bit more frustrating frus-trating because we had the opportunities," LaHargoue said. "We average way more posts than we do goals per game. You talk about a couple inches and that's three or four more goals and a different outcome." But despite holding the Bruins, Lewis was nervous until Stephanie Garner picked up an insurance goal in the 23rd minute of the half. Getting a free kick from the corner, Garner arced a shot up over the keeper and into the far corner of the net, putting the T-wolves T-wolves up 4-2, a lead they'd hang on to the rest of the game. With the success the team has had, Lewis said she thinks the team has built some confidence, con-fidence, but there's also a downside. "The other thing the winning is doing is making people recognize us and now they're bring their game against us," Lewis said. Because of this, she said her team will be sure not to underestimate any opponent, something Timpanogos has experience with because teams may have been doing it to them at the beginning of the season. Despite the loss for his team, LaHargoue said he thought the Bruins played one of their most complete games of the season, but now will have focus on their next opponent. Mountain View plays at Lone Peak on Thursday. HS football improves, but still falls to Bonneville LANDON OLSON Times Sports Editor Turnovers. They can be a lifesaver, or, in Mountain View's case Friday, really hurt. A fumble fum-ble led to a Bonneville field goal and ended the Bruins' comeback hopes as they fell 24-7 to the Lakers. "I heard one of the college coaches say there are two stats that are important the final score and turnovers. We lost in both of them," said Mountain View head coach Doug Meek. Other than the three turnovers, the Bruins (0-4) stayed with Bonneville, picking up 15 first downs on 219 yards of offense. The Lakers had 14 first downs and 245 yards, held for much of the game by the MVHS defense. On the first possession, the Lakers were held, but a punt pinned the Bruins at their own 6. Slowly pounding pound-ing away with the run, including a 42-yard scamper scam-per by Ron Raeder, helped the Bruins move into scor- 4Take away a few plays and defense plays a dang good game. I still think they played a dang good game." Doug Meek Bruin Head Coach ing position at the Laker 20. Bonneville's defense held though and the field goal attempt by Mountain View was unsuccessful. On their following possession, pos-session, the Bruins were hurt by their first turnover, a fumble giving the Lakers the ball at their own 38-yard line. A 40-yard run by Paul Archuleta led to a score by Tanner Jugler a few plays later and gave Bonneville the 7-0 margin. Before half-time, half-time, the Lakers would strike again. A 18-yard run by Jugler and a 29-yarder by Chad Wilcoxen set up an 11- yard pass to Trevor Ward for the score. Trailing 14-0 going into the second half, the Bruins moved the ball well on their first possession, taking tak-ing 8:32 to advance the ball 62 yards and capping the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run by Nate Laumatia. The defense held on the next Bonneville possession, posses-sion, but any momentum for the Bruins was lost if' V wi - -- , pholo by l.umlun Olson 7'h'.v Sewspuper Bruin Nate Laumatia (23) tries to turn the corner on a run and avoid Bonneville defensive back Andrew Rich. Laumatia scored Mountain View's only touchdown in the game. when, to start the quarter, Mountain View fumbled on its second play of the possession, pos-session, giving the Lakers the ball at the MVHS 16. The defense held but a, field goal made it 17-7. Bonneville would put the game out of reach with one final drive. Jugler was able to follow a 15-yard gain with a 1-yard plunge for the score to make it 24-7, 24-7, the final. Despite the outcome, Meek said he's happy with the improvements his team has been showing and especially the way the defense played. "Defensively, I'm pretty happy with them," he said. "I know there's 24 points up on the board, but they got stuck in situations." Leading the defense with 12 tackles was linebacker line-backer Jared Hatch while Alan Sheffer and Anthony Jenkins each had eight tackles. "I'm happy with the way they're playing. They're flying around to the ball. Take away a few plays and defense plays a dang good game. I still think they played a dang good game," Meek said. One the offensive side, the Bruins were most successful running, picking up 119 yards. Raeder finish with 64. "That's what we've got to do is establish the run and we were able to do that tonight," Meek said. "Unfortunately, our running backs were also the ones who were dropping the ball. "The offensive line blocked a lot better tonight. You've got to give credit to those guys," he said. After finishing up a three-game homestand, the Bruins will be on the road for three. Friday they'll play at Layton and then the next week open Region VII play at Pleasant Grove. Mountain View returns home Oct. 10 for homecoming against Orem. T-wolves pepper PG with 33 shots in 4-1 win BEN DENNETT Times Correspondent As Timpanogos found out, it only takes 10 minutes to change the complexion of a game. The T-Wolves scored three goals in a 10 minute span during the first half to propel them to a 4-1 win at home Tuesday against Pleasant Grove. The first goal came off a rebound. Timpanogos had earned a penalty kick, Shantae Adams's kick was blocked, but the rebound wasn't cleared. Julie Hegerhorst took the shot from the left junction of the box and put it through. Minutes later the ball rolled out of the pile in front of the goalie and Adams was in the right position to 8-Iron the ball in the top corner of the goal to put Timpanogos up 2-0. The T-Wolves were at it again sooner rather than later. The ball was centered to a Kirtley Sorensen, whose shot was blocked, but Jen Neilson wrapped around her defender with the left foot to put the ball in the goal. Timpanogos took the 3-0 lead to half. Pleasant Grove did not back down in the second half and took the fight to the T-Wolves. The Viking attack was led by forwards Whitney Fox and Leah Stokes. Pleasant Grove advanced the ball into Timpanogos territory terri-tory early in the second half. Fox was at the point and took the shot. The shot was blocked, but Pleasant Grove seized the opportunity to put a rebound into the net. Chelsee Paepke found the loose ball and put it in the net to ignite the Pleasant Grove crowd. The 3-1 lead, would become a 4-1 lead midway through the second half. Hegerhorst would beat her defender and center it to Adams who did not miss. The rest of the game was played evenly by the teams. Every shot was contested and the both teams were able to move the ball effectively, but were unable to score. For the game, Timpanogos outshot the Vikings 33-1. Pleasant Grove received outstanding defensive play from Jessica Hobson and Sara Elsey. The Timpanogos defense was led by Mandy Valora. Timpanogos is at Orem on Thursday while Pleasant Grove has a bye. THE BEST THERE IS! SPOUTING GOODS WESTERN WE1H 39S SOUTH 5TATE OREM 128-7010 MM-SAT S1M-1FM WWW.EIXNIES.CIM I s |