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Show T K z7 Page B5 Times Newspaper Thursday, March 25, 2004 ft ffiDDGO "QDd cog Despite some offensive struggles, Bruins still net three to down Cedar LANDQN OLSON Times Sports Editor Frustrated best characterizes the Bruins after Thursday game against Cedar City. Fiustrated over missed opportunities. Oh, Mountain View won the game easily, earning the shutout in the 3-0 victory, but the Brains felt they should have and definitely definite-ly could have gotten more production offensively. "It is a fantastic team that has not learned how to score goals," coach David Woolley said. "They've learned to attack really nicely and create lots of nice things and they're not finishing when they should." And this comes only two days after miss ing six open nets and ending in a tie against nuicrest. and it felt good and it went off my foot good." Bruin Tyson Firmage on his goal t.ifi acamst. Despite controlling the ball of "I just hit it most ot tne game, tne Bruins (3-0-1) couldn't find the net with any regularity. Shots went high, just wide, or were deflected by the Cedar City goalkeeper. "When it happens three games in row then you start to question yourself, you start to meltdown, you start to get upset at yourself, those kinds of things," Woolley said. Early in the game, though, Mountain View stalled dominating and quickly got on the board. In the first minute the Bruins missed an opportunity, but converted five minutes later. Tyson Firmage found himself wide open at the far post, received the ball and rocketed the shot past the keeper for the easy score. "This team seemed to leave the far post wide open. We were able to get in behind them a couple of times," Firmage said. "It was a really good shot. I just hit it and it felt good and it went off my foot good." Firmage would contribute to the Bruins' second goal as well. Just before the midpoint of the first half, the Bruins had a throw-in from the left side of the field. Firmage made the toss, cleared a pair of Redman defenders and got the ball to a wide open James Jaramillo. Jaramillo found himself 1-on-l against the keeper and put the shot it. April 6. "I knew it'd get over the first guy. I didn't think it'd get over the second guy," Firmage said. "The ball was pumped up enough I guess it just bounced over the second one." Despite numerous opportunities, it would take the Bruins another 40 minutes to finally score again. Midway through the second half, James Jaramillo took a free kick for the Bruins just outside the corner of the penalty box. Trying to hit a teammate on the far post for the header, Jaramillo's shot curved in off the post, giving him his second goal of the day. Cedar City did finally threaten in the second sec-ond half, but a diving save by goalkeeper Nate Hall preserved the shutout, his third straight. He also got plenty of help from the Bruin defense. The backs were able to control the ball and stop most attempts at penetration by Cedar City. "We've got four back players play-ers who are highly skilled," Woolley said. "I think Grant Harrison is doing wonderful things. It's not a question of knowing how to move the ball around the field." But rather it's figuring out how to convert. "All kinds of opportunities again today they're not finishing on. They've got to figure that out or they're going to lose games they should be winiiing," Woolley said. Which leads to the aforementioned frustration. frus-tration. After missed shots, the yells and apologies made the Bruin feelings painfully clear. Firmage said he thinks a lot of it is because players get overzealous. The ball is right there, but they're trying so hard, it comes off a foot weird and misses the net. Woolley said he's trying to figure out how to keep them motivated and rebuild their confidence, teaching them to get creative and do what the situation allows to score. "Some coaches yell at their players, that's not my style," he said. "I try to put as much pressure as I can on them without getting them to think they can't do it." The Bruins were back at home Tuesday against Springville, and will host SkyView on Friday at 3 p.m. Region VII play begins vrA v, . . : X-; V . :t 1 ir ' " r v ' ' ' . i , ; jj-rjs ''. -"ry - y photo by Landon OlsonTimes Newspuper Mountain View's Kyle Thomas (5) collides with a Cedar City player while trying to make a play on the ball during Thursday's game at Mountain View. rem softball can't quite claw back v. Alta LANDON OLSON Times Sports Editor Alta showed steady production pro-duction can be just as effective effec-tive as one big inning. Scoring one run in each of five innings, the visiting 5A Hawks held off a late Orem rally for a 5-4 victory March 16. Picking up nine hits and capitalizing on four Orem errors, Alta scored in the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The Tigers got a pair of runs in the first and two more in the seventh, " fx f " " - - ' ' ' r-V,ri. " ' VfJA . X ft. ; . - .-;';,., ' V; . . : - photo by Landon Olson7im$ Newspaper Tiger shortstop Allie Hatch makes an off-balance throw to first to get the out during Orem's Mar. 16 game. but stranded 10 runners in the loss. But Orem (1-2) head coach Paul Clark isn't too discouraged discour-aged with the loss, facing one of the top pitchers in the state and a good 5A program. "We're not right now in the same caliber as that program pro-gram because I think they're very confident," Clark said. "I think that as we become a confident team we're going to be a good team." On the mound for Alta, Corie Jensen walked three of the first four batters she faced and Orem scored runs on an error and wild pitch. With Alta picking up an unearned run in the top of the inning, the Tigers were up 2-1. But Jensen quickly settled down, striking out the next two batters looking to end the inning, and then striking out three batters in the second, sec-ond, all looking. Clark said the walks were a result of Jensen throwing a riser, trying to get Orem batters bat-ters to swing, and not giving the Tigers much good to hit. And she really didn't for much of the game, striking out 10 and allowing six hits. In the fourth, the Hawks got back on the board with a two-out triple from Amanda Vance, who then went home on a single. In the fifth, a two-out error put a runner on, who was singled home, and in the sixth Alta again scored with two outs, this time using a base hit, error and another base hit to drive the run home. Orem nearly answered in the fifth, getting get-ting three walks to load the bases with one out, but a fielder's field-er's choice at home and line drive got the Hawks out of the inning. The final run Alta picked up in the seventh did Orem in though. A single, passed ball and error put a runner on third, and another single scored the Hawk's final run. Still, the Tiger's didn't back down. A walk followed by a single from Marsha Heimuli gave the Tigers two on with one out. Kristine McConkie doubled to center to send both runs home to pull the Tigers within one, and a fielding error allowed Jamie Layton to reach base. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch with two outs, f but Jensen struck the final Orem batter out to preserve the victory. "We actually ended up hitting hit-ting the ball as good or harder hard-er than them," Clark said. "We made a couple of mistakes, mis-takes, they made some mistakes. mis-takes. It was two pretty good teams and I think their confidence showed a little bit and that we need to improve ours. K a r a 1 e e Wilder had two doubles for the Tigers, while McConkie had the only two RBIs. "Kristine McConkie is a good athlete, she's a good hitter," hit-ter," Clark said. "When she's confident and she realizes she can do it, she's going to be a real good player and she came through with a real big hit." If playing against a tough pitcher and solid program wasn't enough, the difficulties difficul-ties for Orem were increased by having to try to figure out a lineup. Clark said he has been trying different players at different positions looking for the best fit, but that was complicated with an injury to starting center fielder Shannon Finch. Finch broke her left collar bone and will be out about four weeks, she said. In her place, Clark started freshman Delyse Downey in center, who Clark said did a great job in her first ever start. "We're switching some people around in positions we haven't played before," "We're really a couple posi-just posi-just trying to Clark said, unstable in tions. We're work it out." Orem Springville played at on Thursday before returning home for its last two non-region games. Clark said he feels the team has a tough preseason schedule, but it's advantageous advanta-geous because once region play starts, the Tigers will be ready. They hosted Spanish Fork on Tuesday and will play Canyon View on Friday. Region VII play begins next Tuesday against Pleasant Grove. Alta 6, Orem S Alta 100111 1 5 9 2 Orem 200 000 2 4 6 4 Cone Jensen and Theo Heizer. Oevne Downey and Marsha Heimuli. WP Jensen LP Downey 2B Karalee Wilder 2 (O). Kristine McConkie (O) 3B Amanda Vance (A). Thursday Prep Sports Schedule Tuesday Girls' softball Timpanogos v. Cottonwood, 3:30 p.m. Friday Boys' baseball Orem v. PI. Grove, 3:30 p.m. , . Timpanogos v. Mountain View, 3:30 p.m. Boys' soccer Mountain View v. SkyView, 3 p.m. Girls' softball Orem v. Canyon View, 3:30 p.m. Timpanogos v. Taylorsville, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Saturday Girls' softball Mountain View v. Canyon View, 1 p.m. Monday Girls' softball Timpanogos at Spanish Fork, 3:30 p.m. Boys' baseball Mountain View v. Lone Peak, 3:30 p.m. Timpanogos v. Orem, 3:30 p.m. Boys' soccer Mountain View v. Rowland Hall, 3:30 p.m. Orem v. Alumni, 3:30 p.m. Girls' softball Orem v. Pleasant Grove, 3:30 p.m. Timpanogos v. Mountain View, 3:30 p.m. Boys' Tennis Mountain View v. Provo, 3 p.m. Thursday Girls' softball Mountain View v. Lone Peak, 3:30 p.m. Timpanogos v. Orem, 3:30 p.m. Region VH game Region VII Standings (Through Monday) Baseball Overall Region Lone Peak 4 0 0 0 Timpanogos 5 1 0 0 Orem 3 2 0 0 PL Grove 2 2 0 0 Mtn.View 2 3 0 0 Softball Overall Region Mtn.View 8 3 0 0 Timpanogofl 6 1 0 0 Orem 2 2 0 0 PL Grove 6 2 0 0 Lone Peak 6 3 0 0 Soccer Overall Region Mtn.View 3 0 1 0 Timpanogos 0 0 0 0 Orem 4 10 0 PI. Grove 3 0 2 0 Lone Peak 6 0 0 0 |