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Show 6 Thursday, March 24, 2005 r. 0 M M U f J I T S ' 0 R T , P E 0 P L L A fJ D OUTDOOR F U N Landon Olson THJ ' ..' ' ,,.? ... ' f I . .... . ' I he r;i( e for the loys' tennis stale til l- at No I singles could if wide ox-n this season. But the real trick for lo;il players could be making it through the Region 7 ( ompetitinn. With three ,N'o K returning trom last season, in luding region champion Arnmon Spen-'er Spen-'er of Mountain View, and No I doubles slate hampion A ,J Young moving up to singles lor (rem. the i ompetition is going to U- stiff "Region will ) ;ls tough, if not better, than last year," said '.louiitain View ( oach James lories "At least four of the top players in the stale are in our region " I hree of those come from ih- Orem sr hools in Spen-er, Spen-er, Young and Jimpanogos' Miguel Reyes, then throw Pleasant Grove's Carlton Taylor Tay-lor into the mix and it's a fight lor I he stale S(ots I.u kily, this year Region 7 has the chain e to qualify four plavers at each xAltion for stale, with the fourth place play-r facing off against Region Re-gion b's fourth plac e for that final spot Hut, for those who make it, ih'-y should fx- well prepared having to fa e each other at least twice " I hey're going to b used to playing tough matches," said I irripanogos couch Kent .Jorgensen. " I hat's going to be exciting. I think It's going to be a tough spot and fun to watch." Mountain View Not only do the Bruins return re-turn Spencer at No. 1 singles, but A .1 Millet will be back at No 2 and Jones learned Monday Mon-day that Cory Wennerholm will te returning as well. Although not currently plaving due to illnesses, loth Millet, who went to state last var. and Wennerholm should piovide a teiost to the Bruins. Already in the preseason the Brums have had some success ,itfains! Region fi, defeating Piovo :70 and Spanish Fork I 1 Mountain View's lone loss a a-, a I I defeat toTimpview. In all three of those matches Seii er was victorious, however how-ever he isn't looking at that as Orem softball keeps improving despite losses Landon Olson It may not fx- obvious as the I igers picked up another check in the loss column, but the improvement im-provement ls there Crem wrapped up three-games three-games in three days with a t-2 borne loss to Springville, tnil si ill went 2-1 on the week and Thursday hung with what is expec ted to be one of the stale's top teams "Ilarlv on we just left loo many runners on base." said Orem coat h Jamie Nebeker "We just couldn't get the ball on the ground " The Tigers (5-4) had the bases loaded in the second with only one out and failed to score, then in the third had two on with no-outs. Orem's threat in the second was ended with two strikeouts by Red I)evil pitcher Amanda Cole, while m the third back-to-back pop outs and a strikeout kept the Tigers off the board. Springville struck first with a run in the second, then added another pair in the third on a double by McCaye Tobler Lisa Priest scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, then the final two runs came in the seventh on a triple by Katelyn Anderson. The Tigers picked up their first run in the second when Kelly Bridges led off with a single, moved to second on a fielder's ( 1kk e. reached third on a w ild pit h and then scored on an error Oem scored again in the fifth after Delyse Downey reached on a twr-oui single and Bridges doubled her home. wney was 2-foM on the day w bile Bridges was 2 for -3 Right fielder Lindsay Wilson also had an extra base hit. doubling dou-bling in the first While Springville hit the ball hard and tfie Tigers did commit com-mit four errors vme of trKise came on v ramble plays after knockdowns to keep the ball in 1 J , V 1 H i v " f ' A 5 i , . ,.s -t i'.'.'-A-, " - 5 A trio of ace, from left to right Timpunogos' Miguel Reyes, Orem's indicative of how region will play out. "It's going to be pretty competitive com-petitive They'll be tougher matches," he said. "They've all worked as hard as I have during the off-season. I'm just pretty ex ited to see how my game measures up to theirs. "I d say our region is probably prob-ably the toughest in the state, and I'd say if I can beat anyone any-one in region I could probably beat anyone in the state," Spencer said. In addition to its returning singles players, the Bruins have a full roster of seniors w ho could see time at doubles or even singles. Creg Iirsen and A.. I Morris Mor-ris filled in at singles Monday at lYovo, each earning wins, the infield. "We're pretty solid defensively," defen-sively," Nebeker said. "We still have some situations were we need to work situations and know w hat to do, but that'll come 'Rial's why we schedule so many games early on. You can practice it but there's nothing noth-ing like the game situation w'here you can really work on it." 1 fie Tigers play three more games this week to finish preseason pre-season play, then start Region 7 comjx-tition Tuesday against Timpanogos. t Payson 10, Mountain View 0: Pay vn jumped out early with five runs in the first inning and held Mountain View to just two hits Thursday as the Bruins lost their second straight game agaiast Region fi competition. I Timpanogos 17, Provo 1: Pitcher Ali Bramwell held Provo to just one run. and finally got vjme offensive support as the T'Wolves slielled out 17 hits leading to 17 ruas on the road Thursday. Rachel Hecker doubled twice, while Tajia Law liad a double and a triple Chelsey Brown, Jenn Bilbao and Stephanie Johnson also doubled for the T'Wolves, who improved to &-4. I Timpanogos 3, Wasatch 2: Ali Bramwell struck out 14 V. tcnesday and the T-wolves scored in the bottom of the eighth to pull exit the .'1-2 home victory over Wasatch. Jumping out early 2-0 in the first. Timpanogos let Wasatch back in with a pair of runs in the sixth. Stephanie Johnson then singled in the bottom of the eighth to score the winning run. ,' . f A "l'-H 1 - V, - - while Andy Heaton and Josh Bishop played doubles. There's also senior Mike Leavitt who could see time, as well as T.J. Skidmore and Nate Morris, who played No. 2 doubles against Brovo. Timpanogos A power in region play, Reyes has had some tough draws at the state tournament, facing eventual champion Brad Ferguson of Timpview in the second round last season. But a strong finish this year, esecially against the region competition, could have Reyes primed for a spot at a state title. "It all depends on what happens hap-pens in region," Jorgensen Orem pitcher Alice Smith went 2- recorded 12 strikeouts against Bramwell held Wasatch to just four hits and the Timpanogos Timpano-gos defease was perfect in the field, not committing an error. I Orem 11, Cyprus 0: Orem's Alice Al-ice Smith also had a dominating - r v ' ' '' ''''' , 1 AjJ" " 4 , '"' 1 ;" '!'V i i 1 V. ' if p v v,', ' .... . ... . . - W'f f A J. Young and Mountain View's said. The T'Wolves have also played three preseason matches, match-es, defeating Lehi 3-2, American Ameri-can Fork 4-1 and Provo 5-0, but even with those early successes, suc-cesses, Jorgeasen says region play will be much tougher. "If they win these matches, they'll have earned it," he said. With some returning experience experi-ence as well as strong young players, the T-wolves will be looking to climb up the region ranks after finishing at the bottom last year. Helping the cause will be junior Danaan Clarke at No. 2 singles, who hasn't lost yet this year, and senior Justin Skidmore who will play at No. 3 singles. T he T-wolves also kept several sev-eral sophomore who should LANDON OLSONNofth County Staff last week on the mound und Cyprus. pitching performance Wednesday Wednes-day at Cyprus. Smith struck out 12 batters and allcAved only two hits as the Tigers routed the Pirates 11-0. Catcher Jenny Fiso was 5-for X Ammon Spencer. not only provide the foundation founda-tion for the future, but possibly even help out immediately. "We've got a lot of 10th grader who are dang good players," Jorgensen said. Orem Coming off last season's region re-gion championship and second place finish at state, the Tigers will have some holes to fill. Both doubles teams picked up state champioaships as brothers A.J. and Colby Young won at No 1. and Robbie Ahlander and Geoff Johnston claimed the title at No. 2. But three of those four are gone, and A.J. will move into the No. 1 singles spot. Not that his lack of high school singles experience will ' . J L Jd V V 1 5 at the plate and tripled for the Tigers, who had 13 hits. I Spanish Fork 4, Mountain View 2: The Bruias out -hit Spanish Fork 5-3 at home March 15, but also had three errors, allowing the Dons three late-inning runs. Tied going into the sixth, Spanish Fork scored two runs then added an insurance run in the seventh to secure a 4-2 victory. Gentry Dabling and Holli Cotant each doubled for the Bruins. I Springville 1, Timpanogos 0: The Red Devils snuck a run across in the fifth inning and the T'Wolves couldn't get going go-ing offensively, falling 1-0 at Springville March 15. Springvilie's Amanda Cole got the shutout on the mound, holding Timpanogos to just three hits. I Orem 10, Provo 0: The Tigers struck early, scoring five runs in the first inning then added four more in the fourth to rout Provo 10-0 at home March 15. Alice Smith picked up the victory vic-tory on the mound for Orem while the Bulldogs cornmitted eight errors in the game. Soccer After losses in the season's opening week, the Mountain View and Timpanogos boys' soccer teams bounced back strong, each picking up a pair of victories last week. Orem grabbed a win as well, and the three teams combined for a cumulative 5-1 record. D Timpanogos 4, Payson 0:The T'Wolves won their second straight game on the road behind be-hind keeper Christian Ledek's defease and strong offensive play. Jesse Manscill, Zander Nickle, Sonny Chandara and Bryce See REWIND, Page 7 LANDON OLSONNonh County Staff be an issue as A.J. has competed com-peted in regional and national tournament and is one of the top players in the state in the eyes of opposing coaches Jones and Jorgensen. The rest of the Orem lineup should be relatively new, as the Tigers relied primarily on seniors se-niors in singles last year. Region 7 play begins April 5 with Timpanogos hosting Pleas-,, ant Grove and Orem hosting Mountain View. The Vikings , will move their home courts to the newly refinished Pleasant Grove Discovery Park for this season, while the other four teams will play at their schooLs. The region tournament will be May 5 and 6 with state played on May 13 and 14. 1 n jV- v A. tri i ii z f " ' LANDON OLSONNurth County Staff Mountain View's Andy Heaton jumps up for a volley Monday at Provo. Heaton and partner Josh Bishop won as the Bruins earned the 5-0 victory. . Bruins defeat Provo in tennis NORTH CO' JNISTAfF PROVO Even the absence of two singles players didn't slow the Bruias down. With its No. 2 and No. 3 singles players out sick, the Mountain View boys' tennis team found it had plenty of depth as it cruised past Provo 5-0 Monday. Ammon Spencer blew through his match at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 64), having only three game points agaiast him in the 30-minute match agaiast Skyler Stice. With A.J. Millet out sick, Greg Larsen stepped into the No. 2 role, downing Mark Kele-men Kele-men 6-0, 6-2. 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