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Show Thursday, June 2. 2085 OREM GENEVA TIMES Page 5 f " ey COMMUNITY S 0 R T S , ys made most o A year of state championships, of dramatic victories and defeats for Orem teams Landon Olson NORTH COUNTY 51 Al F In Region 7's last year of the current makeup, Orem teams didnt end the year empty-handed, although some of the biggest big-gest challenges were getting past their region rivals, both during the regular season and a state, ri As a bonus this year. Region 7 also had the chance to get a fourth team into the state playoffs in each sport through a playoff against the Region 6 No. 4 team,. And just to show how tough Region 7 was this year, there were teams that made the most of that extra opportunity. Cross Country Mountain View started the year off in typical fashion, yet again claiming the state 4A cross country title. It was the fourth in a row for the Bruins. Individually, Individu-ally, Alden Bahr finished fourth. Orem also made a strong team showing, show-ing, taking fourth, while Timpanogos, after battling through region to earn the chance to even compete at state, finished seventh. Golf It came down to the wire, and wasnt without its controversy, but Orem downed Bountiful in a playoff to take home the state golf title. Conlin gull finished third overall at the state tournament tourna-ment while Dan Reid, who won the Region Re-gion 7 indrvidual title, was eighth at state. Football Through the preseason. Mountain View's record didn't look too much different dif-ferent than last season. The Bruins were 14. then dropped their region opener against Lone Peak. Then things changed. Under second-year second-year coach Doug Meek, the Bruins experienced a resurgence, downing PG. battling back to defeat Timpanogos, and then upsetting Orem, at Orem, to lay claim to a share of the region title. With that shocking turnaround. Mountain Moun-tain View rolled into the playoffs where it defeated East in double overtime before falling to eventual state champ Timpview. Orem was also in the mix for the three-way title split, defeating Lone Peak, the other top team and eventual state runner-up. The Tigers couldn't get anything going in the playoffs, though, faffing in the first round. With one region victory, Timpanogos took fourth, but couldn't keep up with Spanish Fork in a play-in game for a trip to the tournament. Wrestling Of all the boys' sports, wrestling was Some things Landon Olson NORTH COUMTV STACf It was a year of change among the girls' teams. The traditional powers were still there, but there was also an emergence of new contenders. Timpanogos had its best year ever in softball, while Orem's volleyball team battled bat-tled its way back to state. The Timpanogos soccer team was nearly unstoppable save for one bad game, which unfortunately came in the state tournament. Mountain View's running programs remained re-mained strong. Cross Country The results may seem a bit familiar, but Mountain View just keeps winning. Again PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR the roughest for the Orem teams. The Tigers Ti-gers placed three while Timpanogos had one fifth place. Tyler Belnap (fourth), Matt McCoy (fifth) and Paul Judd (sixth) aD performed per-formed well for Orem, while Timpanogos' Timpano-gos' Bo Beckman finished fifth. In the team standings. Box Dder ran away with the title, with Orem finishing 12th. Timpanogos 18th and Mountain View 21st. Region rival Pleasant Grove finished second. Basketball Orem's state tournament game against American Fork should be remembered re-membered as one of the highlights of the year at least for the Tigers. After Craig Cusick hit a 3 at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime, it was Tanner Lamb's 60-foot desperation despera-tion bank shot at the end of the second overtime that gave the Tigers the win. That pushed Orem into the semis, but a similar thing happen as it had the night before, only difference was it was the Tigers on the receiving end. Box Elder hit a buzzer-beat to knock the Tigers out of the tournament. Mountain View made a strong run as weE, reaching the quarterfinals, but like Orem couldn't get past Box Elder after taking a double-digit lead into the second sec-ond half. Timpanogos made a late rally, defeating PG twice to get into a play-in game, but couldn't get past Timpview to make it to the tournament. Region champion Lone Peak would go on to win the state title. Tennis Let no one underestimate the depth of Region 7 tennis. It wasnt much surprise that all five No. 4 seeds beat their Region 6 counterparts to advance to the state tournament, but Pleasant Grove's Carlton Carl-ton Taylor steamrolled his way to a state title at No. 1 singles. His final foe was Timpanogos' Miguel Reyes, who made it to the championship after entering as a No. 2 seed. Reyes was defeated in the region title match by Mountain View's Ammon Spencer, but Spencer couldn't get past Taylor for a second time. The region title was closely contested, with Lone Peak just edging the Bruins, who also took home a title at No. 2 singles sin-gles where AJ Millet won. Timpview would just score enough points at state, though, to take home yet another trophy. Track Naturally the story was the same with a Region 7 team near the top, but the See BOYS, Page 6 change, some .... : ' the Bruins took home the team title, beating out Provo and Orem. Timpanogos' highlight of the race, though, was Vanessa Hawkins, who took home the individual title, beating out Lone Peak's Katie Bowen. Hawkins, a senior, developed into the TWo)ves' premier distance runner, and has signed to run at Utah State. Tennis Much like on the boys side, the Region 7 girls showed their depth by qualifying all five No. 4 seeds to the state tournament, but Orem didn't even have to worry about that. The Tigers qualified at all five of their positions po-sitions on the way to their seventh straight region title. Caith'n Craig made an early exit at No. 1 singles, but AsWey Gardner FUN f final Reaion 7 vear t ; I U Ij'r ...mo .XL """ 1 It t ) y . ; ' -1 rv V 11 1 fy$:-;sx-.A0 t t I Photos by LANDON OLSON -Nnfth County rimpanogos' No. 1 singles player Miguel Reyes finished second at the Class 4 A state meet this spring. Below left. Mountain Mew's Justin Lecnitt helped the Brum boys take home a 4A state title at the cross country championships w October. Below right; Tanner Lamb drives to the hoop against American Fork in the 4A state basketball tournament Orem upset AF and went on to the semifinals. stay the same and Rebekah Valek both advanced to the second day of play, as did the No 1 doubles team of Ashley Call and Nicole Clark. Call and Clark made the deepest penetration penetra-tion into the tournament , losing in the t it ie match to Pleasant Grove's team In the team standings, Orem took third Timpanogo;,. absent a year bet ore. advanced ad-vanced two singles players and a doubles team tothe state tournament, but despite losing in the first round, gamed some experience expe-rience for next season. Soccer Through the regular season. Timpanogos rolled. Winning game after game, scoring Sec GIRLS. Pupe 6 IS XT- IT ?ymt O r - ,,-v. Ptiotot ta LANDON OLSON No"' Ci.iniy Mountain View's Heidi Houle, who won the HO0 meters at the 4A state truck meet, helped the Bruins finish second at the state meet, after being upset by Spanish Fork. Above left (rem doubles players Nicole Clark, left, and Ashley Cull take a moment to gather their thoughts before an early morning match at the Class 4A state tournament The duo mude it to the final at No J doubps before losing - ' . ' ' ; f"T ? ' ' f I Is ? i - 1 I I 4 HIGH SCHOOLS Mountain View giiis soccer coach Mountain View High school has an opening for a girls soccer coach, starting this fall. For those interested, please contact Jeanie Wilson at 01) 227-2400. Mountain View basketball: The Mountain View girls' and boy's basketball camp will be held Monday through June 10. The directs of the camp is Dave Houle. a member of the National High School Hall of Fame. Trie cost of the camp is $50. w hich includes a camp T-shirt. T-shirt. and can be paid at the door. GirLs going inio grades 10-12 will atiend the camp from 9-31 am; girls going into grades 7-9 f rom 1 1 a m to 12: 30 p.m.; boys going into grades 7-10 from 3-3 p m. and boys and girls going into grades 3-6 will attend from 3-55-515 p.m. I Orem girls soccer: 1 be Orem girLs soccer camp will be held Monday through June 10 Ed Louder, the new Orem girls' soccer coach, will be the camp director. The camp cost is $5 and includes a camp T-shirt. T-shirt. The camp will run from 8 a.m. to 31 am. Athletes can register the day of the camp or by going go-ing to the Orem High School front office. Iiuder can be reached at 42B-5B06 I Softball pitching clinic Orem High will be holding a softball pitching eliruc for any girls interested in pitching. pitch-ing. T "he clinic ls open to all ages and runs June 7-9 and June 14-16 from 9-10 am Cost is $10. Any question contact coach Jamie Nebeker at 227-8765 227-8765 ext. 194. RECREATION BRIEFS Little Hoopsters Orem Recreation Department Depart-ment will be offering Little Hoopsters basketball camps this summer This program ls open to boys and girls entering enter-ing first, second, and third grade in the fall At camp, children will be instructed in the basic skills and techniques tech-niques of passing, dribbling, and shooting. While skills and drills will te 1 aught , team work, sport s-manship. s-manship. and f un will be emphasized. em-phasized. Lach session of camp is held Monday through Thursday Thurs-day from 9.30 -10:30 a.m. on June 6-9, June 20-23. June 27-30, 27-30, Jury 11-14, and Aug. 8 -1 1 The fee is $27 and includes a camp T-shirt . Register online at www. orem org or at the Orem Fitness Center, but be sure to register earry beca use camps fiU fast and camp size is limited For additional information, call the Orem Fit ness Cent er at 229-7154. Super Hoopsters: Why not work on your basketball game this summer? ' Orem Recreation Eepart-ment Eepart-ment will be offering a Super Hoopsters basketball camp this summer. This program ls open to boys and girls entering enter-ing fourth, fifth, and sixth grade in the f all. Part iciparit s will be instructed in the basic skills and techniques of passing, pass-ing, dribbling, and shooting They wiE participate in daily games and activities that wiD allow and encourage them to use the skills thai they are learning. While skills and drills will be taught, team work, sportsmanship, sports-manship, and fun will be emphasized. em-phasized. Camp will be held Monday through Thursday from 9.15 -10:30 a.m. on June 13-16, July 18-21, and Aug. 1-4. The fee ls $27 and includes a camp 7 -shirt. RegLSier online at www orem org or at the Orem Fitness Center, but Insure In-sure to register early because camps fill fast and camp size is limited. For additional information, call the Orem Fitness Center at 229-7154. I Tiny Tots camps: Keep your little ones active bv signing sign-ing them up f or a Tiny Tuts Sports Camp The Orem Recreation Department will be offering several Tiny Tots Camps this summer. These programs are open to boys and girls who are 4 and 5 years old See EYE. Page 6 COPY |