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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday, March 16, 2006 7 n ,:qyW or COMMUNITY SPORTS. PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Page 6 OJ Bruins boy's soccer cruise to season-opening win Jared Lloyd '.' hi w;, High school soccer players throughout through-out Utah Valley couldn't le more excited to get back out on the field for another year of competition. Take Mountain View, for example. In last Wednesday afternoon's 3-0 season opening win at home against Class .'5A Snow Canyon, the Bruins were chomping on the bit to get going. go-ing. I hat led to a number of mad rushes up the field that the might've left the Warriors wondering where all the white jerseys came from. It also resulted result-ed in a lew off-sides penalties, some effective Snow Canyon counterattacks and a few fouls because Mountain View just couldn't wait to attack again. If the players hadn't needed to be in school, Bruin head coach Mike Graham might've gotten to the field to find a full scrimmage under way hours before the game and in a cold, gusty wind. "It looked like a first game," Graham said. "We were a little nervous, a little high strung. We calmed down a little for the second half and played better as a team." Even though Mountain View wasn't as disciplined as it will need to be, the Bruins never paid for their anxious-ness anxious-ness because the defense was a stone wall. Snow Canyon only had two or three decent shots during the whole contest. "We have a few injuries in our back line," Graham said, "A couple of our projected starters didn't even play, but the players that went in did a great job. I moved junior midfielder Scott Carbon back to the defense and he played very well. I thought he was the player of the game." While the defense provided the stability. sta-bility. Mountain View senior forward midfielder David Salazar provided the fireworks'. "We were moving the ball well," Salazar said. "(Graham) did a great job coaching. We got shots and we put them in. It all came from our practices. We've been working very hard since we started." Salazar started the scoring in the first half on a nice transition play. He got the ball with a step on the1 Warrior defense, then cut across the middle of the box to get a good look and put the ball into the net. He followed that performance up with a pair of good moves in the second sec-ond half. On the first, Salazar got the ball near the end line and crossed it to freshman midfielder Jacob Parkinson, who rifled a goal past the diving Snow Canyon keeper. Only minutes later, Salazar was on the receiving end of a great pass from Bruin senior defender Brant Henrie. He flew in from the right side to knock ii) the perfect cross for the final goal of the contest. "(Salazar) played a good game," Graham said. "Like most of the team, he was little too anxious in the first half but settled down in the second. We had a little more flow after the intermission." in-termission." Even though both coaches certainly saw plenty of things to improve on, Mountain View was pleased to open up with a victory. "It's good to win because it builds your confidence, especially with a new coach," Salazar said. "It's a good way to start the season." The Bruins won't have much time to work before they play again. Mountain Moun-tain View will host Orem on Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Jared Lloyd can be reached at 344-2552 or jlloydheraldextra. com. For more analysis and live score updates, check out his blog at http:blogs.heraldextra.comBlade. UTAH VALLEY ALL-STAR CLASSIC Ore AUTUMN LORIMERNonn County Mountain View's Michelle Harrison, playing for the North All-Stars, drives through the South All-Stur defense at Tuesday night's All-Star Basketball Classic. Timpanogos' Brown has solid game as North girls All-Stars beat South Jace Anderson Ml HA i ' r,Mf SI'OIIDiNT It was a game of ruas in the girls 2006 All-Star Basketball Classic on Tuesday night at the Timpview Thunderdome. But it was the North that had the upper hand when the buzzer sounded, taking a 7(Wi.r) victory over the South in a game that matched up the top senior girls from Utah Valley. Timpanogos forward CheLsey Brown led the North with 17 points and was named the MVP for her team. "I think they felt bad for me so they decided to cheer me up by giving me the award." Brown joked after the game. "But overall it was just fun to be out there South boys All-Stars win in 0T over North in high-scoring affair mmh loir topste Tj . - 7$. ' . r " V ' -v7 I , I J 3i7 Jfisifg- and playing in such a hard fought game with the girls that have been my rivals for so long." Though the final score separated the two teams by nine points, the game was a see-saw battle most of the night as both teams were fairly streaky. After Lehi's Kayla Burningham drained a trey from the top of the key to get things started for the North, the South went on an 8-3 run capped by a layup by Cori Nielson from Springville. After the layup, North coach Liz Darger from Timpanogos Tim-panogos called a timeout and the North then went a 19-9 run to close the quarter. Not to be outdone, the South then put See GIRLS, Page 7 Phillip Morgan HI dAU, ( ;RKf'l'ONlSNt The 10th anniversary of the Utah Valley Val-ley All-Star Classic was an original as the South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 104-101 in overtime. "This is fun," said North head coach Neil Warner. "It is g(xd for these guys to finish their high school careers on the court with their friends." Trailing 84-79, the South used a barrage bar-rage of 3-pointers from Stephen Broad-bent Broad-bent of Pavson three in a row at one point and the Provo tandem of Tanner Tan-ner Gregory and Mark Walker to take the lead 96-90 with less than a minute left in regulation. "This game is a game of runs," said Warner. "They got on one and we couldn't stop them." Well, "they" (the North) did stop "them" (the South) just in the nick of time as Taylor Williams of Mountain View hit a 3-pointer and Cory Chase of Lone Peak drained three pressure-See pressure-See BOYS, Page 7 - '-V ' ' 1 I iy '0 MARIO RUIZNorth County Orem's Tanner Lamb dunks the ball at the Slam Dunk contest Tuesday night before the boys All-Star game at Timpview High School. Lamb went on to win the competition. Bruins baseball pounds Payson; Timpview soccer edges Timpanogos NORTH C OUNTY Baseball I Mountain View 8, Payson 0: At Orem, Corban Carlson scored three runs and had a double and a triple and stole a base to lead Mountain View past Payson. Colin Young drove in two with a single in the fifth in. Scott Ford, Jordan Gillespie, John Bennett, Markie Peterson I rewind and Mark Garrett all had RBI. Joel Hovey gave up just one hit and struck out three in five innings to pick up the victory. Payson managed only two hits in the game. Mountain View heads to St. George for the Sunshine Tournament where the Bruins will play Pine View on Friday at 10 a.m. Paynn 000 000 0 0 21 MounUIn View lot ObO 8110 Steele Snort (41. Spencef ifi mi Burton Hovey E.illespte (6i ana Call WP Hovey LP Sieew 28 (jiliesp iVVi Carlson iMVI. Bennett (MVi Garrett MV 3B Carlson (MV1 Soccer I Timpview 3, Timpanogos 2: At Provo, the Thunderbirds and Timberwolves fought it out in sloppy conditions through two overtime periods, but in .the end the it was the Thunderbirds' Thun-derbirds' Cameron Shumway who ended the tight contest with a goal off an assist from Salamon Jarr. Timpview got things going right early, with Darren Faber scoring the first goal of the game about ten minutes into the game off an assist from teammate Rob Brinton. Brin-ton Brin-ton then scored two minutes later to put the Thunderbirds up by two. However, the Timbwer- wolves weren't going away that easy. Two minutes after Brinton's goal, Parker Brown took advantage of a corner kick to put Timpanogos within one. In the second half, Skyler Dickerson evened the score at 2-2, forcing the double-overtime periods. I Orem 1, Spanish Fork 0: At Orem, Tyler Dunaway took a pass from Jason Bodine in the 80th minute and kicked it into the goal from about 12 yards out to give the Tigers (2-0-0) a victory over visiting Spanish Fork (1-2-0). Brad Howard got the shutout shut-out in goal for Orem. The Orem defense was led by Jake Balser and Eric Em-bley. Em-bley. Embley suffered a knee injury with about 10 minutes left in the game, but the rest of the Tiger defense stepped up when he left and held the Dons scoreless. Embley will have his right knee examined today. Orem hosts Alta on Friday. POOR |