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Show OREM TIMES Page 9 Thursday, October 19, 2006 prep MM)? COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Hoping for a Strong Finish T'Wolves, Bruins and Tigers have playoff positioning to decide in final week of football; forward Phillip Morgan NORTH COUNTY Ask any runner and they will tell you that, ""it's not how you start the race, but how you finish it." Such is the hope for the three Orem high schools and their football teams this Friday Fri-day in what could possibly be the seniors final football game of their lives. Any person that competed in athletics at any level of competition can tell you what happened the day that they "hung up the spikes." For this fact, as an athlete you want to make that final game, one that will last a lifetime. TIMPANOGOS Football The T'Wolves have been on a roller coaster type season. Looking very good in victories, victo-ries, positive in near losses, most notably a 10-0 loss to Region Re-gion 4 leaders Lone Peak, and looking tost in some games. The entire season has played out this way, but as the season comes to a close, Timpanogos still has an opportunity op-portunity to make it into the playoffs and even upset a couple of teams that might look past them "We know we can play well," said Timpanogos coach Brad Molea "We've changed the offensive scheme this season and ft took some adjusting ad-justing to, but our guys are playing well." Ay ' , &, t ': ".. f- ''- MELISSA FARGO North Counly Timpanogos Taylor Lyons, left tries to elude the tackle of SpringviUe's Trevor Jefers in the Red Devils' 41-30 win on Oct 1 1. The T'Wolves play Mountain View on Friday. The final Region 4 showdown show-down pits the T'Wolves against their cross-town rival Mountain View. "That's a must -win for us," Molen said. "We need to come out prepared from the start and perform on both sides of the ball." The Bruins are finishing up a rough season, having been shut out of their last three games, including last week's 56-0 pounding by Timpview. Four teams get into the 5A playoffs from Region 4 and looking at the standings, the T'Wolves are in need of a victory vic-tory on Friday. With a win and an American Ameri-can Fork loss to Lone Peak , Timpanogos takes the final seed. However, with a loss to Mountain View and an American Ameri-can Fork toss to the Knights, there would be a three-way tie for the final spot. "As a coaching staff we know what these guys can do on the field," Molen said. "I just think that they need to realize what they can do and go do it." Last week, the T'Wolves fell at the hands of the Red Devils of Springville 41-30. But in the first half the score was nowhere near that close as Springville jumped out to a 27-0 lead at the break. "We just told our kids what they needed to do," Molen said after the game. "E decided de-cided to mix it up and give (Springville) a different look." That different look was a hurry-up offense that put 31 points on the board, and threw the ball all over the field. "It's something that we can do effectively if we execute," Molen said. "(Quarterback Christian) Stewart threw very well to get us back in the ball game. We knew that he was capable of giving us a performance perfor-mance like that." The junior quarterback threw for 428 yards and four touchdowns in the ball game. In the second half alone he w as 17-for-34 and threw for 371 yards. Timpanogos will took for a repeat performance Friday against the Bruins. "We know that a game against your rival is always an emotional one," Molen said. "If we stay focused we will be able to move the ball and then rely on the defense." The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Volleyball Despite a heart-break-. ing loss to Lone Peak , the Timpanogos volleyball team is right in the thick of the chase for the region title. j "Timpanogos is a good team," said Knight coach' . Deanna Meyer. "They're well-rounded, they have a lot of weapons, and they 're well-coached. I respect the job (Timberwolf head coach) Lala Mulitalo is doing here." "I'm proud of my girls." Mulitalo said. "This is the first time I can walk out of here with a toss and think thai my team did a great job because this match could've gone either ei-ther way." L Led by Jhordan Te'o and Jenna Oldroyd the T'Wolves are coming down the home stretch on the road, looking to knock off Spanish Fork tonight, before gearing up for region-rival Pleasant Grove. The final game of the season sea-son will held at Timpanogos as the TWolves will have revenge on their minds to defeat the Cavemen from American Fork, a team that swept Timpanogos earlier in the year. OREM Football Nobody believes thafthe Tigers Ti-gers can do it. That is, nobody but themselves. This week the Orem football foot-ball team hosts Timpview, the Region 7 leader, in the final game of the regular season. Both teams are in control of their own destiny. With a victory the TBirds would win the region crown outright and See FORWARD, Page 1 1 iUexis Harrison Mountain View High School Grade: 11 Birthday: May 19 Sport: Soccer Position: Fullback Birth place: Provo Favorite color: Yellow Favorite resurant: Cafe Rio Favorite food: Navajo tacos Favorite book: The Count of Monte Cnsto Last book you've read: Harry Potter Pot-ter and the Sorcerers Stone Favorite Movie: She's the Man Favorite soccer memory: "Beating Timpanogos early in the year. It was cool when Stacy (Bartholomew! was about to score and I took the ball away from her." Favoite subject in school: Math Favoirte thing to to with friends: Play soccer cheese Phillip Morgan NORTH COUNTY s many of you know fl wo'ves trave' m P305- But there's (j only one leader of the i pack and this week U klthat leader is being awarded my highest honor. This week's Philly Cheese Award could have gone to many Timpanogos athletes, but the one who showed the most leadership leader-ship and ability in his sport was Timpanogos' quarterback Christian Chris-tian Stewart. Trailing 27-0 at halftime, Stewart Stew-art and the Timpanogos offense came out firing. The T'Wolves caught the Springville defense off guard using a hurry up offense and moving the ball successfully down the field. See PHILLY, Page 11 Alpine School District Special Edition rjTn ft Mb Second Semester Spotlights Watch For This Second, Special Edition About The Administration, Personnel, Teachers, Students and Community That Make-Up The Alpine School District. & Senior High Schools: American Fork, East Shore, Lehi, Lone Peak, Mountain View, Orem, Pleasant Grove, Timpanogos. 10 Junior High Schools: American Fork, Canyon View, Lak-eridge, Lak-eridge, Lehi, Mountain Ridge, Oak Canyon, Orem, Pleasant Grove, Timberline, Willowcreek. 47 Elementary Schools: Alpine, Aspen, Barratt, Bonneville, Cascade, Cedar Ridge, Cedar Valley, Val-ley, Central, Cherry Hill, Dan Peterson, Deerfield, Eagle Valley, Eaglecrest, Foothill, Forbes, Fox Hollow, Freedom, Geneva, Greenwood, Grovecrest, Harvest, Highland, Hillcrest, Legacy, Lehi,Lindon, Manila, Meadow, Mount Mahogany, Northridge, Orchard, Orem, Pony Express, Ridgeline, Rocky Mountain, Saratoga Shores, Scera Park, Sego Lily, Sharon, Shelly, Snow Springs, Suncrest, Valley View, Vineyard, WestGeld, Westmore, Windsor, and still growing. 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