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Show Thursday, November 2, 2006 Page 8 0 R E M TIMES pre Hi COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Nash Fowler Timpanogos High School Ready for a Heck of a year I W t t V A I Senior forward leads Wolverines into third D-l season Neil K. Warner David Heck, the often shy, once unsure, unconfident and academically academi-cally unmotivated freshman, has a different look to him now. He still has short brown hair and light freckles. He's still 6-foot-7 and likes to wear a T-shirt under his jersey. jer-sey. But as he poses with three other players for a picture to go on the cover of UVSCs basketball media guide, there is a subtle, but noticeable, notice-able, change. When you corner him and force him to talk about himself, he makes eye contact more often. He talks about having more confidence in his game and how the diatribes aimed at him from his coach Dick Hunsaker no longer gnaw at his confidence. He's matured. He's more poised and he's more confident. When asked who would win if the team had a 3-point contest, there is no hesitation: "I would. We have three pretty good shooters on the team, but I could take them." It would be an entertaining contest if Heck challenged Matt Peterson and Ryan Toolson, the two guards he was referring to; but it would be hard to bet against him. Heck's confidence is a hint about how far he's come in four years at I 0 fP: 't '' . JTJi) UVSC Courtesy photo See UVSC, Page 1 0 UVSCs David Heck (25) brings the ball upcourt while playing on the road in a tournament last season. At season's end, the sweet dreams of state titles are still alive forward Phillip Morgan NOKIHf OUN1Y At this juncture of the fall season, many teams have already started to wax down their ski and dream of the snow -filled slops of Sundance or Park City. However for three local teams, dreams of state titles still occupy their nights asleep in bed. Orem Football After an impressive home victory over the Bountiful Braves, the Orem football team now prepares to travel north to take on the top seed from Region 6, the Highland Rams. Similar to the Tigers' offense, Highland has a three-back attack. The only difference is Highland's third rusher is also their quarterback. quarter-back. According to Highland quarterback Sean Swenson, the Rams' option rushing attack at-tack is complex, adaptable and difficult to perfect. "It is still a work in progress," prog-ress," Swenson said after the Rams racked up 4 19 yards on the ground against the Roy Royals last Friday night. "It is a hard system, but I absolutely abso-lutely love it. A lot of teams are going to the new spread formations, but this is where it's at. It's so fun, and when we all do our jobs right like -iaHt - - MELISSA FARGONorth County Orem Highs' Emily Julian (22) hits the ball over the net during the volleyball match between Orem and Pleasant Grove on September 12. tonight, it is almost impossible impos-sible to stop." "I thought that our big three did a good job.," said Highland coach Brody Benson Ben-son after the win. "If they took away one of the options, another player stepped up. You can't really focus on just person in it because one of our three was going to get them." The three-headed attack that Benson was referring to was Swenson, fullback Liam McNally and running back Tonata Lauti. The three rushers have combined for 31 touchdowns touch-downs this year. Swenson also added nine touchdowns touch-downs through he air. The Rams are looking to continue to put points on the scoreboard against the Orem defense this week. McNally is the twelfth best rusher in that state when it comes to total yardage. He has 1097 yards on the year and is averaging 6.23 yards per carry. Orem's Jake Balser, Tucker Tuck-er Lamb and Tom Steele will look to run their way past the Highland defense on Friday night. Each is averaging over five yards per carry. The game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday. Volleyball After finishing the season over a week agowith a victory vic-tory over Springville, the Orem volleyball team heads into the 4A state volleyball tournament which starts Friday morning at UVSC on a roll. "I thought our game (against Springville) was kind of like our season, it was a nice roller coaster," said Orem coach Wayne Wood. "Hopefully we can level out the bumps and continue con-tinue on from here." To continue on after Orem's first reound matchup with Sky View on Friday at 9 a.m., the Tigers will have to continue to play as a team as well as stop Kacie Egbert, Kaylee Nieman, Ashley Williams and setter Rachel Weaver. The double-elimination tournament will run all day Friday and Saturday. Win or lose the Tigers will play the winner or loser of the Cot-tonwoodBountif Cot-tonwoodBountif ul matchup at 3:30 p.m. Timpanogos Volleyball The T'Wolves clinched the third seed from a powerful pow-erful Region 4 with a victory vic-tory over American Fork last week; and this week they will meet Riverton, the second seed from Region 3 in the first round of the 5A state volleyball tournament that starts Friday morning at UVSC. The Silverwolves come into the tournament on a two-game two-game winning streak after victories against Copper Hills and Kearns. Chelsea Sorensen, Dani Grant and Tanza Buroker lead Riverton's well-balenced attack. Timpanogos will look to its three seniors to lead the team through the tournament. Jhordan Te'o, Cali Nelson and Jenna Oldroyd lead the offensive of-fensive attack and will need to step up if the T'Wolves have a chance in the two-day tournament. The double-elimination tournament will run all day Friday and Saturday. Win or lose Timpanogos will play the winner or loser of the FremontAlta matchup at 3:30 p.m. I Phillip Morgan can be reached at pjmorganheraldyahoo. com or at 344-2555. SEW 11 z? I Vv it Firm Twin Mattress Sale s89 Box Spring $60 10-year warranty Open 10-6 Mon - Sat fco ftm tor 6 mtmiM GAC No irtenm kx t mnatm 0C Fin tapoMi r oM rafflau. Haaqar's Mattress as Local News and Sports HA f -3 'A 1 V ,--H We've got it down to an art. North County Newspapers 375-5103 More LOCAL news than any other source! American Fork Citizen Pleasant Grave Review Lehi Free Press rib Lone Peak Pre Pony Express 59 W. Main American Fork 756-7669 DMYHEtALD HBIJSWM.CO. Letters to the Editoronline www.heraldextra.com Grade: Senior Birthday: April 9 Birthplace: American Fork Sports: FootballBaseball Positions: Baseball-Centerfield; Football-Slot reciever and Free safety Number: 33 Favorite color: Green Favoitefood: Steak Favorite restaurant: Apollo Burger Favorite movie: Caddyshack Favorite book: Where the wild things are Favorite band: Third Eye Blind, not Red Hot Chili Peppers as the Zuke thinks it is Favorite class in school: English Hero: Dad "The original 33" Role Model: David Hasselhoff Hobbies: Music and concerts Motto: "Keep on keepin' on" Favorite football memory: My undefeated unde-feated eighth-grade season eye NORTH COUNTY Mountain View has announced it will host a junior high wrestling clinic for stidents Grades 6-9. Beginners and experienced wrestlers wres-tlers are welcome. The clinic wiU be coached by Mountain View's former varsity coach Tim Blatter. Practices wiU be Tuesday and Thursday after school at Mountain View wrestling wres-tling room Registration wfll be Nov. lfrom 5-6:30 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. (before the first practice) at Mountain View in the gym foyer. The cost is $45 and includes T-shirt, coaching, and one tournament tourna-ment entry fee. Youth volleyball The United States Youth Volleyball Vol-leyball League have announced the opening of its Spring 2007 season in Orem. The season wiU begin the first week in April and run for eight weeks. Players will meet twice a week, once for practice and once for games. No expirience playing volley-baU volley-baU is necessary to join USYVL. The USYVL is an instructional league that opperates in a coed format for boys and girls ages 8-14. The organization's mission is to provide every child with a chance to learn and play volleyball vol-leyball in a fun, safe, supervised, low-pressure enviorment. 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