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Show 0 R E M TIMES Thursday, November 9, 2006 mm COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN . Morgan Freestone Timpanogos High School wtera Pagt 10 W(D) s obd' Its prowl it.,", J'M'UUJWPP UVSC edges Mesa State, routs Dixie Neil K.Warner Memo to self When Diivid Heck is en behind the .1-point .1-point line, pass him the ball. Sophomore Kyun Toolson has been away from UVS(."s basketball program for two years, but he was reminded on Monday night w hen UVSC hosted division II Mesa State in the final exhibition game of the year what kind of outside shooter Heck is w hen he is left ox:n. Toolson was prepared to take the game's final shot. He already had 24 points, including includ-ing five ,'J-pointers, when he t(xik the ball and dribbled down court with seven seconds sec-onds left in the game. As he neared the 3-point line, he was double teamed. He pulled up for a shot with two seconds left on the clock ynd ... passed. Toolson gave up the ball to I leek, who was all alone behind be-hind the 3-point line, and Heck sent UVSC fans home happy when he buried the 3-pointer at the buzzer to help UVSC to an K5-82 win. "I saw him dribbling up court. When he crossed half court I could tell he was looking look-ing to take it, but when he got some pressure he pumjx'd faked and passed it," Heck said. "I was wide ojx'ii. I give him credit for seeing me." Heck stroked the game-winning game-winning shot as the buzzer sounded to help UVSC survive a scare from Mesa State, who beat UVSC last year in an exhibition ex-hibition game. "Fortunately Ryan didn't force up the shot. They came to Ryan and he kicked it to Dave. It was a nice scramble and open-flmr play by Ryan and a terrific shot by IXivid." said UVSC coach Dick 1 luasaker. "We've got to get lx-tter in many areas in the game. Defensively, Defen-sively, inside presence, iaside defease and rotation defease. This was an experience for us that we have to grow from." Heck led UVSC with .52 points, including 7 -of-10 from the 3-point line. In addition to Toolson's24, Matt Peterson finished with 13 points. UVSC proved it can score. The Wolverines made 13-of-24 3-pointers, but what concerned Hunsaker the most was the defense that allowed Mesa State to shoot 63 percent per-cent for the game and UVSC's inability to C()l off Mesa State's Stephen Soriano, who V"' 0 ; Mm9 T V C ' - i6rv5....r:.L...n . : ss - ' 9 " Li ; : 1 ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County UVSC's Jordan Bradu (32) goes up for two in the midst of teammates and Dixie defenders during an exhibition game Nov. 1. scored 32 points on 8-of-12 shooting. UVSC looked like it would run the Mavericks out of the gym in the first half. The Wolverines Wol-verines jumped out to a 274 lead in the first half, but they couldn't hold the lead. Soriano converted a 3-point play with 7:24 left in the half that cut the lead to 27-7 and oiened the lid on the Mavericks Maver-icks basket and signaled the beginning be-ginning of a furious comeback. At the half, Soriano had 24 of Mesa State's 34 points and the UVSC lead had shrunk to 35-34. "We let down a little bit and they started making some shots. We could feel the momentum mo-mentum turning," Heck said. . "We know that our team can slKxit the ball. We've got to f(xus on our defease more. Coach Hunsaker is not going to let us not play defense." 1 leek scored five quick points for UVSC to start the second half, but Mesa State wouldn't go away. The Mavericks Maver-icks charged back to take a 42-40 42-40 lead on a layup from Kurt Bangle with 16:55 left to play. Heck answered with back-to-back hxps for the Wolver ines. UVSC then began to pull away. Jordan Brady threw down a dunk. Heck spotted up for three in the corner and tickled the twines. Heck added add-ed another 3-pointer to push the lead to 5849. But Mesa State used a 22-of-22 performance from the free-throw line and 11 second-half points from Brock Hyatt to climb back in the game. Ryan Mathews converted a 3-point play with seven seconds left to tie the game at 82 and set up Heck's game-winning shot. "It's hard to guard a team from the free throw line," Hunsaker added. "They were 22-of-22, that's 22 free points and that's far too many to give a team in your building. We've got to do a lot better moving our feet." UVSC will now have a few days off to prepare for its regular-season opener on Friday against Montana State at the McKay Events Center. Nov. 1, UVSC 74, Dixie 47 The contest between UVSC and Dixie State resembled a game of "Clue" more than a basketball game. The victim: The lighting system in the McKay Events Center. The suspect: The UVSC men's basketball team. The weapon: Perfect, arching arch-ing jumpshots. Needless to say, the maintenance main-tenance crew at UVSC will be working overtime to repair the damage done to its lighting light-ing system in the gym. The Wolverines shot the lights out against the Rebels, hitting 54 percent of their field goals to rout the visiting team. The early stages of the game were a stalemate, as both teams looked to take advantage of their agressive defense by putting up some points. Backed by the shooting of senior David Heck, the Wolverines Wol-verines did just that. "Things came tough for us in the first 16 minutes of the game," said Wolverine coach Dick Hunsaker. "We eventually eventu-ally settled down and our defense fueled us and gave us some energy." "We battled and were fortu nate to turn some defense into offense." The Wolverine defense, . which finished with five blocks and 10 steals on the night, enabled the offense to go on a 10-1 run and head into the locker room with a 31-21 lead. The offensive attack, led by 11 first-half points from senior David Heck, picked apart the numerous defenses that Dixie State threw at the Wolverines. "We moved the ball freely and unselfishly," Hunsaker said of his offense. "We have scoring threats in a variety of positions on the floor." The Rebels attempted to come back early in the second half, but the defensive pressure pres-sure and electrifying offensive offen-sive display executed by the Wolverines proved to be too much for Dixie State. Each time the Rebels attempted at-tempted to put a run together, UVSC quickly countered with an attack of its own. Sophomore Ryan Toolson led the Wolverine onslaught, hitting huge shots, including a See UVSC MEN, Page 12 Grade: Junior Age: 16 Birthday: May 20 Birthplace: Salt Lake City Sport: Volleyball Favorite color: Green Favorite food: Ice Cream Favorite resurant: Red Robin Favorite movie: Troy Favorite class: Psychology with Mr. Larson Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and TheDaVinci Code Favorite volleyball memory: "Winning "Win-ning the championship my sophomore sopho-more year in Nampa, Idaho." Favorite place to go for vacation: Lake Powell Favorite Flavor of Ice Cream: Chocolate Choco-late Plan after high school: "Go to college on an athletic and academic scholarship." scholar-ship." Hero: Mom and Dad VOLLEYBALL U.S. Youth Volleyball League announces opening date NORTH COUNTY The United States Youth Volleyball Vol-leyball League has announced the opening of its Spring 2007 season inOrem. The season will begin the first week in April and run for eight weeks. Flayers will meet twice a week, once for practice and once for games. No expirience playing volleyball volley-ball is necessary to join USYVL. The USYVL is an instructional league that opperates in a coed format for-mat for boys and girls ages 8-14. The organization's mission is to provide every child with a chance to learn and play volleyball in a fun, safe, supervised, low-pressure environment. "Every Child Flays" and learns the game, while emphasizing on sportsmanship, cooperation and teamwork. For information on registration, volunteer positions and locations near you, please call 1-888-988-7985 or log on to www.usyvLorg. Balanced attack lifts UVSC women past Dixie Jeff Mathewson If UVSC's game against Dixie State is any indication. Wolverine fans should expect a lot of wins for the green-and-gold this upcoming season. The UVSC women's basketball bas-ketball team used a young, balanced scoring attack to blow past the Rebels K7-47 in the first exhibition game of the season for both teams. Larly on, the game resembled re-sembled a preseason game in full form, full of turnovers and mistakes. Dixie State took advantage of the Wolverines' turnovers, knocking down back-to-back treys to knot the score up at 19 apiece. Ignited by the hot shwt-ing shwt-ing of former Payson prep standout Sandy Marvin, UVSC Final Registration For October Season Fall Futsal Indoor Soccer Hockey League quickly ended the Rebel momentum, mo-mentum, going on a 19-5 run to take a commanding ."58-24 lead. Marvin, who led Payson to a state championship in 2004, picked up where she left off in 2004, finishing with 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting. "She Ls go, go, go all of the time," said Wolverine coach Cathy Nixon. "It isn't just a game thing, but she's the same way in practice." Marvin and the rest of the Wolverines headed into the locker room with a big 45-31 half time lead. UVSC continued its dominant domi-nant play, as it scored the first nine points of the second half. Led by local product Tiara Bowan (Mountain View), the Rebels attempted to mount a comeback. Bowan, who finished with 13 points (3-of-6 on 3-pointers), hit a huge 3-pointer and a fast-break fast-break layup to pull her team to within eight. The comeback was short lived, as the Wolverines rode the shoulders of their youth to pull away from the Rebels. Making up for the non-existence of seniors on its team, UVSC's underclassmen filled the void. Freshmen Julie McMurray and Asumi Nakayama, who finished with 12 and 10 points, respectively, hit crucial shots down the stretch to give their team a comfortable lead. The Wolverines continued to pour it on, eventually finishing finish-ing off the Rebels by a 20-point margin. "It's huge because it sets the tone for the rest of the season," Marvin said of the victory. ' "Overall I was pleased," Nixon said. "We showed some good things on both ends of the floor, but have a lot of things that we need to fine tune." METAL ROOFING & SIDING! METALftlARf Has You Covered -. Green - Earth Brown Bit. White - Sandstone tSi7ori8 10', 12', 14', 16 2Q'hJ AreflgbJe J A abort cntthvi tither nrodnrhd $1 .98 Lineal Foot w. ..-mm"---mm. ... -,mtm f ' ' 'I!'' v-J ' I ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County UVSC's Julie McMurray brings the ball upcourt against Dixie on Nov. I. 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