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Show Thursday, March 1, 2007 0 R E M TIMES Page 9 SCOREBOARD Boys basketball Results Payson. 70. Orem 50 Roy 69, Orem 58 Final standings School Region record ncumn Overall record 20-1 13 16-5 14-7 9-10 1-20 Lone Peak Spanish Forte Pleasant Grove American Fork Tlmpanogos Mountain View 9-1 7-3 6-4 5-5 3-7 0-10 REGION 7 Region record 8-2 6-4 6-4 5-5 4-6 1 1-9 School Payson Provo Orem Timpview Lehi Springville Overall record 15-6. 10- 10 11- 10 13-8 10-12 7-14 Rnal scoring leaders Skyler Hallord, Timpanogos, 18 7ppg Taylor Russell, Mountain View, 14.8ppg Holden Jasper, Mountain View, 14.4ppg Timo Valimaki, Orem, 13.2ppg Daniel Hockersmith, Orem, I2.3ppg Mike Hall, Orem, 10.3ppg Nate Henshaw, Timpanogos, 9,9ppg Ryan Clark, Timpanogos, 9,5ppg Colton Willman, Timpanogos, 7.6ppg Girls basketball Results Orem 59. Bountiful 42 Orem 44, Mountain Crest 39 Timpview 57, Orem 49 Skyline 58, Timpanogos 38 Final standings REGION 4 Region record 10-0 School Lone Peak Overall record 15-6 11-11 15-6 9-12 3- 17 4- 17 Timpanogos American Fork Pleasant Grove Mountain View Spanish Fork 7-3 5-5 4-6 3-7 1-9 REGION 7 Region record 9-1 7-3 6-4 3-7 3-7 2-8 School Orem Timpview Provo Lehi Payson Spnngville Overall record 16-6 10-9 14-6 7-13 9-12 3-18 Final scoring leaders Call Nelson. Timpanogos. 13 4ppg Jessica Saliby, Orem, 12.1ppg Amy Weitzeil. Timpanogos. 11.4ppg Jaimie Stroshine. Mountain View. 10 9ppg Jamie Sagers. Orem. 10.8ppg Megan Bishop. Timpanogos. 10 4ppg Oelyse Downey. Orem. 10 3ppg Natasha Martin. Orem, 9 8ppg Bnanne Larsen, Orem, 9 3ppg Chelsea Tressler. Mountain View. 8 2ppg Jennifer Nielsen, Timpanogos, 7 8ppg Alyssa Olsen. Mountain View. 7.8ppg Orem's season comes to an end at hands of Roy Jared Lloyd NORTH COUNTY For a team that finished in a tie for second place in region, re-gion, Orem got a tough draw with its first -round game against Roy, a team that had -been ranked as high as No. 2 this season. Combine the solid opponent with cold shooting, and the Tigers never had much of a chance. Orem struggled shooting the ball the entire game and couldn't stay with the Royals, falling 69-58 in the first round of the 4 A state tourament. "We have to shoot well to beat good teams and we didn't shoot well today," said Orem coach Mike Conner. "We never miss that many free throws. We just couldn't hit a shot." 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Suite C, Draper ( rfgg 1-866-676-5536 vix" wvm.icrtrials.com Tiger boys hoops exceeded expectations RussJ.yman NORTH COUNTY An inexperienced team returning only three players with any varsity experience combined with a tough region compelled the experts to pick Orem to finish fifth in Region 7 this year. Great senior leadership, underclassmen un-derclassmen stepping up, and Mike Hall's 75-foot game winner win-ner to beat Timpview helped the Tigers beat expectations and finish in a tie with Provo for second in region this season. That second-place finish could have been better as the regular season came down to last Wednesday's showdown with Payson. Although Orem lost the game, Orem coach Mike Conner was happy to be in that position. "We were thrilled. If you had told us back in November that we'd be playing the last game of the season with a shot at the region championship we'd have taken it in a heartbeat." Early this season, it looked as if the low expectations were justified. The Tigers struggled to a 5 start with some heartbreaking heart-breaking losses during that span, including three by two points or less. In Orem's region opener against Timpview, it looked like another close loss was imminent. immi-nent. However, Hall made the play of the year for all of Utah when he made the full-court game winner. The win over the T'Birds was the break, albeit an unexpected one, that the Tigers needed to make it to the top. "I think the turning point for five possessions, turning an Orem lead into a five-point Roy lead. "He came off the bench and lit us up," Conner said. The Royal lead was as big as 20, but the Tigers got is back to 10 late in the game. They had chances to get closer clos-er but couldn't get some key shots to drop. "I thought we did a good job of hanging around," Conner Con-ner said. "Our kids were competing com-peting up to the very end." As a team, Orem wasn't hitting hit-ting its shots, but Timo Valimaki Vali-maki had a career game. Valimaki Vali-maki hit four 3's and scored 26 points to pace Orem. "Without Timo we wouldn't have even been in the game, he was terrific,"Conner said. "You always know that you can stay in a game because of how he can shoot it." Junior point guard Daniel Hockersmith was the only other Orem player to score in double figures. Hockersmith finished with 13 points and had table and free pizza!! spherion Staffing Services It's surprising the suddenness with which it ends. They were great kids and did everything ev-erything that was asked of them. Mike Conner OREM BOYS HOOPS COACH us was the Timpview game, but we had to get a little lucky in the end," Conner said. "We beat a good team on the road, and after that we kind of started believing be-lieving in what we were doing." From that point on, Orem's group of believers worked its way to a 6-3 region record before falling to Payson last week. After dropping the region championship game to the Lions, Li-ons, the Tigers fell to Roy in the first round of the state tournament. tourna-ment. "We were a little disappointed disappoint-ed that we didn't win any state tournament games," Conner said. "We didn't play as well as we thought we were capable of, but we also got beat by a really good team." Due to a tough draw, the loss to Payson hurt more than it normally nor-mally would have. Provo won the tiebreaker for the region's BEKY BEATONNorth County Orem's Daniel Hockersmith takes a shot during the Tigers' 4A first-round playoff game against Roy on Monday. several impressive assists. Roy was led by senior guard Trevor Bloxham who finished with 20 points. J 7 vv Looking For a Great Richard K. Sharp, M.D. DryCreek l Family Practice 766-4214 We Accept Most Insurance Plans 3300 N. RUNNING BUY DIRECT FROM jjj jil ljPj jjjj SAVE " Thousands! V'SJ rrJ (MIDDLE - No. 2 seed, so Orem got the three seed, and had to play the Royals, who ended the regular season with a 16-5 record. "That's just the luck of the draw, and we played a team that might have played their best game of the season against us," Conner said. "I think this is a year in 4A where somebody's going to steal a state championship, champion-ship, it's just so balanced and there's so many good teams." The leadership of seniors Mike Hall, Koa Kauwe, and Timo Valimaki will be tough to replace, but the Tigers return a wealth of talent for next year's team. "Our future is really bright," Conner said. "We've got a lot of young kids with varsity experience experi-ence coming back." Leading the group of returnees return-ees will be two-year starter Daniel Hockersmith. Jordan Egbert, Goose Kallunki, and Jake Robison have all logged significant varsity minutes on this year's 11-11 team and will be counted on next year. The group will return with a knowledge knowl-edge of what to do in high pressure pres-sure situations because of the big games they played in this year. However, all of that is still a year away, and for now the Orem boys basketball team will have to live with the successful season it had, and try to improve im-prove upon the foundation that was laid this year. "It's surprising the suddenness sudden-ness with which it ends," Conner Con-ner said. "They were great kids and did everything that was asked of them. They competed hard every game, and I'm sad to see it end." Tigers lose game, region title to Payson Neil K. Warner NORTH COUNTY The guys with green-painted faces, silver and green hair and retro Payson basketball jerseys who spent the entire game shouting at Orem from the front row of the Lions Den finally came up with an original origi-nal chant that's been 14 years in the making. "Region champs. Region champs. Region champs." Payson turned in a convincing convinc-ing performance last Wednesday Wednes-day night to beat Orem 70-50 and win the Region 7 title outright for the first time since 1993. Following the win, several of the Payson players took turns cutting down part of the net until each player had a souvenir souve-nir from the night. McKay Massey led Payson with 22 points, including three 3-pointers. Josh Peery finished with 15 points and Jordan Buys had 14 points in a game that was so one-sided that Orem pulled its starters with five minutes left in the CREEKWAf LEHI THE MANUFACTURER FREE Trials Mii Dm umm Call Today! 'rl. t tm CIV II W Jy ill fu , . . t"rJV ,.- (sfaj j w - FILE North (.iiiinly Orem's Timo Valimaki, right tries to drive uroutul I'uysou s Brent Stctheli on Jan. 30 at Orem High School. fourth quarter. Orem's only lead came on the first basket of the game. Payson led 14-7 after one quarter, quar-ter, and 27-20 at the half. The Lions then used an 8-0 run to start the third quarter that effectively ef-fectively put the game away. Massey opened the quarter with a 3-pointer. Buys followed another 3-pointer and Peery added two free throws. Timo Valimaki, who shared high-point honors with Mike Hall (nine points), answered for Orem, but Massey followed with a tip-in basket to push the lead to 37-22. Valimaki scored again for the Tigers, but Pay-son Pay-son came right back with a 3-pointer 3-pointer from Brent Staheli. In case there was any doubt, Payson made a statement by scoring the first 1 1 points of the fourth quarter to start the celebration. 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Valimaki and Hall each had nine points for Orem Jordan Eggbert and Steve W arner had seven points apiece ar. ' - i |