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Show Page 9 T'Wolves get offense going in blowout win prep Quinton LeBlanc Mountain View High School Class: Senior Age: 38 Birthplace: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Favorite book: Down River Favorite movie: Dumb and Dumber Favorite TV show: King of Queens Favorite food: Italian Favorite class: Health Science Favorite team: Utah Jazz Favorite athletes: Spencer Carrier Car-rier and Josh Anderson Interesting fact: I've been playing play-ing soccer since I was 5 Hero: My dad Future plans: Serve LDS mission, mis-sion, go to college Planned occupation: Physical Therapy Coach's quote: "Quintan's one of our hardest trainers. We give an award for training each week and he actually got it last week, he's really worked hard on his game. He never gives up on anything and he always finds a way to make things happen for us. He always al-ways demands that defenses pay attention to him and he's a great asset for our team." Orem soccer soc-cer coach Ed Louder SCOREBOARD Schedule Thursday, March 15 SOFTBALL Orem at Lone Peak, 3:30 p.m. Timpview at Timpanogos. 3 p.m. 80YS SOCCER Orem at Spanish Fork, 3:30 p m. Mountain View at Timpview. 7 p.m. Friday, March 16 BOYS SOCCER Timpanogos at Provo, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17 BASEBALL Wasatch at Timpanogos, 4 p.m. Tuesday. March 20 SOFTBALL Orem at Mountain View, 4 p.m. Jordan at Timpanogos. 3pm BOYS SOCCER Mountain View at Copper Hills. 3:30 p.m. Lone Peak at Orem, 3:30 p.m. Delta at Snow Canyon. 4 p m. Timpanogos at Spnngville, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21 BASEBALL Orem at Mountain View, 4 p m. SOFTBALL Timpanogos at Spnngville, 4 p.m. Thursday, March 22 SOFTBALL Mountain View at Payson. 3:30 p.m. Union at Timpanogos. 3 pm. boys soccer Timpview at Timpanogos, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24 baseball Dixie at Orem, 11 a.m. Monday, March 26 BASEBALL Logan at Mountain View. 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 BASEBALL Orem at Provo, 3:30 p m. SOFTBALL Orem at Timpanogos. 3 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Brighton at Mountain View, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 SOFTBALL Wasatch at Mountain View, 3:30 p.m. Timpanogos at Orem, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29 BASEBALL Provo at Orem, 3:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Bingham at Mountain View, 3:30 p.m. Copper Hills at Timpanogos, 3:30 p.m. Orem at Timpview. 4 p.m. Results Baseball Timpanogos 4, Northndge 1 Timpanogos 12, Jordan 6 Timpanogos 13, Spnngville 4 Mountain View 7, Payson 2 Mountain View B. Layton 3 Orem 9, Hunter 5 Softball Timpanogos 15, Provo 0 Timpanogos 3, Bonneville 0 Bingham 5, Timpanogos 1 Centennial, Nev 5, Timpanogos 3 Paulo Verde, Calif. 5, Timpanogos 3 Coronado 10. Timpanogos 3 Orem 7, Copper Hills 5 Dixte 7. Orem 1 Orem 4, Cottonwood 2 Mountain Crest 3. Orem 2 Spring Valley, Nev. 10, Orem 0 Sky View 8, Orem 6 Lehi 9, Mountain View 4 Hunter 9, Mountain View 1 Dixie 5, Mountain View 1 Payson 6, Mountain View 4 Mountain View 6, Sky View 5 Soccer Mountain View 1 , Orem 0 Mountain View 0. Spnngville 0 Orem 4, Amencan Fork 1 If Russ Lyman NORTH COUNTY The pitching was erratic at times and the defense was less than perfect, as can be expected ex-pected in the first game of the season. However, the Timpanogos offense was in midseason form. The T'Wolves took the . age-old adage that defense wins games and threw it make that hit it out the window win-dow in Friday's 134 win over 4A's No. 2-ranked Springville. Timpanogos pounded out 14 hits and scored in every inning but one. Every starter reached base safely for the T'Wolves. The offensive outburst came as somewhat of a surprise to coach Kim Nelson. Earlier this week, Timpanogos failed to advance a runner past second base in an intrasquad game. "I was thinking either our pitching is great, or we're not very good hitters," Nelson said with a grin. "The good thing is that it wasn't just one or two guys, it was a number of guys that were making contributions." contribu-tions." Junior shortstop Brett Lopez, who hit .465 last season, sea-son, did nothing to disprove Timpanogos basketball star Skyler Halford's statement that he's the best hitter in the state. Lopez, whose at -bats were accompanied by the crowd's chants of B-Lo, B-Lo, started the year off by going 2-for-3 with two doubles off the outfield fence. Lopez also had a solid game defensively. "He's just a good player," Nelson said. "He has really made himself into a good defensive de-fensive shortstop. He's big for Bruins pick up win Jared Lloyd DAILY HERALD It might have been the matchup of the year as far as goalkeepers are concerned. On one end was Orem senior Brad Howard, while facing him between the pipes at the other was Mountain View junior ju-nior Michael Chester. But it was the defenses that stole the show in Thursday afternoon's game at Orem, keeping both sides from getting get-ting very many scoring opportunities. oppor-tunities. In the end, the Bruins were the only team to score. A goal in the 23rd minute was the difference differ-ence in the game as Mountain View got the 1-0 preseason win. "Orem played really well, better than we did early on," said Bruin head coach Mark Graham. "They've got a lot of speed, they're technically solid and well organized." Things got exciting in the 10th minute when Mountain View senior midfielder Dustin Graham got tripped in the box, setting up a penalty kick. Sophomore forward Jacob Parkinson fired low and to the right side, but Howard was equal to the task, making a spectacular diving save to keep the game scoreless. "He hit a good ball," Graham said. "The keeper just read it well. Usually a good low shot like that scores." The reprieve for Orem was short, as the Bruins cracked into the scoring column 13 minutes later. The ball found its way into the middle of crowded Tiger penalty box, where senior Adam Rebelatto was waiting. He made a nice move, putting the ball into the low right corner, just past the diving Howard. www.cougarblue.com Jib-. sum to ami) tuns? umiuLia (HUGE? Pi Lose weight safely with lhipc&$ii For a FREE SAC3PLE Visit vlctoriaflelding.greatshapetoday.com or call Victoria for a FREE consultation (COP) 407-GC7! rewind us both offensively and defensively." defen-sively." Although Lopez may be one of the state's top hitters, he wasn't even the best hitter on the T'Wolves team against the Red Devils. That honor went to senior centerfielder Robbie Carter, who went 4-for4 with four RBI and three runs scored. Carter helped to blow the game open with clutch two-out, two RBI hits in both the second and third innings. "Coach Nelson's been emphasizing em-phasizing going up with a plan," Carter said. "I've been sticking with my plan, getting pitches that I'm looking for, so there's nothing you can do but rope that ball." Timpanogos opened the game with two runs in the bottom of the first inning, highlighted high-lighted by a Mitch Foster RBI single. Springville responded with three runs in the top of the second, taking a 3-2 lead without with-out hitting the ball out of the infield. The Red Devils took advantage of three straight walks, followed by a bases-loaded bases-loaded error that allowed two runs to score. The T'Wolves answered by exploding for nine runs over the second and third innings to turn the brief deficit into an 11-3 lead. In addition to the hitting outburst, out-burst, Timpanogos' cause was aided by six Red Devil errors, as well as aggressive base run- rewind "He got the ball and I think the defense expected him to go back to his right," Graham explained. "But he's left -footed, so he turned quickly and rolled it to the corner." Chester's turn to make the big save came just before the end of the first half. Orem got the ball to sophomore sopho-more midfielder Todd Dun-away Dun-away deep in the Mountain View offensive end and he deflected it on target. The Bruin keeper lunged and made an acrobatic save, keeping the Tigers scoreless. "We didn't pay attention on the restart," said Graham. "They had a chance to put the ball away but Michael made a great play. He wasn't tested that much, but then again, I don't know how much we tested them either." The second half was mostly played in the middle of the field with few good scoring opportunities op-portunities on either side. That proved to be fine with Mountain Moun-tain View, since it came away with the victory. With the season still in its infancy, both teams had plenty of things they'll want to improve im-prove before they play again. "We need to improve our concentration level," Graham said. "As we do that, we'll play harder and we'll do better on restarts. Last year we allowed six goals, and five of them came off restarts." The Bruins will try to stay undefeated when they host Springville on March 13, while Orem will try to bounce back at American Fork the same af- i 4 Timpanogos' Robbie Carter steals on Friday at Timpanogos High ning. The T'Wolves either stole a base or advanced on a passed ball 1 1 times, and they legged out four infield hits. Springville's most impressive impres-sive player was pitcher Scott Kappas, who finished the game on the mound after coming into the game in the bottom of the fourth. The only run that Kappas allowed was the product prod-uct of an infield hit. "Scott was the bright spot of the day. He battled and did his job," said Springville coach Willy Child. "We felt like our kids stayed in the game, we just didn't make enough plays." Aside from the seven walks over crosstown rival Orem Orem's Jared Bodine, right, tries to ternoon. Both games are slated to start at 3:30 p.m. I Springville 0, Mountain View 0 (tie): At Orem, Mountain View (2-0-1) couldn't capitalize on its 14 shots on goal and the game ended in a scoreless tie. Bruin goalkeeper Mike Chester got his third shutout in three games. Baseball 1 Mountain View 7, Payson 2: trtri H'TJn f - it i r f t V 4' ASHLEY FRANSCFLL "!l i.'inl third buse during the Timherwolves' gane against Sjntigville School. they surrendered and a Nash Fowler error, the Timpanogos pitchers also had a solid day. Fowler, CJentry Croft, Rhelt Nelson and Taylor Lyons combined com-bined to throw a three-hitler. Fowler struck out six halters in only 3 1 i innings. The Red Devils don't play again until next Friday when they face Orem at Dixie Col-luge. Col-luge. Timpanogos now turns its attention to Monday's home contest against Jordan. The Beetdiggers, who boasl two Pac-10 signees, are currently cur-rently ranked No. 1 in 5A and No. 11 nationally by one publication. Will . V- St', 1 .miM," ',WW8M COBB CONDIt ' !..,. steul the hall from Mountain View's Mike Moreno on Man It s At Payson, the Mountain View Bruins used a high-scoring five-run inning to come away with a road victory against Payson Tuesday afternxn. With a 2-0 lead, Payson allowed the Bruins to load the bases with nobody out to start the fifth inning but played good defense and got two outs. However, Marcus Draper got a single on the ensuing at-bat, driving in two runs. The flood gates remained re-mained open as Danny Nelson H ' "I Residents and staff on an outing to the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. I Timpanogos 4, Northridge V At Orem, Timpanogos used solid pitching and lull li lull mg to pull out its llm il straight win on Tuesdav allet noon ( Irani Jimenez li.nl two Kl'.l ami lite pitching trio of Jm K del isle. 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