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Show Thursday, April 12, 2007 Page 10 0 R E M TIMES Spouts .EEC Big battles loom in Regions 4, 7 Russ Lyman Region pi. iv has dually sliiili-i) for .ill ot the ( al school learns mid as the playoffs play-offs lr aw closer, the (jiicsl l( il region championships and plav nil Ix-i IIls Ih .iI1, up wilt) cai h passing week I lii- ( onlendei s liave all eailv l-;;nn to separate themselves lioin llif park and a numlx'i ol hiK Rami's loom m ihc ('dining week No name i.s n Her than ! lav's Region 1 sck i i-i inali hup wn-n forward Mountain View and I .one h-ak in I Hem I ll'' KM) I ivals that c icliniallv i (intend loi the icj;ion title an- oik e aain on top with nuclei ealed icj;ioii ie 01 (Is I lie winnci will lie in thi' dl ivci s seat to Ho into I he plavolls with a No I si i d Another hi name lodav will take place on the solthall diamond when I mipanoo-, ti avel.s to Spanish loi k in a battle ol two teams I hal are illldelealeil in i eion play Allhounh neither team has the pili lung that f;ot Ihem lothe championship name last year. Ixith teams have solid lineups and play H""d delense. I hine;s won't gel much easier eas-ier loi the next week as they lake on 2 1 Pleasant irovc. UVSC blasts past Utah Neil K. Warner What do you know'' It tut ns out that when the red light of the camera gix's on this team tin ns on its ( hat :n In what could have been I !VS( "s most memorable night in its Division I baseball history, the Wolverines put on a show lor the ages in front ol a record crowd of 2,()l.'i Inns as they pounded I "tab IX-1. 1 here were so many highlights high-lights this should have been a pay-pet -view event. Whei e to begin':' How about with stalling pitcher Marcus Moore, who made his first start of the year ami turned in a complete game three -hitter. "It was gieat iesXinsibilily placed on me (to start against Utah). They gave me a lot of trust and made me feel really gixxi nix ut that," Moore said. Mix ire fanned seven and walked just one in lus nine innings of work to earn his nj I mm i.i i siim xt'N Mi i:cv home auto life business Although Region 1 baseball teams ,ne only one name into the season, every game is huge now loi Mountain View after its lough loss to American i k I he Hruins have a chance lot ii'venge fx lay when the, plav at Amei n an I ork. N'eM week in baseball, two ol the most successful pro-giams pro-giams the stall- has seen in recent ears will square off when I imp.mogos and lone Peak meet lor a two-game two-game series. If either team is able to pull out the brooms, tl will be in I he driver's seat for a high seed come playoff time. Mountain View baseball w ill lace off against Spanish Span-ish I ork lor two games next week. I he lii urns outplayed i lie I ons in every inning but one the In st time the team's met Although Spanish fork won '.) 7 in St. (ieorge, the lai i that Mountain View has already pi oven that il can hang with the defending stale champs should give the Brums a i onlidence boost. Next week's game of the week in, iv very well be Tuesday's Tues-day's matchup between IVovo and ( )i em. Both teams entered the week with spotless 2 0 records re-cords in Region 7 play. second win of the year, but he wasn't the only star of t lie show. You like offense'1 I h"n oii had to get on your feet w hen I VSChil back-to-back home runs from IXrrick I honias and Austin Heaps. Mnylc delense is more your thing. 'I hen give it up for Keiki Albino's diving stop on a soft line drive that txiunced just as be dove on the dirt. Albino then goi to bis knees to throw out the runner. SX'ctacular. Not to be one-upped, .lace Bi inkei holf made, a diving slop to his right at third base, got to his feet and threw (Hit tin runner But wait Don't forget alxiut the ground ball Lii Slesk picked up deep in the hole l)e-t l)e-t cen short and third and then threw out the runner at first. I .'ureal. Tired of defense':' I hen see if your navigation system can put a distance on .losh Hinckley's home run that w ent over the 427 sign in left center field. Wow. Get Your Free Guitar! Gel your child the best musical instruction arid a FREE guitar! Beginning levels available for you to start your child out musically the right way! 350 East State TV' A,... . o S wwwfooreinsuranrp mm ' tJ 9 305 N. FREEpOM BLVD. PROVO Orem Continued from Page ! U'hi on Wednesday, hem again didn't quite have enough, losing to the tfoneers in a Region 7 matchup Friday afternoon. l.ehi starting pitcher .Josh Swenson kept the Tigers swinging at the tough pitches and watching the great pitches, pitch-es, striking out nine batters, including at least one every inning in-ning but the seventh. "Josh Swenson threw a great game," said Ix'hi coach Patrick (ileaves. "1 le kept them off balance bal-ance and didn't allow them to get enough hits. He mixed his fastball with his curveball really well. I le's a great kid, a very gixd competitor on the mound, and he's tough." On the opposite side, Orem's .losh I Iamblin pitched well himsell, shutting out l.ehi (9-3, 5-0) over six innings, but a few pilches in the top of the first inning made all the difference. Travis Christ of ferson and C.J. I lea ley both hit singles, then each advanced a base off a wild pitch. I Iamblin retired the next batter, but then Josh Hansen Han-sen got a base hit, scooping low to get a bat on a hit that got through the infield, sending in the runners. After five quick subsequent inning's, Orem (5-7, 2-.'i) made one final try in the bottom of the seventh to stay alive, (joose Kallunki got a high fly ball to drop in the outfield, leg- Mtn. View Continued from Page i) the next inning with a single before scoring the tying run on a close play at the plate. The Bruins had plenty of chances to win the game. Call led off the seventh inning by getting hit by a pilch. Chad kmales tried to bunt him over lo second, but Mangum made a good play by throwing to second sec-ond to gel the lead runner. Mountain View's chances were also hurt by seven errors. Only one of the eight American Fork baserunners who scored reached base Via a hit, and even that hit came when Caleb Ixiveland's diving attempt in left field came up short. "We had every chance in the world to win that game. You can point to alxiut 18 single plays that could have won it. We gave them a lot of runs," CooX!r said. "We haven't played like that all year as far as lxxiting the ball around. 1 think our pitchers pitch-ers pitched well enough and we hit well enough to win, but we didn't field well enough." American Fork was led by Mangum who threw all eight innings lo pick up the win. After giving up the early runs. Mountain View starter Danny Nelson and reliever Call held USE School American Fork Richard Foote Ross Schofield ging out a double on the play. Brandon Peterson drew a walk for Orem, then advanced a base with Kallunki off a wild pitch. With one out, the next batter, Jordan Sargent, hit fly ball to right field that was caught by Zac Peterson. The runner tagged up, then went for home, but Peterson threw a fieaut iful ball right to catcher Travis I lolland, who collected the ball and tagged out the runner at the plate to end the game. It was the third double play of the game for Lehi. "We played some great defense and kept them from crossing the plate today," (ileaves said. "Our pitchers are doing really well and we're scoring enough runs and doing enough offensively to come out on top." I Jordan Christiansen filed this rep'ort . lehi 200 000 0 2 7 0 Orem 000 000 0 0 2 0 Swenw and Holland Hamftlin and Hamsnn WP Swi'nmn i p Hanihlin ?B Prterson (0) Orem 15, Timpview 2: At Orem, the Tigers put on an impressive im-pressive hitting display to beat (he T'Birds in five innings. Rattling Timpview's pitching staff for 13 hits, including four doubles, Orem scored 13 runs in the third and fourth innings to blow (he game wide open. Lead-off hitter Travis Strong, just 5-foot4, showed his giant-like strength with the bat in the fourth inning, blasting blast-ing a grand slam deep over the the Cavemen scoreless for four inning's before the eighth. I Russ Lyman filed this report. American Fork 113 000 03 8 8 3 Mountain View 000 410 00 5 9 7 Mangum and i'ayne Nelson, Call (7), and Jackman. WP-Manuum LP (.111, ?B Mangum (AFI, Pitcher (AF), Garrett iMVl 3B Wliatcott (Afl I Mountan View 8, Chaparral, Nev.1: At Las Vegas, Danny Nelson pitched a complete-'game complete-'game six -hitter and also doubled dou-bled to help Mountain View to victory in its first game at the Gilvary Chapel Easter Bash. Mark Garrett had a bases-loaded triple to fuel a five-run third inning. Tanner Young went 2-for-2withanrBI. Mountain View 005 1 02 0 8 101 Chapparral. Nev. 000 010 0 1 64 Nelson arm Jackman Butler and Ware. WP Nelson. LP-Butler LP-Butler 2B Nelson iMvl Coleman 2 (CI 3B-Garrett MU I Del Sol (Las Vegas) 7, Mountain Moun-tain View 4: At Las Vegas, The Bruins led until Del Sol's Randy Cruz hit a 2-run triple in the sixth inning to power the home-standing team to victory. Mountain View 031 000 0 4 7 2 Del Sol 021 013 X 7 9 0 Madrid, pitcher 15) and Gzunta Roeden. Draper (5) and Jackman WP-Madrid, LP-Roeden 2B -Call iMV), Young MVl and Hampton (DS) 3B-Cruz (OS). I Mountain View 4, Taylorsville 3: At Las Vegas, the Bruin bats came alive as Trent Call and Sam Roeden both had doubles, DOLLARS Y We offer Competitive Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a our Customers, Stop by and Give Us A Try! a1 550 jf? ?TZ r V' V fence to help wrap up the win for his team. Timpview 020 00 2 5 2 Orem 204 9 15131 larsen. McDonald (4iand Stiawcrott Morgan and Harrison WP-Morqan LP-larsen 2B Larsen (Tl. Sargent (0), Hansen (0. Petersen 101. Bills (01 HR-Slrong HR-Slrong (0) Tennis I Orem 3, Springville 2: At Orem on Tuesday, as player after player swung at the ball and missed, and had to re-do their tosses on services, only one conclusion could be reached tennis was not meant to be played in extreme conditions. Nevertheless, the show had to go on, and in the end Orem squeaked out a win over Springville Spring-ville on a blustery afternoon. Although the wind made it hard on both teams, Tiger coach Craig Young was happy to come away with the win. "That wind really equalizes the ability of the players and it comes down to who handles it the best," Young said. "It becomes be-comes more of a survival fest rather than coming down to who is better." For Orem, it was AJ Young, Collin Black, and the No. 2 doubles team of Aaron Pierson and Nathan Kilpack who were better than their Red Devil opponents. Young only lost on four points in his match against Josh Jorgensen. Black was also solid in picking up a win in straight sets. In spite of the dominance of Young and Black, the result of the match came down to Pier- going 2-for4 and 2-for-3 respectively. respec-tively. Mountain View junior Cameron Schmidt went the distance, dis-tance, giving up three runs on six hits and striking out two. Mountain View 121 000 0 4 6 2 Taylorsville 102 000 0 361 Schmidt and Call and Jackman, Haddaway. pitcher (5) and Wiseman WP-Schmidt, LP-Haddaway. 2B Cnll (Mvl. Roden (MV. HR-Bair (T). I Mountain View 7, Liberty (Las Vegas) 6: At Las Vegas, Mountain Moun-tain View earned a victory in its final game of the tournament. tourna-ment. Trent Call was a homer away from hitting for the cycle and was 3-for -5 with three RBI. Travis Jackman also had a good day at the plate going 3-for4 with an RBI. Mountain View 010 240 0 7 9 2 Liberty 020 120 1 6 6 3 Lovetottd. Call (5) and Jackman Navarro, pitchei (51 andAdensam WP-Loveland. LP-Navarro 2B-Call(Mv1. 3B-Call (Mvl Softball I Lone Peak 26, Mountain View 22: At Highland, Lone Peak's Katie Schoepf blasted a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Lone Peak (5-9, 1-2) the Region 4 victory over Mountain View (4-9, 0-3) in a cold, blustery game that featured 31 hits, 48 runs and 18 errors. Schoepf was 5-for-5 in the game. Britney Carlson had three triples for the Bruins. " DOLLARS MCR RECYCLING i i .""Tl North Geneva Road Orem (801)225-0001 son and Kilpack's match. After falling behind early, the duo fought back and forced a tiebreaker before winning the first set. They then took the second set 6-1. "Winning the tiebreaker broke the spirit of the Springville Spring-ville kids," coach Young said. I Russ Lyman filed this report. Orem 3, SpringiHe 2: No I singles, A J. Young (0) del Josh Jorgensen. 6-0. 6-0: No 2 singles. Collin Black (01 del Andrew Whiting 6-2, 6-1; No 3 singles, Taylor Bankhead (Si, Drew Stone. 6-2. 6-3; No 1 doubles, Juan Whiting-David Whiting (S) del. Kevin Lloyd-Tyler Lee 6-3, 6-4; No 2 doubles. ASron Pierson-Nathan Kilpack (0) del. Tyler Rymer-Alec Wiscombe 7-6, 6-1 . Soccer I Orem 3, Payson 0: At Orem, Brady Wells scored in the first half and Tyler Boulter and Juan Diaz deLeon scored in the second to lift Orem past Payson in Region 7. Cameron Clark got the shutout in goal, and deLeon added, an assist. Wells and Jason Bodine led the midfield play that continually denied Payson opportunities. Softball I Lehi 16, Orem 1: At Orem, Lehi pounded out 15 hits and Megan Zimmerman pitched a complete-game five-hitter to lift Lehi ( 10-2, 3-0) past Orem (4-8, 1-2). Zimmerman added a double as well as picking up the win on the mound. Lehi 156 04 16 16 2 Orem 000 01 1 52 M Zimmerman and Massa Meilen. Woodis (3) and Clegg WP-M Zimnietnian. LP-Mellen. 2B-M 2B-M Zimmerman (LI, A Zimmerman (L. Timpanogos Continued from Page 9 Baseball t Timpanogos 6, Westview, Calif. 4: At San Diego, Timpanogos held off a late Westview comeback to get the win. Facing loaded bases and clinging to a two-run lead, T'VVolf pitcher Taylor Lyons got the decisive strikeout to end the game and seal the Timberwolf victory. On offense, Rhett Nelson had four RBI in the final two innings to facilitate a late Timpanogos rally. Soccer I Timpanogos 2, Spanish Fork 1: At Spanish Fork, Riley Hunsaker broke a 1-1 tie in the first half with what turned out to be the game winner, as neither team could score in the second half. Timpanogos' Trevor Henderson Hen-derson scored the first goal of the game. Spanish Fork's Allan Mea-som Mea-som tied it later in the first period before Hunsaker's goal. True Commitment to A 1 ' "' rwr rt |