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Show OREM TIMES Page 11 SPOBTSOREC Thursday, May 17, 2007 Baseball Continued from Page 9 "The most solid part of what we have done (this season) is pitch," said Timpanogos coach Kim Nelson. Nel-son. "Nash pitched very well and has all year." The T Wolves quickly answered an-swered Shaw's home run in the top of the first with a run of their own. Robby Carter singled to finish off a great at -bat and he was plated by Jordy deLisle's RBI single to make it a 1-1 ballgame. Timpanogos had an all-around all-around team effort in the win, utilizing great pitching, mistake-free defense and clutch hitting. Three of the T' Wolves' four runs were scored with two outs. The offense was led by Lopez and deUsle who each went 2-for-3. Weber was led by Shaw's 4-for-4 day and Hilliard added a pair of hits. Bond performed admirably on the mound, stifling sti-fling the Timpanogos offense for much of the game with an arsenal of off -speed pitches. Bond's curveballs and chan-geups chan-geups were all the more effective ef-fective because the T'Wolves were expecting to face hard-throwing hard-throwing Warrior ace Cole Abbott. "I'm proud of my kids, we made one bad pitch to the Lopez kid and he's a great hitter," hit-ter," said Weber coach Mark Larsen. "Other than that I thought we competed real hard." Timpanogos will now face Taylorsville at home today at 4 p.m. MV Soccer Continued from Page 9 was going in when it left his foot. Graham said: "It was a great shot. He just turned and shot, and it went in." That turned out to be all of the scoring for the contest, but that didn't mean there weren't some tense moments late in the game. The best Miner opportunity to score came on a nice lead pass to freshman midfielder Eric Severson, who sprinted into the Mountain View penalty box with a pair of Bruin defend-efSki defend-efSki "hot pursuit. -' It looked like he might be able to chip the ball over the diving Mountain View keeper, but a defender was able to slide in and deflect the ball wide to keep Bingham off the board. "They are tough kids and well-coached," Graham said. "You can't miss chances to score or they might take advantage." With the win, the Bruins move on to play at Brighton in the quarterfinals on Friday. The two teams met earlier in the ; year, with the Bengals getting the 2-1 win on Mar. 27. "We played horribly," More-; More-; no said. "We didn't possess the ball, we didn't talk, we didn't ' score. We're not going to do ' that again." 'J Graham said his team is I ready for whoever they have ! to play. . . . , - ' "We'll play' anyone We can," ; he said. "We want the experience experi-ence of facing the best teams." r The game is scheduled Jo ' start at 4 p.m.'on Friday at "" Brighton. BUY STEEL Your Local Steel Supplier Square Tube s. Pipe & Round Tube Angle Iron ' Call For Channel ee Stock Mtqlmort.bte 85 S. 1350 E LeM, 1 1 I 4.5 -100 LISTING SERVICE (First 5 Coupons) (No Gimmics) Timpanogos boys win Region 4 track title Jared Hunsaker HERALD CORRESPONDENT Timpanogos won the Region 4 boys track title last Thursday, Thurs-day, finishing with 165.2 points. Lone Peak was second with 116.3 points, followed by Spanish Span-ish Fork 112.4, American Fork 99.5, Mountain View 92.6 and Pleasant Grove 52." On the girls side, Spanish Fork took home the region crown scoring 180.50 at the Timpanogos track. Timpanogos was second at 107.5, followed by Lone Peak 102, Mountain View 99.5, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove 59 and American Fork 49. Silas Pimentel of Timpanogos claimed the 100m and 200m titles. Neither race was really close. Pimentel looked like the real deal with his chiseled physique and perfect per-fect running form. "It feels pretty good. I worked out hard and have great coaches helping us every day," Pimentel said. "I just rested rest-ed enough, ate healthy and it worked out just right. The time was about what I expected, I was hoping it would be a bit faster but I had a couple of missteps mis-steps at the finish." Pimentel was focused and determined and should have a good showing at the upcoming state tournament. "I'm hoping to do a little better bet-ter at state. I'll do some more start outs and continue to work out to try and get my speed down a little more and I'll just T'Wolves Russ Lyman NORTH COUNTY In a contest that epitomized the entire Region 4 baseball season, the championship game between Timpanogos and American Fork could not be decided in only seven innings. in-nings. Even once the matchup was decided, it was only by the narrowest of margins that the . Cavemen took home a 4-3 Win in'eight innings. What Jake Murphy did with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning crossed the threshold of aggressive play and approached the realm of baserunning insanity. With two outs and Murphy on second base, Nate Pitcher hit a grounder deep into the hole between second and first. T'Wolf second baseman base-man Jordan Cooper dove to smother the ball, but Murphy Hunsaker Continued from Page 9 Anyone who has ever played any sport should be able to understand how Hunsaker Hun-saker got caught up in the excitement ex-citement of a moment in which he scored the biggest goal of his career. However, there are very few non-physical and FOR LESS! 6X Square Bar, zy Round Bar. Flat Bar 11 I Metal Roofing & Siding B-Deck & W-Deck METALTriaff MITAL AND MOKt UT J. Darren Burrup TheBirdDogRealtor.com cell 4203189 THE fr A .j - w -fir jr, I " At jvr JEREMY HARMONNorth County Timpanogos' Melissa Brown throws the javelin during the Region 4 track meet in Orem on May 9. do my best," he said. On the first day of the meet, another Timpanogos runner came up big. The 1,600m boys race saw Matt Reeves of Timpanogos and Jordan Johnson of Lone Peak running neck-and-neck turning into the home stretch. Reeves put it into an extra gear for the final 100 yards and pulled away to get the win. "This year I've been working work-ing hard on my kick," Reeves explained. "I knew I could get him on that stretch. There was a lot of pride and passion in this race." Natalie Stewart of Spanish Fork was not to be denied on the girls side, as she swept the 100m and 200m, as well. Stew come up short in tough rewi ran through a stop sign at third. Cooper threw a strike to catcher Mitch Foster that beat the runner, but Murphy, who doubles as a star football player, juked to the right and dove to the left, reaching his hand in over Mitch Foster's glove to score the winning run and deliver a share of the region title. Judging by the mob that formed around him at home, it turned into a very good thing. Murphy's play at home was just the final chapter of a thrilling pitchers' duel in which American Fork's Taylor Tay-lor Mangum and Timpanogos' Rhett Nelson both went the distance, with the senior non-verbal actions that should warrant a red card, and celebration cel-ebration is not one of them. The referee's power trip was not limited solely to Hunsaker being removed from the game. In addition to Hunsaker, three other players received red cards in a game that was not excessively physical for a first-' round playoff game. "I don't think their play PORTABLE CORRAL PANELS Heavy Duty - Long Lasting - Save! 5' X 12 w&m (mm isas.? fl!! f 1 8-Rall Tough - 14 Gauge Mln. 10po Order Ask About Our Spring Specials On... I Pasture fllTl Bow a Gates LLiJGates MEIMjfia$ C.nW M T A t AND 85 South 1350 East LeN Store BIRD REALTOR IF IT'S OUT THCRC, I'LL FIND IT Affiliated C I 4 I. I I u k tj lj .' www.myhomeutah.com art battled injuries last year as she missed the region championships cham-pionships with a hamstring injury. This year she tweaked her hamstring a little bit yesterday yester-day but she pulled through and became region champ in 2007. "It feels good I wasn't able to run at regions last year so it's been really fun this year to be able to run," Stewart said. Like many athletes, Stewart competes in multiple events, in her case the 100m, 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay. With that many events, it's easy to become injured if their not in prime physical condition. "I've already qualified for state so I'm just going to try keep stretching out and stay in shape. Doing not too hard of upstaging the sophomore, barely. The T'Wolves' offense didn't make things easy on Mangum as they threatened in each of the final four innings. in-nings. Timpanogos fought back from a 3-1 deficit with a run in the fifth and sixth innings. in-nings. Taylor Lyons scored his team's second run on a similar play to Murphy's in which he dove to the right to evade the tag. Although they lost the game, Timpanogos will go into the playoffs as the No. 1 seed from the region. Spanish Fork will be the No. 2 seed and American Fork will go in as the No. 3 seed. Due to the fact that all three teams split with each other during the regular season, the tiebreaker was determined by how they did against the next best team, which was fourth place Lone Peak. ers deserved to get thrown -out any more than mine did," Lewis said. Nobody I have ever heard of has attended a sporting event to watch an official; however, all too often, they garner the attention. The result of one such instance was a star soccer soc-cer player sitting ik home and1 wondering what could have been following the most im rJr7 6' X 12' J. I Large Bow ph Gate Gates JLLjL Panels 768-3332 for a FVpp Stnrk Prirp I ict . v . Hours: M-F 8-5 SAT 8-NOON Looking for a close of Metals, We offer Competitive ourCustomers, Stop f HILARS DOLLARS i mi rrrrwrn mm v m coppn workouts but not too easy either to keep my endurance up, and hoping not to injure myself," Stewart said. "I think I have a good chance to do well at state hopefully I'D make the top three in the races I'm doing." It was a common sight on Thursday to see multiple Dons on the podium in the girls events, as Spanish Fork has a very deep team. The Spanish Fork boys aren't bad, either. The Dons' Brandon August took the region re-gion championship in both the 110m hurdles and the 300m hurdles, setting a personal best along the way. He was blazing fast in the 1 10 race. "That was my very first time breaking 15 seconds. It feels awesome. I've basically spent the entire season trying to break it. I came into today and I was hoping for it and aiming aim-ing for it and I did it," August said. "For four years now I've been working hard and doing nothing but 110 drills. I was coming out to get it and in my mind I was just thinking get the time, get the time, sprint, sprint, sprint and that's what happened." In the 300m hurdles August had a photo finish just winning at the finish line and then tumbling tum-bling to the track. In the girls 800m, Lacey Cramer of Lone Peak looked focused and fast, and that was just when she was warming up. Cramer was the state runner-up in that event in both her freshman and sophomore game with Softball k Riverton 3, Timpanogos 2: At Riverton, the T'Wolves jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind a Jessica Rivers RBI double in the second. The Silverwolves battled back and took advantage of Timpanogos' defensive breakdown. Riverton scored unearned runs in the third and fourth innings. In the fifth inning, a Silverwolf batter reached base due to a passed ball following her strikeout and advanced around the bases to score the winning run. Shiri Stevens was solid in the circle and didn't allow an earned run, but the T'Wolves committed commit-ted a total of eight errors. I Spanish Fork 6, Timpanogos 2: The Dons (19-2, 10-0) finished unbeaten in Region 4 play and now head to state as the top seed from the league. portant game of his life. "He's just one of those kids that just doesn't do anything bad," Lewis said of Hunsaker. "It was really painful and a really hard way for a senior player that has the skill and potential that Riley has to end the season. "He took it very hard last (Tuesday) night. His parents said he's doing a little better, HELP WANTED $14 Hour Warehouse Laborer & Salesperson Great Environment - Benefits Offered Call Roger or Allen MCTUJlT 768-3332 85 south 1350 East Lehi ut online metalmart.blz convenient place to turn your scrap Steel, Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Brass, Radiators, Stainless, Batteries. Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True Commitment to by and Give Us A Try! L MCE RECYCLING 550 North Geneva Road Orem (IBD1I225-DQD1) years. In her junior season, she is looking to make the leap to the top spot. Finishing on Cramer's heels in the K(K)m was freshman Danielle West of American Fork. "It felt good it was just a little hot today but that's all right. I didn't get the time I wanted because I want to get my best time at state," Cramer said. "I'm so excited me and my team has been working so hard. I want to win it more than anything because I've taken second for the past two years. I'm so pumed for this year and I want to take state. In the boys K(M)m, it was a tight contest that Geoff Harmon Har-mon won by just holding off the rest of the field down the stretch. Jordan Smith, who will attend at-tend BYU on a football scholarship scholar-ship in the fall, found himself looking at llmentd's back in the sprints. But track is a great way for him to stay in shape and help the Dons stay competitive. com-petitive. "The lx)ys team does not have as much depth as the girls team, they have tons of runners run-ners that go deep and score a lot of points," Smith said "With the boys team, we aren't so deep so the main guys have to step it up and score and that's why you run as many races as you can." Smith was second in the 10()m behind Pimentel and the Dons were second in the 4x100m relay, hut still qualified for state. Cavemen Soccer I Riverton 2, Timpanogos 1(0T):At Riverton, the T'Wolves took an early lead behind a spectacular goal hy Riley Hunsaker. 1 Iowever, I lunsaker received a red card for excessive celebration. Despite losing its best player, play-er, Timpanogos held on to the lead until deep into stoppage time when the Riverton converted con-verted a last -minute goal. The Silverwolves went on to score the winning goal in OT. I Timpanogos 3, Pleasant Grove 1: At Orem, the T'Wolves scored two goals in the first half and then each team scored once in the second half as Timpanogos clinched a playoff sxt. Riley Hunsaker, Parker Brown and Bryce Under each scored one goal for Timpanogos, and Trevor I len-derson len-derson had two assists. but last night was a brutal night for his family." Hunsaker will likely recover from the disapMintment, but the overarching problem of power-hungry officials affecting affect-ing the outcome of games will undoubtedly continue, and as long as it does it will continue to be one of the few negatives in the wonderful arena of high school sports. into cash. We buy all Aluminum Cans, x m f Sa "ji Personal Guarantee - MLS Full Service t mm mm mm mm mm J CUT HERE L m m L Copy |