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Show Thursday, November 1, 2007 Page 12 0 R E M TIMES SportsRbc T'Wolves upset Northridge Russ Lyman Christian Stewart is not known for his running. Grant Jimenez is not known for his Mocking. CJ Spencer is not known for his cat hing. Iaylor Lyons is not known for his defense. And Khett Reiser is not known for his hitting. However, each of the above players and the entire en-tire Timpanogos team went ahove and beyond their individual indi-vidual calls of duly to lead the I Wolves to a 42-26 upset win over No. 4-ranked Northridge on Friday in l.ayton. Stewart rushed for 97 yards, including a .51-yard touchdown run on which he-was he-was sprung by a great block from Jimenez. Spencer, an offensive lineman, made a difficult fair catch on a pooched kickoff in the second quarter to set up a scoring drive. Lyons played well both ways and helped anchor a struggling delense in the second sec-ond half after he had given Timpanogos its first swing of momentum with a US-yard kickoff return in the first hall. As big as the aforementioned aforemen-tioned plays were, the biggest play of the game may have been Reiser's huge hit on Knight quarterback Braden Mitchell near the end zone pylon in the fourth quarter. After Northridge's Alex I'roelich scored from 50 yards out to cut his team's deficit to 28-2) early in the final quarter, quar-ter, the Knights decided to go for two to try and tie the game. Mitchell faked a hand- rewira off and rolled right before racing toward the corner of the end zone, but Reiser read the play perfectly and laid into Mitchell before the quarterback quar-terback could get in for the conversion. "I told the kids 'this might be the game right here; you've got to make the play, you've got to get it done,'" said Timpanogos coach Brad Molen. "I thought it was a huge momentum shift when we came up and made that play." The momentum shift could be felt throughout the stadium, sta-dium, and it could be seen on the scoreboard as well only minutes later. Still clinging to the 28-26 lead, the T'Wolves inserted the proverbial dagger when Stewart connected with Ben Laidler on a 44-yard touchdown touch-down pass to stretch the lead to 35-26. Northridge defensive back Blake Smithing read the pass and gambled on going for the interception, but the ball sailed just out of his reach and into Laidler's hands for the huge score. On the ensuing drive, Taylor Tay-lor Lyons made a big hit and tackle on 4th-and-15 to put the ball back in the hands of the offense. Instead of trying try-ing to run the clock out with less than five minutes to play, Stewart looked to his favorite target Jimenez, who stretched out to make a diving catch in the end zone for his second score of the game. Although a two-score lead wouldn't have meant much for the Timpanogos defense earlier this season, the rejuvenated reju-venated bunch kept making plays keep the lead intact. Stewart got off to a poor start, but settled in to play an all-around great game. In addition ad-dition to his 97 rushing yards, he also threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns. "I've seen him play better games, but this, as far as him being smart and heady, might be one of the best against a great team right here," Molen said. "He just read the field really well as far as run and pass. That's what they gave us and he was smart and took it." Jimenez continued what has to be one of the greatest first football seasons in state history with four catches for 1 16 yards and two touchdowns. touch-downs. "Nothing really to say except ex-cept we knew we could do it ourselves, we believed in ourselves," our-selves," Jimenez said. "I don't know if anyone else did but that's all that matters." 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Bring In this ad and pay WO registration feel (a$25Vue) v Mr tin ,r .4 fill Timpanogos set to take on No. 2 ranked Alta in 5A quarterfinals Russ Lyman NORTH COUNTY With only its second playoff play-off win in school history, Timpanogos earned the unen-' viable task of facing off with Alta in Friday's quarterfinal game in Sandy. The 9-1 Hawks are considered consid-ered by many to be the best team in the state and boast one of the nation's most highly high-ly regarded running backs in Sausan Shakerin who ran for well over 200 yards against Bingham in last year's championship cham-pionship game. "They look awful good. I watched them against Tay-lorsville, Tay-lorsville, they looked great then and they looked great on film," said Timpanogos coach Brad Molen. "It's a big challenge this week to play a team that actually scores more points than us (Alta averages av-erages 43 ppg to Timpanogos' 38 ppg). You're not going to stop them, you just have to contain them. Our offense is going to have to step up and put some points on the board." Although Shakerin has garnered gar-nered most of Alta's headlines over the past two seasons, the team proved it can win without with-out him while he was injured for portions of this year. Ryan Rosenyall is a dual threat at quarterback and Parker Walbeck has filled in for Shakerin admirably and has proven his ability to catch the ball as well. Timpanogos is led by its big three of Christian Stew- iforward art, Taylor Lyons and Grant Jimenez who are three of the most explosive players in the state, if not the nation. Stewart has surpassed 3000 yards and 40 touchdowns on the season. Jimenez leads the state in receiving with more than 1200 yards. Lyons just needs 124 yards to surpass 1000 rushing yards on the season and he also has more than 400 yards receiving. The key to the game will be how the Timpanogos defense responds to its biggest big-gest challenge to date. The T'Wolves will need to force Alta to score on long drives and avoid big plays. "Our success lately is that our defense has really stepped up," Molen said. "They've got their work cut out for them this week, but they're doing a great job." While the odds are stacked against them, Timpanogos is still going into the game with the mindset that its a game that can be won. "We're going in to win the game. This will definitely , be the best team that we've played," Molen said. "We're confident that we can move the ball and score and our defense de-fense and special teams will need to slow them down. We know we have the weapons that we need to be successful." o I I MARK JOHNSTONNorth County Timpanogos' Christian Stewart attempts to break away from Pleasant Grove's Sefa Tanoai on September 28 at Timpanogos. if 7 t - HAIR COT SPECIAL iT)CAPELLI INSTITUTE OF HAIR includes: - Hair Cut, Shapes Trim j - Neck, Ears and Brow Trim - Shampoo &. Blow Dry , , ., . 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