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Show 0 ft E M TIMES Thursday, June 26, 2008 Local players honored with selection to All-Valley squad Page 10 In addition to Timpanogos' Rhett Nelson who was named the 2008 AD-Valhy Player of the Year, several other local athletes ath-letes and coaches also received recognition for their stellar seasons. The state champion TWofves were rewarded with the player of the year as well as the 5A pitcher of the year, two first team and one second team selection. Orem was represented withthe 4A pitcher of the year and one second team choice. Region 7 champion Mountain View had two first team selections selec-tions and one second teamer. I SA Pitcher of the Year Gentry Gen-try Croft, senior, Timpanogos: Despite missing three weeks of the season with an injury. Croft posted 9-1 record. When he was 100 percent he was nearly untouchable. He started by pitching 27 ' scoreless innings. in-nings. He was 2-0 in the state tournament and finished the year with a 1.19 ERA and had 66 strikeouts. 4A Pitcher of the Year Nate Adamson, senior, Orem: No pitcher had more of an impact on his success than Adamson. He was one of the biggest breakout players. He finished with a 10-2 record. He had 54 strikeouts and a 3.03 ERA. He capped off a brilliant senior se-nior season by pitching a combined com-bined no-hitter in the state 4A tournament. He had a no-hitter through five innings and was lifted to save his innings. 2008 All Valley Team I Mark Garrett, senior, OF, Mountain View: He led the Region Re-gion 7 champs in hitting with a .427 average and shared Utah Valley home run title with five. He hit eight doubles and drove in 35 runs and for the second straight year made the All-Valley team. ' I Bret Lopez, senior, SS, Timpanogos: He was last year's Valley Player of the Year and "D r i. 'ftiA, 1 f I AT I f "''"miii. ' re RLENorth Coonty Clockwise from top left Mountain View's Caleb Loveland Orem's Nate Adamson, Timpanogos' Gentry Croft, Bret Lopez, Taylor Lyons ann Mountain View's Mike Garrett were selected to the Daily Herald's All-Valley baseball team. this year he was constantly being pitched around. Still, he still lead Timpanogos in hitting with a .438 average. He also led Timpanogos in doubles with 11 and an RBI with 32 the TWolves to a state championship. champion-ship. I Taylor Lyons, senior, OF, Timpanogos: Lyons stepped up his game as a senior and as the team's leadoff batter set the table to help Timpanogos average eight runs per game for the season. Lyons hit .437 on the year and led the team in stolen bases with 10. He hit six doubles and two home runs. I Caleb Loveland, senior, PI 0F3B, Mountain View: Loveland Love-land did it all for the Bruins. He hit .365 with seven doubles and 23 RBI at the plate. As a pitcher, he came up big with a 4-1 record and a 3.16 ERA to help the Bruins win the Region 7 title. I 5A coach of the Year, Mike LaHargoue, Lone Peak: As a first-year coach, LaHargoue coached the Knights to the school's first-ever region title. Despite being picked to finish fourth, Lone Peak finished with an 8-2 region record. The Knights opened the state tournament with a 16-9 win over Fremont, before losing to Bingham and Spanish Fork. Lone Peak finished the season 16-7 overall in LaHargoue's first year as head coach. the region title outright. 1 4A coach of the Year, Chris Cooper Coo-per (Mountain View): After 10 seasons as head coach at Mountain Moun-tain View where he won three region titles and never had a losing los-ing season, Cooper stepped down as head coach following the 2008 seasoa but not before leading the Bruins to a Region 7 title. Cooper coached the team to an overall record of 16-9. 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