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Show Thursday, September 4, 2008 OREM TIMES Page 11 Bruins lose on final play Russ Lyman NORTH COUNTY After all the big plays, momentum shifts, and close calls in Friday night's game between Mountain View and West Jordan, it was only fitting that the outcome came down to one final play. Unfortunately for the Bruins, that final play went in favor of the Jaguars in West Jordan's 40-37 overtime over-time victory. With Mountain View leading lead-ing 37-34 after kicking a field goal on the first drive of overtime, West Jordan was faced with a fourth-and-6 from the Mountain View eight-yard line. Jaguar quarterback Jace Rogers rolled to his right and found tight end D.J. Tialavea one yard deep in the end zone for the game-winning touchdown touch-down to give West Jordan an exhilarating win, while sending the Bruins home with a heartbreaking loss. "It's do or die; they knew they had to get in," said Mountain View coach Teko Johnson. "We were right there, a couple inches away. That's what it's all about, you fight until the end. Sometimes Some-times it works out in your favor, sometimes it doesn't." Even before the final play of the game, both teams were just one play away from winning on several occasions. oc-casions. With 3:30 remaining in the fourth quarter and the score tied at 34-34, the Jaguars had a fourth-and-goal from the one-yard line stuffed by Nate Stroshine and Nick Zollinger to keep the game tied. On the ensuing drive, running run-ning back Anthony Heim- Tigers Continued from Page 9 completely different than it did a year ago Orem's goal is still closed for business. On Thursday afternoon at Orem, the Tigers improved to 6-0 on the young season (3-0-0 in Region 7) with a 1-0 victory over Mountain View. Kaci McNeil Mc-Neil scored in the 25th minute and the Orem defense pitched its seventh consecutive shutout dating back to last year's state championship game. Just how dominant has the Tiger defense been? It has been more than 600 minutes, or 10 hours of game time, since anyone any-one has scored on them. This season, Orem has outscored its opponents 17-0. So much for a rebuilding year after the 2007 state champions cham-pions lost most of their starters to graduation. In addition to freshman Megan Sackett in the goal, Orem's defense featured freshmen fresh-men Maddie Bowen and Kate Balser, as well as junior Steinia Dort. "They're always pressuring pressur-ing the ball well and they don't make a lot of mistakes," said Orem coach Ed Louder about his defense. "I just think they're so smart and they play off each other so well. And they're strong and fast; they've got a lot going for them." All of the scoring Orem would need came from an outstanding individual effort by McNeil. After taking a cross into the middle, McNeil niftily dribbled several times to her left, through the Mountain View defense, before poking the ball into the right side of the net from about 15 yards out. "It was lucky, I just got through a couple players and tapped it in," McNeil said. "It Includes Low-E & Argon Qualifies for Utility Rebates No Payment 'I '&r- w . iiw i of aiiviii x- , w , v X No Interest A Wasatch Vinvl Products i MJahuary20& Some Restrictions Apply Expires 093008 uli and quarterback Dustin Thacker drove Mountain View to the West Jordan 20-yard 20-yard line to set up a 37-yard field goal attempt with 14 seconds left in regulation. However, Sam Hickman's kick narroly missed to send the game into overtime. In the extra session, Hickman was good from 28 yards out to put the Bruins ahead. The Mountain Moun-tain View defense forced a pair of fourth-and-6 situations, situ-ations, which the Jaguars converted on both times, the last of which ended the game. The Bruins nearly ended the game before West Jordan converted on its first fourth down in overtime, but the referees ruled that Logan Paulson trapped the ball on what appeared to be an interception following a tipped pass. Even before the late drama, dra-ma, the game was tied on four occasions and within one point on two others. Mountain View jumped out to a 6-0 lead in a slow first quarter with what may have been the play of the game. Thacker threw the ball back to receiver Chris Wright, who then launched the ball forward to Jordan Smith for a 66-yard touchdown. West Jordan pulled ahead 7-6 on one the first of running run-ning back Damien Maestas' three rushing touchdowns. The Jaguars went up 13-6 on another Maestas touchdown, touch-down, but Mountain View's Tanner Houston took the kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 13 apiece. With West Jordan ahead 19-13, Heimuli carried five straight times to set up Stroshine's plunge from one f t. Orem's Tanisia Wilson (21) lunges game 1-0. was a good cross." Louder added, "Kaci just didn't give up on the ball." Much of the credit for the shutout also goes to the Tiger midfield of Maggie Plothow, Jenna Bowen and Kristen Bodine, who rarely let a ball get through them as they controlled con-trolled the tempo for most of the game. "Anything that dropped in the middle of the field they were able to get something on it, or give pressure so that we could get help defense and turn the ball back," Louder said. II Fill n VJllfrn .Lifetime Guarantee? Energy Efficient I Quality Installation j . Of 733-5633 ftard out to make it a 20-19 Mountain View lead. West Uordari went into the half with a 27-20 lead after scoring on the final play of the half. In the second half, HeimuH broke free for a 37-yard touchdown rurt to tie the game again at 27-27. Maestas scored his third touchdown to make it a 34-27 West Jordan lead. Early in the fourth quarter, ' Stroshine picked up his second sec-ond rushing touchdown to tie the game once again. Despite the loss, the Bruins had a number of exceptional individual performances. Heimuli finished with 150 yards on 22 carries. , "Anthony does an awe- : some job and he works hard all the time," Johnson said. ' "My heart's breaking for . him because when you give -that kind of effort you want to come out with a 'W' and we didn't get that tonight." '" Smith had two catches for 90 yards. Thacker went . 6-for-10 for 71 yards in his first start, and Zollinger finished fin-ished with 15 tackles. "I told the kids that all we can ask is they leave everything on the field," Johnson said. "They gave a full effort tonight. Our kids played 100 percent the whole game. This kind of stuff is going to happen." t Mountain View 6, Tooele 0: At Tooele, Heather Peterson scored two goals and Aja Domingo got the shutout as Mountain View improved to 2-5-0 overall, 2-1-0 in Region 7 by blanking Tooele (3-4-1, 1-3-0). McKell Salmon, Kim Reams, Abbey Contant and Kayley Murdock added a goal apiece for the Bruins. for the ball as Mountain View's "They didn't get a lot of possession posses-sion in our half." Football t Orem 30, Snow Canyon 20: At Orem, the Tigers rebounded from a first-week loss, when it could stop no one, by very much limiting a definite someone. some-one. BYU recruit Adam Timo put up notable numbers, but not enough on the scoreboard as Orem defeated Snow Canyon 30-20 on Friday. Timo, who also saw sporadic BlDD! ill! iliS END OF SUMMER SALE: NOW 33 OFF I I f Vinyl NoT. 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As a rep for Nike, Mike paved the way for Dalton td play in tournaments not only in Utah but around the Western United States. He played at the World Junior Golf Championship Champion-ship in San Diego, but one of the more memorable tournaments tourna-ments came in Provo. "I remember playing at Cougar Cou-gar Days (tournament) when I brought Dalton who was about 12 at the time and asked what tees he should play form. He was allowed to play off the red tees. We used almost all of his drives because he was playing the reds and hitting the ball 250," Mike says with a laugh. "That year we beat out Mike Weir's team." Golf has already given Dalton Dal-ton a cart full of memories. When asked to recall a memorable memo-rable shot, he says it was his first eagle when he knocked down a shot from 150 yards out. There was the time when he played 56 holes in one day and of course nothing beats the family outings when Mike, Dalton and his younger broth- Anjie Lines dribbles upfieM on A action at quarterback, had 157 yards on 28 carries, though about Vj came in the closing two drives when the outcome had basically been decided. "We knew we really couldn't shut him clear down," Orem coach Robert Steele said of the 6-foot-2, 190-pound senior. "But we wanted to make sure that he didn't get outside on us. So we had different schemes to have different guys coming when he headed that direction. We wanted to force him back inside, where we could have more help." w Manufacturers List Price TViple Coat Low E Glass for energy efficiency! Qualifies for Energy Rebates Easy Clean Glass Multiple Brands & Models to choose from Lifetime Warranties Licensed & Insured In-House Installers Free Estimates Wood-Steel-Fiberglass 223-7052 www.rockymountainwindows.com One Year No Interest O.A.C. I Till r " ' " t y ... jj i A ;-j $ i Urn JARED UOYDNorth County Orem's Dalton Stanger poses for a picture on Wednesday afternoon at Cascade Golf Course in Orem. er Brock (a fifth grader who shot a 41 at Cascade) tee it up for family bragging rights. "It's pretty fun and competitive. competi-tive. It gets pretty intense," Dalton said. "We have good rounds and do a lot of trash talking. We play for lunch." Dalton has not only focused on golf, but he's a point guard in Orem's basketball program and he's a pitcher in the baseball base-ball program. Sheide believes his background in other sports has helped him become a better bet-ter overall competitor and it looks like he will need to draw on his athletic background if he is to hold onto the individual individ-ual medalist honors because he's getting some heat from several Springville players. Daniel Kerr, Duncan Almond f CELIA TOBINNorth County ug. 28 at Orem. Orem won the Timo was part of a dual quarterback system, in which he completed half of 14 pass attempts at-tempts for 65 yards. , But the Tigers, who were defeated by Viewmont a week ago, were the ones pulling out all of the tricks. The razzle dazzle started immediately, with a 99-yard Aspen Mortgage Your Home Loan Specialises TrW.AXKSMTti.fmi Reverse R&ortgageo No payments No income, credit or employment requirementst Pay off debt Tax free Choice - monthly installments, lump sum or credit line Won 't affect SS or Medicare You continue to own home. Call us today to apply. Find out why our past clients think we are the best. Y " 1 rV"" Bert Wilson Over 50 years combined lending experience 250 West Main American Fork PurchaseRefinance and Taylor Bank head are all breathing down his neck. The next region meet is at Sleepy Ridge, a course Stanger plays well, but he knows that when the region meet goes to Hobble Creek, it will favor Springville. Stanger is hoping his play can help Orem's team come from behind and beat Springville Spring-ville for the Region 7 title. "We'll never give up. I think if we play up to our potential we can catch them (Springville)," (Spring-ville)," he said. If he can help Orem make up the difference and lead the Tigers charge at state he will have made a name for himself at Orem and in a family of golfers not an easy thing to do. kickoff return that included two handoffs. Devin Miner chugged the last 90 yards or so, but it was Lance Chatterly who snagged the ball right at the goal line and dished quickly to Brayden Hill before Miner was given the pigskin. He made a mad dash along the right sideline. That's a play Orem has tried before. But this first win of the season sea-son wasn't just about smoke and mirrors. It was accomplished with gritty defense, forcing fumbles and even a score off one. Jon Huntbach was a terror at linebacker, line-backer, hammering Timo's fellow fel-low signal-caller Austin Larsen. Justin Long returned the loose ball 35 yards for a touchdown that made it 14-6 with 5:39 left in the second quarter. Orem ran the lead to 30-13 with 6:15 left in the third quarter on Hamblin's three-yard run. From there, holding the lead became a matter of survival physical mostly. Steele pointed out that he lost wide receiver-defensive back Austin Jones to a concussion early in the game. Huntbach eventually left with a shoulder injury. It remained unclear after af-ter the game how they would be affected in upcoming weeks. "We had a lot more confidence, confi-dence, even though we had a lot of guys dinged up," Steele said. "(Last week) We weren't on the same page. We were in different defenses on the same play. We gave up big plays. This time we tried to focus on doing our assignments and not just letting our athletic ability take over. It really helped us." 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