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Show Citizen Wednesday, January 15, 1986 - Page 9 Citizen Athlete of the Week: Clint Bean By DEAN VON MEMMOTT Though his team lost at Bingham Tuesday, American Fork Caveman dint Bean had one of his best games that night. No matter what the Bingham Miners did to try cooling him down, the 6-8 center was deadly from every spot on the floor, ' especially inside the key. When the game ended, he posted a high career high of 28 points. That was not bad for a player with dreams of competing in collegiate ranks next year. Bean says, "I usually average 17 points a game." Of course, there have been nights when he has not been hot like last Friday at Orem, when he made only 10 points. Still he has been able to hit In double figures in practically every game he has played this season. One of the leading scorers of Region Two, Bean prepared for his season of 4-A ball last summer by playing on a BCI team with American Fork, Orem, and Mountain View players. His team played in tournaments, including one in Las Vegas, Nev. Of the tournament in Las Vegas, West Jordan By DEAN VON MEMMOTT When the West Jordan Jaguars launch their Big Blue Cat Attack, you had better watch out. The American Fork Cavemen didn't in their wrestling meet against West Jordan here Wednesday night, and the Jaguars destroyed them 58-0. All of American Fork's wrestlers were powerless against the pumped-up pumped-up West Jordan matmen, including 'aces Rick Bartholomew and Kevin Wilkinson. ' The Cavemen's varsity match opened badly as Jaguar Billy Hobbs wiped out Danny Chatter 8-0 in the : 100-pound weight class. - West Jordan picked up six free points when American Fork's Phu Pham had to forfeit his 107-pound Jr.. Ja i.i'. By DOUG CORNELL ' With the coming of the new year, the seventh and eighth grade boys have begun another season in the Jr. Jazz program. This promises to be a good one for all who are participating on the 19 teams. Pre-season games were played on Jan. 2 and 4, with teams from the Central League squaring off against the northern teams. League play began Jan. 9 for the Central League and Saturday for the Northern League. The Spurs, coached by Steve Parker, and the Celtics, coached by Sherlin Manning, had the honor of getting the season officially underway, un-derway, vith the Celtics racing away with their first win of the season. James Jacob, who was steady throughout the game with points in every quarter, led the attack for the Celtics with 12, but had his hands full, with Troy Draper, who put points up in each of the four quar- News & Ad OUR COMPUTERS COMPARE YOUR PRICES POLICIES & CLAIMS ISSUED IN OUR OFFICE BRENT R0WB0THAM, MGR. -r 'OREM ?225-8222 Bean recalls, ' "We didn't do too , good, but we learned a lot." Some of the things , he learned from the tourney included becoming more' hungry for rebounds, he says. As he continues making a name for himself in 4-A basketball, people may find it hard to believe he got cut from ' the ' ninth grade team. Nonetheless, that is a fact. Bean says right after the setback, his father, Chris, encouraged "me to stick with it (basketball). He said my time would come." Chris did more than just encourage en-courage his son. Clint's dad and Coach Bob Eckles persuaded him to practice with the Cavemen's sophomore team in 1983. The Caveman center recalls, "Practicing with them helped me a lot, and Coach Eckles had a lot of patience with me." .The next year, Bean won a starting position on the team. But that didn't mean the testing of his basketball career was over. At the end of the season, he underwent a hernia operation. "I wanted to play basketball all the time, but couldn't," he says. Bean had to rest for six weeks destroys AF bout. Caveman Justin Hall pulled out to a 4-2 lead in his match against Steve Hart in the first. But after the Jaguar evened the score on a reversal in the second period, he pinned the American Fork opponent at 1:08. West Jordan's Todd Abner pinned Greg Sabey in the third period of their match, Bartholomew found Rod Simmons invincible. Twice, the Caveman escaped from the Jaguar's clutches, but he could not make moves that could nail Simmons, who won 7-2. The story was the same for Wilkinson, who lost to Roger Richardson 2-4. Caveman John Bartholomew i .basketball begins ters, with" 14 -points on 6 of T from the foul line. The difference was the supporting cast of the Celtics, with Jeff Manning Man-ning canning 8 and Justin Anderson and Rod Northrup with 6 each for a 36-27 win. The next game featured the Nets and Hawks, coached by Mike Spears and Robert Adamson. This game was close from wire to wire, with the fourth quarter being the only difference as the Nets out-scored out-scored the Hawks 11-5 to gain a 34-30 34-30 win. Eric Franson was outstanding for the Nets as he scored 12 points in the first half to keep his team close and ended with 18. Josh Spears added 8 for the winners to account for 26 of the team's 34 points. For the Hawks, Travis Hall had an excellent game with 12 and got help from Shad Morris with 6. The third game was between Gary Glover's Stars and the Bullets coached by Vaughn Lewis. Deadline Monday 2 p.m. LOW RATES-:' AUTO LIFE HOME AMERICAN HERITAGE INSURANCE GROUP YomnsmncEiimmiiACc" yoUr Endeoendent 1 jnmmxgiMZHTj vmimwr i- v 0 XX .-,1 "Hi. VI it Clint Bean following the operation. Despite that test, he went on to win a starting spot on the Cavemen's varsity team his junior year. Reviewing his two seasons of varsity ball, Bean considers the shocking upset win against Timp-view Timp-view here last February as one of his favorite games. He says the triumph "proved we could blow people out." Even though American Fork demonstrated it could do that, the team didn't go to state. This year is Bean's last chance to play in a state tournament. With an 0-2 region record, his team has a big task to reach the tourney. However, that hasn't discouraged him. He says, "I think we can beat anybody. We've just got to put it together and play good." matmen came back in the third period of his match against Billy Kilpack after the American Fork matman spotted his foe a 13-0 lead. Bartholomew got a reversal and two-point near fall; however, his comeback was too late. . Kilpack took the match 14-3. - Three of the next four matches ended in West Jordan pins.' American Fork's 157-pounder Paul Gifford almost got pinned twice by opponent Travis Wilson. The Caveman lost the match 2-7. The jayvee match was slightly a better one for American Fork. In that affair, Cavemen Boyd Westover and Jason Hutchings scored falls and David Passey a superior decision. Nonetheless, West Jordan won 49-17. TStars looked like they were in control as they built up an 8-2 lead ' early, and ended the first quarter, by an 8-5 count. Mark Dubois entered en-tered the game at this point and his 9 points in the second quarter turned it around and the Bullets led by 18-14 at the half. The Bullets built the lead to 29-22 during the third quarter as Randy Hayes connected on a crucial basket, and the Bullets maintained that lead through the end thanks to Jeff Devey's numerous steals and 6 points in the fourth. The Stars were led by Chad Woods with 11 and Heath Snow with 11 on 7 of 8 from the line, and 6 from Paul Smith who played well at the point. The Bullets were topped by Dubois' 11 and Devey's 10 and Justin Greening followed with 6 for the 38-31 final. The last two teams to square off were Kurt Roberts' Bulls and Mike Smith's Jazz. The Bulls, who got out to an early lead, kept the pressure HEALTH ELD0N HUNTSMAN, MGR. AM. FORK 756-7256 Cavewomen trounce but lose squeaker to By DEAN VON MEMMOTT The American Fork Cavewomen split two home games last week as they opened their first season of Region Two basketball. On Tuesday, they caved in the Bingham Miners 57-44, then the Orem Tigers beat American Fork 52-47 Thursday. American Fork Coach Ann Johnson said that in Tuesday's game, "Bingham was taller and more aggressive than we were." Bingham's height in advantage and aggressiveness didn't compensate com-pensate for the damage foul trouble caused the team. Johnson said, "Bingham had more fouls than we did." Because of that fact, the Cavewomen had a heyday at the charity stripe. Senior Rhonda Cook, for example, went 4-4 from the line. The first half of the ball game was a close battle. At halftime, American Fork led by only 28-25. However, the game slipped out of the Miners' reach when they scored only six points, compared to the Cavewomen's 13, in the third period. Johnson said a big reason American Fork was able to turn the second half into a blowout was that "we got more aggressive on defense and more patient on offense." American Fork's top scorers were Stephanie Trane and Jennifer Hadfield with 16 and 11 points respectively. In Thursday's game against the Tigers, the Cavewomen saved themselves from getting blown out, but poor foul shooting kept them Caveswimmers dive past By DEAN VON MEMMOTT Here Thursday night, the American Fork High swim team dove past the Timpview Thun-derbirds Thun-derbirds 90-68 in the boys' division and 84-53 in the girls'. ' The big winners for American Fork were Ray Tiffany, Shaun Davies, DeAnn Bingham, Kim Lamoreaux, Janet Ortley and on by scoring-key "buckets" t!i "the, 'second half, every time the Jazz ried to come back. They eventually 'held on for a 26-22 win and a share of first place after the first game. They were led by Randy Biggs with 7 and Chris Roberts with 5. The Jazz, who also got a good balanced attack from many players, were led by Scott Jacob with 8 points, i ' With the first week in the books, many of the seventh graders have , the first game jitters out of the way, and will come back stronger in next week's action. The Sonics, who drew the first bye, will be in action this week when league play resumes. They take on the Stars. 0(1 Brake Service 95 Disc or drum, includes bearing pack on most cars and light trucks (seals and semi-metallic shoes extra). Wheel ft n Ainn Alignment lflD0 for most cars and light trucks Radiator flush I I w m u u includes up to 2 gallons antifreeze Gabriel Shocks Original Equipment Cl cs ea Heavy Duty 9" Installation Available Limited to V V clnnli nn hanrf 'mJ intermountain farmers stores from winning. American Fork shot 9 of 26 from the line. If the Cavewomen had made at least six more free throws, they could have bagged the Tigers. So much for hindsight. The Cavewomen never lead at during the contest, although they thrice came within one point. Orem took control of the game during the opening seconds when Jeanine Utley sank a 14-foot bomb. Orem quickly buill up a 54) lead. Grabbing an offensive rebound, Trane put American Fork on the board. Soon American Fork evened the game at seven as Lynne Erickson sank a shot from outside the key. Tiger Mindy Blake broke the tie on an offensive rebound. After two free throws from Trane knotted the game at nine, Sue Culler put Orem back out in front, and American Fork never caught up again. A corner shot by Cutler at the start of the second quarter prodded the Tigers to widen the lead to more than 10 points. American Fork could never get closer to Orem than nine points in the period. When halftime came, the Tigers held a 31-20 advantage over the Cavewomen, and American Fork looked certain of getting blown out of its own gym. The Cavewomen, though, decided to re-write the second half's script, and they followed through. Senior Wendy Hales got American Fork's comeback going with an assist to Trane at the beginning of the new half. But before the rally got Amber Ewell. Tiffany took gold in the 200 intermediate in-termediate and 100 backstroke and Davies the 50 freestyle. Bingham won the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke, while Lamoreaux took the freestyle's 50- and 100-yard races. 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But that was not to be the case, for the Cavewomen made the mistake of sending Orem to the foul line four times in the fourth quarter, and that killed them. Of course, American Fork did get a chance to pull ahead at the opening of Period 4 when Cook intercepted a pass. She tore for a layup try, but got fouled before she could shoot. She missed her one-and-one free throw, and her team got slapped with a technical, on which Orem picked up two free points from Heidi Tasso. From that point on, the game went downhill for American Fork. Trane and Hadfield led American Fork scoring with 17 and 10 points respectively. Tasso was Orem's highest scorer with 12 points, while Utley and and Cutler were close behind her with respective scores of 11 and 10. In jayvee action, Piper Manuela chipped in 14 points to lead American Fork in its 70-28 romp over the Miners Tuesday. Thursday, Allred made seven points to become the Cavewomen's highest scorer in the Tigers' 34-31 win over American Fork. 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