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Show For all your insurance needs with dedicated service... Home Ken Cardon Insurance !FasCtunts Life 174 West Main, American Fork Fair Business 756-9643 Friendly SUn hen Susan Pal Sports Citizen Wednesday, April 3, 1991 - Page 8 A.F. loses to Brighton; tops Jordan By DEAN VON MEMMOTT The American Fork Cavemen split their final two exhibition games for the season last week. At Brighton Tuesday, the Bengals ripped them apart by a score of 17-6. American Fork rebounded from that loss by edging the West Jordan Jaguars 6-5 6-5 at home Thursday. Although Tuesday's game ended with a lopsided score, it really was close for the first 4 12 innings. What did in the Cavemen were several errors and two Bengal home runs. The humiliating loss spoiled what had been an excellent afternoon after-noon at the plate for Cavemen Nate Jones, Jared Hutchings, Dave Williamson Wil-liamson and Ty Eastman. Jones got things going for American Ameri-can Fork in the top of the first with a one-out single into center. He got stranded at second, though. Combined efforts by first baseman base-man Chad Parrish and pitcher Eastman held the Bengals scoreless score-less in the bottom of the inning. The Cavemen then took the lead in thenextinningwhenTonyTrane doubled in Williamson on one out. American Fork's 1-0 lead vanished in the bottom of the second the moment Dave Carle homered in Troy Dozie. Brighton loaded the bases on no outs soon afterwards. Seeing the potential for a big Bengal rally, Eastman struck out Brandon Gunnell. A fielder's choice throw by third baseman Kevin Lewis to catcher Williamson claimed Shane Mangrum for the second out. But as thrilling as that play was, it didn't stop Brighton from picking Cavewomen beat Bear River Bears 16-9 in fastpitch game By DEAN VON MEMMOTT In Tremonton Monday afternoon, the American Fork Cavewomen skinned the Bear River Bears 16-9 in pre-season play. Cavewoman Coach Ann Johnson said, "We had been off for a week. So it took us a while to get into the game. Once we got our heads in the game, we played good. The thing that won it for us tonight was our hitting." The Cavewomen made 12 hits in the game. The first two innings were a tight battle. The game opened with Cavewoman leadoff hitter Kalli Walker singling a ground ball into left. She soon stole home after pitcher Karrie Burtain walked Ali Lamb. Jill Allen doubled in Lamb, then stole homeherself on a passed ball. Burtain then shut American Fork down by strikingout McCall Fagan and Denise Williamson. Third baseman Trisha Garren grounded out Mendenhall to finish the inning's in-ning's top half. The Bears capitalized on walks and errors to get back into the ball game in the bottom of the first. As center fielder Michele Reid captured cap-tured a Jamie Long fly ball, Shana Tryouts set for Pony League Pony League tryouts for American Ameri-can Fork will be held Saturday, April 6, at the Pony League Park, 550 N. Center. The correct times for tryouts will be as follows: Players from the Beehive and National WBBA Little Leagues will tryout at 8:30 a.m. Players from the Central and American WBBA Little Leagues will tryout at 11:30 a.m. Pony league is for players ages 13 and 14. Cost os $40 and should be paid at the time of registration. For information, contact Steve Parker at 756-0470. Need insurance for your home, car, life, boat or RV? instate AllitaM Insurance Company Ufa front: AUatala lit Insurance Company up a third run on a Jeff Zupan single. Hutchings restored American Fork to the lead in the third. First, he tripled in Jones and Brandon Crotts. Hutchings then came home on a wild pitch to break the 3-3 tie. Gunnell got even with him by retiring retir-ing Eastman and Williamson, ending end-ing American Fork's rally. Bengal hitters took to humiliating humiliat-ing reliever Chris Luke in the bottom bot-tom of the inning. Jason Hagen singled in Dozie to spark a four-run stampede that left the Bengals ahead for good. During it, Luke lasted only one out, and Brian Bromley had to replace him in order to shut the rally down. The Cavemen's hopes of getting back into the game arose with their loading the bases on two outs in the fourth. Unfortunately, center fielder Carle's catch of a Hutchings fly ball dashed that opportunity. Although Sean Hagen doubled in Carle in the bottom of the inning, Bromley kept Brighton from staging another rally until the fifth. In the top of the next inning, Eastman tripled into center, and Williamson singled him on one out. That was the last run Gunnell gave up. The game took a decisive turn on Dozie's three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth. That hit killed American Fork. The Cavemen made things worse for themselves by committing two errors that inning. Singles by Willie Wil-lie Mosher, Zupan, and the Hagen brothers produced the Bengals' other four runs in the fifth. Right after Zupan's one-run single, shortstop Stevens and Becky Smoot raced home, cutting the lead to 3-2. Chyles Stevens stole home soon afterwards to tie the game at three. Burtain held American Fork scoreless the next inning. That allowed al-lowed Smoot to steal home for a tie-breaking tie-breaking run on two outs in the bottom of the second. Bear River's lead turn out to be very brief. The next inning opened with Walker clubbing an in-the-park home run. Johnson said, "Kalli's home run got it going for us." Once the four-bagger evened the game, the Cavewomen were in control of the tempo. Williamson singled in April Morse for a tie-breaking tie-breaking run, and the Cavewomen never lost the lead again. Loading the bases on no outs, they picked up three more runs in the inn ingon an error, a Mendenhall single, and a Tori Allen walk. The rally didn't knock Bear River out of the game. Chyles Stevens scored on a Sabrina Davis sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third, putting put-ting the Bears within 8-5. The next inning, Jennifer Johnson relieved Burtain of pitch LEE ROSENHAN AUTOMOTIVE You'll find yourself in good hands 180 West State Street, Lehi 768-8714 Your independent automotive specialist. Tune-up, Fuel Injection, Electronics. Diesel, Brakes, Air Conditioning, Emission Control Testing. State Inspections. Certified ASE Master since 1972 Leave I it to The Good Han People. is I ft- U The Bengals scored two runs in the sixth, and in the seventh, Williamson Wil-liamson doubled in Eastman for the final Caveman run. On Tuesday, the Jaguars got the first lead when Matt Leonelli doubled in Brian Johnson during the top of the first. American Fork tried catching up when leadoff hitter Jones singled in the bottom of that inning, but shortstop Johnson threw him out at second during a fielder's choice play. It delayed American Fork scoring for three innings. Meanwhile, pitcher Crotts held his own against West Jordan. Producing Pro-ducing plays like a throw to first to pick off Jeff Bon acci in the third, he kept the Jaguars from making more runs until the sixth. In thebottom of Inning3, American Ameri-can Fork pulled ahead 2-1 on singles by Lewis and Eastman. During the fourth, Williamson drove in Brian Voeller to widen the lead to 4-1. Growing tired in the sixth, Crotts walked Jesse Vance, giving the Jaguars a chance to retake the momentum. Right after Johnson clubbed a ground-rule double into right, Vance came home on Casey Olsen's first-base sacrifice. West Jordan soon pulled ahead 4-3 on one-run singles by Leonelli and Dusty Atkinson. The score would have been 5-4, if it had not been for left fielder Dave Jones turned up a double play to end the rally. The gamecouldhave been called at that point, because of the 10-run rule, but the two schools played another two more innings. ing duties and got off to a bad start by walking Jill Allen. The Cavewoman went on to score a run on a wild pitch. Things worsened for the reliever when Yazzie tripled in Mendenhall and Reid. The Bears staged a rally of their own in the bottom of the inning. On one out, Garren singled in two runs, but soon afterwards, she got called out for leaving second base too early. A Long triple kept the inning going long enough for Stevens to rap a one-run single to cut the lead to 1 1-8. 1-8. That was the closest the Bears could get to American Fork. The Cavewomen finally put the game away in the fifth. Morse opened the inning with a triple cut into left field. That hit allowed Jerusha Ba tern an to slice a one-run single which touched off a five-run rally. The stampede was highlighted by Yazzie's homering in two runs and Reid doubling in one. In the bottom of the inning, Yazzie walked the first three batters, causing her to be replaced by sophomore sopho-more Tonya Beck. The reliever gave up only one run. The game was called after the fifth, because of a two-hour time limit. Quality Car Care for 29 years Call me! I have the right coverage for all your needs. Glen Pack 140 South Main Pleasant Grove 7851255 ,17 ' V i v - Chad Parrish waits for a good pitch in last Tuesday's practice game at Brighton. Bartholomew's throw to home to claim Joe Tibolla for the final out. Singles by Crotts and Voeller led to American Fork's recovering the lead in the bottom of the in "Savings" like these.. .would even make "HIS" hair stand up! 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