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Show Contact us for all your insurance: We service what we sell and we're here to help you. Auto . Discounts Home . Fast Life & Annuities Fair Business Friendly Thanks for your business! it 1 KEN CARDON INSURANCE AGENCY 1 74 West Main, American Fork 756-9643 Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 830 to 5:00 & Fri. 8:30 to Ifl&'t Ken Sharlene Diana Stacy h of Citizen - Wednesday, September 15, 1993 Page 12 Spikers break losing streak By DEAN VON MEMMOTT Even though the American Fork Cavewomen came home empty-handed empty-handed from last week's Bingham Invitational, they accomplish one ' thingatthatvolleyballtoumament. They broke their 10-match losing streak. In the Bountiful Invitational the weekend before, they had lost all seven of their matches. That dismal dis-mal showing knocked them out of the top five 5 -A teams in the state. By the way American Fork's first two matches at the Bingham tournament tour-nament last Thursday went, it looked as though they were going to finish preseason play without haV ing won a match. ' f In the game of their first match, of the invitational, Molly Pontious pushed the Cavewomen ahead of the Orem Tigers 1-0. Tiger Brenda Richan erased that lead with a six-point six-point rally. Orem went on to win 15-5. The second game saw the Tigers zip ahead 7-0. Led by Sara Clement, Clem-ent, the Cavewomen battled to get within 11-7. A Susan Sommerfeldt kill stopped American Fork's comeback, come-back, and Orem soon won the game ; 15-9. In the first game of the next match, great front row play by Jeanna Bateman and Amanda Fagan enabled American Fork to take a 6-2 lead over Bingham. The Miners marched back, and when Jamie Burton put them ahead 8-6, they never fell behind, even though a Clement block did put American Fork within 11-10. After winningtbefirstgame 15-10, 15-10, Bingham built up a 7-2 lead in the second round. Bateman guided the Cavewomen within 7-5, and they stayed on Bingham's tail for the rest of the game. But after American Fork had moved within 12-11, Heidi Olsen scored three straight points to win the game for Bingham. .,. With the Cavewomen now 0-10 in preseason, it seemed the Roy Royals would beat them, too, but Roy turned out to be the first team to lose to American Fork. Blocks by Trinnie Brown enabled Tori Allen and Clement to build up a 4-1 lead for the Cavewomen. Roy soon tied the score at five, but Allen broke the deadlock. Outstandingfront row play by Clement, Brown, and Keri Cloward enabled American Fork to hold on to its narrow lead. The second game was also a tight battle, and the lead changed hands several times. The Royals finally got ahead for good when' Tami Rapelato gave them an 14-8 lead. Pontious pushed American Fork within 14-ll,buthereffortscouldn't prevent Roy from forcing a third game. The Royals grabbed a 4-1 lead in the third game. American Fork battled back to tie the game at four on a Bateman block. Bateman even tually put the Cavewomen ahead 7-6, 7-6, and they never fell behind again, thanks to hits like an Allen spike that disabled a dpuble block. American Ameri-can Fork won the match on a Bateman block. . ., . ? . In Friday's action, the Skyline Eagles beat,. American Fork 15-9 and 15-11. In their match against Mountain View, the Cavewomen got mauled 15-7, 15-5. The single-elimination single-elimination phase of the tournament tourna-ment saw Bingham beat American Fork 8-15, 15-10, 15-10 in the first round. Asked what good things she saw in Friday's action, Cavewoman Coach Audrey Richards replied, "Our blocking was good. My girls never quit on me. I'm discouraged with the record. We're going to have a clean slate when we start region this Thursday." The Cavewomen will open Region Re-gion Four play; this Thursday at Hillcrest, Richards' alma mater. Brighton dribbler Erin Green (IS) bumps into Kim Tichert in a Region Four opener. American Fork beat Brighton 3-2. Kickers lose two AFHS students place high at BYUProvo Autumn Classic By DEAN VON MEMMOTT In Region Four girls' soccer action ac-tion last week, the American Fork Cave worn en's losing streak was extended to three. Here last Tuesday, Tues-day, the visiting Orem Tigers beat American Fork 6-2. The Cavewomen visited Alta on Thursday, Thurs-day, and the Hawks beat them 1-0. Right after the Orem game, American Fork Coach Shauna Kay said, "Injuries and people not showing show-ing are killing us." The absence of key players from Tuesday's affair did not help American Ameri-can Fork much. While Kim Tichert had to sit out the game because of injuries, Tiffany Long was away at a tennis meet. How much effect their absence had on the game can be debated on. What cannot be denied is that Orem dominated the game from the opening open-ing kickoff. The Tigers sprung out to an early 3-0 lead on shots from Tammy Honeycutt, Jenn Love and Megan Fitzgerrald. With Tiger goalie Mindy Brown blocking shot after shot, the game would seemingly turn out to be anotherbiglossforthe Cavewomen. They did make an effort in the first half to make the contest close, ho w-ever. w-ever. Taking a corner kick, Taryn Stringam used her belly to bump in the first American Fork goal. Key saves by Cavewoman goalie Allison Scott held Orem's lead to 3-1 3-1 for a long while. Upon receivinga Nancy Phillippi pass, Julie Krommenhoek booted in a goal to put American Fork within 3-2. "We were playing well until half-time," half-time," Kay said . American Fork fell apart in the second half, allowing Orem to crush it. Fitzgerrald turned the game into a blowout by scoring on a breakaway play. After Love scored a goal, Ashley Phillips booted the ball into the goal net to finish Orem scoring. The contest at Alta was a tight one. Kay said, "We did excellent there. Lisa Burgess scored the only goal in the last 15 minutes of the game." An American Fork Cavewoman and two Cavemen placed high in cross country races at the BYU Provo Autumn Classic at the East Bay Golf Course last Saturday. ' ' In the girls'' division, Carli , Connally placed eighth. In the boys' division, Kevin Davidson took third in a time of 16:02 and Dave Bell fourth in 16:11. American Fork placed fourth in the girls' competition and sixth in the boys'. Krommenhoek earns honor Julie Krommenhoek, American Fork, was a member of the Utah AAU 18 and under girls basketball team that competed at the national championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. earlier this year. w Following the tournament, she was selected for the All-tournament i : team and was named AAU AHtk, American. ' " " - , rii Out of 52 teams, the Utah team, . finished ninth, beating Wisconsin Mississippi and Arkansas in pool . play- . I In the championship bracket, they lost to a different Wisconsin team then won games from Mississippi Missis-sippi and Iowa before losing to Central Cen-tral Massachusetts. Team members, in addition to Krommenhoek, were Raegan Scott and Kim Morris of Mountain View; Ali Bills and Kara Harrison of Alta, Shalei Valentine of Layton, Sunny Robinson of West Jordan, and Jill Ames and Wendy Pearson of Taylors ville. j The girls played all played well and had good defense, it was reported. re-ported. The scoring was balanced with Krommenhoek averaging 27 points per game; Scott, 13; Bills, 12; Valentine, 11. College scouts attended the games, and the local girls have been contacted by m any coaches from all over the country. As a senior, Krommenhoek is being recruited heavily. Taysom Tire & Muffler 651 N. 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