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Show ' A , . -S :. tjL u ' J i It v r - :':V. 7 $ C 4 Rick Shoff shoots a trey during the semifinal Friday. AF Softball season is now underway By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The American Fork soft-ball soft-ball team has opened their softball season this week with a number of returning players back from last year's team. Back for her second year as head coach, Shanna Stevens said, "The seniors we have on this year's team include Megan Matthews, Lacie Durrant, Lorraine Davis and Felicia Graff Our two primary pitchers this year are sophomores Joelle Mooney and Emily Sudar. The two juniors we have back are Sarah Petersen and Lindsey Phelps. We also have a large pool of sophoraores." To be exact, American Fork has 13 10th-graders 10th-graders participating in the program this year. Stevens said many of them will be playing in JV games. "They will help feed our program," Stevens said. She added that the bulk of American Fork's sophomore team will be comprised of ninth-graders. "Misty Park will be coaching the sophomore team," said Stevens. "Laurie Petersen will be the assistant assis-tant varsity coach. She and I both played for Snow." Back as pitching coach for the softball team will be Neal Chadwick. He made a name for himself in men's Signups set. for Beehive Beehive Baseball registration for those ages 9 to 12 will be held this Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the American Fork Recreation Center lobby. The Beehive League includes players who reside in the Barratt, Forbes and Greenwood elementary school attendance atten-dance areas. The cost is $70. For more information, call Greg Carter at 763-9560. f trailer ACCESSORIES m-r.imm. jacks HITCH TUBING I Y ! Mak your owrtf DROP IN AND BROWSE! motnlmorl.bit t A l N O H O 181 S. 1200 E. Labi 768-3332 5 SAT. B-12 S I i 1 4i f . f fastpitch softball during the 1980s, and he pitched the now-defunct American Fork Stingers to State Class B championships in 1981 and 1982. Providing foul weather has not caused them to be canceled, next week's paper will include a story on American Fork's games against Cyprus and Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. Today, American Fork will play at Pine View, then spend March 12-13 at a tournament in St. George. American Fork will play at Mountain View on March 17, then host Uintah on March 18, Hunter on March 23, and Spanish Fork March 25. American Fork will play at Lone Peak March 26, and then host Timpview March 31. American Fork will travel trav-el to Springville April 2. April 9-10 will see the varsity varsi-ty team take a break from game action while the JV team will compete at the Polar Bear Tournament. American Fork will host Payson April 6 and Provo April 13. American Fork travels to Spanish Fork April 20 and Timpview April 28. The Cavemen will finish out their home season sea-son with an April 30 game against Springville. American Ameri-can Fork will play at Payson May 6 and Provo May 7. i i Li J Most cars I Full Service Oil Change I Disposal Charges Added- Up to 5 qts. . 4D2-6300 1 I South of Kohler't In Highland With thta. coupon Expires 3-3 1-04 1 I I m r His-.' f i Cavemen By Beky Beaton The American Fork basketball bas-ketball team's incredible run came to an abrupt end Friday as Payson pulled out a 43-40 victory in the waning wan-ing seconds of the contest. The Lions looked to dominate dom-inate early as they jumped out to an 8-0 start, but the Cavemen worked themselves them-selves back into the game by holding Payson scoreless for nearly seven clock minutes min-utes while working to a 13-8 13-8 advantage. The contest stayed close all the way, but American Fork enjoyed its largest advantage of six points with just 3:31 to play. However, Payson took the lead 40-38 with 1:14 left. Brenan Davis later drove in from the right to tie the score with 33 seconds sec-onds on the board. However, Payson's go-to man made a basket plus a freethrow with 1.5 seconds remaining, and the Cavemen Cave-men were unable to get a shot off before time ran out. "That's just basketball," said coach Doug Meacham of so near a miss. "Sometimes, "Some-times, shots just don't go down." Rick Shoff finished with 15 points, while Clay Searle and Davis each added 10. "There's still no other locker room Td rather be in," Meacham went on. "Our kids gave , everything out they had, and coaches can't be disappointed dis-appointed with that. Hopefully Hope-fully well all learn from this how to stay mentally strong Young soccer team begins play this week By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The American Fork boys' soccer team is opening the season this week with two non-league games. The Cavemen have already gotten in their season sea-son opener at Orem March 9. The details of that game will be in next week's newspaper. news-paper. American Fork is Track team returns some experience By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The American Fork track team is scheduled to open the 2004 track season at home against Payson Tuesday. Tues-day. This year's squad is loaded with experienced talent in both divisions. Boys' coach Timo Mostert said, "We have almost everybody back from last year. Our returning top three distance runners include Dale Golding, John Bell and Justin Crowther. They did really well in cross-country last fall. Our top sprinter is Chris Muehlmann, and he's one of this year's team captains. "When he gets done with basketball for the year, Dan Mangelson will do hurdles. He was a top hurdler for us last year." Girls' coach Bruno Hun-ziker Hun-ziker said, "Among our distance dis-tance runners, Sausha Som-mers, Som-mers, Becca Bush and Leslie Rose are ones to watch. At the indoor meet Fish 'N Chios Z -- PHONE ORDERS WELCOME! CYs 580 E. State Rd., Am. Fork EIiMymaKfir Credit cards gladly accepted. 492-1 edged by in these situations. "I thought Brigg and Austin did a good job containing con-taining Newbold," he continued. con-tinued. "Rick held Francom to seven points. I'm sure 111 see them tomorrow, shooting shoot-ing in the gym or hitting the weight room. That's just the kind of guys they are." He said, "When we had tough losses earlier, we talked about wanting to be in a position to make the tournament, and we achieved that. We had some guys step up. We had a sophomore soph-omore come off the bench and when his moment came, he was ready. "He worked all year in practice and never complained," com-plained," Meacham added. "He earned everything he got, and we wouldn't have made it past Olympus without with-out him." The coach said one of the hardest things about this loss was "all the community support we had all season -we wanted so bad to win for them. As a coach I take responsibility for whatever should have happened at the end and didn't. "Still, I always tell the kids that if losing a game is the worst thing that ever happens to you, youH have a great life," he reflected. "We had a pep assembly that was great. This is what high school basketball is about - getting everyone involved and excited to come to the games," he said. "The way these kids play going to open its home season sea-son March 11 against the Copper Hills Grizzlies. Caveman coach Saul Montano said this spring's team will be young. The mentor said, "The core of our team will be three seniors sen-iors and a lot of sophomores. sopho-mores. I'm really excited about the sophomores. I was impressed with the way I at Simplot last month, all three of them qualified for the finals in the mile. "That's an amazing thing to do when you realize that kids come from all over the country to compete at Sim-plot. Sim-plot. It's the biggest indoor high school meet in the country. "We have three freshman girls among our distance runners. They are Lindsey Grimes, Kelley Wentz and Lineah Grimes." Hunziker 6aid American Fork has a good pool of girl sprinters and hurdlers. He pointed out, "We have six girls who could qualify for state in the hurdles. Becca Bush, a transfer student from Oregon, is a good hurdler. hur-dler. Jessica Hunt is our top 100-meter sprinter." Heading the Caveman track program this year is Art Taylor. Besides Mostert and Hunziker, Taylor's other assistants this year include Curtis Craig and Tony McGearry. 762 American Fork Citizen New Utah - Pay son in last minute does that. Everywhere they went, they represented the school and the program with class. "Our captains led when they had to; sometimes it's uncomfortable to lead your buddies, but they did it," he said. "We had unbelievable parent support also, and I can't say enough about our black squad. "Craig Bromley, Mckay Frandsen, C.J. Carroll, Chris Harward, Marshall Atwood and Dan Mangelson made us better in practice and got us where we are," Meacham added. "I'm the luckiest coach in the state. I have great kids to work with and the best coaching staff, and all of them are good guys to be around." The Cavemen Cave-men lose just one senior. "Brigg has represented rep-resented us with class. He's the epitome epito-me of a student-athlete, and we will miss him," Meacham said. "The great thing is, we get all of them back but him. Our sopho saw them play as freshmen last year." Montano said they showed much talent in their games. He added that they spent the off-season playing in outdoor and indoor club leagues. The coach said many of them may have to play another season of JV ball before they will be experienced experi-enced enough to see much varsity action. Bryce Schneider, Mitch Tate and Mike Beck are the three seniors who will be guiding this year's 10th-graders 10th-graders in fierce varsity action. "Timpview, Provo, and Springville may be the top three teams in the region," Montano said. Not to be overlooked in Region 6 soccer are the Spanish Fork Dons and the Payson Lions. Those two teams could join American Rec signups storting for spring sports American Fork Recreation is registering for boys' and girls' tee-ball and coach pitch for ages 5 to 8, girls' soft-ball soft-ball ages 9 to 17, and boys' machine pitch baseball f.r ages 9 to 12. These ages are calculated as of this July 31. Registration Regis-tration deadline is April 1. Games will be played in May and June. American Fork Recreation is also registering for boys' 13- and 14-year-old baseball (Pony League). Registration Registra-tion deadline is March 30. A 14-game season with a double-elimination post-season tournament will begin in April. Register at the American Fork Recrc-ation Department Depart-ment at 68 E. 490 North (in the trailer behind the fitness fit-ness center) Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 763-3080 (ext. 3) or e-mail to recreationafcity.net. VILLAGE GREEN An active St-nior Adult C ommunity Locutcd in the T of American fork I uxurious Accommodations Carefree lifestyle lor active seniors out 55 Garage size storage ADA Available 32 Kasily accessible, Spacious 2 -Bedroom Townhouse, Approx 1 400 sq ft Underground Parking with Klevator RV Parking Beautiful landscaped common areas Another quality Panda I lume development SI 64.900 22 South Thursday, March 11, 2004 - Page 7 mores won the region title this year, and our JV team went 6-4 in region and improved as they went. "We didn't reach all of our goals, but we did achieve the most important ones of going 100 percent every practice and always showing respect for the program pro-gram and the school," he said. "We learned lessons as coaches too, and hope to keep progressing. "This bunch of positive kids can teach us adults some things," he concluded. Sophomore Austin Haws was a key player play-er off the bench all week. Fork in making the battle for the league's four playoff spots very tough clear to the final week of regular season play. Montano said his assistants assis-tants this year include Kendell Warburton, Larkin Wyand, Alvin Hansen, Jason Warburton and Eric Connelly. The Cavemen will open Region 6 play at Payson March 30, and they will host Springville April 1. The Cavemen will play cX Provo April 6 and at Spanish Fork April 13. On April 20, Timpview will pay the Cavemen a call. April 27 will see the Cavemen Cave-men host Payson. American Fork will then play at "Springville April 29. American Fork will host Provo May 4 and Spanish Fork May 6. The tournament tourna-ment is set for the second week of May. 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