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Show Cavemen earn shot at playoffs today By Beky Beaton The American , Fork soccer soc-cer team battled Payson to a scoreless tie in overtime Sept. 28, a result that eventually even-tually allowed the squad to qualify for a play-in game tomorrow against Lone Peak for the final berth into Tuesday's first round of the state tournament. The contest is set for Orem High School with a kickoff of 4 p.m. Despite an 0-3 loss at Springville on Thursday, the Cavemen rallied for a 1-0 upset of Provo in their final home match on Tuesday. Payson had one more win before that game, but they lost to Timpview on Tuesday Tues-day and American Fork earned the spot because they had tied region champion cham-pion Springville earlier in the season. In the game against the Lions, tough defense and difficult conditions made it hard to score, although the homestanding Cavemen If W V ML . Mr f ' 1 $ .- -v:.-.:-.v.: ; : :g. J -: A Photo by Dean Von Memmott American Fork's Lisa Tubb paces herself at Provo. Girls run at Draper meet Three American Fork cross-country runners placed in the top 15 in the varsity girls' division of the Juan Diego Classic in Draper Drap-er Oct. 2. Lisa Tubb took eighth, Linnea Grimes 11th and Lindsey Grimes 14th. They were the only American Fork racers at the invitational. The other members of the team took the weekend off. The Cavemen will be at the Region 6 championships at Springville on Saturday. Additional information on participants in the Nebo Invitational was received after press time last week. Top finisher Tyler Jackson posted a time of 15:46, and the boys' varsity entrants eurological Associates The most common signs of neurological illness are: dizziness headache numbnesstingling memoryconcentration loss blackouts-'seizurcs muscle weakness, 'pain carpal tunnel sv ndrome ' Slujdf v ssion change neck and shoulder p3in M . At Neurological Assod;;:s we specialize "s Ktnt rirs A ;r'" .,. t .. i -1 - , i . . ' - V outshot Payson 34-24. For American Fork, Erin Thompson and Lindsay Voorheis showed good ball movement on both ends of the field. Voorheis broke away from the pack several times to challenge the Payson keeper, but could never finish and get the decisive goal. Coaches Rob and Jan Vogelsberg said although they were pleased with the play of the team, the Cavemen Cave-men need to work on finishing finish-ing and getting the ball into the net. "We're a little disappointed," disappoint-ed," Rob Vogelsberg said. "We had opportunities to score and didn't finish. But hey, the girls played great; they played their hearts and left it all out on the field." In the first half, the ball never seemed to leave the Payson half of the field. The Lions were constantly on the defensive as American Fork repeatedly attacked were rounded out by Josh Mayne (27th) and Ben Felix (28th). Jarrett Pulsipher won the JV boys' race in 16:54. Other Cavemen in that competition included Geoff Harmon at 3rd, Michael Barlow 8th, Jordan Kitchen 15th, Kyle Wentz 18th, Ryan Earl, Chris Fox and Tyler Hunsaker. In the varsity girls' division, divi-sion, Lisa Tubb ran 19:28 to finish 6th. Linnea Grimes (31st) and Megan Wad-doups Wad-doups (36th) also competed in this event. Rebecca Thorpe recorded a 22:00 in winning the JV girls' race. Melanie Miller was 15th, Kristi Hair 19th, and Christina Laws participated partici-pated as well. backaches unsteadiness balance problems tremorstwitches head injury sleep problems :v of lirbfr; ! the goal, outshooting Payson 20-11 in the first half alone. In addition, Payson spent most of the first half moving against a strong wind that made it difficult for the Lions to get on the offensive. offen-sive. In the second half, the wind died down a little and both teams showed some offensive aggression. American Ameri-can Fork keeper Megan Bodtcher had several impressive saves in the period. About 15 minutes into the half, the Cavemen we're finally able, to put one past Potter and into the net. However, the goal was disallowed disal-lowed because of an offsides violation by American Fork. Each team had several opportunities in the half and the overtime periods, but couldn't convert. "Senior Erin Thomson moved to the midfield to mark up Payson's All-Region All-Region midfielder Kira AF spikers By Beky Beaton The American Fork volleyball vol-leyball team split region sweeps last week, topping Payson 25-8, 25-22, 25-14 on Sept. 28, but then falling to powerful Provo 25-10, 25- 15, 25-17 on Thursday. The Cavemen's performance perform-ance in the first game against the Lions was every bit as dominating as the score suggests. Payson opened with a service error, bringing Jenna Toone to the line. She got a tipover kill and an ace, followed by a block from Shantell Durrant and Linsey Lesser to make it 4-0 4-0 for American Fork. Elise DeWitt then added a kill and a service ace for a 6-1 start. Durrant later served for six straight points, including includ-ing a pair of aces and a kill by Alisha King, to push the Cavemen forward 15-2, and they cruised to the win from there. The game ended with Cichos plays at State By Beky Beaton The American Fork golf team finished fourth in the final Region 6 tournament at Tri-City golf course on Sept. 28. The Cavemen finished behind Spanish Fork, Springville and payson at 427, beating Timpview at 431 and Provo at 448. American Fork's top scorer for the day was Brady Nielsen at 84. He was followed by J.J. Melton and Jason Pehrson at 85, Hap Holmstead at 86, and Tyler Cichos at 87 for the other counted scores. The other Cavemen who competed included Jordan Houghton at 95, and Frankie Day and Kai Bagley at 96. The team finished fifth overall with a 2591 combined score, trailing Timpview (2537) but ahead of Provo (2673). Tyler Cichos qualified as an individual to participate in the 4A High School State Tournament this week at the Old Mill Golf Course. He made the cut by shooting a 78 on Monday. He finished fin-ished in the middle of the pack Tuesday with a final combined com-bined score of 159. - ! . ? s y" '' '. ' Lazenby," Rob Vogelsberg said. "She's got a great foot and has the ability to score from anywhere on the field, but Erin took her out of the game." At Springville, the red Devils won the loose-ball battle and were able to gain the edge in possession. "We weren't much of a threat offensively," Rob Vogelsberg said. "They're a great team in the air and play well on their small field. We just couldn't mount anything offensively," he added. "It was definitely an off game for us; our usually good passing and ball control wasn't there." Looking toward Tuesday's Tues-day's region finale, the coach said, "Well have to bounce back from a disappointing disap-pointing effort and play great ball against a strong team to keep the season alive." Jacob Conde contributed to this report. defeat Lions in three games a short set by Toone for a Durrant kill. The second game started out neck-and-neck, but Payson actually moved ahead for a time after scoring scor-ing five straight points. The run was ended by a Lauren Taylor kill, and DeWitt and Durrant added others to draw the score even at 10-10. 10-10. At this point, the lights went out in the middle of a volley, apparently because of a power surge in the building. The delay lasted about 20 minutes. When play resumed, aces from Toone and DeWitt help American Fork take an 18-13 18-13 lead, but the Lions came back again and tied the score at 22-all. Jhordan Te'o served for the final three points to secure the game. In game 3, Payson stayed even or slightly ahead in the early going. After Te'o lobbed in an ace, a kill and a block by Durrant made it "How do I capture potential growth of the stock market without risking loss of principal?" More frustration... 0"The world can be a dangerous place and I can no longer afford, nor emotionally endure, the 'ups and downs' of the stock market, yet I need to reasonably grow my investment assets." O "After income taxes and inflation, I consistently lose value year after year on insured investments." O" 'Bonds are safe', I was told, if held to maturity, but my account continues to lose value due to increasing interest rates." O'Tm not interested in the time commitment and hassles of managing real estate income property." n fii American Fork Citizen - t v Sophomore Lindsay Voorheis 13-10. The Lions drew within 13-15, but an ace by DeWitt plus kills from Toone and King extended the lead to five points, and Payson was never able to catch up as the opponents were frustrated frus-trated by the strong net play of King and Taylor. "We did better at keeping our composure tonight," said coach Chad Murray. "The keys were definitely passing and keeping our errors minimal. Being able to keep our focus through three games makes all the difference." King finished with 12 kills, while Durrant had 9 and DeWitt 8 in a fine overall over-all effort from her. Te'o did well passing. "What was - jw ss . Caveman Shantell Durrant Is there a .1 if-. 'if). " 3) ... n-- WJT IL------- --i - : m Contact: Jeff Ingersoll, RFC at 801.499.0609 or jeffretire-right.com Insurance uid annuity xilimom oHokI Ihroiisli Lincoln FinwKial Ailviviri, Umlled Uahillit)' Company, Iik and its affiliates. CRN 04i Thursday, October 7, 2004 - Page 7 ' (,' ; y y - has come on strong lately. huge today was blocking," Murray added. "We had nine as a team on the night." He continued, "Lauren Taylor was patient and made the most of her opportunities. oppor-tunities. She didn't get many touches, but she had two kills and three blocks that were crucial at the end of the match." The team just couldn't seem to get much going Thursday against the Bulldogs, Bull-dogs, who are undefeated and lead the region. The Cavemen visit Timpview Tim-pview this evening, then host Springville on Tuesday as the region begins the second sec-ond round of play. Varsity match time is about 6:30 p.m. i , - t Photos by Kent Davis passes during a match. solution? r r. Jk |