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Show Thursday, December 22, 2005 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN P.Kje 7 POHTS EEC Preo Rewind Continued from Page 6 grabbed seven boards. I Dec. 16 Mountain Crest 54, American Fork 48: At Mountain Moun-tain Crest, American Fork was outscored 17-11 in the fourth quarter to drop a close game. Mason Porter led the effort ef-fort with 17 points and eight rebounds. Jeff Toone scored eight with four boards and two blocks, and Josh Jones dropped in a pair of treys and had four deflections. Austin Aus-tin Haws had 13 assists. "Mountain Crest is a very athletic team," said coach Doug Meacham. "They are similar to us in that they have six players from their football foot-ball team. "We started with more energy, which was one of our main goals this game.' he continued. "We are still struggling with turnovers. We are getting effort out of our players but we have to focus on playing smart. "As a coaching staff, we need to continue putting our team into game-ending situations situ-ations so that we can learn how to finish. "We are still struggling to get the last shot at the right time. We don't want to shoot it too early, allowing the other team gets a shot and momentum before the quarter quar-ter or the half." The Mustangs got such a shot right before the break, and Meacham said it felt like the Cavemen were fighting uphill the rest of the night. "We are making small adjustments ad-justments in the preseason by playing players in different spots and rotating in at different dif-ferent times." the coach went on. I think our preseason is testing us and preparing us to be ready to start region play. "Our turnover-to-assist ratio per game is still not acceptable ac-ceptable at 18 turnovers to 13 assists. We need to improve on that statistic. Also, our team free throw percentage percent-age is 62. That needs to go up if we expect to win close games." Swimming Dec. 15: At a four -way swim meet held at the American Ameri-can Fork Recreation Center. American Fork won several events. In the girls division. American Ameri-can Fork defeated Provo 148-98 and Spanish Fork 154-94. 154-94. but lost 146-125 to Lone Peak. For the boys division, the Cavemen overwhelmed Provo 100-90 and Spanish Fork 93-92. American Fork won the girLs 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:57.6. The members mem-bers of the winning team included Candice Smith. Kris-tina Kris-tina Baird. Chanel Noot and Alleisha O'Neal Smith won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke. O'Neal finished fourth in the 200-yard 200-yard individual medley. Ab-bie Ab-bie Swensen and Noot took third and sixth respectively in the 50-yard freestyle. Noot went on to take second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Kristina Baird finished first m the 100-yard breaststroke and second in the 100-yard buttefly. Tori Evans finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle. free-style. The team of Noot. O'Neal. Swenson and Audra Yocom won the 200-yard freestyle relay. Yocom. Swensen. Baird and Smith combined to win the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of Sam Whiddon. Matt Adams. Alex Warner and Paul Whitehead finished fourth in the boys 200-yard medley relay. Whiddon. Whitehead. Alex Warner and Cam Nielson took seventh in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Mike King won trie 100-yard 100-yard breaststroke and finished fin-ished second in the 200-yard freestyle. Pew finished eighth in the 50-yard freestyle. Scott Rodee took third in the 100-yard butterfly. He also joined forces with Pew, Nielson and King in taking fourth in the 400-yard freestyle free-style relay. Adams finished ninth in the 100-yard freestyle, while Whiddon took seventh in the 100-yard backstroke. Dean Von Memmott filed this report. Letters to the Editor online wu-w.heraldextra.com Preview Continued from Page 6' Lone Peak Knights 2004-05 record: 8-14 overall, 2$ Region 7 Head coach: Keith Flood Outlook: Coach Keith Flood is confident that all the time his Knights spent playing in the summer will pay off for the upcoming up-coming season. "We played almost 50 games during the offseason." he said. "It's critical to our success." Last year, Flood took over the program too late to get a lot of work in during the summer, sum-mer, and he can already see the dividends of working together this year. "We didn't really know each other, but this year we've gotten got-ten to know each other really well, and it's built a lot of team unity." Flood said. Flood says his team will go about nine solid players deep. Mari Larsen. who poured in 47 treys last season, will lead the charge. Lindsey Ptlueger will run the point, while Whit-lie Whit-lie Murdock who was hurt most of last year along with Caitlyn Sears. Mikala Wilkes. Amanda Prestwich and Shannon Shan-non Harmer will all be big contributors. con-tributors. Going that deep plays right into the style that Lone Peak is employing. "It will be important for us. especially with the up-and-down-the-floor way we will play." Flood said. Other philosophies that Flood plans to implement within his team's game plan? "I believe in pressure defense and transition offense," he said. "We're excited to get going, because most of our team is back." The Knights have lost just one game so far. and that came at the hands of a ranked team in double overtime. They lead 5A in team scoring. Mountain View Bruins 2004-05 record: 20-3 overall. 8-0 Region 7 Head coach: Dave Houle Outlook: The Bruins' success starts with 6-foot-2 post sensation sensa-tion Michelle Harrison. But it doesn't end there. The preseason All-American, who has signed a letter of intent to play at Stanford next season, is a presence that opponents must deal with in the middle. But she can also step out and nail jumpers from the perimeter. perim-eter. Coach Dave Houle says that while Harrison and Vanessa Riggs are the lone returning starters, the Bruins will be good enough to compete with the best. Also seeing lots of time will be sharpshooter and penetrator Maylene Ornelas. along with Erica Eyestone and Natalie Hall. Coming off what Houle describes de-scribes as an "untested bench" will be Monique Smith. Allison Perkins. Brittany Mikalauski and Jamie Stroshine. Said Houle of the 5-10 Stroshine. who will play at both the 4 and 5 spots: "She's all-day mean: we've got to tape and brace everyone in practice just because of her." The Bruins lost their first games of the season this week at the Nike Tournament of Champions to teams from Maryland and Virginia, but they have not had any close contests in Utah so far. 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Senior Maegan Johnson comes back from an ailment that took her out of the second half of last season. Fellow senior se-nior Alxsa Sampson can play both the guard and forward positions. Others who will see significant signifi-cant playing time include Aimee Dorais. Loke Yuzon. Kristy Giles. Kailee May and Cheisea Yarn. "We'll try to play up-tempo, and we'll accomplish that by either pressing or pushing the ball up the floor." Larson said. Larson points out that there has been a big shift in his players' play-ers' outlook on winning. "This year they expect to win. not just hope to win. like last year." he said. "They are a year older with more experience. experi-ence. I think there's good team unity right now. and we're all working toward a common goal." That preseason confidence is proving to be warranted as the Vikings have a 7-2 record to date, and the two losses were by a combined six points. Spanish Fork Dons 2004-05 record: 7-14 overall. 2-9 Region 6 Head coach: Ryan McGuire Outlook: One might think that losing your leading scorer to a torn ACL would be devastating, but the Dons just see it as an opportunity op-portunity for others to step up. After a volleyball injury to Diane Di-ane Stewart took her out of the basketball picture for her senior season, coach Ryan McGuire is optimistic that others will be able to shine. "We would love to have her on the court, but we know she's not going to be. and we played almost 40 games in the summer without her. so the team is really re-ally familiar with each other." McGuire said. Spanish Fork will be led by four returning starters. Jessica Anderson. Lonn Thurgood. Brittnay Huff and Ginny Stable all seniors. 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Timpanogos Timberwolves 2004-05 record: 11-10 overall. 4-4 Region 7 Head coach: Liz Dai ger Outlook: Coach Liz Darger is stepping out of the shadows of former Timpview head coach Ray Scott and into the lire. After assisting Scott lor five years. Darger is ex lied about the prosx.'tts ol leading the Timlxrwolves. "I'm really excited." Darger said. "I've inherited a gxd group of girls." Timpanogos features four returning starters, including Chelsey Brown. Jennifer Harris. Har-ris. Cali Nelson and Amv Weit-zel. Weit-zel. Darger sees her team as talented, and says the Timberwolves Timber-wolves have more strengths than weaknesses. "As far as tangibles go. I think we're athletic and deep." she said. "Intangibles. I think our strength is unity. We get along really well, and look out for each other." With speed and big team goals of intensity and positive energy, the Timberwolves will try to accomplish another objective: objec-tive: to run the ball. 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