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Show Thursday, May 3, 2007 AMERICAN FORK CITIZE N ' Page 7 SCOREBOARD Results Baseball Data Result Opponent 426 Won 6-3 Spanish Fork 501 Lost 6-8 Lone Peak Softball Date Result Opponent 426 Lost 0-10 Spanish Fork 501 Lost 3-9 Timpanogos Soccer Date Result Opponent 426 Lost 0-1 Spanish Fork 501 Lost 0-1 Mountain View Upcoming games Baseball . Data Opponent Time 503 Lone Peak 4 p.m. 507 tt Timpanogos 4 p.m.' 509 Timpanogos 4 p.m. Softball Data Opponent Time 503 Lone Peak 3:30 p.m. 508 O Mountain View 3:30 p.m. Boys soccer Date Opponent Thm 503 Pleasant Grove 4 p.m. 508 Timpanogos 4 p.m. 510 O Lone Peak 4 p.m. Track Date Opponent Time 505 BVU Invitational 7:30 a.m. 59-10 Region 4 meet TBA Boys tennis Date Opponent Time 53-4 Region 4 meet TBA Standings Reported retulti to 5701 Baseball Region 4 School Region record Overall record American Fork 5-2 12-4-2 Spanish Fork 4-3 14-5 Timpanogos 4-3 13-4 Pleasant Grove 3-4 14-5 Lone Peak 3-4 11-8 Mountain View 2-5 12-7 Region 7 School Region record OveraH record Spnngville 9-3 11-9 Lehi 9-3 13-6 Orem 7-5 10-9 Provo 7-5 7-12 Payson 3-9 4-14 Timpview 1-11 3-16 Softball Region 4 School Region record Overall record Spanish Fork 8-0 17-2 Timpanogos 6-2 10-8 Pleasant Grave 5-3 6-11 Lone Peak 3-5 7-13 American Fork 1-7 (-11 Mountain View 1-7 5-13 Region 7 School Spnngville Lehi Payson Orem Timpview Provo Hegton record 7-0 7-1 5-3 2-6 2-6 0-7 15-4 15-3 10-10 5-12 4-14 1-14 Boys i ; soccer Region 4 School Region record Overall record Mountain View 6-1-0 9-3-1 Lone Peak 5-1-1 9-1-3 Timpanogos 2-2-3 4-4-4 Spanish Fork 2-3-2 3-8-2 American Fork 2-4-1 3-6-2 Pleasant Grove 0-6-1 0-10-2 Region 7 School Region record OveraH record Orem 6-1-0 9-2-1 Provo 6-1-0 8-4-1 Timpview 4-3-0 8-5-0 Lehi 3-4-0 3-8-2 Spnngville 1-6-0 5-7-1 Payson . 1-6-0 3-9-1 Baseball Continued from Page 6 it again. Once again picked to finish fifth and out of the playoffs by the Region 4 coaches, American Fork is a game up on Spanish Fork and Timpanogos. "I'm surprised that they're on top, but I'm not surprised they're doing well because I knew they had a pretty good team," said Timpanogos coach Kim Nelson. "They're a very high-energy team that likes to make things happen on the offensive of-fensive end." How have they done it? There have been plenty of surprises. Taylor Mangum's pitching may not be a surprise. He was already considered to be one of the top senior pitchers in the state, but he's also proving he can hit. He's been one of the toughest outs on the team and leads with a .420 average. Andy Lewis is next at an even .400, followed by Jace Whatcott (.390), Cory Draper (.387) and Jake Murphy (.380). You can't have a 5-2 record in Region 4 without pitching and the Cavemen have had their arms come up big. Mangum is 6-0 with a 1.35 ERA. For those who asked who the Cavemen have to go with Mangum, they now know the answer to that question ques-tion is Zach Laycock, who is 4-3 with a 4.20 ERA. Throw in sophomore Josh Mooney (3-1, 4.40 ERA) and Gentry Haws, a junior who is Homo Projects Mado Easy! Landscape rHStoel Flat Bar 18' Thick x 4" w $25 18" Thick x 6" w $34 Easy To Form Contour ejj Save Time at $ $ $ Material la In 20 Lengths Edging vavlngs artery Cal For Free StocK Price List Oniin tvCFTY ' Beky Beaton NORTH COUNTY It's getting down to the wire now, with just two or three games left to determine the playoff fate of the baseball, soccer and Softball teams. No team has wrapped up a region re-gion title as yet, though Spanish Fork softball looks to be in the best position with a twogame lead and two games to go. The Dons would have to lose twice and Timpanogos would have to win twice to force a tie for the region crown. The two teams face each other today. In Region 7, Springville is still undefeated and Lehi has lost only to the Red Devils. The teams play again in the next week and the Pioneers will likely need to win that to have a chance at the region title. The Region 4 baseball race remains as tight as ever, with no team eliminated yet and all six ranked in the state top 10. Tuesday's loss leaves American Ameri-can Fork with just a one-win cushion and three games remaining. re-maining. Every contest is critical criti-cal at this point. Springville's defeat on Tuesday Tues-day drops the Red Devils back into a tie with the Pioneers in Rewind Continued from Page 6 in and give the Cavemen a 1-0 lead. Pitcher Zach Laycock gave up a double but no runs in the bottom half. Only seven batters came to the plate the entire second inning. In the top of the third, Haws hit a single down the first-base line and was able to stretch it to a double. He advanced to third on a fielder's choice by Cory Draper, then scored on a deep sacrifice fly by Taylor Mangum. Lone Peak got a grand slam in the bottom half to take the lead for good. The teams play again today. Softball I April 26 Spanish Fork 10, American Fork 0: The league-leading league-leading Dons shutout the Cavemen to keep their record unblemished. I Timpanogos 9, American Fork 3: At American Fork, American Fork's Cory Draper takes on Tuesday. 1-0, and the biggest question mark surrounding American Fork hasn't been Ingersoll's biggest worry. "I hesitate to talk about it (the team's success) because we haven't arrived yet. We still have a lot of work to do," Ingersoll said. "We've had pretty good ball players, it's just that a lot of people don't know about us." There is a logical reason people don't know American Fork baseball because the school struggled to be competitive com-petitive after Kim Nelson left to take the baseball job at Timpanogos when that school opened in 1996. Ingersoll, a former Ameri Metal Eoofiag ft SMIsg Z9 aa. Tvf-Rife Evamrean Brown 1 Sandttona, White Great for Aniaga, Sbedst Ca3 Today 76M332 rALmart dowm tin Region 7 baseball, with Orem and Provo knotted up at second sec-ond but two games behind. Lehi must play the Tigers and Bulldogs one more time each before the final showdown at Springville Wednesday. Lone Peak's loss and tie last week dropped them into second sec-ond place in Region 4 soccer, but the Knights can still earn the league title if they can win out. A repeat showdown with the Bruins is looming Tuesday. No other teams can catch those two now, but Timpanogos, Spanish Fork and American Fork are still battling for the other two playoff play-off berths. Pleasant Grove also has a mathematical chance but is likely out of the race now. Orem and Provo are knotted knot-ted at the top in Region 7 soccer, with Timpview two games back and Lehi one behind them. Those four teams are in good position to advance to the playoffs, with Springville and Payson duk-ing duk-ing it out for the final position. The region tennis meets are this week and region track is next week, presenting present-ing the final opportunities for individuals and teams to qualify qual-ify for State in those sports. Timpanogos got help from numerous hitters as the T'Wolves rolled past the Cavemen. American Fork coach Niki Andersen said, "We switched players around for today's game. The girls played their hardest in the new positions I had assigned them. They're such a new team that we'll have all but two of them back next year. Our pitching staff suffered a blow when Marsi Kruger got a concussion at practice. She'll be out for a while." In the top of the opening inning, pitcher Lisa Paxman struck out Ashley Duke to keep the Timberwolf lead at 1-0. Doubling in the bottom of the first, Amy Krommenhoek, American Fork's No. 1 hitter, scored on Mallory Davis' one-out one-out single hit into left. Before Davis could make a tie-breaking run, she got tagged near third base, ending the inning. Nikki Ybarra slugged a one-out one-out single in the bottom of the second to create a threat to Timpanogos' 2-1 lead. However, How-ever, the Cavemen weren't BEKY BEATONNorth County a swing against Lone Peak can Fork player, took.over the program midway through the 2002 season. "I'll never forget the first day I took over and walked to the field. There was garbage around the fence. It was like a dumping yard. The (batting) cages were in bad shape. "When you pitched in the cage, you took your life into your own hands," Ingersoll said. "When I threw them batting practice for the first time, they pulled everything 30 feet foul. No wonder they were losing, they were just trying to jack home runs all the time." In the process of changing the attitude of the program, J i PROVO GOUEGE sSretelii flfoev ram Here's a look at the key contests for the next week. Records are through Tuesday. Friday, May 4 BOYS TENNIS I Region 4 meet at Mountain View (1 p.m.): Competition concludes con-cludes today for the right to advance to the 5A state meet. I Regidn 7 meet at Springville Spring-ville (10 a.m.): Matches begin today and conclude Saturday to determine seeds into the 4A state tournament. Monday, May 7 BASEBALL Region 4 I American Fork at Timpanogos (4 p.m.): Depending Depend-ing on what happens today, these teams could be tied or the Cavemen (5-2, 124-2) could be up by as much as two games starting this final series. se-ries. If the Timberwolves (4-3, 134) win today, they will have a shot at the region crown if they can win one or both of these games. I Pleasant Grove at Mountain View (4 p.m.): This series will determine whether either of these teams has a chance to able to score. Despite a Paxman single into the bottom of the third, American Ameri-can Fork couldn't pick up any runs that inning. A pair of singles permitted Timpanogos to load the bases on two outs in the fourth, but Kelsi Brimhall caused a fly out to first to hold Timpanogos scoreless in the fourth. In the bottom half of the fourth, Cydne Mason singled in Sandra Nessler, but got stranded on base before American Amer-ican Fork could stir up a rally. Fifth-inning singles from Krommenhoek and Davis gave American Fork a shot for a rally. However, Timpanogos' defense held. A Krommenhoek double moved Sorenson into scoring position in the bottom of the seventh, and Davis singled her in, but that was the end of the comebac attempt. I Dean Von Memmott filed this report. Soccer I April 26 Spanish Fork 1, Ingersoll knew there was something else that needed an overhaul the field. Ingersoll was joined by assistant coaches Jay Holm-stead, Holm-stead, Rick Lyman and Eric Olsen and over the process of a year, parents, coaches and players embarked on ambitious ambi-tious undertaking and gave the field, dugout and the area behind the backstop an extreme ex-treme makeover. "We never thought we would get it done. It was the hardest thing I think I've ever done," Ingersoll said. "I still remember the first time we played on the new field. "It was a an intra-squad game and we worked on it about two hours before the game. It was an emotional day for me because it was a huge undertaking for the kids, the parents, administration and for the coaches." With a renovated field, a rejuvenated re-juvenated attitude, and a solid yet overlooked crop of talent, American Fork has managed to keep surprising people. "I think people believe that when they play American Fork it will be a walk-over game," Ingersoll said. Surprise. In case American Fork's success has made the Cavemen Cave-men forget what other people think of their chances, Ingersoll Inger-soll hung up the coaches poll in the dugout as a reminder that each game they have something some-thing to prove. They believe in themselves, in their own ability, and to everyone's every-one's surprise, it's working again. capture a spot in the playoffs. Two losses by either the Vikings Vi-kings (34, 14-5) or the Bruins (2-5, 12-7) will likely mean the end of the season. I Lone Peak at Spanish Fork (4 p.m.): The Knights (34, 11-8) and the Dons (4-3, 14-5) were separated by a single game going go-ing into Thursday's contests. Either team needs at least a split to stay in the hunt for a playoff berth; two losses could mean Lone Peak stays home. Tuesday, May 8 BOYS SOCCER Region 4 I Mountain View at Lone Peak (4 p.m.): The arithmetic is simple. The Knights (5-1-1, 9-1-3) can still win the region title if they can beat the Bruins (6-1-0) again, but Mountain View can all but claim the crown and top seed with a victory here. SOFTBALL Region 4 I Timpanogos at Pleasant Grove (4 p.m.): Playoff seeding seed-ing is on the line for both the Timberwolves (6-2, 10-8) and the Vikings (5-3, 6-1 1), so both teams will have plenty of incentive to try to win this game. American Fork 0; At Spanish Fork, Garrett Johnson scored the lone goal in the heated game. I May 1 Mountain View 1, American Fork 0: At American Fork, the Cavemen contained the Bruins well but couldn't answer the score to give themselves them-selves a chance to win. American Fork assistant coach Larkin Weyand said, "Our sweeper, Chantry Hendry, did a good job on defense. He got them to go offsides 11 or 12 times." "We were able to take only two shots during the game," Weyand said. "Tyrell Bowen came the closest to scoring a goal. His shot went wide." I Dean Von Memmott filed this report. Track I April 28 Cavemen win three events at the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Relays: Ben Felix won the boys 1,600-meter run, then took second in the 3,200m, establishing himself as a strong contender for the Region 4 titles in those events. Geoff Harmon took fifth in the 1,600m. American Fork coach Art Taylor said, "Our boys 4x100 relay team took first, but they narrowly missed qualifying for State by a fraction of a second." Team members included Dallin Caldwell, Brian Spencer, Spen-cer, Chris Wernli and Andrew Bangerter. , "Dani West won the girls 800 and qualified for state in that event," Taylor said. Teammate Ermina Martinez took fourth in the 800m. West finished second and Heavy duty Long L i rwTw9t About Ow esMTteft eavetftla Ovw jaaaMMMMfMaP CQ CaR IsSL with the Ped liner V Region 7 I Lehi at Springville (4 p.m.): The Pioneers (7-1, 153) need this one to have a shot to tie the Red Devils (7-0, 154) for the region crown. Wednesday, May 9 BASEBALL Region 7 I Lehi at Springville (4 p.m.): If the Pioneers (9-3, 13-6) and Red Devils (9-3, 11-9) match results in their previous two games, this contest will determine deter-mine the region championship. Thursday, May 10 BOYS SOCCER Region 4 I American Fork at Lone Peak (4 p.m.): If they won the last two, a victory in this contest will mean a region title for the Knights (5-1-1, 9-1-3) as well as a chance to avenge their only loss of the season to date. A possible playoff spot could be on the line for the Cavemen (24-1, 3-6-2). TRACK I Region 4 meet at Timpanogos (3 p.m.) and Region 7 meet at Orem (3 p.m.): State opportunities hang in the balance bal-ance for individuals and teams. q- cA BEKY BEATONNorth County American Fork goal keeper Kyle Eakins looks for a teammate after stopping a shot against Lone Peak on April 24. The Cavemen won in an upset, 3-2 Alexis Laws third in the 1,600m. The boys discus saw Dave Marler take second and Dan Litchford fourth. Ben Chris-tensen Chris-tensen took third in the 110m high hurdles. Wernli nabbed a third-place finish in the 100m. The Cavemen are scheduled to compete at the BYU Invitational Invita-tional this weekend in preparation prepara-tion for next week's region meet. I Dean Von Memmott filed this report. testing 14 6ruge for a fm& tacfcf.MlM ,r v . '""iktri, crath-procf surfic-Prv0nts surfic-Prv0nts rust and dlnrfs 1 - "" "' - ; f c 101 9m EMI LOT, Ul mwinnn.oiz . o n o lHaZX5iWSai T COPY |