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Show AMERICAN FORK CIIIZEN Thursday, May 24, 2007 1 V COMMUNMY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR TUN Lindsay Voorheis American Fork High School Four Cavemen place at state track meet - Vi. s Page 6 "I saw the school record, re-cord, and I didn't seem so far away from tying it. I missed tying it by five seconds. I'm still happy about my performance per-formance in the two mile. I improved my personal record in it by nine seconds." Ben Felix AMERICAN I ORK STANDOUT Af TER FINISHING SIXTH IN THE 1.600 METER RUN AT THE STATE TRACK MEET Dean Von Memmott I'M ,11-1 .1 ' ill1 .mi: I out tncnilHTs of I lit' Ann'fican I oik High If " k learn placed ;il the slate .r)A triick lianipionships at BYU. In k! I riiliiy iintl S;iliinliiy. H-n Felix I unshed fourth in the boys .'.200 nietei i mi iind sixth in (In: loys I.OOOin nn I 1 1 x came really close to tying tli'1 s 1 1 l record for the l.iKMim set lv In is Mcikley back in the III'MK lie said. I saw the school record, and I didn't seem so far away from tying it. I missed lying it by five seconds sec-onds I'm still happy alKHil my performance perfor-mance in the two mile. I improved my personal tei oid in it by nine seconds. I imptoved my 'H in the mile by two seconds." I irslimaii I anielle West had a fonith place finish in the girls I,(i(M)m. American f ork coach Art Taylor said, "She improved her time for the mile by setting u new personal record at r 11 She used a tremendous kick at the end to move from ninth to fourth." I le added that American Pork's boys and gn Is UHlm relay teams lioth improved their times in the first day's trial heals, but neither squad made it into the finals. Lindsay Voorheis finished fourth in the girls .Win hurdles. For that event, she said she had wanted to post a time somewhere in the 4(is. "I was-able to do that Uxlay," she said (Hi:!!)). Pulley finished sixth in girls high jump I lie Cavemen had a team compete in the finals of the Ixiys l,t00m relay. They did not place, but ran well. Taylor said, " Two of our guys were Yoyw Cavemen oust Alta from 5A baseball tournament, then see season end with loss to Knights recovering from injuries or illness. The guys on the team gave everything every-thing that they had. Two of the guys set new personal records in the relay race." Taylor added, "I was pleased with the level of performance that the kids put out at this meet. Many of them will be back next year with this extra experience, and that will help us." The boys team finished 1.3th and the girls came in 14th in the overall standings. C j MARIO RUIZNorth County American Fork's Chris Wernli finishes the boys 4xl00-meter relay Friday at the 5A state track meet at BYU. m re, w o re Beky Beaton rji mm ouniy The American Fork baseball base-ball team used solid pitching, error-free defense and lively lumber to bounce Alta from the playoffs Wednesday afternoon af-ternoon with a KM) victory in five innings "We threw strikes and pitched ahead," said Caveman coach Jar od Ingersoll. "That was the huge difference. (Zach) Uiycock did a good job today." "Our biits are coming alive. We hit well yesterday too," the coach added. "We played good defense and just com-H'ted com-H'ted tcxlay." Uiycock got off to a bit of a shaky stall as he gave up a double and a single to open the game, but one runner was caught on the bags and the other was left stranded. American Fork ounded the Hawks with 17 hits. Seven of them came in the first inning in-ning as the Cavemen batted through the order and posted six runs to get a big early lead. Cientry Haws got things stalled with a double, then was singled in by Andy Lewis. Taylor Mangum followed with a base hit and Jake Murphy Mur-phy got another to load things up. A fielder's choice scored one, then a Cory Draper single and Ryan Payne double each sent an additional runner across. A two-out single from Tanner Christensen plated them both to make it 6-0. Laycock settled in with the nice lead and retired the Aha batters in order in the top of the second. American Fork loaded the bases in the bottom bot-tom half but the Hawks got a double-play grounder to end the threat. In the top of the third, Haws robbed Alta of a double when he caught the ball looking look-ing at the fence. Two runners did manage to get on, but a pop-up to second baseman Lewis and another long fly to Haws closed out the turn. The Cavemen kwded the bases bas-es again in the bottom half but the inning ended before they could get any more runs in. The I lawks got a base hit to open the fourth but the runner was gunned down by catcher Payne at second and the other two batters were retired. Murphy and Josh Mooney singled aboard to open the lower half. A Draper sacrifice to deep center scored Murphy and Mooney was batted in by Payne for an 8-0 advantage. Laycock got three straight groundouts to retire the side in the top of the fifth. Haws tripled to open the batting turn and was driven in by Lewis. Mangum then walked, and Murphy doubled to the fence to score the 10th run and end the game by the mercy rule. Laycock hit one batter but gave up no other walks. Murphy had another 4-for-4 outing with a double and two RBI. Haws, Lewis (2 RBI), Mangum, Payne (2 RBI) and Christensen (2 RBI) all added two hits each for the victors. The Cavemen then faced Lone Peak in the elimination bracket Monday at 11 a.m. at BYU. May 21 Lone Peak 10, American Fork 6: The Cavemen got the early lead but couldn't hold it as the Knights used a seven-run inning to advance in the 5A tournament. The American Fork baseball base-ball team may never want to hear the words "Lone" and "Peak" together again, and who can blame them? The Cavemen again had an outstanding season, tied for the top spot in the tough Region Re-gion 4 and won 14 games. But every time they turned around, the rival Knights stood in the way of even greater success. Such was the case Monday in the 5A state tournament elimination bracket at BYlTs Miller Park in Provo as Lone Peak put up seven runs in the third inning on the way to a win to sweep the season matchup and end American Fork's season. "It's always tough to beat a good team three times," said Knight head coach Danny Schoonover. The game didn't start that way, as the Cavemen jumped out early with four runs in the second inning. X. 1 -' - -i . ... .... A ' - ' BEKY BEATONNorth County American Fork's Zach Laycock pitches against Alta on May 16. Cory Draper got things started with a single, followed by a walk to Ryan Payne. Jace Whatcott reached on an error to load the bases, and a walk to Gentry Haws brought the first run across. An Andy Lewis base hit up the middle plated another. With two outs, a two-run double up the right -field line by shortstop Jake Murphy capped the scoring in the frame. Lone Peak, however, exploded ex-ploded in the bottom of the third to take control of the game. An American Fork error, a single, a hit batter and two walks scored two runs and loaded the bases with no outs 1 for Knight left -fielder Scott Lefrandt. He made the most of the situation, cracking a three-run double to the gap in right -center field to give the his team a lead it wouldn't relinquish. Although Lone Peak added two more runs in the inning, the game was far from over. The Cavemen scored two runs in the top of the fourth to cut the gap to a single run. Haws opened with a base hit and got to second on an error. A Lewis double drove him in, then Lewis moved up on a single sin-gle by Taylor Mangum, coming com-ing home on a Josh Mooney sacrifice fly to make it 7-6. But the Knights brought in pitcher Pete Sundwalland he was phenomena against the versatile American Fork batters. bat-ters. '' Sundwall sat down 10 straight Cavemen before hitting hit-ting a batter and giving up a walk in the top of the seventh, but then he finished things with two groundouts to give his team the victory. Lone Peak got one run each in the fourth, fifth and sixth to pad the advantage. American Fork finished with a 14-8-2 record and will return a number of underclassmen under-classmen from this very good team that exceeded everyone's every-one's expectations but its own. I Jared Lloyd and Beky Beaton Jed this report. Parents: Lori and Lamont Voorheis Year: Senior Age: 18 Sport: Track Position: Hurdler Birthplace: American Fork ; Favorite food: Rice Favorite restaurant: Panda Express Favorite movie: Spider-Man III i Hero: Chris Wernli Favorite class: Ceramics Grade point average: 3.80 Most memorable career moment: Qualifying for the state finals of the 300-meter hurdles. Future plans: To work full time, then attend college. American Fork head track coach Art Taylor said: "In the high hurdles, she's been a region contender. She hasn't run the 300 hurdles competitively com-petitively until recently. She's been doing mainly the 100 hurdles and the long jump for us. Because of her ability to jump well, we asked her to make the change to doing the 300 hurdles. She has done it four or five times since then. Since she started doing it, she's improved in it. She even qualified for State in it through posting a time in the low 47s. She could very well run it in a low 46. She's been such an important part of the team, we're going to miss her when she graduates." ' M i I ;eyei AF ALUMNI NEWS - Alumni basketball, golf tournaments set Beky Beaton NORTH COUNTY The American Fork High School Alumni Basketball Tournament will be conducted the week of June 4-8 in conjunction with the program's annual basketball camp. The entrance fee of $160 per team needs to be sent to Eric Franson at 748 N. 600 West, American Fork UT 84003 by May 26. For more information, contact Franson at 592-3224 or Doug Meacham at 756-8547 (ext. 194) during the school day. The second annual Alumni Golf Tournament has been scheduled for June 9 after the basketball tournament has been concluded. The event will be a scramble and is not limited to alumni or those playing in the tournament. All interested individuals are invited in-vited to participate. Proceeds will benefit the high school basketball program. The entry fee is $50 per person, per-son, which covers green fees, cart, prizes and refreshments. Registration may be done individually indi-vidually or as a foursome. ! Contact Paul Smith (360-5276) or Kevin Franson (368-3877) to sign up. j BASKETBALL j Girls hoops skills camp scheduled The American Fork girls hoops skills camp has been scheduled for June 11-14 in the main gym at the high school. The cost is $40, which includes a camp T-shirt. Players should come dressed for practice, j , The session for girls in next year's grades 7-10 is from 9 to 11 a.m. Girls entering grades 4 to 6 will attend from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The camp will be directed by , varsity head coach Corey Clayton. Instructors will include assistant coaches Gerald Dibb and Katy Knight, ninth grade head coach Cindy Coombs and assistant McK-ell McK-ell Grace, as well as returning members of the American Fork girls team to provide individual attention. The focus of the camp will be on individual skills with some team instruction. Each participant partici-pant will receive a formal evalu- See TOWN EYE, Page 7 |