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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, July 5, 2007 Page 6 COMMUNITY SPORTS. PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN "i p r nriTfnn 1 1 fPfn v. MARIO RUIZDaily Herald Nineteen-year-old Ivan Florez of Payson runs a warmup drill in Provo during practice for the Xpress, a soccer club team offered to young players looking to transition into college and professional leagues. Top boys soccer players must look other places than just the college ranks to keep playing ball Jared Lloyd N' .MH ( 01 IN I Y The best high school football, foot-ball, basket ball and baseball players in Utah County get recruited by Division 1 programs like BYU or Utah, while the second tier get scholarships to play for junior colleges or other divisions. divi-sions. But what about the sport that is played by more youth than any other? Boys high school soccer teams in Utah County are often loaded with strong, talented tal-ented players. Once the curtain goes down on their senior seasons, however, many of these guys find themselves with very few options to continue playing play-ing their favorite sport. "Basically my only option Bulldogs edge Am. Fork 16-under team in late innings Dean Von Memmott Sf'OPIS C'Cl'H SPilNPf NT In action for the Utah Baseball Base-ball Academy League's 16-under 16-under division on June 28, the American Fork Cavemen came within one out of taking home a two-run win from Provo's Veterans Park but the Provo Bulldogs tied the score in the bottom of the seventh and went on to win the game 12-11 in the ninth. During the top of the first, Provo pitcher Jordan Johnson walked Kyle Hall and a Jake Miller single moved Hall into scoring position, but things suddenly took a bad turn for American Fork. First, Miller got picked off at first. Then, after Stu Du-ersch Du-ersch had flown out into left, Hall tried stealing home but Johnson tagged him out at the plate. Minimum hunting age NORTH COUNTY RICHFIELD- It's hard to believe, but the start of Utah's general archery buck deer hunt is less than two months away. As the season approaches, the Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources (DWR) has good news for youngsters who would like to hunt buck deer, or any wildlife wild-life species in Utah this fall: the minimum age to hunt big game has been lowered to 12 years ";;.'': v ( J . 8 f ; I came here and saw th:t colleges are in need of tal- ented players and I saw talented kids here in Utah. I want to get these kids r.jtoriety, get them a chance to play junior college and maybe advance to play for a university univer-sity and eventually go pro." Rocky Mountain Xpress founder and general manager Eric Purdy was club soccer, playing for fun," said defender Josh Terry, a 2001 graduate from Orem. "Utah high schools don't get scouted even though there are more soccer players per capita than any other state in the nation. "I played on a Rangers club team that finished third in the nation and still noth Pitcher Jim Davis walked Provo's first two batters in the bottom of the first but struck out Brad Rigby and caused Scotty King to fly out, giving American Fork some reason to hope that the two walks wouldn't come back to haunt the Cavemen. Those walks did, however, when Hayden Denton came up to bat. He doubled in McClean Griffin and Colby Frampton, giving the Bulldogs the lead, then came home on a Brian Brimhall single. Davis struck out Dallas Johnson to shut down the rally. After getting walked by Johnson in the top of the second, sec-ond, Taylor Garner scored on a Skylar Davis fly ball for the first Caveman run. The team loaded the bases soon afterwards after-wards and went on a five-run rally to go in front. American Fork proceeded to of age. Hunters of any age can hunt small game. For more information, call DWR's Suit Lake City office at 801-538-4700. One requirement hasn't changed: Young hunters must pass the DWRs Hunter Education Edu-cation course before they can hunt. A list of Hunter Education Educa-tion classes is available at or by calling the nearest DWR office. After completing the Hunter ing, so I just ended up playing play-ing with friends." It's a familiar story for many guys who want to play soccer when they finish their high school days. "I was lucky to happen on a Provo men's league," said defender Steven Taylor, who graduated from Lone Peak in 2004. "My brothers and I put hold the Bulldogs scoreless in the bottom of the second and though the third opened with Garner singling into center, Johnson kept the Cavemen from picking up any runs during dur-ing the frame. Johnson's work put Provo in good position of at least tying the game in the bottom of the third. Davis walked Griffin and gave up a one-out, right -field single to Rigby. Before the Cavemen could b end the inning in-ning to keep both Bulldogs stuck on base, King knocked in Griffin and Rigby with a single to tie the game at five. But American Fork came back strong in the next inning. Getting on base via a walk, Davis Da-vis scored a tie-breaking run on Hall's one-out double, which was slugged into left. Miller tripled in Devin Anderson and Hall, then came home on a is lowered Education course, hunters will receive a free hunting license. The hunting license allows the holder to hunt small game and also allows them to buy a big game hunting permit. "We're excited about this chunge. It will give young people a chance to connect with nature by getting outdoors out-doors and hunting with their parents at an earlier age," said Lenny Rees, hunter education coordinator for the DWR. I. together a team so we could play. But it was frustrating. Mostly 1 felt angry because there were no scholarships available unless you went out of state." Dave Woolley, director of coaching for the Rangers organization and head boys soccer coach at Lone Peak, said he considers the lack of passed ball. A centerf ield double hit by Duersch caused Johnson to be replaced on the mound by Ryan Goldberg, which turned out to be a smart move. Following Fol-lowing the pitching change, Garner hit into a double play. Miller took over pitching duties for the Cavemen in the bottom of the fourth. A Dallas Johnson single set the stage for Bulldog rally that inning. After one-out singles from Morgan Ventura and Griffin enabled the Bulldogs to load the bases, a Frampton hit started a five-run rally which placed them within 9-8 and caused Miller to be replaced by Hall on the mound. Provo kept the Cavemen from picking up additional runs in until the sixth, when they extended their narrow lead. With two outs that inning, in-ning, Miller singled Hall in. J 1 , 1 .: - 4 JEREMY HARMONNorth County Roger Egbert of Woodland Hills, makes his way through a field thick with sunflowers while hunting doves with two of his friends in 2004. The DWR has recently lower the hunting age. r options for boys soccer players play-ers the biggest travesty in local sports. "Higher education has turned a deaf ear to a sport that has more youth participants partici-pants than any other," Wool-ley Wool-ley explained. "The top girls teams will have five or six players earn scholarships. For the boys, though, you're lucky if one player will be able to keep playing." The main obstacles for NCAA -sanctioned men's soccer at the collegiate level continue to be Title IX gender gen-der equality requirements that are dominated on the men's side by football, and conservative athletic departments depart-ments that don't yet consider soccer as being on par with other sports. See XPRESS, Page 7 then came home on a Miller single to make the score 11-8. Unable to put any players on base in the top of the seventh, the Cavemen had to rely on a stiff defense to take home the win. But Frampton hit a left-field triple to start the seventh's lower half on an explosive note. A sacrifice groundout by Rigby scored Frampton and American Fork appeared to be in control. With two outs, however, Denton doubled into center, and a Brimhall double brought him home. Then Kyle Hamilton singled in Denton, forcing the game into extra inijngs. Neither team let any players get on base in the eighth. But with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Denton singled left and Brimhall knocked him in for the winning run. 4 . V J- YOUTH FOOTBALL AF little league football camp just around the corner The 2007 American Fork summer little league football camp will be held at American Ameri-can Fork High School July 16-20. This is a non-contact skills camp for players entering grades 3 to 8 and is open to any interested individuals regardless of the city of residence. resi-dence. Sessions will be held daily from 3 to 5 p.m. This camp is under the instruction of Davis Knight, head coach of the American Fork High School football team, and includes instructors instruc-tors from his staff as well as present and former players. The cost of the camp is $50 if paid before July 9. A late fee will apply after that date. For more information or the register for the camp, visit www.afhsfootball.com or call Denece Jones at 763-0822. 17U BASEBALL Am. Fork defeats Riverton The American Fork Cavemen 17-and-under team posted a 10-8 win at home against the Riverton Silverwolves during Utah Baseball Academy League play on July 2. "We threw five pitchers tonight, and Andy Lewis made the winning hit when he doubled run after they had tied it at eight in the sixth," said acting American Ameri-can Fork Coach Robbie Lewis said. The game opened with Riverton's Scott Shiply singling off pitcher Josh Mooney. Shiply scored on a Vance Howard sacrifice groundout to start the scoring. scor-ing. With two outs, Rex Blaycock singled in Alex Newman, but got caught at second by a throw from catcher Brandon Beddes. Getting on base off a walk in the bottom of the first, Gentry Haws came home on a passed ball and started a five-run rally for the Cavemen, fueled by two walks and two sacrifice sacri-fice flies. The next inning, Riverton River-ton got singles from Conner Con-ner Woodward and Shane McNiutt but the Cavemen kept the Silverwolves from picking up any runs during the second. During the bottom of the second, singles from Tanner Tan-ner Christensen and Lewis resulted in Josh Mooney batting in the only Caveman Cave-man run for that inning, increasing the lead to four runs. The Silverwolves held American Fork scoreless in the third and fourth innings, in-nings, even though Christensen Chris-tensen and Mooney each slugged a single for the Cavemen in the fourth. Meanwhile, in the third's top half, a Blaycock one-run one-run single put the Silverwolves Silver-wolves within 6-3, but they couldn't get any closer until the fifth. In the top of that inning, Howard doubled in two runs to cut the lead to 6-5. In the bottom of the fifth, Corley Baggley tripled in a run, then came home on a Skylar Davis to stretch American Fork's lead to 8-5. The Silverwolves refused re-fused to quit nipping at the Cavemen's heels. After singling sin-gling in the top of the sixth, Woodward scored on an error to start a three-run rally that tied the game at eight. But the Silverwolves' effort proved to be for naught. In the bottom of the sixth, Haws' doubled in Logan Whittaker, who had gotten on base by hitting hit-ting a single. Lewis' double brought in Haws for the run that clinched the game. I Dean Von Memmott filed this report. The latest in BYU Sports online wwww.heraldextra.com |