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Show Thursddy, April 17, 2008 Page 6 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN nrPHi COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN When spring break ends, teams brace for big matchups Jared Lloyd NORTH r OUNIY Things calmed down m rnss the Utah Valley high sdmnl sxrts l;iiulsi'ii( last week as k'iims gut some much twd1 relaxation time fur njm nn break. Unit cvd it to last (.'nil it tho calm IvI.mt the slot m Nvauvc as trwitv lv-sd into tlw vswod hall ,vi TOfhin pl; , t h At 1 fc1 ill vi;l ir.vh a rri p'.vh tr."iv ?. ; ,-. s bi- r'N' ;v .-KfM H,- V -..vwiVts w'V." 'i,v i ii.i;uil hu 'Vltl.'.l ,'", ft, lU.t jj tll;t iirt, 'Tv K,y 'H; liuiit.'uv, 'M-u,i;mi ','; iifw . .ill ,-ui f nr,' ' lose any more ground while none of the other four siu;uls plans on taking a step hark. Spanish 1 oi k looks nearly undatable in soi l hall hut lone lVak would love to v tlie team to shatter that sense of im iiviliilily tor last year's 5 nnmer-up Boys svvr has seen the emergen. y of 1 ehi as (he vdi'jiris'e team. Nit ihe IV-n'i-v can't l.iok pasi anyone. 1 orre iVffk hat a big task to h '!o.-e when Timpanog'os (orrv. f5 town h livk hi rhc He yurrt, rbfi will tke p'.'iee on pi'i! Viwd. are as oi IS Vv-w.y, April J? Vttl, 'l m 'i VK"Vt', , V Knights (!M. 2 I) get together, you can rxxrl a holly -contested battle, both teams think they ean come away with the region title hut that means winning a few games in a row. Victory will probably W decided by w hoover takes Ivtior advantage of their op-jM op-jM (unities. I Timpanogos at lehl (4 p.m.): I he l iuilvrw(lves(12-2. 2 ) air dvp and talented but the 1 Ymioci s ( 4 -S. have t heir b.h ks agamM the all I ehi has to put all three phases of ilv game hitting, pitching and dotenve togetlvr to get tlii" upwt and put things back on (rack I plMnt Grove at SpanUh Foii (4 pm.V W IVus 2, air i:v only team to i'.take ft i!vo,.u:V, t!v k'.ijvue iii.'Si !xi ihuv tav but e en .Nxtt h ;!v ikiii-V ?. r i,-,Vsv. jlv Ye caivible of picking up Ihe victory. Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove needs to get to the Spanish Fork pitchers early to give itself a shot. SOFTBALL I Lehi at American Fork (3:30 p.m.): The Pioneers (1M, -11) probably have more talent hut better not look past the Cavemen Cave-men (!Mi, l-;i) or they'll find themselves on the wrong end of t he score. I Lone Peak at Spanish Fork (3:30 p.m.): The Knights (tilt. (ti-lt. 2-) have Ixvn improving throughout the year but will need to play above themselves to take down the Uns (UU, Ml). Lone lVak has to stay close to a Spanish l in k team averaging more than 10 runs vr contest. t Pleasant Grove at Timpanogos (3:30 p.m.): 1 he Vikings (fv7. 1-4) need to pull out a win over the l iinN'i-wolves iinN'i-wolves Ko or getting a spot in the slate tournament will be even more difficult. BOYS SOCCER t Pleasant Grove at Lehi (4 p.m.): The Vikings (7-Mh 2-2-0) started strong, but losses to l one Peak and Timpanogos have I hem in desperate need of a win. They would love to gel that against the league-leading league-leading honcers (7-1-0,34)4)), hut that will be a tall task as everyone else in the region has found out. t Timpanogos at Lone Peak (4 p.m.): This was to be the match that would determine the front runner after the first hall of region play but Lehi had other ideas. Now both the TimU-rwolves (4-54), 3-14)) and the Knights (3-5-2, 3-1-0) can't afford to get further behind. be-hind. ISoth teams have plenty of talent, so this one will come down to which squad can find a wav to finish. Adam Derfler American Fork I Ugh School Year: Sophomore Age: 16 Parents: Mary and Kevin Derfler Birthplace: Salt Lake City Sports: Track and cross country Positions: Long distance runner in track and JV runner in cross country Favorite food: Burritos Favorite restaurant: Cafe Rio Favorite hero: Bernie LaGott Favorite class: German Favorite movie: Hot Rod Favorite book: The Book of Mormon Most memorable career moment: Breaking 18:00 at Footlocker in California Cali-fornia last fall. Future plans: To make varsity in cross country this fall. American Fork boys track coach Timo Mostert's comments: "Adam's found something he's going to be happy in. It's great to see him being happy as a racer. He's going to be able to go far in distance racing as he keeps improving." nuird n n . n log sine nsJJ wrap DDiD 0 i n, r- V V f ... o -n- f x W-i .-r ii i ; a t ' f ' STWOOD J P J i jl ill. . N" 1 1 I I rrirt 1 ft I . . ... f . - i: - Li U A r. .... v;" k - - w 4 V 'J WESTWOOD V Of u f If 00D Sy - H WESTWOOD n Photo courtesy Southern Utah University Former American Fork three-sport standout Becca Bush, center, runs the hurdles in the indoor season for Southern Utah University. Where are they now? Bush's versatility still on display at SUU Beky Beaton NORTH COUNT At American Fork High School, Becca Bush was a triple threat, making significant contributions to the soccer, basketball and track teams, one right after another. Now a senior at Southern Utah University, Bush has made a career ca-reer of using her versatility and athleticism to help the Thunder-bird Thunder-bird cause on the trac k A jumping specialist, Bush finished fin-ished second in the conference last year in the high jump, battering bat-tering her high-school personal record by a whopping six inches. That would be enough to keep her on most college teams, but that's just the beginning for Bush. During the indoor season, she competes in the pentathlon, which consists of the 60-meter hurdles, the high jump, the long jump, the shot put and the 800m run. She finished second in the conference in this event during the winter this year. In addition, she competed individually indi-vidually in the high jump and the GOm hurdles. When the venue becomes the outdoors, she does the high jump, 1 00m hurdles and the 400m. Oh, and the heptathlon too the same events as the pentathlon, pen-tathlon, except the hurdle event goes from 60m to 100m in length, and contestants must also perform in the javelin throw and the 200m sprint. It's enough to make you tired just thinking about it. "She's pretty busy," said SUU track coach Eric Houle. "She basically basi-cally has time to get a mouthful of water before preparing for the next event." Bush is also an outstanding student, earning Academic All- Conference honors as well. "Obviously, for her to be able to compete that well 'at the Division Divi-sion I level, both athletically and academically, speaks very highly of her," the coach continued. "Here at SUU, the athletes have a big voice in what they do," Houle continued. "Becca chose this load for herself, based on what she felt she could handle. han-dle. It takes a very special athlete to be successful under such taxing tax-ing circumstances." The coach noted that Bush has an attitude and work ethic which have helped her achieve so much. "She has a willingness to work hard that few can match," Houle said. "She does the things in the summertime that she needs to do to be fully prepared. Some choose not to do that and never reach their potential, but she always has. "She's been a major contributor contribu-tor for us, both in terms of her success on the track and the example she sets for our other athletes," the coach concluded. I See list of local athletes who hav gone on to college on Page 7. WJimwun i'u ' ' i ii in.iiuiiiiiu.nuiiiiw.nB i ' V ' i I 1 '"w Becca Bush Caveman baseball team earns exciting victory over Pleasant Grove DeanVon Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In a Region 4 baseball thriller on their home diamond April 10, the American Fork Cavemen produced a 7-3 win over the Pleasant Grove Vikings. The triumph completed the Cavemen's sweep of a two-game series se-ries that they played against Pleasant Grove last week. Unlike in the recent home loss to Jordan, Caveman coach Jarod Inger- toll said, "Our guys were playing with energy. They made only one error, and they didn't let it hurt them. We've got f "" to pitch well if we expect to do well in this region. Both Randy Searle and Jar- rett Pulispher threw well for us. "We scored first and we didn't look back. P.G's a quality ball club. Our defease de-fease did a real good job against them and our pitchers played came through rewmdi for us when Pleasant Grove twice loaded load-ed the bases. We're now 2-1 in region." The game opened with Viking second baseman Andy Lewis throwing out Quade Frampton. No. 2 hitter Riley White smacked a single into left, only to see Scarle strike out the next two Viking batters. Scott LaFrandt belted a left-field single to open the bottom half of the .r-iii'.-:',4a first and Bo Fisher brought him in. After Af-ter singling in courtesy runner Evan Wright, Jake Murphy came home on an error with one out. Lewis hit into a double play that shut down the Caveman Cave-man rally. With one out in the top of the second, sec-ond, Reagan Walker made it to first on a fielding error Pleasant Grove capitalized capi-talized on it as Colby Croft singled Walker in. Searle answered that RBI by striking strik-ing out Brian Schonbeck and Pulsipher picked off an Aaron Neuenswander fly ball in right field to keep Croft stuck on base. By striking out two batters in the bottom of the second, Viking pitcher Calder Bonnett kept the Caveman lead at 3-1 even though he gave up a single to LaFrandt. 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