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Show Thursday May 22, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 7 American Fork softball earns come-from-behind victory over Brighton Dean Von Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The American Fork softball team came from behind to win 8-2 at Brighton during second-round second-round state playoff action on Thursday. "Making it to the final 12 is going to be a great experience. This is the first time in recent history that American Fork has won a state tournament AM. FORK BRIGHTON softball game," said American Fork coach Duke Sorensen. "The double play by Mal-lory Mal-lory Davis at second broke the game open for us in the fifth." American Fork outfielder Lainie Thompson said, "This game is a confidence-builder for us. It's made us so stoked." The game went down as a tight pitching duel between American Fork's Annie Chris-tensen Chris-tensen and Bengal Kyrstie Terry. Posting five strikeouts during dur-ing the course of the game, Christensen held Brighton scoreless in the first three innings. in-nings. Meanwhile, during the first five innings, American Fork's offense was hampered by leaving leav-ing runners on base. In the first inning, Haley Holmstead hit a two-out single to move Sandra Nessler into scoring position. However, Terry grounded out the next batter to keep American Fork scoreless. Though Christensen walked Kayla Terry in the bottom of the first, the American Fork pitcher didn't let any other Bengal get on base until the fourth. In the bottom of that inning, McKenna Helm doubled off Christensen, then came home on a Shelbi Everett single. Ma-rissa Ma-rissa Egbert singled in Everett only to be stranded on base. Taylorsville routs American Fork baseball in 5A second round Dean Von Memmott SPORTS CORRES0NDENT The American Fork baseball team received an IM thumping during second-round state baseball base-ball playoff action at Taylorsville on May 14. "When we walk a lot of guys, our chances for winning aren't going to be good," said American Fork coach Jarod Ingersoll. During the course of the five-inning five-inning affair, a long series of American Fork pitchers gave a pass to seven batters. Those walks and nine errors er-rors haunted American Fork, especially es-pecially in TAYLRSVILLE 18 AM. FORK 6 the second inning when the Warriors knocked the Cavemen out of the game. In the top of the first, Jake Murphy hit a twoout single off pitcher Preston Olson, only to see the next batter strike out. Zane Pulver opened the first's lower half by hitting an infield single. On one out, Austin Maddy homered him in. American Fork didnt let the Warriors go on a long rally in the first. The next inning, Olson walked Jarett Pulsipher, and he came across when Jake Perry doubled with two outs. Olson hit a one-out triple in the bottom of the second, and J.J. Santiseveno doubled him in to open a 10-run rally, which pushed the Cavemen into going through three pitchers. During the turn, Taylorsville took advantage of three Cavemen Cave-men errors, two walks and one hit batter along with producing six hits. The Warriors sent 15 men to the plate. On one out in the third, a Bo Fisher double quickly resulted in American Fork loading the bases. bas-es. Fisher scored on a Mooney sacrif ice fly to right field, and "Making it to the final 12 is going to be a great experience. ex-perience. This is the first time in recent history that American Fork has won a state tournament soft-ball soft-ball game." Duke Sorensen AMERICAN FORK HEAD COACH Singles from Sierra Nielsen and Kayla Terry created a scary situation for American Fork in the bottom of the fifth. Davis snatched a Savannah Nielsen fly ball, then tagged Sierra Nielsen. Christensen struck out Helm to keep Brighton's Brigh-ton's lead stuck at 2-0. Christensen said, "Mallory's double play got us all intense. We came out pumped-up in the sixth." "Our bats started working for us in the sixth. Amy Krom-menhoek Krom-menhoek hit a double to get the inning off to a great start for us. Davis bunted a single that allowed us to load the bases on no outs," Sorensen said. "We were also able to capitalize on three errors they made that inning." The first error let Krom-menhoek Krom-menhoek and Holmstead race home. The second error allowed Davis to score a tie-breaking tie-breaking run. American Fork plated another five runs, including includ-ing one singled in by Holmstead to climax the rally. Though Brighton held American Fork scorless the next inning, the Bengals never recovered from the rally. "When we walk a lot of guys, our chances for winning win-ning aren't going to be good." Jarod Ingersoll AM. FORK BASEBALL COACH Scott LeFrandt singled in two more runs. After hitting a single to load the bases again, Perry got pinched in a fielder's choice play at second. Aided by Will Draper's twoout two-out double in the bottom of the third, Tim Lesuma hit an RBI single to launch a three-run rally for the Warriors. Spurred on by Pitcher's second sec-ond straight double to lead off the fourth, Andy Lewis tripled in two runs, but that's all the Cavemen Cave-men could get off Olson, who pitched all five innings to pick up the win In the bottom of the fourth, Maddy hit a one-run double, and Lesuma singled in two runs. Reliever Drew Mulvey turned a double play to shut Taylorsville dowa The Warriors didn't let American Ameri-can Fork put any runners on base in the top of the fifth. Pitcher Pitch-er and Jake Perry each had two hits for American Fork. "A lot of errors. It was uncharacteristic un-characteristic defensively of us. I didn't think we were mentally prepared to play the game today, which is unfortunate given the situation You wouldn't think I'd have to give a pep talk," said Ingersoll. "I know what kind of team we are. It's frustrating, but we've just go to try to forget about it." I Neil Warner contributed to this report. Softball Continued from Page 6 in response to a Christensen infield single. A subsequent strikeout merely delayed the American Fork takeover of the game. Spurred on by singles from Amy Krommenhoek and Mal-lory Mal-lory Davis, American Fork loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth. Sorensen singled sin-gled in two runs, and American Ameri-can Fork picked up another two runs on an error to take a 4-2 lead. With Kenzi Jardine getting on base through an error in the bottom of the fourth, the Vikings looked as though they would rally back. Shortstop Short-stop Haley Holmstead turned a double play to sting Pleasant Grove and Christensen retired Weber to end the turn Pleasant Grove added a run and had chances in the fifth and the sixth to tie things up or take the lead but couldn't r " A a : r, iiii I r sx 1 -n I , N v. - ' . f I 'i i - i ipmid! b a 'jUi.i J i.'l '. 1 i , : l I ! s Jiji'MUi;;. capitalize. "(Pitcher) Annie Christensen Chris-tensen and (catcher) Sandra Nessler were doing really well," Murdock said. "The defense de-fense played solid, which was good because I was getting nervous. This is a team that never gives up and I love that about them." On two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Weber singled in Best. Center fielder Krommenhoek Krom-menhoek caught a Larson fly ball to keep American Fork still out in front. Through two walks and a Nessler single, American Fork loaded the bases on no outs in the top of the seventh. Davis hit a center-field double to reel in three runs, and , Cydne Mason singled her in to complete the Caveman tally. Although Castleberry hit an infield single to start the bottom bot-tom half, the American Fork defense contained Pleasant Grove to move on to a fourth-round fourth-round game against Layton. fts natural to feel uneasiness when you have medical issues. But if you're being treated by skilled caregivers using proven technology, you can also feel peace. Which is why American Fork Hospitalhus developed a less invasive method to treat premature infants with respiratory problems and Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Medical Center uses Utah's only gamma knife to treat brain tumors without surgery. It's the reason Dixie Regional employs lap banding for less invasive weight loss surgery and LDS Hospital uses advanced endoscopic AMERICAN FORK HOSPITAL LDS HOSPITAL INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER O. PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER McKAY-DEE HOSPITAL CENTER UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DIXIE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Intermountain Healthcare i IM,1 IH t K "i t. Town Eye Continued from Page 6 This is for everyone planning to try out for freshman, sophomore, sopho-more, JV and varsity teams. Forms for a mandatory physical will be passed out at the meeting. All players trying out must have a physical prior to tryouts. Physicals must be dated after May 1, 2008, and are good for the upcoming school year. Those who don't have a signed form showing they had a physical will not be allowed to try out for the taem. Players are also required to have proof of insurance in order to try out. School insurance insur-ance is available and forms for this will also be available at the meeting, along with summer sum-mer schedules and registration forms for camps. I AF volleyball to host camp: The Planet Volleyball Camp for 2008 for players entering mm ultrasound technology to fight lung cancer and other diseases. It is why Primary Children's Medical Center developed the Intermountain West's only fetal heart program, Utah I alley Regional utilizes electrophysiology to more effectively treat heart patients, and McKay-Dee Hospital formed an anticoagulation team to prevent blood clots. These advanced methods and others are utilized by skilled caregivers at Intermountain Healthcare hospitals to help our patients overcome fear and uneasiness so they can feel peace. 4a I Mil , t. .1 I I I till grades 2-10 will be June 16-18 at American Fork High School. The cost is $40 per player and includes a T-shirt. Sessions are as follows. I Beginning A (grades 2-6) is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. I Beginning B (grades 6-8) is from 4 to 6:30 p.m. I Intermediate (grades 6-10 who played club or league) is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Former American Fork standout Emillee Toone, who now plays at the University of Utah, will appear at the camp. Registration and payment are due by June 6. Registration will still be accepted through the first day of camp, depending depend-ing on space available, but there will be no guarantee of T-shirt availability or size. Registration forms are available avail-able on the American Fork High School Web site under volleyball. For more information, call coach Dannette Moea!i at 400-9503 400-9503 or e-mail coachmoeai yahoo.com. ! f i i t i ll ( t lu ',. .'frit t .t |