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Show Page 6 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, June 5, 2008 COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN seyel American Fork shuts out Lehi in 17-under baseball Dean Von Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT In the 17-and-under division of the Utah Baseball Academy's annual pre-, pre-, season summer tournament Monday, American Fork shut out Lehi 1-0 in a first -round game at American Fork. The contest went down as a grand 'defensive struggle that featured fine pitching from Caveman Jim Davis and Pioneer Jake Grange. During the six innings that Davis threw, he fanned five Pioneer hitters and spread out three hits. Grange also posted five strikeouts during the six innings that he spent on the mound, and he let American Fork make only five hits during the night. American Fork coach Greg Hales said, "We caught and threw well. We just didn't hit at the count." The game opened with Lehi's Palmer Palm-er Page singling into right. Shortstop Stu Duersch tagged him in a fielder's choice play at second. After Zac Fenton had singled into right, Davis struck out Ed Day, then caused Jordy Hart to ground out to Duersch. In the bottom of the first, Kyle Hall hit an infield single, and Duersch got hit by a pitch. After Hall and Duersch had stolen into scoring position, the Pioneer pitcher struck out the next batter to end the turn. The first inning set the tone for the next five innings. In.the second, Pioneer Justin Higgings smacked a one-out single into right to move Nick Johnson into scoring position. Having been walked by Davis, Johnson stood ready to make a run around the diamond, but he and Hig-gins Hig-gins became stuck on base. Though Skyler Davis got on base through a Lehi error in the bottom of the second, Grange fanned another batter to keep the scoreless deadlock going. During the first out in the next inning, in-ning, Lehi's Rem Wort hen got on base thorugh an error committed at third. First baseman Skyler Davis and Duersch Du-ersch each snatched a pop fly to keep Worthen confined to second base. Bo Fisher slugged a two-out single in the bottom of the third, only to become another Caveman stranded on base. Hart opened the fourth with a single he belted into left, but American Ameri-can Fork snared him in a double play that ended the inning's top half. In the bottom half, Tyson Smith got om base through a walk, only to see the next three Cavemen get out. The game's outcome was finally decided in the fifth inning. In the bottom bot-tom of it, I lall doubled into left. Two outs later, Josh Mooney singled Hall in, thin tried stealing towards second. Lehi pinched Mooney at second. The game returned to a defensive struggle after Hall's run. For the last hit of the contest, J.C. Miller singled off Grange in the bottom of the sixth, but made it no closer to home than second base. Ryan Evans took over pitching duties after a walk at the start of the seventh. A throw from catcher Fisher to Skyler Davis picked off the runner. American Fork outfielders caught two straight fly balls to end the game in American Fork's favor. CAMPS Planet Volleyball camp scheduled NORTH COUNTY The Planet Volleyball Camp for 2008 for players entering grades 2-10 will be June 16-18 at American Ameri-can 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 stand-out Emillee Toone, who now plays at the University of Utah, will appear ap-pear at the camp. Registration and payment are due by June 6. Registration will still be accepted through the first day of camp, depending on space available, avail-able, 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 or e-mail coachmoeaiyahoo.com. I A.F. boys soccer: The American Fork High School boys soccer program will be conducting a summer soccer camp Monday through Friday for boys and girls entering grades K-12. The session for players in grades 9-12 is 7 to 9 a.m., while those in grades K-8 will meet from 9 to 1 1 a.m. The cost is $35 and includes a T-shirt. T-shirt. Registration and fees are due the first day. Check in at the soccer field north of the football stadium. The camp director is varsity head coach Barkley Chile, and instructors in-structors will include members of : the varsity team. j For more information, contact Kevin Bean (756-5072) or coach Chile (310-7930). Twins beat Yankees in Pony League Dean Von Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The Twins lashed the Yankees by a score of 154 by belting 14 hits during American Fork Pony League play at Bus Manning Field on May 28. During his four innings on the mound, Twin pitcher Austin Ar-nette Ar-nette posted six strikeouts and scattered scat-tered six hits. The Twins dominated from the first inning. Its top half opened with Yankee pitcher Taylor Shumway catching a Tommy Nelson Nel-son fly ball. That didn't turn out to be a bad omen for the Twins. No, 2 hitter Josh Bezzant singled into center, then stole his way around to third base. An infield error let Bezzant Bez-zant and Jason Jerman tear home to open a rally for the Twins. Arnette tripled into center, then came home on a Jackson Hansen single. After Hansen had scored on an Alex Kent sacrifice fly, Jantzen Frampton doubled into center, and Jim Bateman tripled him in. Bate-man Bate-man attempted to turn the triple into a home run, but catcher Carson Buckner tagged him at the plate. Although the bottom of the first opened with an Arnette strikeout, the Yankees still managed to deliver de-liver a slash to the Twins' 5-0 lead. With No. 2 hitter Braedon Lukins getting on base through an error, Bradley Hill doubled him ia Hill would go on to smack two straight doubles in the course of the contest. In the meantime, Hill came home on an error. Buckner's two-out single couldn't keep the Yankee comeback going in the first inning. The Yankees had Dave Mortensen take over at the mound in the second inning. During its top half, Mortensen struck out two and caused a third Twin to ground out, keeping the score stuck at 5-2. Walked by Arnette in the bottom bot-tom of the second, Rain Price came home on Hunter Bradbury's two-out single. Arnette retired the next batter again to keep the Yankees Yan-kees at bay. Getting on base through a third-inning third-inning walk, Bezzant got singled in by Jerman. An error let Jerman and 1 lansen come home at the same time. In the bottom of the third. Hill hunched a one-run douible into left, and he came home on an Austin Steadman single. Buckner singled into left, but the Twins kept him and Steadman chained on base. The Twins delivered their knockout blow in the fourth. That inning, Bezzant singled in Dylan Collins to launch a decisive rally. During it, Jerman belted a two- . run triple and Collins singled in another an-other two runs. In the bottom of the fourth, Arnette clamped down on the Yankees and kept them in check for the rest of the game. MEMORABLE MOMENTS , . North County file photos llZTaht IS! Sf.Hl S,i hT t "'m ?enfa trophy after losing to Skyline m the 5A state championship game on Feb. 23. lZu n Gouldin9(13) and Makenz.e Moea'i (9) of Amer.can Fork jump up to block the ball in a volleyball match against Lay ton in the 2007 UvYl f S S 7noT, T ZnV- Z Be'W r,9ht' AmeriCa" Frk Wide rCCeiVer J3ke Murph (1) CatheS a l0"S P as defensive back 20 Worth County superlatives from great year Beky Beaton NORTH COUNTY This past high school sports year produced more than its share of compelling stories in the local area. Among the hundreds of moments of triumph and disappointment, controversy and overcoming long odds involving players and teams from the north Utah County schools, here are 20 that were especially memorable, 1 M Artificial surface sur-face fields make their debut: Turf fields were put into ser vice at Lehi, Pleasant Grove and Lone Peak, immediately demonstrating what an asset as-set they are during a damp spring and while providing venues for teams without fields. Jt S Lehi Softball pi I I ( nas another great season: The Pioneers brought their winning tradition smoothly into the 5A ranks, earning second place in the region before exiting the tournament at the hands of the eventual state champion. : American f 1 Fork softball i J reaches the ' ( fourth round s , f 1 of the play- i offs: Some schools achieve this every year, but it was a first for the Cavemen, who had to win a play -in contest just to get in. Pleasant Grove volleyball vol-leyball takes sixth at state despite loss of star: The -1 fffi'- -mt rijf : -lirrTrffl na.jwi i j m jijl :.U-irjii,im.ifiuiriCi rii tmmt limik 1 i ... 7" r i - news was not that the Vikings were good, because they've been among the state's elite for years. This season, however, they did it without marquee player Danica Mendivil, who was lost to injury in the preseason. She'll be back in 2008 along with several other players who had to develop more quickly to make up for her absence. v""i Lone Peak Yi 1 1 girls win the inaugural Region 4 golf title, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove is second: Before the UI 1SAA decided to officially sanction girls golf as a separate sport this year, girls at Lone Peak and Pleasant Grove had been provided opportunities to develop de-velop their games. That paid off as the Knights and Vikings finished 1-2 in the region and posted solid results in a combined com-bined 4A5A state tournament. IQ) I 1 EtMttM. 1 Lehi swimming swim-ming takes 5A in stride: After vowing vow-ing to have his charges ready for the new level of competition, coach Dennis Meyring made good on his word as his boys took second and the girls third in the region, re-gion, with both teams placing in the top 12 at state. American Fork volleyball volley-ball finishes fnurth at Cavemen' have been steadily improving improv-ing in this sport for the past several years, but they truly arrived as a force this season sea-son by finishing second in a region that produced three teams in the top six at the state tournament. American Fork earned the fourth spot in 2007 and returns some powerful young players this season. Lone Peak s f I LTIJ Paul John son wins his third straight state title in wrestling: The first three-time winner in the school's wrestling history, his-tory, Johnson got it done at three different weights: 1 12 as i I a sophomore, 1 19 as a junior and 130 as a senior. y ti 1 1 Grove soft- ball upsets Spanish Fork: This was huffe at the time because the Dons were ranked No. 1 in the state and had a 16-0 record. The young Vikings got off to a spotty start but beat every team in the region during dur-ing the second round behind rising star Angie Mikalauski's arm to finish a solid third. Although they lost twice after upsetting Viewmont in the first round of the playoffs, the pitcher is only a freshman and the team lost just three seniors to graduation. American Fork boys are second in state cross country: Coach Timo Mostert has consistently fielded a winner in this sport, and the boys team was rewarded re-warded this season by taking See TOP 20, Page 7 |