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Show Thursday, July 24, 2008 Page 6 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN U EZ3 n rvC? DJn n leye GOLF w m ', I . , i " J J , V T' ' K't&if " ' j -r: 5. 7 ill pl ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami of the Iranian National Hoops team guards against children during a short kids camp with the Flash at the Flash Factory nr. JjK 1 7 ;! U-hi. Th Jmnian Sutional Hoops team was in the area for the Rocky Mountain Revue. Iranian National Basketball Team makes visitto Utah County in preparation for Olympics Jared Lloyd Kid1- 'rrouRn'iu' Ijiar. Wiley Wi-ley Sp'TI'J IlHi' du'lj' tiic summer utteridmj? various spoTs '.amps Some o.' n VOUtlJ' Oasl'.'-'bal. plaYe-s j;-n' .jt!i'- v 'i- citij: , T r j-j r ;ii Jits' ui'i'K a' ! r i VV'iiii- ' 'in' isr; t uri.i,ua:. w av j- 'i, .,i ', ,.,' .y I - . ' i' I'icii ! ' ?.f'c' O') is r-.i'J -.jM ' "l- ' -J.' t' )'. !:..'' "';. I i .j, ; A -I'.- r. y.-a- ' -.a .-3 '.'v f a":: a '.'t v. a; '1 viard f'r k- '!.: 'i air.' "V. i- r; tiappy to l-y- h"rt to ifcarn and to set evemrung. Everyone is going to ask what we did here and we're Trying to be very good ambassadors here." The diriK also gave Utahns a iuripse of fjeople who are par of the Asian Champion team and how they represent tneir ooun'.rv, "f brough' my kids down arid I introduced my o-year-oid one fj) the Iranian player play-er v'' said t'lafi Flash owner ) arid' Atid'-rs'-ri "i le went jp c 'id ga'. e my son a hug. Vier: ur. turn around and ir.''f'ju'.:d ium to alJ ol tfie 'ii.-r ptayers. "'I ;Vy at'.- a very loving. Kind jy-ople I e gotten in-'. in-'. I'e-j ) so many homes in Iran. You see they are just hke us I liey have the same f oi' ems, hotrs, wmry alout tfi- same Unrigs. I'ut I was They are a very loving, kind people. I've gotten invited to so many homes in Iran. You see they are just like us. They have the same concerns, hopes, worry about the same things. But I was really touched with how they treated my son." Utah Flash owner Brandt Andersen V. H- itj ! Hi: IRANIAN NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM VISITING ,"AH I rj- ThF HOCKVMO'JUIAIN revue really touched with how they lot of time to sight see in the treated my son." area but are excited about the The visitors from the basketball opX)rt unities they Middle Kast haven't had a have. "We haven't seen the city because we've been in the hotel ho-tel and the bus and at practice so far," Bahrami explained. "This is a great chance to come play with good players, to play in the summer league. "We're going to the Olympics, Olym-pics, so we're trying to get some experience here. It's another kind of a basketball and we're trying to learn a lot of things." It's also a great chance for some of the best players from the D-League to see the game from the eyes of their international interna-tional counterparts. "It's interesting to see them interact," said Ambassador head coach Joey Meyer, who coaches the Tulsa 6(ers in the NBDL. "You'd think there would be a language barrier See IRAN, Page 7 Having Iranian hoops team in Utah makes sense Beky Beaton The Cheap Seats t s la-en a great oppoitu tnty lor the local spoils community to welcome the Irani, in national basket hall team here during this past couple of weeks. Utah might seem a strange choice to he the host for the visitors from the Middle l ast, but IheNHAi; M iwers t hiit -be who made this decision are smarter than a lot ol peopli-tlnnk. peopli-tlnnk. Alter all, who knows more about reaching across cultural and political barriers than Utahns',' Just ask any one ol Ihe thousands of returned missionaries, mis-sionaries, mission presidents and I.DS general authorities who reside here. Or, if you prefer, any of ihe 2K,(Mi()or so volunteers who staffed the 2002 Olympics. besides that, of course, the fact that we have a great facility available at The 1'ac-tory, 1'ac-tory, a IVLeague team down one direction and the Kocky Mountain Review at just the right time going on over the hill didn't hurt. The Iranians needed a place to practice, a chance to interact inter-act with ordinary Americans, and an opportunity to receive instruction and play some exhibition ex-hibition games at an appropriate appropri-ate level to get prepared for the Olympics in China next month. V ..! , tk A :J ... . .1 J 3 Wi J ' W-4 ' " t" Li:' -''1 - - -oti?.. ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County A youth basketball player, center, goes up for a kiyup as others attending the Iranian National Basketball Team clinic look on Juiy 1 7. Check, check and check. fore tipoff , following an inter- ning came during halftime, in a car accident last year. We were able to cover all of national custom. There was a however, when the Jazz The unexpected gesture the above right here. good-sized, raucous fan base president gave the brother brought the mother to tears In Monday night's Revue which kept the crowd rocking and mother of Iran's best and she remained emotional game, the visitors exchanged all night. player a 8 Jazz jersey with gifts with the Jazz team be- The highlight of the eve- his name on it. He was killed See BEATON, Page 7 American Fork golf sets tryout dates NORTH COUNTY The American Fork High School golf program has set rescheduled re-scheduled tryout dates for the 2008 boys golf team on Aug. 4 and 5 at Fox Hollow Golf Course (formerly Tri-City) in American Fork. All interested boys entering grades 9-12 are invited to participate par-ticipate but must be present both days to be considered. For each session, registration and check-in check-in begins at 11 a.m., followed by 18-hole stroke play beginning at noon (times subject to change). Requirements to try out for the golf team include: 1. Paying in advance discounted greens fees for both days of $28. 2. Presenting an academic GPA of at least 2.0 (last report card) with no more than one F grade. 3. Handing in pre-participation physical and tryout checklist forms (available in the school office). of-fice). 4. Reviewing by parent and student of activity disclosure and tryout general instructions. USGA amateur rules and jocal rules will apply. For more information, call coach Lynn Anderson at 362-8743 or go to www.afhs.alpine.kl2. ut.us. and click on athletics, then select golf. Caveman 17U baseball falls to Timpanogos Dean Von Memmott ' SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The American Fork 17-and-under baseball team finished its regular home season with a loss to Timpanogos 5-2 on July 16. The game opened with Kellon McWhorter singling into left field off Caveman pitcher Jim Davis. On one out, Dave McCausland doubled McWhorter in, then came home on a Jensen Nelson single. American Fork shut Timpanogos down before the Timberwolves could stretch their 2-0 lead farther during the first inning. The Cavemen couldn't put any runners on base during the bottom bot-tom of the first. American Fork kept the Timberwolves Tim-berwolves from capitalizing on an infield single smacked by Ken Cloward in the second. Getting on base through an error er-ror in the bottom of the second, Tyson Smith scored the first Caveman run on a passed ball and one out. Hit by a tliird-inning double play, the Timberwolves saw their 2-1 lead vanish in the bottom of the third. After Trevor Phelps had gotten on base through an infield error, a Colton Whatcott sacrifice fly brought him home. During the next two innings, American Fork didn't let the Tim-bewolves Tim-bewolves make any runs, even though J.D. Ashman did hit a left-field left-field single off Davis in the fourth. In the sixth, Luke Johnson doubled in Devin Olson to start a three-run rally for Timpanogos. After Johnson had stole home, Thomas hit a one-run single to conclude Timberwolf scoring for the day. In the sixth's lower half, Taylor Garner singled into right, only to be pinched in a fielder's choice play at second. Jake Miller hit a left-field double for the Cavemen in the seventh, but he got stuck on base. The Cavemen are presently involved in-volved in UABA state tournament play. The results of their efforts will appear in future issues. SPEAK UP LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ONLINE |