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Show Page 6 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, October 9, 2008 nrpni COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Soccer just misses playoffs; Football faces important game Beky Beaton NORTH COUNTY The soccer regular season is over, league play in football reaches the midway point and volleyball teams are set to begin be-gin the second round of region games as fall descends into Utah Valley. In soccer, the closest league race in recent memory ended Tuesday with three teams tied for the region championship. Each will get a region trophy, but the all-important all-important tournament berths had to be settled by a coin toss yesterday morning. Lehi, Lone Peak and Timpanogos all split against one another, winning at home but losing on the road. Region 4 is matched against Region 2 in the first round, which includes No. 1 Alta and No. 3 Brighton as well as strong Skyline and Jordan squads. American Fork finished forward fourth, just behind the three-way tie, but will miss the playoffs because only three teams from Region 4 go to state this year. A coin flip Wednesday morning morn-ing gave Timpanogos the first seed, Lehi second and Lone Peak third. The Timberwolves and Pioneers will host probably prob-ably Jordan and Skyline, respectively, though that region isn't quite finished and other opponents are possible. The Knights will have to go on the road, probably against No. 3 Brightoa The games will be played Tuesday at 4 p.m After coming from behind to defeat Lone Peak last week, the Pleasant Grove football team his the inside track on the region title, but Spanish Fork and American Fork are still in the hunt along with the Knights, both for a league crown and playoff berths. Every game is critical and no one can afford to take a night off. The volleyball race has fallen out about as predicted at the halfway half-way point, with the Vikings in the lead by virtue of their match win over Lone Peak and Lehi just behind with losses only to those two teams. American Fork is lurking one game out in fourth place and is still a dangerous squad when playing to potential. Here's a look at the big games in the next week (Note: Volleyball records do not include in-clude tournament matches.): THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 Parry's Power Guide to Utah High School Football by Noland Parry Volleyball Week beginning Oct. 8, 2008 Favored Team Rating Diff. Rating Underdog Mountain View 83.0 3.3 79.7 SPRINGVILLE Lone Peak 102.0 13.1 88.9 AMERICAN FORK Pleasant Grove 102.9 10.6 92.3 SPANISH FORK Timpanogos 85.7 15.8 69.9 LEHI Timpview 106.6 24.2 82.4 0REM TOOELE 69.9 2.8 67.1 Payson Home team in CAPS; Copyright 2008 by Noland Parry Last week's record: 38-10 79.2; Year-to-date record: 240-84 74.1 CLASS 5A Alta Bingham Layton Jordan Pleasant Grove Top 5 CLASS 4A 121.6 I.Cottonwood 107.6 116.1 2. Timpview 106.6 107.0 3. Sky View 100.1 105.6 4. Mountain Crest 98.5 102.9 5. Pine View 98.5 I Pleasant Grove at Lehi (6:30 p.m.): The Pioneers (3-2, (3-2, 6-3) have cracked the top 20 rankings and deservedly so; they might be leading in another region, but theirs happens hap-pens to include the No. 1 and No. 2 teams. They continue to improve every contest too, so they can be expected to try to earn even better scores in this second match against the top-ranked top-ranked Vikings (tH), 10-0). FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 Football (7 p.m.): The Knights (1-1, 4-3) and the Cavemen (1-1, 4-3) are dead even in the standings. Both teams have had great games and others that weren't so good, and the history of the rivalry suggests that these match-ups are anything but t Lone Peak at American Fork See FORWARD, Page 7 mdl-dtowirfl week for AF Caveman golf team just misses cut; Football team tops Lehi Beky Beaton NORTH COUNTY The American Fork golf team didn't quite achieve the goal of advancing to the second day of the state 5A tournament tourna-ment as a team, though the Cavemen missed the cut by just six strokes. However, three members of the squad did advance as individuals, and they all shot in the 70s the second round to finish in the middle of the pack and right next to each other. American Fork coach Lynn Anderson Ander-son said, "It was great to have three guys on the team go on to play Tuesday." Jaxson Taylor had the best score on the first day of 77, but shot a 79 on Tuesday and finished at 156, one stroke behind his two teammates, who both improved their scores the second day. Jake Burningham opened at 79 and finished with a 76, while Gabe Smith started at 80 but turned in a very nice 75 in the second round to tie his fellow Caveman at 155. Of the other three who played in first-day action, Scott Andrus posted a s : of 81 strokes, Nate Bray 82 and Isaac Pedroza 89. This was the best showing for American Fork in some years and since most of the players are underclassmen, under-classmen, the Cavemen will have a solid foundation to build on next season. Dean Von Memmott contributed to this report. Football Oct. 3 - American Fork 28. Lehi 7: The Cavemen suffered a disappointing loss at home to Spanish Fork last week, a real downer in as the Region 4 football foot-ball race began. rewind Sometimes after such an event, a team needs a good week of practice to get back to the basics and re-focus on its goals. American Fork's players rallied together over the last week and bounced back in the win column with the victory at Lehi. "We tried not to think about it (the loss to Spanish Fork)," American Fork coach Davis Knight said. "We had a great week of practice." Early on, it seemed as though everyone ev-eryone in attendance was going to witness an offensive shootout after both teams found the scoreboard in the first five minutes of the game. Lehi quarterback Jordan Smith hit CI Fredrickson on a short pass over the Caveman defensive front. Fredrickson broke a tackle, found the sideline and pulled away from the American Fork defenders to give the Pioneers the early lead. The Cavemen responded on their ensuing drive after Cade Zarbock punched in a 7-yard touchdown nm to tie the game, 7-7. Zarbock finished the night with 69 yards rushing and two touchdowns to lead the Caveman offense. "He (Zarbock) just runs hard." Knight added. "He's built a little bit like a linebacker and he's got good speed." A sloppy second quarter saw both teams combine for three of the game's six turnovers, leaving the score tied 7-7 at the halftime break. With American Fork receiving the ball first in the second half, senior Evan Wright decided to make his presence felt. Wright fielded the Lehi kickoff at his own 6-yard line and promptly tore straight up the middle, broke several tackles and turned on the jets to complete a 94- ( ' ''-V- ' . MARIO RUIZNorth County American Fork's Jakson Taylor putts on the ninth hole at the 5A State Championships at Soldier Hollow on Tuesday. II if nil ASHLEY FRANSCELlNorth Countv Braelynn Barron of American Fork returns the ball during the Region 4 tennis tournament at Timpanogos High School on Oct. J. yard kickoff return and officially put momentum on American Fork's side for good. "It's a game of momentum." Lehi coach Derrick Peyton said. "And that kickoff return certainly didn't help us." The Cavemen offense turned around in the second half as Jordan Lusk found Nathaniel Olsen for a 21-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter before Zarbock finished off the 28 consecutive points with his second touchdown of the night, finding the end zone from 15 yards away. "We had a heart-to-heart (at half-time)." half-time)." Knight added. "It was G-rated and we just looked at things we had to do." I Kyle Flanagan filed this report. Soccer I Oct. 2 -American Fork 10, Spanish Fork 0: At American Fork, the Cavemen Cave-men had no problems with the Dons, getting goals from a variety of athletes ath-letes as they rolled to the Region 4 victory. American Fork coach Becca Mur-dock Mur-dock said, "Today was a fun game for the seniors to end their home season with." - The Cavemen kept Don goalie Lyndsey Healey busy for most of the game. Kylie Dibb, Kaycee Mansfield, Nikki Ybarra and Amy Krommen-hoek Krommen-hoek guided an offense that kept American Fork on the Spanish Fork end of the field for most of the game. Courtney Acosta and Jenny Youd attempted to keep the Dons from getting get-ting knocked out early. Spanish Fork encountered much resistance from defenders like Nicole Bardin, Whitney Fuller and Ashley Broderick, costing the Dons golden chances for great shot selections. From the upper right-hand corner of the Spanish Fork penalty box, Krommenhoek booted in the afternoon's after-noon's first goal. American Fork rested on its 1-0 lead only for a few minutes. During a breakaway play, Mansfield improved the score at 2-0. It quickly changed to 3-0 when Ybarra Yba-rra carried out a breakaway play of her own. Fuller's little sister, Maria Fuller, attempted at-tempted to get in on the scoring spree. 1 lowever, the younger Fuller missed her shot, but Ybarra rebounded it and scored a goal. After Mansfield had scored a second sec-ond time, Ybarra completed a hat trick shortly before intermission. A successful shot by Laini Kalumbi put American Fork's lead at 7-0 barely ahead of the break. Early in the second half, Mansfield connected a pass to Ybarra for for her fourth score. Jenn Packham and Megan Me-gan Hendricks each scored a goal for American Fork shortly afterwards. I Dean Von Memmott filed this report. See REWIND, Page 7 Kim demons American Fork High School Parents: Michelle and Pete demons Year: Junior Age: 16 Birthplace: Cross cou ntry Position: No. 6 runner on varsity girls team Favorite sports team: BYU Cougars Favorite food: Orange chicken Favorite restaurant: Panda Express Favorite movie: The Dark Knight Favorite book: The Gospel of Luke Favorite class: Math Grade point average: 4.0 Most memorable career moment: Placing high in the JV girls race at the American Fork Grass Relays. Future plans: To go on a senior trip, then attend college. American Fork head cross country coach Bruno Hunzikersaid: "This is her second year of running cross country for us. She was on JV last year. This year, she's been running varsity practically for the entire season. sea-son. She has a great work ethic. She had a grandfather who was a marathon mara-thon runner. When he died a year ago, one of the things she committed to do for his memory was to run cross country. That's been a great benefit to our program." !eye! RECREATION Signups open for basketball, skiing NORTH COUNTY Registration is now being conducted con-ducted for youth basketball and skiing programs at the American Fork Fitness Center, 454 N. Center Cen-ter Street in American Fork, or online at www.afcity.com. Once on the Web site, choose department, then recreation, then register on line, and finally, youth sports and the particular group needed. Forms are available to download and mail in also. For more information, send a message to recreationafcity.net or call 763-3080 (ext. 2). Resident costs are for residents of American Fork, Highland and Alpine. The non-resident fee applies ap-plies to those residing in all other cities. I Intramural basketball for boys and girls grades 7-12: Deadline Dead-line Nov. 6. Fees are $70 resident, $85 non-resident. I Youth basketball for boys and girls grades 3-6: Deadline Nov. 20. Fees are $40 resident, $55 non-resident, except sixth grade, which is $45 and $60, respectively. I Solitude ski bus: Register at the Fitness Center; space is limited. limit-ed. Fee of $285 includes chartered bus ride to Solitude, morning ski or snowboard lessons, and all-day lift passes for four Saturdays during dur-ing January and February. CROSS COUNTRY Caveman boys ranked fourth in region NORTH COUNTY The new Harrier Magazine dyestat.com cross country poll has just come out and the American Ameri-can Fork boys cross country team is now ranked fourth in the Southwest South-west U.S. Region (Arizona, Nevada, Ne-vada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorad, and New Mexico). This is the third year in the past five that the Cavemen have earned a ranking. In 2004, they earned a No. 6 regional ranking. Last year, American Fork was ranked as high as fourth and ended the year with a lOth-place finish and ranking at the inaugural inaugu-ral NTN Regional Championships in Tempe, Ariz. If the Cavemen can perform well at the upcoming region and state meets, they will qualify again for the regional championships. Looking for more? When you just can't get enough of your team, and the other teams In your region and or the Valley, check out http:preprally.heraldextra.com for more information, scores and stats on prep sports in the Valley. You'll find blogs, up-to-the-minute scores and much more. |