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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, October 16, 2008 COMMUNITY SPORTS, PEOPLE AND OUTDOOR FUN Spencer Ivlagleby American Fork High School American Fork swim team to open season next week Page 6 DeanVon Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The American Fork swim team will open their new season with a tri-meet against Lone Peak and Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove at the American Fork Recreation Center on Wednesday. American Fork coach Kathy King said. "We have quite a large number of kids in the program this year. So far, 64 have turned out for it. Our boys team this year is the largest one we've had in years, it has 40 guys on it. Many of them are first -time swimmers." In some recent seasons. American Fork hadn't been Cavemen boys, girls sweep Region 4 Jared Lloyd and Dean Von Memmott NQRTH COuNfv It doesn't take long at a cross country meet, but for the few moments while the scores are being tallied, the runners for the teams near the top hold their breath. Then the results are announced an-nounced and one team gets to start the celebration. On Saturday morning at the Region 4 meet at Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, the American Fork girls got to enjoy that moment first, as they edged Timpanogos for the region crown by six points. The Cavemen boys joined in a half-hour later when they also beat out the second-place Timberwolves to get first place. "This is one more step toward our overall goal of winning state," said American Ameri-can Fork boys coach Timo Mostert. "We're going to get prepared and get ready to try and come back with the trophy." The Caveman girls squad paced by Alexis Laws placed four runners in the top 10. The margin was wider than it might 've been if the T'Wolves had managed to be fully healthy. "We had Hannah Groom out who was 13th at state last year, plus some of our other girls were sick," said Timpanogos head coach Jody Nelson. "Those points made a difference. They were too much for us today." While the Timberwolves had to settle for a No. 2 finish, senior Brooke Hodson was second to no one. She won the race, even though the slip)ery grass made things tough at times. "I slipped and fell down coming down the hill (at the top of the course)," she said. "It was like gymnastics, but it was fun out there. I didn't know how far I was in front of Alexis (Laws) until I turned the last corner. She was fighting fight-ing so hard." Among the other Caveman runners in the varsity girls race, Jamie Lee took fifth, See TITLES, Page 7 AF volleyball takes down gritty Dean Von Memmott SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The American Fork volleyball vol-leyball team survived a tough three-game volleyball match at Timpanogos Tuesday evening. eve-ning. The Cavemen defeated the Timberwolves by scores of 25-23, 25-21,28-26. What spared American Fork from having its away match extended longer was a violation called against Timpanogos in the third game. Near the end of it, a Timpanogos player from the back row moved up to the net and registered a kill while the score read 24-23, Timberwolves. Timpanogos celebrated until a referee cited The team seems to be more cohesive this year. The brand new swimmers have been coming along." Kathy King Avt :a f ccv sa vv v' vi able to got more than 10 Ivys to come out for the s im program King said. "We do h.n c some boys w ith state meot experience back this ear Thev include Colin l-arsen. Tr J' r ; hi : American Fork's Robby Lee, left, and Alexis Laws compete in a c ross country meet on Sept. 3. Lee Cavemen boys and girl teums sweep the titles at the Region 4 cross country meet last week. rewind; a violation on the play. "It was an illegal back-row attack," said American Fork coach Danette Moea'l. The violation shifted the momentum momen-tum to American Fork's favor while Timpanogos hurt itself with a string of mistakes that resuled in the Cavemen making mak-ing the match point. "We gave them a lot of serves," admitted Moea'i. "We missed 18 serves in the game. We played sloppy in all three of our games, but we battled hard for our last points to McK.n Kmc. Seth Wvnn. 1,1 S-.iv,:h and Malt Okel-!v:i Okel-!v:i K.'VC pluvd third in I he hV ;i:iv1 .W yard freestyle relax s at last winter's stale meet sr 1 win. We were down in every one of our games, so we had to come from behind." The coach warned that if American Fork were to play poor in its coming matches against Lehi, Pleasant Grove, and Lone Peak, "they won't let us come back like Timpanogos did." An Eriann Avery block sent the Timberwolves ahead 3-1 in the first game, Despite an outstanding out-standing Hayley Su'a-Filo kill, the Cavemen's performance remained flat for a spell. After a Sue Sulz kill had improved im-proved the Timberwolves' ad-. ad-. vantage at 6-2, Jessica Jardine and Su'a-Filo guided American Ameri-can Forok within 8-5, but a Kali Skidmore kill sparked the The American Fork girls also have their share of state meet veterans. "We lost Candice Smith to graduation last year," said King. "Her spot is going to be very difficult to fill. She was the only senior on the girls team last year, so we have experienced ex-perienced girls ready to seek to carry on for her. Some of our returning girl swimmers who competed at state last season include Jamie Nebek-er, Nebek-er, Chanel Noot, Maddie Dai-ley Dai-ley and Tabbi Sumsion." Smith won two state titles at the 2008 meet before retiring retir-ing from high school competition. competi-tion. The coach has confidence about the program for the cross country crowns f ' v. t u - f If " ' "4 1 -i,"" ) Timpanogos squad Timberwolves to stay at least five points ahead. Avery's hitting remained hard to neutralize. Eventually, Su'a-Fiilo, Makenzie Moea'i and Jenny Orton became leaders lead-ers for an American Fork comeback midway through the first game. The Cavemen finally tied the game at 20, and the momentum mo-mentum became slippery for both teams. American Fork finally won the game on a bad Timpanogos spike. Through Skidmore's hitting, hit-ting, Timpanogos took a 3-1 lead in the second game. Through Jenny Hardman's serving, the American Fork-ers Fork-ers tied the score at three. Tying the score proved to be next three years. King said, "We have a pretty strong group of ninth-graders swimming swim-ming with us this year. They include Camille Okelberry and twins Maddy and Mor- . gan King. "The team seems to be more cohesive this year. The brand new swimmers have been coming along," she added. The girls and boys teams each have three captains this season. On the girls team they are Noot, Dailey and Nicole Casey. The boys team captains are Kyle Smith, Matt Okelberry and McKay King. King's assistants this year are Karen Pollock and Chad Reimschussel. - - & I. i 0 FILENorth County and Laws helped the the most that they could do against Timpanogos in the second game. The Timberwolves Timber-wolves led by as far as six points. Kills by Candice Dawson Daw-son spurred American Fork into securing a 19-18 lead. Hits by Moea'i and Su'a-Filo neutralized neu-tralized Skidmore and Sulz at the net. American Fork took the game by a score of 25-21. Though Timpanogos moved ahead 2-0 in the third game, an American Fork double block quickly resulted in the Cavemen pulling ahead 54. A seesaw battle ensued as neither team could hold on to the lead for long. The battle of the moment ended only when See REWIND, Page 7 Parents: Charlie and Sue Magleby Year: Senior Age: 17 Birthplace: American Fork Sport: Football Position: Tight end Favorite sports team: San Diego Chargers Favorite food: Chinese Favorite restaurant: Panda Express Favorite football movie: Invincible Favorite magazine: Sports Illustrated Favorite class: Physiology Grade Point Average: 3.60 Most memorable career moment: Catching a few key passes at the Skyline Sky-line game this year. Future plans: To attend Southern Utah University next year. American Fork head football coach Davis Knight said: "Last year, he was a fullback. As a junior, he made great gains for us. He moved to tight end this year, and at the Skyline game, he caught some critical passes for us. He's a good example of a coachable kid." eya LOCAL SPORTS Registration open for youth basketball, skiing programs 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 $285 includes chartered bus ride to Solitude, morning ski or snowboard lessons, and all-day lift passes for four Saturdays during dur-ing January and February. UTAH VAUEV HIGH HOOl SPORTS PrepRallf o to preprally.heraldex-tra.com preprally.heraldex-tra.com for the latest on Utah Valley high school sports. There you can: G I WATCH videos and READ articles on your favorite team I CHECK out photos from around the Valley Stay up-to-date on the Valley's TOP PERFORMERS in various prep sport I LOCATE scores from prep sports action in the Valley I CHAT with other local high school sports fans iwrmei SPEAK UP LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ONLINE 2attttt&$lcvnt& www.herajcfextra.ccHn |