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Show Page A10 Times Newspaper Thursday, April 17, 2003 J" Prep iVotes Region races are wide open with few favorites MARTIN HARRIS Times Sports Editor The Region Seven base ball season is at its halfway point and the race is as clear as mud. Through Monday, only a game and a half separates sepa-rates top to bottom and only half a game separates sepa-rates the top four. ; There is definite parity pn the baseball diamonds. ! Last week, Mountain View blew a big lead against Timpanogos and let the game slip away. Then lost a close one with Lone Peak. They bounced back with a lopsided victory victo-ry of Orem. The Bruins are searching search-ing for consistency at the plate. Prior to Monday's outburst, they were dead last in the region in runs scored per game at 3.3 per contest. To of their wins were 1-0 scores. Willie Newton has often been the one coming up short on the run support. sup-port. He pitched both 1-0 shutouts and lost a 5-3 game to Lone Peak. Mountain View coach Chris Cooper believes his team might not be as focused at the plate when Newton is on the mound. "We need to get Willie some more runs," he said. The Tigers look really good when playing Timpanogos but can't seem to solve the Bruins. Orem has been outscored by Mountain View 18-4 and have committed 12 errors in the two meetings. meet-ings. Orem's defense will have to be stronger in the next meeting. On the bright side, the Tiger pitching looks solid. They don't allow a lot of earned runs and they keep the ball on the ground. Offensively, they aver age nearly five runs a game and the bottom of the Tiger lineup is just as capable of getting on as the top of the order. Timpanogos has the best run production in the region but they could easily eas-ily be averaging more. The T-Wolves leave men stranded in crucial situations late in the game. Last week against the Tigers, they left seven men on base during the last four innings. They did the exact same thing in the Lone Peak loss on April 4 and on their March 25th meeting with Orem they left six stranded strand-ed in the last four innings. If they get a couple of clutch hits, Timpanogos could easily be undefeated. undefeat-ed. In each of their three losses, the T-Wolves have been in the position to win or tie every game in their last at-bat. They have the hitters to do it also. Ryder Olsen, Jace Bramwell and Spencer Johnson can all hit the long ball. Pleasant Grove needs some wins before the pack starts to separate themselves them-selves from the Vikings. Every game is important impor-tant in this region where only three playoff spots are available but at the same time the region champion will have several sever-al losses. Halfway through, every team has at least three. To softball. Orem is looking to create cre-ate some separation in the standings. With a 1-0 win against the Bruins, the Tigers have sole possession pos-session of first place. They have a big battle with Timpanogos this week if the weather permits. Devrie Downey has been almost untouchable and Marsha Heimuli might be the best catcher in the state like her coach says. Teams are going to have to get bunts down to beat Orem because if you miss a bunt then your runner is dead meat at second. Timpanogos needs to win this game. After losing los-ing to Lone Peak, the Wolves drop to 0-2. An 0-3 start would be almost be panic time in a league where you only get eight games. The T-Wolves have a top-notch pitcher in Lyndsi Hill but she is getting get-ting very little run support. sup-port. If they can put a couple cou-ple of runs across then the Wolves would be undefeated. unde-feated. Now the question is who will deliver? They had better get an answer quick. Mountain View is tough but need some runs also. Last week, they experienced experi-enced both ends of 1-0 game. Chelsey Mikalauski's recovery and return to pitching is huge for the team but they still need runs from all parts of the batting order. Kaycie Zimmerman and Mallary Gillespie combined 2-for-12 in those two games. More is needed need-ed from the heart of the order and the team captains. cap-tains. Of course, no one hit well in those games. With Orem and Mountain View looking to be the top two, Lone Peak and Pleasant Grove could be spoilers. The Knights will battle Timpanogos for the third spot. The Vikings lost so much from last year's state runner-up team that they probably are not in contention for a playoff spot but they could sure try to spoil someone's season. Prep Soccer Tigers drop third straight DEAN VON MEMMOTT Utah Valley Correspondent The Orem Tigers dropped their third straight Region Seven soccer soc-cer during a thriller at Lone Peak April 8. The Knights outlasted Orem 3-1. 3-1. The Knights didn't show in the first half the amount of desire they displayed dis-played in their 2-1 win over the Mountain View Bruins April 4. Orem sought to exploit' Lone Peak's lack of enthusiasm. Led by Julio Sanchez, Johannas Gappmeyer and Tony Garrison, the Tigers put a lot pressure on Lone Peak goalie Taylor Payne. Backed up by Blaine Hale and Nick Shelley, the goalie kept the Tigers from scoring first, though. In the last few minutes of the half, Orem drew a violation inside its penalty box. Knight Jared Johansen scored on the ensuing penalty kick. Lone Peak didn't get to take its 1-0 lead into halftime. A minute before intermission, inter-mission, the Knights drew a violation in their penalty box, and a Sanchez direct kick evened the game at one. The game stayed tied until Knight Matt Paskett scored a goal on an angle shot. Goalie Brandon Mann kept the Knight lead at 2-1 until Dave Wilson scored from inside the Tiger penalty box. Orem Resident to compete inj Games Global Championship Orem resident and professional pro-fessional In-Line skater Jaren Grob has been selected to represent the United States in the Aggressive In-Line Park competition at X Games Global Championship I at San Antonio's Alamodome on may 16-18, 2003. The annual first-of-its-kind competition in action sports features two distinct dis-tinct venues the Alamodome and Whistler Blackcomb Mountain Resort in British Columbia, Canada-hosting events in summer and winter action sports simultaneously, simul-taneously, and centers on the formation of six teams representing differed regions of the world; U.S., Europe, Canada, South America, Asia and Australia. Each team will consist of two athletes per region for each sport to compete for the X Game Global Championship title. The X Games Global Championship will include 11 events from six sports categories at the two venues; ven-ues; San Antonio (seven events from skateboard, Bike Stunts, Moto X and Aggressive In-Line Skate) and Whistler ( four events from Ski and Snowboard). Results from both venues ven-ues will be combined for an overall team score. The primary outcome of the entire event will be to crown one of the six teams the X Games Global Champion. In addition to the overall team scores, individual performances will be recognized with prize money and medals. Grob is the X Games VII and VIII gold medallist and the 2001 and 2002 Aggressive Skaters Association (ASA) World Street Champion, ending both years ranked first in Street in the world. His skating style is hard hitting hit-ting and with his motorcycle motorcy-cle gang image, he goes bigger than his peers gaining gain-ing their respect and their envy. Grob joins Brian Aragon on a talented United States team that 0 0 ncil ral .Ac win be ready to con-San con-San Antonio. m The 65,000 , Alamodome isamultk pu&e &pux is ana ent V Uliu configured to aate a wide variefr .. onnrfinfT mm,i- J J "- oiiuwa ana convf i iiv"u' -vai;u. aajacew downtown San Ant0( the Alamodome 5 160,000 feet 0f exj space to current com' '- iion nans ana over square feet of meed mum apace. The Alamodome i ii i Deen me nome venue i, tne lyyy World Champ Son Antnnin C... Aiamo cowl. Kecentld uome nostea such n events as the 2( I T VAA-LJLL O J-'HICU TOUT t'J 4 Ml A . . I N iutn Annual Alamo h record breaking Mons Jam, and 2003 Nr: Men's South Regional ! the ruture, the Alamodd will host 2004 Men s Final Four. ral lor I )1A SHUT r MO Prep Baseball Bruins fall to Knights 2 Co' )!arie ;cise. an ; woi Jew; DEAN VON MEMMOTT Utah Valley Correspondent The visiting Lone Peak Knights outlasted the Mountain View Bruins 5-3 on Mountain View's diamond. dia-mond. Despite a first-inning double by Bruin Chris Benson, neither school could score in the first two innings, mainly because of the pitching of Bruin Willie Newton and Knight Jason Newman. The scoreless deadlock finally ended in the third. In the top of that inning, Pat Bailey blasted a left-field left-field double, and Colton Owens singled him in for the first Knight run. In response, catcher Jason Stoelk put Owens out on a throw to second baseman Benson. Newman kept the Bruins scoreless in the third but they didn't let him continue holding them at bay in the fourth. In the top of that inning, Lone Peak stretched its lead to 3-0 on a Matt Bezzant double and a Mike Jensen single. The Bruins waged a fierce assault on the Knights' lead in the bottom of the inning. The moment Mountain View loaded the bases on two outs, Isa la R Takahashi doubled Brandon and Bri; Dickinson. Center Sean Stephan pick off Stoelk fly ball, preventi: a long Bruin rally. Brian Dickinson ketii the Knight lead at until the seventh. Singling that inning, Bailey caiiBai home on a passed ball,d Braden Walker knocked Owens, completing Knii-w scoring. Doubling in the nf the innirip. Takak: quickly scored on a Stof 1 Ajl sacrifice fly. Despite a ft: out double from Bens: the Kniehts soon st Mountain View down. ant (ft is irian Prep Softball Orem bats come up with 11 runs in - mat :snti k ?sh -irse 'sra ;iolo DEAN VON MEMMOTT Utah Valley Correspondent In a makeup game, the Orem Tigers defeated the Lone Peak Knights 11-1 in Region Seven softball action. With Devrie Downey pitching, the Tigers held Lone Peak scoreless for the first two innings. Meanwhile, in the bottom bot-tom of the first, Alii Chapman slugged a single and later scored a run for Orem. Pitcher McKenzie McEwan kept the Tigers from increasing their 1-0 lead during the first two innings. Lone Peak capitalized capi-talized on that fact during the third inning. In the top of it, McEwan hit a one-out double to drive in Jessica Marshall to even the game at one. The 1-1 tie proved to be short-lived. With the Tigers loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the third, a Marsha TTmrrmli Wfllk SCOfi noKhiA Mnnerman. flrom made thief-; worse for Lone Peai the fifth. Spurred on : Stratton triple and Heimuli double, Ti crero wacred 3 five-1 rally. To make sure Peak couldn't reflj from it, the Tigers W v0 Kcicas in the sixtb,a- another Heimuli touched off a game ing, four-run rally tte it ti ! ti mm Competitive Rates Great Service Se Habla Espanol Call for a Quote Today, You'll be Glad You Did. Lender Insurance, Inc. 390 W 800N106 Orem UT 84057 . J3& y DC DOLLAR CUT1 Professional Full Service Salon 882 N. State Street Orem 224-3284 1277 S. 800 E. Orem 227-0303 314 E. State Pleasant Grove 785-3100 350 M. Freedom Blvd. Provo inside Smith's! 37d.pn Why Shop Around? We Alvyays Match Competitors' Advertised Prices!! 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