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Show 4 . . . 1 i 1 x 4 4. f 'J ! Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, September 15, 1999 - Page 9 Spikers open with loss at Provo By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Pleasant Grove volleyball volley-ball team lost their Region Six opener on the Provo Bulldogs' court Sept. 9. Already seasoned by their recent Bad to the Bone Invitational, the Bulldogs were more than ready to take on the green Vikings, who pulled out of their only planned preseason tournament. The Bulldogs allowed Pleasant Grove to make only six serves during the game. In the meantime, Provo posted a 15-0 win in Game 1. The Vikings now knew 1 "' j. ue v livings nuw ivnew )(i include (front row from left) Larry Wachter, Joe Lindsley, Deon Bezzant, John Lindsley, exactly what to do in the second '.mo Jodv Osborne, (back row) Martin Smith stovo d,,o, J...:i, d ,J' isinwu"r- .....Mi T . ' hi luaiwy, ueon oezzam, jonn unasiey, ike, Jody 0?r"eT Steve Black, Russ Chadwick, Brandon ;awn Bezzant and Travis Br.ggs. Not pictured: Brent Bowers, Greg Davidson and Don stlewood wins 'A' tourney title Jesters soft i captured the 'A' lampionship of the erican Fastpitch ,a World Series in :,'ue, N.Mex., two .320. .,m racked up an 8-1 'ring their run in the "tournament, which representatives from .r,d Canada. ;lers won their first ;lies and entered afternoon's contest lm from Great Falls, ;0rie of just two teams Seated. However, they their only loss in that Sunday, Castlewood ;iree victories to cap ture the crown and startpH Ki, defeating the Memphis Dawgs of Memphis, Tenn., 16-7 to get into the championship round. The Jesters beat the Montana team twice in exciting fashion to take the title. The first win was secured when Jason Littledike came to bat with his team trailing 5-3 and the bases loaded. Later named tournament MVP, he tripled off the right field fence, scoring all three runners and thus giving the Jesters a 6-5 victory. In the deciding game, Castlewood was holding a precarious pre-carious 10-9 lead in the last inning with one out and runners run-ners on first and second. Shortstop John Lindsley snagged a sharply hit ball and threw to second, where Littledike was able to turn the double play to end the game. Several team members were recognized for their outstanding outstand-ing play during the tournament. tourna-ment. In addition to the MVP, pitcher Steve Black was named outstanding pitcher of the tournament tour-nament with a 5-1 record. Outfielders Jody Osborne and Brandon Bingham were named to the All-World first team, while first baseman Shawn Bezzant, catcher Deon Bezzant and pitcher Russ Chadwick were chosen for the second team. The team is sponsored by Larry Wachter of Castlewood Insurance of Pleasant Grove. i rvt N-1 scf s tin West Off-Road team includes (front row, from left) Troy Hansen, Mike Jenson, Gin kke Watkins, Mick Dorick, Gene Clements, Rod White, (back row) Coach Marlin )ove Ratliff, Howard Cooper, Darrin Henry, Bob Barnes and Rick Houghton. .West team takes tourney 4th Mountain West Off--pitch softball team fourth at the ASA Tournament in 3 over Labor Day ;amed their berth by !' beating the local Luna's Towing, at "Tucson Invitational in Arizona. They 1 Soal of qualifying for ; at the beginning of 3 and hoped to repre-ilJte repre-ilJte respectably. seven games in im "eld before being eliminated by The California Quakes in a slugfest. The local team wore down the Utah County squad, but not before they had won games against some great teams from around the country. "We went out there with 'our' team, not an all-star team, and I felt like the chemistry is what helped us win games," said coach Marlin Barnes. "I know the teams we played were state all-star teams put together just to win this tournament, and that's what made our success even more special. "We had a different hero every game, with either a big hit or a great defensive play," Barnes said. "Everybody stepped up." Rick Houghton won the home run crown, earning him a spot on the All-American team along with Dave Ratliff, Darrin Henry and Gene Clements. Mt. West has now earned an automatic berth to the Nationals at College Station, Texas, next year. The team is sponsored by Dan Wyncoop of American Fork. iers compete at Nebo Invitational the Sept. 10 .""fnal at Spanish :f High, the Pleasant harriers decided themselves to com-.bot!i com-.bot!i of the meet's races. against runners as as thev, the rd. well. Their No. 1 1 Cameron Gurr, )uniu'' varsity boys' ut of th e race knowing how to pace himself," said Pleasant Grove coach Jennie Groves. "He's a sophomore." sopho-more." Of the other Vikings to compete com-pete in the jayvee boys' run, Caleb Smith took 16th, Anthony Frenzel 50th, Adam Allred 67th, and Logan Day 96th. Pleasant Grove had two girls finish in the top 10 of the jayvee girls' race. Ashley Holt took second and Charlotte Eads was eighth; Karen Jackson finished fin-ished 22nd. Lori Carlson 23rd, and Katty Wheelwright 24th. While her teammates were busy warming down, Eads decided to run in the varsity girls' division. She was to be the only Viking to compete in a varsity var-sity race that afternoon. Braving heavy rain, she finished fin-ished 43rd. Groves said, "All our kids had their best times at this meet." 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Aided by McFarland and Jenny Scoville's hitting, Jamie Kartchner put them ahead 9-8. No sooner did the Vikings' hope for a third game arise when the Bulldogs sneaked back ahead of them. Pleasant Grove made one more strong run at Provo. The Vikings tied the game at 12. A Wilson kill stopped Pleasant Grove cold this time. A Katie Jarman kill won the game for the Bulldogs. The Vikings visit Spanish Fork tomorrow and Springville on Tuesday. 049 IK ill Pleasant Grove's Jennifer Scoville prepares to spike the ball during a match at Provo last Thursday that marked the opening of the region season. Soccer team drops one to Timpview By Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent The Pleasant Grove Vikings received a 4-0 defeat on the Timpview Thunderbirds' Provo soccer field Sept. 9. Led by Rachel Hartgrove, Chantal Cowley, and Charlotte Eads, the Vikings made several deep penetrations of the Thunderbirds' territory. However, Timpview goalie Brianna Gordon put up stubborn stub-born resistance to the Pleasant Grove attacks. She picked off several fine shots taken by Leslie McBride and Rachel Powell. Midway through the first half, Timpview went on a wild scoring run. After Viking goalie Lindy Stott had staved off three straight Thunderbird scoring tries, Stephanie Anderson kicked in a goal for Timpview. In the next 10 minutes, the Thunderbirds' lead swelled to 4-0 on goals by Becca Peterson, Meredith Simmons, and Maria Durass. In the second half, sweeper Holly Pledger offered Stott much assistance in keeping the Thunderbirds from making more goals. The sweeper frustrated frus-trated the extremely physical Thunderbirds with her fre quent expulsions of the ball from the Viking penalty box. ' Pledger's efforts gave the Vikings some hope of catching up with Timpview. However, Gordon kept picking off important impor-tant Pleasant Grove shots. 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