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Show th the! Hved 'rth... in iltim; intc ie ei; Pa, 3St f; TU6. e is e tt: Fork; nd T- proc Plea, l sit rhe. tea; aylor key ; arac: said lc 1 thee 'impv, is sd-aish; 1 Pper 1 1 " the.! r4 ' y I m us " , m 7 .... .' i ': IllilSlUlHl Pleasant Grove Review New Utah - Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - Page 9 Anglers asked to help bass size Photos by Dean Von Memmott Pleasant Grove's Nathan Condie (19) seeks to connect a pass to teammate Austin Srnifh (1 7) in Friday's win over Timpview. Soccer team beats Timpview By Dean Von Memmott , Sports Correspondent 'jji preseason soccer Pleasant wove vmuigs iuot twojoad games, but won a thQ one. fa a March 19 contest at Pavson, the Lions won 6-1 0Viftr Pleasant Grove. At Tarforsville Thursday, the Warriors edged past the Vikings 2-1 in a shootout, however, the Vikings finished fin-ished out their week with a 2,1,,, win on the Timpview Tlpiderbirds held, jji the Payson game, K Viking coach may Lynen : said, "They beat us on a goal made in the last 20 seconds. They scored their winning goal on a ricochet shot." Tanner Gibb scored both of the Viking goals in the game. He also scored the Vikings' only goal in the March 20 contest. Lynch said, "Tanner scored our go!' in the first half. We I lapsed in the last 20 min utes of the Taylorsville game, and they scored a tying goal." It forced the game into a shootout that ended with the Warriors coming out on top. In the aftermath of the Friday contest, Lynch said, "Timpview's a well-coached team. "The only chance we had was to keep the ball on the ground, because Timpview had big kids who were good at taking advantage of keeping it in the air." While the' Vikings battled bat-tled to keep the ball on the ground, the Thunderbirds spent much of the game on Pleasant Grove's end of the field. This enabled Timpview to lead the Vikings 19-4 in shots on goal. That statistic meant little, lit-tle, since Viking goalie Brock DeGraff blocked all but one of their shots through the entire afternoon. Furthermore, the Vikings held their own against Timpview's long ball offense. Paul Kennington and McKay Lynch kept repulsing repuls-ing Timpview invasions led by Brent Davis and Mike Ewing. Pleasant Grove's stubborn stub-born defense helped to keep the game tied at 0-0 until Viking Brett Waters scored a goal late in the first half's final five minutes. The score stayed at 1-0 until that last 10 minutes of play when Thunderbird David Lewis tied the game at one. In the last two minutes, Waters broke the tie on an angle shot from inside the Thunderbird penalty box to secure the victory. The win concluded the Vikings' preseason campaign, cam-paign, which left them with a record of 2-3-1. Pleasant Grove is scheduled sched-uled to play at Orem Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. 1 0 ft IT- -A '4 The Vikings played a thriller against Timpview Friday on the road. They won 2-1. A.F. men's basketball final standings "A"Leaaue PMG Insurance ue Smith Ai 7on-Buzz.com jurninghams ale Greenwood, DDS .... ?rp Co IV Hasbeens 12-3 11-4 10-5 8-7 7-8 6-9 4-11 1-14 ?e Drywall till "B" . "B" League 13-2 12-3 Hunter Insurance HumphriesGene Harvey . Game Den Premier Wood Products . . MD Lawn Care Car Quest Fairways Pro Shop Richards Pro Plaza Highland Farms. Buckmasters Final Cut TimpHatch Fantastic Sams Pioneer Pipe 12-3 11-4 11-4 10-5 10-5 8-7 8-7 7-8 5-10 5-10 4-11 2-13 2-13 0-15 'fecal gymnasts compete well at meet Several local gymnasts c2SPeted earlier this 2tn at Utah State .ersity-s 17th annual 2 country Invitational. of these gymnasts are Vlpeting at the advanced wuonal Levels" and have Suely choreographed '2'tines in each event, jgnantelle Beratto, a re- J gymnast from gar Fort, placed 2nd on Bars, 3rd in Vault, $ Ail-Around in the Weea!eTgriP-; Bri"any fron An LeVel 7 gymnast American Fork, placed 1" Vault and 7th All- the 12-14 age atrina Priddis, a Level 7 gymnast from Lindon, placed 3rd on Floor Exercise and 6th Ail-Around Ail-Around in the 12-14 age group. Aimee Erickson, a Level 7 gymnast from Cedar Hills, placed 4th on Vault and Ail-Around in the 12-14 age group. Kristin Turner, a Level 8 gymnast from Lehi, placed 1st on Vault, and 2nd on Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise, and Ail-Around in the 16 age group. Mickell Merrell, a Level 8 gymnast from Pleasant Grove, placed 10th Ail-Around Ail-Around in the 12-13 age group. Rainy Butler, a Level 9 gymnast from Pleasant Grove, placed 3rd in Floor Exercise and 10th Ail-Around Ail-Around in the 12-13 age group. These girls train approximately approx-imately 20 hours a week at All American Gymnastics in Orem. It Anglers may be catching larger smallmouth bass at Lake Powell in the future if they'll keep the bass they catch in the lake now. The Division of Wildlife Resources reports that 83 percent of the smallmouth bass caught at Lake Powell are released back into the water, which could be hurting hurt-ing the population, instead of helping it: Wayne Gustaveson, Lake Powell project leader for the Division of Wildlife Resources, reported, "The size and weight of smallmouth small-mouth bass in the lake has declined over the past few years but, with the help of anglers, we might be able to reverse this trend. We're encouraging anglers to keep the smallmouth bass they catch, up to their 20 fish limit. It's especially important impor-tant to keep the nine to 11-inch 11-inch fish." Gustaveson says it used to take three years for smallmouth bass in the lake to reach 13.7 inches in length, which is considered a quality length. It now takes the lake's small-mouths small-mouths an average of five years to reach that same length. One reason for this might be too many fish competing for limited food, although high reproduction doesn't appear to be a factor. Gustaveson commented, "Excessively high reproduction reproduc-tion does not appear to be driving the average size down. Recent measurement of annual production by electrofishing collection has found fewer fish less than 1-year-old than previous surveys." sur-veys." He says the relative weight of smallmouth bass in the lake also has declined. "One possible problem is the largemouth bass tapeworm which infects most of the population popula-tion and has since smallmouth small-mouth were introduced. While the parasite is not outwardly visible, and does not effect eating quality, it may have a negative effect on reproduction and growth." It's felt that the parasite has a compounding effect during periods of slow growth and intense compe tition. Parasite effect is worse when food is scarce. Gustaveson added, "The obvious response to the problem is that there are too many smallmouth bass with not enough food. With striped bass in similar conditions, con-ditions, we have recommended recom-mended maximum angler harvest to bring predator numbers in balance with forage supplies. That may be exactly what is needed to meet this challenge with the lake's smallmouth bass." In addition to keeping the bass they catch, anglers can also help the lake's smallmouth bass population popula-tion b'y providing the Division with information about the bass they catch. They can do this by visiting the Lake Powell web site (www.wayneswords.com) and entering the length, weight and species of fish caught. "In the left index you will find "Report Your Catch," Gustaveson said. "Here any and all fish caught can be recorded by length and weight and species. I am specifically interested in lengths of smallmouth bass. If weights are also recorded, that's a bonus. Gustaveson concluded, "Please participate in this action only if you are willing will-ing to record lengths and weights accurately in the field. You must write down lengths and weights of all bass at the time of capture. It's just as important to record the 6-incher as it is the 15-inch bass. Do not try to remember and then guess at the end of the day or week." For more information informa-tion call the Division of Wildlife Resources' Lake Powell office at (520) 645-2392 645-2392 or visit www.wayneswords.com on the Internet. For those heading out to Lake Powell for their first spring vacation, the lake elevation is currently 3,648 M.S.L. and the water temperature tem-perature is rising above 50 on warm afternoons, but returns to 48 degrees overnight. Warming is good news, but currently, it is not enough to get many fish into the boats. Look for areas that have heat radiat-'3 ing off of canyon walls to see i more action this time of year. Currently most reports indicate slow fishing fish-ing lake-wide, although warmer temperatures could' rapidly change that. Walleye are currently spawning at Powell.-; Although the males have' been ready during the' whole month of March, now female walleye are starting to deposit eggs. While there have been a few walleye J caught near Hite catching will not improve until spawning is complete and walleye go back on food. The search for forage begins when warming . temperatures tempera-tures speed up metabolism. Anglers can expect walleye to bite better in mid-April when temperatures exceed 55 F. Bass need the same warming to get them in the shallows prospecting for nest sites for future spawning. spawn-ing. April is the spawning period and it extends well., into May. Largemouth want water to be at least . 55 degrees before spawning and smallmouth look for 60 degrees. Striped bass are the last of the big predators to spawn (panfish are later). Males begin running ripe in mid April but the females wait for perfect conditions before dropping eggs. They need a huge diurnal spike' in surface temperatures (i.e. 60-70 F) if lake spawning spawn-ing or a spike in flow if spawning in the river. They don't normally spawn until mid May to June 10. Stripers do hang around in large schools1 waiting for the spawning triggers. These congregations congrega-tions are favorite targets of Spring anglers. Try the historic his-toric gathering areas near Glen Canyon Dam and the NGS Power Plant Intake for early season stripers. A few fish have recently been caught at both locations. loca-tions. The BIG school could move in with warming any day now. Anglers could expect to catch enough fish for a meal this week, but if the timing on a particular day was perfect there may be enough stripers for more. Dean Gunther Wins "Top Tech 2001" In North America r i i -Uv t) mm Mam: -111 Hi The winner of the NATE certified technician Olympics is right here in American Fork. Congratulations to Dean Gunther of Gunthers Comfort Air. Throughout the U.S. and Canada, there are over 10,000 technicians who have certified through the "North American Technician Excellence" (NATE) program. 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