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Show DAILY Saturday, February 9, 2008 HERALD C3 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Dons get past Lelii; T'Wolves top Cavemen DAILY Jessop gan Kartchner to defeat the in Region 18. Miners HOOPS ROUNDUP HERALD Totals 7 Washington If It 8 Beard 15 Hoover 2 Guy 2. li is (1-- The Spanish Fork Dons used a balanced scoring attack and stifling defense in the second : half to cruise past Lehi 61-in Region 4 boys basketball action on Friday. Matt Gardner sparked Spanish Fork (12-- 44) with a 19 points and four game-higTeammate Dallin Naulu had a solid game as well, With nine points and six assists. The Pioneers got 14 points from both Tyson Henderson and Will Walker. I Juan Diego 71, Carbon 51: At Salt Lake City, the Soaring Eagles (3-- 5 Region 8) outscored the Dinos ) in all four periods, getting 17 points from Michael Falvo and 15 from Devin Thomas to secure a slot in the 3A state playoffs. 49 (2-6- h CARBON (51) Rasnussen 4 Bean (7-1- Swenson 14 Walker 14. Obia 3. Stanley 2 lolals 20 10 6 14 S 11 Carbon Juan Diego Smltn6. Sauco,CI), 49, 12 11 11 17 SI 71 19 17 15 20 Carbon 7 (Bean 3, Srngerei BuchmHter, Juan Diego 4 M Falvo 2, Bauman. Thomas). I Wasatch 61, Uintah 52: At Vernal, the Wasps used an half time lead to cruise to the Region 10 easy road win over the Utes. Taylor Woodruff (19 points) and Brennan Hallows (17) led the way for Wasatch, while Mike Pelo also reached 5. 16 58, American Fork 54: At Orem. the Cavemen double digits with 10 points. fell short in their bid to pull off (61) the big road upset Skyler Half-or- d WASATCH 3. Woodruff 19. Pelo 10 King 3. Hallows Bamoartner 9 61 Tukuatu 3. Edwards 6 Totals 20 put the dagger in the heart of the Cavemen, leading the UINTAH (52) Monsen 3 Bunrlerson 7 Mmgan 9 Hansen 15. T'Wolves (44) with 23 points. Kanaka 2. Upton 12. Curtis4. Totals 18 52, Derek Danklef led American 61 17 20 6 18 Wasatch Fork with 15 points. 7 14 19 52 12 Uintah (1-- 7 AMERICAN FORK (54) Jones 6, Haws 8, Danklef T5. Murphy Enosa IV. Totals 20944 54. - 4 Meacham - American Fort! Timpanogos Thomas goals: Wasatch 7 Woodruff 3. Hallows 2. Bamgartner. Kingt, Uintah 4 (Hansen 2, Monson, Bondeison), 10, TWTK Hanmlm (38) Braoley 8, 6 Henstey 2 Edwards 1 DelMe 10 Totals 29 70 6. Eide 4 Ritter 4, Juab 52, Rowland Hall 50: At Ne-phi, the Wasps (3-7-) picked up a ' 58 huge Region 14 road win against the Winged Lion (55). Tyson Lynn led tlie way for Juab, pouring in three treys on his way to a 15 Delta 58, North Sanpete 46: At Mt. Pleasant, the Rabbits ) remained undefeated in Region 8 play, taking advantage of 16 points from Kurt Nielsen to blow past the Hawks (44). 16 points. game-hig- h (8-0- ROWLAND HALL (50) Bossarl 3, Llvsey 2.Haslam 1. Accettura 15. Arthur 14, Morse 5, 50. 8, Sate 2. Totals 1 9 JUAB (52) Lynn 16. K Jones 12, Jacobsen 1. Wickfe 3, 52 11, Nielson 7, Kay 2, Totals 15 J. Jones 4 Jordan 9. S Steele 7 HUtman 7. Totals 4. Taylor 3. Wayland 38 1 nt 25 16. Tatt 2 M 14. Hicks 5 Totals (47) J Eliason 5, NORTH SANPETE (46) Ebell 4. Curtis 7, Daniels 6. Chnstensen 11. 7, J. Bailey 1. Seety 5. Bailey 5. Totals 13 Jorgensen Johnson 8. Nielsen 16. Jetferv 12. 6. Uiappell 4. Totals 22 58 Rowland Juab 11 13 10 16 50 10 15 19 8 52 goats: Rowland Hall 5 lAccettura 3: Arthur. Morsel, Juab 8 (Lynn 4, K. Jones 2. Wickle, J. Jones). Hall Dugway 70, Tintic 38: At Eu) reka, the Mustangs kept their undefeated season alive, using a whopping 26 points and four from Mor 46. (7-0- Delta 14 19 4 18 North Sanpete 9 goals Delia 5 INellsnn 3, Stoddard. Sanpete 3 (Seely Curtis Ebell). 15 15 10 Hill), 58 46 North slow first half for lxh teams, the visit ing Knighis rallied in tlx.' third quarter behind some big steals by Shantel Hanary, then took the lead and lield off tlie Vikings with good shooting tlie the fourth quarter, lrom Megan Smith was the free throw line and also hit a in the final period, wink? Amanda Parish scored eight of her game-hig- h 20 xmts in tlx; pei md to help tlx- Knights ( 54) pick up their second win over the Vikings. Flanary added eight points and six steals. Whitney Giles led Pleasant Grove (10-9- , 54) with 17 points, Whitincluding five ney Giles, - Chnstensen 12. RosenvaH Despam 2. Totals 14 16. Newman 5. Nay 12. SouttlSevtor Gunnison goals 24 14 10 19 11 11 5 20 South Sevier 5 fBishoft 3. Hicks. Gunnison 7 (Chnstensen 3. RosenvaH 2. Nay) 67 47 - , I Manti 96, North Sevier 62: At Salina, the Templars (84) nearly broke the century mark for the second time this season, in Rerouting the Wolves gion 12. Tylan Jackson scored 20 points to lead the Templars, while three other players also finished in double figures. (.1-- (98) NORTH SEVIER (62) Learning 11. Johnson?. Veater 3. Newman 10. McEown 6. C. Bates 7, Totals Reynolds 7. Nelson 24 62.. 24 30 Mann 10 13 North Sevier Mantl 8 (Jackson goals C. Jones. R. Huoentobler). North 19 23 59, American Leadership 53: At Layton, Will Beard tallied 15 points as the Eagles ) came from behind to pick up a key home victory in Region 14. David Armendariz led ALA (4-- with 20 points. ALA (53) Mower 3. Delgado 9. Edmunds 53. Jordan 7, Totals 16 4. Armendariz LAYTON CHRISTIAN (59) Valdez 7, Rodriguez 3. Nixon 4. Silveira 20. PLEASANT GROVE (41 ) Cartel 7. Hamson 5. faiks 41 Totals 14 t'ink 4 i. Utmeiit fansti b lilies 44 Pleasant 41 13 18 5 8 12 14 Grove 7 8 goals Lone Peak 2 (Smith. Farishl. Grove 6 (Carter. Cil.es 51 Knights Pleasant ( - Wasatch 57, Uintah 32: At Vernal, Kim Parker scored 13 points to help Wasatch (21 Ml, 1041) remain unbeaten with a Region 10 win over Uintah UINTAH (32) 2. M Chamberlain Cfiivers G. Simper 2 K Chamberlain 2. Labium 4. Wainbeig 2 A Johnson 1. Tup 11 32 Hodgkinson2. Totals II goals Uintah 0. Wasatch 16 11 6 8 4 (Parker 16 14 12 6 Gelurno 2. 57 32 Puce! Lehi 38, Spanish Fork 34: At Spanish Fork, tlie Pioneers picked up their lu st Region 4 win of the year, knocking 'of I the Dons ) on their Ik me t lot r Box score was unavailable. - , nv 6-- 3 i- - - SJ by pinning Orem's Chase Orwin at 12 pounds. Brock Brown followed up with a pin of his own at 1 19 pounds and Jeremiah MARIO RUIZDaily HpraW Guzman produced the same result in his Provo's Jacob Jensen is held by Mountain View's Jake Fredrickson, tup, during t he match. 1 quarterfinal round at the Region 7 championships on Friday. Payson's fourth and biggest win of the in the came highly anticipated night matchup between McCade Ford and At 145 pounds, the Lions got anotlier mild Kyle Rodda and Provo's Likio Pope were Springville's Hayden Petersen. After a scoreuntil Rodda was given deadlocked at in less first period, Petersen went ahead upset when Cotton Cannon defeated Mounestain View's Clay Frost. The match was tied 2 two points for a t akedown w it h only one the second when he earned a going into the second period when Cannon second left on the clock. cape. However, seconds after the escape, the Ford shot in and got a single-le- g took control with a takedown and two near-falightning-quicSpringville had two wrestlers in the final where Gerrilt Bradley pinned Cannon eventually Ford once again takedown to go up points to go up Steve Brown. Other local winners were led 104 before Frost got two nearf all points let Petersen up to tie the match at After a scoreless third period, Ford used his quick- late to pull witliing two at 10-- but Cannon Springville's Brian Beai dall at 160 pounds and Provo's Mick Ellis at 189 pounds. overtime answered with a reversal to win ness once again in the sudden-deatEllis's win helped Provo edge Mountain and took Petersen down with a Cannon, who defeated a pair of state View for third place. placers from last year in Frost and Spring, 15 seconds into the extra period to Win. In addition to the six region champs, ville's Caleb Christen, was named the out"It was a good match. Hayden's as finishers in Payson had three second-plac- e tough as there is in the state," Ford said. "I standing wrestler for the upper weights. The other winner for the lions was Hess-to- n Harmon, Tag Miller and Norman Adams. knew I could take him down. I was trying to get it into overtime and thought I had a Parkin, who defeated Sebastian Lucio of The Lions advanced 17 wrestlers into next final. week's 4A championship meet. Springville 2 in the good chance to win. I just let it all go and Mountain View wrestlers played a part As impressive as this year's win was, the went for it all." in two of the more exciting finishes of the Lions may have several more region chamIt wasn't until Jace Harmon faced off with Springville's Jason Chamberlain at 140 night. Bryce Florea trailed Springville's pionships in the future, considering they are Rick Wirsch 1 for most of their relatively young. Payson now looks forward pounds that a Payson wrestler lost a match to state where it hopes to compete for a t it le. final. However, with less than 10 in the final round. Chamberlain improved "We hope to keep the momentum going, seconds remaining in the third period Floto 187-- 2 in his high school career with a pin win. we've got high hopes," Loveless said. "We rea scored a takedown to get a and was named the tournament's outstandd In the final, Mountain View's are definitely peaking at the right time." ing wrestler in the lower weights. 1 d 1 0 2-- one-poi- d ll k ers - - and managed to get the lead downto4ij-,IO- . he Knights responded with anol her run this lime an spurt - to put the game definitively out of reach. Junior guard Tylei I laws led the way for the home team with 24 poml.-- and seven assists, while teammate senior forward Bracken Funk set a school record with 18 1 C - WASATCH (57) Parker 13 Cottle 2 A Band 2 i.ehnno W Price 8 57 Koliier 3. Salazar 8, Coleman II Totals 229-1- Wasalcll Uintah ll'lll OIlllllKCl two quick fouls and being forced to the lienc ti, iking hi'ad coach Kandv McAllister saiil he dinibtcd it had anv unpad on tin- tmal result, but it did change the makeup ol the game. "It changes vvlnuve are (to have him out ), ' McAllister said. "He s our point guard and though others can do that, we haven I practiced with them very much. But don t think it reallv muttered m what happened." After a lirst led quart ei (t lie honie-teaiKMi). the Knights look control-eailin the second period bv going on a 194 run. "1 lie game was over, McAllister said. ' We had such a frustrating start. We cliiln I do anv ol the things we talked about doing We were too anxious to take shots, too anxious to make plavs and you can't do that against guys. When you're down 20 to this team, it r almost impossible to com? oack. ou have to hang around and make plavs at the end." Lone Peak came out of the locker room with a advantage and quickly put to rest anv hopes ol a biir Pleasant drove comeback by scoring 10 of the first 12 points in the frame. "W e were able to got a lot of good looks out of the gales, leu is said. We executed the offense and got the ball where we needed it to be. I he V ikim;s made one Imal tally. late in the third quarter behind the smooth shooting of junior forward C.J. Wilcox - who led all scorers wit h 27 points, including live.3 point 4-- ((i-1- FRANSCELLDaityJHeraW hull down lowt ua he is ik ox (:) during l lone Peak v4 li there was any doubt about the Lions being able to dethrone the Red Devils, it was erased early on as Payson won its first four championship bouts and its wrestlers overall during the final round. went Although several of the Lions' six region champions were favored to win, Pay-so- n also got wins in some of the matches it entered as the underdog. There were few surprises early on. Tito Ortiz got things started for the Lions II J V Lone Peak's Kimball Payne diives iham'd lv 1'I'(ImiiiI (inn c s i night 's Region sin in id m il 20 Region 7 Continued from C 1 t ASHLEY LONE PEAK (44) Smith 8 Flanary 8 OtVHym 2 44 Johnson 2 Totals 11 (3-li- 2. Harvey 9. " ty Reynolds!. I Layton Christian A i " 96 21 18 82 3. Clark 2. Z Brown. Sevier 2 (Newman. f ;v. , '.'.-.- t 10. Jackson 20. N Brown 9. Huoentobler Jones 7, Aste 12 Z. Brown 8. D. Huoentobler 12. Thomas 2. 7 96, Clark 7, Howe 7, Totals 32 v I lree-thro- 67., Roberts). Newman, J v . s. hex I Lone Peak 44, Pleasant Grove 41: At Pleasant Grove, after a I South Sevier 67, Gunnison 47: At Gunnison, the Rams ( Region 12) built an halftime lead and never looked back, trouncing the Bulldogs on the road for their 17th win of the season. SOUTH SEVIER (67) 5 Fairer 9. Forbush Blackburn 3. Roberts 13 Bishoft 53 59 Girls 6, 1238 GUNNISON I 14 17 13 17 12 1) 17 5 (Deigaoo 2 Mower 2 Laylon Christian 3 'Vattej Roonyuez Jessopi. (5-5- DELTA (58 Hill 7, Stoddard Afmenoanzi. Jones 17 20 20 1J 70 Ougway 12 TwOc 4 Tinbc 3 (Jordan. iKartchner Dugway 4). goals Taylor. Htltman). MANTI 18 13 54 8 14 13 11 20 58 goals American Fork 5 (Danklet 2, Meactiam 2, (Thomas!. Haws). Timpanogos , 26, R TIMPANOGOS (58) Haltord 2.1. Wiiiman Blake 10 Totals 20 Hartcnner ALA Ljyvafi Christian goals AlA Chnstensen 49 61 17 11 15 18 3 point ooats Letii 3 (Stnith 2, Swensnnl. Spanish Folk 7 (Gardner 4. Naulu. Clayton, Peletsom I Timpanogos 3. 51. tea goals SPANISH FORK (61) GatDnel 19 Clayioii 9 Nautti 6 Nelson 8 Veroera lewis 4 Peterson 3 Mcve'ati 2 Hanks 2. Roberts 61 Tatals.23 Lett SpamsllForii Sacco JUAN DIEGO (71) Thomas 15 Ramaldt 6. Fratto 12 Bauman 12, M Falvo 71, 7. Drab2. Totals 25 17, IEHI 149) Henderson 3 CNM 5 16. Spioaif 13. ktlwi 4 Totals 16 butfmiillef Quinton 3, DUGWAY (70) James 14 woolen i rebounds. I hough McAllister didn't have much to be pleased with in the deleal. he said he liked how his kids competed until the end. "We you get blown out and it gets humiliating, some teams start doing cheap things," he explained. "I thought the.bovs play ed with class and dignity which is one of the reasons love coach-inat Pleasant Grove ligh School." I ew is said that the win was surprising and he doesn't believe it would happen again it (he two teams met in the state playofts. "I think Pleasant Giove is one of the top two or three teams in the state." he said. "It we laced them 10 more times, it wouldn't be like this the next 10." The Vikings will try to regroup when they play at American Fork next Wednesday, while Lone Peak plavs at Lehi the same evening. Both games are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. 1 n I I Jared Lloyd con he reached at ;ov'." heruldex tru.com. GROVE 144) 2T LVWcoilJ t',iW'ii44 18 2 PLEASANT 10NI PEAK (78) Haws Sharp 3 Austin t H.ilp n '8 3 Hamilton fltevei '.;.- 78 .to-- Pleasant Grove Lom Punk uiials Loll'.' He iMsme Pleasant !, Tucker 3 Totals 12. Funk bl'nlli I. - 6 9 10 24 'i iC tiiun- ihlfW r,!:t':' AlisIim. lu Kayne luldls 32 .... - ii 15 17 44 .'li Wiiwn Mli'JvcSl ' dJ-- 6-- 2. 2-- 2-- 8, 12-- h 5A Swim high-crotc- h Continued from CI 2-- 3-- 2 Region 4 .. Jt-'- sixth-plac- ' finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.94. The I one Peak girls placed second in the 200 medely relay, ahead (if Sky View who had been highly favored finishto win the title again ing in (bird, Brighton took first in the event while American Fork placed fifth. 8-- " i' Continued from CI coach Dave Clark. "Looking at our team, there were several kids who did really well. Kaleb Ashworth came through. Rodney Cox just did a great job. He came out and made a statement to the rest of the people that he's ready to wrestler in state. Dave Sorensen did a great job and Kyle Weight did a great job at 171 and beat (Zane) Mendenhall from Lone Peak." Lehi placed second with 197.5 points and American Fork was third with 177.0 points. Lone Peak finished fourth (131 points), followed by Pleasant Grove (123) and Timpanogos (37). The Dons had the Region 4 title wrapped up before the final round even began but kept their foot on the acceleration and won the title with an exclamation point. Spanish Fork had nine wrestlers in the championship. Tlie night started off with an interesting dilemma for Bob Ballantyne, who wasnt sure which son to cheer for. His sons, twins Justin and Jason, squared off for the region title at 103 pounds. Justin used his weight advantage ( 103 to 88) to pin his brother (4:47). Lehi's Brenan Christensen beat Lone Peak's Cory Hancock with an Meanwhile, the Lone Peak tie boys swam to a with Alta in the boys 200 medley relay, with the Cavemen following right behind. Junior swimmer Josh Tanner of Sky View tied a 5A high school state record with a 1:42.40 swim in his 200 freestyle, coming close to matching the state record of only :00.50 seconds faster. Day 2 resume today at 11 a.m. at BYLI with the final 14 events of the meet. e Cam Phillips and made quick work of Phillips, pinning him in just 1:04. "I've just been working hard. It's my last chance as a senior. I just came out ready to wrestle," Cox said. "Hopefully, I'll get some momentum going for the state tournament." In an indication of how good Spur ish Fork is. ladley Thorpe upset his teammate Tom Clark at 140 pounds. Thorjie came into the match as a junior varsity wrestler, but beat Clark, the varsity wrestler Clark scored a point to t ie the match at 1 with 10 seconds left, but Thorpe scored on a takedown with one second left to post a win. Michael I lorttnan won a hotly contested match against Alex Nichols from Pleasant Grove in a match that drew the loudest ovation of tlie niglil and went down the final seconds. Spanish f ork's Dave Sorensen used a technical fall to beat Ryan Bcnnion of Lelii at 152 and at 160, Lehi's Jacob Sass-e- r pinned (4:50) Spanish Fork's I'hillip Sorensen of Swinish Fork. Weight held off Mendenhall (84) at 171 and Lelii s Taylor Savio pinned A.F.'s Kyle Sum-sioat 3:45. Tlie night concluded with a pair of pins. Lone Peak's Tyler Curtis closed out Kade Christensen of S.F. (417) and Lehi's Dylan Stadel pinned A.F.'s Jason iXiv (3:54). 1 1 13-- 1 - Mi nit mjiiiro , amltJ 11-- 7 J -. ASHLEY FRANSCELLDaily Herald Matt Newman of American Fork, top, tries to flip Rory Murano of Lone Peak on his back for a pin in the match during the Region 4 wrestling tournament Friday. decision at 112 pounds. Then at 119 pounds, Pleasant Grove's Craig 8-- 2 Young beat American Fork's Scott Newman by a major decision (22-11- ). Ashworth then started the Spanish Fork run when he beat Pleasant Grove's 1 at 125. Lone Peak's Brock Nichols Paul Johnson beat Nolan Haycock of Spanish Fork by a major decision ( Spanish Fork's Rodney Cox, who came into the region tournament with a 40-- 5 record, had the most impressive 12-- 5 18-5). d of the tournament. I le opened the region tournament by pinning Jades Meyer (3:18) of Lone Peak. He then pinned (3:40) Zack Breur of Lone Peak to advance to the championship round where he met Lehi's performance n |