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Show mm SECTION 2)mUtHcralft 1, 2007 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Darnell Dickson SPORTS EDITOR r ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Warner Neil DoiBinant T)' Prep Points C. CAVEMEN'S " prQ rv ill J V ' - MISTAKES tuN CORRECTABLE In a banner year for running back in Utah, American Fork's Wernli belongs in any dise list. cussion when making a The Cavemen have one of, if not the top wide receivers in the state in Jake Murphy. They have an ample passing attack led by Taylor Jones and one of the biggest lines in 5A. They have a defense that had given up just seven points in its first two games and forced three turnovers Friday night against East. But if there's one thing American Fork doesn't have, at least on Friday night, was discipline. And it took down the Cavemen from the ranks of the unbeaten. night from Despite a Wernli that featured two touchdowns and a defense that forced three fumbles, it was no match for a series of costly mistakes as East beat American Fork, 24-1These mistakes I'm talking about do not include a controversial fumble on the goal Iinewhere it appeared that Robbie Lusk had scored before he fumbled, or an interception return where Murphy slipped on his route. No, what really killed the Cavemen were correctable mistakes, i.e. dumb penalties. What didn't show up on the scoreboard were American Fork's nine penalties for 95 yards. "We better get those (mistakes) squared away before we get into of region play," said American Fork coach Davis Knight. "We're going to have some real discussions and take top-fiv- i 186-ya- 3. CRAIG Timpview's Michael Alisa, left, is tackled by Lone Peak's Greg Gowdy, center, and another Knight defender during the T'Birds' victory DILGERDaily Herald on Friday. Timpview shuts down Lone Peak offense in TBird victory "We caused a lot of confusion for them out there. That's what we wanted to do because they were playing young quarterbacks and when you put pressure on them, they get panicky." Louis Wong Timpview head coach Jared Lloyd DAILY HERALD Sometimes a single play can epitomize an entire sporting event. Take Timpview's 27-- 6 home win over Lone Peak on Friday night, for end Nick Mitchell broke around the right side of the line and closed the gap. Mitchell's mon- ster blindside hit example. TIMPVIEW 27 not only caused Trailing 17-- late in the second LONE PEAK 6 spectators to cringe, it popped quarter, Knight sophomore quarterback Tannon Pederson rolled to his the ball free. Timpview senior line backer Kevin Bills was only too left, trying to make something happen before the break. grateful to scoop it up and race into But as he had for much of the the end zone. "Nick (Mitchell) had a great game game, Thunderbirds junior defensive 0 and I give him all the credit," Bills said. "I just happened to be there at the right time when the ball came out." That play perfectly described the contest, since the Thunderbird front seven simply dominated. Lone Peak nearly always ended up facing situations since they couldn't move the ball on the ground. "We caused a lot of confusion for them out there," said Timpview head coach Louis Wong. "That's what we See WARNER, C5 third-and-lon- g See T'BIRDS, C4 Friday Night Scores Cottonwood 51, Provo 16 Layton 49, Timpanogos 35 Mtn. View 42. Syracuse 7 Spanish Fork avenges 2006 loss to Payson Jeff Mathewson a dominant 368 yards and taking part in six of the Dons' seven touchdowns. "Brock played really well," ChrisRetribution is a sweet thing in said. "I'm definitely proud of tensen school foot high his performance and he is just going ball. to get better and better." And it doesn't If that's the case, the stat keepers get any sweeter for Spanish Fork may want to pull than when you out their calculators. claim it on the Not only did Lewis pick up 72 road against your tt rival. yards and two scores on the ground, biggest but he picked apart the Payson secSpanish Fork SP. FORK 299 yards, last defense. avenged ondary as well PAYSON 24, This year, however, Lewis 4TDs). year's 0 home Lewis wasn't the only Don with loss to Payson and then some Friday torched the Lions defense, recording night, blowing past the Lions, "Our kids talked about last year's loss a little bit," Dons head coach Matt Christensen said. "When you can get a win against a good team and rival like Payson, it's fun and we'll take it any day." Nobody could be happier with the win than junior quarterback Breck Lewis. Lewis started last year's game in place of injured Griff Robles and struggled against a tough Payson 50-2- HERALD CORRESPONDENT a huge game on Friday. Tight end Richard Wilson had a monster game as well. The junior only recorded five catches but made them coun- t- hauling in three touchdowns (27, 28 and 69 yards), while tallying a whopping 199 yards receiving of his own. "He is just a gamer," Christensen said of his tight end. "He works hard all the time and is going to keep making big plays for us down the stretch" Even with the big games by Timpview 27, Lone Peak 6 East 24, American Fork 13 Spanish Fork 50, Payson 24 20, Riverton 13 Wasatch 35, Springville 0 PI. Grove Orem 56, Uintah 15 Tooele 32, Lehi 26 (OT) Cedar 51, ALA 0 Carbon 26, Altamont 0 Delta 19, Granstville 0 Gunnison 20, Richfield 14 j Juab 32 Beaver 0 Manti 28, Kanab 6 North Sanpete 53, Uniotj 34 40-2- ifI j See DONS, C5 i COLLEGE FOOTBALL BYU VOLLEYBALL Hokies ... Nation eager to cheer Cougars, fans 'show up' in defeat of No. 10 Badgers I6 i ' ' - Paul Newberry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKSBURG, Va. Jason Franchuk They came throughout the day ' some bearing flowers, others wiping away a stray tear. They moved slowly, reverently On the gently curving path in front of Burruss Hall, pausing to look at each of the names engraved on 32 distinctive chunks of "Hokie Stone." Nicole Regina White. Daniel Patrick O'NeiL Matthew Gregory Gwaltney. Ross A. See HOKIES, C6 win-suli- "What's important is when they show up, you win," said BYU coach Jason Watson Donuts, juice and freshmen can go a long way in women's after his team outlasted the volleyball. Badgers in a final game of Ashton Hansen's kill being school and spirit Sugar the match winner. "You have produced to put on a good show." a large No complaints there from crowd the 3,880 fans, many of whom in BYU were wired first-yecollege students going through an history, in orientation weekend in prepaas fact ration for Tuesday's first day the No. of class. Watson had his playBYU ers bring by treats and fridge Cougars WISCONSIN benefited magnets and encourage them from an emotionally charged to show up for the first day of the Molten Classic. , Friday night to defeat No. 10 Wisconsin at Smith Fieldhouse in five games. Call it a nice See COUGARS, C6 15-1- Alameddine. "TO me, this is like the first day in the beginning of a healing process," Charles Bray said Friday, he and his wife, Becky, having just strolled past he somber memorial that shot of DAILY HERALD STEVE HELBER Associated Press Virginia Tech students look over the permanent memorial for the slain the school in Blacksburg, Va, on Aug. 21. students and faculty at is 7 |