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Show Cold Hurricane Weathers Storm, ass Sale Cone 21 Oe StA Today ual Clete re in newterg championship, said. “Wehavearea chance. I love our team sand I know we BY SCOTT BELL as we don't get rattled pe SPECIALTO THE T IBUNE nervous. Uresk finished with 12 OREM —Allt ms suffer points to lead the Tigers, throughcol locker roomat halftime and while Amy Russell had 12 But someofthestre: told them. Start shooting. and Kennedy added 10 for futility in Friday's Cla W the Trojans girls “basketball emifinal 3-A GIRLS ly icy stretch came from Morgan, The Trojans scored nly four points in thefirst 14 ‘minutes of the second f as Hurricane advance: totoday's final with a 38-2 Jtah Valley State The 1 will Jniontoday 6 p.m ter knocking off No. 1 Pine View. Morgan played a third quarter for the ice ages. Jen Kenne 2 her ini jumper she trained th totie the gameat 14. kicked off 413-0Hur run that put the Ti- gers onto) 4 with 1:29 left in thethird quarter. Somebody hadto step up and show we could shoot. Wyatt said. “It takes guts to be the first oe todo it and Amberiy did i cin Useik finished what DeMille started sees ing nine points in the last led the team with two pointe 2:44 of the quarter to put in thethird quarter; nobody the Tigers up 26-16 heading into thefourth elsescore Westarted going to the While Morgan waschill We ingout, Hurricane was just basket,” Uresk s thawing out from a frosty havea lot of goodshooters "heTigersfinally eached double figures when Amberly DeMille hit a jumper with6:15left in the onthis team, but we weren't shooting ing. Jresk hopes to help Hur ricane in BY LYA WODRASKA THE SALT LAKE Pith Pace Garer final with third quarter. Of course herstate tournament expe. they wereonly down14-11 rience. Before transferring fe're a good shooting to Hurricanethis year, she team,” Hurricane coac played on the Union team Randy Wyatt said. “We got thatlost to Snow Canyonin hereby shooting thebasket ast year's title game. Now ball, but wedidn’t dothatin shewill have to go through thefirst half. I wentinto the her old teammatesto claim a ‘ing an old Pine View 50 North Sanpete 27 OREM — Top-ranked Pine View found alittle so lace by knocking off North Sanpete 50-27 Frida 3-Aconsolationbracket A day after the Panth lost in the quarterf Shauntel Garrett scored 10 points to lead a balancedat ack. Hayley Palmer and Kristen Bailey each scored eight to pace the Hawks. PineView will battle Ogden todayfor fifthplace ine e121 NorahView Sanpete19-4 149) : adBAS tead H Pine Vi Union 39 Snow Canyon 38 (OT) OREM — A questionable call left Snow Canyon stunned and helped Union advance to the 3-A finals Withthe game tied at 38 the referees whistled Snow Canyon for a foul with no time remaining inovertime. Union's Jackie Morrill sank the fiat foul shot to givethe Cougars the winoverthedefending te champs. Ogden 39 Ben Lomond 31 OREM — AmandaCrane scored 14 points to lead Og. den to a come-from-behind victory over Ben Lomondin Friday's consolation game erise Weatherspoon cine in 11points for the The Scots were led Sheila Hutchison scored hlee Child with seven 15 to lead Union, and Angie Ogdenwill meetPine Colf had 14 for the War- paint View today forfifthplace. BY SCOTT BELL SPECIAL TO THETRIBUNE OREM — In a semifinal ame headlined by two of Class 3-A’s biggest stars, the evening's shooting star was a Bear River reserve Kurt Webb drilled a three-pointer withthree seconds left in regulation to send the gameinto overtime. Fromthere, thethirdranked Bears cruised, beat ing No. 2 Emery 70-61. The Bears will play Canyon View, a 60-51 winner over Uintah, in tonight's (8 p.m.) title game With Kurt Webb, Ryan Webb or Chris Huber, “I have 100percent confidence in that shot,” Bear River coachVan Park said. “Kurt was due; he'd missed a cou ple before and he had a great look. The key was Ryan web made a greatdeci sionwith theball, and Pres ton Bird kicked it out to Kurt Bird set a pick for Huber. thenreceived the ball from Ryan Webb. With the Emery defense swarming Huber, Bird found Kurt Webbopen at thetopangle. Fromthere, Webbfound nothing but net It was sweet, that's all I an say,” said Ryan Webb. Kurt's older brother. “I told him, ‘I'm buyingdinner for the next three weeks Thanks for saving my senior season Bird openedovertime BY JAY DREW HE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE )GDEN Someone ap: arently forgot to tell the Hunter Wolverines that No ranked Mountain View as supposed to have an easy road to the 5-A boys tate championship game. Probably the same people hoforgotto tell the Bruins that the Wolverines don't go down, down, down so In a thrilling C semifinal Mountain over time to end Hunter's mirac ious run. The favored Bru putscored Hunter 16-8in econd extra session and ratched out an 89-81 win. It was a heart-breaker but | amproud of our guys. We never stopped believing 3-A BOYS =a with a three-pointer, and 50-41 ‘At that point, I wasn't girls basketball A win would give Moun- tain View a 91-3 recordover four years, with all the oa ounuin River looked for other op- the court and forced overtime with a driving layup with one secondleft, Hunt- Webb's heroics. BY LYA WODRASKA neville 63-45in the Class 4 A girls basketball semifi nals. The Lakers (19-4) play Lone Peak (22-1 jay at 2 ( Salt Lake Communi pllege for the champion 4-A GIRLS Our girl: back, but Olympus:co ach Devon Hart d the Lakers " points, including five three-pointers, and Kristen McDougal added 13, Every time we had arun, ked them,” Hartley . Stireman, a junior Hille scored 20 points but player was the only Olympus ter trailing 26-11, 1 ans (22-1) battled back the second half and took a one-point lead witha three pointer by Lindsey Hille at w Sonneville, jonneville, the Region 4 the endof the third quarter pom Bonneville answered. three-pointer by Kelsy Stir oman gave the Lakers 42 8 lead with less thanseven minutes remaining Olympus never recoygred puble f : laying for its first have been nd they have stepped up to every chalnge.” Bonneville ce eh Mive Miya said It has been finished second in 1991. Finishing fourthin the toughest region in the state an vancing to the semifinals of the tournament is a great start. The team was met by a large group of fans, some sporting shirts proclaiming, "The Cat Attackis Back ‘The seniors havereally set a new markfor this pro gram,"’ Brainard said ‘They'vedriventhe teamto a highlevel. We'll be back. I don't know if it will be the next year or the year after, but we'll be back.” Union 59 Tooele 52 OREM Gardner scored 17 to lead Unionpast Toole 59-52 Friday in 3-A consolationpl Tooele was led by Luke Uintah 51 OREM — The Canyon Thomas, who scored 11 View Falcons advanced to the Class 3-A championship game with a 60-51 victory over the Uintah Utes late Friday Seoving summary not avallale since jumping to a sev en-point advantage in the first quarter Mountain View's Jeff Gardner drilled a three. pointer fromthe corner with secondsleft in the first overtime to give the Bruins 4, and Mountain View's student body broke into its familiar “down down, down, Hunter's going losing record, 11-12. The Wolverines were the sur. priseof thetourney having gone 0-8 in the before finishing second in Region2 Mountain View (194 art down" chant But Moore found David Fiefia under thehoop for an anunbelievable ride. in tl The Lake pus earlier { more we just didn’t turn it on fromthere and they played like they were on. fire Bengals’points. Mountain View then went on a 17-0 run to lead 31-10 with 3:01 remaining in the first half. The easy victory was important for Mountain View, because several ofits play ers still have the flu. “We're goingto givethem as muchrest as we possibly can,” Mountain View coach Dave Houle said. “Weplay at noon and, hopefully, we can get them enoughfluids to recovel Brighton (10-13) can't be disappointed in its season game awayinthesec underfirst-year coach Scott ondquarter. Brainard he Bruinsled14-8after Brainard is quickly rethe first period off baskets building a program that by Steele, Thorn and Chees- hasn't beenafixturein the man, Hanks scored all of the state tournament since it Threit goals — son nso Dede oda,La Allison, Ease) Bonneville Roars Past ‘Perfect’ Olympusin 4-A THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Olympus girls basket ball team was perfect all ar — until meeting the Bonneville Lakers on. Fri day ‘Diympus, ranked No and undefeated, lost to Bon: losses coming at the Tourna ment of Champions in Santa Barbara, Calif. It’s incredible; not mai people get a chanceto graduate with that kind of resenior Heather Cheesman, who scored 14 point: E Thornled the Bruins with 15 points, Lindsey Steele scored14 and Daniel Cheesman had 13. Libby Hanks led the Bengals with “ountain View, which routed the Bengals twice in theregular season, put Fri that merely set up Kurt r's second OTcontest in a upwithsix seconds row forcing another over‘Theball hung on the rim a tantalizing moment. didn’t have an an thendropped through. That for Brandon Moore, in ourselves,” said Hunter's cameafter Mountain View's Brandon Moore, who scored Kim Jackson scored with said Mountain View coach Rob Cuff Hunter is a 36 points and almost kept sevensecondsleft ona nifty great team. They have abet the Wolverines in the cor pass from Chris Hunter cord than us the past test when other Hunter he Hunter center Mike Weroes had fouledout. teling fouled out with 2:37 I ns unfair Obviously, it hurts, but if the Wolverines to note that Hunter you can walk off the court ¢ 59-54, their largest then, ason with a finishes the The win puts defending champion Mountain View into its second straight championship game. The Bruins will meet Bing 8 p.m. tonight at Weber State Hunter's Trent Erickson went almost the length of minute mark. Thatis when it showed we'd never been here before and when Mountain View's winningattitude came out. e last time Orem beat Mountain View was in 1991 T'd lovetobe able to say we can shut Erin Thorn down, but good luck on that,” Houlesaid. “She and OREM — Micah McKin. nonscored19 points to lead Lehi to a 65-52 vietory over Ogden Friday in the 3-A consolation round vente 13 719 25-45 Ogden (112 WA Lt for as much. themboth timesuntilit got down to the three- or four- Lehi 65 Ogden 52 5-A BOYS knowing you gave 110 percent, though, it doesn't hurt rolled Friday Oremlost both Region 3 meetings against the Bruins this season, but played them close We have to hold our composure in tight situations,” said Scott Houle, who has never beaten his brother. “We played with Heather Cheesman are too physical,” Kearns coach Bob Ostberg said. “They greatplayers. Orem has some great wereletting them bang in players of its own and can the paint. Theyjust outhusscorein a varietyof ways, as tled us and wantedit more it showed against Kearns. Kearns’ tournament run. April Atuaia led the Tigers whichstarted with an upset with 19 points, Kristen Sa- over No. 2 Alta, give the liby had 14, Trina Knapp11 Cougars hope for next seaand Brooke Johnson 10. The son Cougars wereled by Bonnie Theyreturn several key Quilter with 10 points starting with guard Oremtook a 25-19 lead in players,Montoya and center the second half, keyed by Nicole Little seven second-quarter points Heather We're on our way up, from Atuaii Ostberg said. “We'll girls were making ter next year andI'mbebetproud of the way wefinished Orem (17) eana Reams 13) time Houle said. & Feleamat Aas The Tigers’ physical play rem14Kapp, Johas 10, Lewis 2, § Peterson & frustrated Kearns inside , ule10 Andrey 3 n3 §ile andthe Cougars couldn't get back into the game perime- Tree polGa— Om tain, Jb ter shooting. ‘I thought the play was 2ParkerKearns 5 (Quilter 2 Anderege, Viernesbgtum 2 still plenty of time,” Park said. “Honestly, we had missed some goodlooks, and I figuredif we continued to get good looks,they'd start Th falling. Wewere patient and K. Webb, Bu didn’t force anything With the University of 1 Utah-bound Huber having Canyon View 60 tions and foundplenty Trent Merrell, who scored a team-high19 points, ended Emery's run with four straight of his own to cut the deficit to 50-45. Secondslater, Chris Bar TAYLORSVILLE — The Brighton Bengals’ incrediblerunin thegirls Class 5 state tournament cameto a crashinghalt Friday, than to the steamrolling Moun- ane Bisruins are ane for tt nervous because there was anoff shooting night, Bear BY LYA WODRASKA THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE has sonciolegbed 1in Utah _Bovsnask GIRLS Bruins Halt Brighton’s 5-A State Run 0 adthe Bengals vance totheCla: championship noonat Salt Lake Communi ty College. Bear River never looked back. Emery was forced to CLASS 4A foul, and the Bears drained At Weber Sate 8-of-11 foul shots in the exday's P tra period. Emery’s Ben Luce, 3-A’s top scorer during the regular season, did his best to get fuss scored two straight bas theSpartans tothe final. He scored33 points, nailing six kets for his only points of the me. His last shot three-pointer: Fromtheendofthethird evenedthe score at 51 with quarter into the beginning 3:04 remaining. of the fourth, Emery went Fromthere thetwoteams on a 12-0 run with Luce clawed back andforth until scoring 11 points. He began Emery's B.J. Butle! therunwithtwo threes in a free throws with row, and three-point play with 6:31 : left in the tans a 57-54 advantage. But game put the Spartans up m defeated upstart Kearns 66-37 on Friday to advanceto the girls Class 5A state championship game. today at noonat Salt Lake CommunityCollege. It's the first time Oremhas played for the title Tigers play Region 3 untain View, winner ofthelast three champions. The Bruins are coached by DaveHoule, the brother of OremcoachScott Houle. The Tigers started the tournament with thejitters, edging Layton 59-52. They turnedthings around with a 68-39 win over Davis and tain View Brui MountainView(21-2) beat Bear River Rumbles 1999 Orem Rips Kearnsfor Finals Bid Min Trips Morgan game between Morgan and Fiurricane were enough to make anybody shiver. ‘Thelongest andmost cost- PREP BASKETBALL Saturday, February = TheSalt Lake Tribune GIRLS BASK ‘TBALL PLAYOFFPAIRING Miya n. We had a shootarou arlier today and then just ‘tet them Ko. That was i said the los was the key to Stiremanwas the catalyst, Sonneville's season harassing Olympus’ guards for steals that turned into easy layups, beating Olym pus wk tee aire ced for state championship, we drainingfive three-pointers. had to do cesteln things, pretty good, | think shesaid, “Every since we'll keep her d thenhas been bout getting Evenwith cd. better Stireman didn't want to get Despite their success in off the court. However, she league play, the Lakers have had to leave the game kept a low profile throug taking a hit to her out the tournament and causing swelling above her ited they werealways the right eye Underdogs. They playedlike I didn't want to go,” Stir 4 team with nothing to lose eman said, "I didn't know shooting with ease what happened andiday, confiden thought we were the best team no one ha¢ about,” Miya made i little noise tonight Sometimes n over ‘Olympus was a very good team, and for lay at that level and contender teachand over-coach and we aught up in that carlier 4 Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune Mountain Crest's Travis Baldwin, left, joins Timpview's Brock Reichner, on floor, Skyler Cleveland (31) and Ryan Farnsworth in a wild scramble for the ball in the state tournament. Timpview Rallies Its Way to 4-A Finals BY TOM WHARTON THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — Therally that impview into today’s ss 5-A boys basketball mpionship game began with Mare Roberts’ thunder clap of a dunk latein the first half Eventually, the 15-0 run » second-ranked ‘Timp: view its first lead of the ga by 11 points. That was too muchfor the gritty Mountain Crest Mus: tangs to overcome as the Thunderbirdsheld o 66-61 victory Frida ber State's Dee Events Cen The certainly did not start well for favored Timpview, Mountain Crest, led by the shooting of Berry, roared to a 17-8 lead and appeared to bein con: 4-A BOYS Roberts is theson of former Cougar basketball player Glen Roberts. Cleveland is theson of BYU CoachSteve Cleveland, And Cameron trol most of thefirst half. Chow's father, Norm, is the But Roberts’ slammingin for fa Skyler Cleveland miss ” sivegar coordinator football team. eemed toignite Timpview "Those three players con whichturned uptheintensi. tributed mightily to Timp ty on defense in the second view's win, Roberts had 21 quarter eight rebounds a Wedidn’t play a good Poeassists. Cleveland confirst quarter,” said a hi Thunderbird coach Don tributed 16points andfive Chamberlain. “When you assists. And Chow hit two good team and get free throws with 1:09 left you can be in that slowed a Mountain trouble. At “halftime, we Crest rally and gave Timp. chancetoclaim its wondered how in the world we could be d by two. Saunder hit a three-point bucket with 19 seconds to play, Mountain Crest was downby only threepoints. But Clevelandhit one free throw and Reichner added another. Our kids cameback with a chance to win,” said Mus tang coach John Nielsen, whose teams consistently are amongthebest in the state, but falter in thelate roundsofthe state tourna ment. “We didn't play well in the middlequarters. And foul shooting [60 percent Frid y} has b en our Achil tball title since Brock Reichner also Weplayed great defense in the first three minutesof the played a fine gamefor the third quarter and that set Thunderbirds, scoring 14 points, including the first thestag Timpview has more than five of the second half one connection to neighbor Yet the Mustangsstill had ing BYU's athletic program. a chance. When Paul 8 Pare eta 4a Whipple 4 Emotional Springville Upsets No. 1 Sky View BY JAY DREW Sky View 72-65in a semifi THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 0G DEN wiped tears from his ¢ and said he could think of nothing worse The state basketball tour hament is nothing if not emotional ove surprising Spring cl Red Devils, label ediocre” a ed a few bombshell on boys tournament They made all the big plays down the streteh and stunned No, I-ranked nal game Today at 5:30 pm Springville will try in its first state championship since 1958. The Devils play No, Timpview, which beat themin two close games in the Region 6season Not many people thought we could do this said Springville star Cl Jacobsen. “We only ones who believ Theloss was devastating for 21-2 Sky View, the tour nament favorite, The Bob cats trailed by 13 pte in the first half but slowly crept back and led by six with 3:49 remaining but most of these kids will was complete That was oneof the most never have the opportunity to play again. Right now exciting games have ever played in, It was against one that's what stings. Springville’s Jacobsen of the best teamsI haveever had the breakout game ev playedagainst, too,” said Ja. cobsen I thought it we eryone 31 point rebounds and three assists With ¢ ¢ tied, Jacob. sen came upwith rebound basket and was fouled, His games free throw with ‘We have never been me left gave the RedDevils a diocre,” he sai 68-65te BenRandall led Sky View with 23 points and Trevor team Stokes added 22 on Bfor-28 the crowdwere af! shooting bound,” said Springville’s Jeff Hall. “I can't believe Chadgot it Wehada hugetarget on Moments later, Jacobsen our backs. Everybody want poked theball away froma ed to see us get beat," said Sky View guard as the Bob cats tried to set up for a Baldwin, Tmay have the opportunity to coach more. three-pointer, and the upset |
