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Show BEST AV ILABLE sat Late Tribune PREP SPORTS Sunday, October 28, 2001 3-A STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Auva’a, Bountiful Send Strong Message to 4-A “3 BYJAY DREW THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE “BOUNTIFUL — The rumored demise of the Bountiful Braves turned outto be an Coach Larry Wall's claimthat Tui Auve'a is an school b player certainlyis not. -Auva’a scored four three different ways — rushing, andon NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Complete playoff bracket in Scoreboard C-12 6foot-6, 250-pound right football recruit and an excellent bask: ; fractured his ankle on the third play vice cane Hswil eguteertherest te oe ee ee oe ee StH Is as good a lineman as there isin the state,” Wall said. Pleasant Grove coach Bill Mikelson hinted that the Vikings might have underestimated Bountiful. more importantly, “They beat us in every possible phase of the game,” he said. pos- See ne Nickenshae. ae, Kids were stir-crazy, waiting to 3ioral Wall said. “It could not get Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune Morgan High volleyball players Ee re ee Ma cehne leh Vile ne in Orem. Morgan defeated Carbon 15-3, 9-15, 15-6 and finished the season 28-0. threw a 35-yard strike to Chase Rogers. Pleasant Grove trailed just 21-0 when it opened the second half with a punt, but Auva’a returned it 82 yards for a toucheen schools, Bountiful (8-2) will play host to Region 7's second-place Orem onFriday in the quartétfinals. coach Alex Jacobson attended Saturday’s game and probablydid notsleep well, after Bountiful played one of its best games. § “T hope this sends a message,” Auva’a said. “People were picking us out of it after 00 oT wine irs. Problem was, the Morgan Trojans shipmatch at Utah Valley State College, Mistakes to Spring Big Upset en he ao eee it fon "You awhats fe touchdown,’ because he’ an athlete,” Groth said. mn the next 40 matches, dating back to last year’s Dave Mohs Memorial Tournament in “fhe fifth-place team from Region 5, a interception. Four plays later, Steve Bad goal that put Highland up37-34 with ver kicked the game winner, a 42-yard 5:usto play. wonthat this year. “We've been tested,” tad junior Janel Fisher, who led the team with pt kills and six digs. “We were just determined to put this away and win itfor our coach.” Morgan’s coach, Liz Wiscombe, has 12 titles, She won five at Delta before eeeae ennaake were gion 6 topseed Bennettran or 6 yards and football: from players such as Cassie Warburton, Chelsey Warburton, Stephanie Cox and Kim Stevens, Fisher got the Trojans going with ae Mund and Nick Greene omnes for 262 ofthe Bees’ 419 ye “Chris Carter led the Timberwolves with 90 rushing yards. tan forfivescores and ee and Gina Shumwaykept the pressure on. “We had some jitters in this last game,” she said. “None of these girls had even played in a region tournament before this year, and that may of everything with 12 assists, reed block. Bi played really well.” i keep the Wildcats’ off guard butstill finished with five kills, and Arthur added two having to come back from & four-point mt‘erpeneeof Neon Wildcats’ court. Blankenship, Black should rub off on our team in the future. oTbaneen Apel peed teams play, and I just expected them to make it.” Third-Place Enterprise def. Beaver 15-13, 15-7: The Wolves took third place havehurt us.” The ’Cats got another strong perfor- mance from hitter Lindsay Ramsay, who had eight kills. Junior setter Cara Cowley piled up 14 assists and blocker Valerie Nelson had four kills to go with a team-high seven blocks. * afor another ina SOLEMNGE, HepamagesS ; trotutdones7 Nelson played more than usual in the tournament, filling in for the stillrecovering McCall Christensen, who ee Tremeaseetiaa AardSunjunted) Sundertardas, ‘Stason had been injured. match, especially to start the second ceed ara fever tanusa! The Wildcats had narrowly made it into dal outlasting previously Lake City for fifth place. Ashley Keogh finished with pee blocks for Gi South Sevier eviet def, North Suamipit 15-11, 15-4: The Rams ofMonroe made unbeaten Enterprise 4-15, 15-12, 15-9, quick work ofSalina’s Braves. 1-A STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PREP FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ion Track for 2nd Straight 3-A Title ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Beaver’s Wes yards and two TDs. The game started “They did a really good job, but we Be. itoe Rich senior middle Katie Erickson said, alluding ly td iepcllpny epe OREM — Rich is both the name of pyar the high school that won ook aaer LA game, Rich went on to score 10 .unanvolleyball championshi nigh anaord hatoulesd BY CLINT OLIVIER THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE for 75 like a shootout, with each team scoring on its first two But the defenses took over. oe on ne edged Beaver in the Class 2-A Rebels Roll to Ninth Title in 10 Years ee ee ne Third-Place Match: After Rich in the morning, the The Rebels won the championship by defeating Milford 15-6, 154 at Utah Valley State College. The title is Rich’s third in a row,and its ninth in 10 years. AST fele iE Wr) ie le Cindy Stuart, According to volleyball is a sacred institution in northeastern Utah. ~PShrwens44poWc(tyick) to finish the year 12 while theTare birds from Junction finish fourth with Rebelsarerich Tho — in titles. i longtime Hurricane coach Wes the first getting down 8-0. shook offthe the bad start and played well in the second, matching the Trojans up frontand beating them with timely tips “San Juan is boaa really great team,” Richfield coach Wendy Bliss ee etredR aie Teg1 experienced and confident, and that Senile ofwoes, eePeaytionlyole oo deewer teeter soared championship, they are going to have itjon the road. They took their first step on Saturday, surprising Hurricane 16-10 in a othe Dinos osplayiteneweomer in Ped: for eight kills in the iene bat the region tournament, I talked to coach Bliss,” Broncos coach Cassy Moon said. “I told her that she’d be here in the finals, but she didn’t believe me. We played them three times before this, and I had seen the other 15-8 win in the final at the Centrum. and they run their offense well. It took a us a while to adjust, but once we did, we HORRICANE — Ifthe Lehi Pioneers are and had to be thesurprise of the tournamentconsidering it only won two year. “Every year wegeta little better, So ee tinuously pounding the ball into the the Class 2-A prep state volleyball ofquarters,” Box “SWghave ben holding Mund back fora “We're slowly getting there,” said Carbon coach Bruce Bean,in his fourth 15-9. The Rabbits, just a third seed Region 8, ended the year 7-5. coe Dale’s Emery,the region’s fourth seed, finished 5-7 overall and in fourth place, tlert pane ter int the'first Mand, Bees Sting Timberwolves offensive line is the best inthe ‘si finals appearance, the Dinos made Morgan work harder than almost any other team this season. Third-Place Match: The Delta Rabbits bounced back from their early loss to Morgan to defeat Emery pie seemed unable to mount any offense against the aggressive Bronco attack. 4-A FOOTBALL: Box Elder 56, Timpanogos 9 wasjust a matter of me reading the with the trophy they wanted, but finishing second to Morgan's program isn’t something to be ashamed of. In its game. The Wildcats fell down 13-1 and It was San Juan’s third victory in never ‘six touchdowns ina er,” Mund said. “Butit wasn’t me whole towns with them to Orem, but word has it there were still some folks back in Morgan to organize the celebration parade led bythefire trucks, which is turning into an almost annual event. The Dinos maynot have gone home BY DAVID DeMILLE championship with a convincing 15-12, “He's a rugby player, too, and he does ofthe Class 4-Astate playoffs. while Jamie Wiscombe, the coach’s was SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE: CEDAR CITY — San Juan used its familiarity with foe Richfield to capture 57-yard touchdown thattied thegame. bing of the Timberwolves in it San Juan Knocks Off Richfield-Again ‘seized control with shoutight minutes to pay,fo , defense. eg ofthe ball,willlose year 2-A STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP prey Groth sajd. “He’s one of the best competitors I've ever coached.” firstthree-quartersofthe season a sudden,Ge [KidsThave] fustpen, JFMr Ser this combe said. “It always seems like there +Mighland nach Ray Groth said the win ‘Box Elder. ‘when you fail to maintain consis- Canyon, Both teams seemingly broughttheir “Tt gets harder every year,” Wis- quarts 06 ie Hams 6) rumbled into the a Snow Carbon.” coaching Morgan to seven. and Highland’s defense esl Bix tues in Gaaras tour definitely was an upset and that em has just turned things around in the past three weeks. “We ree ved ea oe ‘The win is Morgan’s10th overall, which ties Randolph's Rich for the most state volleyball titles. 5 ‘The Trojansare the first team to win three straightin Class3-A, and finished the season 28-0. Morgan's win streak is Huntington Beach, Calif. The Trojans whieh had to beat Cyprus on Tuesday in a tiebreaker gameto even make theplayoffs, five second-quarter turnovers volleyball final, some Carbon players noticed the championship trophy on a laid claim to the gold trophy months before in the preseason, when made a goal to win their third straight title. And Morgan is notoften denied. The Trojans defeated the Dinos of Price 15-3, 9-15, 15-6 in the champion- Rams Overcome Their Own » BY DARREN WILCOX SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE is. a team coming up. Last year it was THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE OREM — Before the Class 3-A state ~ Pointed. to it and said it was 4-A FOOTBALL:Highland 44, Springville 34 SPRINGVILLE — Where there’sa will, there’s the Highland Rams. BY LYA WODRASKA. Bountiful 42, Pleasant Grove 7 we lost to Murray. We're still here. We haven't gone anywhere.” But amidthe smiles was some bad news for thePatchy and for basketball coach Mike"Maxw il. Brandt Olson, Bountiful’s ope Morgan CapsPerfect Season “That was real fu,” Auva’asaid.“It all started with our offensive line and the lead blocking ofJohn Alexander and John Ika.I reallydidn’t haveto do all that much.” HH inexplicable loss to . That game cost —_ cg top Ravens, who eliminated 1544, 12-15, 15-7 in the morning, seventh with a 13-6 mark. EastCarbon finished 13-5. |
