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Show DAILY Thursday, September 8, 2005 HERALD INSIDE VALLEY PREPS Prep Rally Lone Peak blanks MV ___ZacCurtis Newsand notes from around Utah County high school sports: Mountain View's American Fork FOOTBALL: Former American Fork standout Dan Beardall, now at Utah, was named Moun- tain West Special Teams Player of the Week for helping the Utes beat Arizona,27-24. Beardall went 2-for-2 on field goals,hitting from 36 and 45 yards onthe first attemptsofhis career. The 45-yarderin the third quarter was the lon- might even go down tothe final few minutes, That was not the case on y afternoon. 3on PATs. former Mountain View mentor Mike LaHargoue,used a Lehi defense to recordtheirfirst shutout of the year, beating the SOCCER: The Pioneers moved intofirst place in Region 7 with a 3-0 win over Provo on Tuesday. In two region games, the Lions have Mountain View cameout with a burst of energy in the leads the team with three goals in region play and HannahEager andBreezy Chandler have two each. in the first 18 minutes of the gest by Utah since 2002, Beardall was also 3-for- The Knights, coached by powerful offense and a tough outscored their opponents 10-1. Kiley Wardwell Lone Peak FOOTBALL: Chase Palmeris listed as oneofthe “Super Sophomores”in the Street & Smith's College Review. The nationwidelist includes 1] offensive players,11 defensive players and three specialists judged to be the best junior college prospects this fall. A defensive back at Snow, Palmeris listed as 6-foot-3, 210 pounds. In tests this spring, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds, had a 39-inch standingvertical and measured 4.1 on the proagility index. Mountain View FOOTBALL: Mountain View’s Brian Smith set a newstate single-gamefield goal record by kickingfive against Springville. Smith connected onfield goals of 47, 37, 32, 26 and 23 yards. Previously, 11 players had booted four ina single game. Running back Ray Moungaled the team in receiving (3-65) and rushing (17-90) REGION 4 SOCCER HERALD CORRESPONDENT Bruins 8-0. first half, but that quickly faded Lone Peak scored four goals contest. And that wasn’t all. Before: the half ended, the Knights added two moregoals to build a 6-0 cushion atthe break. Mountain View made a few adjustmentsat halftime and cameout ofthe gates with a burst onceagain. But Lone Peak responded just as it did before, tightening its defense and keeping pressureontheball. “Our girls really came out to play this afternoon,” LaHa- rgoue said. “We fought hard all game, and they just kept the prolific Erin Salmon. The Knights held the Bruins to five. acer tie casi acme, aoe sae fense Sophomore Flanary led the Knights with three goals and a pair of assists. Junior Laren Hair also chipped in twogoals for the Knights. Danika Wright led the Lone Peak defense. Lone Peak improved to 7-1-0 overall, 2-0-0 in Region 4. Lexi Jensenplayed well defensively for the Bruins (4-3-0, 1-14). » American Fork 5, Pleasant Grove 1: At Pleasant Grove, Kaycee Mansfield scored three goals to lead the Cavemenpast the Vikingsin Region 4 . The two teams battled fairly evenly throughthe first half. Mansfield and Lindsay Voorheis each scored before the break to give American Fork a 20 lead. Leah Stoker scored early in the secondhalf for Pleasant Grove,cutting the A.F. lead to just 2-1. Butit was all American Fork after that, as added honorsafter claiming theindividual title at Schneideralso scored for the visitors. “Wehave lot ofinjuries, but fighting right back. | was really proud ofour defense today. really, it just came down to the This was our first shutout of the fact that they outplayed us,” year, andto doit against a team said Pleasant Grove coach Erik Bayles. “They out-hustled us likethis, it is really special.” andbeatus to every ball. When The Lone Peak defense, wemademistakes, they punwhichhas been greatall year, ished us, and when they made shut out the high-powered mistakes, we didn't do anything offense of Mountain View, which has beenled this year by withit.” Warner Continuedfrom B1 Just the fact that no prep kicker in Utah has ever kicked five field goals in one game tells Orem FOOTBALL: Tom Steeleled the team in total tackles with 10 in Friday's 7-6 win over Timpanogos. Isaac Strong had seventackles. Zeke Wily hadfive solo tackles including two sacks. Payson you how difficultit is to find a good kicker. Thekickeris often the butt of jokesat the NFL level and has even beenthe subject of a musical parody by brash comedian Adam Sandler. The kicker has been routinely bashed, laughed at and disrespected over the FOOTBALL:SpencerNielsonled the team in rushing andreceiving in Friday's 14-7 lossto Spanish Fork. Nielson had 137 yards onoffense. He had just three rushing attempts and only two receptions. He scored on a 66-yard touchdownrun,For the gamehe had 68 yards rushing and 69 9 yards receiving. PleasantGrove FOOTBALL: Teddy Owens,a freshman at Southwest Baptist University, hadfive tackles (second onthe team)andled the team in tackles-for-loss with two in SBU’s season opener against Harding University. years, butironically,it’s the kicker who often decides which team wins andloses. If Buffalo's Scott Norwood could have madea 47-yardfield goal, the Bills would have won a Super Bowlring. If Matt Payne would haveextendedhis streak of consecutivefield goals to 29 straightin the last seconds against Boise State and had he not missedthree field goals against New Mexicolast year, Gary Crowtonmightstill be coaching at BYU. Isit fair to put so much em- phasis on a kicker? No, but that’s the kind of pressure they carry on their shoulder pads Provo FOOTBALL:Austin Alder leads the team in rushing with 204 yards and QB WarnerJarmanis every time the snap comes from center and the holder sets up the ball. GOLF: Adam Law wasthe only Bulldog golfer Every week,especially at the high schoollevel, a missed extra point changes the outcome and golf match at Cascade golf course. Law tied for strategy of many games. In 11 of the 13 prep games second on the team in rushing with 172 yards. toplacein the top 10 oflast week’s Region 7 seventh with a 77. Spanish Fork FOOTBALL: The Dons finally got their rushing attack going on Friday against Payson. In the team’s first two games, the Dons rushed for just 53 yards, but in Friday's 14-7 win over Payson, the Dons racked up 126 yards. Dustin Moeled the way with 96 yards on 21carries. that the Daily Herald covered last week,at least one extra point wasblocked or missed. On theseason,in 27 of 38 gamesthe Herald has covered, at least one team has missed an extra point. That’s 71 percent. Ina season ofuncertainty, Smith has been a modelof consistency.Heis perfect on extra point conversions this year and has connectedon six of10 field goals. The Bruins should make Springville GOLF: The Red Devils are hoping to add to their Region7 golf lead this week when the league tees up at Hobble Creek,their home course. Springville has a 23-shot lead over Payson, Clark Fredrickson leads Timpview’s Josh Sakanaki by one shot and teammate Paul Normanby three shots for region medalist honors. Timpanogos FOOTBALL: The T’'Wolves werehoping to make a run atlast year’s 4-0 start with a win overrival Orem,but lost 7:6. Sam Thomas continuestolead Utah Valley4n receiving yards. Henow has344in three games. Dane Anderson is amongthe leaders in sacks with 2.5. } |} Ifyou have news and informationto contribute to the Prep Rally, contact Jared Lloyd at jlloyd@heraldextra.com or 344- ene 2552, or Neil Wamer at nwamer@heraldextra.com 2 ~ lookedatthe film, it looked like he (defender) was going for my knee.I don’t know forsure, but after watchingit, I thoughtit looked like it was on purpose.” A Springville defender dove into his leg, opening a gashjust below the knee which caused immediate swelling. Even though Smith didn’t get a shotat a sixthfield goal, kicking five in one game was an unexpected thrill. “I'm not one wholikes to soak upthe spotlight,” Smith said. “My dad told meit was a state record. WhenI heardit, I thoughtit was pretty aweme.’ Smith had always been a widereceiver, but as a sophomoretook up kicking because hesaid “no oneelse could do it.” This year,his senior year, he had hoped tobe in therotation at wide receiver, but when fell to third string on the depth chart, he decided it would be best for the team if he concentrated on kicking instead of catching. It’s been a good decision. In addition to his success at kicking field goals, the benefit of having a strong leg has surfaced in other benefits to the team that few people ever consider. Since high schoolrulescall for a touchback on any kickoff in the end zone, having someone capableofeliminating another team’s potential to run a kick back or get good field position on a return is an acein the hole. tistic. Only kickers and a few thepracticefield to the Bruin Bowl. They should nominate him for a High School Heisman Award. Maybe I've gonetoo far. Kickers are never considered for any awards. They prefer to be honored in a different way — being on the bottom of a dog pile after a game-winning kick. Smith didn’t win Friday's gamein dramatic fashion. The game didn't come downtoa last-secondfield goal, but he was still responsible for the vic- 37, 23, 47, 32 and 26 yards. Timpview “I wanted to go back in. I wanted to show themthat they (Springville) couldn't take me down,” Smith said. “WhenI Smith the subject of a Channel tory. He made field goals from GOLF: Josh Sakanaki’s 68 at Cascade last week was a dramatic improvement over his first week score of79 and is the lowest scoreof the year thusfar by a Region 7 golfer. The 68 shot hit into the Region 7 medalist race. He trails Springville's Clark Fredrickson by one stroke. tain View faced a fourth-andfive at the Springville 25, but hadto gofor it because Smith was onthe sideline getting worked on by thetrainer. The Bruins wereforced to go for it, but turned the ball over on downs. give him police escort from One documentary. They should “The one he made from 47 would have been good from 57,” said Mountain View coach Doug Meek.“Hehasa great leg. He usually kicks it in the end zone on kickoffs.” Meeksaid Smith would have had a chancefor a sixthfield goalhad he not been injured ona erin play in which Springville was flagged for roughing the kicker. In the fourth quarter, Moun- Lartey for the ball on Wednesday afternoon. two moregoals and Adretine in the win overSpringville. CROSS-COUNTRY: Ex-Bruin star Tiffany Strickland earned Utah State Athlete of the Week USU's American Western Heritage Center Open onSept. 3. The Aggie senior picked up herfirst career.win as she covered the 2.72-mile coursein 15:36 to win by 10 seconds. CHAD CHENIER/Daily Herald Lone Peaks Ashley Albrecht (21) battles Mountain View's Hannah But that’s only a kicking sta- astute coachesbotherto giveit a second thought. Smith knows it’s part of being a kicker and he's fine withthat, butit should be noted that of Smith's 17 kickoffs this year, only 10 have been returned. Of those 10, opponents are averaging just 13.4 yards per return. The swelling on Smith’s leg has subsided and the cut below his knee hasbeenclosed. A “ little blood isn’t going to keep this kicker out of the lineup. On Tuesday, Smith practiced with the team as they worked on special teams. Whenthe team moved onto something else, Smithleft his teammatesatthe practice field and wentoverto the football field to practice kicking in obscurity, preparing for when the team calls on him again to kick an extra point, a couple of field goals, or to win another game, D Neil K. Warner can be reached at nwarner@heraldextra.com. Pleasant Grove (3-5-0, 1-1-0) will be at Mountain View on to the strong defensive play of Timpanogos seniors Shayla Friday. American Fork(5-2-1, 1- Adams and Megan Richardson. } Timpanogos 3, Spanish Fork 0: At Spanish Fork, Stacey Bartholomewhada hattrack, Dana Oldroyd, Noel Sanders and Jennifer Nielsen took turns 14)is at Timpanogos on Friday. scoring all three goals as Tim- panogos rolled. Timpanogos had a 20-0 advantagein shots on goal, thanks Baird Keeper Allana Snowden hadthe shutout in goal. assisting on Bartholomew's three goals as Timpanogos im- proved to1-1-0 in Region 4 and 5-2-1 overall. Spanish Fork fell to 0-2-0 and 1-5-0. Continued from BI “Becauseofthat, I think she's been able to squeeze a lot more out of herpotential. fora girl who started running just to prepare for another sport. rt. motivated. You don’t really haveto get her excited and that’s something that’s hard “I started training for soc- cer andI was like,‘I like to run,’ ” Baird said. “I hated when| first started because I wasoutof shape and couldn't do anything. “But once you get good, when youget your endurance down,you'relike, aesgoa little farther toNaira has continued participating in both events, playing midfield and striker for the Lions soccer team. Thedual role requires her to spend muchofher time practicing. “For cross-country, you train in the summer,” Baird said. “So you can work around cross-country.I play soccer Monday through Thursday, Fridays I do cross country, and I also go toa meet during the week. ~ “After soccerpractice, I gorun.” Sheburst onto the prep cross country scene in 2003, when she wonthe Region 6 meet as a freshman without having practiced with the team atall. “It was the best day of my life,” Baird recalled.“It was awesome. I wasreally inex- periencedsoI waslike,‘I won?Yes!’ ” She continued her success as a sophomore, again qualifying for the state meet by finishing third in the region and runningwell at state. But she hopes to have someextra help this season whensheheads to Sugarhouse in October. “T'verunit all by myself both years because my team has missed it,” Baird said. “It would meana lot to me personally (to have a team with her). It wouldn’t mean as muchto them becauseit would be their first year. Butjust to have another Paysongirlon theline with me would be awesome.” Rockwood believes the extra boost would makea big difference,if the Lions could join Bairdatstate, “There's kind of a synergy effect when you have the packof your team in a race,” Rockwood said.“I think it makes a tremendous difference, not just for her race but for each girl. They'll all runa lot better,” Baird is morethan just a talented runner, according to her coach. “As an athlete, she’s extremely coachable,” Rockwood said. “She has a lot oftalent that she’s brought with her but because she’s coachable, she does what she’s asked, she rests when wetell her torest, she does whatwetell her to do. y | “She’s veryintrinsically to coaeh. She’s great.” Thejunioris a valuable as- Set as far as team chemistry is concerned as well, Rock- woodsaid. “She’s really enthusiastic,” Rockwoodsaid. “She's great for the team:because she’s emerged as 4’kind of natural, informalleader. She's alwaysthe one running around, cheering people on.” After Baird finished 100 yardsin front of her nearest competitor in a dual meet with Spanish Fork on Wednesday, she relaxed only long enoughto catch her breath before returning to the finish line armed with cups of water for other runners. “I like to cheer everyone on,” Baird said. “I know that whenI crossedtheline, I wasreadyfor water.I figured everyoneelse was. I usually come back to cheer the others on.” Bairdis not only a talented athlete;shealsois on the studentcouncil andis an exceptional student with a 3.99 GPA.Shealso enjoys music, bike riding and being with friends. Runningis an area that she hopeswill take her to the next level of schooling, but she has something she wants to accomplishfirst. “I'm trying to get college scholarships,” Baird said. “I'm pretty sure I want to run in college. “But I wanta shot at winning state before I graduate. It could be this year. There are a lot of good 4Agirls this year,but I think I'm just a little bit better.” For any whoare consider- ing giving cross country atry, Baird can offer some advice. She said the early dayswill be difficult, but if you canget yourself eough them, you're in good shape. “Run your first year for. the experience, then next summertakeit seriously,” Baird said. “Without summer training, you've got nothing. That's your basis. Stick with it. It's really tough and you will hate it, but it grows on you. Andusually the running teams are awesome.” But even thoughit took time for the Payson star nS appreciateit, running has comea part of who she is. “It's really hard to explain to someone who doesn't like to run why youlike to run,” Baird said. “‘It'sa feeling you get. I like it becauseI’m good atit. It’sa feeling of accomplishment. D Jared Lloyd can be reached at 344-2552 or |