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Show DAILY HERALD Tay Sris i a \ TCO TSC sensor UTEB, AERA FORK BY DAILY HERALD REGION 4 BOYS at thetop of the key to give fenfn ee eee poor? the Vikings their biggest lead Tucker 2... wicox 4 : ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald Mountain View’s Jamie Stroshine (42) goes in for a layup between two Lone Peak defenders on Tuesday. Bruins Continued from C1 Sport, this is fun. We're not - havingto go to work and put _ in 12 hours a dayatthe plant, we're playing basketball.” .: Mountain View made some adjustments andstarted the second quarterin a tough 2-3 zone, which seemed tostall the v Knights’offensive attack. .) The Bruins quickly reeled off 14 straight pointsto take the lead, 26-20. From that point on, -the game was battle. Prompting the big run was .- some incredible pin-point pass_ ing from the Bruins. “We've been stressing to play team basketball and that’s the +, Most important thing.It doesn't matter what happens on the floor, we wantto be together as a team. Any team that does that is going to be successful, whether they win or not,” said Romo. - Lone Peak’s Caitlyn Sears scored 10 first-half points, including two3-pointers and oeeee the - ne Bruins nevertrailed the rest of the way, Lone Peak cut the leadto one,twice,at 36-35 and 38-37,but could never get over the hump. Ornelas was a thorn in Lone *.Peak's side all night long as she scored on runners,3-pointers (twoof them), jump shots and free throws(8-for-11). “Maylene wantsto play hard and she wantsto be successful,” Romo said. “She doesn't know any but fast. Sometimes that gets her into trouble. Whata greatattribute to have.I'd rather have her be fast and we need to tell her to tone it down, than us having to . Ret after her.I love that mentality her.” Lone Peak’s defense put a lot of on Harrison the entire game.She still managed 15 frouegret had severejoer After Laahiepinto the final "period up 49-43, the Bruins didn’t makea field goal in the «fourth quarter. But Mountain View salted the game away goos 13-for-17 from the charity Sra Peak gok ciency? play from Sears, Amanda Farrish(nine pe Mari Larsen pe Shannon larmer (nine points) as the Kaights battled to the very end. “Kaitlyn Sears is a man! player and all Lone Peak'sgirls are. They have a coach, they work hard a Eeeees Dering dil gonad Romo aregion and every game is a battle.” ) Pleasant Grove 62, American Fork 49; At Pleasant Grove, the Vikings withstood a 9-2 run by American Fork to start the ball “pun cna ledabed the quarter on a 9-0 run of their ownto stake the early lead. Withthe amenopi to herpointsat the line, shooting 5for-6 in the fourth quarter. Pleasant Grove improved to 12-7, 3-5 in Region 4. American Forkfell to 4-13, 14. » Wasatch 62, Union 57: At Heber City, the Wasps (13-7, 6-3) withstood the a 3-point barrage. from Union's Karissa Hall and Abby Meacham.Hall could not miss in the opening frame,hitting five 3-pointers that helped the Cougarsto a three-point lead. The two teams combined for 20 3-pointers including senior Stevie North scoringall 12 of her points from behind the arc. She also had three steals in the last two minutes help spark a Pleasant Grove gave American Forkjust twochoices. The Cavemencouldfoul Greg Thurgood, the team’s mostclutch player, or they could foul Jayden Gray, the team’s best free throw shooter. It was a no-winsituation. Trailing 53-51 with 12 seconds left in the game, American Fork fouled Gray and on seniornight, the senior point guard sankboth free throws to give Pleasant Grove a 5651 win. “It was thinking it was senior night and my team was counting on me.I had to comethrough,” Gray said. “It’s all about rhythm. You get up there and doyourroutine andjust zoneyourself out.” Thewinclosed out Pleasant Grove’s homeschedule with a perfect 8-0 marl and gave the Vikingssole possession offirst place in Region 4 with a 6-2 record. American Fork dropped to 4-3. “Those guys are automatic,” said Pleasant Grove coach Randy McAllister. “Greg’s ‘Mr. Clutch’ and Jayden doesn’t miss. Those two werethe ones we wanted. As a team,weshotpretty well from the (free throw) line.” AmericanForktrailed 5349 after Thurgood fed Tallon Robertsoninside the keyfor a layup with 1:15 left in the game. After an American Fork miss, Robertson missed a pair of free throws and Austin Haws drove down the key and dished off to McKay Frandsenfor a layupto cut the lead to 53-51 with 23 sec- _onds left in the game. Pleasant Grovecalled a timeout to make.sureeither.. Thurgood or Gray would” get the ball. American Fork finally chose Gray, an 88 percent shooter, with 12 seconds left. He made both,leaving American Fork’s hopes on life support. The Cavemen missed a pair of 3-pointers and Gray was fouled again with one second left. He made one oftwofree throwsto finish off American Fork. “Wejust didn’t want to foul Thurgood, that was our mindset was anybody but Thurgood. He's such a clutch shooter. Credit Gray. Hegoesup andhits his free throws,” said American Fork coach Doug Meacham. “That wasthe difference in the game. They hit their free throwsand wedidn’t.” Neither team could pull away from theother. Pleasant Grove's biggest lead through three quarters was three points and American Fork's wasfivepoints. The Cavemen opened up a 39-34 lead after Frandsen pulled down anoffensive rebound,wasfouled and sank both free throws. But by the end of the third quarter, the Vikings had cut the lead to 41-40 after hoops from C.J. Wilcox, LeSean Wilcox and Matt Hardman. Hardmanscoredto end the quarter for Pleasant Grove and then helped the Vikings get the separation they needed in the fourth quarter. He sanka pairof free throwswith 5:49 to play that gave the Vikings the lead at 44-43 and then hit a 3-pointer 12, Robertson 8, Gray 10. Hardman 11, C, Woon A pair of Hawsfree throwstied the game at 47 with 2:42 to play, but Thur~-good and Robertson each madea pair of free throws to help Pleasant Grove maintain its lead. American Fork diditself in with a 10-for-18 effort from the free throw line and a 3-of20 night from the 3-pointline. Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove made 17-o0f-22 from the charity stripe. Thurgood led the Vikings with 12 points. Hardmanhad11 points and Grayfinished with 10. Haws led American Fork with 18 points and foursteals. Frandsenfinished with 11 points and six rebounds and Olsenscoredfive points and grabbed nine rebounds. D Neil Warner can be reached at nwarner@heraldextra. com. D Lone Peak 64, Mountain View 40: At Highland,the Knights (9-10, 4-4) outscored Mountain View 38-16 in the secondhalf to earn the Region 4 victory. Ryan Rios and Grant Cummings had 14 points each , while Cory Chase added 13 and Tyler Haws 12 in a balanced LonePeak attack. Taylor Williams and Collin Youngscored 12 apiece for Mountain View (8-10, 3-4). » Spanish Fork 62, Timpanogos 40: At Orem,Jason Steenstra scored 15 points and Griff Robles added 12 as thevisiting Dons(13-6, 5-3) outscored Timpanogos23-6 in the fourth quarter to pick up the Region 4 win. Cole McWhorterhad 17 to 4 Tuas 18 wz Poutiwe 18 8 10 1 eae ceteoen oraPas (MOUNTAIN VIEW Tiwi 12, ssl 4 We 12, Aur 2, ‘Tutupou 4. Totals 14 10: 0, Figs 14, Cumimings 14, Haws 12, Ciegg 2. fein an? Umma a ‘Mountain View ‘Lone Peak aes] 3-point Mountain View 2 Russell, Young) Lone Peak 6 (Ros 3, Cummings, Haws 2) ‘SPANISH FORK 62, TIMPANOGOS 40 FORK a pa enedoonose ham6Sha Jou a6 4, Marbery Gardner 1 Totals 18 17-22 62 8, Cook 4, Clark 4. JAnderson 3, Tove 9. Hard Tots 146-140 Fork -@ «0 om get SpansFo 3Nau. fa, $a Brinkerhot, Timpanogos 2 ‘McWhorter PAYSON 72, SPRINGVILLE 54 raraox 9, Buys 4, DeGrattenned 7. Broadbent iieit tpn vey? Seah? Toe SPRINGVILLE: Foster 10 Smih4)3 Elon 2, Ave3.Maney 5, Ktcan 2 Avert 2. Ta2) 22 ty =z ee 47 = Sorgos Payson Bronte3. ys ese 2 Springvile 2 (Eaton PROVO 46, OREM 44 PROVO (46) Gonaswann 13 nous 12 Jaman8. Gregory 7 Thorton son 2 Tolls17 10-13-46 Lam17 Cusick 12, Butler8, Hal &. Valamaki 2. Wiley + Totals 195-7 44 Provo 3 104 7 — Orem 7 8 7 12 — 4 3:point goals Prove 2 Warman. Koop), Orem 7 (Cusick) TIMPVIEW 65, LEH! 60 q ‘Miler 18 Salazar 8 Cusick 1 Hatton 23, Nasn 6, Jackson 9 Totals 23 13-20 65, Siva 13. Pace 11. Sargent9, Lnsky6. Lockhart 6, Nolan 14, Jenson 1 Totals 21 15-16 60. Timpview aww -@ 0 3:po ct gals: Tinpwew6 Mier 3Sa 2Han, Len 3 Siva, Pac ¢, Sargent) WASATCH 55, UNION 52 Thompson 3. Angus 12. Beret 9. Dennis, uncan 3, Arnold 2 Totals 19 918 $2 ) natch ont goals Unons 5 Embie Dennis) Wastach 3 (Bard. Farr 2 Girls box scores | PEAK Payson blasts past Springville Wasp comeback. The Wasps hadto fight their waybackintothe ball game, trailing 11 points withjust five minutes remaining in the game. jhomore Tara Gehring led Wasatchwith 14 points,11 of ee coming in the second PYeach secured itself a second-placefinish in Region 10 and a homeplayoff game when the tournamentstartslater this month. Union fell to 11-8, 3-6. Carbon51, North Sanpete 47: AtPrice, the Dinos rallied from a 26-20 halftimedeficit to edge the visiting Hawks(3-6,7-12) in Region 8. Jamie King had15 points and Tabby Cummins added 13 for Carbon(11-9, 6-3). Toni Garlick led North Sanpete with 13. d Emery 56, Delta 49: At Delta, the visiting Spartans (17-3, 9-0) got off to a hot start, taking a 30-20 leadat the half and holding off the Rabbits (8-10,'4-5) in Region 8. ) North Sevier 47, Manti 41: At Salina, North Sevier took a 27-19 lead at halftime. Visiting Manti(13-6, 5-6) rallied in the fourth quarter, but couldn't quite get over the hump. North Sevier(18-2, 11-0) remained undefeated in Region 12. D North es 41, Juab 37: At Nephi, Ai y Donaldson scored 13 woketoia North Summit (12-8, 6-1) past Juab (10-9,5-2) in Region 14. Dez Johnson led Juab with 13 points, and Jordan Gurney added 10. 43, Gunnison 33: At Gunnison, North Sevier (18: 2“110)remained undefeated inRegion 12 behind Kafta zac aD BOYS ROUNDUP Three Payson fans stood front and centerto lead the rowdystudent section. The trio was painted head-to-toe in “L told the kids at halftime that the game would be decided in the first few minutes of the secondhalf and they responded,” Luntsaid. The Lions’ attack game plan paid off when Scott Kitchen, Springville’s center and go-to-manin the post, fouled out of the game with six minutes to go in the fourth quarter. The Lions’ attacking offense also sent them to theline often, where Paysonhit 22-of-24 shots from the free-throw line, led byjunior McKay Massey, who wasa perfect 9-for-9 fromthe charitystripe and scored 19 points to lead Pay- (10-9,6-3) with 13 points, West Desert fell to 1-12, 1-8, » Dugway 41, Meridian 26: At Dugway,the Mustangs moved into a tie for first place in Re18 with Meridian by com- ‘Aimee Dorais, theVikings’ point guard, scored all five of had points bounds for Dugway (17-3, 8). games. The Pioneersled 19-8 after one quarter, but Timpview green, and that pretty much told the story as the Region 4 gamewasall green as the Lionstrouncedthevisiting Red Devils of Springville 2-54 After Springville jumped out to a 10-4 first quarter lead, the Lions responded by going on 10-4 run oftheir own andthen tied the game at 14 when junior Jordan Buys knocked down trey right before the buzzer. Paysonfinally took the lead, 17-16, when Spencer Nielson connected on a three-point play. Payson then started to press the Devil backcourt, and was rewarded with three immediate turnovers, which the Lions turned intofourfastbreak points. “Wereally wanted to comeout and run tonight,” said Payson head coach Dan Lunt. “Weknewthatif we could get out and attack them that we could take controlof the gameandgettheminto foul trouble.” Nielson scored seven of his 11 points in the second quarter and the Lions took a 36-28lead into the break. The second half wasall Payson,as the Lions went on a 21-7 run in the third quarter trimmed that down to a 3225 deficit just before halftime. The Pioneers were running the clock down for a final shot when they turned the ball over. The T'Birds made the most of that opportunity with Salazar’s treyto trim the halftime deficit to 32-28 and PAYSON 51, SPRINGVILLE 27 ‘SPRINGVILLE(27) ; Bad on Ne get a shot of momentum. The T’Birdsfinally caught the Pioneersin the third quarter and then held on by hitting 9-of-11 free throws in the final frame. Hatton led Timpviewwith 23 points. Griffin Miller added 18. Tyson Nolan led Lehi with ‘OREM 54, PROVO 37 Heaton ® Bosce Con Neison 8 14 points. Henrique Silva son. Springville junior Preston Eatonled all scorers with 21 points. “I'm just really proud of myboys tonight,” Lunt said “They knew howimportant this game wasand they rose to the challenge.” ‘ » Timpview 65, Lehi 60: At Lehi, Michael Salazar hit a 3-pointer just before halftime to give the visiting Thunderbirds a big momentum boost, then Bryan Hatton went 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter as Timpview (13-5, 4-3) held off hard-luck Lehi (5-13, 0-7) in Region7. All of the Pioneers’ league losses have been by eight points or less, and twoof the losses have been overtime added 13 and Trevor Pace had 11 » Wasatch 55, Union 52: At HeberCity, two teamsfighting for a playoff spot needed an extra period to decide the outcome Wasatch shot 15-for-20 from the free throwline in the fourth quarter and overtime, and that helped the Waspsget the win. The Wasps combined for30 rebounds, 10 assists and eight steals as a team in the victory. Senior Ryan Farr paced Wasatch with 15 points to go along with six rebounds. The Wasatch bench was big in the win as 11 guys played and nine got on the scoreboar 07 Stewart 6 a nos nt, Caton 3 Gann EMERY 56, DELTA 49 EMERY (36) Sere3 Arsen Fer'3 ‘Swany 16. Mes Delta go goa Emer 4 Sen Suey 2 2 Netson Ash WASATCH 62, UNION S7 4 Bape WORTH SEVIER 47, ANT41 wan ay toosaeHon?14 Whage 9 ne 2 Hatoaa 1 Campa? Burningham scores25 to lead Lehi DA b Tintic 61, West Desert 48: At Eureka, Tintic had three players score in double figures to -Aay and Kristie Giles combined for 26 points in the pn Down the stretch the Vi ings were able to gain a double-dilead and on toit at the Free throw line, shooting 8-for10 in the final frame. of the gameat 47-43. eS NeilK.Warner REGION7 GIRLS WERALL Kayla Burningham continues to excel in the scoring departmentfor the Lehi Pioneers After dropping 40 points in a double overtimethriller against Springville last week, Burningham had a game-high 25 points to lead the Pioneers past ere 50-45 on Tuesday night in Region 7 girls basketball action. “Yeah Kayla scored 25 but it was a team effort,” said Lehi coach Khalil Sikander “She had lot of open shots, but that was because of her teammates getting her to open spots on the floor.” Despite the big night from Burningham, Lehi needed four key free throws by Becky Rodgers and Jessica Andersonlate in the game to seal the win. } Orem 54, Provo 37: At Orem, Delyse Downey paced the Tigers with 14 points, half of them coming at the free throw line. Junior Jamie Sagers wasalso in double figures with 10 points as Orem (10-8, 4-4 Region 7) moved into coution to make the Class 4A state playoffs. The Bulldogs(5-13,2-6) made a runlate, but Orem was there to match them point for point in the fourth quarter. » Payson 51, Springville 27: At Payson, Brooke Hiatt scored 10 of her game-high 21 points in the first quarter as the defending 4A champion Lions raced to a 17-6 lead in a Region 7 game. Hiatt scored the rest of her points in the fourth quarter, another 17-6 run by Payson (6-2, 10-9) thatsealed the deal. Aubrey Orton added 12 points and Jannifer Bylund scored 10, including two 3pointers, for Payson. Keera Crouch had double figures in rebounding for Payson. wasnt 4 7 Rorer 6. Stapet 6 Newon&ranown ? Toe 209.603 oman Kr Cover 1, Rey 1 1 deen 6 Tots e815 suww-g ort Gurotaon ner s—3 Seong Worm Sev0 Cane 3ron Fayrts 2) TWN 61, WEST DESERT 40 (4-15, 2-6) with eight OUGWAY 41, MERIOUN 26 MERION (78) Covey 11. Brough 2. Roberton 6. 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