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Show DAILY HERALD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS All eyes on ‘Aces’ Anderson this week merican Forkassistant basketball coach Lynn “Aces” Anderson is the only two-time winner of the Beat the Zuke contest this year and he is ontop ofthe standings rye points over the Zuke, by lending champion, ‘Some of you want to know his secret.I'l tell you his secret. Luck. The is flat-out lucky. As well as Lynn “Missing some Aces” Anderson is T’m predicting a meltdown this’ week. Withthat in mind, I've their first game and then won a araiiey betere ty ke Beat the zuke pal off the upset, but I've got to gowah Hilcon. Rees e Rater Hillcrest 58, fetes bicSpanien Foci Heshowed up at the shootout » Cyprus or Granger vs. Provo straight from workin his dress clothes and without the benefit Weplayed Provoearlier in of a warm up, he promptly sank the year and think they’ve 18-of-20. One of his misses went in and out, back in and finally spun out. aatiey"re His other miss came when his patient with tet ball. I look for cell phone rang during his shot. their bigs to have a big game. this week’s games and to pick Aces Anderson: Provo 48, CyDeGraffenried ruined Provo the winners. Now Anderson assistant coach Jim McElvoy’s prus or Granger 30 can 'e himself in the Zuke's pick: Provo 54, Cyprus score of 17. Timpanogos’ Jenpaper, while making me look ner Wilsonhada 16 and Spring- or Granger 44 better at the same time. ville’s Johnny Averett had 15 as You see me working, don’t did Jimmy’s brother Phil, who oP. vs. Bountiful you? I'm struggling with this one.I redeemed himself from a horriBefore you all get a good ble outing last year with a score like the guard play for Payson. For Bountiful, (Ben)Aird is a of 15. Aces Anderson checked laughout of Anderson’s picks, in witha scoreof... well, let’s first I must announcethe wingood player. I’m going to miss nersof the pe the Zuke 3just say he should sti¢k to pick- weeaebut I’m going to take ing winners. Lone Peaks's Grant Cummings Payson’s Allie Lunt represent- aFA Bountiful 57, won the contest with a score of mn 55 ed the girls. She had a chance to shootand recorded a scoreof14. aes pick: Payson 61, Boun16 out of 20. He edged out Timtiful 58 panogos’Skyler Halford, who As a coaching staff, Payson finished with 15. Greg Thurgood rose to Lone Peak’s challenge (Pleasant Grove), Griffin Miller of countingall of the coaches } Cottonwood vs. Timpview (Timpview) and Tyson Nolan scores,including that of the With Griffin Miller getting (Lehi) eachfinished with 14 team manager. healthy and coming off the big win over Provo,I think Timpview After Lewis was informed Payon’s Dan Luntalready had dinner plans when herePayson throttled Lone Peak to is going to make some noise. Aces Anderson: Timpview 60, corded a 15 out of 20 in the head win the overall event, Lewis announced assistant coach Joe Cottonwood 42 coaches’challenge, but before Zuke's ve Timpview 55, Cotyou could say “Repeat,” PleasGreen would be fired. Fortunatetonwi ant Grove’s coach Randy McAl- ly, Lone Peak’s other twoassiseee theeit cuneate Soren Lara and Bean Tava heen out of Lunt’s with an opted not to s! so. jaylor le vs. American Willie Pratt is a good player. Hesigned at play at Utah State. Hes ‘scored 41 points in one of their games,but I think David Oberis a guy we can challenge High School Hot Shot to go guard him. Aces Anderson: American re48, Taylorsville 40 e's pick: American Fork 54, rayieavile 44 D Pleasant Grove vs. Skyline » Each week, Bleachers Sports Grill and the Daily Herald will sponsor a “High SchoolHotShot,” honoring outstanding performancesbylocalprep athletes. The athlete and their immediate family will be recognized with a free meal at Bleachers. Randy (McAllister) has done a greatjob with this team: Skyline has a'good point guard that likes to pushit. It should be a run-and-gun game, but Pleasant Groveis too deep. Aces Anderson: Pleasant Grove 76, Skyline 70 -Zuke's pick: Pleasant Grove 61, Skyline 57 CRAIG CUSICK - OREM Grade: Senior Sport: Basketball Age: 18 Birthplace: Orem » Box Elder vs. Orem This is a revenge game from. last year. After Orem beat us at Height: 6-foot-2 Accomplishments: All-State as a juHelped Orem to the 4A state als last year. fe basketball player: Michael Jordan Favorite restaurant: Tuconos Favorite food: Steak Favorite book: Michael Jordan autobiography Favorite class: Bowling Future plans: Serve and LDS Church mission andplay college basketball Hero: Dad Goals: Win the state championship Coaches quote: “The reason why Craig’s so good is because he workshard every dayin practice, and he is so stubbornthat he just won't allow himself, or his team, to lose.” — Orem coach Greg Sheide the buzzer, Box Elder beat Orem witha last-secondshot.I think Mike (Conner) and Greg Sheide will havethis team coming out andplaying some serious defense. Aces Anderson: Orem 58, Box Elder 47 Zuke's pick: Orem 51, Box Elder 46 » Mountain Viewvs. Alta Even though Jason's done a great job and won two mustwin gamesthat werelike playoff games,I think Alta is too deep. Aces Anderson: Alta61, Mountain View 54 Zuke's pick: Alta 50, Mountain View 41 ROUNDUP they couldn't be blamed for the Fork can Fork’s Doug Meacham also in with wit a thought he would win score of 16. Maybe next year. Timpanogos’ Clay Anderson, Spanish Fork’s MarkBailey and Lone Peak’s Quincy Lewis all finished with 14. In nosurprise, Jimmy De- loss. If I were team manager Scott Potter, I'd quitit now before Lewis looksfor more scapegoats. Nowlet's see who is in and whowill go homeearly. Since wedidn't know thefirst-round matchups until Thursday, I’ve allowedyouall until Monday We've got no chance.It’s is _a miracle we even made the playoffs. If we hada conscious we would drop out and give our spot to Lone Oops, Zuke here. Sorry,I got mynotes mixed up. Those comments were“off the record.” championship? A Davis i a Aces Anderson: like _lot. They'vegot a great team; but comeon,I've got to take American Fork. Zuke's pick: Riverton Here we go.This is Anderson’s championship? Sarpi dab Faenseawreee siemens. |lecharaanis coach, who was recently inducted into the WeberState Hall of Fame, wonthe assistant picks at beatthezuke.com. Lynn “Aces” Anderson,the timeis now yours. official statement: You've got tolove the Cavemendon't you? Taylorsville Aces Anderson: Provo shares _the ball well. They play defense and rebound. Whenthey get the Evans 2. Piatt) ‘SOUTH SEVIER 50, MANTI 37 civ8: Lanwnest 3. Daa3 Gatton. Graffenried, Payon's assistant morning at 9a.m.tomake your coaches’challenge. It’s easy to see why DeGraffenried is a Hall of Famer. D Hillcrest vs. Spanish Fork I like Hillcresta lot. They lost —— Thr ee Region 7 t Bessel worries me. Their coach lead,it’s tough to ever catch up. beensick, so there couldbe an inspiration factor there. _I’m picking Provo. Zuke’spick: Provo —=— ca Ss — Besta 2A girs boxseores NOTEBOOK Noone can prove whyit’s hard to beat a basketball team three timesinone year. Perhaps it’sthe or the determination with whichth the underdog comes into the third matchup. Oremis hoping to proveit Murray win),” he said. “After the gameI askedthe girlsif they thought they could play better and they said, ‘Yeah, we know we can.’ Murray took us apart in the third quarter,sowe know wecan play better.“ noon’s 4Agirls state basketball semifinal contest against Timpview at Salt Lake Community College. “When you look at both games, they were both close,” said Tiger head coach Ross Reed. top twoscorers in the tournament, Lehi’s Kayla Burningham and Bonneville’s Jessica Baddley. Pioneer head coachKhalil Sikander believes that keeping Baddley from controlling the game isthe key to victory. can do just that in this after- The other 4A semifinal pits the know whatwe're going “Today we went over what we knowthey'll have their work cut out for them against the * champs from Region 2. “We're just happy tobe inthe final four,” Bruin head coach Laura Romo said Thursday.“That's all we care about. We're going togoout andtrytobesmart,to makethe right decisions.” The 4A games will take place at 2:30 and 4:10 p.m., while Mountain Viewplays at 6 p.m. (fourth place), which is a new Utah State Indoor Track record,for that distance. Other good performances wereput in by Mountain View's Adam McDonald(first in the 1600m)and Spanish Fork’s Nachelle Stewart (secondin the 400m). | Daily Herald | madeplaying Orem in the semis moreenticing. “We're excited to be inthe top four,” she said before the OremMurray quarterfinal contest. “We'dKe to play against Orem, since they us twice. We know themrsowell. It would be great tobeat them.” Even a the Tigershadan emotional upset win over ae ray on Wednesday, Reed knows his squad will be “| don’t think they'll be any kindof a letdown(after the therapy and is determinedto play in what could be the final game of her high school career. Although the Pioneers can't look past Bonneville, they understandthat an all-Region:7 final is a distinct possibility. “That just shows how tough this regionis,” Sikandersaid. “Each team has great groups of playersthat play together.It’s great to havethatat this level.” In Class 5A, Mountain View will meet Brighton inthe semifinals this evening. The Bruins Miountain View D Harrison named McDonald's All-American: Bruin star senior Michelle Harrison was named as'a McDonald'sAll-American andwill play for the West team in theall-star game on Mar.29 in San Diego. Only 24 girls basketball players inthe nation are honored with the selection. Mountain View will hold assemblies today at 9and 10a.m.to honor the Stanford-bound center. —= Continued from C1 Both teams started slowly, with Mountain View blowing afew layup opportunities in the early minutes. Romo explained that she wasn't worried about her team getting frustrated. “Asa coach, you look at the of- fense andsee if you're Bextingcom looks,” she said. “If you are,t! you figurethat it’s just a matter of time. The ball will start falling. “You do the same thing on defense, try to makesuret cee team isn’t getting good looks. “We came out and stayed focused,” Harrison said. “Wefollowed through tonight, didn’t let our minds wander.” Riverton senior center Kim Gamblin and junior guard Shannon Hil- _dreth led their team with 1 points , eribon Is box Manti efeonGyan2 Lean fens | Fremont Live scoring updates and analeae ysis available online: Anyone who Weber won't be able to makeit to the ee boys andgirls state basketball | ane playoffs this year need not fear. | na Forthefirst time, Daily Her| $9", ald sports writers Neil Warner pon and Jared Lloyd will providelive a updatesduringall of the games cee _ontheir webblogs. Riverton Check out http://blogs.herVisco aldextra.com/Bladeandhttp:/ Copper Hite blogs.heraldextra.com/Zuke for scores,stats, commentary and mate in-depth analysis. 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The Bruins will face Brighton at 6 p.m. tonight in the 5A semifinals. choycn Getsonenye realy well tonight: After Riverton took its only lead teow FaetarsPees apeed aaa oe ae Watt 616 8 BO ee cee Mastin scorerin the tourney, averaging 21.5 points in two games. Only Bonneville junior guardJessica Baddley, who scored 38 points on Wednesday, has averagedmore points (29.5 points per game). Harrison is also one of the top _scorersin the 5A tourney, having averaged 17.5 points in the two games. Bruins Track Big tourney scorers: Lehi senior guard Kayla Burningham is the second-leading Class 4A needed to do to stop Baddley,”he said Thursday. “We're doing well on offense, ciate 47 percent from the field, so what we need to do is stop them.” Lehi plans on having the services of determined senior forward Chandler, who partially dislocated a hip on Wednesday. in faere tggteck 7 Morgan 2. Platt 8. Dancer Pees MAIS 22 | cae oe ean inane 3:point goals: Carbon 2 (Cummins, Garvin). Canyon Mew) Rone: sow caAantc 2, 0m can90 Beria tet 8 Walen'6 Onl’ Nociaet Webster 5. Totals 10 10-23 20 TCH (42) ak . D Individuals have success at Simplot: The Timpanogos boys 4x400m relay team brokea state record on Feb.17 at the Simplot Games in Pocatello, Idaho. Theirfinal time was 3:25.14 Lehi todo and we know what they're going to do. It comes down to whoever executes better.” The Thunderbirds lost onthe road, 66-62,in the first game onJan.13, then were defeated, 45-35, in the rematch at home on Feb.3. Talented Timpview sophomore forward Alexis Kaufusi said those two setbacks Sikander said she has » Streakhits 17: Mountain View's 45-29 win over Jordan on Mondayhelped the Bruins dodgea first-round upset for the 17th straight season. 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