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Show ) L DAILY Thursday, March 9, 2006 Provo holds offAF Bruins blank Warriors Jared Lloyd DAILY HERALD High school soccer players moved junior midfielder Scott Carbon’backto the defense and he played very well. I thought he was the player of the game.” be more excited to get back out While the defense provided the stability, Mountain View se- thronghot Utah Valley couldn't | __ Brian Hassler ginning of a season that will see her pitching almost every HERALD CORRESPO After four inningsof play, | the visiting: Provogirls softball team looked invincible. on the field for another year of competition. nior forward/midfielder David Salazar provided the fireworks. “We were moving the ball well,” Salazar said. “(Graham) did a great job coaching. We got shots and weput them in. the American Fork team that looked tough, but Provo managed to escape with a 9-7 victory on Wednesdayafternoon. Provo opened the game with a four-run first inning against Class 3A Snow Canyon, It all came from our practices. and pushed its lead to 7-0 by seys came from.It also resulted the first half on a nice transition play. He got the ball with a step on the Warrior defense, then cut across the middle of the box Take Mountain View,for the Bruins were chomping at the bit to get going. Thatled to a number of mad rushes up the field that the might'veleft the Warriors wondering where all the white jerin a few off-sides penalties, some effective Snow Canyon counterattacks and a few fouls because Mountain View just couldn't wait to attack again. If the players hadn't needed to be in school, Bruin head coach Mike Graham might've gotten to the field to find a full scrimmage under way hoursbefore the gameand in a cold, gusty wind. “It looked likea first game,” Graham said. “We werea little nervous,a little high strung. Wecalmed downa little for the secondhalf and played better as ateam.” need to be, the Bruins never paitffor their anxiousness because the defense was a storie wall. Snow Canyon only had twoorthree decent shots during the whole contest. “Wehavea few injuriesin our backline,” Graham said. “A. coupleof our projected starters didn't evenplay, but the players that wentin did a greatjob. I Rangel and Lindsey Rowberry Salazar started the scoring in brought home runs with solid hitting and a handful of wild pitches by American Fork seemed to have given Provo an easyvictory. JEREMY HARMON/Daily Herald Mountain View's David Salazar, left, and Snow Canyon’s Nic Gonzalez jockey for position on an inboundpass during Wednesday's game. But the good times cameto an end for Provo. A walk and ball into the net. He followed that performance up with a pair of good moves in the second half. On the first, Salazar got the ball near the end line and crossed it to freshman midfielder Jacob Parkinson, who rifled a goal past the diving Snow Canyon keeper. Only minuteslater, Salazar was onthe receiving end of a great pass from Bruin senior defender Brant Henrie. He flew in from the right side to knock in the perfect cross for the final goal of the contest. Even though Mountain View wasn'tas disciplined as it will the top ofthe fifth inning. Kat We've been working very hard since westarted.” to get a good look and put the “(Salazar) played a good game,” Graham said. “Like mostof the team,he waslittle too anxious in the first half but settled downin the second. We had little moreflow after the intermission.” Although both coaches certainly saw plenty ofthings to improveon, Mountain View was pleased to openup with victory. inning for Provo High,as the team doesn't have any other pitchers who will be ready for varsity play. “She is ouronly varsity Three inningslater, it was ly with a new coach,” Salazar said. “It’s a good wayto start the season.” Mountain View hosts Orem on Friday afternoonat 3:30 p.m. » Jared Lloyd can be reached at 344-2552 or jlloyd@heraldextra.com. For moreanalysis andlive score updates, checkout his blog at http://blogs.heraldextra. com/Blade. } Carbon4, Union 4, tie: At Roosevelt, Hutson Lui, Samual Madrid, Amtoni Teodorzzyk and Nathanial Woodwardscored for Carbon, while Owen Hullinger had four goals for Union in the season openerfor both teams. Baseball » Cedar6, Delta 5: At Delta, Travis Sams stroked a two-run “It’s good to win because it builds your confidence,especial- homerun in the top of the sev- | enth to help Cedar edge Delta in the season openerfor both teams. The Rabbits loaded the bases and scored twice in the bottom ofthe inning, but a diving catch by Cedar's Dillan Jolley ended the threat. Christensen and KaylaSoren- the seventh and a wild pitch menand RBIsingles by Jenny played tentative anddidn't makethe routineplays,” said American Fork coach Matt Dietz. “But wegotit together and got our confidence up.” The inning was a departure for Provopitcher Larissa Johnson, who had shut down | American Fork forthe first four innings andfinished the gamewithsix strikeouts. “She's amazing,” said Provo coach Jill Messenger. “She has son openerfor both teams. Bre-| the maturity, the physical abilanne Dimondhad Juan Diego's, | | ity and she’s clutch player.It only hit inthe fourth inning. | | was hard for her whensimple errors hurt and she’s doing out 19 hits, including ine for extra bases, to overwhelm Juan Diegoin four inningsin the sea- — Fork. Juan Diego 5 2 = 09 a 1 | Roomaon and Cole Ormond, anal3 We rosa,Dior, 28 CalCappe Ng 2Eerson 2 (SF, TuoWar Sh HRW Hoim Provooff to a strong start in and anothererror allowed Provo to score again to make “Westarted rough and Softball Kylee Griffin and an RBIsin- gle from Johnson pushed Provo's lead to 8-6. But American Fork cutinto that leadin the bottom ofthe sixth. A throwing error brought a run home to makethe score 8-7 heading into the finalinningofplay. A walk andanerror got | lead to 7-6 » Spanish Fork 17, Juan Diego 0: At Draper, the Dons pounded pitchata varsity level,” said Messenger.“Wehave a couple that can pitch a few innings, but with Larissa we have to count on her. She's all we have.” Provo bounced backin thesixth inning,as single by error opened up the bottom of the inning for the Cave- | son and twoerrors cut Provo's Codar m om 3 — 6 Datta oo 702 — 5 WP-Stapley, L?-Wawnier.28-Debh (0), Sams (C). HRSams pitcher, the only one that can her best. The last three innings were a big mental game for herbutshepulled out ofit.” For Johnson,it was the be- the score 9-7. Johnsonfinished off American Fork in the seventh with two ground outs and a base running error by American Fork that ended any chance of a Cavemen rally. “I'm glad we wonbutdisappointed in the type of win we got,” said Messenger. “We wereup 7-0 and won 9-7. I hate it when mygirls let down like that. Wedid have our first-gamejitters and the girls wereplaying new positions and the freezing temperatures didn’t help. Butit’s early in the season.” a om} — gee Fore 61 0 795 forreon anita Kageand Resse WPlenset &P Kruger 28-Rowberry i), Kruger AF NBAROUNDUP l- d 1 HERALD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NBA STANDINGS Kirilenkolifts Jazz past Timberwolves THE ASSOCIATED PRESS still had a chanceto force overtime. But Trenton Hassell’s off-balance shot was an airball that Kirilenko caughtat the buzzer,giving the Jazz their first winning streak since beating ChicagoonFeb. 6 and following that four dayslater with a vic- » Cavaliers 98, Raptors 97: At Toronto, DamonJones made a 3-pointerat the buzzer to lift the Cleveland Cavaliersto their fourth straight victory. Toronto's Morris Peterson had given Torontothe lead with a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds left, but a double-teamed LeBron James found a wide-open Jones in the corner for the winning bucket. tory at Minnesota. Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 13 re- » Celtics 104, 76ers 101: At Boston, Paul 24 points and had a chancetoseal the victory from thefoulline with 6.2 seconds remaining, but went1-for-2 and Minnesota bounds, and reserve Marko Jaric scored 20 points for Minnesota, whichlost for the sec- Pierce hadhis first triple-doubleofthe season with31points, 12 rebounds and10 as- ond straight night. The Timberwolves used only eight players onenight after losing at sists to rally the Celtics. on team ownerLarry Miller, who was overheardto say “fire” after the Jazz blew a 20-point lead against Orlando on Monday. Utah ended up winningthat game, and Miller said before Wednesday's gamethat he had metwith coachJerry Sloan earlier in the day and assured Sloan thathis job wasn'tin jeopardy. Miller had to be morepleased with Wednesday’s performance,althoughthe Jazz had to overcame another shaky night from the free throw line. Utah went 17-for-26 from the line, but held off the Timberwolves after going on a 6-0 run early in the fourth quarter. Carlos Boozer, who scored 12, made twofree throwsto break a 77-all tie, Devin Brownhit a shot and Matt Harpring was 2for-2 from the line with7:40 left in the game. Minnesotakept it close and got within 90-88 on tip-in by Ricky Davis, then got another break when Kirilenko went 1-for-2 from the line — for the fourth time in the fourth quarter — with 53 seconds left to put the Jazz ahead 91-88. Garnett made a jumperfrom the lane get the Timberwolves within a point again, but Boozergot a layup around Garnett with 22 seconds left and Harpring extended the lead to 95-90 with two morefree throws with 10 seconds left. Davis kept Minnesota alive on a 3-pointer with 8.1 seconds to play, but Williams’free throw was enoughto force the Timberwolves to gofor a 3 at the end. 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