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Show DAILY Friday, April 28, 2006 HERALD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Vikings Continued from C1 the rest of the game and surren- because (our record would be) 2-4 and then we'd haveto win three of four,” said Pleasant Grove coach Ryan Hall. “Webber had a clutch hit. I think dered only twohits. “He (Holmstead) got lucky on that kind of took the wind out oftheir. sails. That was huge. that homerun. I just misplaced it and he hit it good,” Smith said. “I hadall mypitches work- Scoring with two outs, that's just a bonus.” and had good defense behind fourth when Jaxon Mehlhoff doubled with one out. Willis reached onan infield single that allowed Mehlhoffto take third. Mehlhoff thenscored on a wild pitchto give Pleasant Grovea 5- ing. | just kept themoff-balance me. | knewwehadit once we got those first fewruns.” American Fork starter Taylor Mangum pitched well enough to win, but the opportu- nistic Vikings scored four runs after what could have been the third outof the third inning Pleasant Grove’s Tyson Willis singled with oneoutin the third to startthe rally. Jake Rickenbach followed with a walk and The Vikings tacked on another insurance runin the 1 lead,plenty of breathing room for Smith. “He's (Smith) a good pitcher. Weknowhe’soneofthe top three pitchersin the state. We knowhe's a competitor because of whathedid to usin last after Austin Christensen flew outtocenter, the runnersad- year’s state tournament.” said vanced ona wildpitch. Mangumstruck out Devin Ingersoll. “He worked aheadall game long. We just didn’t adjust Walker with what should have beenthe third out of the inning, but the pitch wasin the dirt and from catcher Cory American Fork coach Jarod as hitters.” Drew, the team leaderin hitting for Pleasant Grove, went 2for-2 with a walk, extending his consecutivehits streak to five straight. Willis also went 2-for-2 Kyler Drewthen walked to load the bases and Tyson Webber cameupwith the-big hit of the game. Ona full'courit, Webber laced line drive to cénter to score tworuns. andscored a run. “You want to win a game and . get someseparationbutit’s just a logjam. It's hard to sweep.” Ingersoll added. “PG's a good ball club. I guess we'll take the Pleasant Grove pushed across split for now.” the fourth run of the inning on a double steal. Webberstole second’and Drewscored when the throwto secondbaserolled into centerfield. “It was very, very crucial for us to win this game today ‘American Fork Grove Nang. ane Wake 010 000 0 08 10 x » Spanish Fork 12, Mountain View 3: At Orem, the Dons(16- AUTUMN LORIMER/Daily Heralc American Fork's Steve Parker, left, reacts alter tagging out Pleasant Grove’s Austin Christensen (1) on Thursday. 0, 6-0) continued their winning ways with a strong offensive outing. Brock Duke led the way, hitting 3-for-3 with three Mountain View 000 030-0 RBIand teammate Cory Grover went 3-for-3 with another two AtHighland,the Lone Peak RBI thetop ofthe first inning, only ‘Spanish Fork 033 600 0 — 12153, sameinning. s The Knights and Timberwolves scored a combined 23 runsin an inning that lasted for more than one hour. The win evened Lone Peak's record at 3-3 in region, 8-8 overall, while D LonePeak 19, Timpanogos9: Knights allowed nineruns in to get them all back and some Timpanogos dropped to 1-5, changein the bottomofthe 74 LonePeak’s Taylor Murphy had a grandslam in thefirst inning, and teammateBilly Burgess had another homerunin the sameinning. 00 (1401.0 WrscePons 28— 16 Oh weiner Heaps7Murty ts ope Offense carries Hawks to victory SOFTBALL ROUNDUP DELTA — The Hawkswere victorious in a 6-3 win over hometown Delta on Thursday. Mandy Parks and Lacy Collard had two RBIeach, while Julia Taylor and Chelsee Morley tallied a triple and a runapiece » Timpview 15, Orem 6: At Orem, the Tigersfell to the Thunderbirds offensive attack. The Thunderbirds recorded 17 hits, overcoming a rough day in the field. The Thunderbirds committed 10 errors. for North Sanpete. For Delta, Ashley Patton had two RBI » Timpanogos10, American Fork 0: At American Fork, Alli Bramwell continued her record- be gunningforus,” Shultzsaid. “We'll see how things go down, it’s going to be a dogfight.” breaking season. 2 — 10130 ‘American Fork 00 «00 — ‘Bramwell and Hecker Kruger andcatcher 28—Hecke 20, Land 1) together defensively, and the Dons wereable to capitalize on Pleasant Grove's mistakes, “It was a circusin the outfield,” said Pleasant Grove coach Craig Gladwell of the outing. ““You could have put a tent overit.” Spanish Fork Pleasant Grove Hoimand Chapel Sampson. WP- Pioneers’ record to 12-2 overall and 6-1 in Region play. Bramwelltallied five shutout innings, upping hertotal to 47 consecutive innings of work without surrendering a run,a state record. She also recorded her seventh-straight shutout, another state record, and hasn't surrendered in a run in region play. Butin addition to Bramwell’s outings, the Timberwolves offense continued to click as Tim- D Springville 8, Provo 1: At panogos took a double-digit lead Cole allowedone run and had 8 to endthingsearly. Pior to the gamethe Timberwolves were a little off in the warmups,but the tension vanished onthe field. Albert Costa's career ended Thursdaywith a 6-1, 5-7. 7-5 loss to fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferreroin the third roundof the Open Seat Godo. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal, the defending champion,defeated fellow Spaniard Ivan Navarro Pastor 6-4,6-2. He advanced to play Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, whobeat Spain’s Albert Horna, the secondseed, led in doublesat the 2000 Sydney 6-1, 4-2 when Gicquel took over of Argentina6-2, 6-0; Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland upset fifth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6,6-2, 6-1; fourth-seeded Radek Stepanek beat France's Paul-Henri Mathieu 1-6,6-3, 6-2; and sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo was leading6-3,2-6, 2-1 against Fernando Verdasco be- Portas 6-3, 6-2. fore the match was suspended French Open,andin July 2002 » Horna, Rochus advancein Casablanca: At Casablanca, Morocco, Luis Hornaof Peru with- The 30-year-old Costa said last week he wouldretire after this tournament. He won 12 ATPtitles, including the 2002 reachedhis highest ranking of sixth. Hewas part of the Spanish team that wonthe Davis Cup in 2000 and teamed with Alex Cor- dueto rain. stood a comeback by French qualifier Mare Gicquel to win 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 in the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II on Thursday. until well into the third set. Hornawill meet seventhseeded Daniele Bracciali in the and wants the women'stennis matches switched to a neutral country. Indonesia, hometo about 190 million Muslims,hasnodiplo-: quarterfinals after the Italian beat Germany's Alexander matic relations with Israel and chusof Belgium beat Florian August Ferry Raturandang, the Waske644,7-5. Third-seeded Christophe Ro. Mayerof Germany 6-2, 6-1, and will face eighth-seeded Gilles Simonof France. Simonadvanced with a a 6-4, 7-5 win over Moroccan wild- card Mehdi Tahiri. In the other quarterfinals, top-seeded Nicolas Massu plays France's Nicolas Mahut, and Germany's Bjorn Phau faces CzechJiri Vanek. D Indonesia refuses to play Fed Cupin Israel: At Jakarta, Indonesia, Indonesia refused to play - a Fed Cupseriesin Israelin July Springville, the Red Devils (6-1, 7-3) defended their homefield in fine fashion against the visiting Bulldogs(1-6, 2-12). Springville’s Natalie Nancehit a three-run homer,while pitcher Amanda K’sin the outing. 152 Provo 01 000 0 250 010 x — 8itt WP—Cole LP—Johnson HR—Nance |S) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Costa’s career ends with loss to Ferrero Fetja to win the bronze medal as well takethe crucial win. “(Spanish Fork)is very good and we know they’ re going to TENNIS | ROUNDUP Olympics. Also Thursday, Nicolas Almagroof Spain defeated third-seeded Guillermo Coria look to end Bramwell’s streaks Nor Sanpete 103 1001 cat 000 0 ssa ‘bsinand ot Meatham 0) 38—Ta Vikings were unabletoputit BARCELONA, Spain — Former French Open champion The T'Wolves will have their mettle tested on Tuesday when they play Spanish Fork. The Dons boasta strong offense, and Timpview 1s om os — 381710 oo 202 1 Gillespie and catcher Mullen anc Miler » Spanish Fork 19, Pleasant Grove5: At Pleasant Grove, the Lehi pitcher Megan Zimmermanthrows pitch to a Payson batter during Thursday's game. Zimmerman earned the win as the Pioneers defeated theLions 5-4. The win improves the Shultz. “We warmed up slug- gish, but oncethegirls got out there they played their guts out secured first place in Region8. With the win, North Sanpete MATT SMITH /Daily Herald “This is the most together we'vereally beenin years,” said Timpangos assistant ¢oach Eric has long supportedPalestinian independence. “We cannotplay in Israel,” Indonesian Tennis Association deputy secretary-general, said hursday. If the request for a venue Williamsdecides to return for sophomore season | 4£ ASSOCIATE TUCSON,Ariz. — Marcus Williams,oneof the top fresh| menin the Pac-10last season, | has decided to stay at Arizona | for another year rather than makehimself available for the NBAdraft. The6-foot-7 forward had | strongly considered testing the | NBA watersbut said at a news | conference on Thursdaythat sian team will haveto forfeit. Raturandang told The Associat| he decided he needed another ed Press his group wouild be fined seasonofcollege basketball to boost his chance of being a $5,000 and banned fora year. The twocountries have met high draft pick. “It came downto me wanttwice in the Fed Cup — in Italy (1974) and Japan (1981) — and ing to gointo the league and Israel won both times. be effective and walk in witha Israel earned a promotion as kind of confidence and swaga winnerin the Europe/Africa ger that I am ready to play at a highlevel,” Williams said. ZoneGroupI. changeis denied, the Indone- TeTSTaN aU)Se CHa) Arizona point guard Mus- tafa Shakur had earlier declared himself available for the draft but did not hire an agent, meaninghe could return for his senior seasonif he removes his namebefore the June 28 draft. Over the past month, Williams has gathered information from friends, family membersand Arizona coach Lute Olson about where he might be picked if he entered the draft. Hesaid he believed he would gointhefirst round, but wantsto raise his profile with another seasonin college. “Somepeople assumed I would go from 12 to 20, that is we I was hearing,” Williams said. |