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Show r SECTION m SPORTS EDITOR . I Darnell SATURDAY, AUGUST Dfcksoj- - 344-255- 30, 2008 ddidtsonOheraldextra.com 5 ' - - GOLF 61 for the lead at Boston Weir shoots a career-lo- w . that included Vijay Singh, whose victory last week at The Barclays put him atop the standings in the PGA. Tour Playoffs for the FedEx THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NORTON, Mass. -- Mike Weir shaved his playoff beard when his wife and children flew into town this week, bufthat had no bear- ' ing on hisgolf Friday. This was a round to enjoy, not .explain. Determined to get off to a better start, Weir birdied the first four holes and his final nine greens in the Deutsche Bank Championship to tie the course record at TPC Boston with a 61, the lowest round of his PGA Tour career. Weir had a threehot lead over a group of four players . Cup. ... . er STEW MILNE Associated Praas Fonner IYU golfer Miks Weir tecs off on the 10th hole during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday. . .. Singh previously had the . TPC Boston course record to himself , a 61 in the third one-putt-- . It just felt normal. Just one of those days where I made on the first about a hole, another on the second ' hole. ... I just kind of built on that momentum. . I just tried to keep the pedal down, because I knew the scores were pretty low. John Merrick, Heath '. . Slocum and Briny Baird joined Singh at 64, while .. Ben Curtis had a 65. Ernie ' Els and Jim Furyk were in a large group another stroke hack. More than half of the field shot in the 60s, and only 23 players failed to break par. y v V. Even so, Weir never saw a . round two years ago. And the Fijian set the tone for a day of low scores when he ran off five birdies in a six-- : hole stretch for a 64. .. Jt took Weir only 10 holes. to catch him. ' There was no indication on the putting green when I was wanning up that was going to tell me it was going to be like that, Weir said. . 115-ma- n . In his 20 previous stroke-pla- y events this year, he had shot in the 60s only onetime, V at the Canadian Open. .. It's been kind of my goal .the last month or so to get .' off to better starts in tournaments," he said. It seems like Ive been having to come from behind. just put it in my to try to get off to a bet- ter start. Obviously, this was way exceeding my expectations.. Only three of his birdie . inside 10 feet, in--' on the 18th his career kjw on tour, one shot better than . . . . Ie . Sere See 61 coming. C6 WEIR, Jared Lloyd HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Ii vp I)inis trie LJC SKYHAWKS Salem Hills falls short in inagural football game APPROPRIATE cm FOR INAUGURAL GAME Jordan Christiansen herald Correspondent rw As long as Desert Hills kept throwing the ban, Salem Hills keptinning y But after some halftime . ad-- V i Y4 justments, Desert Hills got the ,hint and kept the ball on the ground, using jts running backs : 4 to ruin Salem Hills inaugural football game by winning 33-2-6 in Salem an Friday night, j In the first half, Salem Hills y grabbed five interceptions and i held the Thunder to just six ' I points while taking the halftime i lead, 2045. The final takeway resulted in a pick six, as junior ' i phil Sorenson got in the face I of Desert Hills quarterback . Blake Brindley on an attempted screeif pass and snagged the ; ' ball, running it 15 yards for the .. touchdown with just under two . minutes left in the half. , back Kade t Junior defensive Mitchell had two interceptions, . , - XU 1 . . 7 y . '. i e Y--. - .. :V L.-t.- 1 U t . . . . . . CRAM DftflERDMly . See SALEM HILLS, . . . . are Skyhawks, The chant rang the August night and echoed off the mountains over Salem as the city celebrated its first hometown high ; school football game ever. Hundreds of fans including a boisterous student contingent : packed into the stands to see Salem Hills host Desert Hills in .. the season opener. . they're still working on the words to the fight song and people are still just beginning to build a powder-bluSkyhawk wardrobe, but what they lacked they made tip for in energy and.-'- , excitement. Its thrilling to see the kids out here, said Salem Hills priiK dpal Ann Anderson. They look good but it's not just kids. Families are here as welL They've been very supportive of our We Jrjf T Salem Hills' Josh Adams runs the bad against Desert Hills C3 Hills HighSchooL The Skyhawks fell to Desert Hills, ori Friday 33-2-0, . night It was the first game in Herald ; ' the history of Salem See C3 LLOYD, , On the Web & Byebye record book. ' Van Neil K. Warner, ' - DAILY ; HERALD . r ' i . At the half, it had be-- . come apparent that there was oily one thing the could stop Timpview wide receiver Travis Van Leeu- wen. , What could that one thing possibly be?' ; ..Thescore. With a 50-1-2 lead there was no need to throw. on Friday night, but with the game safely se- Leeuwen cured. Van Leeuwen wasn't had six thrown to in the second1... half mudi to the delight of V recep-..- . to Spanish Fork fans and .tions one other man former for 200 yards in BYU wide receiver Chris the first Hale from Orem. Halt hplds TIMPVIEW .57 half and the state record far nirt receiving yards in a gunfe g SPANISH FORK 12 Herald CEUATOSINDaily with 311 yards in 1998 1 touchdowns as Timpview Timpview running back Levi Tso runs upfield during Timpview 's oounded Soanish Fork See TBIRDS, C2 57-1-2 victory over Spanish Fork on Friday. 57-1- 2 . J . Introducing a potent Mgi school oporto Web cite: Check out the Dally Herald's upgraded high school sports report at preprally.heraldextra.com. On the Web site, you can: .. . I CHECK out the latest .scores;'" ' 1 VIEW footage of your ' team I CHAT ; with other fens on .our forum I SCOPE but the top performers in the Valley . BYU SOCCER re- , over Georgia was pleased with our players effort and . energy. I knew we were better (than Monday's Ryan Comer HERALD 1 CORRESPONDENT. BYU womens soccer coach ennifer Rockwood knew her " team was better than the one that : ; performance)." Jennifer Rockwood BYU . women's sccer coach by Soccer Buzz while the (1-were ranked No. 18 by the Soccer Times. Georgia is a tremendous , team, Rockwood said. We knew we had to be at our best. Friday night, the Cougars were at their best from the opening whistle. In just the game's eighth minute, Anderson slipped a ball past the Bulldogs defense, between creating a Larkin and Bulldogs goalkeeper 18 Bulldogs 1) . at LSUthis tie Larkin teamed up for two goals as the Cougars defeated past MonGeorgia 1 in front of a rauday.. cous crowd of 3,066 at BYUs Friday South Field. night, her The Cougars dominated the girls proved contest offensively, firing off er right. a total of 23 shots. Fourteen of Lauren Anderson and Ka 4-- newly-renovate- d those came in the second half. I was pleased with our players effort and energy, Rockwood said. I knew we were better (than Monday's performance). Entering the contest, the Cougars ) were ranked No. (2-1- one-ovo- Michelle Betas. Larkin easily punched the ban into the net to give the Cougars an early advantage. 0 . The Bulldogs wasted little time answering back. In the 14th minute, Carrie Patterson tied the game off a comer kick. After that though, it was an Cougars. In the 18th minute, Larkin found Kassidy Chrise tensen in a situation for another goal and a 1 BYU 2-- lead. We came out the first 20 minutes guts out, Larkin said. That built up our confidence. (Against LSU) we came out timid. After heading into halftime the Cougars came leading 2-- 1, out with more of the same intensity in the second half. In the 55th minute, Anderson and Larkin hooked up for the . second time to put BYU ahead Then, with just 537 left in the contest, the Cougars got their final goal of the night, this time off the foot of Katie Hodgkiss. Hodgkiss joked afterward, saying she had been feeling a little left out with everybody but her scoring. Kassidy said, 'IU just dribble to the end line and you'll 3-- See BYU SOCCER. C6 |