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Show -N E W S BIO • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008 Spanish Fork Maritza Allen / Spanish Fork News NOT TODAY: Spanish Fork's Kylie Schofield stuffs a would-be Lone Peak spike Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Lady Dons take on Lone Peak Bryan Redd j STAFF WRITER The Lady Dons welcomed Lone Peak last Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 and entertained the home crowd with an excellent match, played by two top quality teams in the toughest volleyball region in the state. The Dons fought hard and showed improvement against the storied Lone Peak spikers. The Dons jumped out to an early 8-4 lead before the Knights stormed back to tie the game at 13-13. Both teams struggled with serving early in the match. SF relied on great team offense with eight kills and hustle defense with four blocks and three digs. Rachelle Remund served four points and the Dons played great defense, taking a late 24-23 lead. Tamara Hansen came off the bench to provide tough serving and back row digs. The match was tied at 25-25 before Lone Peak Served the winning point J27-25. j "Tamara deserves a lot bf credit; she served well and gave us a huge lift in a pressure situation. Tamara has worked hard and showed senior leadership against a tough team," said Coach Diana Troyer. Game two was a battle early with the lead bouncing back and forth. The Dons were playing above the net, and tied the game at 9-9. Lone Peak called time out to make adjustments, and the time out knocked SF out of rhythm. The Lady Dons committed errors late in the game and Lone Peak ran away 25-16. Game three repeated the pattern of game two. The Dons came out strong, Erin Redd had five kills and Mary Stirland had five digs as SF led 8-6. Some errant passes and nice back row kills allowed the Knights to string together two- and three-point rallies and Lone Peak put the Dons away 25-14. "We started well and played hard tonight. These girls can play with anyone in this region. These girls have the talent to play with anyone in our region. The Dons need to believe they can win, shake off the errors, and will themselves to victory. I found some new combinations that I plan on using in the future,1' said Troyer. The Lady Dons posted 18 kills, seven blocks, six Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News aces and 10 digs leading to A TIME TO KILL: Erin Redd frustrates the Lone Peak deSF points. fense, going cross-court for a kill. Covering what matters most Samantha Beck / Spanish Fork News ON TRACK: Senior Brandon Poulter came in fourth for the Dons at Cedar, with a time of 16:51. Dons compete at Cedar Inv. Dave Boyack STAFF WRITER year. Seniors Jenn Lowe and Jenn Youd rounded out the scoring for the Spanish Fork's boys Lady Dons. and girls traveled to CeOn the boys' side, senior dar High School on Fri- Spencer Vance led the way day, Oct. 3 to participate with a 32nd place finish at in the Cedar Invitational. 16:35. Spencer Hanson was With 15 high schools from not far behind in 16:40. Daaround the state, the girls vid Nester finished third finished a very respect- for the boys at 16:48, with able sixth, while the boys Brandon Poulter and Sam found themselves in the Roberts rounding out the middle of the pack with an Spanish Fork scoring with eighth place finish. times of 16:51 and 17:06, On the girls side, soph- respectively. omore Ashley Phelps led Spanish Fork's boys the way with a 13th place continue to run well as a overall finish. Her lime group, with only 31 secof 19:32 was a seasons onds separating the top best. Bethany Carson was five scoring runners. the second Don runner to Spanish Fork boys and come across at 20:10 and girls now take on the rest 22nd place overall. Senior of the region at the region Ashley Shelly was not far 4 championships at Pleasbehind in 24th place at ant Grove High School 20:10, her best race of the Oct. 11. SFHS Soccer Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News JV MVP: Haiiey Ingram had trouble finding the net in the varsity game, but made up for it with two goals in JV. Salem battles Delta to 0-0 tie Namon Bills / Spanish Fork News Maritza Allen / Spanish Fork News BRACE FOR IMPACT: Keeper Lyndsey Healey makes a stop in traffic against an aggressive Lone Peak team, left. Brooke Steinkopf holds off defenders, while Jenn Youd comes in to help, above. The Knights wrapped up a 7-0 victory in Spanish Fork, Sept. 30, 2008. Most of the damage came in the first half, with the score 5-0 at halftime. The Lady Dons stepped up their efforts in the second half, with stronger defense and more of an attack on offense, holding Lone Peak to two goals in the half. Sister Act: From SOCCER • B l than you can pump up your other teammates, because you ... live with them, you know them." Storie wants to continue playing soccer in college. "I kind of wanna go and play for BYU-Hawaii. I think it'd be really cool if I could get on down there," Storie said. Sarah said, "I think I'm probably done after this year. I don't know if I can handle playing soccer and doing school. But, if at all possible, I'd love to play on [the! BYU women's team." Adrienne and Margo, on the other hand, are confident about their future in soccer. "We're playing for BYU," Margo said. "It's official," said Adrienne. "We're gonna get better and better and then we're gonna go to BYU together." The Salem Hills Lady Skyhawks took on Delta at home Wednesday, Oct. 1. It was an intense game that went into double overtime, but ended in a 0-0 tie. The ladies played their hearts out for 100 minutes of soccer. The Skyhawks controlled most of the game, and outshot the Rabbits 12-6. But the shots did not find the back of the net. Haiiey Ingram nearly saved the day a couple of times, with great shots. Her most memorable shot was near the end of the second overtime, when she powered a beautiful far post shot that banged off the post. The defense was stellar again, with Kaylyn Sly as the keeper. The defense now had back-to-back shutouts at home, and they had not yielded a goal at home in over 220 minutes. April Holdawayplayedlock-down defense on her left wing, and Brianna Wilding stepped up big in her move to the stopper position. Holdaway and Wilding were the MVPs for the game. In the JV game, Salem defeated Delta 3-0. MVP Haiiey Ingram unleashed on the Rabbits in the second half. After a frustrating varsity game of not being able to get the ball in the net, Haiiey scored twice and assisted the third goal by Kallee Wilson, as the Lady Skyhawks easily beat the Delta Rabbits. Margo Brockbank assisted Hailey's first goal. These two continue to build chemistry in their young soccer careers. Sly and her defense earned their eighth shutout. |