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Show SPANISH FORK A12 • WEDNESDAY, MAY Covering what, matters most 20,2009 SF track at state meet SH Track ered his school record in the 800m run with an outSTAFF WRITER standing 154.44 — three Spanish Fork track and seconds faster than his exfield athletes had a suc- isting school record. David cessful state meet over the also earned all-state honweekend at B YU. The boys ors with his second place team finished 10th overall. finish. Leading the boys were silErin Redd placed fourth ver medalist second-place in the women's javelin finishers Parker Cressman with a season's best throw in the high jump, with a of 108'. leap of 6'6". CressmanV The boys 4x400 mejump puts him on the all- ter relay placed sixth, time list at Spanish Fork with a season-best time of High. David Nester low- 3:26.12. Members of that Dave Boyack team were Brent Strong, David Nester, Justin Crandall and Brandon Poulter. Also recognized at the state meet were four Academic All State award winners from Spanish Fork. Bethany Carson, Jenn Lowe, Jesse Galovich and Justin Crandall. All four have perfect 4.0 grade point averages over four years. Congratulations to all of the track and field athletes at Spanish Fork High School. STATE MEET: The 3A state track meet was held at BYU Friday and Saturday, May 15-16. According to Coach Bart Thompson, "We had a great showing by most if not all of our athletes that qualified for state." Top performances for the Skyhawks included Jason Anderson, left, placing third in the 400m with a time of 50.32. Salem's boys and girls medley relay teams both finished 6th. In an exciting race the mens 4x400m relay nearly upset favorite Delta — finishing just 1.5 seconds behind the Rabbits on their way to second place. «cfegV'«K!^^^3^B>y;'^^ Barry Dalton / Spanish Fork News Lady Dons: From SOFTBALL • A14 Barry Dalton / Spanish Fork News STATE TRACK: Brandon Poulter, above, was part of the SF boys 4x400m relay team, which took sixth with a season-best time of 3:26.12. Dave Boyack / Spanish Fork News TOP HONORS: Spanish Fork's Academic All State track stars are, left to right, Bethany Carson, Jenn Lowe, Jesse Galovich and Justin Crandall. Spanish Fork run on a sacrificeflyto leftfield.However, with two outs the and a runner on second, the Dons desperately needed to pick up a hit. Leah Adamson came through with an RBI double, her only hit of the game, to draw the Dons within a single run heading into the seventh. That's where Spanish Fork needed patience, luck and a little help. Dezlee Roberts led off the bottom of the seventh, drawing a walk. Following a strikeout, the Dons got their second free pass of the inning as lead-off Tina Ferguson walked. Kylee Brinkerhoff reached base on an error by the Silverwolves' second baseman to load the bases bringing to bat Elliott. Katelyn was patient at the plate, drawing the Dons' third walk of the inning and, more importantly, tying the game at three. With the gamed tied and the bases still loaded, Coach Andrews tried to steal the game by calling for a squeeze bunt. The play was set up perfectly. The execution, however, fell a little short as the bunt was popped up to the pitcher, who caught the ball and easily doubled off the Spanish Fork runner headed for home, sending the game to extra innings. Heading to extra innings both teams would start with a runner on second base according to the International Tie Breaker rule. As the visiting team, Fremont knew they needed to at least score the runner standing on second base. After sacrificing the runner to third, Fremont's clean up hitter grounded the ball to short stop Elliott, who held the runner at third and then fired to first for the second out. Dezlee Roberts was able to hold the Silverwolves scoreless as she picked up the third out of the inning on a pop up to second base. Now all the Dons needed to do was score their runner from second base to pick up the win. Sophomore Lyndsey Healey, the last out from the previous inning, started at second base. Healey was advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by senior Kylee Bufton. With one out and the infield drawn in, all Spanish Fork needed was a sharply hit ground ball or a fly ball to the outfield to pick up the win, unfortunately their next batter went down on strikes, bringing to bat Patti Ferguson. Ferguson got what the Dons needed the previous at bat, a ground ball to short. It appeared as though both team were headed to the ninth inning; however, the Fremont third baseman's throw sailed up the line and skipped off the first baseman's glove, allowing Healey to scramble home for the victory. Spanish Fork was able to score a run in the seventh and another in the eighth without a single hit. They did, however, show patience at the plate in the final two innings, drawing three walks, and had a little help from their opponents, who committed two costly errors, including the deciding play in eighth. The Dons, however, put themselves in position to pick up the win in the sixth, when they scored twice to pull within one. Sometimes it doesn't matter how you get it done, just that you get it done when in counts. Roberts picked up the win for Spanish Fork, going all seven innings, striking out four and giving up eight hits, seven of which came in the third and fourth innings. Most importantly, the victory keeps the Dons in the winners bracket as they head to the Valley Complex in Taylorsville for the final three days of competition. ^i^E fP •P• • ' •i* • •^• - • ' E :; 5A baseball: From DONS • A14 • Junior - Baseball • Pitcher/Left Field Adam Duke took the mound in the opening game of the playoffs against Skyline. Duke was on fire, recording 15 strikeouts against the Eagles in the 3-1 victory. Skyline's only hits came in the seventh inning. Duke said he felt good the entire game, although he would have liked to have a complete no-hitter. Duke was also the starting pitcher against Jordan on Tuesday. He is the son of Alese and the late Dev Duke. inning when senior leader Taggart Lunceford hit his first single of the day. Speed-up runner Travis Still was able to score on a double from the consistent-hitting Greg Money, The Dons added another run in the fourth when Brock Duke led the inning off with a hard-hit single. Duke scored on an RBI-triple from speedster Nate Binks. The final run for the Dons came in the fifth when Brett Grover reached on an error. Grover scored on an RBI single from Taggart Lunceford. Lunceford led the Dons, going 3-3 with an RBI. After the game, Coach Shoe was concerned about his Don hitters, who managed only eight hits on the day. The bats would show up the next day when Northridge came to town. the Oil Change Spanish Fork 9 Northridge 5 The Dons scored early in Courtesy photo UP AND OVER: Spanish Fork's Parker Cressman cleared 6'6" to take second at state. SAMS PREP OF THE Adam Duke 552 N. Main • 798-7877 this game, which saved them in the end. Trevor Randolph and Taggart Lunceford got the Dons started with consecutive singles to begin the game. Randolph scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Greg Money. Travis Still, who was running speed-up for Lunceford, scored on an RBI single from Adam Duke. Three more runs came in the second inning when Hadley Thorpe led the inning off with a single. Walks to Lunceford and Money set the stage for senior Brock Duke, who was one of many seniors playing theirfinalgame on Dons Field. Duke took advantage of a belt-high fastball and ripped a double to the wall to score Thorpe, Still and Money. The fourth inning saw three more runs cross the plate for the Dons., Dallas Smith led the inning off with a walk and quickly stole second and third base. Taggart Lunceford also drew a walk, which was followed by a deep double from Greg Money that scored Smith and Lunceford's speed-up runner. Money scored when Brock Duke hit a sacrifice. The final run for the Dons was scored in the sixth inning by Greg Money. Money drew a walk and stole second base. An RBI single by Braden Warren plated Money to conclude the Dons' scoring. On the mound, the Dons looked to senior Brock Duke. Duke looked like he was going to copy his younger brother's performance from a day earlier as he did not allow a hit until the fifth inning. That hit happened to be a home run from a big Northridge kid. Northridge put together three singles in the sixth, and a walk and single in the seventh to get their other runs. Other than the two batters Castleberry faced before he was hurt, Duke pitched seven innings while striking out nine and allowing four hits. |