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Show Guardian of Your Community News A12 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 Christian Thompson / The Sentinel REJECTED: Salem's Jaimee Hodgson and Caline Hoover get a block against Payson. SH defeats Payson 3-0 •r. Alexis Richardson STAFF WRITER Spencer also had kills in the first game. The second game started On Tuesday, Sept. 29, out a lot like thefirst.The Salem Hills High School Skyhawks started strong played Payson High's vol- and kept up the lead/About leyball team at Payson. halfway through, they had The Skyhawks won in a some rough spots when they lost the serve and the three-set match. The Skyhawks won Lions would gain momenthe first set quickly, with tum, but then Salem got a final score of 14—25. ball back and widened the The Skyhawks started out gap. The final score of the the game hard,.building a second game was 18-25. In the third andfinalset, quick lead, and then maintained the margin between the Skyhawks lost their them and the Lions. Junior momentum and started out Lyndi Sorensen got a cou- rocky. The Lions pulled ple of kills in the first game ahead, and the Skyhawks and also an ace. She had struggled to keep up. About the most aces on' the team halfway through the game, this match, with a total of the Skyhawks got the ball four aces and 23 assists. back, and with the serve in Lindsey Averett, also a ju- their possession changed nior, and senior Stephanie the course of the game and started racking up the points. There were a lot of kills and aces scored in the third game by the Skyhawks, and they ended the game with a 16-25 win. Salem's Kylee-Kolibar scored the most kills in the match, with a total of 12, followed by Stephanie Spencer with six. The Skyhawks played well and used their serving abilities to score a lot of their points. Assistant Coach Kim Mexican said, "We played well, and when we had the serve we really capitalized on that." She felt the Skyhawks did a great job, and worked well together as a team. Salem's next game will be on Thursday, Oct. 8 at Uintah High School. 4 - t • • ' .••• . ir- . ' . - • • \ •, , K Namon Bills 7 The Sentinel DENIED: Erin Redd reshapes the bait as she gets a block against Satem Hills. Lady Dons ground Skyhawks Bryan Redd each. The Lady Dons won the first set 25-16. STAI'F WRITER Spanish Fork dominated The Salem Hills Sky- the net in set two with nine hawks hosted the Spanish kills, eight blocks, and two Fork Dons last Thursday aces.The Skyhawks seemed night in their first Region to struggle with serving er8 volleyball match. The rors and could not shut Lady Dons stayed focused down the strong SF front on their goal for a region row attack. Salem libero title and defeated Salem in McKenzie Treanor proa three-set victory. vided three digs and junior The Dons committed Adrienne Weight played exservice and passing errors cellent defensive volleyball early in set one and the Sky- with hustle play, but neither hawks led the set 8-7 early, player's efforts could right led by Senior Stephanie the Salem volleyball team Spencer. Spanish Fork came as the Lady Dons cruised to storming back midway a 25-7 second-set victory. through set one, led by the The Skyhawks were front line attack of sopho- a -united and determined more outside hitter Maklya squad as they went back to Theurer, with three quick fundamentals to make set kills and one block to give three competitive. Jaimee SF momentum at 21-13. Hodgson and Spencer fired Salem called timeout trail- up the net with four kills ing 21-13 but to no avail and one block. The Lady as the Dons finished the set Dons committed many behind Kylie Schofield and unforced serving errors Erin Redd, posting two kills and defensive miscommu- nication as Salem battled tenaciously to prevent a three-set shutout. The lead changes were many as neither team led by more than two points. Spanish Fork finally took control of set three, leading 18-15. SF's Kylie Schofield provided five timely kills to put the third set away 25-18. The teams met at the net in a display of sportsmanship and friendship as the Skyhawks and Lady Dons look forward to a long region rivalry. "Spanish Fork has a very talented and balanced volleyball team," said Skyhawk Coach Kathy Treanor. "I enjoyed the balanced attack SF showed tonight. We hit from many spots on the floor and our blocking at the net was key to the victory. It will give us great momentum for next week," said Spanish Fork Coach Diana Troyer. Kate Jarman / The Sentinel ALL SET: Maple Mountain's Kalit Collier sets to CeLin MacDonald. MM spikers fall to Red Devils James Hardman STAFF WRITER Golden Eagles behind 2-0. After a disappointing first and second game, the On Tuesday Sept. 29, Lady Golden Eagles startthe Lady Golden Eagles ed playing hard and Maple hosted the Lady Red Mountain was able to win Devils in a volleyball the third set. game at Maple Mountain "It took us a while to High School. The visit- warm up," said Maple ing Springville Red Dev- Mountain, Coach Amber ils beat the Lady Golden Hall. "They took the first Eagles three sets to one, two sets, but we warmed winning the match. up enough to win the third The Lady Devils swept set." the first two games, leavThe fourth set was ing the Maple Mountain a close fight, with both teams giving it their all, but Springville eventually took the victory over the Golden Eagles. "Springville is a solid team. They were really good," said Hall. "Our potential really shone through after we lost sets one and two. During the third and fourth sets we played really well. After our slow start we were pretty evenly matched with the Springville team. It was a good match." BALL HANDLING: Salem Hills' Kylee Kolibar sends a well-placed shot beyond the SF front line. |