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Show WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 • A13 Guardian of Your Community News Jan Hadlock / Tlie Sentinel Namon Bills / The Sentinel EXTRA MILE: ALA's JJ Pulu scored the lone touchdown on an 11-yard run for the Eagles. ALA suffers end of season loss to Union Riley Lewis run after taking advantage of good field position. The CouSTAFF WRITER gars missed the extra point, Last Thursday, the 3-6 making the score 6-0 at the American Leadership Acad- end of the first quarter. emy Eagle football team Going into the second traveled deep into the Uintah quarter, the Eagle offense Mountains to face off with was getting back on track the 1-7 Union Cougars. The and starting to move the ball game was a match-up of fair- well. The Eagles were able ly even and similar Region 10 to put together a good drive teams, and had a playoff seed and scored on an 11-yard on the line. The winner would run by JJ Pulu. This put the play Cedar City, a good team Eagles in the lead 7-6. but also a fairly winnable On the next series, the game for either team. The Eagle defense made a big loser would play 2008 State stop, and the offense came runner-up, Hurricane. When' '"' back' Ditto the field with just' the clock hit double zeros, over a minute. With eight the final score was 26-7 for seconds on the clock and Union, who took a big win just outside of field goal and the better playoff seed. range, the Eagles called a The Eagles came out ag- trick play to attempt to set gressive and played well. up the field goal. The pass While allowing the Cougars was intercepted and nearly to drive on offense, they kept returned for a touchdown. them out of the end zone for Union got one more the most part. The Eagle of- chance to score in the half fense had some trouble getting and succeeded on a fivegoing. Late in thefirstquarter, yard pass as time expired. Union scored on a 10-yard The Cougars went for a two-point conversion and were successful, bringing the score to 14-7 at the half. The interception would prove to be the turning point of the game. In the second half, the Eagle offense was continually threatening to score, but many drives ended in turnovers. ALA was unable to score in the second half, but gave up two more touchdowns on defense — one a 24-yard run, and the other a 28-yard pass. This sealed the game at 26-7' for Union. M With the'loss the Eagles, finish fourth in region 10, with a 1-3 region record and 3-7 on the year. Although not a mind-blowing record, it is a great turnaround from last years' 0-10 season. The Eagles will play Hurricane in the first round of the playoffs this Friday in Hurricane. Hurricane is 8-2, ranked third in 3 A, and played in the state championship game last year. TOP FINISHERS: Maple Mountain's Kelsie Hadlock, above, and Spencer Hanson, right, were the top local finishers at the state cross country meet. State cross country meet Dave Boyack STAFF W R I T E R Maple Mountain and Salem Hills High Schools were two of the four Region 8 teams to qualify for the state cross country meet at Sugarhouse Park this past Wednesday. Eighteen high schools in the 4A ranks sent their best runners to challenge other schools on the hilly threemile course. In the girls race, Maple Mountain senior Kelsie Hadlock finished as the top local finisher, in 20th place overall at 19:57. Salem Hills senior Cosette Stone finished her high school career with a 27th place finish in 20:16. Next in was Skyhawk Kaetlin Bracken'in-39th place at 20:49. Close behind Kaetlin was Maple Mountain's Kelsie Bird in 41st place. Only two spots back of Kelsie was Karlee Loss of Salem Hills in 21:03. Salem Hills' Becca Jones finished in 52nd place, while the Golden Eagles' Shantel Johnson placed 55th. Rounding out the scoring five for the local teams were the Skyhawks' Diana Moreva in 58th place with the Eagles' Lindsey Schuring in 60th place. The Skyhawk girls finished fifth as a team, while the Golden Eagle' finished seventh. Close to 130 young ladies qualified and participated in the race. On the boys side, Maple Mountain's Spencer Hansen put up a toughfightfinishing in 27th place overall while battling pneumonia. Next local finisher was Maple Mountain senior Holden AdSee STATE • A l l BRAINS: Academic AM State athletes were also honored at the state cross country meet. Pictured, above with Maple Mountain Principal John Penrod are Deson Haynie, left, and Sam Raleigh and Kyrie Carpenter, right. Mike Olsen / The Sentinel STROKE: Merika Olsen swims her way to a first-place finish in the 100 meter freestyle. Swimmers start new season Mike Olsen STAFF W R I T E R The fall colors on the trees and the crisp cool air signify that another swim season is under way. With only one pool to share between four high schools, competition for time in the water is fierce. Maple Mountain drew the short end of the straw and is practicing daily at 5 a.m., while Springville, Spanish Fork and Salem Hills get slightly more desirable practice times for their dai- ly work-out routines. This past weekend saw the first invitational meet between the four local schools and Uintah, who traveled over from Vernal to compete in the meet. Some of the results from the meet include Tricia Buzbee and Calvin Clark, both on the Springville team, placing first in their 100 meter Butterfly events. Merika Olsen, swimming for Maple Mountain, earned top honors for her efforts in the 100 meter freestyle. Spanish Fork's Bonny Dovvling placed first in her 400 meter freestyle event, and Jesse Roberts, also from Spanish Fork, brought home another first place for his efforts in the 100 meter backstroke. All the swimmers are cutting major chunks of time off of their previous efforts as they polish and hone their starts, flip-turns and stroke nuances. The coaches are looking forward to the new season and coaching their teams towards personal and team, best efforts. 1 . SAM'S PREP OF THE WEEK Kris Cook Senior Golf Senior Kris Cook is the son of Scott and Christine Cook of Spanish Fork. Cook led the SFHS varsity boys golf team this year. His best score was a 72 in competition at Spanish Oaks. He finished 13th at the 4A state golf tournament. Cook said his favorite part about golf has been the good team atmosphere at SFHS. He hopes to go on to play golf in college, possibly at Dixie State. the Oil Change flL 5521. lain • 798-7877 |