A Buzz in Tooele City - Tooele Transcript Bulletin

TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETINSportsA10 TUESDAY May 3, 2011SPORTS WRAPGrantsville tennisThe Grantsville boys tennis teameasily defeated Carbon HighSchool on Saturday 4-1. Winningsingles matches for the Cowboyswere Dallon Didericksen andJordan Orgill. Dallas and LanceParks won at first doubles with ZacGarrard and Aaron Vera winningat second doubles. Junior varsitysingles winners were Jacob Mayand Devin Orgill. Victorious JV doublesteams were Tyler Colson andMicah VanVleet; Lane Sutton andDallin Dalton; and Logan Johnsonand Elias Moskalik.Softball tourneyTooele High School will be hostingan eight-team softball tournamenton Saturday, May 7 at the DeseretPeak Complex. The field includessome of the top softball teamsin the state. Squads include BoxElder, Roy, Taylorsville, SpanishFork, Syracuse, Tooele, Bear Riverand Grantsville. Seven of the eightteams are listed among the top10 teams in the state regardlessof classification.THS footballThere will be a mandatory playerparentmeeting for Tooele HighSchool football on Wednesday,May 11 at 7 p.m. in the TooeleHigh School commons area. Allathletes interested in playing footballwho will be entering grades9-12 should attend. We will begoing over the summer schedule,summer camps, spirit packs andother important information. Formore information contact CoachBrady at 833-1978 xt. 2130 orkbrady@tooeleschools.org.THS soccer 5KThe Tooele High School girls soccerteam will host a 5K run withall proceeds donated to THS girlssoccer team. The run will be heldon May 14 at Settlement Canyonwith registration at 9 a.m. and therun at 10 a.m. Cost is $15 per personand participants will receive aT-shirt with registration. The proceedswill help pay for equipmentand uniforms. On the day of therace entrants should register atthe park entry area and after registrationwill be shuttled up to thestart of the race. Prizes will beawarded to the top finishers andother prizes will be drawn. Walkersare invited to participate.Stansbury cheerStansbury Cheer is having signupsfor its Recreation and InfinityAll-Star teams on Saturday, May7 at the Stansbury Clubhousefrom 9 a.m. until noon. Practicesbegin in June where the recreationteam will learn cheerleadingbasics such as stunting, tumbling,sideline cheers, jumps, and routinesand the All-Stars will get towork on their competition routinesand learning new material. Therecreation team will cheer for theStansbury Youth Football teamsfor the 2011-2012 season andwill also participate in many funactivities with the football teamsduring the year. Both teams willbe featured in the July 4 paradeand perform at the park. We havelots of fundraisers lined up for thegirls to earn money to cover theirfees. We are so excited for a funand eventful year with the girls. Ifyou cannot make it to the sign-upyou can call us to sign up at yourconvenience. Coaches: CharityWilson (435) 840-8520, HillaryPratt-Ramone (435) 840-8856 andKayla Toth (801) 842-5542.3-on-3 tourneyStansbury High School will sponsora 3-on-3 basketball tournamentin May. Up to four playerswill be allowed on a team. Entryfee is $30 per team and mustbe paid by May 10 along with anentry form. Brackets and ruleswill be sent to the team captainsby May 12. If you have anyquestions, please contact RyanHarris (435) 841-9632 or KenzieNewton (801) 631-7708. Or e-mail ryharris@tooeleschools.orgor mnewton@tooeleschools.org.Registration forms can be pickedup at Stansbury High School andthe tournament will be held atStansbury High School. Possibledivisions will include open, varsitygirls, sophomore boys, JV girls,ninth boys, junior high boys, 9th-10th grade girls.Women’s softball leagueA group in Tooele wants to start awomen’s 16-and-older fast pitchsoftball league. Games will be heldon Friday nights with the exceptionof a couple Saturday night gamesin June. Games will be played atthe city complex located north ofthe City Park on 200 West. Costwill be $350 per team for a 10-game season. Games will beginMay 20. League leaders suggestthose interested should start callingfamily and friends to organizea team. For more information callGuy at (435) 841-1240.Stallions nip Buffs 3-2 in overtimeby Mark WatsonSPORTS EDITORDesperation turned into exhilaration forthe Stansbury soccer team Monday afternoonin a match against rival Tooele.After trailing 2-1 most of the second halfand staring at a loss, the Stallions scored agoal in the 73rd minute to tie the game 2-2and then scored with 7 minutes remaining inthe second half of overtime to win 3-2.“We weren’t quite ourselves today afterbeing pumped up and ready to play onFriday. We played slow and sloppy in the firsthalf and had to pick it up in the second half,”said Stansbury coach Brandon Andersen.The two teams were out on the pitch andready to rumble on Friday afternoon until asnowstorm delayed the game until Monday.Stansbury senior Brett Ware was in theright spot at the right time to score a goldengoal for the Stallions in overtime. TylerThornton running on the right side of thefield kicked a perfect lob pass in front of thenet for teammate Ethan Babcock. Babcockfired off a shot which hit the left post andbounced right in front of Ware who knockedit in for the winning goal.If neither team would have scored in 20minutes of overtime, the game would haveended in a tie.The Tooele Buffaloes looked like an entirelydifferent team since they lost to Stansbury3-1 back on April 5.“I think my team played the best gamethey have played in two years. Our intensitylevel was high the entire game,” said Tooelecoach Rick Smith.“The players have been together longenough now that they are starting to gel asa team; they know where the other guy isgoing to be and where they need to makethe pass. We were also very supportive ofeach other out on the field today and communicating.”After a scoreless first half, the Stallionsgot a big break with a foul inside the box.Thornton connected on a close-range penaltykick to give the Stallions a 1-0 lead earlyin the second half.Tooele came right back about 6 minuteslater with Daniel Higgins making some niftymoves to maneuver close to the net. He thenrifled in a shot from 12 yards out to tie thegame at 1-1.The goal seemed to fire up the Buffaloesand they had a few more close-in chances fora goal, but they were turned away by Stalliondefenders and goalie Dakota Brunson.Tooele continued to pressure the Stallionson the offensive end and took the lead whensophomore Marven Bahena fired in a longshot from 30 yards out to give the Buffaloesa 2-1 advantage.SEE OVERTIME PAGE A12 ➤Olympus finishes strong to down Tooeleby Jake GordonSTAFF WRITERNothing was wrong with theway Tooele baseball started itsgame by jumping out to a 5-1 lead after three innings overOlympus. The only problem forthe Buffaloes was how the visitingTitans finished the game ona roll.THS BASEBALLOlympus outscored Tooele 9-2in the final four innings to comefrom behind on Tooele with a 10-7 victory at Dow James Park inTooele Thursday afternoon.“I think we left 13 runners onbase and had the bases loadedthree times there,” said Tooelecoach Danny Medina. “We weregetting hits early with runners onbut then it stopped in the finalfour innings.”Anthony Montano suppliedthe runs early for Tooele with apair of singles bringing in fourruns. Cory McKendrick, DrewSanders and Colton Burr all hadtwo hits in the game in the losingeffort. Olympus lead-off manTanner Curtis caused the mostdamage for the Titans in goingby Jake GordonSTAFF WRITERThe Stansbury girls golf teamhas been rolling this season andthat trend didn’t end at a coursethat is practically in their backyard.At The Links at Overlake inTooele, Stansbury pulled out a10-stroke victory with their teamscore of 269. Tooele finished fifthwith a 311.Kaylee Gillette led StansburyMaegan BurrTooele’s Jarett Groskreutz (left) heads the ball while Stansbury’s Brett Ware (center) and Tooele’s Michael Caldwell (right) watch the action. Stansburydefeated Tooele 3-2 in overtime.Maegan BurrTooele High School third basemen Tanner Banks (13) looks for a loose ball at thirdbase Thursday against Olympus. TheBuffaloes lead an early lead slip away, losing to the Titans 10-7.4-for-4 with two singles and twodoubles each in the win.Curtis set the table in thewith an 82 at Overlake which wasalso good enough for first placeindividually in Region 6. Tooelehad the second best score withJacque Trujillo coming in with an85 individually.Rounding out the scores thatcounted for Stansbury were a 92from Courtney Johnson, whichopening inning for Olympus byleading off with a single. AfterCurtis reached second on awas good enough for a tie of seventh.Kjae Barbadillo fired a 95for 10th individually to form thescore for Stansbury.With the victory at Overlakeand only one match remaining inthe season, Stansbury would haveto finish in last place at BountifulRidge Golf Course today and haveHighland finish first to be deniedthe region title. If the Stallions dohold on for the region title, it willbe the first region championshipground ball and then stole third,Parker Rawlings was able to drivein the first run with a sacrifice flyever for girls golf at Stansbury.“I thought the girls played verywell, especially Kaylee (Gillette)who took first individually,” saidStansbury coach Gary Mathie.For Tooele, after Trujillo’s 85 wasAimee Averett who shot a 97 whileTanessa Cottrell rounded out thescores that counted with a 129.As far as scores that didn’tcount toward teams scores was a105 from Sharon Lyman and a 112from Emmi Gertson, both fromto center for a 1-0 Titan lead.Tooele didn’t trail for too longas singles by Tanner Banks,Colton Burr and Ryan Gouldloaded the bases for Montanoin the second. Not wasting hisopportunity, Montano droppeda single to right-center to giveTooele a 2-1 lead.The scoring continued forTooele in the third when Sandersand Devin Park each singled tobegin the inning. Sanders wasable to score from third on agrounder by Banks that was toohot to handle for the third Tooelerun.After a walk by Gould loadedthe bases again for Montano,another single to the left-centergap brought in two more runsfor a 5-1 lead. In two at-bats,Montano came up to the platewith the bases loaded both timesand drove in four of the fiveTooele runs.The four-run Tooele lead disappearedquickly in the top of thefourth. Spencer Lindsley startedit with a single and BrandonBrown was hit by a pitch. WithLindsley on third, Chris Tattonbrought in Lindsley with a sacrificefly to left.SEE STRONG PAGE A12 ➤SHS lady golfers grab another first at OverlakeSHS GIRLS GOLFStansbury. MacKenzie Yarbroughshot a 137 for Tooele.Region 6 allows four teamsto play in the state tournamentcoming up on Tuesday and Tooeleis close to playing their way inbut will have to finish the seasonstrong for that opportunity.The 4A state championshipfor girls golf will take place atEaglewood Golf Course in NorthSalt Lake on Tuesday.jgordon@tooeletranscript.com