Maple Mountain beats Provo 27-20 in overtime

Provo » The first football meeting between Provo and Maple Mountain proved to be a classic as the Golden Eagles held on for a 27-20 overtime victory.


Maple Mountain (3-1, 5-2) found themselves trailing 20-17 with under one minute to play when coach Brad Burtenshaw turned to backup quarterback Trevor Topham.

"I told Trevor he needed to be ready to go at any second and he was ready to play," Burtenshaw said.

Topham connected with Jace Edmunds for a 30 yard catch to put Maple Mountain in field goal position. James Baird split the uprights on a 24 yard kick to put the game into overtime.

"It was a great throw and a great catch," Burtenshaw said. "It’s also always nice to have a clutch kicker."

Provo (0-4, 1-6) forced the Golden Eagles into a third and long in the overtime period, but was hit with a costly pass interference call. From there Maple Mountain starting quarterback KJ Hall flew into the end zone for the final score of the game.

"I knew I was in," said Hall, who finished the game with 64 yards passing and 79 yards on the ground. "We came out a bit flat but I’m happy for the win."

Provo was led by running back Kyle Larsen who gained 148 yards on 22 carries and scored his eighth touchdown of the year. Larsen also recorded seven tackles. However the Bulldogs were unable to hold on to the ball in the overtime period and saw their chance to score fade away as Maple Mountain recovered their fourth fumble of the game.

"Our hats are off to Provo, they played a great game and we are fortunate to come away with the win," Burtenshaw said. "I am proud of our kids, they made enough plays to win."

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Maple Mtn. soccer edges T’Wolves in 2OT

Maple Mountain's Kennedee Tracy couldn't have scripted any better finish to her team's game against Timpanogos.

After picking up the Eagles first goal of the game in the first half on a penalty kick, Tracy found the net one more time in the game - this time in the form of a double-overtime, game-winning goal that lifted Maple Mountain to a 3-2 victory over the host T'Wolves on Tuesday.

The T'Wolves loss was the first one of the season for the dominant squad.

"Bailey [Nielsen] came back and checked the ball and Kennedee made a run off of her. Usually it's Kennedee checking and Bailey running on that play, but this was just the opposite," Maple Mountain coach Carolyn Esplin said. "I was really pleased that Kennedee was able to put that in."

Tracy got behind the Timpanogos defense and the race was on in an all out sprint for the ball. After securing possession, Tracy fired a shot past the diving Timpanogos keeper for the game-winner.

"Kennedee has a no-quit attitude, that's what I love about her," Esplin added. "She will always work hard and she doesn't get down on herself. I think she deserved that goal today."

The Eagles goals didn't come easy throughout the contest-failing to score on a myriad of shot attempts on the Timpanogos goal, including several missed opportunities from Tracy.

But when it came down to the goal that made the difference, Tracy had no problems connecting.

"She (Tracy) missed some opportunities early on," Esplin said. "We had a lot of missed opportunities as a team, and usually in soccer it's the team who capitalizes on those that gets the win, and that's what we were able to do today."

With the T'Wolves clinging to a 2-1 lead in the final few minutes of regulation play, it was Bailey Nielsen who found the back of the net for the Eagles to tie the game at two goals apiece and send it into the sudden-death overtime periods.

The T'Wolves seemed to have control early after they jumped out to a lead just minutes into the contest after Jordyn Chung-Hoon took a pass down the center of the field, beat multiple Maple Mountain defenders, and fired a line-drive kick that soared past the Eagles keeper for the early Timpanogos 1-0 lead.

Timpanogos added some insurance later on after a Lexie Henrie goal bounced off of Betts hands, off the top post, and in for a Timpanogos 2-0 lead later in the half.

The Tracy penalty kick cut the Timpanogos lead to 2-1 heading into the halftime break.

The T'Wolves had a chance to pick up the victory in the second overtime period, but Maple Mountain keeper Kara Betts made a crucial game-saving stop that led to the Tracy goal less than two minutes later.

"She had a great game," Esplin said. "Kara really helped us a lot today, she made some great saves. She was just awesome."

For Esplin, the fight and the victory was something she has been looking for from her team throughout the season, and it couldn't have come at a better time in the season with the playoffs just around the corner.

"We were thrilled," Esplin added. "I felt like what we did today has been missing from this team the whole season. I'm very pleased that they finally know what it takes to win like that."

Maple Mountain (11-3) will look for continued success Thursday as it plays host to Provo, while Timpanogos (11-1-2) will look to rebound Thursday at Springville.

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MMHS CHEER

By: Randie Hyer

MMHS Cheer has accomplished so much this year. We have held practices every morning from 6-10am, even in the summer. We are really proud and excited that this year everyone on our squad can tumble. Tumbling is very difficult and it’s rare to have a team where everyone has that ability.

We have our first state competition in January, and we are so excited. Last year was our first year competing, and we took 3rd in state. This ranking was good enough to qualify our team for a spot at the National Cheer Competition in California. There were 117 cheer teams competing at nationals. Maple Mountain took 8th overall.

This year we are going to be in more competitions with much harder routines. We are all excited to do just as well if not better than last year.

Varsity cheer team includes:

Randie Hyer (Captain), Ali Prothero (Captain)

Brittany Haun, Erin Elmont, Sidni Braithwaite, Erin Mayfield, Lexi Edwards, Haley Jarvis, Madie Wells

JV team includes:

Hannah Raine (Captain)

Kaydrie Molen, Ashlyn Perrero, Cassidy Tippets, Madison Tormey, Brittany Erekson, Amanda Pike, Kaitlin Maxfield

Coaches:

Caitlyn Dahl (Coach), Jamie rose (Assistant Coach), Melissa Haupt (Assistant Coach)

The life of a MMHS Cheerleader

Additional information by W.A.M.M. Blog, and Coach Dahl.

Cheer takes smarts. Maple Mountain cheerleaders are required to have a GPA of 3.0 or better. Nationally 83% of all Cheerleaders nationally have a 'B' grade point average or better. Our cheerleaders spend nearly 40 hours a week practicing and attending games and/or activities, and are gone 3-4 nights a week doing things. With so many hours spent with cheer, keeping up with the a 3.0 minimum GPA is a massive task on its own, and yet our cheerleaders do it!

Cheer takes guts. Try reaching out and touching your toes while being thrown twenty feet in the air, while trusting that you’ll be caught in the arms of people below. Or try running, jumping backwards on your hands, springing yourself into the air, flipping, twisting, and landing on your feet ALL on a hardwood floor. In front of hundreds of people The reality is Cheerleading is the most dangerous female sport in high school. Over 65% of all major injuries in female sports come from cheerleading.

Cheer takes dedication. For each hour we see our cheerleaders at the game doing their job, they have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours behind the scenes. Not only does the MMHS cheer team practice each day from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM including summer months, but our cheer team also represents our school in 3-4 parades during the summer. They also spend time making posters, planning spirit assemblies, and recognizing our team players with posters at their homes. The cheer season doesn’t end with football season, or basketball season. Cheer is there doing their work supporting the school through all of the other sports seasons.

People will ever know just how much work being an MMHS cheerleader requires. You have to be in it to believe it!

It might be interesting to know how many hours, actually, go into cheer for ONE YEAR!!!!!! Here is a breakdown of the hours spent by our MMHS cheerleaders (this doesn’t include the hundreds of hours of personal time it takes to reach a level of making the team):

Tryouts: 12 hours

After school practices: 90 hours/year

Summer practice: 300 hours/year

Morning practices: 540 hours/year

Parades: 12 hours

Football games: (sophomore jv and varsity):76 hours

Sign painting/making: 80 hours

Boys basketball (soph, jv, varsity): 150 hours

Girls basketball: 100 hours

Wrestling: 40 hours

Bus rides to events: 50 hours

Assemblies: easily 10 hours

Decorating school and also planning homecoming, etc.: 50 hrs

Cheer competition itself: 150 hours (3 state competitions and one 5 day national competition)

That’s 1,648 hours.. This means if they spent that same time at a job at $8/hour they’d make $13,184 for the same amount of time. This is per year, so multiply it by 3 for a high school career of cheer.

So what is the life of a Maple Mountain High Cheerleader? It’s one of hard work, constant service and close friendship.

From one MMHS student, let me just tell cheer... THANK YOU!



MMHS GIRLS TENNIS TEAM

By: Kailon Lewis

This year our ladies tennis team has been incredible against our new region! So far we have played Lone Peak, Timpview, Salem Hills, Timpanogos, Orem and just finished a great match against Mountain View.

Our first seed varsity singles is Calley Bankhead, she has been playing amazing, crushing her Timpview opponent 6-1, 6-2; along with many other great wins. Anna Cronquist, as second varsity singles dominated her opponent from Salem Hills, winning 6-3, 6-3. Our third varsity singles, Mckell James, also pulling off many great wins, won a great battle against her Timpanogos opponent 6-1, 7-5.

Our varsity doubles teams also bring the heat. First varsity doubles is Kelsey Lewis and Emma Christensen defeated their Timpanogos opponents 7-5, 6-3. Ashley Lewis and Haley Andrew as our second varsity doubles team crushed their opponents from Salem Hills 6-0, 6-2.

Our junior varsity team has been just as amazing this season. Our team’s J.V. singles are; first, Bryn Gomez, second J.V. singles girls have been fighting for this position; these girls are Brooklin Brown and Cassie Knapp. They both have been playing amazing. Brooklin played a great match against Timpanogos and won 8-3. Cassie has fought hard and came so close in her match against Timpview, barely losing 6-8. It was a great match.  Our third J.V. singles spot has also been changing the girls fighting for this position are Jessica Mansfield and Ali Lewis. Jessica defeated her opponent from Mountain View 8-5, And Ali coming so close in her match against Lone Peak 5-8.

Our J.V. doubles teams have been doing fantastic as well; first J.V. doubles are Kailon Lewis and Emily Clark (A.K.A. Lewis and Clark). They dominated their opponents from Mountain View 8-0. And our second J.V. doubles, Michelle Parratt and Mary McQeen pulled of a fantastic win against Orem 8-4.

Our amazing alternates are: Ashley Brown; who has an injured ankle, Olivia Cronquist, Haley Sheranian, Natalie Wilson, Alisa Twede and Sarah Vorkink, and our utterly amazing team manager Annie Oviat. These girls all work very hard and are so amazing.

We love our coaches and are grateful for all their work and training. Mike Cronquist and Kamryn Rose.


Our team is fantastic, both as individuals and as a whole. We love our girls tennis team!

MMHS Volleyball tean remains unbeaten with win over Mountani View

SPANISH FORK -- The Maple Mountain volleyball team remained undefeated with an impressive 25-20, 19-25, 25-14, 25-15 victory over Mountain View Thursday night.
Senior outside hitter Sam Porter had 14 kills, while teammates Kylee Bendtschneider, Dani Esplin and Kalli Collier added five service aces, 22 digs and 47 assists, respectively.

Region play heats up for Maple Mountain next week with two tough matches against Salem Hills and Orem.

"Region matches against teams like Salem Hills and Orem High School are what every athlete plays for," Maple Mountain volleyball coach Amber Hall said. "We can't wait to see them."

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