SOUTH JORDAN— Nobody cares how pretty it looks. There are no style points on a scoreboard. All No. 1-ranked Lone Peak and coach Mike LaHargoue knows is that his team walked away with a 1-0, double-overtime win over Bingham Tuesday afternoon.
"I thought that Bingham did a very good job of taking us out of playing our best game," LaHargoue said. "They exposed some stuff on us that we will have to work on, but even with all that, we'll take the win any day."
On paper, it may have looked like a mismatch coming in. Lone Peak had been destroying opponents averaging six-and-half goals in its three wins. Bingham, on the other hand was 0-3 to start the year. But upon closer inspection, the Miners were much better than their record. Bingham lost to No. 3 Brighton, second-ranked Alta and fifth-ranked Davis, and had been competitive in each.
"Don't let the record fool you," said LaHargoue even before kickoff, "that is a very good soccer team."
Bingham played to the coach's expectations. The Miners actually controlled much of the play in the middle of the field. Tasha Aiono and Brenna Sandquist were stringing together passes and distributing up the wings and to forwards LaChere Anglin and Jessica Heninger. The combinations were working as Bingham created several quality scoring chances. Unfortunately for the Miners, Lone Peak had goalkeeper Hailey Brown.
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Brown thwarted everything thrown her way. She stopped a couple of close-range blasts, and scooped up every shot taken from farther away. Her play was so good, that on a couple occasions, she not only stopped a tough shot, but held onto the ball when there were some Bingham players ready to tap in any rebound.
"Hailey made some nice saves for us," added LaHargoue. "She really stayed focused for us the whole time. It has been tough for her in the other games, but she was ready for everything today."
Bingham countered with some stellar play in goal of its own by freshman keeper Cheyanne Mulcock. She stopped everything coming her way as well. She stopped a one-on-one chance by one of the state's leading forwards in Lauren Hair, and came out off her line strong on several occasions to knock away the ball from onrushing attackers.
For 80 minutes, neither team could find the net. Both, however, found the crossbar as Bingham thought it had a go-ahead goal in the 48th minute when Hailey McKee's strike looked to be true before crashing off the bar, and Lone Peak was stoned by the woodwork on Hair's shot in the 65th minute.
It wasn't until the 96th minute that Shantel Flanary ended the game with a "golden goal." She hustled in a ball that looked to be going to the keeper, but the ball took a funniy bounce and gave Flanary just enough time to get a piece of the ball at the same time as the keeper. The ball bounced straight in front of her and she slotted it in for the Lone Peak win.
SOCCER
REGION 1
VIEWMONT 5, CLEARFIELD 0: Five different scorers notched goals as Shenise May recorded the shutout for Viewmont.
LAYTON 2, NORTHRIDGE 1:Alexa Paige and Baer Bradford scored for the Lancers as Jamie Detro earned the win.
REGION 5
BONNEVILLE 2, SKY VIEW 2 (2OT):Jessie Baddley's two goals equalized the Lakers with the Bobcats after two overtimes. Kali Hanby and Hillary Housely netted the goals for Sky View.
BOX ELDER 5, WOODS CROSS 3: The Bees earned a road win over Woods Cross after grabbing a 2-0 halftime lead.
ROY 2, MOUNTAIN CREST 2 (2OT): The Mustangs battled the Royals to a draw.
REGION 6
EAST 8, GRANGER 0: Seven Leopards split the pipes while Mckensie Garn earned the shutout over the Lancers.
WEST 5, HIGHLAND 2: Chloe Rose and Jane Fudyma both scored twice as the Panthers ripped the Rams.
MURRAY 3, COTTONWOOD 0:Taylor Wiles put the Spartans on the board in the first half as Abby Lever and Chelsie Mills added goals in the next half. Shaylyn Kennedy recorded the shutout for Murray.
OLYMPUS 5, CYPRUS 0:Diane Tempest scored two goals for the Titans and Jenny Perkins picked up the shutout against the Pirates.
NONREGION
AMERICAN FORK 3, JORDAN 1:Kaycee Mansfield netted two goals as April Hansen tended goal for American Fork. Sabrina Wiscombe had two assists while Kate Garlick added another score for some cushion over the Beetdiggers.
WEBER 7, BEN LOMOND 0:Hillary Anger and Kylie Johnson led the Warriors with two goals and an assist each as Emily Anderson and Ashley Gunderson shared goalkeeping duties. Alixe Ogden also knocked in two scores, while Nancy Romer added another goal.
HILLCREST 1, KEARNS 1: Midway through the second half Kearn's Brittany Stocks deleivered the equalizer. Mackenzie Boogard scored for Hillcrest.
ALTA 9, MOUNTAIN VIEW 0:Megan Ohai and Kealla Ohai scored three goals each for Alta. Hailee DeYoung and Shanna Ipson combined for the shutout.
OGDEN 3, HUNTER 0:Erica Hunter and Lizzy Heiner held the Wolverines scoreless, while Marissa Booth, Chloe Calton and Karlie Toulsen provided the offense for the Tigers.
OREM 5, RIVERTON 2:Anne Shallenberger scored two goals, Ashley Kamoe, Jaimie Lyons and Andrea Thayne each scored one in the Orem win.
SPANISH FORK 1, PAYSON 0: The Dons had 33 shots on goal, but only converted once on Krista Weatherford's goal as Chalese Meyer recorded the shutout.
PROVO 9, PLEASANT GROVE 1: The Bulldogs jumped all over the Vikings behind Breeanna Bowser's hat trick.
TIMPANOGOS 3, SPRINGVILLE 2: Three different Timpanogos players scored goals in a win over the Red Devils.
MORGAN 1, TOOELE 0:Kerri Reed earned the shutout for Morgan as Brittney Miller scored the lone goal.
WASATCH 3, LEHI 2 (OT):Kimberly Parker broke the 2-2 tie after receiving a cross from Karen Cottle in the 89th minute. The Wasps' midfielder, Kaylee Collins had an assist on Tara Gehring's first score, Gehring's other goal came on a penalty kick. Aubri Salazar and Makayle Price shared the win for Wasatch as goalies.
BRIGHTON 3, WEST JORDAN 0:McKinzie Olson recorded the shutout while Lizzie Jacobs, Jaime Nelson and Samye Jensen provided the scoring for the Bengals.
UINTAH 5, CARBON 0: Five players scored for Uintah while Catie McRae kept the shutout.
JUDGE MEMORIAL 3, TIMPVIEW 1: The Bulldogs lit up the scoreboard with two goals within two minutes of each other with four minutes to go in the first half as Kiersten Berg split the pipes twice. Chelsea Price was the winning goalkeeper, while Morgan Rockwell added the other goal.
COPPER HILLS 3, TAYLORSVILLE 1:Brianne Harris gave the Warriors the lead midway through the second half, but the Grizzlies scored three times after that, led by Shawna Michaelis with two goals. Lyndsi Maglish added the other score, while Rio Blanco and Ana Mulcock were the winning keepers.
BASEBALL
NONREGION
GREEN RIVER 12, DUGWAY 0: Green River scored 12 runs on 10 hits in the first game of double header against Dugway.
GREEN RIVER 13, DUGWAY 0: Green River scored seven runs in second inning without a hit to complete sweep against Dugway.
VOLLEYBALL
NONREGION
NORTH SANPETE DEF. JUAB 25-9, 25-5, 25-7:Janelle Kendall led the Hawks with 15 kills and Amanda Poulson and Chelsea Bird each had 15 service points and three aces in the win.
TAYLORSVILLE DEF. RIVERTON 25-15, 25-10, 26-28, 26-24:Brita Noble and Cyd Allen led the Warriors with 14 and 10 kills, respectively, while Robin Smith and Beth Brown combined for 45 assists as Taylorsville won in four games.
TIMPANOGOS DEF. HUNTER 25-16, 25-23, 22-25, 25-21: The Timberwolves earned their fourth win on the season after four games against the Wolverines.
WOODS CROSS DEF. WEBER 25-16, 25-23, 25-17:Jess Naegle had three aces, eight kills and 10 assists and Mattie Sutherland produced seven kills to lead the Wildcats.
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