Home, away, the Timpanogos boys soccer team just could never seem to find the way to get over the hump.

Until Thursday, that is.

Timpanogos scored late in the first half and held off everything the Knights could through at them, picking up the 1-0 win in the final game of the regular season for both teams.

"For the first time all season, from the first whistle to the last, we wanted the game," said T'Wolf head coach Aaron Barth. "I thought we out-hustled them. That meant a lot to the seniors, who haven't been able to beat them. To do it in the final game on their home field was great."

Both teams had to deal with the muddy, boggy conditions of the field, which appeared not to have drained well after the rainstorm on Wednesday. Players lost their footing, the ball skipped around and proved to be slippery.

That made a difference in the contest, as Timpanogos freshman forward Winston Sorhaitz fired a shot only minutes before halftime that the Lone Peak keeper appeared to have under control, but the ball squirted away and crossed the line into the goal before he could recover it.

"That's what made it come down to hustle," Barth said. "Since both teams were slipping, it was who wanted it more."

The conditions damaged the Knight approach to the game, since the visitors knew they were going up against a T'Wolf defense that was good in the air.

"In order to beat them, we needed to keep the ball on the ground," Lone Peak head coach Dave Woolley said. "We couldn't get any stability with the ball because of the field."

Neither team changed position in the standings but the Knights missed out on an opportunity to take first place from Lehi.

Timpanogos' Josh Ostler got the shutout in goal, coming up with some great saves.

The T'Wolves were without junior captain Trevor Henderson, who has been out for 2 1/2 weeks due to injury, while junior Carlos Kidman was back for the first time since missing three games with a hamstring injury.

Lone Peak will be the No. 2 seed when the playoffs begin on Tuesday and will host Weber, while Timpanogos (No. 3) will head on the road to play at Fremont the same day. Both games are slated to start at 4 p.m.

• Lehi 1, Pleasant Grove 1: At Lehi, in their fifth overtime game this season, the Vikings finished in a draw with Lehi after two overtimes. Nick Straw gave Lehi an early 1-0 lead. The Vikings tied it up 1-1 before half with Jordan Connors' goal.

Baseball

• Lone Peak 5, Pleasant Grove 4: At Highland, Ryan Stephan scattered five hits and gave up just four runs before Jared Christensen came on in relief to strike out the side in the top of the seventh to seal the Region 4 victory over Pleasant Grove (13-9, 3-7). The win clinched the Region 4 championship for Lone Peak (15-5, 8-2).

Pleasant Grove 020 002 0 -- 4 5 1

Lone Peak 110 210 x -- 5 9 2

WP-Stephan, LP-Nielson. 2B-Hannemann (LP).

• American Fork 12, Lehi 5: At American Fork, Josh Mooney had a homer and two doubles to lead the Cavemen (14-8, 6-4) past Lehi (5-15, 0-10) in Region 4.

American Fork 522 021 0 -- 12 12 1

Lehi 410 000 0 -- 5 7 0

WP-Searle. 2B-Murphy (AF), Mooney 2 (AF), Pitcher (AF), Searle (AF). HR-Fisher (AF), Mooney (AF).

REGION 7 PLAY-IN GAME

• Payson 7, Provo 2: At Springville, sophomore Brett Carter pitched 4 2/3 strong innings and Spencer Smith and Mitchell Cowden combined for five RBI in the first two innings to send the Lions (12-11, 6-6) into the 4A playoffs and send Provo (12-11, 6-6) back home.

Carter scattered six hits and stfuck out two, while getting strong defensive play behind him, to allow the Lions to keep ace Tyson Memmott, who pitched Monday, in the bullpen until he needed just seven outs . When Memmott relieved Carter, he struck out the first four Bulldogs he faced and allowed just one hit to seal the victory.

Smith had a two-run double in the first inning, and Cowden followed with a single to drive Smith in. In the escond inning, Smith singled home a run and later scored on Cowden's sacrifice fly. That was more than enough runs for Carter and Memmott, but Cody Ferguson added two RBI later in the game.

Provo 000 020 0 -- 2 7 1

Payson 321 010 x -- 7 9 1

Gesselson, Valgardson (2), Pawelek (6) and Griner. Carter, Memmott (5) and Bufton. WP-Carter, LP-Gesselson. 2B-King (Pr), Ferguson (Pay), Smith (Pay).

2A PLAYOFFS

• Gunnison 8, South Sevier 0: At UVSC, Kevin Nay took a no-hitter into the fifth and gave up only one hit to lead defending 2A champion Gunnison (21-4) past South Sevier (9-14) in the 2A playoffs.

Nay struck out 11 and walked only two. Taylor Newman had four RBI for the Bulldogs, while Heston Neal was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Max Sander was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Gunnison faces Richfield in the winner's bracket today.

South Sevier 000 000 0 -- 0 1 0

Gunnison 022 004 x -- 8 8 1

WP-Nay, LP-Roberts. 2B-Bishoff (SS), Newman (G), Sanders (G), Anderson (G).

• Richfield 4, Juab 3;Parowan 6, Juab 1: At UVSC, Jesse Hartle scattered eight hits, struck out five and survived three errors by his team to get the win as Richfield (19-3) edged Juab (21-2) at the 2A tournament.

The Wasps committed four errors, and that was enough for the Wildcats to sneak past them, despite Tayson Lynn's compete-game seven-hitter. Lynn went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI.

In the loser's-bracket game, Juab was ousted from the tournament by Parowan.

Juab 011 000 1 -- 3 8 4

Richfield 000 112 x -- 4 7 3

WP-Hartle, LP-Lynn. 2B-Lynn 2 (J), Bainter (J), Jorgenson (R).

Softball

• Timpanogos 2, American Fork 0: At Orem, the Timberwolves scored two runs in the third inning and made that hold up to improve to 11-9 overall, 3-7 in Region 4 with a win over American Fork (10-10, 3-7).

American Fork 000 000 -- 0 5 1

Timpanogos 002 00x -- 2 4 1

WP-Stevens, LP-Christensen. 2B-Nessler (AF).

• Timpview 3, Payson 2: At Provo, Megan Fillmore stroked a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game, and Susan Vogtman tripled to bring in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth to give Timpview (11-11, 7-5) the No. 3 seed from Region 7 in the upcoming 4A playoffs. Payson fell to 13-9, 6-6.

Payson 000 002 00 -- 2 4 0

Timpview 000 000 21 -- 3 6 3

WP-Talk, LP-Christensen. 2B-Talk (T). 3B-Vogtman (T). HR-Fillmore (T).

• Tooele 10, Mountain View 0: At Orem, visiting Tooele (16-4, 11-1) wrapped up a near-perfect Region 4 season with an easy win over Mountain View (6-14, 4-8).

Tooele 413 002 -- 10 12 0

Mountain View 000 000 -- 0 1 2

WP-Snow, 2B-Gonzalez (T). 3B-Folta (T), Holt 2 (T).

• Springville 13, Orem 2: At Orem, behind the big bat of Brittany McCray, who had two home runs and eight RBI, Springville (16-5, 11-1) beat Orem (2-10, 3-19) in Region 7.

Springville play today at home against Spanish Fork starting at 4 p.m.

Springville 321 007 -- 13 14 1

Orem 000 200 -- 2 2 2

Kirkham and McCray. Woodis and Clegg. WP-Kirkham. LP-Woodis. 2B-Chalk (S), Albach (O). HR-McCray 2 (S).

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