Timp Sports Weekly
April 14, 2009
Publisher's Message
The last week saw how quickly no team can be underestimated. The Lehi Pioneers, for example, shocked the much touted Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' softball team in a shutout game on April 10. Meanwhile, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen rebounded from a heartbreaking soccer loss to Pleasant Grove at home April 8 by stunning the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, 1-0. The Pioneers' soccer team also demonstrated last week that it could come back after losing at home Lehi's baseball team came really close to splitting a two-game series with the Vikings after experience a 6-1 beating in April 7 action. The Cavemen's baseball team has fallen onto frustrating times through losing two straight games last week. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Pioneer Batters Drop 2 Region 4 Baseball Game to Ferocious PG Vikings
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pioneers came up on the losing end both times in their two-game series against the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings during the start of Region Four baseball action last week. At Pleasant Grove, the Vikings soaked up Lehi 6-1 in an April 7 game. While rainy weather had caused cancellations of other Region Four baseball games, the Pioneers and Vikings managed to get their contest at Lehi played on April 9. The Vikings staved off the determined Pioneers 8-7 in that game.
In the first Pleasant Grove game, Lehi's Ed Day scored the afternoon's first run in the second inning. The Vikings didn't let the Pioneers make any more runs in the contest. Lehi Coach Pat Gleave said, "We couldn't make big hits against Pleasant Grove. We left too many guys on base."
The Vikings took a 2-1 lead in the third inning, and they never looked back.
For the April 9 rematch, Lehi threw Luke Miller. He had a rough beginning during the top of the first as he walked the Vikings' first three batters. After Miller had struck out Sean Stevenson, a Nate Hardman sacrifice groundout scored Keaton Secretan. Jordan Edwards singled in Aaron "Newy" Newsander right afterwards. Left fielder Bronson Anderson snatched a Calder Bonnett fly ball to shut Pleasant Grove down briefly.
On one out in the bottom of the first, Jordy Hart hit a one-run double off pitcher Newsander. Lehi then hopped ahead 3-2 through Day homering Hart in with a shot launched over the left-field fence.
Despite Miller giving up a two-out single to Secretan in the second, Lehi maintained its' 3-2 lead throughout that entire inning.
In the third, Hardman singled Stevenson in to tie the game at three. Miller didn't let the Vikings row ahead that inning.
Hitting a left-field single at the start of the of third's bottom half, T.J. Russon tried stealing second, but a throw from catcher Stevenson put him out at third. Hart retaliated by hitting a double into left. Singling right afterwards, Day soon stole second, distracting the Vikings long enough for Hart to steal home for a tie-breaking run.
The next inning, Secretan doubled in C.J. Cardon, then scored a tie-breaking run.
Neither team could score during the next 2 1/2 innings. Finally in the top of the seventh, the Vikings picked up three insurance runs. Lehi staged a three-run rally of its own in the bottom of the seventh. The rally opened with Tanner Martin coming home on a passed ball. Russon singled in Bronson Anderson, then came home on passed ball. Newswander shut down Lehi after that.
The two Pleasant Grove games were links in a chain of three straight losses that Lehi endured last week. The other team to defeat the Pioneers was Copper Hills. In a non-league contest April 8, the Copper Hills Grizzlies defeated Lehi 3-1 at Pioneer Field. Gleave said, "In the seventh Palmer Page hit Bronson Anderson in for our only run of the game. They took a 3-0 lead over us. We played great defense. We just kept hitting the ball to them."
The Pioneers' last win was an 8-7 victory at home against the Mountain View Bruins, also known as the Teddy Bears. Gleave said, "Mountain View rallied back with a four-run to the game at seven in the sixth. Tanner Martin scored the winning run for us in the bottom of the sixth."
During the Mountain View game, Page, Martin, and Dave Morgan each slugged a double for Lehi.
AF Cavekickers Lose to Vikes, but Win 1-0 on Timpanogos T-Pups' Home Field
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Last week proved that the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's soccer team could rebound after losing a heartbreaker at home. In April 8 action, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings rowed into American Fork and defeated the Cavemen 2-0. American Fork bounced back by winning on the home field 1-0 on the Timpanogos Timberwolves, alias T-Pups, April 10.
The first half of the Pleasant Grove game went down as a defensive battle. Quinton Hull, Parker Harrison, and Austin Mansfield led frequent American Fork invasions deep into Viking territory. However, Pleasant Grove goalie Uli Estrada didn't let one Caveman shot slip past him during the game.
Meanwhile, Caveman goalie Chris Pineda had a stellar performance in the first half as he kept frustrating Viking players like Levi Wright and Nate Fonseca through frequently picking off their shots.
Hull gave Pleasant Grove's Winston Sorhaitz quite a battle during the first half as those two players frequently vied for the ball near the sidelines.
American Fork's impressive defense of its home field could not prevent the second half from becoming a heartbreaking moment for the Cavemen. During the game's final period, Wright and Sorhaitz each kicked in a goal for the Vikings. Pleasant Grove's defense kept the Cavemen from catching up with the Vikings.
The Cavemen rebounded from that loss when they went to Timpanogos April 10. Two minutes into the game, Parker Harrison passed to Jordan Jacklin for a goal. Pineda's ability to hold the T-Pups scoreless helped to put American Fork back into the race for Region Four's three state playoff spots. The Cavemen's Region Four record is now 2-2.
Lehi Kickers Lose at Home to T-Pups April 8, but win 5-1 at Lone Peak April 10
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Like the Awesome American Fork Cavemen last week, the Lehi Pioneers proved they, too, could make comebacks after experiencing heartbreaking losses at home during Region Four soccer play. At the Pioneers' football stadium April 8, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, dried up Lehi 2-1. Lehi rebounded from that defeat by winning 5-1 on the Highland field of the Lone Peak Knights, known to the Cavemen as the Loners.
Right after the April 8 game, Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "I think we made two mistakes that let them score their two goals. Every time they would score a goal, our heads would be down. We can't let ourselves get down whenever the other team scores. When we get down, we lose our consistency."
The T-Pups took a 2-0 lead in the first half. Stevie Chatman scored the first Timpanogos goal. Josh Jenson made the next one. Lehi finally got onto the scoreboard 20 minutes into the second half when Austin Tuckett scored a goal in a breakaway play.
At Lone Peak April 10, the Pioneers and the Knights battled to a scoreless deadlock in the first half. The next period turned out to be a different story. During it, Ian Ramos scored two goals for the Pioneers. Ramos' teammates Dillon Straw, Zach Morgan, and Weston Jensen each kicked in a goal for the Pioneers. Brody Berry scored the only Lone Peak goal.
Lehi Softball Team Floods Away Knights, Ferocious Vikes in Region Four Action
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
By flooding away two softball teams in a row during last week's Region Four action, the Lehi Pioneers managed to stay in a tight race with Spanish Fork Dons for their league's pennant.
On April 7, Lehi came from behind to win 4-3 on the diamond of the Lone Peak Knights, nicknamed the Loners by the Awesome American Fork Cavemen. The Pioneers followed up that win with a 3-0 win on the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' field April 10.
Lehi Coach Leslie Warr said, "We were behind until the sixth inning when Aly White hit a two-run double to tie the game at two. The game went into an eighth inning. In the top of it, Ariel Zimmerman knocked Whitney Cook in with a triple, and K.J. Secrest bunted Ariel in. Lone Peak scored a run in the bottom of the inning, but we shut them down right afterwards."
During the course of the heart-stopping game, pitcher Zimmerman posted 14 strikeouts.
In the game on the Vikings' diamond April 10, Pleasant Grove used sisters Kayloni and Angie Mikalauski as pitchers against Lehi. During the first three innings, in which she threw, Kayloni let the Pioneers score three runs. Throwing the rest of the game, Angie didn't let a single Pioneer reach home plate.
Ariel Zimmerman's pitching limited Pleasant Grove to three hits and caused seven Viking runners to become stranded on base.
AF Cavebatters Experience Bad Week
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Last week went down as a bad time for the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's baseball team. In a Region Four opener at Spanish Fork April 7, the Dons had a merry old time in trouncing the Cavemen 10-0, ending the game in five innings. April 10 saw the Fremont Silverwolves, alias Silverpups, win 4-1 on the Cavemen's diamond.
Spanish Fork pitcher Adam Duke gave up two hits and fanned seven batters as he wiped out the Cavemen in 4 1/2 innings. Two Greg Money triples powered the Dons to get the game over early. American Fork committed four errors in the game. Both hitting a single during it, Stu Duersch and Josh Mooney were the only Cavemen to make hits off Duke during the game.
American Fork had Jim Davis threw against the Silverpups in the non-league game April 10. Davis' pitching couldn't stop Fremont from pulling ahead 4-1 on three Caveman errors. American Fork scored its only run in the bottom of the first. Fremont pitcher Austin Storey gave up only one hit during the game. In the bottom of the first, Duersch scored the Cavemen's only run of the game.
April 14, 2009
Publisher's Message
The last week saw how quickly no team can be underestimated. The Lehi Pioneers, for example, shocked the much touted Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' softball team in a shutout game on April 10. Meanwhile, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen rebounded from a heartbreaking soccer loss to Pleasant Grove at home April 8 by stunning the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, 1-0. The Pioneers' soccer team also demonstrated last week that it could come back after losing at home Lehi's baseball team came really close to splitting a two-game series with the Vikings after experience a 6-1 beating in April 7 action. The Cavemen's baseball team has fallen onto frustrating times through losing two straight games last week. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Pioneer Batters Drop 2 Region 4 Baseball Game to Ferocious PG Vikings
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pioneers came up on the losing end both times in their two-game series against the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings during the start of Region Four baseball action last week. At Pleasant Grove, the Vikings soaked up Lehi 6-1 in an April 7 game. While rainy weather had caused cancellations of other Region Four baseball games, the Pioneers and Vikings managed to get their contest at Lehi played on April 9. The Vikings staved off the determined Pioneers 8-7 in that game.
In the first Pleasant Grove game, Lehi's Ed Day scored the afternoon's first run in the second inning. The Vikings didn't let the Pioneers make any more runs in the contest. Lehi Coach Pat Gleave said, "We couldn't make big hits against Pleasant Grove. We left too many guys on base."
The Vikings took a 2-1 lead in the third inning, and they never looked back.
For the April 9 rematch, Lehi threw Luke Miller. He had a rough beginning during the top of the first as he walked the Vikings' first three batters. After Miller had struck out Sean Stevenson, a Nate Hardman sacrifice groundout scored Keaton Secretan. Jordan Edwards singled in Aaron "Newy" Newsander right afterwards. Left fielder Bronson Anderson snatched a Calder Bonnett fly ball to shut Pleasant Grove down briefly.
On one out in the bottom of the first, Jordy Hart hit a one-run double off pitcher Newsander. Lehi then hopped ahead 3-2 through Day homering Hart in with a shot launched over the left-field fence.
Despite Miller giving up a two-out single to Secretan in the second, Lehi maintained its' 3-2 lead throughout that entire inning.
In the third, Hardman singled Stevenson in to tie the game at three. Miller didn't let the Vikings row ahead that inning.
Hitting a left-field single at the start of the of third's bottom half, T.J. Russon tried stealing second, but a throw from catcher Stevenson put him out at third. Hart retaliated by hitting a double into left. Singling right afterwards, Day soon stole second, distracting the Vikings long enough for Hart to steal home for a tie-breaking run.
The next inning, Secretan doubled in C.J. Cardon, then scored a tie-breaking run.
Neither team could score during the next 2 1/2 innings. Finally in the top of the seventh, the Vikings picked up three insurance runs. Lehi staged a three-run rally of its own in the bottom of the seventh. The rally opened with Tanner Martin coming home on a passed ball. Russon singled in Bronson Anderson, then came home on passed ball. Newswander shut down Lehi after that.
The two Pleasant Grove games were links in a chain of three straight losses that Lehi endured last week. The other team to defeat the Pioneers was Copper Hills. In a non-league contest April 8, the Copper Hills Grizzlies defeated Lehi 3-1 at Pioneer Field. Gleave said, "In the seventh Palmer Page hit Bronson Anderson in for our only run of the game. They took a 3-0 lead over us. We played great defense. We just kept hitting the ball to them."
The Pioneers' last win was an 8-7 victory at home against the Mountain View Bruins, also known as the Teddy Bears. Gleave said, "Mountain View rallied back with a four-run to the game at seven in the sixth. Tanner Martin scored the winning run for us in the bottom of the sixth."
During the Mountain View game, Page, Martin, and Dave Morgan each slugged a double for Lehi.
AF Cavekickers Lose to Vikes, but Win 1-0 on Timpanogos T-Pups' Home Field
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Last week proved that the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's soccer team could rebound after losing a heartbreaker at home. In April 8 action, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings rowed into American Fork and defeated the Cavemen 2-0. American Fork bounced back by winning on the home field 1-0 on the Timpanogos Timberwolves, alias T-Pups, April 10.
The first half of the Pleasant Grove game went down as a defensive battle. Quinton Hull, Parker Harrison, and Austin Mansfield led frequent American Fork invasions deep into Viking territory. However, Pleasant Grove goalie Uli Estrada didn't let one Caveman shot slip past him during the game.
Meanwhile, Caveman goalie Chris Pineda had a stellar performance in the first half as he kept frustrating Viking players like Levi Wright and Nate Fonseca through frequently picking off their shots.
Hull gave Pleasant Grove's Winston Sorhaitz quite a battle during the first half as those two players frequently vied for the ball near the sidelines.
American Fork's impressive defense of its home field could not prevent the second half from becoming a heartbreaking moment for the Cavemen. During the game's final period, Wright and Sorhaitz each kicked in a goal for the Vikings. Pleasant Grove's defense kept the Cavemen from catching up with the Vikings.
The Cavemen rebounded from that loss when they went to Timpanogos April 10. Two minutes into the game, Parker Harrison passed to Jordan Jacklin for a goal. Pineda's ability to hold the T-Pups scoreless helped to put American Fork back into the race for Region Four's three state playoff spots. The Cavemen's Region Four record is now 2-2.
Lehi Kickers Lose at Home to T-Pups April 8, but win 5-1 at Lone Peak April 10
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Like the Awesome American Fork Cavemen last week, the Lehi Pioneers proved they, too, could make comebacks after experiencing heartbreaking losses at home during Region Four soccer play. At the Pioneers' football stadium April 8, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, dried up Lehi 2-1. Lehi rebounded from that defeat by winning 5-1 on the Highland field of the Lone Peak Knights, known to the Cavemen as the Loners.
Right after the April 8 game, Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "I think we made two mistakes that let them score their two goals. Every time they would score a goal, our heads would be down. We can't let ourselves get down whenever the other team scores. When we get down, we lose our consistency."
The T-Pups took a 2-0 lead in the first half. Stevie Chatman scored the first Timpanogos goal. Josh Jenson made the next one. Lehi finally got onto the scoreboard 20 minutes into the second half when Austin Tuckett scored a goal in a breakaway play.
At Lone Peak April 10, the Pioneers and the Knights battled to a scoreless deadlock in the first half. The next period turned out to be a different story. During it, Ian Ramos scored two goals for the Pioneers. Ramos' teammates Dillon Straw, Zach Morgan, and Weston Jensen each kicked in a goal for the Pioneers. Brody Berry scored the only Lone Peak goal.
Lehi Softball Team Floods Away Knights, Ferocious Vikes in Region Four Action
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
By flooding away two softball teams in a row during last week's Region Four action, the Lehi Pioneers managed to stay in a tight race with Spanish Fork Dons for their league's pennant.
On April 7, Lehi came from behind to win 4-3 on the diamond of the Lone Peak Knights, nicknamed the Loners by the Awesome American Fork Cavemen. The Pioneers followed up that win with a 3-0 win on the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' field April 10.
Lehi Coach Leslie Warr said, "We were behind until the sixth inning when Aly White hit a two-run double to tie the game at two. The game went into an eighth inning. In the top of it, Ariel Zimmerman knocked Whitney Cook in with a triple, and K.J. Secrest bunted Ariel in. Lone Peak scored a run in the bottom of the inning, but we shut them down right afterwards."
During the course of the heart-stopping game, pitcher Zimmerman posted 14 strikeouts.
In the game on the Vikings' diamond April 10, Pleasant Grove used sisters Kayloni and Angie Mikalauski as pitchers against Lehi. During the first three innings, in which she threw, Kayloni let the Pioneers score three runs. Throwing the rest of the game, Angie didn't let a single Pioneer reach home plate.
Ariel Zimmerman's pitching limited Pleasant Grove to three hits and caused seven Viking runners to become stranded on base.
AF Cavebatters Experience Bad Week
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Last week went down as a bad time for the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's baseball team. In a Region Four opener at Spanish Fork April 7, the Dons had a merry old time in trouncing the Cavemen 10-0, ending the game in five innings. April 10 saw the Fremont Silverwolves, alias Silverpups, win 4-1 on the Cavemen's diamond.
Spanish Fork pitcher Adam Duke gave up two hits and fanned seven batters as he wiped out the Cavemen in 4 1/2 innings. Two Greg Money triples powered the Dons to get the game over early. American Fork committed four errors in the game. Both hitting a single during it, Stu Duersch and Josh Mooney were the only Cavemen to make hits off Duke during the game.
American Fork had Jim Davis threw against the Silverpups in the non-league game April 10. Davis' pitching couldn't stop Fremont from pulling ahead 4-1 on three Caveman errors. American Fork scored its only run in the bottom of the first. Fremont pitcher Austin Storey gave up only one hit during the game. In the bottom of the first, Duersch scored the Cavemen's only run of the game.
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