Memorial Weekend Baseball Tournament

Timp Sports Weekly
May 26, 2009

Publisher's Message

With the high school sports season now history, we will be turning our attention to the world of summer baseball. Through the next several issues of this magazine, we will be covering games played by northern Utah County's high schools' teams. We will also be devoting coverage to teams playing in the American Fork Pony and Timp Colt leagues. For this issue, we look at how the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings and Lone Knights, AKA Loners, fared in last Saturday's action of the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball's Memorial Day Tournament. Let's get to the action!

Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Ferocious PG Bounces Back to Beat Riverton Silverpups After Losing to Lone Peak
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

After losing a close game to the Lone Peak Gold Knights, AKA Loners, in a May 23 game at Lone Peak, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings bounced back to win 10-4 over the Riverton Silverwolves, alias Silverpups, in a second-round game of the 18-under age division of the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball's Memorial Day Weekend Invitational.

Spurred by Nate Hardman's three-run homer in the first inning, the Vikings secured a 5-0 lead. It received a severe cut the next inning. In the bottom of the second, Riley Slaymaker hit a one-run single to spark a four-run rally, fueled by two Pleasant Grove errors and a Colton Pickering single.

Though unable to score in the bottom of the second, the Vikings settled down in the top of the third to keep the Silverwolves from catching up with them. Mitch Dahl's pitching kept Riverton from picking up a fifth run in the game.

The Vikings, meanwhile, pulled away in the bottom of the third. As soon as Viking Bo Caldwell had hit a one-out single that inning, Stephen Rockhill doubled him in to launch another five-run rally. Rhett Rickenbach fueled it with a one-run single. Soon, Keaton singled him and Rockhill in. Pleasant Grove then loaded the bases. With Colby Croft getting accidentally hit by a pitcher, Keaton scored the 10th Viking run.

Although Riverton held the Vikings in check after the third, the Silverwolves couldn't recover from that inning.

Pleasant Grove Coach Brian Belliston said, "This game taught us that we need to maintain our focus and intensity. We lost both of those things in the Lone Peak earlier this morning."

In the game against the Black Knights, Pleasant Grove took a 6-2 lead in the first two innings. However, the Vikings let up after the second inning. Singles from Brayden Matheson and Travis Thomas sparked Lone Peak into rallying back. Staging a four-run rally in the bottom of the fifth, the Black Knights went on to defeat the Vikings 9-8.

Rickenbach produced two singles and two runs for Pleasant Grove in that game. Secretan contributed a single to the Vikings' losing effort.

Lone Peak Black Knights Battle Northridge Knights to 8-8 Draw
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly

At a May 23 game for the 18-under division of the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball's Memorial Weekend Invitational, the Lone Peak Black Knights, AKA Loners, battled to an 8-8 draw the Northridge Knights, alias the Iron Studs.

Played at Lone Peak, the game saw scoring open in the bottom of the second when Northridge's Ty Gabile doubled in Gavin Farr.

Hitting a one-out, infield single in the top of the third, Matt Olson soon came home on a Logan Leavitt sacrifice fly. Knight Kyle Hannemann soon singled in Rhett Reiber to put Lone Peak ahead 2-1.

A fourth-inninng balk called against Northridge pitcher Colton Mahoney scored Dakota Murdock, who opened the round with a left-field single. Josh Stephan's sacrifice groundout scored Mike Draper. Keyan Norman singled in a run to improve Lone Peak's lead at 4-2

In the bottom of the fourth, Dominic Taylor hit a solo homer, The Gold Knights didn't let Northridge make any runs in the fifth and sixth innings. During those same two innings, Gold Knight Dane Petersen scored on a fifth-inning steal at home, and teammate Mark Simpson, no relation to TV's Bart Simpson, came home on a passed ball.

After clubbing the Gold Knights with a seventh-inning double play, the Northridge boys capitalized on Lone Peak mistakes in the bottom of the seventh to stage a four-run rally fueled by singles hit by Mahoney, Mike Goodrich, and Clint Lilac.

With the score tied at six, the game went into extra innings. Each team scored a run in each of the extra innings. Because of the tournament scheduled, the umpires declared the game a draw after the ninth.

Riverton Silverpups Defeat Lone Peak Gold Knights 4-3
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

After the 10-4 bruising that the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings had served them earlier on May 23, the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA Silverpups, came back to win 4-3 over the Lone Peak Gold Knights in a Rocky Mountain School of Baseball Memorial Invitational game at Lone Peak.

Neither team could score during the first three innings. In the top of the fourth, Riverton's Nate Hartley hit an infield single, and he soon came home on a passed ball. Having singled earlier in the inning, Taylor Bell came home on a passed ball, and teammate Bo Davison hit a one-run single to improve the Silverpups' advantage at 3-0.

In the bottom of the inning, Gold Knight Keyan Norman hit a two-run double, and in the fifth, Josh Scoresby's one-run single tied the game at three.

Lone Peak's comeback attempt crashed the next inning. In the top of the sixth, Bell singled into left, and Riley Slaymaker doubled him in. Bell followed up his tie-breaking run through striking out three straight Gold Knights in the bottom of the inning to clutch the game for Riverton.


Lone Peak Black Knights Shut Out Davis Darts 3-0
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

After having come from behind to beat the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 9-8 in a first-round game for the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball Memorial Day Invitational's 18-under division, the Lone Peak Black Knights, AKA the Loners, shut out the Davis Darts 3-0 in a second-round game at Lone Peak May 23.

Black Knight pitcher Travis Thomas threw a one-hitter during the five-inning game. The only Dart to hit off him, Jayce Day smacked a single into left, only to become stranded at second.
Thomas posted three strikeouts during the game.

In the bottom of the first, Brayden and Ryan Savage each hit a one-out single. Ethan Sannon singled in Matheson. In the third inning's lower half, Black Knight Matt Oakman tripled into left. Matheson singled in a run, then stole home to complete the game's scoring. The fourth opened with Thomas hit a center-field double, but Davis caused him to become stranded at third.

Season Finales

Timp Sports Weekly
May 18, 2009

Publisher's Message

This week's issue covers the conclusions of the Lehi and American Fork soccer and track seasons. We will also look at the Lehi Pioneers' performance in the still on-going state 5-A girls' softball tournament. Let's get to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Lehi Pioneers' Soccer Season Ends in Split of 2 Home Games
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Life dealt a hard blow to the Lehi Pioneers' dreams of finishing their 5-A soccer days with a state championship last week. A split in two state playoff games at Lehi cost the Pioneers their season.
In an octafinal state game May 12, Lehi hopped away with a 3-1 win over the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Tweeties. However, in a May 15 quarterfinal, the Vicious Viewmont Vikings scuttled the Pioneers 2-1.

The first 30 minutes of the Skyline game went down as a deadlocked battle as Lehi goalie Riley Anderson and his Eagle counterpart Matt Kershaw held their own.

Addy Rice, Scotty Nelson, Andrus Jones, and Nielsen Lofgren led the Skyline attempt at snapping the Pioneer defense. It proved unbreakable until midway through the second half.

Meanwhile, Ryan Curtis, Austin Tuckett, and Ben Prisendorf directed an unrelenting series of Pioneer attacks deep into Eagle territory. Curtis, for example, came really close to scoring the game's first goal when he produced a breakaway play in the middle of the first half. Kershaw intercepted Curtis' shot, however.

Ten minutes before halftime, Prisendorf passed the ball to Spencer Gray to put Lehi ahead 1-0. The Pioneers couldn't improve on upon their lead, though.

Anderson did keep it intact just before halftime. Shortly before the referee whistled the start of halftime, the Pioneer goalie picked off a direct shot kicked by Nelson.

The Eagles became more aggressive on offense in the second half. Anderson managed to keep their shots from fly across the goal line -- until 18 minutes into the period.

Taking a pass from Jim Madsen, Lofgren scored a tying goal. As Lehi attempted to break the 1-1 deadlock, sweeper Graham Empy frustrated the Pioneers with steals. Empy's efforts turned out to be vain, though.

Pioneer Zach Morgan broke the tie during a breakaway a play. Morgan kicked in a successful shots before Kershaw could get to him.

Skyline received a chance for tying the game at two when Madsen made an indirect kick. A small contingent of Pioneers rushed together to keep Madsen's kick from flying into the net.

With eight minutes left, Tuckett connected a pass to Curtis for a third Pioneer goal. It put the game away.

The win gave Lehi the right to host the Vikings in the quarterfinals. In the May 15 game, Ian Ramos scored the game's first goal. Lehi couldn't improve upon its 1-0 lead. Viking Jared Peterson tied the game at one, and midway through the second half, Viewmont's Brandon "Donald" Trump kicked in a tie-breaking goal, which was his way of saying, "Lehi, you're eliminated!"

The Pioneers will be spending next spring playing in a 4-A league.

Lehi Softball Team Wins Over Skyline, But Loses at Syracuse
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneers split two games in the first two rounds of their state 5-A softball tournament. At Lehi May 13, they won 5-4 over the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Tweeties. Lehi dropped a road game May 15 in Syracuse, when the Titans, alias the Midgets, shut them out 2-0.

In the Skyline game, Lehi had five hits and had no errors. Whitney Cook hit two homers, including one that broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth to give Lehi the win.

Skyline posted a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the May 13 game, and the Eagles stretched their advantage to 3-0 on a third-inning run. Cook hit her first homer in the bottom of the third, but Skyline picked up a run in the fourth. Lehi tied the game at four in the bottom of the fourth.

In the Sryacuse game, Lehi pitcher Ariel Zimmerman fanned 11 Titan batters. Zimmerman's performance became overshadowed by Titan pitcher Ashley Ostler in the bottom of the third. That inning, Ostler hit a one-run triple, and she came home on a wild pitch to end the game's scoring.

Local Tracksters Finish Season Through Placing High at State Meet
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

At the State 5-A track, hosted by Brigham Young University May 14-15, northern Utah County athletes finished their season with placing high in 17 events.

Lone Peak's Angie Kaplar finished her prep career by winning a third straight state championship in the girls' 100-meter hurdles. She said, "Going out with a third straight state title in the 100 hurdles was a great way to finish my high school career."

She went on to finish seventh in the girls' 200-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles. She was also on the Lone Peak girls' 1,600-meter relay team that finished second in the finals. Lone Peak Coach Misty "Windy's Blackmailing Sister" Jorgensen said, "By placing second today, our girls' 4x400 relay team set a new school record of 3:56."

Kaplar's teammates on the squad included Megan Smith, Megan Mower, and Taryn Toolsen.

Lone Peak also finished fourth in the girls' 400-meter relay.

With a score of 40, Lone Peak finished fourth in the girls' division, and the Loners also finished 11th in the boys' after picking up 18 points. American Fork and Lehi each made 12 points in the boys' division to tie for 18th place. Posting five points, the American Fork Cavewomen tied the Copper Hills Grizzlies and the manly Spanish Fork Lady Dons for 21st in the girls' division.

Finishing fifth in the boys' 1,600-meter run, Lehi posted a new school record of 3.26.08. Lehi Coach Matt Rowe said, "For these four guys to do it was quite an accomplishment. Three of them are seniors. Preston Yardley is the only one we'll have back next year."

Yardley's departing teammates included Mikey Babcock, Zeke Rojas, and Jesse Tyson.

Rowe added, "I am proud of our two boyshot put throwers who placed."

In the shot put, Pioneer Jose Galindo took third and Dave Thompson seventh.

American Fork's Hannah Dehmel flung herself to a sixth-place finish in the girls' shot put. Teammate Taylir Garrison took seventh in the girls' high jump.

American Fork Coach Art Taylor said, "We're a young team. We will have most of our kids back next year."

Lone Peak's Steve Morrin finished second the boys' 3,200-meter run and third in the boys' 1,600-meter race. Also in the boys' 3,200-meter run, American Fork's Austin West and Robby Lee finished third and fourth respectively. in the boys' 1,600-meter run, Lee took eighth and West 12th.

"Our goal for the boys is to earn at least 30 points," said Ferocious Pleasant Grove Viking Coach Glenn Larsen. "The goal for our girls' team is to score in double figures."

The Vikings achieved both aims through the efforts of Levi Williams, Scotty Matheson, Julie Mazeika, and Autumn Robertson. Pleasant Grove picked up 34 points to finished fifth in the boys' division, and in the girls' competition, the Vikings earned 11 points.

Pleasant Grove's Levi Williams finished second in both the boys' 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Teammate Scotty Matheson took second in the boys' long jump and third in the high jump.

Mazieka finished seventh in the girls' 3,200-meter race, and Robertson took second in the girls' high jump.

Region Four Finales

Timp Sports Weekly
May 12, 2009

Publisher's Message

With the high school spring sports seasons winding down this month, this issue will be looking at the end of regular season schedules of American Fork and Lehi's softball, baseball, and soccer teams. This issue will also look at the recent Region Four track meet, hosted by Pleasant Grove. Let's get to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com

AF Lady Cavebatters End Season with Home Loss to Lone Peak While Lehi Splits 2 Home Games
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In last week's softball action, the American Fork Cavewomen and Lehi Pioneers finished their regular season schedule for this year. While American Fork got trampled 11-1 by the Lone Peak Knights, AKA Loners, in a Region Four finale at home May 6, Lehi split two home games.

The Cavewomen went into their last season game with another piece of bad luck. Hayley Holmstead, one of their leading hitters, had to end her season early because of knee surgery the week before. So an already handicapped American Fork found itself pitted against a Lone Peak team desirous to take out on the Cavewomen frustration that the Knights had been having since Lone Peak's one-run loss at Lehi five days before.

The Knights got onto the scoreboard first when a Raven King sacrifice groundout scored leadoff batter Lauren Gourdin, who had gotten on base through a walk. One-run singles by Jeni "Jedi" Keller and Racheal Schomacher stretched Lone Peak's lead to 3-0 during the first inning.

In the bottom of it, pitcher King struck out Alexis Morris and Annie Christensen while Megan Hansen grounded out to second base.

King kept Lone Peak's 3-0 lead intact until the Cavewomen loaded the bases on two outs in the bottom of the third. A wild pitch let Abby Pace race home. That run turned out to be the only one that the Knights let the Cavewomen have in the game.

With Janessa Ludlow singling in a run in the top of the fourth, the Knights quickly put the game away.

Over in Lehi that same day, Whitney Cook hit a two-run homer in the fifth to lift the Pioneers to a 5-3 win over the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings. Lehi Coach Leslie Warr said, "We had a 2-0 lead in the first two innings. PG scored two runs in the third, and we got a run in the bottom of the fourth. PG tied it at three in the fifth, and Whitney hit her two-run homer in the bottom of that inning. The win gave us a second-place finish region."

During the course of that thrilling game, Lisa Castleberry hit a single and homer for the Vikings while teammate Kenzi Jardine chipped in two singles. Shelby Lund contributed a single and a double to Lehi's winning cause. Ariel Zimmerman finished the game as its winning pitcher.

Lehi's last scheduled home game ended in a 6-4 loss to the Manti Templars, AKA the Fightin' Turkeys.

A Zimmerman double gave the Pioneers took a 1-o lead in the second dinning. Manti tied it at one in the fourth, and the Templars pulled ahead 5-1 on a four-run rally in the fifth. Lehi trimmed the lead to 5-4 in the sixth, but Manti picked up an insurance run in the top of the seventh.

In the bottom of the seventh, a Templar error let Zimmerman get on base, giving Lehi hope of least tying the game. However, after Casey Romero walked, Zimmerman got pinched in a fielder's choice play at third. That play virtually smashed Lehi's cause.

Besides her second-inning double, Zimmerman also belted a home run for Lehi. Lund hit two singles for the Pioneers during the game.


AF, Lehi Baseball Teams End Seasons With Losses
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The American Fork Cavemen and Lehi Pioneers each suffered two straight losses as they wrapped up their Region Four baseball schedules.

The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings defeated American Fork 4-3 at home May 4 and 8-7 on the Cavemen's diamond May 6.

Besides pitching in the May 4 contest, Josh "Rim Hanger" Mooney hit a home run for the Cavemen. They took a 1-0 in the first inning. Pleasant Grove tied the game at one in the third. American Fork sneaked ahead 3-1 in the fifth. However, in the bottom of the seventh, Johnny Burton hit a three-run homer to give the Vikings the win.

For the May 6 thriller, American Fork grabbed a 5-1 lead in the bottom of the first. Though Pleasant Grove picked up a run in the top of the second, the Cavemen stayed ahead during the first three innings. American Fork scored two run in the third, but the Vikings shut American Fork down during the final four innings.

Pleasant Grove picked up its third run in the fourth, then tied the game at seven on a four-run rally in the fifth. The Vikings finally scored their tie-breaking run in the sixth.

American Fork got doubles from Kyle Hall, Ben Beddes, and Bo Fisher. Nate Hardman and Colby each belted a double for the Vikings.

While the Cavemen had to deal with suffering narrow losses in their final week of baseball action, Lehi got hammered in both of its games against the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners.

In the May 4 game at Lehi, Lone Peak soaked the Pioneers up by a score of 16-4. Lehi scored all of its runs in the sixth inning. By then, though, the Knights had already acquired a 13-0 lead. Seven of the Knights' runs occurred in the top of the fifth. Dillon Robinson and Jake Hannemann each hit a double for the Knights during the blowout.

During the May 6 at Lone Peak, the Knights grabbed a 4-0 lead in the first inning, and they never looked back. The umpires called the game after the fifth, because of the Knights' 13-3 lead. Lehi scored all of its three runs in the third.

T.J. Russon and Bronson Anderson each hit a double for the Pioneers in the game. Lone Peak got doubles from Robinson, Mike Draper, and Jed Goeckeritz. Adam Kelsch hit a homer for the Knights in the blowout.


Cavekickers Finish Soccer Season With Two Wins; Lehi Scores 2 Win to Become Region 4 C0-Champ
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekley

Region Four soccer ended last week, producing contrasting results for the American Fork Cavemen and Lehi Pioneers.

American Fork lost two straight games, costing the Cavemen a chance for going to state. Lehi, on the other hand, won two games at home, securing a piece of the Region Four championship.

In a May 7 game at American Fork, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups, destroyed the Cavemen 4-1. Timpanogos scored two goals in the first half and another two in the second. American Fork made its only goal during the second half. The T-Pups' goals were made by Parker Brown, Josh Jensen, McKay Steggell, and Stevie Chapman.

Officially known as the Lone Peak Knights, the Loners defeated American Fork 1-0 at Lone Peak May 8. Brody Berry scored the game's only goal.

The win came in the aftermath of a 3-0 loss that the Loners had suffered on the Lehi Pioneers' home field May 6.

Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "Neither team could score in the first half. Austin Tuckett scored the first goal in the opening minute of the second half. He soon scored another one right afterwards by dribbling past three or four Lone Peak players. Ian Ramos made the third goal on a free kick."

Lone Peak Coach Eric Stevens said, "We played great defense in the first half. We made some mistakes in the second half that let them score. We had the ball moving quite well, but we couldn't put it in. We weren't as focused in the second half, as we were in the first half. We had great offensive performances from Craig Petersen, Ben Wayman, and Tyler Bair, and Matt Petersen.

McMurtie that his Pioneers didn't play as well in a May 8 against Spanish Fork as they had done against Lone Peak. The Lehi coach said, "We played just good enough to win."

Lehi took a 4-0 lead in the first half through shots from Ryan Curtis, Zach Hancock, Ian Ramos, and Hensen Keetch. Ryan Holt scored the game's final goal in the second half to give Lehi a 5-0 win over the Spanish Fork Dons.

Lehi-Lone Peak Softball Action

Timp Sports Weekly
May 6, 2009

Publisher's Message

This week's cover story concerns the tight softball game between the Lehi Pioneers and the Lone Peak Knights, AKA Loners. The game reflected the fierce rivalry shared between northern Utah County's high schools. Besides the cover story, we'll look at the latest action in boy's soccer and baseball. We'll also tell who placed in what at the recent BYU Invitational. We'll then finish out with an essay on what can happen when a person doesn't call it quits. Let's get to those items.

Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Lehi Softball Team Survives 8-Inning Thriller Against Lone Peak
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Playing an eight-inning softball game at home April 30, the Lehi Pioneers won 4-3 over the Lone Peak Knights, nicknamed the Loners by the American Fork Cavemen.

Through the course of the contest, Pioneer hurler Ariel Zimmerman fanned eight batters as she became locked in a pitching duel with Rachel Schomacher, who posted six K's.

During the top of the first, Zimmerman walked leadoff hitter Lauren Gourdin, but struck out Raven King and Jeni "Jedi" Keller. Second baseman Annie Nelson grounded out McKenzie St. Clair to help keep Lone Peak scoreless that inning.

After Schomacher had struck out leadoff batter Becky White in the bottom of the first, Shelby Lund slugged a center-field single, and Bree McBride joined her on base through an error at first. Schomacher didn't let Lehi go anywhere, though. The Lone Peak pitcher fanned Nelson, then caused Zimmerman to ground out to second base.

The game stayed a scoreless tie until the bottom of the third. Singling at the start of that inning's bottom half, Casey Romero soon came home on a McBride single, slugged into center. A Lehi pinch runner scored the next run through an error.

In the top of the fourth, St. Clair and Keller each slugged a left-field single. Before the Knights could go anywhere with those two hits, Zimmerman struck out Schomacher and Lachelle Eckles, slowing Lone Peak down. The fourth ended with Lehi still ahead 2-0.

Though Gourdin singled in the fifth, Lehi kept her chained on second, preserving the Pioneers' lead. It grew to 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth when Romero scored a run on error.

Lehi played without any errors -- until the sixth. That inning, the Pioneers committed two errors, which allowed Lone Peak to post two runs.

In the bottom of the sixth singles, from Whitney Cook and Ashley Zimmerman prompted Lone Peak to have King replace Schomacher as pitcher. The reliever struck out Lund to end the inning.

On one out in the seventh, Schomacher singled in King to the game at three and force it into an eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth, Kjersti Secretan singled in Ariel Zimmerman to give Lehi the win.

Earlier in the week, the Pioneers won 9-4 in an April 28 game on the Orem diamond of the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups.

Meanwhile, the American Fork Cavewomen lasted only three innings in an April 28 game at Spanish Fork. Spurred on by a Kylee Bufton home run, those manly Spanish Fork Lady Dons shut out American Fork 15-0 in the abreviated contest.

Lehi Soccer Team Posts 2 Straight Region 4 Wins
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly

By scoring two Region Four wins last week, the Lehi Pioneers improved their chances for state 5-A boys' soccer tournament action. In an April 28 game at home, Dylan Straw kicked in a second-half goal to pace Lehi to a 1-0 win over the American Fork Cavemen.

April 30 saw the Pioneers win 2-1 in overtime on the field of the Timpanogos Timberwolves, alias T-Pups. T-Pup Caleb Porter score the game's first goal during the opening period. Ian Ramos kicked in a second-half goal to force an overtime. During it, Zach Morgan scored the winning goal.

American Fork won 2-0 on the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' home field April 30.

AF Sweeps 2-Game Series Against T-Pups; Lehi Drops Both Games Against Spanish Fork
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Last week, American Fork Caveman Ben Beddes proved to be the clutch hitter for his Region Four baseball team as it swept a two-game series against the Timpanogos Timberwolves, alias T-Pups. Beddes knocked in three run in an April 28 game at Timpanogos to give the Cavemen a 3-2 win on the T-Pups' home field. At the Cavemen's home diamond April 30, he hit a one-run single in the bottom of the seventh to lift American Fork a 10-9 win over the T-Pups.

Also during the April 30 contest, Evan Wright and Ryan Evans each hit a triple for American Fork.

The T-Pups took a 4-0 lead during the first 1 1/2 inning. American Fork scored a run in the bottom of the second, then pulled ahead 5-4 in the third. Timpanogos stayed closely behind American Fork, and the T-Pups tied the game at nine in the seventh's top half.

Lehi had a rough-time against Region Four leader Spanish Fork in games played April 28 and 30.

Lehi Coach Pat Gleave said, "We played really good at Spanish Fork, but we made a couple of costly errors that permitted them to make some runs. In the game at our place, we didn't really good. We had only one run. Tanner Martin scored it for us in the first inning. We made lots of errors in the second game, allowing Spanish Fork to beat us 12-1 in five innings."

In the April 28 game, Adam Duke had a gay old time striking out seven Lehi batters. Duke's ptiching permitted the Dons to win 7-1.

Adam and Brock Duke hit a three-run double and a home run in the April 30 game. It saw Jordy Hart hit a double for Lehi.

Six Local Tracksters Place at BYU Invitational
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Six northern Utah County tracksters placed at the BYU Invitational May 2.

In the boys' 3,200-meter run, Lone Peak's Steve Morrin finished third and American Fork's Austin West fifth. Lehi's Jake Brydson took eighth in the boys' 200-meter dash.

Lone Peak's Cody Jacob flung himself to a sixth-place finish in the boys' discus. Ferocious Pleasant Grove Viking Levi Williams took second in the boys' 110-meter high hurdles and fourth in the boys' 300-meter hurdles. Cody Jacobs of Lone Peak took fourth in the boys' discus.

Publisher's Column
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly

Thinking Things Through First Often Pays in the Long Run

Two years ago, American Fork Cavewoman Hayley Holmstead came out of the Lehi Pioneers' gym crying. No, her team didn't lose to the Pioneers. In fact, the Cavewomen won by a double-digit margin.

The reason she cried was that she had an off-night. Although she would usually score in double figures in her games, Hayley didn't set the nets ablaze in that game. In fact, the Pioneers held her to four points.

In front of me, she told her mother, Sondra, "Mom, I sucked tonight. I don't think I should play anymore. I'm going to quit."

Sondra said, "You just had a bad game. That's all."

"No, I'm not good on the court anymore. I'm going to quit."

In a soft voice, I said, "Hayley, think it through first before you do it."

I walked away, thinking Hayley might not listen to me either. On the following Tuesday, I showed early for a Cavewoman basketball game, and I saw Hayley, dressed in her game uniform, taking practice shots. Later on that night, she scored in double figures to lead her team to a victory over the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA Puppies. Soon after that game, Hayley gave me a hug after I had interviewed her coach, Corey Clayton.

Through the next two years, I didn't think what the end result of my giving Hayley that piece of unwanted advice would be. That end result was Hayley getting named as the Salt Lake Tribune's
Most Valuable Player for the All-State 5-A girls' basketball team. That shows what can happen when a person doesn't throw in the proverbial towel.