Region 7 Swim Meet

Timp Sports Weekly

January 27, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at a wrestling dual meet at American Fork, a basketball doubleheader at Lehi, and the Region Seven swim at Lehi's Legacy Center. With the tremendous drama involved in those stories, let's get right to them.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Awesome AF Cavemen's Home Mat Season Ends In Crushing Loss to Alta Tweeties

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Awesome American Fork Cavemen's wrestling team's home schedule ended Jan. 20 with a crushing loss at home. AKA the Tweeties, the Alta Hawks nailed American Fork 63-18.

The bruising defeat was not something that first-year American Fork Coach Eric "The Blue Vike" Spencer wanted to see happen on the Cavemen's senior night. Yet, that was the fate handed to the Cavemen. Former American Fork wrestling coaches Tim "The Awesome Okie" Pontious and Stan "The Steel Man" Kitchen, unable to do anything, witnessed the Tweeties claw the Cavemen to pieces.

Alta grabbed domination of the game during the night's first match between two 140-pounders Caveman Scott "The Hottie" Newman and Hawk Eric "Lord Barbaric" Newman. Taking The Hottie down several seconds into the match, Lord Barbaric built up a 7-2 lead. Newman didn't give up, though. The Hottie battled back within 8-7, but the final buzzer sounded before Newman could score a match-winning reversal.

For the 145 weight class match, Caveman Mike "Forest Fires" Squires. battled Tony "The All-American Stud" Armongstrong to a 5-5 tie. Before the Caveman could smash the tie, the All-American Stud suddenly escaped Forest Fires' clutches, then took him down to win 8-5.

In the 152 weight class contest, American Fork's Kaleb "The Terrific" Dearing took a 3-2 lead over Alta's Craig "The World's Greatest Superstud" Skousen reversed the Caveman, then went on to pin him.

Taking a 4-2 lead in his 161 weight class match against Connor "The Sexy Fightin' Man" Larsen, Caveman Jaxon "Count Action" McGery pinned his opponent in the second period.

In the 189 weight class match, Alta's Taylor "The Scissors" Cutler took a 4-1 lead over Caveman Kory "The Engine" Sumsion. Scoring  a second-period takedown, The Engine roared back to pin The Scissors on a reversal, putting American Fork ahead 18-15.

A 215-pounder, Caveman Matt "Cool Cat" Cooley came so close to producing another win for the home team. That Caveman battled Ty "The Sly" Roberts to a 6-6 deadlock. However, The Sly escaped Cool Cat's clutches, then produced a reversal which enabled the Hawk to pin the Caveman. That match set the tone for the rest of the night.

Alta's Lunden "The Rift" Smith stuck Caveman Garrett "The Diesel" Anderson 30 seconds into their 289 weight class match.

In the 112 weight class match, Caveman A.J. "The Ultra Jock" Sindrich rolled ahead of Alta's Caleb "The Great Sandy Dane" Jensen 5-0. When the Ultra Jock's lead had swollen to 11-2 in the second period, he looked certain of securing a win in the third period. However, in the match's final round, the Great Sandy Dane reversed The Ultra Jock, then pinned him.

in the 119 weight class bout, Hawk Mark "The Stark" Michaels pinned Caveman Trent "The Salt Shaker" Kirkham in the first period.

By quickly accumulating a 13-3 lead over American Fork's Jordan "The Major" Lessor, Hawk Nate "Mr. Baad" Lamb scored a fall in their 130 weight class match.  The dual meet ended with Alta's 135-pounder, Will "The Steel" Kilpack pinning Rick "Dr. Demolition" Bartholomew.

Lehi Girls Survive Close Game Against Orem Tiggers

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

By a score of 49-48, the Lehi Pioneers' basketball team survived a close Region Four game at home against the Orem Tigers, AKA the Tiggers.

Lehi Coach Troy Gifford confessed, "We gave the game away to Orem. Orem came to play; we didn't. They outhustled us for much of the game. Orem threw a lot of different things at us that we weren't ready for."

Led by Maggie Plothow, the Tiggers kept bouncing ahead of the Pioneers during the first quarter. At the end of it, Orem commanded a 13-10 lead. Jackie Cattani and Katie Rogers orchestrated a Pioneer offensive effort that permitted Lehi to outscore the Tiggers 17-13. Though having hopped ahead 27-26 at the end of the first half, the Pioneers were still nowhere in position to swim away from Orem in the second half.

It opened with Skylar Larsen putting the Tiggers back ahead 28-27. Grabbing an offensive rebound, Lehi's Megan Parr put the ball back into the hoop. Taller than 6 feet, Parr became very important in Lehi's battling the Tiggers for rebounds. Plothow and Megan Sackett gave Parr and Rogers fierce battles on the boards. Two straight, third-quarter buckets by Plothows quickly resulted in Orem tying the game at 31. Two Gabby Grantham foul shots restored the lead to Lehi. Orem drew a technical at the end of the third period, and two Rogers T shots left the Pioneers with a 35-31 lead.

Cattani opened the final quarter with a short jumper to put the score at 37-31. Pulling down another offensive board, Parr answered an Orem field goal with one of her own. When the score read 39-34, Plothow opened a 10-0 scoring run for the Tiggers. Once Amanda Kirby put Orem ahead 40-39, the Pioneers looked as though they would soon all to pieces. Sackett's shooting improved Orem's lead at 44-39, but Cattani hit a three-pointer that sparked a comeback for the Pioneers. However, the combined shooting of Hailey Hamblin and Lauren Chung-Hoon gave Lehi a 47-44 lead in the final minute and 20 seconds of them.

"Brooke Barnes made a couple of free throws near the end of the game to help save us," Gifford admitted. "She'd been out for the last five or six games."

Barnes' two foul shots tied the game at 48 right after a Megan Sackett free throw gave the Tiggers a 48-46 lead.

As Lehi lost two starters to fouls in the closing minute of the game, the Pioneers looked to see who could swish in the shots that could save them. In the last 30 seconds, Gifford recalled, "Chelzie Atoa made a horrible pass. She made up for it through at the free throw line in the last six seconds."

With the scoreboard reading 48-48, Atoa hit the first of her first two foul shots. She missed her second free throw, and the two teams battled fierce for a loose ball resulting from that shot. The refs award the jump ball to Lehi, sealing the win for the Pioneers.

Cattani led Lehi with 18 points while Rogers added another 20. Orem's highest scorer, Plothow pumped in 14 points and Chung-Hoon chipped in another 10.

Lehi Boys Beat Orem 61-51, Knocking Bounce Out of Tiggers

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

One of the wonderful things about Orem Tigers, AKA the Tiggers, is that they usually bounce. While they did do that in the first half of their Jan. 22 boys' basketball game at Lehi, the Tiggers couldn't produce much of a bounce in the third period. For that reason, the Lehi Pioneers leaped away with a 61-51 win over Orem.

Lehi Coach Craig Gladwell said, "Orem was really intense in the first half. We picked up the intensity in the second half. We have great defensive rebounding from [Josh] Scott and [Willie] Walker."

In the first quarter of the game, Josh Scott put Lehi on the scoreboard first, but Tigger Sean Peterson tied the score at two. Willie Walker broke the tie, and Lehi rowed out to an early 9-4 lead. Two Austin Tuttle foul shots started a 9-2 scoring run for the Tiggers. The combined shooting of Tuttle and Grayden Hill left the Tiggers leading 13-11 at the end of the first quarter.

Though Walker tied the game at 13 at the start of the second quarter, a Peterson trey kept the Tiggers for most of the period. Walker and Scott experienced fierce competition from Orem's Keenan Karratti for rebounds. The two Pioneers didn't let the Karratii kid break their spirits. Walker and Scott held their own against Karratti in fights for rebounds. Shooting from Rory Sagers helped to keep Orem ahead until the half's final two minutes. Aided by a tying shot hit by teammate Zach Stanley, Walker hit a shot that tipped Lehi ahead 25-23. A seesaw ensued. After Walker had tied the game at 27, Scott scored on an offensive rebound, then stole the ball to sink a period-ending layup, which left Lehi leading 31-27.

For the second half's first minutes, Lehi held Orem to zero points, as Walker and Scott led Lehi on a 6-o scoring run. When the scoreboard read 37-27, Petersen hit a field goal in hopes of getting the Tiggers to bounce back into the game. Orem clawed its way back within 38-34, Cody Hauver sparked an 8-1 scoring run for the Pioneers. The scoring spree spilled over into the final quarter.

Scott and Walker dominated the boards in the final period. Neither Karratti nor Peterson When a Walker bucket had put the score at 52-37, the Tiggers became unable to put together a effective comeback. The closest Orem could in the quarter was 57-47.

Walker led Lehi with 24 points while Scott added another 21 points,. Peterson and Tuttle led Orem with 11 points each.

Lehi Boy Swimmers Stroke Away with Region 7 Title

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneer boys' swim team has something to croak about. At the Region Seven swim meet at Lehi's Legacy Center, the Pioneers rowed away with the region's boys' title. Lehi took third in the girls' division. 

Lehi Coach Dennis Meyring said, "They did very good through the course of this season. They developed really well to become very competitive. I thought they had the potential of placing in the top three at region. Their work paid when they beat Orem for the title. To beat Orem is a good thing."

The boys' team scores read Lehi 465, Orem 449, Mountain 332, Timpview 226, Provo 195, and Westlake 96. Scores for the girls' division were Timpview 486, Orem 383, Lehi 366.5, Mountain View 307, Provo 95, and Westlake 83.5.

The Pioneers won 11 of the meet's 22 events, enabling Lehi to produce some double-winners in the process.

Senior Danni Vaughn emerged as the first Pioneer double-winner. She took region in the girls' 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly. Vaughn said, "I set a new school record in the 200 free: 2:02.86. I now want to swim under that mark at state. I then want to swim for some college."

"She took region in the 100 fly mostly by her getting to third wall in 43 seconds," Meyring said. "She's still tired, but she's working. Once she's rested up, she'll be ready for state."

Sophomore Madi White emerged as the second girl double-winner for Lehi. She took gold medals in the girls' 50- and 100-yard freestyles. White said, "I'm really happy and surprised about taking region in two events. I thought I would take first in one event, then second or third in another. Winning two region titles makes me think I can do way much better at state."

"Madi didn't set any new school records today, but she did post new personal bests," Meyring said. "She had one of her best swims of this year. She has potential of going far as a swimmer."

The only double-winner for individual events on the boys' side, Ryan Doel took the region titles in the boys' 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles. Doel said, "It was a grand way for me to leave my mark at Lehi. Since Jason [his big brother] and I did swim the same events, I wanted to beat his time. I did that today in the 100 free. My time for it was 0:49.86."

Lehi's Devon Kirkham won the boys' 500-yard freestyle. He said,  "This is the third time I've medaled in the 500 this year. I took third in the 200 free yesterday. I did the butterfly for the boys' 200 medley relay yesterday, winning it in a time of 1:45.55. That's a new record for us. We're ready for state."

The team's other three members included Tim Walsh, Braedon Hegemann, and Sam Blackburn. The team of Blackburn, Doel, Kirkham, and Tanner Frandsen won the boys' 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of White, Vaughn, Rachel Hansen, and Emilie Mardsen won the girls' 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Doel, Frandsen, Hegemann, and Walsh took region in the boys' 200-yard freestyle relay.

Blackburn won the boys' 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2:03, but he took second in a time in the boys' 100-yard butterfly.

The team of Lindsay Smith, Taylor Martinez, Michelle Grant, and Madie Taylor took fourth in the girls' 200-yard medley relay. The team of Vaughn, Mardsen, Hansen, and White took second in the girls' 400-yard freestyle.

Mardsen finished fourth in the girls' 100-yard breaststroke and fifth in the girls' 200-yard individual medley. Hansen finished fourth in the in girls' 50-yard freestyle.

 

Frandsen took fifth in the boys' 50-yard freestyle. Hegemann took second in the boys' 100-yard and 200-yard  freestyle races.

Westlake Boy Medals at Region 7 Swim Meet

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

A Westlake boy earned a second-place medal at the Region Seven swim meet at Lehi's Legacy Center during Jan. 22-23.

Greg Fugal finished second in the boys' 100-yard breaststroke. Fugal's winning a silver medal was the largest accomplishment scored by a Westlake swimmer at the meet. Westlake Coach Dennis Meyring said, "He [Fugal] is the captain of the team. He's been showing a really good work ethic. The kids at Westlake are just in the building stage. They're going to get better as time goes on."

Fugal also finished seventh in the boys' 200-yard individual medley.,

Westlake finished last in both the girls and boys' divisions of the six-team meet.

AKA the Shockers, the Westlake Thunder fielded a small team for the meet.

Melinda Waker took 18th in the girls' 200-yard freestyle. Brittney Maxfield tied Lehi's Emmaline Nuebert for 14th in the girls' 50-yard freestyle. Hannah Shawgo took 12th in the girls' 100-yard freestyle.

Branden Villella finished ninth in the boys' 50-yard freestyle.