T-Pup Soccer

Timp Sports Weekly

April 6, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at how Lehi fared in soccer, baseball, and softball. We also have as our cover story, the Awesome American Fork Caveman varsity baseball team's big win against the Fremont Silver Wolves, AKA the Silverpups. Let's get right to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

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Lehi Kickers Take Down Timpanogos T-Pups 2-1 in March 25 Thriller

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneer soccer team stayed unbeaten at home March 25 as it defeated the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups, 2-1.

Lehi's Spencer Gray scored the game's first goal in the second half minutes into the contest. Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "It was tied 0-0 at halftime. Shortly after Spencer's goal, we made a defensive mistake that allowed them to score a goal."

T-Pup Cam Oldroyd scored the tying goal. Lehi's Iam Ramos scored the tie-breaking goal to keep Lehi unbeaten at home.

The game turned out to be last win that Mcmurdie would post as Lehi's head coach. On Monday March 29, he resigned. The Lehi administration has named Jim Prisendorf as Lehi's new head coach for the rest of this season.

Payson Kitties Spring Past Lehi Girls' Softball Team 3-1 n March 22 Action

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

AKA the Kitties, the Payson Lions sprung past the Lehi Pioneers 3-1 in a non-league softball game at Lehi March 22.

In the top of the first, Kitty Tasha Roberts slugged a two-run single off pitcher Ariel Zimmerman. The Lehi pitcher didn't let the Kitties make any more runs until Vanessa Vigill hit a one-run single off her in the top of the third. Lehi's only run  occurred during the first four innings. The toughness of the Kitty defense made the afternoon a frustrating experience for Lehi batters like Bree McBride, who managed to whack a seventh-inning single, only to get nailed in a fielder's choice play at second. 

Snowy weather forced Lehi to cancel games against the Springville Reds, AKA the Hellions, and the Orem Tigers, alias the Tiggers. Lehi is taking time off from game action until after this week's spring break.

Howlin' Fremont Silver Pups Get 'Dunn' In By Awesome AF Cavebatters 13-1 in March 27 Play

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a non-league baseball game in Plain City March 27, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen had the Fremont Silver Wolves, AKA the Howlin' Silver Pups, get Dunn 13-1 in by a pitcher who gave up only two hits during the five-inning contest.

Pitcher Colt Dunn held  the Silver Pups hitless until the fourth inning when Fremont's Tayson Wilson and Jason Lema each hit a single off him. By then, however, Fremont was already a lost one. 

Swiss movie actress Ursula Andrus' "distant cousin" Scotty Andrus helped to make sure that Silver Pups were doomed during the top of the second. Now the game had opened with Awesome Caveman Kyle Hall doubling off pitcher Ozzie Kelly. However, the Silver Pup defense kept that American Fork player stranded at second. After Dunn didn't let a single Silver Pup get on base in the first inning, the Cavemen loaded the bases through singles from Ty Flinders, Jeremey Reynolds, and Ryan Draper in the top of the second. The fourth Caveman to bat that inning, Andrus hit a grand slam that started a nine-run rally. As the Silver Pup defense fell to pieces, Ryan Draper hit a two-run single that set the stage for the game ending early. 

Andrus said, "I was just hoping to get the ball into a hole somewhere in the outfield, but it became caught in the wind, which carried it over the fence."

In the third inning's top half, Flinders singled in Taison Smith and Ryan Pitcher. Short stop Pitcher turned a double play that crippled Fremont in the bottom of the third. Hitting a right-field single in the top of the fourth, Draper soon scored on an error at first.

After joining Lema in slugging a fourth-inning single, Wilson scored Fremont's only run while the Awesome Cavemen clugged the Silver Pups with another double play.

Fremont held the Cavemen scoreless in the fifth inning. The Silver Pups' last chance for coming back collapsed when Dunn struck out Kelly to end the game.

American Fork acting head coach Jay Holmstead said, "The fielders on our team executed well on defense, and Scotty's grand slam gave us a lot of momentum. Fremont made a lot of errors that we took advantage of. Dunn threw well today. This was his best performance this season."

Lehi Post Profitable Win at Home Against Timpview Millionaires

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneers reaped a profitable win at home against the Timpview Thunderbirds, AKA the Millionaires, March 25. Lehi flooded away the visiting team by a score of 11-0 during the five-inning contest.

Lehi Coach Jason Flinders said, "We posted 10 runs in the third inning. T.J. Russon hit a two-run homer for us, and Palmer Page hit a solo homer for us. Kaden Longman, our pitcher, threw a one-hitter for us."

The win left Lehi with a 4-1 season record.

Timpanogos T-Pups Howl Past Lehi 5-2 in Region 7 Baseball Contest

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups, howled past the Lehi Pioneers 5-2 in a Region Seven baseball game at Lehi March 30.

The Pioneers battled the T-Pups to a 0-0 tie in the first inning. During the second inning, however, Timpanogos Coach Kim Nelson said, "We had a couple of bunts that allowed us to load the bases. J.D. Ashman knocked in a couple of runs to get us going."

Jason Fullmer scored the third T-Pup run in the second. Lehi pitcher Bronson Anderson didn't let the T-Pups pick up additional runs until the sixth.

In the meantime, Lehi's T.R. Russon hit a solo homer in the bottom of the third.

On one out in the top of the sixth, T-Pup Tyler Hamilton tripled into center. Getting on base through a walk, Scooter Nelson led off from first to distract the Pioneers long enough for Hamilton to score a run. Soon afterwards, Fowler hit a one-run triple to end T-Pup scoring for the night.

In the bottom of the sixth, Russon slugged a center-field single, but the T-Pups pinched soon him in a fielder's choice play at second. Rem Worthen hit a one-run  single that gave Lehi a chance for at least tying the game. The Pioneers would have done that, had centerfielder Ashman not picked off at the fence a Trevor Jeppson  fly ball that would have otherwise landed outside the ballpark. Nelson said, "When you a big play like that from J.D., that says a lot of his experience as a varsity  player." 

Lehi Coach Aaron Flinders said, "We played really well, but they made a couple of plays that made it possible for them to win like that sixth-inning catch at the center-field fence. J.D. Ashman took a tying home run away from us when he made that catch at the fence in the sixth. Bronson Anderson kept us in the game."

Lehi avenged its heartbreaking loss by winning on the T-Pups'  home field April 1.

Lehi Kickers Suffer First League Loss at Paws of Mountain View T-Bears April 1.

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneer boys' soccer team suffered its first Region Seven, courtesy of the Mountain View Bruins, AKA the T-Bears and Teddy Bears, in a game played on Lehi's football field April 1. The Teddy Bears defeated Lehi 1-0.

The Pioneers and Teddy Bears played an extremely tight contest in freezing, nighttime temperatures. With the stadium's lights shining on him, T-Bear Sam Hickman scored the night's only goal on a corner kick made Andy Woolley. The second Hickman received the kick, he headed the ball into the goal net during the contest's 20th minute. That successful shot spoiled what was an otherwise terrific performance by Lehi's Riley Anderson. 

Hickman's goal didn't take the fight out of Lehi. The Pioneers' new head coach, Jim Prisendorf said, "Our guys had a no-quit attitude tonight. They didn't let themselves get intimidated by Mountain View's being the defending state champion. Though we were missing four starters, our boys kept hanging in there. We have to applaud them for that. Until someone knocks Mountain View off, we're now the second-best in the state.

"Tonight,. we lost Dillon Straw for the rest of the season. A leg injury had kept him from playing for most of this season. The doctor gave him an okay to play for five minutes tonight. However, his leg got hurt really bad. We feel really bad for him, because he's a senior. "

During both halves of the contest, Spencer Gray, Austin Tuckett, and Josh Beatty led fierce Lehi attacks into T-Bear territory. Teddy Bears like Connor Salmon and Jose Sisneroes offered the Pioneers so much resistance that Lehi couldn't find any good spots where they would be able to make kicks that would send the ball flying into the goal net."

Awesome AF Cavebatters Outlast Copper Hills Cubbies 6-5 in Non-League Baseball Game April 3

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Awesome American Fork Cavemen defeated the Copper Hills Grizzlies, AKA the Cubbies, 6-5 in a non-league game at American Fork April 3. 

The bragging-rights game lasted eight innings, before the Awesome Cavemen finally pulled it out through hitting from Kyle Hall in  the eighth's lower half.

American Fork Coach Jarod Ingersoll said, "We executed just much better than we did at Jordan last Tuesday. We had great pitching for Taylor Tonks, Colt Dunn, Aaron Hill, and Ben Beddes. We made some great plays for grounders like the oone that Jack Blackhurst made that turned the game around for us in the sixth."

During the first two innings, Tonks held the Cubbies scores. Meanwhile, American Fork got a first-single from Ty Flinders and a second-inning double from Scotty Andrus, a "distant cousin" of movie actress Ursula Andrus. However, Copper Hills pitcher Flame Thrower Evans kept the Cavemen scoreless during the game's first four innings.

In the top of the third, singles from Tony Petersen and Colton Clayson permitted the Cubbies to load the bases. Zach Watts' sacrfice groundout scored Collin Kuehn. Soon, a Jake "Captain" Morgan single hit Tonks in a leg, causng the Caveman pitcher to be taken out of the game.

Dunn took over at the mound, but Clayson still came home on a passed ball.  Dunn and Aaron Hill, a "cousin" of TV's Hank Hill, held the Grizzlies scoreless during the fourth and fifth innings.

The sixth opened with Morgan slugging a two-run single that stretched Copper Hills' lead to 5-1. American Fork caught up with the Cubbies in the bottom of the sixth. Andrus scored a run on an error that touched off a four-run rally for American Fork. During the comeback, Blackhurst singled in a run, and sometime later, the Cavemen loaded the bases on two outs after Flinders had doubled in a run. A Hall walked scored the tying walk, forcing the game into an eighth inning. 

The combined pitching of Hill and Beddes shut Copper Hills down in both the seventh and eight innings. In the bottom of the eighth, Zach Robinson singled into left, and Hall batted him in for the winning run.

Orem Tiggers

Timp Sports Weekly

March 23, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the opening of the Lehi boys' Region Seven soccer campaign with their win over the Orem Tigers, AKA the Tiggers. We then look at how the Lehi Pioneer baseball team has fared in the aftermath of posting a 5-0 record at a tournament in St. George. Let's, people in Lehi would say, hop right to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Lehi Kickers 2-0 Win in Region 7 Opener Leaves Bouncin' Orem Tiggers Flat

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a Region Seven boys' soccer opener at Lehi March 18, the Pioneers shut out the Orem Tigers, AKA the Tiggers, 2-0. 

Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "This is the first time in years that we have beaten Orem. We had to play under windy conditions today. For the first half, we played against the wind. We played with it. Ian Ramos scored our first goal late in the firs half by dribbling past three or four Orem players to make his successful shot. Aaron Caprio scored our other goal on an assist from Austin Tuckett in the second half.

"Our focus was to get after every 50-50 ball we could see. We beat Orem to a lot of 50-50 balls. We could have scored a lot more goals if the weather weren't so windy, but we're still glad to open region with a win."

Lehi Pioneer Kickers Corral Mountain Crest Ponies 3-1 in Non-League Game

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneers corralled the Mountain Crest Mustangs, AKA the Ponies, 3-1 during a non-league boys' soccer game at Lehi March 14.

In the game, Lehi's Austin Tuckett kicked in the afternoon's first successful goal. Shortly before halftime, Pony Jason Yates tied the game at one. For the second half, Spencer Gray broke the 1-1 tie. LEhi's Iam Ramos scored on a penalty kick.

Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "This game is a turnaround from Pleasant Grove last Friday. We had greater performances from our our guys today. Tuckett made our first goal on a free kick 20 minutes into the game. Gray's goal occurred 15 minutes into the half. With region starting up pretty soon, we're going to be in for a real long fight. Our region is really tough."

Lehi Baseball Team Drop 2 Straight Games, but Win a 3rd Contest March 20

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

After going undefeated in a recent St. George prep baseball touranment, the Lehi Pioneers encountered a brief rough patch before finally posting a 10-2 win at home over the Olympus Titans, AKA the Midgets, March 20.

In the first Pioneer home game of the season, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, shut out Lehi 4-0. Lone Peak Coach Matt LaHargue said, "Kinyon Norman threw a two-hitter today. When a pitcher can do that against Lehi, he's having an exceptional afternoon. He kept them off balance with his curve ball. It made Lehi players uncomfortable whenever they came up to bat."

Jed Goekeritz got the Loners going with a homer he hit during the first three innings. Lone Peak scored a run in each of the game's first four innings. Tyson Bringhurst tried turning things around for Lehi with a sixth-inning single, but after Hunter Houghton had flown out into right field, T.J. Russon hit into a double play from which the Pioneers could never recover."

In a pick-up game at Pleasant Grove March 19, the Pioneers hopped ahead 3-0 in the top of the first. However, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings rowed out in front 5-3 during the bottom of the first inning, and they never looked back. They kept Lehi scoreless until the Pioneers scored two runs in the top of the fifth. The Ferocious Vikings scored all of their runs in the first four innings. 

Bronson Anderson homered Palmer Page in the first inning. Rem Worththen and Tyson Briunghurst slugged two singles for Lehi. Colby Croft batted in four runs for the Ferocious Vikings, including two on a homer run.

Lehi led the entire March 20 game against Olympus. The Midgets could not shut down Lehi's hitting power. Bronson Anderson hit a solo homer that motivated Lehi to flood the Midgets away. Page, Dakotah Longman, and Rem Worthen each hit a double for the Pioneers.

Lehi Softball

Timp Sports Weekly

March 16, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week, we look at stories of two Lehi softball games and a stalemated battle between the Lehi Pioneers and the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings. Let's get to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

LP Loners Get Busted for Illegal Pitch, Giving Lehi Pioneers 5-4 Win in 9-Inning Preseason Opener

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a preseason softball opener Lehi on March 9, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, got busted for an illegal pitch, which enabled the Lehi Pioneers to hop away with a 5-4 win during the nine-inning thriller.

As in recent games between the Pioneers and the Loners, the March 9 contest went down as a thriller. Even though only bragging rights were involved in the game, the two teams played intensely like squads battling for their region's sole remaining state playoff spot.

Pioneer Aly White scored the game's first run on an error in the bottom of the first.  With Lehi's Ariel Zimmerman and Loner Raven King engaged in a deadlocked pitching duel,  no further scoring occurred until the top of the sixth. Hitting a one-out single into right during Inning 6, Loner Lauren Gourdin soon got singled in by Kenzie St. Clair to tie the game at one.

In the bottom of the sixth, Pioneer Whitney Cook singled into left, but she soon got pinched in a fielder's choice play at second. That play ruined Lehi's chance for winning the game without having to go with the Loners into extra innings.

In the top of the seventh, Zimmerman fanned three straight Knight batters. King retaliated by forcing three straight Pioneers to get out. 

In the tip of the eighth, Lone Peak's Allyse Chipman got thrown out in a fielder's choice play at home, but King singled in Kaylee Keer to spark a three-run rally. It saw Kristen Nelson hit a two-out, two-run single that could have put the game away for the Loners. 

During the bottom of the inning, though, Areil Zimmerman singled in her little sister Taylor Zimmerman on one out.  The younger Zimmerman narrowly beat a throw to home plate, getting the momentum going for Lehi. Bree McBride slugged a two-run single that forced the game into a ninth inning, 

In the top of it, Ariel Zimmerman struck out three straight Loners to keep Rachel Schoonover stranded on base. In the bottom of the inning, a Kellie Jo Jenkins single moved Pioneer Annie Nielsen to third.  When Cassi Gray took her turn at bat, King delivered a pitch that plate umpire Bob Krommenhoek declared to be illegal. The violation let Nielsen walk home for the winning run. With it giving Lehi something to croak about for another year, Pioneer players rushed out from their dugout into light rain to celebrate the heart-stopping win. At the same time, Lehi fans honked their car horns joyously.

Lehi coach Leslie Warr said, "They showed great determination as they played marvelous defense against Lone Peak during all nine innings. When we made that squeeze play at home in the eighth, that boosted our momentum."

Ariel Zimmerman's Pitching a No-Hitter Earns a 13-0 Win Over Grantsville Lady Goat Ropers March 11

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Throwing a no-hitter in a non-league softball game at home March 11, a Lehi Pioneer pitcher enabled her team to win 13-0 over the Grantsville Cowgirls, AKA the Lady Goat Ropers.

The five-inning affair saw Aly White score the first Pioneer run in the bottom of the first. The Lady Goat Ropers' hopes of keeping the game close got washed away by a five-run rally that Lehi staged in the second inning. In the third, the Pioneers tacked on four more runs, and in the fourth, they scored another three.

Knocking in four runs for the afternoon, Kelly Jo Jenkins almost went completed a cycle. During her three times at bat, she slugged a single, a double, and a triple. Going 3-3 at the plate, White scored three runs while Bree McBride and Annie Nielsen each slugged a single for the Pioneers.

Lehi Coach Leslie Warr said, "Ariel's a pretty tough, pitcher. She had won a no-hitter last year, but I can't remember which team it was that she took down in that game."

Ferocious PG Vikings and Lehi Pioneers Battle to 2-2 Draw in March 12 Exhibition Soccer Game

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a non-league, nighttime game at Pleasant Grove March 12, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings battled the Lehi Pioneers to a 2-2 draw.

Pleasant Grove Coach Erik Bayles said, "We can always expect a tough game against Lehi. My young guys never gave up in the game. They battled back when Lehi pulled ahead 2-1. Lehi is always great a squad. I won't be surprised if they win the 4-A title this year."

Lehi Coach Steve McMurdie said, "We had decided before the game that we would not play in overtime, if the game ended in a tied score at the conclusion of regulation. With this being preseason, we didn't want any guys to get hurt. We had a lot of attacks that we didn't finish."

The Pioneers spent most of the game on the Ferocious Vikings' end of the field. However, Lehi didn't score the game's first goal. Thirty-three minutes  into game, Viking Winston Sorhaitz dribbled into Lehi's crowded penalty box and scored a goal.

Pleasant Grove enjoyed its 1-0 lead until Lehi's Austin "Powers" Tuckett scored the tying goal on a kick from inside the penalty box. Pioneer Zach Stanley broke the tie a short time later. The Pioneers stayed ahead 2-1 until the last five minutes when Ryan Fonseca, a Ferocious Viking, evened the game at two.

 

Box Elder

Timp Sports Weekly

March 9, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at a state 4-A boys' octafinal game the Lehi Pioners won at home at the Box Elder Bees, AKA the Drones, March 2. That game gave Lehi fans something to croak about about as they watched their home team flood away the Bees. Let's get to that story.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Lehi Boy Hoopters Hand Box Elder Drones a Stinging Loss in State 4-A Octafinal Play

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

AKA the Drones, the Box Elder Bees' season ended on a stinging note during a state 4-A boys' basketball octafinal at Lehi March 2. The Lehi Pioneers stomped on the Drones by a score of 62-37.

At first, Box Elder controlled the floor. After a Drone had pulled down a defensive rebound, Box Elder's Justus Brown sank an inside shot to put the Bees on the board first. Lehi's Willie Walker evened the game at two, but the Drones did not let the Pioneers hop ahead immediately. Cody Eyre hit an inside, set shot, and then he pumped a three-pointer to create a 7-2 lead for Box Elder. 

The buzz, which the Drones got from the five-lead, lasted only a short time. Aided by two Ryan Christofferson foul shots, Pioneer Zach Stanley hit a trey, and then he sank a go-ahead layup. A baseline shot from Pioneer Josh Scott provided Lehi with enough cushion to survive a hard blow dealt to the Pioneers Eyre.

Fouled right after sinking a three-pointer, Eyre swished in a foul shot to complete a four-point play that put the Drones within 11-10. Before the Bees could swarm back ahead, Josh Scott and Cody Hauver each hit a set shot that eventually proved to be poisonous to Box Elder. Just before the quarter break, Stanley hit a three-pointer that left Lehi leading 18-10.

"At halftime, we went over what adjustments we had to make on our offense," said Lehi Coach Craig Gladwell. "I thought our defense was good, but our offense was what we needed to adjust. Cody Hauver gave us some great minutes, especially in the second half. In the first quarter, our kids were scared. Scott and Stanley stepped up to give us the boards and shots we needed to turn the momentum to our favor. We played much better offensively in the second half than we did in the first. In the second half , we were a littlie more patient on our offense."

The next quarter opened with Brent Mecham hitting trey for the Drones. Mecham's scoring kept the Pioneer lead in single digits for most of the second quarter. Rebounds from Brad Munns and Brown permitted Mecham to keep Lehi from flooding Box Elder out during the second period.

After Eyre had sent the Drones flying within 24-19, Walker sank a three-foot shot that sent Lehi on a 9-5 scoring run in the half's final two minutes. When a Stanley trey put the score at 29-19, Lehi demonstrated that it could very well create a huge double-digit lead in the next half. A Munns jumper and a Mecham trey managed to move Box Elder within 33-24 at halftime. 

"In the second half, Walker did much better inside than he did in the first half. When they weren't paying to him, he would sneak in for his shots," Gladwell said.

In the early second half, a Brown layup prodded the Drones to buzz 33-26 and 35-28. Lehi wouldn't let Box Elder move in any closer than seven points. Midway through the third quarer, a Hauver trey put the score at 38-28, and Scott dropped a shot back in to give Lehi the momentum to turn the game into a washout.

"Cody's three-pointer was the thing that gave us the momentum to carry us through to the end of the fourth quarter," said Lehi Coach Craig Gladwell. 

In the fourth quarter, Walker finally became white hot inside the key. No matter how many times the Drones used to the Box-and-One defense to contain him, he kept slipping through to sink shots that sent Lehi rowing far ahead of the Drones. When a Christofferson bucket put the score at 53-32, Box Elder's season found itself doomed to lasting for only several more minutes. With Lehi staying more than 20 points ahead, second-stringers like Brendon Memmott and Ryan Pittard got to see a lot of game time in the final quarter.

Walker led Lehi with 18 points while Stanley added another 16 and Scott 14. Mecham led the Drones with 14 points while Eyre poured in another 13.

The Pioneers' season ended on a baad note March 4 when the Highland Rams, AKA the Lambs, butted them out of the playoffs during quarterfinal action at Weber State University's Dee Events Center.