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Timp Sports Weekly

May 11, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at a Colt League baseball game played in American Fork and an account of the Lehi Pioneers hopping away with the Region Seven boys' soccer championship. Let's get to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com 

AF Dodgers Hold Off PG Red Sox 14-13 in Timp Colt League Opener May 4

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In the very first game of the 2010 Timp Colt League season, the American Fork Dodgers held off a fierce Pleasant Grove Dodger comeback in order to win 14-13 at Rotary Park May 4.

During the top of the first, American Fork pitcher Spncer Hartley didn't let a single Red Sox player get on base. Hartley's first-inning performance at the mound permitted the Dodgers to take firm control of the game in the bottom of the first.

The inning's lower half opened with Dusty Mullen whacking a triple. It gave the Dodgers much momentum. Tyson Maag singled him in, and Cam Blackhurst doubled in two runs, then stole home to enable American Fork to take a 4-0 lead into the next inning.

Singles from McKay Clement, Hunter Cannon, and Ty Cannon permitted the Red Sox to score two runs. Hartley proceeded to slow Pleasant Grove down by striking out Eric Jacobson and Jake Meline.

In the bottom of the second, Adam Rasmussen singled in a run, and Big Mikey Arnett doubled in two Dodgers to improve the American Fork lead at 7-2.

In the third, the Dodgers held Pleasant Grove scoreless. Singles from Zach Mitchell and Brock Tanner set the stage for a long American Fork rally that should have knocked Pleasant Grove out of the game. Hartley hit a two-run single that opened a six-run rally for the Dodgers. When the inning ended with Tanner striking out, American Fork commanded a 13-2 lead. That should have meant instant doom for Pleasant Grove. However, the Red Sox proved in the fourth that they still had a lot of fight still left in them.

In the top of the fourth, McKay Clement singled in his brother Shad in, then came home on a Parker Christian single. In the bottom of the fourth, the Red Sox played such a strong defense that American Fork made only one run in the bottom of the inning. The Dodgers got held scoreless for the rest of the game.

In the top of the fifth, Riley Smith singled in Jacobson and Meline to open a six-run rally. It climaxed with Hunter Cannon tripling in two runs. He soon got picked off at third, ending Pleasant Grove's attempted comeback.

Lehi Soccer Team Rows Away With Region 7 Men's Soccer Championship

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneers had a swell reason to want to croak with  relish as they finished their regular boys' soccer season with finally winning the Region Seven championship through quieting the Westlake Thudner, AKA the Shockers, 6-0 at Lehi May 4.

Lehi Coach Jerry Prisendorf said, "Tonight leaves us in sole possession of first place in region. Last Tuesday, we took down Mountain View. That put us in a tie with them for first in the league. Tonight, we're going to have the region championship trophy all to ourselves.

"Westlake has improved a lot since we play played tbem. (Shocker soccer coach] Dan [Watkins]

will have back next year a lot of talent to work with."

For the first 25 minutes of the first half, Shocker goalie Taylor Brown managed to keep Lehi scoreless despite having come at him frequent penetrations led by Austin Tuckett, Iam Ramos, and Wes Crump.

Lehi goalie Riley Anderson came really close at times at seeing Shocker shots tear past him and into the goal net. The Lehi goalie managed to interrupt shots fired by D.J. Searcy and Stephen Lifferth.

When the time on scoreboard read 13:39, Pioneer Rolando Hernendez sored the night's first goal. Two minutes later, Pioneer Zach Stanley kicked in a goal.

Anderson came up with several very close saves in the second half as the Shocker became more aggressive in their attacks. Westlake got stunnded early in the period when Braden Sorenson score two goals in the half's first 20 minutes. Late in the half, Anderson switched position, and he scored the Pioneers' sixth goal for the night with just 7:30 left.