Timp Sports Weekly
August 24, 2010
Publisher's Message
Aug. 20 marked the start of the Utah high school football season. This week's cover story tells about the Uintah Utes, AKA the Little Braves, soaking up the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 35-7 at Pioneer Stadium Aug. 20. We will also look at three high school girls' soccer stories that involve the Pioneers and the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen. Let's get right to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Uintah Soaks Up Lehi 35-7 in Preseason Football Open Aug. 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Although it's a new football season, the Lehi Pioneers have already found themselves facing the likelihood of going through the old story of experiencing another winless football season. The Uintah Utes, AKA the Little Braves, set the stage for that possibility by staging a 35-7 win on the Pioneers' home field Aug. 20.
The game did start on a promising note for Lehi. Led by Bubba Dempke, the Pioneer defense checked the Utes' starting drive in midfield. With their quarterback Kalin Leyba unable to guide them beyond their 35-yard line, the Little Braves punted. The Pioneers fumbled away the ball at the Ute 47-yard line while attempting the recover the punt. Little Brave Jarom Tollefson recovered the fumble. It turned out to be the big break that the Vernal team needed. After Lehi's Brayden Mortensen had broken up a long bomb attempt, Leyba threw a 24-yard pass that shoved the Utes into scoring position. As soon as Uintah had penetrated the Lehi 10, Colby Murray took a handoff from Leyba and raced five yards into the end zone during 8:49. Tanner Seitz kicked in an extra point. He went on to go five for five PAT tries.
AKA the Froggies, the Pioneers attempted to hop back from the Ute touchdown. Quarterback Mortensen guided Lehi into scoring position through handoffs to Jake Benson. However, Tollefson sacked Mortensen at the Lehi 31-yard line for an 10-yard loss that stopped the drive cold.
Darek Reasch's catch of a 32-yard pass set the stage for another Ute touchdown. Uintah moved the ball into the Lehi 10 again during the first quarter's closing minute. During the second quarter's opening minute, Little Brave tailback Jarin Daggett made a four-yard touchdown run.
Nine-yard runs by Benson and Mortensen gave Lehi a first down, but a series of fail passes shut Lehi down. The Ute defense kept the Pioneers on their side of the 50-yard line for the entire second period.
At 0:44, Leyba scored the third Uintah touchdown on a one-yard keeper play. It raised doubts that Lehi would be able to rebuild its morale enough to make a resectable comeback.
At the start of the second half, Pioneer Tyrell Fox's recovery of the ball on the Lehi 14 gave the Pioneers an incentive for moving the pigskin across the 50-yard line. However, in spite of Dallas Johnson's catch of a 16-yard pass from Mortensen, Uintah shut down the drive.
Like Lehi, the Little Braves couldn't put any points on the board in the third period. Dempke's recovery of a Ute fumble on the Lehi 21-yard epitomized the huge setbacks that the Little Braves' offense felt that quarter. However, it did end with them getting inside the Lehi 10. Twenty-two seconds into the final quarter, Reasch scored a touchdown on a four-yard pass.
Right after it, Lehi had Kenlock Graves quarterback its offense. The new QB succeeded where Mortenson had failed. After Sam Malit had returned a kickoff 41 yards, Graves threw straight two passes that gained 20 yards for Lehi. Additional passes from Graves soon put the Pioneers inside the Uintah 10. At 8:25, Benson made a five-yard touchdown run, and the Pioneers then tacked on an extra point.
More good news came Lehi's way when Tanner Willis recovered a Ute fumble at the Lehi 43-yard line. However, on the next play, Graves threw an interception. It did Lehi in, for on a first-down play, Murray raced 67 yards into the Lehi end zone. The Ute defense kept the Pioneers from turning the game into another Miracle Bowl.
Lehi Kickers Corral Mountain Crest Ponies 3-2 in Aug. 21 Soccer Thriller
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a girls' preseason soccer game at Lehi Aug. 21, the Pioneers corralled the Mountain Crest Mustangs, AKA the Ponies, 3-2.
The Ponies displayed much aggressiveness from the start of the game. Lehi Coach Brett Bergholm said, "They're a very physical team, and they often make the state playoffs. That was why we scheduled this game with them."
Mountain Crest wasted no time in getting on the board. In quickly snuffing out Lehi's first attack, the Ponies moved the ball quickly into the Pioneer penalty box. With it crowded, Jaxson "Action" Hanson scored the morning's first goal. Juliette "Where Art Thou Romeo?" McCann stirred up further Pony attacks that kept Lehi on the defensive for much of the first half. Amazingly, Lehi goalie Ali Houghton didn't let the Ponies make any more goals in the period.
Pony goalie Kjersty Cook kept Lehi scoreless until 20 seconds before halftime. From inside Pony penalty box, Mikaela Kauffman kicked in a tying goal.
Early in the second half, Cook made a mistake of going outside the penalty box, letting Emily "Rocks" Fox have a clear shot. From 40 yards out, Fox kicked in a tie-breaking goal and hopped for joy. Lehi's 2-1 lead didn't last long. Pony Morgan "The Swift" Olsen tied the game at two.
The score stayed deadlocked until the last five minutes when Pioneer Abby Foster, a ninth-grader, made a breakaway play. Cook slipped out of the penalty box in hopes of stopping her. The ninth-grader outmaneuvered the goalie and booted in the goal to give Lehi the win. Bergholm said, "She had a bad first first touch in the last varsity game. She got her touches down today, and she put the ball in. That was impressive."
Awesome AF Cavewomen Shut Out Provo Bullpuppies 1-0 Aug. 17
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen finished their two-game home stand with a 1-0 win over the Provo Bulldogs, AKA the Bullpuppies, in preseason girls' soccer action Aug. 17.
American Fork Coach Becca Murdock said, "We learned a lot from our loss to Mountain View last Thursday. We were more focused on our offense today. We spent more time on Provo's end of the field than we did theirs. So we outshot them 27-1. I must compliment their goalie for her performance against us. She let only one shot get by her. "
The Awesome Cavewomen gave Provo goalie Chelsea Jackson a long workout. She held American Fork scoreless in the first half. Only late in the second half did American Fork have any success against her. As the game entered its final five minutes, Awesome Cavewoman Abby Clements crossed the ball to Megan Hendricks, no relation to rock legend Jimi Hendrix, for a successful shot from just outside the Bullpuppy penalty box. The goal gave the Awesome Cavewomen more desire to keep the ball on the Bullpuppy end of the field.
Through the course of the game, Karina Perez and Becky Moore guided several Provo attacks on American Fork's wings. Calea Bagley, Kelsie Shuler, and Kylie Dibb came up with steals that snuffed out those assaults, despite efforts from Jamie Trewathra's efforts to kick the Bullpuppies back onto offense.
American Fork received an opportunity to score early in the second half when the Bullpuppies drew a foul inside the Provo penalty box. Jenn Packham made a penalty kick, which bounced off the goal bar. That setback became quickly forgotten through Hendricks' goal.
The Awesome Cavewomen gave Provo goalie Chelsea Jackson a long workout. She held American Fork scoreless in the first half. Only late in the second half did American Fork have any success against her. As the game entered its final five minutes, Awesome Cavewoman Abby Clements crossed the ball to Megan Hendricks, no relation to rock legend Jimi Hendrix, for a successful shot from just outside the Bullpuppy penalty box. The goal gave the Awesome Cavewomen more desire to keep the ball on the Bullpuppy end of the field.
Through the course of the game, Karina Perez and Becky Moore guided several Provo attacks on American Fork's wings. Calea Bagley, Kelsie Shuler, and Kylie Dibb came up with steals that snuffed out those assaults, despite efforts from Jamie Trewathra's efforts to kick the Bullpuppies back onto offense.
American Fork received an opportunity to score early in the second half when the Bullpuppies drew a foul inside the Provo penalty box. Jenn Packham made a penalty kick, which bounced off the goal bar. That setback became quickly forgotten through Hendricks' goal.
Awesome Cavekickers Suffer Biting Loss at Riverton Aug. 19
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen suffered a biting loss at Riverton Aug. 19. The Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Silverpups, routed them 6-2.
Led by Mallory Bostic and Darian Jenkins, the Silverpups proved to be overwhelming from the start. Four minutes into the game, for example, Jenkins put them on the board first. She went on to dominate American Fork right wing throughout both halves of the game.
As if Jenkins' impressive dribbling did not give American Fork enough headaches, Bostic would constantly zip through the Awesome Cavewomen's defensive network to make shots that turned the game into a blowout. By the final whistle of the game, Bostic scored three of the Silverpups' six goals.
American Fork did catch up with Riverton early in the game. From 50 yards out, Cavewoman Aurora "Ro" Moberly kicked in a goal to tie the game at one. The contest didn't say deadlocked for long. In the last 10 minutes of the first half, Bostic launched an aerial shot, which goalie Kiersten Newman, a "distant" cousin of Hollywood star Paul Newman, intercepted. However, the ball slipped from Newman's hands and dropped inside the mouth of the goal. Silverpup Cecilia Robbins-Mintner scored Riverton's third goal on a kick she made inches away from the American Fork goal line.
Six minutes into the second half, Awesome Cavewoman Kylie Dibb scoring a goal on a breakaway play. That should have tipped the momentum to the Cavewomen's favor. However, Silverpup Kenzie LeSeur kicked in a goal that sent the game on its way to becoming a blowout win for the home team. Janise Smith and Bostic each scored a second-half goal to put the game away.
American Fork Coach Becca Murdock said, "Today was a real learning experience for us. Riverton is a really tough team. They were really physical today. They showed us what we needed to do against teams like them."
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen suffered a biting loss at Riverton Aug. 19. The Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Silverpups, routed them 6-2.
Led by Mallory Bostic and Darian Jenkins, the Silverpups proved to be overwhelming from the start. Four minutes into the game, for example, Jenkins put them on the board first. She went on to dominate American Fork right wing throughout both halves of the game.
As if Jenkins' impressive dribbling did not give American Fork enough headaches, Bostic would constantly zip through the Awesome Cavewomen's defensive network to make shots that turned the game into a blowout. By the final whistle of the game, Bostic scored three of the Silverpups' six goals.
American Fork did catch up with Riverton early in the game. From 50 yards out, Cavewoman Aurora "Ro" Moberly kicked in a goal to tie the game at one. The contest didn't say deadlocked for long. In the last 10 minutes of the first half, Bostic launched an aerial shot, which goalie Kiersten Newman, a "distant" cousin of Hollywood star Paul Newman, intercepted. However, the ball slipped from Newman's hands and dropped inside the mouth of the goal. Silverpup Cecilia Robbins-Mintner scored Riverton's third goal on a kick she made inches away from the American Fork goal line.
Six minutes into the second half, Awesome Cavewoman Kylie Dibb scoring a goal on a breakaway play. That should have tipped the momentum to the Cavewomen's favor. However, Silverpup Kenzie LeSeur kicked in a goal that sent the game on its way to becoming a blowout win for the home team. Janise Smith and Bostic each scored a second-half goal to put the game away.
American Fork Coach Becca Murdock said, "Today was a real learning experience for us. Riverton is a really tough team. They were really physical today. They showed us what we needed to do against teams like them."
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