First Lehi Froggie Boys' Win at Home

Timp Sports Weekly

February 26, 2013

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, winning their first boys' basketball game at home at the expense of the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA Silverpups. The game, by the way, was Lehi's contest of the Froggies' basketball season. As they say in Lehi, let's swim straight to that story.

Dean Von Memmott

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Lehi Froggies Finish Boys' Basketball Season With First Home Win Feb. 19

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers finally had something to croak about on the night  of Feb. 19. After having endure an entire season of not winning at home, the Lehi boys' basketball team finished their Region Four schedule by leaping past the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Silverpups, 75-59 on the Froggies' home court.

The triumph came too late to keep alive Lehi's hopes of state tournament play this year. The Froggies are going to have to wait until next season for a chance to hop to the playoffs.

Ryan Johnson gave the Froggies the jolt they needed to jump far ahead of the Silverpups. That Frogger swished in two treys to give Lehi an early 6-2 lead. Stephan "Wolf" Holm and Dicky Worsham attempted to get up their Silverpups to howl ahead of Lehi. After Holm had put the Silverpups on the board, Worsham produced a three-point play that cut the Froggie lead down to 7-5. Before Riverton could tie the score, Blake Cleveringa hit an inside shot that sparked a  6-2 scoring run for the Froggies as they kept Silverpup Weston Rindlisbacher from doing any damage from inside the key.

Their 13-7 lead gave their fans something to be happy -- correction, hoppy about. The Froggies declined to let up.  While Johnson and Cleveringa took control of Lehi scoring, Jordann Peck, a "distant cousin" of late movie actor Gregory Peck, pulled down two defensive rebounds that denied Riverton chances for catching up with the Froggies.

After Johnson and Peck had improved the Froggie lead at 22-13 late in the first period, Holm hit a trey that opened a 7-0 scoring run that spilled over into the second straight quarter. Tevita Loumanu scored four straight unanswered points that put the Silverpups within 22-20 early in the second quarter.

Before the Silverpups could tie the game, a cold spell beset them. A stubborn Froggie defense made them miss lots of shots, which Peck, Tanner Pittard, Frankie  "That's All Right" Jackson, and Cleveringa took turns rebounding. Lehi held Riverton to six points during the second quarter. The Silverpups never recovered from that period.

Meanwhile, Cleveringa became really hot in scoring. Cleveringa's nailing treys and inside jumpers helped the Lehi lead zip past the 10-point mark. Pittard contributed two straight layups to Lehi's shooting spree. By the end of the first half, the Froggies' commanded a 37-24 lead.

"In our league, a team can come back from a double-digit deficit to," said Lehi Coach Bobby Barnes. "In the second half, we didn't let up in our defense. We settled down and got done what we needed to do to keep Holm, Riverton's best scorer, from getting hot. He had to work for every bucket he made."

In the third quarter, Cleveringa and Pittard guided the Froggies in outscoring the Silverpups 19-15 to build up a 56-39 lead. Even though Holm guided the Silverpups in outscoring the Froggies 20-19 in the final period, Riverton couldn't overcome the double-digit deficit.

Cleveringa led the Froggies with 26 points while Pittard added another 12 and Peck 11. Holm led the Silverpups with 14 points while Loumanu added another 13..

Froggie-Loner Hoop Game

Timp Sports Weekly

February 19, 2013

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For this week's issue, we look at the Feb. 15 boys' basketball game between the Lone Peak Knights (AKA the Loners) and the Lehi Pioneers (AKA the Froggies). The contest was one about two squads of contrasting extremes. Ranked No. 1 in national high school basketball polls, the Loners boasted an unbeaten Region Four record. As for the Froggies, they were winless in region play, and although they did win three games on the road, they had not won a single home game this season. Let's hop straight to  the story to find out if Lehi finally did pick up a home win.

Dean Von Memmott

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Lone Peak Loners Silence Lehi Froggies 90-71 in Region Four Boys' Hoop Play Feb. 15

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In Region Four boys' basketball action Feb. 15, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, silenced the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 90-71 at Lehi. 

During the first quarter, the Loners had trouble keeping the Froggies from hopping ahead of them. After Loner Talon "Ted" Shumway, a "distant cousin" of TV comedy character Alf Shumway, got the opening tipoff, Lone Peak drew a violation. The Froggies quickly capitalized on it. A Blake Cleveringa trey put the Froggies on the board first. Before Lehi could build upon its 3-0 lead, Froggie Chris Macula drew a technical foul. A brother of BYU Zoobie hoop star Jackson Emery, Slick Nick Emery hit a technical foul shot, and teammate Eric "Stuffer" Mika laid in a dunk shot to tie the game at three.

Ninth-grader sensation Frankie "That's All Right" Jackson nailed a jumper to poke the Froggies ahead 5-3. The ninth-grader proved to be the Froggies' big gun through the course of the game. Jackson's impressive shooting would prove not to be enough to enable them pull off one of the greatest prep basketball upsets of 2013.

A very close relative one-time Zoobie basketball star Andy Toolson, Connor "Mr. Terminator" Toolson tied the game at five, only to see Jackson give the Froggies a 7-5 lead. Soon, Tanner Pittard puled down a defensive rebound for the Froggies and connected a long pass to Collin Anderton for an inside shot.

The Froggies' 9-5 lead gave their fans something to be quite happy -- correction, quite hoppy about. Froggie fans jumped about excitedly as they expected Lehi to stretch its lead wider. However, Shumway hit a trey that caused the tempo to shift slowly to the Loners' way. Even though two Jackson foul shots widened the Froggie lead to 11-8, Shumway continued working on setting the stage for Lehi getting dried up in the quarter. Shumway produced a three-point play that tied the game at 11, and he then swished in two tie-breaking foul shots. Cleveringa hit a go-ahead trey in hopes that the Froggies would be ahead at the end of the first quarter. 

A distant cousin of David Dean, Utah's state 3-A MVP for 1976, T.J. Haws hit a trey that not only put the Loners ahead 16-14, but it also sent them on a 21-0 scoring run that slipped over into the second quarter. During that long shooting spree, Emery wowed Loner fans with steals and layups while Talon and Shumway dropped in devastating three-pointers. By the time Cleveringa renewed Lehi scoring with a trey, the Loners had built up a 37-17 lead. Cleveringa became the Froggies' main shooter in the first half's final four minutes, but Lehi couldn't closer to the Loners than 15 points.

In the third period, the Froggies didn't let the Loners push the lead past the 21-point mark. However, despite efforts from Anderton, Jackson, Cleveringa, and Derik Beeston, the Froggies couldn't reduce the lead to single digits. No Froggie could shut down Emery, Mika, or Haws. Those crack shots frustrated Lehi's defense to no end. By the end of the third quarter, the Loners commanded a 72-54 lead.

The fourth quarter opened with Jackson and Jordan Peck guiding the Froggies on a 6-2 scoring run that put them within 74-60. The Loner defense didn't let the Froggies get any closer than 14 points in the quarter. While Loner fans went wild over a Shumway dunk shot, Emery produced steals that eventually lead to Toolson hit a trey which improved the Loners' lead at 85-64.

Jackson finished his fantastic evening with a trey that put Lehi within 85-67. Jackson soon left the floor with the other Lehi starters to watch Froggie second-stringers like Jacob Barnes and Dallin Driggs play out the final two minutes of the game. It ended with Loner McKay Webster hitting two foul shots to put the final score at 90-71.

Jackson led the Froggies with 25 points while Cleveringa added another 16. Emery led the Loners with 21 points while Haws and Mika each added another 15 and Shumway 11.

The End of the Lehi Froggie Girls' Home Seaon

Timp Sports Weekly

February 11, 2013

Publisher's Message

This week's issue looks at the final two home games of the Lehi Pioneer girls' basketball season. Those two games presented Lehi fans their final chances to see Troy Gifford, Lehi's head girls' basketball coach, mentor his players at home. He had resigned recently for reasons I won't go into here. Don't worry, the reasons didn't involve any inappropriate behavior on his part. He's a decent guy. He has simply decided to move on doing other things. Anyway, the games we will look at in this issue will be the ones that the Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, played against the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, and the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings. As they say in Lehi, let's row straight to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

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Bingham Pickers Cave In Lehi Froggies 50-28

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In Region Four girls' basketball at Lehi Feb. 5, the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, caved the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 50-28.

Even though the Feb. 5 was the Froggies' second-to-the-last home game of the season, they still marked it as Senior Night. So Lehi Coach Troy Gifford had five of his seniors serve as starters in the game. Gifford's underclassman starters came in a little bit later in the game.

In the meantime, the Froggies had a difficult time in hopping onto the scoreboard. An Emily Anderson trey sent the Pickers digging their way out to a 13-0 lead. True to his usual strategy, Bingham Rand Rasmussen employed two quintets of Pickers to throw the Froggies off their game. As Pickers Madison Aulai-Roe, Kenzie Bruggerman, and Ashton Henderson took firm control of the boards, questions abounded about whether the Froggies would get onto the scoreboard before the end the first quarter.  Thirty seconds before the first-quarter break, Tyra "T-Rod" Rodriguez produced a three-point play to put Lehi on the board. A "distant cousin" of late pop singer Diane Washington, Monique Washington hit an inside shot that left Bingham ahead 15-3 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Gifford employed the use of his regular, underclassman first-stringers like Reesie Tua and Faitoto'a Faleao. However, the Pickers held the Froggies to four points in the second quarter. Meanwhile, Picker fans cheered at seeing Jilian Powell and Whitney Daniels sink treys that fueled an 11-4 scoring run for Bingham during the quarter.

After a Powell trey improved the Bingham lead at 29-7 at the start of the third period, Rodriguez hit an inside shot that launched a brief 6-4 scoring run for the Froggies. Faleao started becoming hot in her shooting during the third quarter. Aided by Brooklyn Willes, Micala Downs, Kylie Bartholemew, and Beth Beeston, Faleao proved to be hard for Bingham to shut down during the second half. Faleao's efforts couldn't shift the game back to Lehi's favor. Through efforts of Carynn Duke, Cheril Lyman, Henderson, and Powell, Bingham managed to keep its lead in double figures throughout the entire second half, even though the Froggies outscored them 12-9 in the final quarter. Froggie Megan Nelson hit a last-minute shot to give Lehi something to cheer about.

Faleao led the Froggies with 10 points while Rodriguez added another five. Powell led the Pickers with 12 points while Anderson and Daniels each added another seven.

Ferocious PG Vikings Drain Lehi Froggies 55-43 in Feb. 7 Girls' Hoop Showdown

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a Region Four girls' basketball showdown at Lehi Feb. 7, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings drained up the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 55-43.

The road win at Lehi earn the Ferocious the privilege of playing at this year's state 5-A girls' basketball tournament. For a little while, the Froggies looked as though they would wash away the Ferocious Vikings like they did the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, a few weeks ago.

Ferocious Viking Megan Wilde opened the game's scoring with an inside shot. Even though Froggie sophomore Faitoto'a "To'a" Faleao tied the game at two, the Ferocious Vikings rowed ahead 5-2 on a Hailey Albretch foul shot and a Lilly "Sego" Evans jump shot. Kaylie Bartholemew put a shot back in, hoping  to prod her Froggies into jumping out in front of Pleasant Grove. However, a Rachel Eldredge trey improved the Ferocious Viking lead at 8-4. The Froggies appeared at that point destined to be drained by the Ferocious Vikings. However, Beeston hit a crucial trey for the Froggies. Making an offensive rebound, Reesie Tua put Lehi ahead 9-8 near the end of the first quarter.

Early in the second quarter, Tua sank a layup during a steal, improving the Froggies' advantage at 11-8.  Pleasant Grove seemed doomed like Lone Peak did when the Loners played at Lehi last month. Pleasant Grove Coach Glenn"Record Hop" Larson said, "We began playing great defense. They had a hard time with getting the ball to To'a. That enabled us to snatch the momentum from them."

CiCi Alder hit an inside shot that tipped the momentum back to the Ferocious Vikings' favor. Two McKenna Miles foul shots nudged the Ferocious Vikings ahead 12-11. That lead didn't last long for Pleasant Grove. A recent addition to the Froggies' varsity roster, Nicki Fitz hit a three-pointer that put them leaping ahead 14-12. A Mile trey restored the lead to Pleasant Grove. The Ferocious Vikings held Lehi to one point during the second quarter's final four minutes. Meanwhile, Miles' foul shooting a 25-15 lead that the Ferocious Vikings took with them into the second half.

With the Ferocious Vikings keeping Faleao from scoring into double figures, the Froggies had to look for other crackshots to enable them to hop back into the game. Beth Beeston became Lehi's main shooter for the night. Beeeston's work got undermined by the combined efforts of Evans and Miles. Together, those two players enabled Pleasant Grove to maintain a double-figure lead throughout the entire second half, which saw some great rebounding from Ferocious Vikings Jessica Matheson and Eldredge.

In the final quarter, Sam Slater, Bartholemew, and Brooklyn Willes joined Beeston in a shooting spree that saw the Froggies outscore the Ferocious Vikings 14-9. However, the bad second quarter proved to be too much for Lehi to recover from.

Beeston led the Froggies with 13 points while Faleao and Bartholemew each added another eight. Miles led Pleasant Grove with 21 points while Evans added another 13.

Bingham-Lehi Wrestling Meet

Timp Sports Weekly

February 5, 2013

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the Lehi-Bingham dual wrestling meet and the Feb. 1 boys' basketball game between my Awesome American Fork Cavemen and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. As they say Lehi, let's stroke straight to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

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Bingham Pickers Dig Out a 39-23 Win Over Lehi Froggie Grapplers

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In Region Four dual wresting meet at Lehi Jan. 31, the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, digged out a 39-23 win over the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies.

Late in the meet, the Pickers showed why their program had produced through the generations wrestling legends like Darling Darren Miller and Eric "Burial Plot" Lott. Lehi did show that the Pickers  that it had its share of talented grapplers, too.

The first Froggie to do well in the meet was 132-pounder Reagan "The Pagan" Bodily. In his match against Chase "Count Handsome" Hanson, he opened scoring with a takedown. In the second period, Count Handsome tried pinning The Pagan through applying the Picker Grip. The Pagan broke it and he went on to scored two two-point near falls to enable him to win 8-0. The Pagan's win gave his team a 4-0 lead.

Bingham quickly tied it at four through Aaron "The Harsh" Marsh subduing Ian "The Driller" Miller 12-4.

Involving Froggie Dave "Ambusher" Busko and Picker Jake "The Blue Flash" Curtis, the 145 weight class match went down as one of the evening's most exciting contests. The two grapplers battled to a scoreless tie in the first period. In the second period, The Blush Flash escaped Ambusher's grasp. Ambusher took him down, then went on to thwart the Blue Flash's third-period attempts to pin him. Ambusher won 2-1.

Bingham's T.J. "Hot Dog" Wenner took an early 2-0 lead over Lehi's 152-pounder, Wyatt "Brave Herbie" Herbert. Brave Herbie reversed Hot Dog, and a tight match ensued. Late in it, Brave Herbie took Hot Dog down and pinned him, improving Lehi's lead 13-4.

For the 160 weight class match, Lehi's Caiden "The Pin" Taylor took a 4-1 lead over Jake "Milk Shake" Funes. Milk Shake refused to melt away. He battled back to tie the match at 5-5. The match saw frequent trades in leads. In the third quarter, The Pin scored a takedown to tie the match at 12. Milk Shake reversed The Pin and scored a two-point near fall to win 17-12 over his Froggie opponent.

After battling Froggie Brandon "The Barrel" Terrill to a 2-2 in the first period of their 170 weight class match, Picker Nate "Lord Great" Naylor pulled ahead 4-2 and built up a 9-4 lead. The Barrel battled back to get within 13-9 on an escape and two reversals. Lord Great didn't The Barrel get any closer to him.

In the 182 weight class match, Nick "The Derringer" Henninger pinned Eli "Bullfrog" Sosa in the first period to put the Pickers ahead 15-13. That match marked the beginning of Bingham's domination of the meet. After Binham's Sitakeli "The Squid" Finefeuieki pinned, his 220-pound foe, Deryke "Prince Barbaric" Terrill, Froggie Fracken Bracken stuck Austin "The Bunker" Bunkall in hopes swinging the momentum back to Lehi's favor.

That was not to be the case. Lehi fans looked on with frustration as they watched Pickers Alex "Prince Toro" Romero, Jake "The White Snake" Barton pin Laken "The Anchor" Muir and Nick "Mr. Quick" Austin respectively. A 120-pounder, Froggie Daltono "The Vise" Rice interrupted Bingham's string of wins by outlasting Calton "The Pencil" Schieving 19-5. The meet ended with Bingham's Tanner "The Pistol" Weston pinning Tyler "Big Chief' Tahbo.

Awesome AF Cavemen Drain Lehi 79-67 in Region 4 Boys' Basketball Feb. 1
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Awesome American Fork Cavemen cruised into Lehi Feb. 1 and drained the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 79-67 in Region Four boys' basketball play.

The game climaxed a weeklong celebration of Lehi High School's heritage. A lot of the Froggies showed up at the game in clothes worn by teenagers in the '70's, '80's, and '90's. Also, the Froggie basketball player wore trunks that were  popular before the 1990's: ones that were above the knees.

The game itself, for a little while, went down an example of the huge rivalry that existed between the Froggies and the Awesome Cavemen a generation ago.

As Caveman fans awaited junior center Ryan Andrus, a "distant cousin" of Hollywood actress Ursula Andrus, to inflict tremendous to the Froggies' defense, his teammate Tyler Rawson went on a shooting spree that opened the night's scoring. The shooting spree began with Rawson sinking a three-pointer. He followed it up with a layup that improved the Awesome Caveman lead at 5-0.

A "distant cousin" of pro baseball legend Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson, Lehi's Frankie Jackson answered Rawson's shots with three successful foul shots. As they put the score at 5-3, Lehi anticipated tying game really soon. Ryan Pittard made the anticipation strong through pulling down a defensive board. A bad Froggie pass cost Lehi a chance to even the game at five.

Two Chris Wells free throws stretched the lead to 7-3. Pittard trimmed it to 7-5, and teammate Tanner Nygren stole the ball, only to miss a layup, which Andrus rebounded.

Hit by comic strip character Beetle Bailey's "distant cousin" Brenden Bailey, two foul shots set of a 14-4 scoring run led by Wells and Rawson during the first quarter's final four minutes. An Andrus three-point play left the Awesome Cavemen owning a 21-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.

In the early second quarter, a Chris Macula trey and two Blake Cleveringa foul shots guided the Froggies on a 5-2 scoring run that put them within 23-14. Andrus undermined Lehi's effort to keep the point spread in single digits. With held from Dan Nyman, Andrus' shooting put the Awesome Cavemen more than 10 points ahead. In the last two minutes of the half, Rawson dunked a shot that stirred up cheers from among American Fork fans and reminded the Froggies of the fate that Awesome Cavemen had in store in for them. Four straight unanswered points scored by Taylor "Needles" Larson improved the lead at 39-17. Just before intermission, Pittard sank two foul shots and a layup that clipped the lead to 39-21.

In the early third quarter, Cleveringa  led his Froggies on a 6-2 run that put them within 41-27. Despite great boarding and shooting from Macula, Jackson, Cleveringa, and Nygren, Lehi couldn't get any closer to the Awesome Cavemen than 14 points, for Brody Childs and Wells aided in Andrus stretching the lead as wide a 57-34. The third quarter concluded with a Macula jump shot sending the Froggies on a 9-0 scoring run. It concluded with a Macula trey in the early fourth quarter. Receiving an inside pass, Rawson sank a hook shot that opened fourth-quarter scoring for the Awesome Cavemen.

They led by as far as 18 points in the final period. The wide lead persuaded American Fork Coach Doug Meacham to employ the services of his reserves in the game. Second-stringers like Brayden Fairbanks, Dallin Childs, Kyle Line, Brayden Harris, and Jace Gibb showed they could hold their own against the Froggies. Lehi managed, though, to hop back within 76-67 on shoots from Ryan "Mountain Man" Johnon and Dallin Driggs. Three Harris foul shots left American Fork owning a 79-67 lead at the end of the game.

Meacham said, "We're trying to get our guards to become more aggressive on the floor. They've been making progress. Tonight showed it. They prevented Lehi from completing a lot of catches. We put Lehi on the free throw line too often, though. Tyler Rawson reall shined tonight. He had seven assists, 11 rebound, and 13 points. As for our guards, they were able to toss the ball to our bigs to give us the key inside baskets."

Andrus led American Fork with 27 points while Rawson added another 13, Wells 11, and Bailey 10. Cleveringa led Lehi with 17 points while Macula added another 15 and Jackson 13.