Timp Sports Weekly
April 23, 2013
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we have as our cover story the Awesome American Fork Cavemen's 2-1 soccer win on the home field of the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. Played April 18, the game was the Cavemen's first league win after going 0-3 in the first three weeks of Region Four play. We will see how riveting -- correction, ribbiting that game was. We will also look at the Awesome Cavemen's April 20 baseball doubleheader played against the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' junior varsity team. We will also have a summary of the Froggies' three-game varsity baseball series against the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners. As they say in Lehi, let's leap straight to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Awesome AF Cavekickers Boot Lehi Froggies 2-1 to Pick Up First Win in Region 4 Boys' Soccer Play April 17
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
After having gone 3-3 in recent preseason play, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen dropped their first three region games. American Fork's 0-3 league record presented the impression that the Awesome Cavemen would not have a prayer of going to state this spring.
Nevertheless, the cellar-dwelling American Forkers reminded traditional boys' soccer powerhouse Lehi in an April 17 game that they were still a team to be taken seriously, for the Awesome Cavemen defeated the Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 2-1 on Lehi's home swamp.
American Fork Coach Nate Lowe said, "We played five minutes of offensive soccer. For the other 85 minutes, especially the second half, we played from a defensive posture. Lehi had possession the majority of the time, but they only finished once. It's not enough to have the ball most of the time. You got to able to finish often, also."
Paced by Aaron Caprio, Cade Ramos, Bosco "Big Boss" Muhire, and Chad Prisendorf, the Froggies put extreme pressure on American Fork goalie Jacob "Red Snake" Brazel. He denied them several fine chances for goals in both halves. Lowe said, "Brazel came up with some great saves for us, especially in the game's final 15 minutes when they applied a lot of pressure on us."
The Awesome Caveman goalie was not the only American Forker who performed well on defense. Justin "Rooster" Rootstat and Johnny Corliss came up with up some thrilling steals for the Awesome Cavemen in halves of the game. Not related to British TV comedy Red Drawf character Litster, Isaac Litster came up with steals that he turned into big attacks for the Awesome Cavemen.
Froggie goalie Taylor Watkins kept the Awesome Cavemen scoreless for the first 35 minutes of the opening half. Watkins' efforts provided the Froggies with lots of chances for building up a huge lead over American Fork. As a matter of fact, the Froggies hopped ahead 1-0 on a shot that Coop Rios booted into the Awesome Caveman goal net midway through Period 1.
Lowe said, "In the last five minutes of the half, a Lehi player knocked Logan [Redhair] down in Lehi's penalty box. We had Tyler Staten take the penalty kick. It tied the game at 1 for us."
The deadlock didn't last long. Within two minutes after the penalty kick, Awesome Caveman Mike Bown broke the tie. Lowe said, "The scoring of that goal was an individual effort on Mike's part. What made us appreciate that goal of his was the fact that tonight was the first time he had gotten play in weeks. He had gotten hurt in the preseason, so he had to sit out until tonight."
After Bown had made the decisive goal, the rest of the game became a thrilling defensive battle, which saw the Froggies miss some close shots on corner and indirect kicks, especially in the second half.
Now that the Awesome Cavemen know what it's like to win a region game, it will be interesting to see how they will fare through the rest of this season. For right now, though, they want to grunt for joy over upsetting their longtime arch rivals.
Lone Peak Loners Split 3-Game Baseball Series With Lehi Froggies
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In Region Four baseball action last week, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, split a three-game series against the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. In April 16 action, the Froggies leaped past the Loners 5-4. However, the Loners drained Lehi 14-5 in an April 17 game at Lone Peak, went on a 10-run rally in the sixth to gallop home with a 13-6 win.
The nephew of former American Fork pitching legend Brandon "Grand Slam" Devereaux, Braxton Devereaux held his own against the Loners in the April l6 game. Meanwhile, Ryan Absher hit two doubles for the Froggies. Britt Stokes, Nolan Padilla, and Taylor "Full" Nielsen each slugged a double for Lehi. On the Loner side, Grant Lyman slugged a home run whle Braxton Barnes and Hunter Christensen each produced a double for Lone. The game was so tight that its outcome was not decided until a Froggie scored the winning in the bottom of the seventh.
However, the Loners took sweet revenge on April 17 when they bounced back to soak up a 14-5 win at home against the Froggies.
In the April 19 game, the Froggies took a 2-0 lead over the Loners in the third inning. The fourth saw the Loners charge ahead 3-2. Even though the Froggies retook the lead during a three-run rally in the fifth, the Loners didn't fall apart. In the sixth inning, they went on a hitting spree. During it, Mason Hayes slugged a triple while Lyman, Christensen, Hunter Trowbridge, and Tanner Smith each whacked a double for their Loners. Smith's double, for instance, reeled in two runs. Casey Lundquist got base on an error, which allowed two Loners to come home.
The Froggies produced only one run in the bottom of the sixth.
In the top of the seventh, Hayes hit a double, but he got ensnared in a double play that retired the Loners to the field. During the bottom of the seventh, they didn't let any Froggies get on base.
Tanner Norton got named the winning pitcher of the game.
Deveraux and Colt "45" Sampson each slugged a double for Lehi. Meanwhile, Nielsen and fellow Cody Webb each produced two singles.
Loner Coach Jason Turley said, "Our guys didn't press. They stayed calm as they did the little things that they needed to do to play well. I know by the way they hit in in the first inning, they were going to explode with runs. They got balls to drop onto the field. We finally put the game away in the sixth with our 10-run rally."
Awesome AF Cavebatters Sink Ferocious PG Vikings in Jayvee Baseball Showdown April 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a junior varsity baseball game played at American Fork April 20, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen sunk the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 8-4.
The Saturday showdown between the two junior varsity teams was originally supposed to be a doubleheader. American Fork jayvee coach Jay Holmstead said, "We had to move the starting time back to 1 p.m., because of the rainy weather. We then agreed with Pleasant Grove to have a nine-inning game instead of two games."
The format change gave the jayvee players a taste of what they would experience if they were to move on to play collegiate baseball. Like professional baseball games, collegiate ones last nine regular innings.
The Awesome Cavemen showed that they could last nine innings against the Ferocious Vikings or any other traditional high school powerhouse team.
During the top of the first, pitcher Craig Brailsford, aided by trusty infielders, prevented any Ferocious Viking from getting onto first base.
The bottom of the first opened with Ferocious Viking pitcher Oakaely "Dokely" Craghead striking out Emmett "Bullet" Green. In retaliation, Koy "Big Joy" Dibb rifled double into right. Austin "Oh, Yeah, Baby" Pitcher and Dallin Searle soon joined him on base through walks. A nephew of American Fork wrestling legend John "Superstud" Bartholemew, Andy Bartholemew singled in Dibb and Pitcher in. Before the Awesome Cavemen could go on a long rally, Logan Flinders hit into a double play.
The Ferocious Vikings came really close to going on a scoring rally in the top of the second. Brailsford beaned Brody "Toadie" Blackhurst and Brayden "Blue Sox" Cox. Third baseman Fllinders kept American Fork's 2-0 lead intact by grounding out Brandon "Puffs" Coombs.
The second's lower half opened with Sir Turner Knight getting on base through an error. American Fork tried capitalizing on it, but Craghead vaporized the Awesome Cavemen's efforts through striking out Dibb to end the inning.
American Fork's 2-0 lead didn't make it through the tops of the third and fourth innings. In the third, T.J. "Whirl" Wind doubled into right, and he soon came home on a Gavin "Grizzly" Bahr sacrifice fly. Singling at the start of the fourth, Ben "Zen" Eldredge scored a tying run on a Payton Henry sacrifice fly. Chase Merrell clubbed an infield single in hopes of making a tie-breaking run for his Ferocious Vikings, but he got thrown out in a fielder's choice play at second, retiring Pleasant Grove to the field.
"I think the thing that broke the game wide open for us was our scoring six runs on two outs in the bottom of the fourth.
During that inning's lower half, Craghead walked Flinders and beaned two straight batters to load the bases. Flinders scored a tie-breaking run as Pleasant Grove pinched Riley "Young Man" Winter in a fielder's choice play at second. Dibb doubled in two runs. That two-bagger cost Craghead his job at the mound. Pleasant Grove jayvee coach Ty Eastman, a former Awesome Caveman, replaced Craghead with Keaton "Buster" Turner. The pitching change didn't stop the rally. Pitcher singled in a run, and moved into scoring position on a single hit by Dallin Searle, a son of former American Fork softball legend Ali "Lamb Chop" Searle. Bartholemew tripled Pitcher and Searle in, putting the score at 8-2. Shortstop Eldredge shut down the rally by grounding out Flinders.
American Fork made strong attempts at picking up additional runs during the next four innings. However, the Ferocious Vikings prevented the Awesome Cavemen from extending the 8-2 lead, despite fifth-inning singles from Kody "Coco" Hall and Winter.
American Fork put the Ferocious through much frustration during the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. On one out in the fifth, for example, Wind slugged a second straight double, only to become stranded on base. Eldredge got stranded on base, too, after smacking a sixth-inning single. As a "reward" for belting a one-out single in the seventh, Merrell got snagged in a double play. The eighth saw American Fork the Ferocious Vikings with another double play.
On one out in the top of the eighth, singles from Bryce Jones and Jade "Air Raid" Smoot enabled the Ferocious Vikings to load the bases. Pleasant Grove picked up two runs on a Blackhurst walk and a Henry sacrifice fly. Right fielder Dibb shut the Ferocious Vikings down by catching a Merrell fly to end the game.
Lone Peak Loners Split 3-Game Baseball Series With Lehi Froggies
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In Region Four baseball action last week, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, split a three-game series against the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. In April 16 action, the Froggies leaped past the Loners 5-4. However, the Loners drained Lehi 14-5 in an April 17 game at Lone Peak, went on a 10-run rally in the sixth to gallop home with a 13-6 win.
The nephew of former American Fork pitching legend Brandon "Grand Slam" Devereaux, Braxton Devereaux held his own against the Loners in the April l6 game. Meanwhile, Ryan Absher hit two doubles for the Froggies. Britt Stokes, Nolan Padilla, and Taylor "Full" Nielsen each slugged a double for Lehi. On the Loner side, Grant Lyman slugged a home run whle Braxton Barnes and Hunter Christensen each produced a double for Lone. The game was so tight that its outcome was not decided until a Froggie scored the winning in the bottom of the seventh.
However, the Loners took sweet revenge on April 17 when they bounced back to soak up a 14-5 win at home against the Froggies.
In the April 19 game, the Froggies took a 2-0 lead over the Loners in the third inning. The fourth saw the Loners charge ahead 3-2. Even though the Froggies retook the lead during a three-run rally in the fifth, the Loners didn't fall apart. In the sixth inning, they went on a hitting spree. During it, Mason Hayes slugged a triple while Lyman, Christensen, Hunter Trowbridge, and Tanner Smith each whacked a double for their Loners. Smith's double, for instance, reeled in two runs. Casey Lundquist got base on an error, which allowed two Loners to come home.
The Froggies produced only one run in the bottom of the sixth.
In the top of the seventh, Hayes hit a double, but he got ensnared in a double play that retired the Loners to the field. During the bottom of the seventh, they didn't let any Froggies get on base.
Tanner Norton got named the winning pitcher of the game.
Deveraux and Colt "45" Sampson each slugged a double for Lehi. Meanwhile, Nielsen and fellow Cody Webb each produced two singles.
Loner Coach Jason Turley said, "Our guys didn't press. They stayed calm as they did the little things that they needed to do to play well. I know by the way they hit in in the first inning, they were going to explode with runs. They got balls to drop onto the field. We finally put the game away in the sixth with our 10-run rally."
Awesome AF Cavebatters Sink Ferocious PG Vikings in Jayvee Baseball Showdown April 20
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a junior varsity baseball game played at American Fork April 20, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen sunk the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 8-4.
The Saturday showdown between the two junior varsity teams was originally supposed to be a doubleheader. American Fork jayvee coach Jay Holmstead said, "We had to move the starting time back to 1 p.m., because of the rainy weather. We then agreed with Pleasant Grove to have a nine-inning game instead of two games."
The format change gave the jayvee players a taste of what they would experience if they were to move on to play collegiate baseball. Like professional baseball games, collegiate ones last nine regular innings.
The Awesome Cavemen showed that they could last nine innings against the Ferocious Vikings or any other traditional high school powerhouse team.
During the top of the first, pitcher Craig Brailsford, aided by trusty infielders, prevented any Ferocious Viking from getting onto first base.
The bottom of the first opened with Ferocious Viking pitcher Oakaely "Dokely" Craghead striking out Emmett "Bullet" Green. In retaliation, Koy "Big Joy" Dibb rifled double into right. Austin "Oh, Yeah, Baby" Pitcher and Dallin Searle soon joined him on base through walks. A nephew of American Fork wrestling legend John "Superstud" Bartholemew, Andy Bartholemew singled in Dibb and Pitcher in. Before the Awesome Cavemen could go on a long rally, Logan Flinders hit into a double play.
The Ferocious Vikings came really close to going on a scoring rally in the top of the second. Brailsford beaned Brody "Toadie" Blackhurst and Brayden "Blue Sox" Cox. Third baseman Fllinders kept American Fork's 2-0 lead intact by grounding out Brandon "Puffs" Coombs.
The second's lower half opened with Sir Turner Knight getting on base through an error. American Fork tried capitalizing on it, but Craghead vaporized the Awesome Cavemen's efforts through striking out Dibb to end the inning.
American Fork's 2-0 lead didn't make it through the tops of the third and fourth innings. In the third, T.J. "Whirl" Wind doubled into right, and he soon came home on a Gavin "Grizzly" Bahr sacrifice fly. Singling at the start of the fourth, Ben "Zen" Eldredge scored a tying run on a Payton Henry sacrifice fly. Chase Merrell clubbed an infield single in hopes of making a tie-breaking run for his Ferocious Vikings, but he got thrown out in a fielder's choice play at second, retiring Pleasant Grove to the field.
"I think the thing that broke the game wide open for us was our scoring six runs on two outs in the bottom of the fourth.
During that inning's lower half, Craghead walked Flinders and beaned two straight batters to load the bases. Flinders scored a tie-breaking run as Pleasant Grove pinched Riley "Young Man" Winter in a fielder's choice play at second. Dibb doubled in two runs. That two-bagger cost Craghead his job at the mound. Pleasant Grove jayvee coach Ty Eastman, a former Awesome Caveman, replaced Craghead with Keaton "Buster" Turner. The pitching change didn't stop the rally. Pitcher singled in a run, and moved into scoring position on a single hit by Dallin Searle, a son of former American Fork softball legend Ali "Lamb Chop" Searle. Bartholemew tripled Pitcher and Searle in, putting the score at 8-2. Shortstop Eldredge shut down the rally by grounding out Flinders.
American Fork made strong attempts at picking up additional runs during the next four innings. However, the Ferocious Vikings prevented the Awesome Cavemen from extending the 8-2 lead, despite fifth-inning singles from Kody "Coco" Hall and Winter.
American Fork put the Ferocious through much frustration during the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. On one out in the fifth, for example, Wind slugged a second straight double, only to become stranded on base. Eldredge got stranded on base, too, after smacking a sixth-inning single. As a "reward" for belting a one-out single in the seventh, Merrell got snagged in a double play. The eighth saw American Fork the Ferocious Vikings with another double play.
On one out in the top of the eighth, singles from Bryce Jones and Jade "Air Raid" Smoot enabled the Ferocious Vikings to load the bases. Pleasant Grove picked up two runs on a Blackhurst walk and a Henry sacrifice fly. Right fielder Dibb shut the Ferocious Vikings down by catching a Merrell fly to end the game.
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