Timp Sports Weekly
April 16, 2013
Publisher's Message
Saturday, April 13, 2013, was a great day to be an Awesome American Fork Caveman and Cavewoman. Two stories for this issue will bear that fact. One account deals with the Awesome Cavemen draining Lehi completely dry in both games of a junior varsity baseball doubleheader played at American Fork. The other story covers the Awesome Cavewomen's softball triumph over the Timpview Thunderbirds, AKA the Millionaires. As they say in Lehi, let's stroke straight to those stories to see why the Cavemen and Cavewomen were so awesome last Saturday.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Awesome AF Cavemen Soak Up Lehi in Both Ends of April 13 Jayvee Baseball Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a junior varsity baseball doubleheader at American Fork April 13, the Awesome American Fork Cavemen drained the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, by scores of 13-3 and 14-4.
It was not that the Froggies had a godawful pitching staff. In fact, they kept the first four innings of both games quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. What did Lehi in during both games was the Froggies' experiencing one terrible inning. That was particularly true in the first game.
While the Awesome Cavemen held them scoreless during the first four innings of Game 1, the Froggies frustrated American Fork in trying to extend a 4-0 lead that the Awesome Cavemen had created during the first two innings. As American Fork got plagued with the problem of leaving runners on base during the third and fourth innings, the Froggies anticipated hopping back into the game.
Finally, in the top of the fifth, they finally had something to croak about. Ryan Barnes doubled in two runs to spark a three-run rally. With the game entering the bottom of the fifth, score indicated that the Awesome Cavemen might crack under the pressure of the Froggie comeback. That didn't turn out to be so.
With the bottom of the fifth opening on a Koy "Big Joy" Dibb single, the Awesome Cavemen soon loaded the bases on no outs. After Brayden "Foxy" Oxburrow struck out, Kyle "Coco" Hall slugged a one-run single that ushered the beginning of Lehi's doom. Emmett "Bullet" Green and Kyle Poulsen each clubbed a one-run single that powered a nine-run rally that caused the game to end in the fifth.
Austin Pitcher paced American Fork with a double and two singles. Green also posted two singles while Logan Flinders, Poulsen, and Andy Bartholemew each singled for the Awesome Cavemen. Barnes was not the only Froggie to hit a double for Lehi. Preston Higgins and Cam Grace also each hit a double for the Froggies.
During one out in the top of the first inning for Game 2, Lehi loaded the bases on two walks and Blake "White Snake" Smith. After Colt Sampson popped out, Cam Grace batted in two runs, but the Awesome Cavemen snagged Paxton Terry in a hot box between second and third.
Despite a two-out single hit by Dibb in the bottom of the first, third baseman Kalton Higgins grounded out Austin Pitcher before the Awesome Cavemen could get on board.
The second inning unfolded with Coy Smith and Kelton Higgins clubbing singles for the Froggies. The Awesome Cavemen didn't let those Froggies jump around the diamond to home base. In frustration, the two Lehi players stayed stuck on base as they watched the next three batters all get out.
Starting the second's lower half with a single that he slapped into right, Craig "Big Peg" Brailsford got doubled in by Sir Turner Knight, a grandson of American Fork football coaching legend Sir Davis Knight. After second baseman Morgan Soper snatched a Hall fly, Hagen Holmstead singled in Sir Turner to tie the game at two. Third baseman Kalton Higgins grounded out Tyler Gardner to keep the game tied at two.
Soper hit a one-out single in the top of the third in hopes of getting reeled in for a tie-breaking run. However, pitcher Hayden "Chief" Wood struck out Barnes and caused White Snake Smith to ground out, keeping the game tied at two.
With center fielder Ty James intercepting a Green fly ball at the start of the third's lower half, the Froggies anticipated holding American Fork scoreless. However, Poulsen singled into right, and Dallin Searle tripled him in. A cousin of AF baseball legend Nick Searle, Dallin came home on a Dibb sacrifice fly.
Lehi came close to tying the game in the fourth. Walked by Wood, Colt Sampson stole home on two outs. With American Fork leading by just 4-3, Wood grounded out White Snake Smith, saving the Awesome Cavemen's lead.
Getting on base through a fourth-inning error, Brailsford soon stole home, setting off another long rally for the Awesome Cavemen. The Froggies went through three pitchers while trying to shut the Awesome Cavemen. Most of American Fork's nine fourth-inning runs came on walks, though Mick Madsen did smack a one-run double for the Awesome Cavemen during the long rally.
Singles from Preston and Kalton Higgins enabled the Froggies to load the bases in the top of the fifth. A Dixon Grant sacrifice fly brought Preston Higgins home, giving the Froggies hope of pushing into a sixth inning. That hope vanished in the bottom of the fifth when Wood slugged a one-out single to score A.J. Jones for the winning run.
To keep the Froggies from dominatiing in both games, American Fork jayvee coach Jay Holmstead said, "We kept putting pressure on Lehi. It paid off. Hayden Wood threw mainly strikes in the second game. His throwing kept Lehi from maintaining control all through the second game."
Awesome AF Cavewomen Win 9-8 Over Timpview Millionaires April 13
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Bulldog Invitational Tournament game played at Timpview April 13, the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's softball team defeated the Timpview Thunderbirds, AKA the Millionaires, 9-8.
The top of the first opened with Awesome Cavewoman Shaney Robinson catching a pop fly smacked by Tiffany Nixon, no relation to the late Tricky Dicky "I'm Not a Crook" Nixon. No. 2 hitter Cassie Bishop singled into left, and Keisha Johnson doubled her in. On two outs, Olivia Halloway singled her in, but got thrown out in a fielder's choice play at second.
The Millionaires held the Awesome Cavewomen scoreless in the bottom of the first. The next inning, Bishop hit a two-run single, and Timpview soon picked up its fifth run on an American Fork error. The three-run rally got shut by catcher Ali Winter turning up a double play.
In the bottom of the second, Nya Harper tripled into right. Teammate Kayla Cannon fired a one-run single to put American Fork on the board. The Awesome Cavewomen then scored their second run on a Millionaire error. It enabled them to go on a six-run rally, powered by a Hailey Jackson double.
The Awesome Cavewomen's 6-5 lead didn't survive the top of the third. Encouraged by a standup double hit by Halloway, Meg Robinson bashed a tone-run double that tied the game at six. Bishop singled Robinson in, and Sarah Vogtman came home on an error to improve Timpview's lead at 8-6.
American Fork capitalized on an error in the bottom of the third to stage a decisive three-run rally. An outbreak of a heavy rainstorm sealed the win for the Awesome Cavewomen.
American Fork Coach Christy Crane said, "We had great performance from our pitching staff, and our offensive effort enabled us to come back in both the second and third innings."
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