Timp Sports Weekly
August 27, 2013
Publisher's Message
With high school fall sports now underway, we will look at stories about the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's wins in soccer and volleyball last week. We will also take a look at the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, washing away the Brighton Bengals (AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats) in volleyball and the Murray Spartans (AKA the Spear Boys) in football. As they say Lehi, let's stroke straight to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Awesome AF Cavewomen Kick Bingham Pickers Aside 2-0 in Girls' Soccer Game Aug. 19
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
After having dropped their first two girls' soccer games of the season, the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen finally picked up win Aug. 19 when they kicked aside the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, 2-0 in a preseason game at South Jordan Middle School.
"We have beaten Bingham before, but this is the first time that we have won at their place," said American Fork Coach Margie Stringam. "We played very good defense against them. Kenzie Jorgensen did really good in the goalie position. We applied today what we had learned from our loss at home to Hillcrest last Thursday, and unlike in that last game, we made sure today that once we got on the board we stayed ahead all the way. Bingham has a lot of seniors. So I told my girls to come out playing really hard against them."
Sydney "The Sly Sloth" Olsen, Caitlyn "The Mark" Stainbrook and Marly Olsen led frequent Picker penetrations deep into American Fork territory. However, the Pickers encountered much resistance from Jorgensen, Jenna Shepherd, and Audrey Searle, the daughter of former American Fork girls' soccer star Ali "Lamb Chop" Searle.
Fans saw many nail-biting moments involving Awesome Cavewoman Lizzy Newman and Benson battling for the ball. More often than not, Newman would manage to dribble past Benson.
Ten minutes into the game, Awesome Cavewoman Brooklyn Voglesberg scored the first goal from the top of the Picker penalty box. The game then grounded down into a classic goal-keeping duel between Jorgensen and Bingham's Ashlee "Duchess" Palmer.
The game got so intense that a referee ejected an American Fork dad from the field. However, the two teams' players and coaches managed to keep their cool, so none of them got shown the door like that one father had been.
The game's second goal occurred in the final two minutes of regulation play. Receiving a corner kick from comic strip character Beetle Bailey's "distant cousin" Marissa Bailey, Shepherd scored the goal.
Lehi Froggies Leap Past Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats in 4-Game Volleyball Aug. 22
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a non-league volleyball match at Lehi Aug. 22, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, leaped past the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, in a four-game match by scores of 18-25, 25-13, 25-16, 25-18.
Game 1 gave the illusion that the Bad Old Puddy Tats would rip the Froggies apart in three games. Yes, the opening game did go down as an unhappy -- correction, unhoppy experience for Lehi. Even though the Froggies, led by Faitoto Falaeo and McKayla Houghton, did hop back to the tie game at eight, they couldn't pull ahead of those Bad Old Puddy Tats. Jenna "Orange Bear" Markey, Shannon "Don't Worry, Be Happy" McPherron, Nana "The Sea" Mariner, and Montana "Poison" Ivey dominated the net all the way through the opening round. Nevertheless, the Froggies kept battling back, pulling within one point thrice. However, the Froggies had jumped within 19-17, the Bad Old Puddy Tats proceeded to pull away.
In the second game, Brighton and Lehi battled to a 2-2 draw. Suddenly, the Froggies capitalized on some Bad Old Puddy Tat violations and took control of the moment. Even though the Bad Old Puddy Tats tied the game at six, Froggie Ashley "The Adventuress" Robbins registered a kill that stirred up momentum for Lehi. Despite the Bad Old Puddy Tats tying the game at eight, they couldn't pull ahead this time. A Faleao kill sent Lehi hopping ahead. Soon, the Froggies commanded a 14-7 lead. Despite desperate efforts from Dani "Miss Meow" Barton and Orange Bear Markey, the Bad Old Puddy Tats couldn't claw their way back into the game. Once a Robbins ace put the Froggie lead at 21-11, doom had become inevitable for Brighton. With a Reesie Tua kill winning the game for Lehi, the Bad Old Puddy Tats couldn't help but groan, "Thutherin' Thucatsh!"
The third game opened with a Tua kill sending the Froggies stroking out to a 4-0 lead. Barton and Markey guided an effort that enabled the Bad Old Puddy Tats to tie the game at five. However, some key Faleao hits sent Lehi ahead 9-6. Houghton and Rylin Roberts, a niece of Mountain View Teddy Bear sports legend Josh Roberts, guided the Froggies in keeping ahead of the Bad Old Puddy through the rest of the game. Tua's hitting late in the third game enabled the Froggies to clutch the round.
Even though the Bad Old Puddy Tats got their paws on a 1-0 lead in the fourth game, Tua, Roberts, and Houghton combined their efforts to produce a 9-3 lead for Lehi. Markey and Barton guided their Bad Old Puddy Tats back to take a 12-11 lead on a Kassidy "Butch" Siddoway kill. However, Lehi tied the game at 12 on a double block, and Roberts' hitting earned the Froggies a 14-12 lead. Though Brighton tied the game at 14, Courtney Walker registered a kill that gave Lehi momentum to pull ahead. Sydney White's serving tightened the Froggies' hold on the momentum, and a bad Brighton bump gave them the match point. As Brighton's arch rivals, the Alta Tweeties, would say, those poor Bad Old Puddy Tats didn't know what got them.
Lehi Coach Jamie Ingersoll said, "We couldn't build big momentums in the first game. In the second and third game, we had some big serving runs. In the fourth game, we mainly went through the motions."
Houghton posted 11 kills and Roberts added another 10. Robbins served up six aces while Digger Lund came up with 24 digs.
Lehi Froggies Open Football Season With 60-20 Win Over Murray Spear Boys Aug. 23
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, opened their football season with a 60-20 win at home over the Murray Spartans, AKA the Spear Boys, in preseason action Aug. 23.
The game gave the Froggies' much frustrated fans hope about them hopping all the way to a state 5-A title this November. While we wait to see whether Lehi can swim away with that accomplishment, I will have you know that the Froggies are going to be spending this Labor Day weekend in Saint George, playing the Dixie Flyers, not to be confused with the Dixie University Partyin' Red Storm.
Lehi Coach Dave Hastings said, "I think we played really good defense, especially when they got into the red zone in the game's early minutes. When they fumbled the ball on our 1-yard line, that gave us a real big break."
The game opened with Froggie Ryan Absher returning the ball to the Lehi 28-yard line. Guided by quarterback Derek Beeston, the Froggie offense stroke all the way to the Murray 45-yard line. The Spear Boy defense stopped the Froggies there. Soon, Murray running back Mason Burnett rushed the ball clear to the Froggie 13-yard line. Teammate Taylor Liston, an "extremely distant cousin" of famed boxer Sonny Liston, then carried the ball to the Lehi 1-yard line. The Froggies suddenly appeared destined to get stomped like they had been in nine of their games last year. However, Murray fumbled away the ball, and Froggie Daeton Taylor recovered it on the 5-yard line. The turnover led to Froggie Caden Calton scoring a touchdown. Lehi tried for a two-point conversion, but failed to score one.
Lehi's 6-0 lead couldn't last long. During an 80-yard march from the Spear Boy 20-yard line, quarterback Riley Richmond connected a six-yard pass to Burnett for a tying touchdown. Cordell 'Winkie" Martindale kicked a PAT to put the Spear Boys ahead 7-6.
During the first quarter's final two minutes, Beeston fired a 24-yard pass to running back Spence Blackham. That big pass soon led Lehi to getting inside the Spear Boys' 10-yard zone. On a fourth-down play, Absher caught a 19-yard touchdown pass. Though Lehi failed to score another two-point conversion, the Froggies commenced turning the game into a contest that they would croak proudly about for weeks to come.
Early in the second quarter, Froggie Colton Sampson sacked Richmond for a five-yard loss, prompting Murray to punt to the Froggie 37-yard line. A 38-yard pass from Beeston to Austin Wetzel and a Murray personal foul put the Froggies inside the Spear Boys' 10-yard zone. Taking a handoff from Beeston, Derek Hastings scored touchdown on a five-yard carry. Hayden Hunt kicked in an extra point for the Froggies. While attempting to recovering from that Froggie TD, Murray funmbled away the ball on the Froggie 19-yard line. Though Maxs Tapi sacked Beeston for a five-yard loss, Lehi recovered quickly in time for Calton to score his second touchdown during a nine-yard carry. On a 95-yard kickoff return, Spear Boy Mitch Rasmussen scored a touchdown, but the Froggies didn't let Murray score an extra point.
In the third quarter. the Froggies drenched Murray in a scoring rally. Early that quarter, Wetzel returned a punt 50 yards into the Murray end zone. Beeston's long passes to Dyreke Terrell and Ryan Absher resulted in Hastings scoring a TD on a 12-yard run. Froggie fans then croaked excitedly as they watched Absher picked off pass and race the interception 15 yards into the Murray end zone. Absher's Colton topped it with a 36-yard touchdown rush. Rasmussen gave Murray fans something to cheer about when he caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Drew Cash. That play turned out to be the last successful Murray drive of the game.
The Spear Boys didn't let the Froggies trample them in the final quarter, but Murray couldn't recover from the third quarter. At 3:03 in the last quarter, Brandon Kopinksy recovered a Murray fumble in the Spartan end zone for Lehi's final touchdown.
Awesome AF Cavespikers Defeat South Summit Mountain Kitties and Bonneville Barnacles Skyline Volleyball Tournament
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
On Aug. 24, the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen finished their final day of the Skyline Volleyball Invitational by defeating the South Summit Wildcats (AKA Mountain Kitties) and the Bonneville Lakers (AKA the Barnacles).
The South Summit match opened with a Shalae Steinbridge ace putting the Mountain Kitties on the board first. Before long, the Mountain Kitties commanded a 3-1 lead. Cassidy "Butch" Roberts, Whitney "Herman" Hess, and Maddie "Colonel" Sanders guided an Awesome Cavewoman comeback effort. After American Fork had tied the game at six, Sanders swatted a kill that put the Awesome Cavewomen ahead 7-6. South Summit tied the game at eight, but American Fork pulled back out in front again. Jensen Meyers, Lexie "Locked" Hatch, and Jamie "How Do You Do" McNeil paced the Mountain Kitties in keeping close to the Awesome Cavewomen. However, American Fork never let South Summit slip ahead of it again. A Hess ace won gave American Fork a 23-17 win in the first game.
The second game opened with the Awesome Cavewomen rolling ahead 8-1 on Sanders and Roberts' hitting. Great front-row efforts from Kylee Buckner, Afton Law, Tristan Tusinga, Jessie Akin, Abby Ensign, and Ohanna Lenz helped American Fork build up a 20-10 lead. The Awesome Cavewomen cruised to a 25-13 win, sweeping their match against the Mountain Kitties.
American Fork had to go three games in its match against the Barnacles. Bonneville dominated the Awesome Cavewomen. A niece of BYU football legend Junior "Puncher" Filiaga, Sam Filiaga guided the Barnacles out to an early 5-1. Hess, Whitehead, and Sanders stirred up a comeback try that enabled the Awesome Cavemen slip ahead 10-9, but a Taylor Anderson kill tipped the momentum back to the Barnacles' favor. Courtney Porter, Ellie "Mae" Jensen, and Bailey Balaich registered kills that kept Bonneville narrowly ahead the rest of the game. When an Anderson kill gave the Barnacles a 25-23 win in Game 1, the Awesome Cavewomen looked as though they would be sunk quickly like ships.
Despite a Filiaga kill giving Bonneville an early 1-0 lead, Kills by Law and Sanders sent American Fork ahead 3-1. Sanders' hitting enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to stay narrowly ahead. Strong serving helped American Fork to keep the Barnacles at bay, even though Bonneville did cruise within 15-13. An Ensign kill powered American Fork to pull away at that point. A Law kill gave the Awesme Cavewomen a 25-18 win.
In the third game, the two teams battled to an 8-8 tie. A Sanders kill broke that deadlock. The Barnacles pulled within 10-9 and 11-10, but a Tusinga kill staved them off, and American Fork went on to win 15-11.
Lehi Froggies Leap Past Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats in 4-Game Volleyball Aug. 22
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a non-league volleyball match at Lehi Aug. 22, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, leaped past the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, in a four-game match by scores of 18-25, 25-13, 25-16, 25-18.
Game 1 gave the illusion that the Bad Old Puddy Tats would rip the Froggies apart in three games. Yes, the opening game did go down as an unhappy -- correction, unhoppy experience for Lehi. Even though the Froggies, led by Faitoto Falaeo and McKayla Houghton, did hop back to the tie game at eight, they couldn't pull ahead of those Bad Old Puddy Tats. Jenna "Orange Bear" Markey, Shannon "Don't Worry, Be Happy" McPherron, Nana "The Sea" Mariner, and Montana "Poison" Ivey dominated the net all the way through the opening round. Nevertheless, the Froggies kept battling back, pulling within one point thrice. However, the Froggies had jumped within 19-17, the Bad Old Puddy Tats proceeded to pull away.
In the second game, Brighton and Lehi battled to a 2-2 draw. Suddenly, the Froggies capitalized on some Bad Old Puddy Tat violations and took control of the moment. Even though the Bad Old Puddy Tats tied the game at six, Froggie Ashley "The Adventuress" Robbins registered a kill that stirred up momentum for Lehi. Despite the Bad Old Puddy Tats tying the game at eight, they couldn't pull ahead this time. A Faleao kill sent Lehi hopping ahead. Soon, the Froggies commanded a 14-7 lead. Despite desperate efforts from Dani "Miss Meow" Barton and Orange Bear Markey, the Bad Old Puddy Tats couldn't claw their way back into the game. Once a Robbins ace put the Froggie lead at 21-11, doom had become inevitable for Brighton. With a Reesie Tua kill winning the game for Lehi, the Bad Old Puddy Tats couldn't help but groan, "Thutherin' Thucatsh!"
The third game opened with a Tua kill sending the Froggies stroking out to a 4-0 lead. Barton and Markey guided an effort that enabled the Bad Old Puddy Tats to tie the game at five. However, some key Faleao hits sent Lehi ahead 9-6. Houghton and Rylin Roberts, a niece of Mountain View Teddy Bear sports legend Josh Roberts, guided the Froggies in keeping ahead of the Bad Old Puddy through the rest of the game. Tua's hitting late in the third game enabled the Froggies to clutch the round.
Even though the Bad Old Puddy Tats got their paws on a 1-0 lead in the fourth game, Tua, Roberts, and Houghton combined their efforts to produce a 9-3 lead for Lehi. Markey and Barton guided their Bad Old Puddy Tats back to take a 12-11 lead on a Kassidy "Butch" Siddoway kill. However, Lehi tied the game at 12 on a double block, and Roberts' hitting earned the Froggies a 14-12 lead. Though Brighton tied the game at 14, Courtney Walker registered a kill that gave Lehi momentum to pull ahead. Sydney White's serving tightened the Froggies' hold on the momentum, and a bad Brighton bump gave them the match point. As Brighton's arch rivals, the Alta Tweeties, would say, those poor Bad Old Puddy Tats didn't know what got them.
Lehi Coach Jamie Ingersoll said, "We couldn't build big momentums in the first game. In the second and third game, we had some big serving runs. In the fourth game, we mainly went through the motions."
Houghton posted 11 kills and Roberts added another 10. Robbins served up six aces while Digger Lund came up with 24 digs.
Lehi Froggies Open Football Season With 60-20 Win Over Murray Spear Boys Aug. 23
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, opened their football season with a 60-20 win at home over the Murray Spartans, AKA the Spear Boys, in preseason action Aug. 23.
The game gave the Froggies' much frustrated fans hope about them hopping all the way to a state 5-A title this November. While we wait to see whether Lehi can swim away with that accomplishment, I will have you know that the Froggies are going to be spending this Labor Day weekend in Saint George, playing the Dixie Flyers, not to be confused with the Dixie University Partyin' Red Storm.
Lehi Coach Dave Hastings said, "I think we played really good defense, especially when they got into the red zone in the game's early minutes. When they fumbled the ball on our 1-yard line, that gave us a real big break."
The game opened with Froggie Ryan Absher returning the ball to the Lehi 28-yard line. Guided by quarterback Derek Beeston, the Froggie offense stroke all the way to the Murray 45-yard line. The Spear Boy defense stopped the Froggies there. Soon, Murray running back Mason Burnett rushed the ball clear to the Froggie 13-yard line. Teammate Taylor Liston, an "extremely distant cousin" of famed boxer Sonny Liston, then carried the ball to the Lehi 1-yard line. The Froggies suddenly appeared destined to get stomped like they had been in nine of their games last year. However, Murray fumbled away the ball, and Froggie Daeton Taylor recovered it on the 5-yard line. The turnover led to Froggie Caden Calton scoring a touchdown. Lehi tried for a two-point conversion, but failed to score one.
Lehi's 6-0 lead couldn't last long. During an 80-yard march from the Spear Boy 20-yard line, quarterback Riley Richmond connected a six-yard pass to Burnett for a tying touchdown. Cordell 'Winkie" Martindale kicked a PAT to put the Spear Boys ahead 7-6.
During the first quarter's final two minutes, Beeston fired a 24-yard pass to running back Spence Blackham. That big pass soon led Lehi to getting inside the Spear Boys' 10-yard zone. On a fourth-down play, Absher caught a 19-yard touchdown pass. Though Lehi failed to score another two-point conversion, the Froggies commenced turning the game into a contest that they would croak proudly about for weeks to come.
Early in the second quarter, Froggie Colton Sampson sacked Richmond for a five-yard loss, prompting Murray to punt to the Froggie 37-yard line. A 38-yard pass from Beeston to Austin Wetzel and a Murray personal foul put the Froggies inside the Spear Boys' 10-yard zone. Taking a handoff from Beeston, Derek Hastings scored touchdown on a five-yard carry. Hayden Hunt kicked in an extra point for the Froggies. While attempting to recovering from that Froggie TD, Murray funmbled away the ball on the Froggie 19-yard line. Though Maxs Tapi sacked Beeston for a five-yard loss, Lehi recovered quickly in time for Calton to score his second touchdown during a nine-yard carry. On a 95-yard kickoff return, Spear Boy Mitch Rasmussen scored a touchdown, but the Froggies didn't let Murray score an extra point.
In the third quarter. the Froggies drenched Murray in a scoring rally. Early that quarter, Wetzel returned a punt 50 yards into the Murray end zone. Beeston's long passes to Dyreke Terrell and Ryan Absher resulted in Hastings scoring a TD on a 12-yard run. Froggie fans then croaked excitedly as they watched Absher picked off pass and race the interception 15 yards into the Murray end zone. Absher's Colton topped it with a 36-yard touchdown rush. Rasmussen gave Murray fans something to cheer about when he caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Drew Cash. That play turned out to be the last successful Murray drive of the game.
The Spear Boys didn't let the Froggies trample them in the final quarter, but Murray couldn't recover from the third quarter. At 3:03 in the last quarter, Brandon Kopinksy recovered a Murray fumble in the Spartan end zone for Lehi's final touchdown.
Awesome AF Cavespikers Defeat South Summit Mountain Kitties and Bonneville Barnacles Skyline Volleyball Tournament
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
On Aug. 24, the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen finished their final day of the Skyline Volleyball Invitational by defeating the South Summit Wildcats (AKA Mountain Kitties) and the Bonneville Lakers (AKA the Barnacles).
The South Summit match opened with a Shalae Steinbridge ace putting the Mountain Kitties on the board first. Before long, the Mountain Kitties commanded a 3-1 lead. Cassidy "Butch" Roberts, Whitney "Herman" Hess, and Maddie "Colonel" Sanders guided an Awesome Cavewoman comeback effort. After American Fork had tied the game at six, Sanders swatted a kill that put the Awesome Cavewomen ahead 7-6. South Summit tied the game at eight, but American Fork pulled back out in front again. Jensen Meyers, Lexie "Locked" Hatch, and Jamie "How Do You Do" McNeil paced the Mountain Kitties in keeping close to the Awesome Cavewomen. However, American Fork never let South Summit slip ahead of it again. A Hess ace won gave American Fork a 23-17 win in the first game.
The second game opened with the Awesome Cavewomen rolling ahead 8-1 on Sanders and Roberts' hitting. Great front-row efforts from Kylee Buckner, Afton Law, Tristan Tusinga, Jessie Akin, Abby Ensign, and Ohanna Lenz helped American Fork build up a 20-10 lead. The Awesome Cavewomen cruised to a 25-13 win, sweeping their match against the Mountain Kitties.
American Fork had to go three games in its match against the Barnacles. Bonneville dominated the Awesome Cavewomen. A niece of BYU football legend Junior "Puncher" Filiaga, Sam Filiaga guided the Barnacles out to an early 5-1. Hess, Whitehead, and Sanders stirred up a comeback try that enabled the Awesome Cavemen slip ahead 10-9, but a Taylor Anderson kill tipped the momentum back to the Barnacles' favor. Courtney Porter, Ellie "Mae" Jensen, and Bailey Balaich registered kills that kept Bonneville narrowly ahead the rest of the game. When an Anderson kill gave the Barnacles a 25-23 win in Game 1, the Awesome Cavewomen looked as though they would be sunk quickly like ships.
Despite a Filiaga kill giving Bonneville an early 1-0 lead, Kills by Law and Sanders sent American Fork ahead 3-1. Sanders' hitting enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to stay narrowly ahead. Strong serving helped American Fork to keep the Barnacles at bay, even though Bonneville did cruise within 15-13. An Ensign kill powered American Fork to pull away at that point. A Law kill gave the Awesme Cavewomen a 25-18 win.
In the third game, the two teams battled to an 8-8 tie. A Sanders kill broke that deadlock. The Barnacles pulled within 10-9 and 11-10, but a Tusinga kill staved them off, and American Fork went on to win 15-11.
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