Timp Sports Weekly
October 28, 2014
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look two home wins that the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, had posted recently. We will also look at the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's season-ending loss to the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, in state 5-A girls' soccer quarterfinals. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lehi Froggies Wash Away Awesome AF Cavespikers in 3-Game Volleyball Match Oct. 14
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In Region Four volleyball action at Lehi Oct. 14, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, defeated the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen in just three games by scores of 25-16, 25-17, 25-20.
Although Game 1 opened with a Kassidy Roberts kill putting the Awesome Cavewomen on the board first, Faitato'a Faleao and Ali Greenwood put together an effective offense that created a 6-2 lead for the Froggies. Kassidy, aided by teammates Abbie Saint Vincent and Kailey Buckner, guided the Awesome Cavewomen back within 6-5. Rylin Roberts and Mikayla Upham delivered hard hits to the American Fork center, enabling the Froggies to leap out to a 16-7 lead. It swelled as wide as 19-11. Jacey Whitehead guided American Fork 23-15, but it couldn't get any closer.
American Fork built up a 4-1 lead in Game 2. However, Faleao stirred up another rally for the Froggies, and they jumped ahed 5-4. American Fork did try hard to fight back into the game. Lauren "Itchy" Ritchie joined Kassidy in putting on a strong performance at the net for the Awesome Cavewomen. A Kayla Taylor tip put American Fork within 21-17. Rylin Roberts hits spurred the Froggies on to a 25-17 win.
The third game started out as a nip-and-tuck battle. Once the Froggies broke a 7-7 draw, they built up strong momentum that American Fork couldn 't break. Still, Ritchie and Buckner did guide American Fork back to tie the game at 16. American Fork missed a serve. Kara Moore, Faleao, and Greenwood guided the Froggies in capitalizing on that service error. The Froggies won the game 25-20.
Awesome AF Cavekickers' Soccer Season End in Quarterfinal Loss to Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a 5-A girls' soccer state quarterfinal played in Cottonwood Heights Oct. 16, the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, defeated the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen 4-1.
The loss ended the four-season run of Margie Wilson Stringam's days as head coach for the Awesome Cavewomen's soccer season. She said, "I had decided last year this fall would be final season of coaching soccer for AF. I wanted to leave at the same time that the girls, whom had started out as ninth-graders during my first year as head coach, would be seniors. As much I loved coaching soccer, it's a hard thing to do when you're raising a family like I'm doing.
"I was proud of my girls during all four seasons that I coached them. They did not fall down once, especially this year. I am confident that the girls ' soccer program will be going strong for years to come."
American Fork went into the Brighton game fresh off a 7-0 win over the Granger Lancers Oct. 14. That game marked the second time in Cavewomen soccer history that American Fork had won a state playoff game in the past 25 years.
For a little while, the Awesome Cavewomen looked as though they would be playing in the state semifinals at RSL Salt Lake's Sandy Stadium Oct. 21. Thirteen minutes into the Brighton quarterfinal, Awesome Cavewoman Brooklyn Voglesberg booted in the game's first goal from 40 yards out. "It was a beautiful shot," Stringam said.
The Bad Old Puddy Tats didn't let the Awesome Cavewomen enjoy their 1-0 lead for long. American Fork drew a foul inside its penalty box. Stringam said, "I didn't agree with the calling of that foul, but there was nothing more I can do about it."
Bad Old Puddy Tat Taum "O'Neal" Lefler kicked in the penalty shoot to tie the game at one. The score stayed deadlocked at 1-1 until the early second half. The Bad Old Puddy Tats went on a scoring spree that period.
In its first five minutes, Bad Old Puddy Tat Rachel "Owlly" Powelly scored the tie-breaking shot from inside the Awesome Cavewomen's penalty box. The game's score stayed at 2-1 for most of the period.
Awesome Cavewomen Kassidy Dibb, Laken Flinders, T.J. "Tommy Gun" Thompson, and Brielle Stiltson stirred strong efforts for at least tying the game. However, Bad Old Puddy Tat Jade Bayer did not let one American Fork shot zip past her.
A cousin of former American Fork baseball player Brock Lamb, Audrey Searle and Emily Houston helped Awesome Cavewoman Kenzi Jorgensen in keeping the Bad Old Puddy Tats from jacking up the score until the game's final 10 minutes. During those minutes, Bad Old Puddy Tat Angie "Tiny" Timm scored two straight goals to put the game away for Brighton.
As Brighton's arch rivals, the Alta Tweeties would say, too bad those Brighton Bad Old Puddy Tats do come out on top at times.
Lehi Froggies Best Riverton Silverpups in 3-Game Match Oct. 21
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Iln a Region Four volleyball finale at Lehi Oct. 21, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, defeated the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA Silverpups, by scores of 25-20, 25-15, 25-20.
Game 1 went down as a seesaw battle. The Froggies took a 2-0 lead at the start of that round. Led by Tienna "Ah Choo" Afu, the Silverpups quickly took a 4-3 lead. The lead changed hands frequently as Ali Greenwood, Faitao'a Faleao, and Mikayla Upham registered hits that frustrated the Silverpups. Shayla Kartchner and Lauren Muhlstein kept the Silverpups in the game, however, through delivering kills that enabled them to tie the game at eight. A Greenwood kill broke the 8-8 deadlock, and the Froggies soon had a 14-8 lead. However, Kartchner and Afu's hits permitted the Silverpups to howl back within 21-19. A Faleao kill slowed them down at that point. A Greenwood set gave the Froggies a 25-20 win.
Even though the Silverpups secured a 2-1 lead at the start of Game 2, Faleao, Rylin Roberts, and Greenwood dominated the front row while Sydney White came up with a string of serves that gave tbe Froggies strong control of the game. Once the Froggies secured a 14-8 lead, they never looked back, despite strong offensive performances by Silverpups Lexi Averette and Brittney Ennis. Once the Froggies had secured a 16-6 lead, a double-digit win for them in Game 2 became a foregone conclusion.
In the third game, an Allie Gibson kill tied the game at two for the Silverpups. However, the Froggies soon built an 6-2 lead through the hits of Greenwood, Roberts, Upham, White, Amber Lamborn, and Kara Moore. Averette, Afu, Kartchner, Muhlstein, and Calissa "Camelot" Candalott came up with hits that allowed the Silverpups to get back within 20-17. After an Averette kill had whacked the lead down to 20-17, Faleao came up with crucial hits for Lehi. After a Kartchner block had put the Silverpups within 21-20, they missed a serve. That miss gave the Froggies the momentum to pull out a 25-20 victory on a Faleao kill.
The third game started out as a nip-and-tuck battle. Once the Froggies broke a 7-7 draw, they built up strong momentum that American Fork couldn 't break. Still, Ritchie and Buckner did guide American Fork back to tie the game at 16. American Fork missed a serve. Kara Moore, Faleao, and Greenwood guided the Froggies in capitalizing on that service error. The Froggies won the game 25-20.
Awesome AF Cavekickers' Soccer Season End in Quarterfinal Loss to Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a 5-A girls' soccer state quarterfinal played in Cottonwood Heights Oct. 16, the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, defeated the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen 4-1.
The loss ended the four-season run of Margie Wilson Stringam's days as head coach for the Awesome Cavewomen's soccer season. She said, "I had decided last year this fall would be final season of coaching soccer for AF. I wanted to leave at the same time that the girls, whom had started out as ninth-graders during my first year as head coach, would be seniors. As much I loved coaching soccer, it's a hard thing to do when you're raising a family like I'm doing.
"I was proud of my girls during all four seasons that I coached them. They did not fall down once, especially this year. I am confident that the girls ' soccer program will be going strong for years to come."
American Fork went into the Brighton game fresh off a 7-0 win over the Granger Lancers Oct. 14. That game marked the second time in Cavewomen soccer history that American Fork had won a state playoff game in the past 25 years.
For a little while, the Awesome Cavewomen looked as though they would be playing in the state semifinals at RSL Salt Lake's Sandy Stadium Oct. 21. Thirteen minutes into the Brighton quarterfinal, Awesome Cavewoman Brooklyn Voglesberg booted in the game's first goal from 40 yards out. "It was a beautiful shot," Stringam said.
The Bad Old Puddy Tats didn't let the Awesome Cavewomen enjoy their 1-0 lead for long. American Fork drew a foul inside its penalty box. Stringam said, "I didn't agree with the calling of that foul, but there was nothing more I can do about it."
Bad Old Puddy Tat Taum "O'Neal" Lefler kicked in the penalty shoot to tie the game at one. The score stayed deadlocked at 1-1 until the early second half. The Bad Old Puddy Tats went on a scoring spree that period.
In its first five minutes, Bad Old Puddy Tat Rachel "Owlly" Powelly scored the tie-breaking shot from inside the Awesome Cavewomen's penalty box. The game's score stayed at 2-1 for most of the period.
Awesome Cavewomen Kassidy Dibb, Laken Flinders, T.J. "Tommy Gun" Thompson, and Brielle Stiltson stirred strong efforts for at least tying the game. However, Bad Old Puddy Tat Jade Bayer did not let one American Fork shot zip past her.
A cousin of former American Fork baseball player Brock Lamb, Audrey Searle and Emily Houston helped Awesome Cavewoman Kenzi Jorgensen in keeping the Bad Old Puddy Tats from jacking up the score until the game's final 10 minutes. During those minutes, Bad Old Puddy Tat Angie "Tiny" Timm scored two straight goals to put the game away for Brighton.
As Brighton's arch rivals, the Alta Tweeties would say, too bad those Brighton Bad Old Puddy Tats do come out on top at times.
Lehi Froggies Best Riverton Silverpups in 3-Game Match Oct. 21
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Iln a Region Four volleyball finale at Lehi Oct. 21, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, defeated the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA Silverpups, by scores of 25-20, 25-15, 25-20.
Game 1 went down as a seesaw battle. The Froggies took a 2-0 lead at the start of that round. Led by Tienna "Ah Choo" Afu, the Silverpups quickly took a 4-3 lead. The lead changed hands frequently as Ali Greenwood, Faitao'a Faleao, and Mikayla Upham registered hits that frustrated the Silverpups. Shayla Kartchner and Lauren Muhlstein kept the Silverpups in the game, however, through delivering kills that enabled them to tie the game at eight. A Greenwood kill broke the 8-8 deadlock, and the Froggies soon had a 14-8 lead. However, Kartchner and Afu's hits permitted the Silverpups to howl back within 21-19. A Faleao kill slowed them down at that point. A Greenwood set gave the Froggies a 25-20 win.
Even though the Silverpups secured a 2-1 lead at the start of Game 2, Faleao, Rylin Roberts, and Greenwood dominated the front row while Sydney White came up with a string of serves that gave tbe Froggies strong control of the game. Once the Froggies secured a 14-8 lead, they never looked back, despite strong offensive performances by Silverpups Lexi Averette and Brittney Ennis. Once the Froggies had secured a 16-6 lead, a double-digit win for them in Game 2 became a foregone conclusion.
In the third game, an Allie Gibson kill tied the game at two for the Silverpups. However, the Froggies soon built an 6-2 lead through the hits of Greenwood, Roberts, Upham, White, Amber Lamborn, and Kara Moore. Averette, Afu, Kartchner, Muhlstein, and Calissa "Camelot" Candalott came up with hits that allowed the Silverpups to get back within 20-17. After an Averette kill had whacked the lead down to 20-17, Faleao came up with crucial hits for Lehi. After a Kartchner block had put the Silverpups within 21-20, they missed a serve. That miss gave the Froggies the momentum to pull out a 25-20 victory on a Faleao kill.
