Timp Sports Weekly
March 24, 2014
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, opening their Region Four boys' soccer schedule against the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings. The game turned out be absolutely riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Let's get to that story.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lehi Froggies Hop Past Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 4-1 in a Region 4 Boys' Soccer Opener
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four boys' soccer opener at Lehi March 18, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, hopped past the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings 4-1.
Even though the game was riveting -- correction, ribbiting all the way through, the Froggies never trailed once in the game. Those webfooted kickers showed Pleasant Grove how difficult it was for any visiting team to do well on their Astro Turf field.
During the first 10 minutes of play, the Froggies took a 2-0 on shots Matt "Thunderbolt" Holt and Leo Fuchs.
Pleasant Grove refused to resign to suffering a shutout loss. Twenty-two minutes into the half, ninth-grader Conner "Terminator" Ecalano kicked in a goal for the Ferocious Vikings from inside the Froggies' penalty box.
Lehi didn't let that Ferocious Viking goal go unanswered for long. Two minutes later, Isaiah
"So Tall" Altimorano kicked in a goal for the Froggies. While they enjoyed croaking about it, Fuchs gave them something to croak about even louder. In the second half, he scored that period's only goal to puncture the Ferocious Vikings' morale.
Just before Fuchs' second goal, the Ferocious Vikings almost cut the lead down to one goal when
Jake Bodily attempted to cross a pass to Omar "Kyam" Ortiz. However, goalie Tanner "Muncy" Munson deflected the intended pass.
Lehi Froggies Fix Hillcrest Puppies in Both Ends of Preseason Doubleheader
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a preseason doubleheader played at Lehi March 21, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, fixed the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA the Puppies, by scores of 4-3 and 10-0.
The last time that the Froggies had played the Puppies, Lehi's win over Hillcrest cost Lehi the privilege to go to state, because that victory had proved to be an illegal, preseason game for the Froggies, and they had to forfeit two crucial games to the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies. This time, the only things at stake were bragging rights.
The first game for those rights went down as quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Though the Froggies committed two errors in the starting inning of the first game, pitcher Drew "Zimmy" Zimmerman guided them into holding the Puppies scoreless in that round. In the bottom of that inning, Blake Smith, hit a two-out single, but the Puppies kept him chained on base.
Even though Collin Everett clubbed a third-inning single for the Puppies, they couldn't get on the scoreboard first until the top of the fourth. That inning opened with Captain Scotty Edwards and Skyler "Okie-Doak" Ochs each slugging a single for the Puppies. They soon loaded the bases. An Everett walk scored Edwards, and Jeremy Dawson, a "distant cousin" of Hollywood actress Rosario Dawson, singled in Ochs.
A great-grandson of the late Johnny Roberts, a much beloved sportswriter for the old American Fork Citizen, Koy Smith opened the bottom of the fourth with a single, and Kaden Higgins' one-out doubled reeled Smith in. Jason James batted Higgins, and Ryan Barnes singled in two Froggies to put Lehi ahead 4-3. The Puppies didn't let the Froggies make any more runs in the game, despite Higgins' sixth-inning single.
In the top of the sixth, V.J. "Vinnie" Vinson clubbed a double that moved Ochs into scoring position. Ochs soon tried to race home, but catcher Broc Hansen tagged. Lehi Coach Jason Ingersoll said, "That play at home went down as one of the most important plays." Had Ochs scored a run, the game would have been soon tied on a Gilliland single. As things turned out, that single brought in Vinson, but Lehi prevented the Puppies from tying the game at four, despite an Edwards double in the seventh.
On two outs in the bottom of the game's first inning, Kevin Higgins hit a three-run homer that spurred the Froggies on to defeating the Puppies 10-0 in six innings.
Lehi Froggies Fix Hillcrest Puppies in Both Ends of Preseason Doubleheader
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a preseason doubleheader played at Lehi March 21, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, fixed the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA the Puppies, by scores of 4-3 and 10-0.
The last time that the Froggies had played the Puppies, Lehi's win over Hillcrest cost Lehi the privilege to go to state, because that victory had proved to be an illegal, preseason game for the Froggies, and they had to forfeit two crucial games to the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies. This time, the only things at stake were bragging rights.
The first game for those rights went down as quite riveting -- correction, ribbiting. Though the Froggies committed two errors in the starting inning of the first game, pitcher Drew "Zimmy" Zimmerman guided them into holding the Puppies scoreless in that round. In the bottom of that inning, Blake Smith, hit a two-out single, but the Puppies kept him chained on base.
Even though Collin Everett clubbed a third-inning single for the Puppies, they couldn't get on the scoreboard first until the top of the fourth. That inning opened with Captain Scotty Edwards and Skyler "Okie-Doak" Ochs each slugging a single for the Puppies. They soon loaded the bases. An Everett walk scored Edwards, and Jeremy Dawson, a "distant cousin" of Hollywood actress Rosario Dawson, singled in Ochs.
A great-grandson of the late Johnny Roberts, a much beloved sportswriter for the old American Fork Citizen, Koy Smith opened the bottom of the fourth with a single, and Kaden Higgins' one-out doubled reeled Smith in. Jason James batted Higgins, and Ryan Barnes singled in two Froggies to put Lehi ahead 4-3. The Puppies didn't let the Froggies make any more runs in the game, despite Higgins' sixth-inning single.
In the top of the sixth, V.J. "Vinnie" Vinson clubbed a double that moved Ochs into scoring position. Ochs soon tried to race home, but catcher Broc Hansen tagged. Lehi Coach Jason Ingersoll said, "That play at home went down as one of the most important plays." Had Ochs scored a run, the game would have been soon tied on a Gilliland single. As things turned out, that single brought in Vinson, but Lehi prevented the Puppies from tying the game at four, despite an Edwards double in the seventh.
On two outs in the bottom of the game's first inning, Kevin Higgins hit a three-run homer that spurred the Froggies on to defeating the Puppies 10-0 in six innings.
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