Start of Spring Sports

Timp Sports Weekly
March 17, 2009

Publisher's Message

Not much waiting had to be needed for the arrival of this year's high school spring sports seasons. They got underway within days after the state boys' 4-A and 5-A basketball playoffs had ended.
For this issue, we'll be looking at outcomes of Lehi and American Fork games played this week. With that said, let's get to those results.
Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Snow Comes Out on Top in Soccer Game Between AF, Mountain View
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Awesome American Fork Cavemen's soccer season opened with a loss to Old Man Winter during a home game against the Mountain View Bruins March 2.

A heavy snowfall prompted the referees to declare the game over after the two teams had played only one period of it. Neither the Cavemen nor the Bruins could score a goal during the snowstorm.

During the one half, the Bruins led American Fork 5-1 in shots on goal. However, Caveman goalie Chris Pineda did not let one Mountain View shot sneak past him. Also, the Caveman defense kept ruining Bruin right wing Sam Hickman's chances of putting indirect shots into the goal net.

Cavemen like Caleb Garlick, Zach Plitt, Quinton Hull, and Jordan Jacklin constantly kept stealing the ball from Bruin Jake Parkinson before he could put it into the net.

While American Fork couldn't post a W in the March 9 game, American Fork Coach Barkley Chile was still pleased with his Cavemen's efforts. He said, "They put a lot of pressure on Mountain View's defense. They were talking a lot more on field, and they stayed well organized on defense."

Springville Red Devils Dry Up Lehi 5-1 in Softball Opener
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Publisher

The hot Springville Red Devils dried up the Lehi Pioneers 5-1 in a softball season opener at Lehi March 11.

In the fifth inning, Whitney Cook doubled in Kellie Jo Jenkins for the only Pioneer run of the game. That RBI went down as one of four hits made by Lehi in the game. While Shelby Lund smacked two singles for the Pioneers, Aly White and Cook contributed a single to the cause.

Springville's Nikki Brailsford shocked Lehi with a sixth-inning home run that ended the afternoon's scoring. It opened with Springville scoring three runs in the first. The Red Devils scored a fourth run in the fifth inning.

Red Devil pitcher Aria Agli struck out 10 Lehi batters during the two-hour contest.

Lehi Coach Leslie Warr said, "I was pleased with how Arial and Ashley Zimmerman pitched. Ashley threw first. She did good in the first inning; however, we made errors that allowed Springville to score their first three runs."

AF Lady Cavebatters Drop 2 Home Games in 1st Week of Softball Play
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen opened their softball season with two straight losses at home last week. On March 11, the Jordan Beetdiggers smothered them 12-1, and on March 12, the Timpview Thunderbirds flew into town and defeated American Fork 10-3.

American Fork Coach Duke Sorensen said, "Jaela Mooney pitched really good as she could for us in the Jordan game, but we made errors let them 10-run us in the fifth. In the Timpview game, we had Annie Christensen throw some innings for us, and then we had to use our third-string pitcher. She wasn't used to throwing against the caliber of players found on Timpview's team. So Timpview ripped us in the sixth inning."

Timpview never trailed once in the game. In the top of the first, an Alisa Talk sacrifice groundout scored Kimmy Brimhall. The Thunderbirds' 1-0 lead didn't survive the first inning.

In the bottom of it, Shelbi Petersen, walked by Talk, scored a tying run through stealing home base.

The next inning, Thunderbird Megan Fillmore hit an infield single, and she soon scored on an overthrow past third. On two outs in the bottom of the second, American Fork managed to move two runners into scoring position. However, Talk struck out Alexis Morris to end the game.

The next inning, Talk hit a two-run single to improve Timpview's lead at 4-1. American Fork managed to slice it to 4-2 when a Hayley Holmstead sacrifice fly scored Annie Christensen. Talk kept American Fork in check through the rest of the game.