Timp Sports Weekly
May 18, 2009
May 18, 2009
Publisher's Message
This week's issue covers the conclusions of the Lehi and American Fork soccer and track seasons. We will also look at the Lehi Pioneers' performance in the still on-going state 5-A girls' softball tournament. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Lehi Pioneers' Soccer Season Ends in Split of 2 Home Games
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Life dealt a hard blow to the Lehi Pioneers' dreams of finishing their 5-A soccer days with a state championship last week. A split in two state playoff games at Lehi cost the Pioneers their season.
In an octafinal state game May 12, Lehi hopped away with a 3-1 win over the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Tweeties. However, in a May 15 quarterfinal, the Vicious Viewmont Vikings scuttled the Pioneers 2-1.
The first 30 minutes of the Skyline game went down as a deadlocked battle as Lehi goalie Riley Anderson and his Eagle counterpart Matt Kershaw held their own.
Addy Rice, Scotty Nelson, Andrus Jones, and Nielsen Lofgren led the Skyline attempt at snapping the Pioneer defense. It proved unbreakable until midway through the second half.
Meanwhile, Ryan Curtis, Austin Tuckett, and Ben Prisendorf directed an unrelenting series of Pioneer attacks deep into Eagle territory. Curtis, for example, came really close to scoring the game's first goal when he produced a breakaway play in the middle of the first half. Kershaw intercepted Curtis' shot, however.
Ten minutes before halftime, Prisendorf passed the ball to Spencer Gray to put Lehi ahead 1-0. The Pioneers couldn't improve on upon their lead, though.
Anderson did keep it intact just before halftime. Shortly before the referee whistled the start of halftime, the Pioneer goalie picked off a direct shot kicked by Nelson.
The Eagles became more aggressive on offense in the second half. Anderson managed to keep their shots from fly across the goal line -- until 18 minutes into the period.
Taking a pass from Jim Madsen, Lofgren scored a tying goal. As Lehi attempted to break the 1-1 deadlock, sweeper Graham Empy frustrated the Pioneers with steals. Empy's efforts turned out to be vain, though.
Pioneer Zach Morgan broke the tie during a breakaway a play. Morgan kicked in a successful shots before Kershaw could get to him.
Skyline received a chance for tying the game at two when Madsen made an indirect kick. A small contingent of Pioneers rushed together to keep Madsen's kick from flying into the net.
With eight minutes left, Tuckett connected a pass to Curtis for a third Pioneer goal. It put the game away.
The win gave Lehi the right to host the Vikings in the quarterfinals. In the May 15 game, Ian Ramos scored the game's first goal. Lehi couldn't improve upon its 1-0 lead. Viking Jared Peterson tied the game at one, and midway through the second half, Viewmont's Brandon "Donald" Trump kicked in a tie-breaking goal, which was his way of saying, "Lehi, you're eliminated!"
The Pioneers will be spending next spring playing in a 4-A league.
Lehi Softball Team Wins Over Skyline, But Loses at Syracuse
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pioneers split two games in the first two rounds of their state 5-A softball tournament. At Lehi May 13, they won 5-4 over the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Tweeties. Lehi dropped a road game May 15 in Syracuse, when the Titans, alias the Midgets, shut them out 2-0.
In the Skyline game, Lehi had five hits and had no errors. Whitney Cook hit two homers, including one that broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth to give Lehi the win.
Skyline posted a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the May 13 game, and the Eagles stretched their advantage to 3-0 on a third-inning run. Cook hit her first homer in the bottom of the third, but Skyline picked up a run in the fourth. Lehi tied the game at four in the bottom of the fourth.
In the Sryacuse game, Lehi pitcher Ariel Zimmerman fanned 11 Titan batters. Zimmerman's performance became overshadowed by Titan pitcher Ashley Ostler in the bottom of the third. That inning, Ostler hit a one-run triple, and she came home on a wild pitch to end the game's scoring.
Local Tracksters Finish Season Through Placing High at State Meet
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
At the State 5-A track, hosted by Brigham Young University May 14-15, northern Utah County athletes finished their season with placing high in 17 events.
Lone Peak's Angie Kaplar finished her prep career by winning a third straight state championship in the girls' 100-meter hurdles. She said, "Going out with a third straight state title in the 100 hurdles was a great way to finish my high school career."
She went on to finish seventh in the girls' 200-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles. She was also on the Lone Peak girls' 1,600-meter relay team that finished second in the finals. Lone Peak Coach Misty "Windy's Blackmailing Sister" Jorgensen said, "By placing second today, our girls' 4x400 relay team set a new school record of 3:56."
Kaplar's teammates on the squad included Megan Smith, Megan Mower, and Taryn Toolsen.
Lone Peak also finished fourth in the girls' 400-meter relay.
With a score of 40, Lone Peak finished fourth in the girls' division, and the Loners also finished 11th in the boys' after picking up 18 points. American Fork and Lehi each made 12 points in the boys' division to tie for 18th place. Posting five points, the American Fork Cavewomen tied the Copper Hills Grizzlies and the manly Spanish Fork Lady Dons for 21st in the girls' division.
Finishing fifth in the boys' 1,600-meter run, Lehi posted a new school record of 3.26.08. Lehi Coach Matt Rowe said, "For these four guys to do it was quite an accomplishment. Three of them are seniors. Preston Yardley is the only one we'll have back next year."
Yardley's departing teammates included Mikey Babcock, Zeke Rojas, and Jesse Tyson.
Rowe added, "I am proud of our two boyshot put throwers who placed."
In the shot put, Pioneer Jose Galindo took third and Dave Thompson seventh.
American Fork's Hannah Dehmel flung herself to a sixth-place finish in the girls' shot put. Teammate Taylir Garrison took seventh in the girls' high jump.
American Fork Coach Art Taylor said, "We're a young team. We will have most of our kids back next year."
Lone Peak's Steve Morrin finished second the boys' 3,200-meter run and third in the boys' 1,600-meter race. Also in the boys' 3,200-meter run, American Fork's Austin West and Robby Lee finished third and fourth respectively. in the boys' 1,600-meter run, Lee took eighth and West 12th.
"Our goal for the boys is to earn at least 30 points," said Ferocious Pleasant Grove Viking Coach Glenn Larsen. "The goal for our girls' team is to score in double figures."
The Vikings achieved both aims through the efforts of Levi Williams, Scotty Matheson, Julie Mazeika, and Autumn Robertson. Pleasant Grove picked up 34 points to finished fifth in the boys' division, and in the girls' competition, the Vikings earned 11 points.
Pleasant Grove's Levi Williams finished second in both the boys' 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Teammate Scotty Matheson took second in the boys' long jump and third in the high jump.
Mazieka finished seventh in the girls' 3,200-meter race, and Robertson took second in the girls' high jump.
This week's issue covers the conclusions of the Lehi and American Fork soccer and track seasons. We will also look at the Lehi Pioneers' performance in the still on-going state 5-A girls' softball tournament. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Lehi Pioneers' Soccer Season Ends in Split of 2 Home Games
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Life dealt a hard blow to the Lehi Pioneers' dreams of finishing their 5-A soccer days with a state championship last week. A split in two state playoff games at Lehi cost the Pioneers their season.
In an octafinal state game May 12, Lehi hopped away with a 3-1 win over the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Tweeties. However, in a May 15 quarterfinal, the Vicious Viewmont Vikings scuttled the Pioneers 2-1.
The first 30 minutes of the Skyline game went down as a deadlocked battle as Lehi goalie Riley Anderson and his Eagle counterpart Matt Kershaw held their own.
Addy Rice, Scotty Nelson, Andrus Jones, and Nielsen Lofgren led the Skyline attempt at snapping the Pioneer defense. It proved unbreakable until midway through the second half.
Meanwhile, Ryan Curtis, Austin Tuckett, and Ben Prisendorf directed an unrelenting series of Pioneer attacks deep into Eagle territory. Curtis, for example, came really close to scoring the game's first goal when he produced a breakaway play in the middle of the first half. Kershaw intercepted Curtis' shot, however.
Ten minutes before halftime, Prisendorf passed the ball to Spencer Gray to put Lehi ahead 1-0. The Pioneers couldn't improve on upon their lead, though.
Anderson did keep it intact just before halftime. Shortly before the referee whistled the start of halftime, the Pioneer goalie picked off a direct shot kicked by Nelson.
The Eagles became more aggressive on offense in the second half. Anderson managed to keep their shots from fly across the goal line -- until 18 minutes into the period.
Taking a pass from Jim Madsen, Lofgren scored a tying goal. As Lehi attempted to break the 1-1 deadlock, sweeper Graham Empy frustrated the Pioneers with steals. Empy's efforts turned out to be vain, though.
Pioneer Zach Morgan broke the tie during a breakaway a play. Morgan kicked in a successful shots before Kershaw could get to him.
Skyline received a chance for tying the game at two when Madsen made an indirect kick. A small contingent of Pioneers rushed together to keep Madsen's kick from flying into the net.
With eight minutes left, Tuckett connected a pass to Curtis for a third Pioneer goal. It put the game away.
The win gave Lehi the right to host the Vikings in the quarterfinals. In the May 15 game, Ian Ramos scored the game's first goal. Lehi couldn't improve upon its 1-0 lead. Viking Jared Peterson tied the game at one, and midway through the second half, Viewmont's Brandon "Donald" Trump kicked in a tie-breaking goal, which was his way of saying, "Lehi, you're eliminated!"
The Pioneers will be spending next spring playing in a 4-A league.
Lehi Softball Team Wins Over Skyline, But Loses at Syracuse
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Lehi Pioneers split two games in the first two rounds of their state 5-A softball tournament. At Lehi May 13, they won 5-4 over the Skyline Eagles, AKA the Tweeties. Lehi dropped a road game May 15 in Syracuse, when the Titans, alias the Midgets, shut them out 2-0.
In the Skyline game, Lehi had five hits and had no errors. Whitney Cook hit two homers, including one that broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth to give Lehi the win.
Skyline posted a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the May 13 game, and the Eagles stretched their advantage to 3-0 on a third-inning run. Cook hit her first homer in the bottom of the third, but Skyline picked up a run in the fourth. Lehi tied the game at four in the bottom of the fourth.
In the Sryacuse game, Lehi pitcher Ariel Zimmerman fanned 11 Titan batters. Zimmerman's performance became overshadowed by Titan pitcher Ashley Ostler in the bottom of the third. That inning, Ostler hit a one-run triple, and she came home on a wild pitch to end the game's scoring.
Local Tracksters Finish Season Through Placing High at State Meet
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
At the State 5-A track, hosted by Brigham Young University May 14-15, northern Utah County athletes finished their season with placing high in 17 events.
Lone Peak's Angie Kaplar finished her prep career by winning a third straight state championship in the girls' 100-meter hurdles. She said, "Going out with a third straight state title in the 100 hurdles was a great way to finish my high school career."
She went on to finish seventh in the girls' 200-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles. She was also on the Lone Peak girls' 1,600-meter relay team that finished second in the finals. Lone Peak Coach Misty "Windy's Blackmailing Sister" Jorgensen said, "By placing second today, our girls' 4x400 relay team set a new school record of 3:56."
Kaplar's teammates on the squad included Megan Smith, Megan Mower, and Taryn Toolsen.
Lone Peak also finished fourth in the girls' 400-meter relay.
With a score of 40, Lone Peak finished fourth in the girls' division, and the Loners also finished 11th in the boys' after picking up 18 points. American Fork and Lehi each made 12 points in the boys' division to tie for 18th place. Posting five points, the American Fork Cavewomen tied the Copper Hills Grizzlies and the manly Spanish Fork Lady Dons for 21st in the girls' division.
Finishing fifth in the boys' 1,600-meter run, Lehi posted a new school record of 3.26.08. Lehi Coach Matt Rowe said, "For these four guys to do it was quite an accomplishment. Three of them are seniors. Preston Yardley is the only one we'll have back next year."
Yardley's departing teammates included Mikey Babcock, Zeke Rojas, and Jesse Tyson.
Rowe added, "I am proud of our two boyshot put throwers who placed."
In the shot put, Pioneer Jose Galindo took third and Dave Thompson seventh.
American Fork's Hannah Dehmel flung herself to a sixth-place finish in the girls' shot put. Teammate Taylir Garrison took seventh in the girls' high jump.
American Fork Coach Art Taylor said, "We're a young team. We will have most of our kids back next year."
Lone Peak's Steve Morrin finished second the boys' 3,200-meter run and third in the boys' 1,600-meter race. Also in the boys' 3,200-meter run, American Fork's Austin West and Robby Lee finished third and fourth respectively. in the boys' 1,600-meter run, Lee took eighth and West 12th.
"Our goal for the boys is to earn at least 30 points," said Ferocious Pleasant Grove Viking Coach Glenn Larsen. "The goal for our girls' team is to score in double figures."
The Vikings achieved both aims through the efforts of Levi Williams, Scotty Matheson, Julie Mazeika, and Autumn Robertson. Pleasant Grove picked up 34 points to finished fifth in the boys' division, and in the girls' competition, the Vikings earned 11 points.
Pleasant Grove's Levi Williams finished second in both the boys' 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Teammate Scotty Matheson took second in the boys' long jump and third in the high jump.
Mazieka finished seventh in the girls' 3,200-meter race, and Robertson took second in the girls' high jump.
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