Timp Sports Weekly
August 18, 2009
Publisher's Message
With the high school autumn sports season now unfolding this week, we'll look at a preview of the upcoming American Fork Cavemen's cross country season. We'll also catch some girls' soccer action. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
AF Harriers To Begin Season With Highly Experienced Squads
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The American Fork Cavemen and Cavewomen's cross country teams are stacked with veterans this year, according to their head coach Bruno Hunizker.
He said, "We have among our returning girls Alexis Laws, who took 10th at state last year. She was one of our outstanding seniors. Other senior girls to watch out for are Dani West and Lakyn Lux. We have some really great underclassmen on the girls' team including ninth-grader Morgan Warner, Jamie Lee, and Kaysa Anghofter.
"As an eighth-grader last year, Morgan won the women's portion of the Caveman Football 5-K. This year, she took third in it. Dani West won the women's division this year.
"So far, the makeup of this year's varsity girls' team include West, Lux, Warner, Lee, Anghofter, Laws, and Erminia Martinez."
"We have the largest boys' team in recent years," said Timo Mostert, the Caveman boys' coach. "We had 20 boys come out for our cross country camp. Among the ones we'll have back this year are Jeff Nelson, brian Vawdry, Derek Day, Chris Boone, Brady Pulsipher, Mackay Morris, Mike Richards, Robbie Lee, and Jake Healey.
"Robbie's our No. 1 runner so far. He won the men's division at last Saturday's Caveman Football 5-K.
"Our guys are going to start their season at the Judge Memorial Invitational Aug. 22 at the Cottonwood Complex, which will be the course run for our region meet this year."
American Fork will be competing in Region 2, a cross-county league. Among the Region 2 schools the Caveharriers will be competing against are Brighton, Hillcrest, Riverton, Bingham, Pleasant Grove, and Lone Peak.
AF Cavekickers Drop Preseason Opener to Mountain View T-Bears In Overtime
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The American Fork Cavewomen opened their preseason girls' soccer campaign with an heartbreaking loss Aug. 11. In an overtime thriller that afternoon, the Mountain View Bruins, AKA the Teddy Bears , defeated American Fork 3-2.
American Fork Coach Becca Murdock said, "We have a lot of defenders on this team. They all hustled on defense. Four of those girls can also do very well as forwards. They did really well on offense today. We have a really young team, and they're trying to make up for their youth much desire.
"Laini Kalumbi did really well on offense. She scored a goal that forced the game into overtime. She's one of our most experienced players back this year."
The game went down as a tight affair from the opening kickoff to the game-ending goal. Stefani Solorazano and Lexi Robison led strong attacks down the center for the Bruins. Those Teddy Bears' efforts paid off in the middle of the first period.
From the top of the American Fork penalty box, Bruin McKell Salmon kicked in a shot past goalie Mackenzie Empey. The Teddy Bears' 1-0 lead could not survive the first period.
Kalumbi, Amy Krommenhoek, Maria Fuller, and Kylie Dibb guided Cavewoman efforts to have the period end in at least a tie. The Cavewomen encountered stubborn resistance from Bruin goalie Sherrie Riggs and sweeper Heather Petersen. Fifteen minutes before halftime, though, Cami Fox scored a tying goal from inside the Bruin penalty box. Riggs prevented Cavewoman attempts to break the 1-1 deadlock.
Early in the second half, Peterson scored a tie-breaking goal. It didn't flatten the Cavewomen's spirit. Led by Kalumbi, they kept attacking Mountain View's center. Within several minutes after Peterson's goal, Kalumbi tied the score at two.
Usually in preseason game, play does not spill into overtime. However, Murdock didn't want her Cavewomen taking home a tie. So she and Mountain View's coach agreed to have the game to have an overtime period.
American Fork staged frequent attacks on the Bruin penalty box during the overtime phase. However, Mountain View's defense proved to be too strong to snap under the stress of overtime.
Eight minutes into overtime, Solorazano scored the game-ending goal.
Ferocious PG Vikekickers Open Girls' Soccer Season With 4-0 Win Over Provo Bullpuppies
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings didn't let a lightning storm dampen their hopes for beginning their 2009 girls' soccer season with a win Aug. 13. With a new head coach at the helm, they won 4-0 at home against the Provo Bulldogs, AKA the Bullpuppies.
For a little while, the nighttime game looked as though it would not be played at all. A passing lightning storm pushed back the game's starting time by 15 minutes. Once it did finally get underway, the Vikings proceeded to demonstrate that they were not like the Pleasant Grove girl soccer teams of recent years: squads vexed with a problem of being unable to maintain a strong performance throughout 90 game minutes.
Pleasant Grove's new first-string goalie, Alicia Daniels, kept the Bulldogs from sneaking any of their three shots past her. Led by Myca Rouse and Mason Magelby, Provo kept looking for spots from where it could kick the ball into the goal net. Vikings Megan Palmer, Holly Green, and Annie Atwood frequently came up with steals that denied the Bulldogs chances for launching shots.
The Vikings experienced their own share of frustration of scoring goals. Bulldog goalie Allison Barnes kept fending off Pleasant Grove attacks led by Lydia Andersen, Amy Castleberry, Kourtney Dinehart, and Lauren Andersen. The Vikings did not let the first half end in a scoreless tie.
Dribbling within 30 yards of the Provo goal line, Castleberry launched an angle shot five minutes before halftime. Green and Palmer kept the Vikings on the offensive after the successful shot. Rouse frequently stole from Palmer to keep the Viking lead stuck 1-0 at halftime.
Six minutes into the second half, Viking Marci Johnson went on a breakaway play and scored the second goal. The score then stayed at 2-0 until the final 20 minutes when Dinehart came up with two plays that knocked Provo out of the game.
Dinehart said, "I scored my first goal on an 18-yard chip shot. For my second goal, I beat it a couple of players, including the goalie, to kick the ball into the net."
Pleasant Grove's new head coach, Alexis McMurdie said, "In the Provo game, we pulled her out and talked to her. She said she had a dream about her not playing any more soccer after tonight's game. She said she wanted to play it hard as if it were going to be her last game ever. She did really good in those final 20 minutes of the game. Those two goals she made were pretty ones."
Ferocious PG Vikings Silence Westlake Thunder 3-0 in Girls' Soccer Aug. 15
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings improved their preseason girls' soccer record at 2-0 by posting a 3-0 win at home Aug. 15 at the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers.
That was the best start for a Pleasant Grove girls' soccer team in the past three years. Pleasant Grove's ability to put together two straight wins gave an early impression that the Vikings' new head coach, Alexis McMurdie, would be able to guide them to their first appearance in post-season play this October. Pleasant Grove had not been able to start with a 2-0 record since the middle of this decade.
Unlike the Provo game two days before, scoring occurred early in the Westlake contest. Viking Amy Castleberry dribbled into the Shockers' penalty box and scored the first goal. Attempts by Westlake goalie Kayla Robb to hold the Viking lead to 1-0 proved to be in vain. Twenty minutes into the game, Viking Lauren Andersen received a corner kick, and she booted the ball into the net before Robb could get in her way.
Having played goalie for the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA the Puppies, Robb didn't let the Vikings go on a scoring spree during the last 20 minutes of the opening period. This gave teammates Heather Fuhr, Kendy Redd, Jessica Green, and Forrest Astill chances to direct Westlake drives deep into Viking territory. However, the Shockers encountered strong resistance from the Pleasant Grove defense, captained by goalie Alicia Daniels.
In the early second half, Pleasant Grove received several chances to score goals on indirect kicks from Britney Johnson. The Shockers blocked those kicks as thick, gray clouds passed overhead, causing a rainstorm to erupt.
With bursts of thunder occurring frequently, the Vikings and Shockers battled fiercely for the ball while the rainstorm became so heavy that Viking Stadium's field came. The crackling of distant lightning bolts caused many fans to wonder whether the game would be stopped before the expiration of its official time period. The referee let the action continue of the Vikings' AstroTurf field.
From 20 yards out, Kourtney Dinehart scored the third Viking goal. As far as Westlake was concerned, though, the contest had not yet been put away. Westlake's Brook Brost frequently cleared the ball out of the penalty box, much to the consternation of the Andersen sisters and Castleberry.
Late in the contest, Redd, for instance, came out the winner in a battle with Palmer for a drop kick. Upon getting it, Redd passed to Tess Brightenburg, only to see Viking Chunnie Johnson steal the ball.
Vikings' ability to keep staying on the offensive chewed up much time, erasing Westlake's chances for scoring before the final whistle.
With the Vikings now enjoying their first 2-0 start in years, their new head coach Alexis McMurdie said, "This year is an all new program for the girls. We have an entirely new coaching staff."
Her assistants this year are Jose Marzan and his daughter, Felicia, who had played soccer for both the Vikings and Mountain View Bruins, AKA the Teddy Bears.
"I feel these girls have more confidence now than they have in recent years. They have the hardest region to play. So they need to be mentally, emotionally, and physically prepared to play in it. We're teaching the girls to believe in themselves. Though I am new as head coach, the girls already know me. I was their jayvee coach when Erik Bayless ran this program. We have opened up the varsity team. Those who work really hard at practice will get a chance to dress varsity. We want to promote competition for spots on the varsity team, so we can harvest the talent that the girls have brought to the program," McMurdie said.
In looking at his players' performance during the past two games, Westlake Coach Adam Brown said, "I think they need to be a little more competitive for 50-50 balls and work harder on their transition games. They also must work harder on trusting each other's confindence. We're a young team; we have fifth ninth-graders on varsity. So we have a lot to work with during these next few years."
AF Cavegridders Hold Annual Red-White Scrimmage
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The American Fork Cavemen held their annual Red-White football game at American Fork High Aug. 15. The scrimmage gave the Cavemen an opportunity to see what weaknesses they needed to fix before their Aug. 21 preseason opener against the Cedar City Redmen, AKA the Red Studs.
American Fork Coach Davis Knight, "On our defense, we made too many mistakes in procedure penalties. That has to be ironed out during our practices for Cedar City. I am pleased with how our two varsity quarterbacks did tonight. They are Ryan Pitcher and Chase Hansen."
Pitcher made a name for himself in the American Fork baseball program this year. Pitcher played infielder for the Cavemen and a Colt League team. This past summer, he came up with some big extra-base hits.
A sophomore, Hansen, meanwhile, comes from a family with deep ties to American Fork athletic. His dad and five uncles played football for American Fork. Chase's older sister, Alex, meanwhile, ran for the Cavewomen's cross country team. Chase Hansen himself made the winning touchdown in the Cavemen's come-from-behind win over the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, in the Cougar Conference championship game last year.
"We're going to be using both quarterbacks in the Cedar City game," said Knight.
The quarterbacks got to show what they had learned in participating in summer leagues that the Cavemen had played this year. At the Aug. 15 scrimmage, they hurled long passes to Cade Worthington, Cade Zakras, and Scott Newman. Newman and Hansen each made touchdowns in the scrimmage. The Red team defeated the Whites 26-0.
August 18, 2009
Publisher's Message
With the high school autumn sports season now unfolding this week, we'll look at a preview of the upcoming American Fork Cavemen's cross country season. We'll also catch some girls' soccer action. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
AF Harriers To Begin Season With Highly Experienced Squads
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The American Fork Cavemen and Cavewomen's cross country teams are stacked with veterans this year, according to their head coach Bruno Hunizker.
He said, "We have among our returning girls Alexis Laws, who took 10th at state last year. She was one of our outstanding seniors. Other senior girls to watch out for are Dani West and Lakyn Lux. We have some really great underclassmen on the girls' team including ninth-grader Morgan Warner, Jamie Lee, and Kaysa Anghofter.
"As an eighth-grader last year, Morgan won the women's portion of the Caveman Football 5-K. This year, she took third in it. Dani West won the women's division this year.
"So far, the makeup of this year's varsity girls' team include West, Lux, Warner, Lee, Anghofter, Laws, and Erminia Martinez."
"We have the largest boys' team in recent years," said Timo Mostert, the Caveman boys' coach. "We had 20 boys come out for our cross country camp. Among the ones we'll have back this year are Jeff Nelson, brian Vawdry, Derek Day, Chris Boone, Brady Pulsipher, Mackay Morris, Mike Richards, Robbie Lee, and Jake Healey.
"Robbie's our No. 1 runner so far. He won the men's division at last Saturday's Caveman Football 5-K.
"Our guys are going to start their season at the Judge Memorial Invitational Aug. 22 at the Cottonwood Complex, which will be the course run for our region meet this year."
American Fork will be competing in Region 2, a cross-county league. Among the Region 2 schools the Caveharriers will be competing against are Brighton, Hillcrest, Riverton, Bingham, Pleasant Grove, and Lone Peak.
AF Cavekickers Drop Preseason Opener to Mountain View T-Bears In Overtime
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The American Fork Cavewomen opened their preseason girls' soccer campaign with an heartbreaking loss Aug. 11. In an overtime thriller that afternoon, the Mountain View Bruins, AKA the Teddy Bears , defeated American Fork 3-2.
American Fork Coach Becca Murdock said, "We have a lot of defenders on this team. They all hustled on defense. Four of those girls can also do very well as forwards. They did really well on offense today. We have a really young team, and they're trying to make up for their youth much desire.
"Laini Kalumbi did really well on offense. She scored a goal that forced the game into overtime. She's one of our most experienced players back this year."
The game went down as a tight affair from the opening kickoff to the game-ending goal. Stefani Solorazano and Lexi Robison led strong attacks down the center for the Bruins. Those Teddy Bears' efforts paid off in the middle of the first period.
From the top of the American Fork penalty box, Bruin McKell Salmon kicked in a shot past goalie Mackenzie Empey. The Teddy Bears' 1-0 lead could not survive the first period.
Kalumbi, Amy Krommenhoek, Maria Fuller, and Kylie Dibb guided Cavewoman efforts to have the period end in at least a tie. The Cavewomen encountered stubborn resistance from Bruin goalie Sherrie Riggs and sweeper Heather Petersen. Fifteen minutes before halftime, though, Cami Fox scored a tying goal from inside the Bruin penalty box. Riggs prevented Cavewoman attempts to break the 1-1 deadlock.
Early in the second half, Peterson scored a tie-breaking goal. It didn't flatten the Cavewomen's spirit. Led by Kalumbi, they kept attacking Mountain View's center. Within several minutes after Peterson's goal, Kalumbi tied the score at two.
Usually in preseason game, play does not spill into overtime. However, Murdock didn't want her Cavewomen taking home a tie. So she and Mountain View's coach agreed to have the game to have an overtime period.
American Fork staged frequent attacks on the Bruin penalty box during the overtime phase. However, Mountain View's defense proved to be too strong to snap under the stress of overtime.
Eight minutes into overtime, Solorazano scored the game-ending goal.
Ferocious PG Vikekickers Open Girls' Soccer Season With 4-0 Win Over Provo Bullpuppies
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings didn't let a lightning storm dampen their hopes for beginning their 2009 girls' soccer season with a win Aug. 13. With a new head coach at the helm, they won 4-0 at home against the Provo Bulldogs, AKA the Bullpuppies.
For a little while, the nighttime game looked as though it would not be played at all. A passing lightning storm pushed back the game's starting time by 15 minutes. Once it did finally get underway, the Vikings proceeded to demonstrate that they were not like the Pleasant Grove girl soccer teams of recent years: squads vexed with a problem of being unable to maintain a strong performance throughout 90 game minutes.
Pleasant Grove's new first-string goalie, Alicia Daniels, kept the Bulldogs from sneaking any of their three shots past her. Led by Myca Rouse and Mason Magelby, Provo kept looking for spots from where it could kick the ball into the goal net. Vikings Megan Palmer, Holly Green, and Annie Atwood frequently came up with steals that denied the Bulldogs chances for launching shots.
The Vikings experienced their own share of frustration of scoring goals. Bulldog goalie Allison Barnes kept fending off Pleasant Grove attacks led by Lydia Andersen, Amy Castleberry, Kourtney Dinehart, and Lauren Andersen. The Vikings did not let the first half end in a scoreless tie.
Dribbling within 30 yards of the Provo goal line, Castleberry launched an angle shot five minutes before halftime. Green and Palmer kept the Vikings on the offensive after the successful shot. Rouse frequently stole from Palmer to keep the Viking lead stuck 1-0 at halftime.
Six minutes into the second half, Viking Marci Johnson went on a breakaway play and scored the second goal. The score then stayed at 2-0 until the final 20 minutes when Dinehart came up with two plays that knocked Provo out of the game.
Dinehart said, "I scored my first goal on an 18-yard chip shot. For my second goal, I beat it a couple of players, including the goalie, to kick the ball into the net."
Pleasant Grove's new head coach, Alexis McMurdie said, "In the Provo game, we pulled her out and talked to her. She said she had a dream about her not playing any more soccer after tonight's game. She said she wanted to play it hard as if it were going to be her last game ever. She did really good in those final 20 minutes of the game. Those two goals she made were pretty ones."
Ferocious PG Vikings Silence Westlake Thunder 3-0 in Girls' Soccer Aug. 15
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings improved their preseason girls' soccer record at 2-0 by posting a 3-0 win at home Aug. 15 at the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers.
That was the best start for a Pleasant Grove girls' soccer team in the past three years. Pleasant Grove's ability to put together two straight wins gave an early impression that the Vikings' new head coach, Alexis McMurdie, would be able to guide them to their first appearance in post-season play this October. Pleasant Grove had not been able to start with a 2-0 record since the middle of this decade.
Unlike the Provo game two days before, scoring occurred early in the Westlake contest. Viking Amy Castleberry dribbled into the Shockers' penalty box and scored the first goal. Attempts by Westlake goalie Kayla Robb to hold the Viking lead to 1-0 proved to be in vain. Twenty minutes into the game, Viking Lauren Andersen received a corner kick, and she booted the ball into the net before Robb could get in her way.
Having played goalie for the Hillcrest Huskies, AKA the Puppies, Robb didn't let the Vikings go on a scoring spree during the last 20 minutes of the opening period. This gave teammates Heather Fuhr, Kendy Redd, Jessica Green, and Forrest Astill chances to direct Westlake drives deep into Viking territory. However, the Shockers encountered strong resistance from the Pleasant Grove defense, captained by goalie Alicia Daniels.
In the early second half, Pleasant Grove received several chances to score goals on indirect kicks from Britney Johnson. The Shockers blocked those kicks as thick, gray clouds passed overhead, causing a rainstorm to erupt.
With bursts of thunder occurring frequently, the Vikings and Shockers battled fiercely for the ball while the rainstorm became so heavy that Viking Stadium's field came. The crackling of distant lightning bolts caused many fans to wonder whether the game would be stopped before the expiration of its official time period. The referee let the action continue of the Vikings' AstroTurf field.
From 20 yards out, Kourtney Dinehart scored the third Viking goal. As far as Westlake was concerned, though, the contest had not yet been put away. Westlake's Brook Brost frequently cleared the ball out of the penalty box, much to the consternation of the Andersen sisters and Castleberry.
Late in the contest, Redd, for instance, came out the winner in a battle with Palmer for a drop kick. Upon getting it, Redd passed to Tess Brightenburg, only to see Viking Chunnie Johnson steal the ball.
Vikings' ability to keep staying on the offensive chewed up much time, erasing Westlake's chances for scoring before the final whistle.
With the Vikings now enjoying their first 2-0 start in years, their new head coach Alexis McMurdie said, "This year is an all new program for the girls. We have an entirely new coaching staff."
Her assistants this year are Jose Marzan and his daughter, Felicia, who had played soccer for both the Vikings and Mountain View Bruins, AKA the Teddy Bears.
"I feel these girls have more confidence now than they have in recent years. They have the hardest region to play. So they need to be mentally, emotionally, and physically prepared to play in it. We're teaching the girls to believe in themselves. Though I am new as head coach, the girls already know me. I was their jayvee coach when Erik Bayless ran this program. We have opened up the varsity team. Those who work really hard at practice will get a chance to dress varsity. We want to promote competition for spots on the varsity team, so we can harvest the talent that the girls have brought to the program," McMurdie said.
In looking at his players' performance during the past two games, Westlake Coach Adam Brown said, "I think they need to be a little more competitive for 50-50 balls and work harder on their transition games. They also must work harder on trusting each other's confindence. We're a young team; we have fifth ninth-graders on varsity. So we have a lot to work with during these next few years."
AF Cavegridders Hold Annual Red-White Scrimmage
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The American Fork Cavemen held their annual Red-White football game at American Fork High Aug. 15. The scrimmage gave the Cavemen an opportunity to see what weaknesses they needed to fix before their Aug. 21 preseason opener against the Cedar City Redmen, AKA the Red Studs.
American Fork Coach Davis Knight, "On our defense, we made too many mistakes in procedure penalties. That has to be ironed out during our practices for Cedar City. I am pleased with how our two varsity quarterbacks did tonight. They are Ryan Pitcher and Chase Hansen."
Pitcher made a name for himself in the American Fork baseball program this year. Pitcher played infielder for the Cavemen and a Colt League team. This past summer, he came up with some big extra-base hits.
A sophomore, Hansen, meanwhile, comes from a family with deep ties to American Fork athletic. His dad and five uncles played football for American Fork. Chase's older sister, Alex, meanwhile, ran for the Cavewomen's cross country team. Chase Hansen himself made the winning touchdown in the Cavemen's come-from-behind win over the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, in the Cougar Conference championship game last year.
"We're going to be using both quarterbacks in the Cedar City game," said Knight.
The quarterbacks got to show what they had learned in participating in summer leagues that the Cavemen had played this year. At the Aug. 15 scrimmage, they hurled long passes to Cade Worthington, Cade Zakras, and Scott Newman. Newman and Hansen each made touchdowns in the scrimmage. The Red team defeated the Whites 26-0.
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