December 22, 2009
Publisher's Message
While last week's issue focused mainly on Lehi sports, we're going to look this week at the Awesome American Fork Cavemen and Cavewomen's wins in preseason basketball at home. We will also look at the Lehi Pioneer wrestling team's home win over the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups.
Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Awesome AF Cavemen Edge Out Timpview Millionaires 60-57 in Exhibition Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen improved their winning streak at 4-0 by outlasting the Timpview Thunderbirds, AKA the Millionaires, 60-57 in a non-league, boys' basketball game at American Fork December 15.
The last minute of the game went down as one of the longest moments of the contest. Two Josh Warner foul shots tipped the Millionaires within 58-57. The Cavemen then sought to run down the clock until Timpview would not have enough time to pull down a defensive board that would enable the Millionaires to be able to force an overtime or win on a three-point shot. However, a Timpview player made a fatal mistake of fouling Marcel Davis at the 0:03 mark. The Caveman guard went to the foul line and hit both of his free throws. Timpview thereupon took a gamble on a 20-foot shot. It dropped shot of the hoop as the buzzer sounded.
During the course the game, the Millionaires, led by Ky Raymond and Elis Robison, secured a 17-11 lead in the first quarter. However, in the second period, the Cavemen made an awesome comeback as they outscored Timpview 20-11 through shots launched by Ben Beddes, Ty Flinders, Marcel Davis, and Chase Hansen. American Fork outscored the Millionaires 14-8 to take a 45-31 lead into the final quarter. In the last period, Timpview outscored American Fork 21-15.
"To pull off the comeback, we were just trusting each other," Beddes said. "We knew what to do. We were watching opportunities. Marcel Davis handled the pressure well in those last seconds of the game when he hit those two free throws."
American Fork Coach Doug Meacham said, "I thought we played well defensively, and we attacked their 1-3-1 zone press the whole. We got some real big rebounds from Ben and Marcel. Our game was to attack their zone press. Every we drove into the paint, we managed to get a rebound or a basket."
Flinders led American Fork with 19 points while Davis and Hansen each added another 17. Raymond led the Millionaires with 14 points while Robison contributed another 10.
Awesome Cavewomen Break 2-Game Losing Streak By Taking Down Macho SF Lady Dons
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's basketball team broke its two-game losing streak Dec. 17 by winning 55-42 over the Macho Spanish Fork Lady Dons at home.
After having posted a 6-0 record at the start their preseason, the Cavewomen fell into a slump when they lost to the Springville Red Devils, AKA the Helltown Hellions, and the Skyline Eagles, alias the Blue Tweeties. Spanish Fork's manly girl cagers came really close to causing American Fork suffer its third straight loss.
In the first quarter, Spanish Fork's Brynne Nielsen got the tipoff. Cavewoman Laini Kalumbi stole from her and fed the ball to Grace Farnsworth for a short shot that opened the game's scoring. American Fork's 2-0 lead quickly became painted over by a 6-0 scoring run sparked by a Hayleigh Emerine bucket. American Fork's efforts to regain its first-quarter lead proved frustrating. Through her boarding and scoring, Erin Redd led Lady Dons in a successful effort to stay ahead for the entire period. Kalumbi led American Fork within 6-5, but that turned out to be the closest the Cavewomen could get to pulling ahead. After Makenzie Moea'i had put American Fork within 10-8, a Jen Huntsman bucket left the Dons with a 12-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In response to an Emerine bucket at the second quarter, Amy Krommenhoek scored five straight points to open an American Fork comeback. Krommenhoek's shooting spree put the Cavewomen within 14-13. A Kalumbi bucket put American Fork ahead 15-14. A Redd free throw tied the game at 15, but a Moea'i jumper broke the tie. The Macho Lady Dons pulled back out in front 19-17, and Nielsen hit a trey. It was not enough to break the Cavewomen's spirit. Seconds before halftime, a Krommenhoek trey put Americcan Fork within 24-22.
The third quarter opened with Farnsworth hitting a go-ahead three-pointer for the Cavewomen. Even though Spanish Fork did slip back out front 28-25, Moea'i scored on an offensive rebound, and Krommenhoek hit a trey that sent American Fork on a 10-0 scoring run that broke Spanish Fork's hold on the momentum. Besides beating Dons to some crucial rebounds, Shelby Carson nailed shots that helped the Cavewomen maintain a tight hold on the led By the end of the third quarter, American Fork led 43-34.
Spanish Fork's efforts to contain American Fork proved vain in the fourth period. Krommenhoek and Kalumbi led a successful attempt to keep American Fork ahead all through the last period. Both Cavewomen came up with steals and swished foul shots that soon gave their team a 51-40 lead. Free throws by Krommenhoek and Farnsworth put the game ahead in the final minute.
American Fork Coach Corey Clayton said, "For the third period, we switched our defense from man to zone. We played man in the first half, but Spanish stayed ahead of us for much of the time. We were able to switch well to zone. That helped to shut Erin Redd down. She's their go-to girl. She pretty runs the floor. They know where to get the ball to her. Amy Krommenhoek was missing shots in the first half, but she came hot in the third period. She got some good looks. Shelby Carson pulled down some key defensive rebounds for us in the third period."
While Redd led the Macho Lady Dons with 19 points, Kalumbi led American Fork with 17 points. Among American Fork's other high scorers, Krommenhoek posted 14 oints, Farnsworth 11, and Carson 10.
Lehi Wrestlers Stick Timpanogos T-Pups In 45 Minutes
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
At a Region Seven wrestling dual meet at Lehi Dec. 16, it took the Lehi Pioneers only 45 minutes to win 60-24 over the Timpanogos Timbewolves, AKA the T-Pups.
Lehi Coach Dan "Mr. Nice" Rice said "They [Lehi] wrestled had. They pinned when they needed to."
The T-Pups did well at onset of the meet. Taking a 5-1 lead over Pioneer Riley "The Swedish Stud" Anderson, Timpanogos' Jacob "The Full Moon" Smith pinned him with just one minute left in their 160 weight class match. In the 171 weight class showdown, T-Pup Tanner "The Naughty Pup" Preswich pinned Braxton "The Slick" Southwick 49 seconds into their bout.
The T-Pups' 12-0 couldn't survive a strong Lehi comeback. A deluge of Pioneer falls began with Taylor "Il Toro" Savio sticking T-Pup Tagen "The Pack Leader" Herrick in the first period of their 189 weight class match. Lehi's Garrett "The Tricky" Bolles pinned Timpanogos' Sam "Huff 'n' Puff" Ahmu halfway through the first period of the 289 weight class match.
Lehi's 103-pounder, Logan "The North Briton Laddie" Passey toyed with Gabe "The Wild Dane" Olsen for a little while, then stuck him.
In the 119 weight class match, Timpanogos' Tyler "Duke Howler" Reese broke the string of Lehi wins by pinning Steve "Sir Doom" DuBose in the second period. Their match had begun on a promising note for Sir Doom when he scored a takedown to secure the first lead. However, Duke Howler wrestled back to score the fall.
Dallin "The Purple Stallion" Rice of Lehi pinned Hayden "Swift Paws" Knudsen, a 125-pound T-Pup, in the first 30 seconds. Lehi's Koy "Squeeze Toy" Ash pinned Brian "Senor Lobo" Meza at the end of the first period of the 130 weight class match.
The 140 weight class match saw Pioneer Justin "The Throttle" Cottle take a 4-0 lead over T-Pup Zach "The Wicked Wolf" Peck. From there, The Throttle went on to pin The Wicked Wolf.
Lehi's streak of wins suffered another interruption when T-Pup D.J. "The Widowmaker" Argyle pinned Logan "The Hoppin' Hound" Brown.
The evening ended with Lehi's Trevor "The Handsome" Hansen sticking Jake "Superpup" Beveridge.
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