Brighton Puddy Tats

Timp Sports Weekly

Febuary 9, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the Awesome American Cavemen's Feb. 5 game in the gym of the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats. That game has made more difficult the Cavemen's chances for going to the state 5-A boys' tournament. Whether they will be able to see post-season play will depend on how they do this week against the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings and the Alta Hawks, AKA the Tweeties. Let's get to the story of the game.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Awesome AF Cavemen Suffer Tough Loss at Hands of Bad Old Brighton Puddy Tats Feb. 5

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Awesome American Fork Cavemen's chances for post-season play shrunk a little more during a Feb. 5 boys' basketball game at Brighton. AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, the Bengals defeated the Cavemen 70-63.

American Fork did really well in the first quarter. Ryker Mathews put the Cavemen on the board first. A "distant cousin" of the late actor Rock Hudson, Austin Hudson tied the game at two. Mathews and teammate Quincy Bair led the Cavemen out to a 6-2 lead. American Fork couldn't maintain its hold on the mometum for long.  Hudson and Sam Wunderli ignited a fierce Bad Old Puddy Tat comeback. The Bad Old Puddy Tats quickly tied the game at eight.

American Fork pulled ahead 10-8, but Corby Miller hit a trey to put Brighton ahead 11-10, and the Bad Old Puddy Tats went on a 7-0 scoring run that spilled over into the second quarter.

Mathews provided some good boarding for the Cavemen, but they had trouble with getting teammate Ben Beddes inside the key for easy shots. The Bad Old Puddy Tats kept Beddes from doing much inside the keyhole for most the game. In fact, he made only four points for the night.

The Cavemen had to rely on Mathews, Bair, and Marcel Davis for scoring. The trio's combined, second-period scoring kept the Bad Old Puddy Tats from securing a 10-point lead during the quarter. In the meantime, Loi Massina joined Hudson and Wunderli in enabling Brighton to lead by as far as nine points in the period. Bair put back in one shot to cut the lead to 28-25. A Wunderli foul shot sent the Bad Old Puddy Tats on a 7-2 scoring run that gave them a 35-27 advantage at halftime.

Brighton became really hot in the second half. At the start of the third quarter, the Bad Old Puddy Tats sank two straight unanswered buckets. American Fork's Austin Waddoups hit two consecutive treys to put his team within 51-46. However, Jordan Wertz swished in a three-pointer of his own to stun the Cavemen.

They managed to march back within 55-51 in the early fourth quarter. However, Brighton's Derek Newell became really hot. He harassed the Cavemen with steals. Meanwhile, the Brighton defense didn't let American Fork get any closer than 64-60 in the game's closing minute. Foul shots from Hudson and Missina clutched the game for the Bad Old Puddy Tats.

Mathews led American Fork with 17 points while Bair added another 11. Hudson led Brighton with 16 points while Newell added another 15 and Wunderli 13.