Lehi Homecoming

Timp Sports Weekly

Sept. 15, 2010

Publisher's Message

This week's cover story deals with Lehi falling a minute short of winning its first football game in four years. Through a last-minute turnover by the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, howled from behind to win 36-33. We will also look at a story about the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings winning a five-game volleyball match against the Brighton Bengals, AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats. As the folks in Lehi would say, let's plunge into those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Timpanogos T-Pups Capitalize on Lehi Fumbles to Win 36-33 in Region 7 Opener at Lehi

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Sept. 10 would have gone down as a red-letter day for the Lehi Pioneers' football team, for it came within a minute of scoring its first win in three years. However, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA the T-Pups, capitalized on a last-minute Lehi fumble and went on to howl from behind to win 36-33.

That was not how the game was expected to end. At the start of the game, the Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, played more aggressive than the T-Pups did. During the first Timpanogos drive, for example, the Pioneer defense hopped all over the T-Pups, causing them to lose yards. In spite a 21-yard pass thrown by quarterback Zac Larson, the T-Tups had to punt without picking up a first down.

Even though T-Pup Kai Davis nailed Lehi quarterback Kinloch Gray for a seven-yard loss, Lehi shocked the Timpanogos defense when wide receiver Brandon Sehestedt caught a 60-yard pass that put Lehi at the T-Pup 9-yard line. The Froggie offense hopped clear to the T-Pup 1-yard line. From there, Gray barged his way through for a touchdown. Garratt Bayles kicked in an extra point.

Lehi stroke with its 7-0 into the second quarter. During it, the Pioneer defense kept the T-Pups from moving the ball into Lehi's side of the 50-yard line. In the meantime, the Froggies improved their lead. Lehi had much to croak about its second-period performance. Besides the Pioneers jumping all over the T-Pup offense, they also added 16 more points to their score. 

Early in the second period, for example, Lehi moved the ball clear to the T-Pup 5-yard line. Even though a fumble cost Lehi 15 yards, the Pioneers still got Bayles to kick a 20-yard field goal for them. A short time later, Sehestedt caught a 13-yard touchdown pass, and Bayles booted in another extra point. Teammate Zach Stanley caught a 49-yard touchdown pass eight seconds before halftime.

The Pioneers' 23-o lead at the half should have guaranteed a blowout win for Lehi. However, during the second-half kickoff, Lehi fumbled away the ball on the Pioneer 18-yard line. On the next play, Larson passed to Bryson Nickle for a touchdown.

To Pioneer fans' shock, their team once more fumbled away the ball on the next kickoff. This time, though, the Pioneer defense kept the T-Pups from scoring a touchdown. Nevertheless, Nickle's TD gave Timpanogos much momentum. Midway through the third quarter, for example, the T-Pups marched clear to the Lehi 14-yard line, where Larson handed off to running back Cade Terris for a touchdown run run. Lehi answered it with a Bayles field goal, which followed a Seshestedt touchdown that got canceled by a Pioneer penalty.

Aided by Timpanogos wide receiver Deion Rutland's catch of a 45-yard pass in the fourth quarter, Davis scored a touchdown during a five-yard play.

A passing interference penalty called against the T-Pups opened the way for Lehi to score an insurance touchdown. Pioneer Jacob Benson made it on a 15-yard run, and Bayles kicked in an extra point. Benson's TD couldn't save Lehi, though.

A long kickoff return by Terris to the Lehi 30 soon led to Rutland scoring a touchdown on a five-yard carry. During a kickoff return, Pioneer Zane Munger lost hold of the ball, and the T-Pups recovered it on the 20-yard line. Timpanogos marched from there into the Lehi 10. At 1:05, Terris scored a go-ahead touchdown on a three-yard carry.  Rutland then caught a two-point conversion pass. The clock ran out before Lehi could answer with a touchdown of its own.

Ferocious Vike Spikers Take Down Bad Old Puddy Tats in Region 4 Volleyball Opener

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

AKA the Bad Old Puddy Tats, the Brighton Bengals found the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings to be too ferocious for them during a Region Four volleyball opener at Pleasant Grove Sept. 9.

The Bad Old Puddy Tats dominated the first two games of the five-game contest. Paced by Emily "Claws" Mendenhall and Kenzie Filer, Brighton held its own against Ferocious Vikings Kim Dahl and Audrey Biggs in the first two games. In both contests, the lead frequently changed hands as Dahl and Biggs led a fierce effort to keep the Bad Old Puddy Tats from pulling away. Mex "Bad Kitty" Meads joined Mendenhall and Filer in delivering kills that kept the lead falling back into Brighton's paws. Ferocious Viking Le'o Fotu delivered some kills that kept Pleasant Grove's hopes alive in the first game. However, a Viking hitting error gave the Bad Old Puddy Tats a 25-23 win. The Bad Old Puddy Tats led most of the second game, even though Pleasant Grove did take a brief 9-8 lead at one point. Once a Filer kill put the Bad Old Puddy Tats ahead 13-12, they stayed ahead for the rest of the game. A Megan Johnson kill Brighton a 25-22 win in Game 2.

In the third game, though, the Ferocious Vikings took a 4-1, and they never looked back. Dahl and Biggs held their own against Mendenhall, Filer, and Mac Wallace. Morever, the Bad Old Puddy Tats couldn't get going strong against the Ferocious Vikings. Pleasant Grove won the game 25-15.

In the fourth game, the Bad Old Puddy Tats tied the score several times, but they couldn't control the momentum.  A Dahl kill earned the Vikings a 27-25 win. In the fifth game, Dahl's kills demoralized the Bad Old Puddy Tats. Pleasant Grove won Game 5 15-5.