Volleyball and Soccer

Timp Sports Weekly

September 21, 2010

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at a volleyball match between the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen and the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings. We also check in on how the Lehi Pioneers' girls' soccer team has been faring lately. Let's get into those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

deanmemmott@hotmail.com

Ferocious PG Vikings Spike Awesome AF Cavewomen With Loss in 3-Game Match Sept. 16

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

After getting thrashed in a three-game match at Lone Peak Sept. 14, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings wanted to prove their Sept. 18 match against the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen that they were still the same quality team that had the 2009 state 5-A championship. So in Pleasant Grove's gym, the Ferocious Vikings defeated the Cavewomen 25-18, 25-14, 25-14.

Pleasant Grove Viking Jamie Schapper said, "I think that after Lone Peak last Tuesday, our girls went all out to play like the defending championship team that they are. They had something to prove to the home crowd. They wanted to show that they could indeed defend our house against teams like AF."

In the Sept. 14 match, the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, overcame the Ferocious Vikings 25-17, 26-24, 25-20. That stinging loss raised questions of how Pleasant Grove would fare at home against the Awesome Cavewomen, who won a four-game match at home against the Jordan Beetdiggers, AKA the Plowgirls, Sept. 14.

A niece of former Viking softball coach Jeff "Donuts" Wilson, American Fork Coach Allyce Jones recalled, "We played with much intensity against Jordan. We won the first two games, but lost the third one. We came out really aggressive in the fourth game, winning it 25-9.

"In playing against PG tonight, we found them to a be a real tough team. Kim Dahl gave us a rough time at the net."

Dahl's hitting permitted the Ferocious Vikings to take a 4-1 lead in the first game. Cavewomen Alise Larsen and Holly Morris stirred up a 7-4 scoring run that tied the game at seven and eight. Ferocious Viking Makell Hymas served up some aces that permitted Pleasant Grove to stay ahead for the rest of the game. Hayley Sua-Filo presented Dahl a strong challenge at the net. Sua-Filo's efforts enabled American Fork to get within two points several times. However, Kayla Bowman aces and Delayne Daniel kills gave the Ferocious Vikings the energy they needed to pull away to a 25-18 lead.

The second game opened with Cavewoman Alison Vincent delivering a kill. The lead switched hands frequently early in the second game. Af Le'0 Fotu block tipped the Ferocious Vikings ahead 4-3. Sua-Filo and Larsen's hitting permitted the Cavewomen to soon tie game at seven, eight, and 10. An Annie Jenkinson kill put the Ferocious Vikings ahead 11-10,  Larsen, Sua-Filo, and Jenny "Munchkin" Harfdman led efforts to keep American Fork alive in the second game. However, Heather Clark's serving paced efforts by Dahl and Delayne Daniel to get Game 2 over in a hurry. A Daniel kill gave Pleasant Grove a 25-14 win.

In the second game, Jenkinson and Dahl's hitting guided the Ferocious VKikngs out to a 10-2 lead, thanks to Makell Hymas' serving. Kills by Alesa Pettit and Jessica Fugal spurred the Awesome Cavewomen into storming back within 12-7. Soon, Viking Kayla Bowmans' aces

shocked the Cavewomen. Before long Pleasant Grove commanded a 20-10 lead. No way now could American Fork be able to club its away back into the game. Added by a Gabby Jenkinson kill, Dahl punched the ball into a hole to score the match point.

Tough Region 7 Action Leaves Lehi Pioneer Girls' Soccer Team Battling for Right to Go to State

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

These past three weeks have been a trying time for the Lehi Pioneer girls' soccer team. Some back-to-black losses have left the Pioneers battling to stay afloat in their efforts to win a trip to this year's state 4-A playoffs.

They did get off to a great start during their first week of region. On the Saratoga Springs field of the Westlake Thunder, AKA the Shockers, Lehi flooded away their competition 5-0. The Pioneers then dunked the Mountain View Bruins, AKA T-Bears,  7-0 on Mountain View's field.

The next week, things soured for Lehi. In an Aug. 26 game at Leh, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, dried up the Pioneers 4-0. During that game, the T-Pups got two goals from Kenzi Adams. Teammates Amanda Marshall and Marissa Nimmer also each scored a goal. Lehi Coach Brett Bergholm confessed, "We didn't come out aggressive in that game. We let Timpanogos finish it four times."

In a double-overtime thriller at Timpview Aug. 31, Timpview's Sicily Bennett scored a goal in the final seconds of the second overtime to produce a 1-0 win over Lehi. Bergholm said, "That was such a heartbreaking game for us. We played really good in it, and we had a lot of good scoring opportunities. We just couldn't put the ball into the back of the net."

Lehi finally broke its two-game losing streak when it hosted the Provo Bulldogs, AKA the Bullpuppies, in a Sept. 2 game. Bergholm said, "We scored all of our goals in the first half."

Mikaela Kauffman scored two of the Pioneers' goals in the Sept. 2 contest. It also saw Emily Fox and Dylan Downs each score a goal for Lehi. Bergholm said, "After we had played so great in the first half. We relaxed too much in the second half. We were lucky that they didn't score any goals on us."

In an exhibition game at Wasatch Sept. 7, Lehi routed the Wasps, AKA the Bugs, 4-0. In that game, Fox, Michelle Russon, Mikaela Kauffman, and Sydney Cook each scored a goal for Lehi. Two days after that win, the Orem Tigers, AKA the Tiggers, bounced past Lehi 2-0 in a game at Orem. Hailey Hamblin and Maddie Bowen each scored a goal for the Tiggers.

That loss put Lehi's region record at 2-3. That made Lehi's Sept. 14 rematch against the Shockers a very important game. In the first half of the contest,Emily Fox and Jessi Burningham each scored a goal for the Pioneers.

Lehi stayed stuck on its 2-0 lead until late in the second half.  Jenna Russon scored the third Pioneer goal. Kelsi Hancock made the fourth one a few minutes later.

The Shockers became more aggressive in the game's final six minutes. With only 5:30 left in the game, Shocker Kelsey Young dribbled into the Pioneer penalty box and booted the ball into the goal net before goalie Ali Houghton could intercept the shot. Lehi didn't let the Shockers capitalize on Young's goal.

Bergholm said, "We moved the ball much better today than we did in the Provo game. We had some really nice finishes today. Sydney Cook assisted in the first goal when she crossed the ball to Emily Fox . Caitlin Hepworth passed to Kelsi Hancock for our final goal."

The Pioneers' Sept. 16 home game against the Teddy Bears became one of the most important contests of Lehi's season. Bergholm said, "This game was to decide whether we would have a two-game lead over Mountain View or end up getting tied with them in the final region standings."

Both teams put forth such strong defensive efforts, that neither the Pioneers nor the T-Bears could score a goal in the opening half. Lehi broke the scoreless deadlock four minutes into ths second half. Justine Burningham, a very recent addition to Lehi's varsity squad, kicked in a goal. 

As the score stayed suck at 1-0, T-Bears Kieouna Christensen, Taylor Jolley, and Kate Kirkham put much pressure on the Lehi defense. However, Dylan Downs and Hillary Hansen guided efforts to keep the Teddy Bears from tying the game.

With a few minutes later, Lehi's Abbie Foster scored the game's second goal to clutch the contest for the Pioneers.

"Justine and Abbie are just freshmen, but it was absolutely great to see them score crucial goals for us today."