December 7, 2010
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at a dual wrestling meet and two basketball games that took place in Lehi High's main gym during the first week after Thanksgiving. AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers won all three contests. For them, that was a swell piece of happy news. Let's look at the stories about those Lehi wins to learn why the Pioneers are croaking with delight about them.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lehi Grapplers Humble Awesome AF Cavemen 57-21 in Nov. 30 Meet
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
For the Awesome American Fork Cavemen, nothing more is humiliating than losing to the Lehi Pioneers, who they, for years, have called Swampies, Webfooters, and Froggies. Calling the Lehites all those derogatory names couildn't spare the Awesome Cavemen from the latest humiliating experience that they had in Lehi Nov. 30. On the evening of that date, the Pioneers' wrestling team drowned American Fork by a score of 57-21.
The seemingly long, but ride back to American Fork made the Awesome Cavemen see that no matter how many times they would call Lehi Swampville, they had better come ready to perform their best against the Pioneers, who were always willing to take great satisfaction to hop all over them.
The Nov. 30 meet did get off to a great start for the Awesome Cavemen during the 145 weight class match between American Fork's Kaleb "Colonel Destruction" Dearing and Pioneer Coy "The Slash" Ash. In their match, Colonel Destruction opened scoring through taking The Slash down. However, the Slash soon rolled ahead 3-2. Colonel Destruction proved to be as talented as his older brother Todd "The Love God" Dearing, who wrestled for the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, a few years ago. Scoring a reversal, the Awesome Caveman pulled back out in front 7-4. Even though the Slash did wrestling his way back within 14-9 on a reversal, Colonel Destruction outmaneuvered him to win 14-9.
Right after Colonel Destruction's amazing triiumph, the match suddenly turned pitch black for the Awesome Cavemen. The Froggies proceeded to drown them through a series of pins.
One minute into the 152 weight class match, for example, Lehi's Justin "Full Throttle" Cottle pinned Brandon "The Photon Torpedo" Rhoton one minute into their contest. After Lehi had picked up six free points, courtesy of a Caveman forfeit, Lehi's Logan "Uptown" Brown pinned Casey "The Adorable" Crandall in the third period after having secured a 12-2 lead over him.
Pioneer Trevor "The Handsome" Hansen pinned Jon "The Red Don" Dean 28 seconds after their 189 weight class match began.
American Fork's 215-pounder Platt "The Bark" Clark stuck Eli "The Thorn" Sosa in the final 25 seconds of their match's first period, breaking the Froggies' four-match winning streak. With Through Awesome Caveman Myles "The Most Precious" Jewell's pinning Jake "The Purple Rattle Snake" Harper, American Fork looked as though it was going to row back into the contest.
No sooner had the Awesome Cavemen battled back within 24-15 when Lehi's Reagan "Sir Carnage" Bottley pinned Hunter "The Straight Arrow" Clark during 0:55 in the third period in their 103 weight class match. Chris "The Wild Swede" Anderson's pinning Jack "Big Bam" Tam, a 112-pound Caveman, presented the impression that Lehi was going to wash the Awesome Cavemen away through a series of pins.
A.J. "The Grenade"Cindrich reminded Lehi that there were still Awesome Cavemen who were formidable opponents for the Froggies. In his 119 weight class match, the Grenade built up an ealry 4-1 lead, but Pioneer Andy "Wild Billy" Tilley quickly pulled ahead 6-4 through a reversal and a three-point reversal. The Grenade tied the game at six, and he pulled ahead 9-6 on a three-point near fall in the third period. The match soon ended on an explosive note when the Grenade pinned Wild Billy just before the final buzzer.
As soon as the Cavemen had pulled within 42-21 on the Grenade's pin, American Fork's Ty "Baron Sly" Tichner battled back strongly after Matt "Swamp Cat" Jones, a 125-pound Pioneer, had secured a 4-1 lead over. Baron Sly got within 7-6, but his foe escaped his hold in the third period and took him down. Swamp Cat pinned Baron Sly.
Lehi's Cody "The Derringer" pinned Gage "The Scary"McGary, a 130-pound Awesome Cavemen, 10 seconds into their match. Securing a 9-2 lead over his 135-pound foe, Trent "Steam Shovel" Kirkham, Pioneer Dallin "The Purple Buffalo" Rice pinned him in the third.
The 140 weight class match saw a thrilling showdown between Lehi's Tanner "The Anaconda" Eastman and Ricky "The Slick" Bartholomew, a son of 1986 state wrestling champ Rick "Dr. Death" Bartholomew. During their match, the Slick scored a second-period takedown to tied the score at three. The Caveman then pulled ahead 4-3 on a third period escape. However, the Anaconda scored a takedown to win the match 5-4 and put the final team score at 57-21, Lehi.
American Fork Coach Eric "The Red Viking" Spencer said, "They got some good experience in wrestling against a team of veterans like Lehi. We had a couple of ninth-graders who wrestled really good in the jayvee match earlier tonight. We have a really young team right now. Out of the 40 guys in our program, only eight have wrestling experience."
Lehi Coach Dan "Mr. Nice" Rice said, "Tonight, our guys fought really hard on the mat. Tonight shows how much really experienced they are. We can expect them to do really good this season."
Lehi Boys' Hoopsters' 61-50 Win Dec. 1 Leaves Herriman Pretty Ponies as Geldings
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Ever since the horrifying loss that the Herriman Mustangs, AKA the Pretty Ponies, had dealt them in football last September, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, had been spoiling for a chance to settle scores with the newest Salt Lake County school. On Dec. 1, Lehi finally got even with Herriman through gelding the Pretty Ponies 61-50 in a non-league boys' basketball game at Lehi.
Lehi Coach Crag Gladwell said, "They [Herriman] were a hustling team tonight. They stayed right with us until the end of the third quarter. We finally pushed them out of the way in the fourth quarter."
Getting the tipoff, Lehi's Colt Colledge quickly fed a pass to Trevor Christofferson for a layup. Pretty Pony Jayden Rasmussen answered it with a go-ahead trey. It couldn't secure for the Pretty Ponies control of the game. Dusty Draeger bombed Herriman with two straight treys that gave Lehi an 8-3 lead. Before the Froggies could improve on their lead, Taylor "Meister" Yaegar hit a three-point shot that set off a 7-0 scoring run for the Pretty Ponies. Once Jared Gamblin tipped them ahead 10-8, they found Lehi hopping eager to jump back out in front. A Zach Stanley trey put the Froggies back out in front 11-10. Lehi managed to lead by as far as 16-12 during the first quarter. However, thanks to a Tanner McKissick layup, a Frances "Bernie" Bernard trey ended the period with a 17-16 lead for the Pretty Ponies.
The second period began with Tueni "T-Horse" Lupenanau sinking a layup to improve the Pretty Pony lead at 19-16. A Tanner Simmons free throw set the stage for a Lehi comeback during the new period. Securing an offensive rebound, Pioneer Ryan Pittard leaped back up to tie the game at 19. For a little while, all the Froggies could do was keep tying the game, because. Colt College soon hit two straight inside shots to sending Lehi stroking back out in front 32-21. Late in the first half, T-Horse pulled down a defensive board and fed a pass to Bernard for a layup that tied the game at 23. Pittard broke the 23-23 deadlock, and Colledge scored from underneath to send Lehi stroking with a 27-23 lead into the second half.
For a little while in the early third period, Lehi kept the Pretty Ponies from sinking field anywhere on the floor. Two Rasmussen foul shots were the only Herriman scoring in the second half's first three minutes. in the meantime, a Christofferson free throw and two Draeger buckets fueled a 6-2 scoring run that gave Lehi much momentum in the third period. Draeger gave the Pretty Ponies severe headaches through the third period as his shooting soon produced a 40-30 lead for Lehi. Despite aggressive boarding efforts from Rasmussen and T-Horse, the Pretty Ponies couldn't get closer to Lehi than 40-32 in the period.
Draeger stayed hot in scoring the fourth period as the Froggies maintained a double-digit lead through most of that quarter. Lehi lengthened its lead as wide as 53-38. A T-Horse bucket initiated a 12-8 scoring run for the Pretty Ponies. Rasmussen's shooting did put them within 55-46 on a trey hit by late in the quarter, but Lehi's control of the boards kept the Pretty Ponies from stampeding back into the game. When Pioneer Braxton Nerdin hit a trey put the lead at 61-48, Lehi finally felt it had at last avenged the terrible defeat that the Pretty Ponies' football team had inflicted upon it three months ago.
Draeger led Lehi with 18 points while Stanley added another 13 and College 10. T-Horse and Rasmussen led Herriman with 16 points each.
Lehi Girls Win 1st Hoop Game in Home Contest Against West Jordan Pussy Cats
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
After opening their girls' basketball season with road losses at Lone Peak and American Fork, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, finally had something to croak about on Dec. 3 when they posted a 50-40 washout win at home against the West Jordan Jaguars, AKA the Pussy Cats.
The game opened with Pussy Cat Marki Ashton getting the tipoff. However, Lehi's Aerin Ogden pulled down a defensive rebound and zipped away to score the game's first bucket. Shots from Deane Bourdeaux and Kacee Atkinson enabled West Jordan to tie the game at two and five. Fresh from the recent volleyball season, Lehi's Anau Faleo became a spark that kept Lehi ahead all through the game. In the first period, she held her own on the glass againstAshton and Atkinson. Faleo also broke the tied scores of two and five. Meanwhile, Trisha "Needles" Quilter scored on a full-court pass to give Lehi a 9-6 lead. Kimmie Evans became a brief threat to Lehi through her putting the Pussy Cats within 9-8 and 11-10. A Brook Barnes trey strengthened Lehi's advantage at 14-10 late in the first quarter. After Pussy Cat Annie "Twist" Oliver hit two free throws, Kelsey Langness scored on an offensive rebound to give Lehi a 16-12 lead at the first quarter break.
In the second quarter, Oliver and Evans worked well together to keep the Pussy Cats within strking distance of Lehi. One Oliver bucket, for example, put West Jordan within 16-14. Langness prevented a 16-16 tie through pulling down a defensive board and passing to Sadie Johnson for a successful shot from underneath. Faleo, in the meantime, continued frustrating West Jordan. In the last 30 seconds of the half, Ashton stood still with the ball while the other nine players on the floor waited for her to dribble. She didn't do it until the final 10 seconds. West Jordan tried to end the half with a three-point shot, but Faleo pulled down a defensive board during the horn.
After a Faleo free throw in the third period, Evans hit a jumper that put the Pussy Cats within 25-21. Suddenly, Ogden hit a 17-foot shot and scored on an offensive rebound to give Lehi stronger control of the tempo. Soon, Johnson put a shot back in to put the lead at 31-21. Although Bourdeaux and Atkinson helped to reduce the lead to single digits, the Pioneers didn't let the Pussy Cats come any closer than 31-25 in the third period. Steals by Quilter and Langness left Lehi leading 36-25 at the end of the third quarter.
The Pioneers maintained a double-digit lead well into the fourth quarter. When Barnes hit a trey to put the score at 45-29 in the last four minutes of play, West Jordan's chances of roaring back didn't look very good. That didn't stop the Pussy Cats from having Evans and Oliver hitting three-pointers. When those buckets put West Jordan within 48-40 in the final minute, the prospect of the Pussy Cats forcing an overtime looked real. However, Johnson rebounded a free throw missed by teammate Beth Beeson in the game's final 20 seconds and passed to Anja Ahquin, who got fouled. Ahquin hit both of her one-and-ones to end the game's scoring.
Lehi Coach Troy Gifford said, "Our big differences tonight were Anau Faleo and Aerin Ogden. Anau was a really scrappy player tonight. She pulled down key boards, produced steals, and sank some great inside shots. Odgen hit a key three-pointer for us after West Jordan had gotten within 11-10. West Jordan's sinking threes at the end of the game didn't bother me, because I wanted to give our younger players experience in knowing how of handle the pressure of an opposing team's comeback effort."
Faleo led Lehi with 16 points while Ogden added another 11. Oliver led West Jordan with 15 points and Evans contributed another 10.
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