December 20, 2010
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look recent basketball games played by the Lehi Pioneers and the Awesome American Fork Caveowmen. The opponents they played included the Timpanogos Timperwolves (AKA T-Pups), the Copper Hills Grizzlies (AKA the Cubbies), and the Bear River Bears (AKA the Red T-Bears). Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
deanmemmott@hotmail.com
Timpanogos T-Pups Have a Howlin' Great Night at Expense of Awesome AF Cavewomen
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavewomen found themselves enduring a biting loss at home Dec. 13 a their non-league opponents, the Timpanogos Timberwolves, AKA T-Pups, had a howling good time in defeating them 61-58.
The three-point loss was not the way that the Awesome Cavewomen anticipated they would finish their game against the T-Pups. In past recent contests, American Fork would always come out on top of Timpanogos. The first quarter hinted that the Awesome Cavewomen would do so again in the Dec. 13 battle.
Guided by Ashley Baugh and Cassidy Fraughton, American Fork built up an 18-8 lead by the end of the first quarter. It gave the impression that American Fork would finish the evening by quieting the Howlin' T-Pups by a wide margin. However, the Cavewomen didn't anticipate that T-Pup Mercedes "Bnez" Riggs would have one of her best nights of the early season during the game.
In the second quarter, Riggs started three treys that showed the T-Pups within 20-17. When T-Pup Lucy Skousen scored on an offensive rebound, the Cavewomen suddenly realized that Timpanogos would not be a doormat this time. American Fork fought frantically for the rest of the quarter to stay ahead. Thanks to shoots from Baugh, Fraughton, and Shelby Carson, the Awesome Cavewomen managed to stay narrowly ahead throughout Quarter 2, even though the T-Pups did comeback within 25-24 midway through that period. Just before it ended, T-Pup Eternity Galeai scored put a shot back in to cut the lead to 30-28.
The second half opened with the T-Pups tying the game at 30. A distant relative of Ferocious Pleasant Grove Viking basketball player Ashli Sulz, Gorgeous Julie Sulz launched a jumper from a corner and broke the 30-30. Even though Gorgeous Julie didn't finish the night as one of the T-Pups' highest scores, her tie-breaking shot still proved to be the pivotal bucket of the night. American Fork battled frantically to try overcoming the T-Pups' narrow lead. Through the combined shooting of Riggs, Skousen, and Galeai, Timpanogos would stretch its lead as wide as six points at various times in the quarter. Just before it ended, Awesome Cavewoman Hayley Sua-Filo stole the ball from Galeai and sank a three-foot shot to cut the lead to 45-43.
Swift as a Mercedes Benz, Riggs plagued American Fork with steals and treys that frustrated the Awesome Cavewomen's efforts in the final quarter. Meanwhile, American Fork hurt itself through some key bad passes. After Gorgeous Julie had swished a three-pointer, American Fork's Tyra "T-Rod" Rodriguez pulled down a defensive board and dribbled away to sink a layup that opened an 8-2 scoring run for the Cavewomen. Aided by a Fraughton trey and a Sadie Williams three-foot bucket, Sua-Filo sank a free throw that evened the game at 55 in the last 2 1/2 minutes of play. With both teams committing a series of turnovers, the score stayed deadlocked at 55 until Riggs stole the ball and sank a tie-breaking layup. She followed it up with a successful foul shot. Baugh hit a last-minute trey to tie the game at 58, but Riggs sank three straight foul shots to lock up the game for the T-Pups.
Carson and Fraughton led American Fork with 11 points a piece while Baugh added 10, Sua-Filo and Williams eight points each. Riggs led the T-Pups with 20 points while Galeai added another nine and Skousen eight.
Lehi Boy Cagers Skin Copper Hills Cubbies 75-50 In Dec. 14 Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers skinned the Copper Hills Grizzlies , AKA the Cubbies, 75-50 in a preseason boys' basketball game at Lehi Dec. 14.
Hopping out to a 19-8 lead in the first quarter, the Froggies never looked back as they made the night an unhappy night for the West Jordan-based team. Lehi maintained a wide lead all the way through the game.
Zach Stanley and Dusty Draeger the Froggies with 18 points each. Ryan "Tar Pit" Pittard added 17 points. Colt Colledge pulled down eight points to become Lehi's top rebounder for the night.
Lehi Coach Craig Gladwell said, "Our intensity was better tonight than it was at Maple Mountain. We took them out of the game early. They made a run near the end of the game, but Colledge, Draeger, and Pittard nailed some key shots that enabled us to clutch the game."
Bear River Red T-Bears Dry Up Lehi Pioneer Girls' Hoop Squad 55-44
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Red T-Bears, the Bear River Bears made the night of Dec. 16 an un-bear-able time for the Lehi Pioneer girls' basketball team during a preseason game at Lehi. The Red T-Bears drained Lehi by a score of 55-44.
As they say in Tremonton, Box Elder County, the bus ride to Lehi turned out to be beary, beary frustrating. When the Red T-Bears' bus got into Salt Lake County, the vehicle broke down, and a new bus had to be sent down to carry them the rest of the way to Lehi, where they had to play of their three games an hour behind schedule.
The varsity game began shortly before 8 p.m. The Red T-Bears found Lehi's varsity players to be way more challenging than the Tooele Buffaloes, AKA the Buffies, which Bear River had skinned alive the night before.
In the first quarter, two Keli "I.M." Smart foul shots put Bear on the board first. Lehi's Brooke Barnes swished in a three-pointer, setting off a seesaw fight that lasted through the rest of the quarter. After a Kassi Fronk set shot put the Red T-Bears ahead 4-3, Lehi's Whitney Cook swished in two go-ahead foul shots, and a Trisha "Needles" Quilter trey improved Lehi's lead at 10-4. Pulling down a defensive board, Pioneer Anau Faleao passed to Sadie "Hawkins" Johnson for a layup. Plays like that one helped the Pioneers to finish the quarter with a 14-8 lead.
In the second quarter, Faleao stole the ball and laid it through the hoop. After Red T-Bear Bobi "Itsy Bitsty Spider" Webb had sunk a foul shots, Barnes hit a three-pointer, and teammate Aerin Ogden scored on a crosscourt pass to put Lehi's lead at 21-9. As Lehi fans cheered, Bear River looked as though it was going to be the team getting skinned tonight.
The Red T-Bears' new head coach, Van Park called a time-out at that point in hopes of making adjustments before Bear River could get flooded out of the Lehi gym. Two Jessica Owen foul shots and a Kenzie Williams layup sparked a comeback for Bear River. It clawed its way back within 24-23 through Olson and Smart's combined shooting. In the second quarter's final minute, Faleao hit a foul shot that prevented the Red T-Bears from tying the game at intermission. The Pioneers' 25-24 lead at the half promised a thrilling second half. However, it was to go down as a shocking display of Red T-Bear domination.
The third quarter opened with Fronk putting a shot back in to give the Red T-Bears a 26-25 lead. It didn't last long. An Ogden foul shot tied the game at 26. Ogden put Lehi back ahead 28-26, only to see Olsen even the game at 28. Olsen's ferocity inside the permiter kept the Red T-Bears from losing hold of the tempo. No sooner had a Barnes bucket tied the game at 34 in the third quarter's final minute when Josie Payne hurt Lehi with a tie-breaking bucket. It left the Red T-Bears holding a 36-34 lead in their paws during the third quarter break.
As soon as Payne had pulled down a defensive board in the early fourth quarter, she sank a shot, but she missed a free throw that could have completed a three-point play for her. Nevertheless, Payne had still delivered another hurtful blow to the Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. As soon as a Karah Jeppesen bucket had stretched the Red T-Bear lead to 40-34, a Quilter trey sent Lehi rowing with 40-38. The Pioneers' chances of pulling ahead vanished suddenly through Quilter missing two foul shots. Those two misses became the beginning of Lehi's self-destruction. The Pioneers hurt themselves through frequently missing shots, fouling Red T-Bears good at the free throw line, and tossing the ball away. After three Shaunie Owen foul shots had put the Bear River lead at 50-39 in the final 1 1/2 minutes, Odgen hit a 17-footer in hopes of starting a rally. However, the Red T-Bears' foul shooting staved the comeback attempt.
Park said, "Our girls usually have slow starts, but they usually come back quickly. That's what they did when they were down by 12 tonight. Making that comeback was a great confidence builder for us tonight. "
Lehi assistant coach Brett Hayes said, "They put pressure on our guards in the second half, and they kept crashing the boards, denying us chances for lots of rebounds. They forced us to make lots of turnovers. They also hit some big free throws down the fire. This game was definitely a learning experience for our girls, who're mostly rookies."
Ogden led Lehi with 1o points while Barnes and Johnson each added eight points. Olsen led Bear River with 16 points while Smart tossed in another 10.
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