Timp Sports Weekly
June 14, 2011
Publisher's Message
For this week's issues, we look at how the Awesome American Fork Cavemen and Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings fared in the recent preseason tournaments sponsored by the Utah Baseball Academy. Let's get to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Awesome Cavemen Have a Gay Old Time in Comback Win Over SF Dons in a UBAL Preseason Tournament Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen came from behind to defeat the Spanish Fork Dons 9-8 in a preseason Utah Baseball Academy League, 16-under division tournament game, played at American Fork June 7.
The Dons led for the first 5 1/2 innings of the game. It got off to a good start for Spanish Fork. In the top of the first inning, Hayes Hall got walked by pitcher Sean Hardman, a little brother of former American Fork volleyball player Jenny "Munchkin" Hardman. Jade Nielson doubled in Hall, then got homered in by Brady Bate. The Cavemen grounded out Brock Nelson and Trevor Perkins before the Dons could pick up additional runs in the first.
In the bottom of it Zach Willis singled into left, only to get nailed in a fielder's choice play at second. After Hardman had grounded out, Brock Lamb, a nephew of former Cavewoman soccer star Ali "Lamb Chop" Lamb Searle, singled in Zac "Hawsie" Haws. Getting on base through a walk, Alec Shultz anticipated getting batted in, but he saw the first inning end with Koy Dibb striking out.
Spanish Fork loaded the bases on one out in the second, and Nielson hit a three-run double. He got out, though. The Dons' 6-1 lead received a big slash in the bottom of the second. A "distant cousin" of Hollywood star Bud Abbot, Milo Abbot got on base through a walk, and he advanced to third on an Eli "Iza Comin'" Aubrey single. Ursulsa Andrus' "distant cousin" Ryan Andrus singled Abbot in. Willis hit a two-run triple to cut the Don lead to 6-5. Despite a Haws single, Willis got stuck at third. The Awesome Cavemen then got held scoreless until the bottom of the sixth, despite an Abbot single in the fourth.
Doubling into right during the top of the third, Bennett Bradford soon scored on American Fork error. The Cavemen didn't let that mistake come back to haunt them further. They held the Dons scoreless until the seventh.
Despite experiencing setbacks like a Don double play in the fifth, the Awesome Cavemen did not give up. They finally pulled ahead in the sixth. On one out in the bottom of it, Dibb tripled in Lamb and Shulz. Abbot doubled in Dibb to put the Cavemen ahead 8-7.
On two outs in the seventh, Nick "Mr." Roberts singled Coop Thorpe to tie the game at eight. The game stayed deadlocked until American Fork had two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh. Haws singled in Andrus to win the game.
AF 17-Under Team Bests Spanish Fork 13-3 in UBAL Preseason Tournament Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
June 14 didn't go down as a gay old time for the Spanish Fork Dons' 17-under division team. In a UBAL preseason game at American Fork, the Awesome Cavemen defeated the Dons 13-3 in a six-inning affair.
Pitcher Danny Beddes held the Dons scoreless in the first five innings, allowing only three hits during those rounds. Andy Perkins singled off Beddes in the top of the first, only to get stranded on base. Collin "Hollywood" Argyle produced a fourth-inning single for the Dons, and they saw Casey Reynolds single off Beddes in the fifth. However, none of those three singles could produce runs for the Dons.
Meanwhile, the game turned into a lopsided win for the Awesome Cavemen. On two outs in the bottom of the first, Zac Willis got on base through an error, and Beddes singled him in. When American Fork loaded the bases in the bottom of the third, Jeremy Reynolds, a son of former Bad Old Brighton Putty Tat Jason Reynolds, singled B.J. Eldredge in. Pitcher Andy Perkins answered that RBI by striking out Tyson Heaps.
The score stayed at 2-0 until the bottom of the fifth. Zac "Hawsie" Haws singled in Cade Hill, a "nephew" of TV's Hank Hill, to begin a long rally. Beddes homered in three runs, and on one out, Morgan "Mo" Flinders hit a one-out, one-run single into right. American Fork picked up two runs on a passed ball.
Spanish Fork finally got onto the scoreboard in the top of the sixth. The Dons picked up their three runs that inning courtesy of singles hit by Perkins, Argyle, and Kaden "Rockwell" Porter. In the bottom of the sixth, Zac Willis doubled in Eldredge to begin a four-run rally that ended the game in the sixth.
American Fork Coach Jay Holmstead said, "In both of our games today, our guys played with a lot of hunger. We wanted to bounce back from our loss to Bingham in the state championship game last week."
Awesome AF Cavemen Geld Cottonwood Ponies 6-2 in UBAL Preseason Tournament Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In UBAL preseason tournament game at American Fork June 8, the Awesome Cavemen's 17-under division team gelded the Cottonwood Colts, AKA the Ponies, 6-2.
Cottonwood got onto the scoreboard first during the top of the opening inning. Beaned by a pitch, Marty "Chag" Chaganovich stole his way around to third base. A great-grandson of a Yugoslavian immigrant who came to this country at age 14, Chag soon stole home. The Awesome Cavemen didn't let let the Ponies pick up another run until the fourth.
On one out in the bottom of the first, Danny Beddes singled in Zach "Hawsie" Haws for a tying run. The top of the second saw Ponies Sam Rickman and Mark Sulurio each slug a single, only to see American Fork spring a double play that retired Cottonwood to the field.
With Morgan "Mo" Flinders doubling in the bottom of the second, American Fork picked up two runs through singles hit by Ky Clayton and Cade Hill. On two outs in the third, Tyson Heaps doubled in a run, but got tossed out at third while attempting to turn his hit into a triple.
In the fourth's top half, Rickman singled in a run, but the Cavemen didn't let the Ponies score any further. Though stung by a double play in the bottom of the fourth, American Fork still picked up two runs through a Hill triple and an Andrus single.
From the fifth inning off, the game went down as a defensive battle. It ended with shortstop Jeremy Reynolds turning up a double play.
American Fork Coach Jay Holmstead said, "Cottonwood is one of the toughest teams in the state. When you beat them, you know you're definitely having a good day. We pitched pretty good against them. We made great defensive plays that they gave us."
Lone Peak Loners Defeat Ferocious Vikings 15-13 in UBAL Preseason Tourney Game
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Loners, the Lone Peak Knights managed to round up only nine players for their 17-under division game at Pleasant Grove June 9. Still, the Loners won 15-13 over the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings in the preseason contest.
Ferocious Viking pitcher Tyler Harman held the Loners scoreless in the top of the first, despite a center-field double hit by J.D. Spencer.
Hitting a left-field single in the bottom of the first, Riley Erickson came home on a Bradon King triple that started a three-run rally for Pleasant Grove. During the rally, Jake Barnhart doubled in King, then came home on a single from Colt Sheriff, a grandson of former softball sensation Larry Sheriff.
Pleasant Grove didn't get to enjoy its lead for long. A nephew of former Caveman pitcher Dale "Grand Slam" Deveraux, Braxton Deveraux singled into left at the start of the second, and the Loners soon loaded the bases on no outs. Casey Lundquist doubled in two runs and Carson Kelshaw tripled in another two. Jeremiah "Bullfrog" Van Dyle singled Kelshaw in.
Pleasant Grove clipped the Loners' lead to 5-4 through Erickson singling in Parker Bullock.
The Vikings pulled ahead 6-5 on King's two-run single in the fourth. Harman singled in King to improve the Viking lead at 7-5.
Van Dyke doubled in Kelshaw to open a four-run rally for the Loners in the top of the sixth. Pleasant Grove erased Lone Peak's 11-7 lead during a six-run rally started by Erickson's one-run triple in the bottom of the sixth. During the rally, Barnhart hit a two-run homer that Pleasant Grove hoped would put the game away. That home run could not do that, though.
A "cousin" of TV's Bart Simpson, Justin Simpson singled in two runs in the top of the seventh, sparking another four-run rally that caused Pleasant Grove to go through a series of pitchers. In the bottom of the seventh, Erickson singled in Zack Hicken, but the Loners didn't let the Vikings go on another long rally.
Loner Coach Brandon Deveraux said, "After having played PG so often, we knew their plays. What we did was come up with big hits that made it possible for us to keep coming back into the game."
Ferocious Vikings Defeat Layton Stickers 7-1 in Final Day of Pool Action of UBAL Summer Tournament
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
Although they didn't make it to the single-elimination part of the Utah Baseball Academy League's preseason summer tournament, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings did win 7-1 over the Layton Lancers' 17-under division team on June 10, the final day of pool play at Pleasant Grove.
AKA the Stickers, the Lancers could get any hits off pitcher Braden King until the third inning. By then, King's pitching had allowed the Ferocious Vikings to build up a 6-0 lead.
In the bottom of the inning, King scored on an infield error as Jake Barnhart stole to second. Layton didn't let the Ferocious Vikings score again until the bottom of the second. Its lower half opened with Zach Hicken homering over the center-field fence, nicknamed the Blue Monster.
"Tonight was the first time in five years that I saw someone hit a home run over the Blue Monster," said Ferocious Viking Coach Darren Henry. "Hicken had his best hitting game of the season tonight. He had both that incredible homer and a double.
On two outs, Bryce Jones homered in three runs. Although Tyler Harman flew out to center fielder McKay Burton soon afterwards, Pleasant Grove continued gaining momentum.
In the top of the third, Burton singled in Quinton Marcellin. That was the only RBI King let the Stickers have. Striking out two batters in the fifth, King kept Layton from profiting from a Weston "Mr." Hyde single hit into left. He also kept Marcellin standed on base after giving up a single to him in the seventh.
Meanwhile, in the bottom of the fourth, Hicken doubled into left, and he came home on a Riley Erickson sacrifice fly. Erickson singled Aiden Newanswander in the bottom of the sixth to complete the game's scoring.
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