AF Pre-Footlocker 2011

Timp Sports Weekly

November 8, 2011

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at a Pre-Footlocker meet that the Awesome American Fork Cavemen hosted Nov. 5. We will also look at the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's final two volleyball matches for this year. Let's get to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

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Awesome Caveman, Orem Tigger Win 1st Places at AF Pre-Footlocker Meet Nov. 5

By Dean Von Memnmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Braving freezing wind and snowy weather, an Orem Tigger and an Awesome American Fork Cavemen won the girls and boys' divisions respectively at the American Fork Pre-Footlocker Meet, held Nov. 5 at American Fork High.

The meet gave a total of 247 high school harriers another chance to run for their schools in the aftermath of the recent state cross country meet, held at Salt Lake City's Sugarhouse Park. Pine View, Park City, Herriman, Hunter, Westlake, Maple Mountain, and Lehi brought entire teams to the meet. Springville and Pleasant Grove also had representation at the meet.

The sister of former Orem cross country sensation Amber Harper, Summer Harper reminded spectators why the Orem Tigers, AKA the Tiggers, have a lot of bounce. During the girls' race, Summer quickly secured a first-place position way ahead of her 114 opponents. With her springy feet, she didn't let any competitors, especially Lehi's Jackie Heaps and Cousin Kenzie Draper get really close to her. When Summer entered the mouth of the long chute, she suddenly got confused and headed for the chute's eastern tape. Race officials shouted at her, "Go that way, not this way!"

Summer corrected herself, and she hurried through the chute to pick up her championship trophy.

The Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, had two racers finish in the top 10 of the girls' race: Heaps and Cousin Kenzie. Heaps took second and Cousin Kenzie seventh. Their presence among the race's top 10 finishers was a further compliment to the Lehi girls' cross country program, which had recently won a Region Four championship and a second-place trophy at the state championship races. Among the other Froggies to run in the girls' race, Emily Allen took 22nd, Sam Slater 52nd, and Min Edwards 88th.

Lehi Coach Matt Rowe said, "It's good for us to have a meet like this in between the period of state and Footlocker. This race kept us from getting soft. Running in this weather prepared us for California later this month. The weather should be warmer there."

American Fork had a lot of Awesome Cavewomen running in the girls' race. American Fork Bruno Hunziker said, "We took second at region and fifth at state. We had to rely on the jayvee girls to get us through, because we lost four varsity girls to injuries shortly before region. Our jayvees came through for us today. Their performance today was a pretty good indication of how they might do at the Footlocker meet in California. Jamie Lee, Diane Leach, and Lexie Green did well for us."

For American Fork in the girls' race, Lee took 12th, Leach 19th, Greebn 31st, Katie Cornell 39th, Miranada Graves 41st, Annie Bardin 43rd, Ashley Larson 50th, Taylir Garrison 51st, Hailey Heath 54th, Abby McBride 53rd, Terrlynn Westphal 58th, Chloe Crump 61st, Makayla Bernardo 62nd, Angi Vawdry 65th, Bridgette Lundahl 70th, Sarah Tracy 75th, Melissa Mirsch 93rd, Candace Lundahl 96th, Shannon Rowley 99th, Marie Boucher 103rd, and Ashlie Rymer 110th.

AKA the Shockers, the Westlake Thunder had three girls run at the meet. Among the Shockers who placed in the girls' race, Jessica Bennett took 34th, Mikayala Wardle 89th, and Madison Brown 108th.

For now former state 5-A champion Awesome Caveman Clayton Young, winning the boys' division of the Pre-Footlocker meet was a fine way to rebound after his third-place finish at the recent state 5-A boys' championship race. Young said, "State turned out to be an off-day for me. At this meet, I was able to have a kick at the end, enabling me to win. I learned at state that I just couldn't carry the whole load with me. I needed the help of the entire team."

"In spite of his third-place finish, Clayton still helped our guys win their third straight state title," said American Fork boys' coach Timo Mostert. "I'm happy with how our guys raced in today's weather. Most of them proved that it really didn't matter. Some of our younger guys still have to figure out that they can run in bad weather."

The Awesome Cavemen had strong representation among the top t0 finishers in the race. Among the other Awesome Cavemen who ran the Nov. 5 meet, Mac Morrison took third, Connor McClellan fifth, Tyson Green ninth, Dallas Griswold 12th, Caleb Thompson 14th, Zach Jacklin 29th, Ty "Tinker" Bell 35th, Spencer Herzog 48th, Landon Redhair 53rd, Jake Jensen 54th, Kaden Groves 69th, Vic Hindevad 105th, and Zack Wigington 122nd.

Ferocious Pleasant Grove Viking Brady Olsen took 16th in the boys' race. As for the Froggies who ran in it, Derek Wilcox took 43rd, Kjiestan Heaps 57th, Logan Passey 67th, Tyson Raff 68th, Tom "Cat" Heaps 75th, and Shane Collier 80th.

Westlake's Caldon Preece took 44th in the boys' race.

Froggie Volleyball Team Finishes Home Season with 3-Game Win over Awesome AF Cavespikers

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers had their volleyball team finish its home season through a three-game sweep posted against the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen Oct, 25. The Froggies hopped past American Fork by scores of 25-8, 25-23, 25-15.

In the first game, a Tandy Muse ace sent the Froggies leaping out to an 11-1 lead on hits by Madi Memmott, Mikayla Dunford, and BreeElle Bailey, a very distant cousin of comic character Private Beetle Bailey. Sierra "Colonel" Sanders registered a kill in hopes of sparking a comeback for the Awesome Cavewomen. However, the comeback was not to be the case for American Fork. Dunford, Bailey, and Cousin Madi displayed such domination at the net, that the Cavewomen didn't have a prayer in the game. Hailee Rupp registered a registered that gave the Froggies the game point.

Game 1's lopsided nature gave the Froggies the impression that they didn't need to play well against Awesome Cavewomen. American Fork soon proved to be an opponent that had to be taken seriously. Awesome Cavewomen Alesa "Tex" Pettit, Katelynn Goulding, and Elie Rosdahl

gave Bailey, Dunford, and Cousin Madi a very strong challenge at the net throughout Game 2. Taking advantage of Lehi's commission of bad hits and missed serves, the Awesome Cavewomen soon took a 6-5 lead. The rest of the game went down as a story of frequent switches in the lead. Late in the game, the Froggies secured a 19-15 lead. Led by Rosdahl and Gouding, American Fork soon got within 20-19 on a Sanders kill. Two kills by Cousin Madi slowed American Fork down. It still tied the game at 22. Cousin Madi registered a tie-breaking kill that kept the Froggies ahead for the rest of the game, despite a missed Lehi serve that put American Fork within 24-23. A missed Cavewoman serve gave Lehi the game point.

In the third game, Pettit and Sanders guided the Awesome Cavewomen out to a 6-2 lead. It presented the impression that the match might go at least four games. The Froggies spared themselves from having to play a fourth game. Bailey and Cousin Madi stirred up comeback that tied the game at seven. Even though Pettit broke the 8-8 tie with a shot into a front-row hole, Rupp made a tip that sent the game swinging to Lehi's favor. With Bailey, Dunford, and Cousin Madi dominating the net, the Froggies quickly secured a 22-11 lead and denied American Fork any chances to recover. Soon, Cousin Madi registered a kill which scored the match point.

To Lehi Coach Jaimie Ingersoll, the win over the Awesome Cavewomen was nothing to croak about. After the match, she spent a long time talking to her players about their performance in the home finale, and her voice could be heard throughout the gym.

American Fork Coach Stephanie Hodgemann said, "Unlike the last Lehi game, we were passing better tonight. Sierra Sanders and Katelynn Goulding each produced three kills tonight. Ellie Rosdahl had seven digs."

Bingham Pickers End Awesome Cavespikers' Season Oct. 27

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a Region Four volleyball finale at American Fork Oct. 27, the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, defeated the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen by scores of 27-25, 25-15, 22-25, 25-16.

With Bingham defeating the Awesome Cavewomen 27-25 and 25-15 in the first two games, the Pickers looked as though they would finish off the home team in the third game. Even though the Pickers took an early 4-2 lead, Alesa "Tex" Petttit and Kelsey "Lethal" Leetham orchestrated a comeback. Soon, a Morgan Evans block put the Awesome Cavewomen ahead 5-4. Lexi Thompson and Mikisha Wilden paced the Pickers in keeping the game a seesaw affair. However, Leetham's hitting soon enabled American Fork to take a 14-13 lead. It became the hook that American Fork needed for taking a strong hold of the momentum. Bingham tied the game at 17 and 18, but the Awesome Cavewomen broke both of those tied scores. Eventually, Leetham registered a kill that gave American Fork the game point.

For a little while in Game 4, the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen managed to pull ahead several times on kills from Pettit and Leetham. Once a Thompson kill put Bingham ahead 9-8, the game went downhill quickly for American Fork. Thompson and Jaiden Ackerman registered kills that tipped American Fork off balance. The Cavewomen hurt themselves with several missed serves at crucial times. Before long, Bingham won 15-6.

American Fork Coach Stephanie Hodgemann said, "We've improved a lot since the start of the season. We're going to have some really good players back next fall.

"Janae Huter had 36 digs for us, Tex 17, and Rosdahl 16."