Loner-Vicious Viking Soccer Game

Timp Sports Weekly

October 16, 2012

Publisher's Message

For this week's issue, we look at the state 5-A quarterfinal girls' soccer game between the Lone Peak Knights (AKA the Loners) and the Vicious Viewmont Vikings. We will also look at recent volleyball matches involving the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen, Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings, and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. We finally read a breathtaking account of a Sept. 28 football game between the Froggies and the Awesome Cavemen. As they say in Lehi, let's swim straight to those stories.

Dean Von Memmott

Publisher

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Vicioius Vikings End Lone Peak Loners' Soccer Season in State Quarterfinal Game Oct. 11

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Vicious Viewmont Vikings enjoyed sweet revenge as they eliminated the Lone Peak Knights, AKA the Loners, in a state 5-A quarterfinal girls' soccer game at Centerville Junior High Oct. 11. With all scoring occurring in the second half, the Viewmont defeated the Loners 2-1.

Earlier this season, the Loners had defeated the Vicious Vikings in an exhibition game. So that presented a chance that Lone Peak would kick its way into the state semifinals at Juan Diego this week.

However, the first half of the Oct. 11 rematch demonstrated that both the Loners and the Vicious Vikings had equal chances for making the semifinals.

From the start of the game, Wesley Hamblin proved to be the motor for the Loners' offense. In producing frequent steals, she would power Lone Peak drives deep into Vicious Viking territory. Aided by Taylor Goss, Corrie Lamoreaux, Hannah "Dr. Jeykel" Hyde, and Tess Arnold, Hamblin kept much pressure on Vicious Viking goalie Ashley Earnshaw. Lone Peak came close a few times to getting on the scoreboard first when the referee called for the Loners to awarded indirect kicks. Booting everyone of them, Hyde came so close to sending the ball into the net. However, Earnshaw's quickness and strong walls of Vicious Vikings kept those indirect kicks from touching the rear of the Viewmont goal net throughout the entire game.

Loner goalie Sara Boley came under much stress, too, during the first. Frequently stealing the ball, Vicious Vikings Courtney Wallis, Abbie Flandro, and Heidi Lordscheider attempted to sneak shots past Boley. However, she did not let one Vicious Viking shot slip past her during the first half.

The first half ended in a scoreless deadlock. This presented a chance that the game could slip into overtime. However, scoring finally started in the early second half. Before the first 10 minutes of it had elapsed, Wallis intercepted a pass and scored the afternoon's first goal on an angle shot.

"That first goal made by them occurred, because of a miscommunication between our players," said Lone Peak Coach Heather Dahl, a sister-in-law of Rob Dahl, the head coach for the Timpview Millionaires' girl and boys' soccer teams. 

The miscommunication didn't spell doom for Lone Peak right away. A few minutes later, Hamblin received a pass from Hyde, and she booted in a tying shot. It kept the Loners' state hopes afloat until they drew a foul in their penalty box during the game's final 10 minutes. Gazing at Loner goalies Julie Vaughn, Flandro booted in a penalty kick. It sounded the death knell for the Loners' successful season.

Heather Dahl said, "This season, our girls progressed a lot. We didn't have just a small corps of girls pick up varsity experience. Most of the girls in the program received playing time in our varsity games. We will have a lot players back next year."

Ferocious PG Vikings Dry Up Lehi Froggies in 3-Game Volleyball Match Oct. 9

By Dean Von Memmott

Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

During Region Four volleyball action Oct. 9, the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings rowed into the Lehi Pioneers' gym and dried them up in a three-game affair by scores of 25-18, 25-20, 25-20.

AKA the Froggies, the Pioneers put forth an overall performance that left their head coach, Jamie Ingersoll,  not happy -- correction not hoppy. Lehi hurt itself through frequently hitting the ball into the net, getting cited for registering fourth hits, and missing serves. To get Ingersoll to croak about anything good about her players' performance in the three matches would have been a waste of time.

A niece of former Pleasant Grove softball coach Jeff "Donuts" Wilson, Viking Coach Alyce Jones, on the other hand, had much to brag about how her Ferocious Vikings did in the game. Jones said, "We served tough. We were on our game. We sided out a lot.We did a good job in making them worry about what we would do next."

The first game opened with the Froggies failing to get the ball over the net. A double hit called on the Vikings tied the game at one, and the Froggies soon pulled ahead 2-1. A very close relative of Christmas crooner Thurl Bailey and comic strip character Beetle Bailey's most famous distant cousin, BreElle Bailey registered kills that caused frequent changes in the lead. Teammate Hailee Rupp held her own against the Ferocious Vikiings at the net. However, the Froggies soon found out that they couldn't depend on Bailey and Rupp to carry the match for them, especially when Ferocious Vikings saw outstanding performances by their teammates Melissa Fuchs, Katie Biggs, Rachel "Tornado" Gale, and Brisa Winterton, a niece of the Beautiful Stephanie Trane, an American Fork High and Utah Valley Community College volleyball legend. Those four Ferocious Vikings registered kills that tipped the Froggies off balance.

The first game stayed tight until after a Courtney Walker kept had put the Froggies within 19-18. Gale registered two straight kills that gave the Ferocious Vikings the momentum to row away through Delayne Daniel's serving. 

Like the first game, the second one was close for a little while. Capitalizing early on Froggie hitting errors, Pleasant Grove quickly sailed out to a 10-4 lead. The Froggies hopped back within 11-8 on Bailey and Rupp's hitting. Kills from Fuchs and Gale slowed down Lehi's comeback to a short hop. A Rupp ace sparked a Lehi comeback, though. The Froggies came within 20-19. However, before they could jump ahead, Biggs registered a kill that gave the Ferocious Vikings the momentum they needed to win the game second 25-20.

Hits by Winterton gave Pleasant Grove a 2-0 lead in the third game. It saw the Froggies play a lot worse than they did in the two prior games. Even so, they did jump within 11-8 through Walker's hitting. Fuchs and Gale became really hot in their hitting during that point. The Ferocious Vikings managed to row far enough ahead to keep the Froggies from having a prayer of taking the lead. In the meantime, the Froggies made a lot more mistakes than they did in the first two games. When a Fuchs kill put the Ferocious Viking lead at 23-15, the match seemed it would end in two serves. Pleasant Grove hitting errors prolonged the game. It finally ended when Fuchs pushed a shot into a Lehi hole.

Fuchs and Gale each posted 11 kills for Pleasant Grove while Winterton produced 30 assists and Daniel made 14 digs.

Lehi Froggies Outlast Awesome Cavewomen in 5-Game Volleyball Match Sept. 25
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

Even though the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen did come out on the losing end of a  volleyball match that they played at Lehi Sept. 25, they still proved Lehi head coach Jamie Ingersoll wrong. A day before the match, she said, "We'll have it won in three games."

Guess what. The Awesome Cavemen held their own against Ingersoll's players, causing the match to last five games instead of three. AKA the Froggies, the Pioneers finally ended up winning it by scores of 25-27, 14-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-13.

It had to be admitted that the match was one of the most riveting -- correction, ribbiting volleyball contests played at Lehi in recent memory. Even though, for instance, the Froggies hopped ahead of the Awesome Cavemen 4-2. An Aleesa Pettit kill sparked an Awesome Cavewoman rally. A Morgan Evans ace soon put American Fork ahead 5-4. A long series of trades in the lead ensued.

As the two school kept pulling ahead of each other, comic strip character Beetle Bailey's very famous "distant cousin" BreElle Bailey found strong challenges from Awesome Cavewomen Kelsey Leatham, Ellie Rosdahl, Maddy "Colonel" Sanders, Kassidy Roberts, and Jaysay Whitehead. Those five Awesome Cavewomen kept Bailey from doing much damage at the net, even though Hailee Rupp and Maykayla Houghton helped her a lot. After Lehi tied the score at 24, a Froggie hitting error allowed Rosdahl to register a game-winning for the Awesome Cavewomen.

For a little while, the Froggies kept the second game a close affair. They leaped out to an early 2-1 lead. Through Leatham's serving American Fork clubbed its way out to a 4-3 lead. After a Bailey kill had put the Froggies within 5-4, they committed a series of errors that enabled the Awesome Cavewomen to pull way ahead. Evans and Leatham registered kills that soon produced an 18-10 lead for American Fork. It never looked back. A Leatham kill gave American Fork a 25-14 win.

Judging by the first two games, fans found it tempting to assume that American Fork would finish drying up Lehi in Game 3. However, in that round, the Froggies finally took the Awesome Cavewomen seriously. Through Houghton's serving, Lehi took a 7-0 lead. A Jessie Eakins kill sparked an American Fork comeback. Sanders and Leatham paced it. However, as soon as American Fork had pulled within 15-14, Bailey registered a kill that tipped the moment back to the Froggies' favor. Still, American Fork refused to give up. Petitt and Evans kept the Awesome Cavewomen charging at Lehi, despite kills from Bailey, Courtney Walker, and Hailee Rupp. When a Leatham kill had shortened Lehi's lead to 24-23, American Fork looked as though it would sweep the match's first three games after all. However, the Froggies scored the game point on an American Fork hitting error.

Thrilled by their victory in the third game, the Froggies played more seriously against the Awesome Cavewomen in the fourth game. Even though it unfolded with American Fork pulling ahead 4-1, the Froggies rallied back through Bailey and Houghton's leadership. A Houghton kill put Lehi ahead 7-6, and before long, the Froggies were croaking for joy about a 17-6 lead that they had created through Bailey's serving. Roberts, Leatham, and Petitt orchestrated an Awesome Cavewoman comeback that soon put their team within 24-23. Bailey delivered a kill that forced the fifth game.

American Fork took a 6-1 at the start of it through Leatham, Roberts, and Evens' hitting. Kills by Bailey and Rupp spurred the Froggies into jumping back to tie the game at seven. For a little while, American Fork kept managing to break tied scores. However, a Cavewoman net violation tied the game at 13. A Houghton kill broke the tie, and an American Fork hitting error gave Lehi the match point.

American Fork Coach Stephanie Hodgeman said, "I was pleased that our girls were able to make comebacks in the third game after being down by 10. This showed how well we could play with anybody. We got to sideout a lot in this match. Morgan Evans led us with 14 kills, and Leatham made another 13."

Ingersoll siad, "We had solid defense and good serving. We were having trouble getting fired up on offense, though. Bailey led us with 23 kills and Houghton made another 20.

Lehi Froggies Melt Away Snow Canyon Flakies in 4-Game Volleyball Match Oct. 5
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

In a non-league volleyball match at Lehi Oct. 5, the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, defeated the Snow Canyon Warrior, AKA the Flakies, in four games by scores of 29-27, 24-26, 25-17, 25-23.

Game 1 opened with Flaky Alexsa Parker registering a kill. Lehi's Reesie Tua registered a tying kill. A little while passed before the Froggies could get a tight grip on the momentum. Bailey and Makayla Hougton's kills created a 9-4 lead for Lehi. The Froggies managed to led by as far as 19-11. The Flakies could've easily given up and melted away at that point. However, Parker and Megan "What D" Funk stirred up a rally, fueled by Lehi hitting errors. Soon, a Parker kill put the Flakies ahead 22-21. A seesaw battle ensued. After the Froggies had pulled ahead 28-27, they won the game on a bad Snow Canyon bump.

In the second game, the Froggies posted an early 6-2 lead. Funk and Jordan Johnson paced Snow Canyon back within 7-6. Although a 3-A squad, the Flakies again proved that 5-A teams had to take them seriously, even after the Froggies had created a 16-8 lead over them in the second game. Bailey, Hailee Rupp, and Makayla Houghton received a stronger challenge at the net from the Flakies than the did from the Awesome Cavewomen the week before. Late in Game 2, Funk registered a kill that put the Flakies ahead 22-21. Lehi hitting errors allowed Snow Canyon server Heleigh Van Putten to pace her squad to a 26-24 victory.

In the third game, Houghton lead the Froggies out to a 3-0. During that game, Lehi encountered much resistance from Megan Leavitt at the net, keeping the most of Game 3 a tight battle. After Snow Canyon had pulled ahead 8-6, Bailey served up aces that kept Lehi from losing hold of the momentum. Once the Froggies had pulled back in front 9-8, they encountered a strong challenge from Natalie Swann. Her hitting allowed Snow Canyon to pull ahead 14-12. Bailey registered a series of kills that put her Froggies ahead 15-14. They capitalized on some Snow Canyon hitting and service errors to hop away with a 25-17 win.

Even though Lehi pulled ahead 3-1 at the start of the fourth game, the Flakies battled back to 5-4 lead. Snow Canyon improved it at 7-4. Even though Funk disabled some Lehi double blocks, the Froggies kept jumping back. Finally, a Carly Ituma kill put Lehi ahead 10-9. A series of frequent ties and one-point leads followed. After Snow Canyon had blown within 24-23, Van Putten missed a serve, giving Lehi the match point.

Bailey led Lehi with 21 kills while Carly White produced 17 digs.

Lehi Coach Jamie Ingersoll said, "For a 3-A school, Snow Canyon is a tough team to play against. They have great servers, and they play great defense."

Ferocious PG Vikings Sink Awesome Cavewomen in 3-Game Match at AF Oct. 4
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings carried out a successful raid on the Awesome American Fork Cavewomen's gym in a three-game volleyball match Oct. 4. Pleasant Grove sank American Fork by scores of 25-14, 25-14, 25-20.

Paced by Melissa Fuchs and Rachel Gale, the Ferocious Vikings made short work of the Awesome Cavewomen in the first two games, winning both of them by the score of 25-14.

In the third game, American Fork proved to be much more of a challenge. Maddy "Colonel" Sanders and Morgan Evans guided the Awesome Cavewomen out to a 4-1 lead. This gave American Fork fans hope that their Awesome Cavewomen would go on to force a fifth game. Gale's hitting motivated the Ferocious Vikings to fight back to tie the game at nine. Kelsey Leatham registered a kill that put American Fork back out in front 10-9.

The Awesome Cavewomen built up a lead of 16-11. Kills by Fuchs and Gale reinvigorated the Ferocious Vikings. They battled back to tie the game at 18 on a Gale kill. Madison Wolford tipped the all into American Fork hole, putting Pleasant Grove ahead 19-18. A Paige Mickleson ace gave the Ferocious Vikings the fuel they needed to go on a 6-2 rally that ended with a Gale kill scoring the match point.

The niece of former Ferocious Viking softball coach Jeff "Donuts" Wilson and former American Fork Citizen Publisher Brett Bezzant, Alyce Jones said, "We played with much confidence. Our girls needed a mental push in the third game, though. Fuchs led us with 14 kills while Gale had 12 kills. Brisa Winteton had 33 assists and Delayne Daniel came up with 14 digs."

Awesome AF Cavemen Defeat Lehi Froggies 27-18 in Sept. 28 Football Showdown
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Sept. 28 football showdown between the Awesome American Fork Cavemen and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, showed why the rivalry between the two schools had remained strong after four generations. The intensity of play seen on tLehi's field that night made it impossible for anyone to predict accurately the outcome of the game. However, the Awesome Cavemen came out as the 27-18 winners of the contest.

The first quarter opened with American Fork's Jade Luker making a 15-yard kickoff return to the Awesome Caveman 16. Quarterback Jacen Condie lobbed a 32-yard pass, which led the Awesome Cavemen to reaching the Froggie 32-yard line. American Fork fumbled away the ball on the Froggie 21-yard line.

Under the leadership of quarterback Kyle Greenwood, the Froggies marched clear down the American Fork 34-yard line, courtesy of rushes made by Derek Hastings, Folo Uluukivaiola, and Ryan Absher. The Awesome Caveman defense, nicknamed the Red Curtain, stopped Lehi cold there.

With the Red Curtain's work done, the Awesome Cavemen had Luke take a turn in rushing the ball from their 34-yard line. He raced 57 yards to the Froggie 9-yard line. On a third-day play, Zach "Crack" Katoa scored a touchdown at 1:45. Tanner Lee kicked a PAT, and American Fork took a 7-0 lead into the second quarter.

Early in that period, Lehi kept an American Fork march from moving beyond the Froggie 13-yard line. So the Caveman had Tanner kick a 23-yard field goal.

American Fork's 10-0 lead received a nasty slash midway through the second quarter. After Awesome Caveman Jonah Trinnaman's 55-yard touchdown run got canceled out by an American Fork penalty, American Fork fumbled away the ball on the Lehi 47-yard line. Absher recovered the fumble and raced to the American Fork 47-yard line. Lehi marched clear to the Awesome Caveman 24-yard line. Greenwood passed to Austin Whetzel for a touchdown at 2:23, and Absher scored a two-point conversion.

Long rushes by Absher in the early third quarter push the Froggies inside the Awesome Cavemen's 10-yard zone. After Awesome Caveman lineman Austin Harmon stopped Ulukivaiola at the AF 5-yard line on a third-down play, the Froggies had Parker Ballard kick a go-ahead field goal. 

With Lehi now ahead 11-10, the Awesome Cavemen now faced the risk of experiencing what to be the worst kind of humiliation for American Forkers: losing a game to the Froggies. American Fork didn't let Ballard's field goal go unanswered. At 4:19, Lee kicked a 25-yard field goal to put his Awesome Cavemen ahead 13-11. It sounded the beginning of the end for the Froggies. 

Late in the third quarter, they fumbled away the ball on their 10-yard line. The next play Katoa scored a touchdown, and Lee kicked in another PAT.

Lehi attempted to stage a long march from its 20-yard line, but American Fork's Brad Hill, a "distant cousin" of TV's Hank Hill, picked off a pass at the American Fork 38-yard line. Before American Fork could profit from the interception, Absher recovered another fumble on the 34-yard line and raced all the way into the American Fork touchdown during 2:21. Ballard booted in an extra point to put Lehi within 20-18. A little less than a minute later, Condie passed 80 yards to Chris "The Raccoon" Boone for a touchdown, frosted with Lee's third straight PAT.

Late in the fourth quarter, Lehi invaded the American Fork 10-yard zone. The Froggies got as far as the 6-yard line. The Awesome Cavemen's defense prompted Lehi to try for another field goal. However's Ballard's kick sent the pigskin falling short of the goal post. That was the closest either team came to scoring during the fourth period. During it, both squads got plagued by turnovers. Eventually, the Awesome Cavemen resorted to consuming as much time as they could to put the game away. That effort worked.

American Fork Coach Aaron Behm said, "Lehi's proving to be tougher than they have been in earlier years. They forced us into making some turnovers, especially in the fourth quarter. I'm glad, though, my guys were able to keep them from scoring two field goals."

Lehi Froggie Spikers Defeat Riverton Silverpups in 4-Game Match Oct. 2
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher

The Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, defeated the Riverton Silverwolves, AKA the Silverpups, in a four-game volleyball match at Lehi Oct. 2. The Froggies leaped past their Region Four foe by scores of  25-14, 21-25, 25-19, 25-15.

Led by Kara Lord, Hailee Rupp, and BreElle Bailey, the Froggies sprung out to an early 5-0 in the first game. Silverpup Danelle Parady registered a kill that slowed Lehi down briefly. However, before long, the Froggies built up a 12-3 lead. Even though the Silverpups had become toast at that point, they did see Mandy Chidester and Parady make kills that kept the game going longer than it should have lasted. Tua, Bailey, and Hailee Rupp delivered hits that enabled Lehi to row away to a 25-14 win.

That score presented a false impression that the Froggies would have the Silverpups toasted in three games. However, the Silverpups demonstrated in the second game that they had much talent to howl about. Even though the Froggies had stroked out to an early 3-1 lead, they made some hitting errors that that the Silverpups took advantage of. Riverton soon pulled ahead 10-9. Parady and Chidester guided an effort to keep the Silverpups ahead for the rest of the game, despite aggressive front efforts from Bailey, Rupp, and Makayla Houghton. A Parady kill gave the Silverpups a 25-21 win and forced a fourth game.

Even though the Silverpups got on the board first in Game 3, the Froggies gained control of the momentum through the combined hitting of Brynn Christensen, Bailey, Alexis Baker, and Carly White. Despite experiencing resistance from Parady, Chidester, and Gerika Ballard, the Froggies stayed out in front by at least four points through the rest of the game. With a Bailey kill giving Lehi a 25-19 win in Game 3, the Froggies went into the fourth round, taking Riverton more seriously.

During the fourth game, Bailey delivered serves that enabled Lehi to stay out in front, once the Froggies had secured a 5-4 lead. Alexis Averett joined Parady, Chidester, and Ballard in guiding Riverton within 10-9 and 11-10. Blocks by Makayla Houghton and a Rupp kill gave the momentum to row away. Eventually, a Houghton kill scored a match point for Lehi.