Timp Sports Weekly
February 5, 2013
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at the Lehi-Bingham dual wrestling meet and the Feb. 1 boys' basketball game between my Awesome American Fork Cavemen and the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies. As they say Lehi, let's stroke straight to those stories.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Bingham Pickers Dig Out a 39-23 Win Over Lehi Froggie Grapplers
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In Region Four dual wresting meet at Lehi Jan. 31, the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, digged out a 39-23 win over the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies.
Late in the meet, the Pickers showed why their program had produced through the generations wrestling legends like Darling Darren Miller and Eric "Burial Plot" Lott. Lehi did show that the Pickers that it had its share of talented grapplers, too.
The first Froggie to do well in the meet was 132-pounder Reagan "The Pagan" Bodily. In his match against Chase "Count Handsome" Hanson, he opened scoring with a takedown. In the second period, Count Handsome tried pinning The Pagan through applying the Picker Grip. The Pagan broke it and he went on to scored two two-point near falls to enable him to win 8-0. The Pagan's win gave his team a 4-0 lead.
Bingham quickly tied it at four through Aaron "The Harsh" Marsh subduing Ian "The Driller" Miller 12-4.
Involving Froggie Dave "Ambusher" Busko and Picker Jake "The Blue Flash" Curtis, the 145 weight class match went down as one of the evening's most exciting contests. The two grapplers battled to a scoreless tie in the first period. In the second period, The Blush Flash escaped Ambusher's grasp. Ambusher took him down, then went on to thwart the Blue Flash's third-period attempts to pin him. Ambusher won 2-1.
Bingham's T.J. "Hot Dog" Wenner took an early 2-0 lead over Lehi's 152-pounder, Wyatt "Brave Herbie" Herbert. Brave Herbie reversed Hot Dog, and a tight match ensued. Late in it, Brave Herbie took Hot Dog down and pinned him, improving Lehi's lead 13-4.
For the 160 weight class match, Lehi's Caiden "The Pin" Taylor took a 4-1 lead over Jake "Milk Shake" Funes. Milk Shake refused to melt away. He battled back to tie the match at 5-5. The match saw frequent trades in leads. In the third quarter, The Pin scored a takedown to tie the match at 12. Milk Shake reversed The Pin and scored a two-point near fall to win 17-12 over his Froggie opponent.
After battling Froggie Brandon "The Barrel" Terrill to a 2-2 in the first period of their 170 weight class match, Picker Nate "Lord Great" Naylor pulled ahead 4-2 and built up a 9-4 lead. The Barrel battled back to get within 13-9 on an escape and two reversals. Lord Great didn't The Barrel get any closer to him.
In the 182 weight class match, Nick "The Derringer" Henninger pinned Eli "Bullfrog" Sosa in the first period to put the Pickers ahead 15-13. That match marked the beginning of Bingham's domination of the meet. After Binham's Sitakeli "The Squid" Finefeuieki pinned, his 220-pound foe, Deryke "Prince Barbaric" Terrill, Froggie Fracken Bracken stuck Austin "The Bunker" Bunkall in hopes swinging the momentum back to Lehi's favor.
That was not to be the case. Lehi fans looked on with frustration as they watched Pickers Alex "Prince Toro" Romero, Jake "The White Snake" Barton pin Laken "The Anchor" Muir and Nick "Mr. Quick" Austin respectively. A 120-pounder, Froggie Daltono "The Vise" Rice interrupted Bingham's string of wins by outlasting Calton "The Pencil" Schieving 19-5. The meet ended with Bingham's Tanner "The Pistol" Weston pinning Tyler "Big Chief' Tahbo.
Awesome AF Cavemen Drain Lehi 79-67 in Region 4 Boys' Basketball Feb. 1
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen cruised into Lehi Feb. 1 and drained the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 79-67 in Region Four boys' basketball play.
The game climaxed a weeklong celebration of Lehi High School's heritage. A lot of the Froggies showed up at the game in clothes worn by teenagers in the '70's, '80's, and '90's. Also, the Froggie basketball player wore trunks that were popular before the 1990's: ones that were above the knees.
The game itself, for a little while, went down an example of the huge rivalry that existed between the Froggies and the Awesome Cavemen a generation ago.
As Caveman fans awaited junior center Ryan Andrus, a "distant cousin" of Hollywood actress Ursula Andrus, to inflict tremendous to the Froggies' defense, his teammate Tyler Rawson went on a shooting spree that opened the night's scoring. The shooting spree began with Rawson sinking a three-pointer. He followed it up with a layup that improved the Awesome Caveman lead at 5-0.
A "distant cousin" of pro baseball legend Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson, Lehi's Frankie Jackson answered Rawson's shots with three successful foul shots. As they put the score at 5-3, Lehi anticipated tying game really soon. Ryan Pittard made the anticipation strong through pulling down a defensive board. A bad Froggie pass cost Lehi a chance to even the game at five.
Two Chris Wells free throws stretched the lead to 7-3. Pittard trimmed it to 7-5, and teammate Tanner Nygren stole the ball, only to miss a layup, which Andrus rebounded.
Hit by comic strip character Beetle Bailey's "distant cousin" Brenden Bailey, two foul shots set of a 14-4 scoring run led by Wells and Rawson during the first quarter's final four minutes. An Andrus three-point play left the Awesome Cavemen owning a 21-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the early second quarter, a Chris Macula trey and two Blake Cleveringa foul shots guided the Froggies on a 5-2 scoring run that put them within 23-14. Andrus undermined Lehi's effort to keep the point spread in single digits. With held from Dan Nyman, Andrus' shooting put the Awesome Cavemen more than 10 points ahead. In the last two minutes of the half, Rawson dunked a shot that stirred up cheers from among American Fork fans and reminded the Froggies of the fate that Awesome Cavemen had in store in for them. Four straight unanswered points scored by Taylor "Needles" Larson improved the lead at 39-17. Just before intermission, Pittard sank two foul shots and a layup that clipped the lead to 39-21.
In the early third quarter, Cleveringa led his Froggies on a 6-2 run that put them within 41-27. Despite great boarding and shooting from Macula, Jackson, Cleveringa, and Nygren, Lehi couldn't get any closer to the Awesome Cavemen than 14 points, for Brody Childs and Wells aided in Andrus stretching the lead as wide a 57-34. The third quarter concluded with a Macula jump shot sending the Froggies on a 9-0 scoring run. It concluded with a Macula trey in the early fourth quarter. Receiving an inside pass, Rawson sank a hook shot that opened fourth-quarter scoring for the Awesome Cavemen.
They led by as far as 18 points in the final period. The wide lead persuaded American Fork Coach Doug Meacham to employ the services of his reserves in the game. Second-stringers like Brayden Fairbanks, Dallin Childs, Kyle Line, Brayden Harris, and Jace Gibb showed they could hold their own against the Froggies. Lehi managed, though, to hop back within 76-67 on shoots from Ryan "Mountain Man" Johnon and Dallin Driggs. Three Harris foul shots left American Fork owning a 79-67 lead at the end of the game.
Meacham said, "We're trying to get our guards to become more aggressive on the floor. They've been making progress. Tonight showed it. They prevented Lehi from completing a lot of catches. We put Lehi on the free throw line too often, though. Tyler Rawson reall shined tonight. He had seven assists, 11 rebound, and 13 points. As for our guards, they were able to toss the ball to our bigs to give us the key inside baskets."
Andrus led American Fork with 27 points while Rawson added another 13, Wells 11, and Bailey 10. Cleveringa led Lehi with 17 points while Macula added another 15 and Jackson 13.
Awesome AF Cavemen Drain Lehi 79-67 in Region 4 Boys' Basketball Feb. 1
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
The Awesome American Fork Cavemen cruised into Lehi Feb. 1 and drained the Lehi Pioneers, AKA the Froggies, 79-67 in Region Four boys' basketball play.
The game climaxed a weeklong celebration of Lehi High School's heritage. A lot of the Froggies showed up at the game in clothes worn by teenagers in the '70's, '80's, and '90's. Also, the Froggie basketball player wore trunks that were popular before the 1990's: ones that were above the knees.
The game itself, for a little while, went down an example of the huge rivalry that existed between the Froggies and the Awesome Cavemen a generation ago.
As Caveman fans awaited junior center Ryan Andrus, a "distant cousin" of Hollywood actress Ursula Andrus, to inflict tremendous to the Froggies' defense, his teammate Tyler Rawson went on a shooting spree that opened the night's scoring. The shooting spree began with Rawson sinking a three-pointer. He followed it up with a layup that improved the Awesome Caveman lead at 5-0.
A "distant cousin" of pro baseball legend Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson, Lehi's Frankie Jackson answered Rawson's shots with three successful foul shots. As they put the score at 5-3, Lehi anticipated tying game really soon. Ryan Pittard made the anticipation strong through pulling down a defensive board. A bad Froggie pass cost Lehi a chance to even the game at five.
Two Chris Wells free throws stretched the lead to 7-3. Pittard trimmed it to 7-5, and teammate Tanner Nygren stole the ball, only to miss a layup, which Andrus rebounded.
Hit by comic strip character Beetle Bailey's "distant cousin" Brenden Bailey, two foul shots set of a 14-4 scoring run led by Wells and Rawson during the first quarter's final four minutes. An Andrus three-point play left the Awesome Cavemen owning a 21-9 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the early second quarter, a Chris Macula trey and two Blake Cleveringa foul shots guided the Froggies on a 5-2 scoring run that put them within 23-14. Andrus undermined Lehi's effort to keep the point spread in single digits. With held from Dan Nyman, Andrus' shooting put the Awesome Cavemen more than 10 points ahead. In the last two minutes of the half, Rawson dunked a shot that stirred up cheers from among American Fork fans and reminded the Froggies of the fate that Awesome Cavemen had in store in for them. Four straight unanswered points scored by Taylor "Needles" Larson improved the lead at 39-17. Just before intermission, Pittard sank two foul shots and a layup that clipped the lead to 39-21.
In the early third quarter, Cleveringa led his Froggies on a 6-2 run that put them within 41-27. Despite great boarding and shooting from Macula, Jackson, Cleveringa, and Nygren, Lehi couldn't get any closer to the Awesome Cavemen than 14 points, for Brody Childs and Wells aided in Andrus stretching the lead as wide a 57-34. The third quarter concluded with a Macula jump shot sending the Froggies on a 9-0 scoring run. It concluded with a Macula trey in the early fourth quarter. Receiving an inside pass, Rawson sank a hook shot that opened fourth-quarter scoring for the Awesome Cavemen.
They led by as far as 18 points in the final period. The wide lead persuaded American Fork Coach Doug Meacham to employ the services of his reserves in the game. Second-stringers like Brayden Fairbanks, Dallin Childs, Kyle Line, Brayden Harris, and Jace Gibb showed they could hold their own against the Froggies. Lehi managed, though, to hop back within 76-67 on shoots from Ryan "Mountain Man" Johnon and Dallin Driggs. Three Harris foul shots left American Fork owning a 79-67 lead at the end of the game.
Meacham said, "We're trying to get our guards to become more aggressive on the floor. They've been making progress. Tonight showed it. They prevented Lehi from completing a lot of catches. We put Lehi on the free throw line too often, though. Tyler Rawson reall shined tonight. He had seven assists, 11 rebound, and 13 points. As for our guards, they were able to toss the ball to our bigs to give us the key inside baskets."
Andrus led American Fork with 27 points while Rawson added another 13, Wells 11, and Bailey 10. Cleveringa led Lehi with 17 points while Macula added another 15 and Jackson 13.
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