Timp Sports Weekly
May 7, 2013
Publisher's Message
For this week's issue, we look at the Lehi-Bingham soccer game played at Lehi May 1. We will also look at a junior varsity baseball doubleheader that the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, played at the Ferocious Pleasant Grove Vikings' home diamond May 4. So let's dig into the action.
Dean Von Memmott
Publisher
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Lehi Froggies Leap Away With 1-0 Win Over Bingham Pickers May 1
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers leaped away with a 1-0 win over the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, in a Region Four boys' soccer game played at Lehi May 1.
The May 1 day game at Lehi the fate of this year's region championship riding on it. Both the Froggies and Pickers were tied for first. Fans for both teams hoped that the battle of the league championship would last for the required 80 minutes of regulation play.
True, the Froggies and Pickers did play that long for the title. However, the outcome of it got decided eight minutes into the contest.
With the Froggies showing much aggressiveness on offensive during those first eight minutes, it did not come as surprise to their fans that Lehi would hop onto the board first. Receiving a short pass, Froggie Gui "Smiley" Lemme kicked in a successful shot from inside the Picker penalty box. For about a minute afterwards, lots of joyous croaks sounded out throughout the stadium's western bleachers.
The Pickers attempted repeatedly to knot the score at one well before halftime. Mitch "Roamin'" Doman and Gabe "The Flashing Ninth-Grader" Altheman guided some deep drives, enabling Bingham to be afforded golden chances at attempting to score goals on indirect and corner kicks. However, Froggie goalie Taylor Watkins did not let one Picker shot sneak past during the entire game.
Caide Ramos, Coop Rios, Aaron Caprio, and Bosco Muhire guided the Froggies in maintaining much pressure on Bingham goalie Joe "Blitz" Christensen in both halves. However, the Picker goalie did not let the Froggies hop farther ahead. Christensen's great work during the game's final 72 minutes could not undo the damage done by Lemme's goal.
Ferocious PG Vikings Split JV Baseball Doubleheader Against Bingham Pickers May 4
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four junior varsity baseball doubleheader played at Pleasant Grove May 4, the Bingham Miners defeated the Ferocious PG Vikings 10-2 in the first game. The second game, though, saw the Ferocious Vikings bury the Pickers alive 13-6.
Ferocious Viking junior varsity coach Ty Eastman admitted, "The biggest problem we had in the first game was that we weren't aggressive. We had no good approaches at the plate. We just hit the ball to them. We also made some errors that played to Bingham's advantage. Their lead soon snowballed. For the second game, we were more aggressive on offense. We had nice approaches at the plate and had great fielding."
Personally picked by Ferocious Viking head coach Darren "That's Bush League" Henry to throw in the second game, Brody "Black Ball" Blackhurst didn't disappoint Pleasant Grove during the six innings that he hurled from the mound. Black Ball opened the game by striking out Landon "Wally" Walbeck, a cousin of the Walbecks who had played sports for the Alta Tweeties a few years ago. After right fielder Brayden Cox intercepted a fly ball smacked by the Pickers' No. 2 hitter Landon "Meese" Measom, Kade "Steel Blade" Cloward singled into left, and a Trevor Tait single scored him.
In the bottom of the first, the Pickers did not let a single Ferocious Viking reach first base. This accomplishment gave the impression that Bingham would sweep the doubleheader like they had done the one at American Fork the Saturday before. However, the next inning made clear to them that Pleasant Grove was not going to become a door mat for them in the afternoon caper.
Even though Lightning Tony Moderno got on base through a Ferocious Viking error in the top of the second, second baseman Ben Eldredge snatched a Ty "Zupe" Zupan fly ball and produced two fielder's choice plays to keep the Picker lead stuck at 1-0.
With one out in bottom of the second, Chase Merrell drew a 1-2 count. Just as pitcher Will Anderson was about to strike him out, Merrell hit a strike over the left-fence for a solo home run. It was to prove to be an omen of how much better Pleasant Grove would be at the plate in the second game than it was in the late morning contest. Left fielder Walbeck intercepted a Brayden Cox fly ball and Anderson struck out T.J. "Whirl" Wind to prevent Pleasant Grove from pulling head in the second.
On one out in the third's top half, Measom singled into left, and a Cloward single moved him into scoring position. Measom came home on an error at third. Measom's tie-breaking run turned out to be the final time Bingham would lead in the game.
After the third's lower half opened with Blackhurst grounding out to Anderson, Logan Bullock singled into left. Though the Pickers did nab Bullock in a squeeze play, they could not stop a scoring spree that opened right afterwards. Eldredge tripled in Matt "So" Wilde, then came home on error. Easton Walker singled in Zac "Wazzie" Peterson. Jade Smoot and Merrell soon joined Walker on base through walks. With the bases loaded, Cox clubbed a one-out, one-run single that sent Pleasant Grove rowing a 5-2 lead into the next inning.
Pleasant Grove held the Pickers scoreless in the top of the fourth. With Anderson walking Blackhurst and Wilde in the bottom of that inning, the Ferocious Vikings soon loaded the bases on one out. Pleasant Grove then picked up two runs on a Peterson single and a Walkler sacrifice fly.
The fifth opened with Bradyen "Fiddle" Diddle flying out to right. After Black Ball struck out Walbeck, he accidently beaned Measom. Cloward tripled him in, but got stuck on third as Black Ball grounded out Tait.
Fifth-inning singles from Merrell and Cox prompted Bingham to have Mikey Green replace Anderson at the mound. The pitching change didn't stop the Ferocious Vikings from stretching their lead in the fifth. Green got called for balking, allowing Merrell to score a run on one out. The reliever did prevent Pleasant Grove from going on a long scoring rally, though.
Two walks and a Maderno single enabled the Pickers to load the bases on one out in the sixth. After Blackhurst struck out Zupan, he walked Diddle, allowing Bingham to pick up a free run.
Pleasant Grove didn't let the Pickers keep its lead stay stuck 8-4 during the bottom of the sixth. Walker opened a five-run rally by hitting a one-run double so hard that it popped a rubber cap out of his aluminum bat. Smoot and Cox also each contributed a one-run single to the rally. It climaxed with Wilde hitting a one-run triple.
Henry had Wazzie Peterson take over at the mound in the top of the seventh. On one out, Cloward singled into left during that inning. Cody "Chef" Kitchen slugged a standup double to reel Cloward in. However, after Moderno slugged a two-out single, Zupan struck out before the Pickers could get a rally going.
Lehi Froggies Leap Away With 1-0 Win Over Bingham Pickers May 1
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
AKA the Froggies, the Lehi Pioneers leaped away with a 1-0 win over the Bingham Miners, AKA the Pickers, in a Region Four boys' soccer game played at Lehi May 1.
The May 1 day game at Lehi the fate of this year's region championship riding on it. Both the Froggies and Pickers were tied for first. Fans for both teams hoped that the battle of the league championship would last for the required 80 minutes of regulation play.
True, the Froggies and Pickers did play that long for the title. However, the outcome of it got decided eight minutes into the contest.
With the Froggies showing much aggressiveness on offensive during those first eight minutes, it did not come as surprise to their fans that Lehi would hop onto the board first. Receiving a short pass, Froggie Gui "Smiley" Lemme kicked in a successful shot from inside the Picker penalty box. For about a minute afterwards, lots of joyous croaks sounded out throughout the stadium's western bleachers.
The Pickers attempted repeatedly to knot the score at one well before halftime. Mitch "Roamin'" Doman and Gabe "The Flashing Ninth-Grader" Altheman guided some deep drives, enabling Bingham to be afforded golden chances at attempting to score goals on indirect and corner kicks. However, Froggie goalie Taylor Watkins did not let one Picker shot sneak past during the entire game.
Caide Ramos, Coop Rios, Aaron Caprio, and Bosco Muhire guided the Froggies in maintaining much pressure on Bingham goalie Joe "Blitz" Christensen in both halves. However, the Picker goalie did not let the Froggies hop farther ahead. Christensen's great work during the game's final 72 minutes could not undo the damage done by Lemme's goal.
Ferocious PG Vikings Split JV Baseball Doubleheader Against Bingham Pickers May 4
By Dean Von Memmott
Timp Sports Weekly Publisher
In a Region Four junior varsity baseball doubleheader played at Pleasant Grove May 4, the Bingham Miners defeated the Ferocious PG Vikings 10-2 in the first game. The second game, though, saw the Ferocious Vikings bury the Pickers alive 13-6.
Ferocious Viking junior varsity coach Ty Eastman admitted, "The biggest problem we had in the first game was that we weren't aggressive. We had no good approaches at the plate. We just hit the ball to them. We also made some errors that played to Bingham's advantage. Their lead soon snowballed. For the second game, we were more aggressive on offense. We had nice approaches at the plate and had great fielding."
Personally picked by Ferocious Viking head coach Darren "That's Bush League" Henry to throw in the second game, Brody "Black Ball" Blackhurst didn't disappoint Pleasant Grove during the six innings that he hurled from the mound. Black Ball opened the game by striking out Landon "Wally" Walbeck, a cousin of the Walbecks who had played sports for the Alta Tweeties a few years ago. After right fielder Brayden Cox intercepted a fly ball smacked by the Pickers' No. 2 hitter Landon "Meese" Measom, Kade "Steel Blade" Cloward singled into left, and a Trevor Tait single scored him.
In the bottom of the first, the Pickers did not let a single Ferocious Viking reach first base. This accomplishment gave the impression that Bingham would sweep the doubleheader like they had done the one at American Fork the Saturday before. However, the next inning made clear to them that Pleasant Grove was not going to become a door mat for them in the afternoon caper.
Even though Lightning Tony Moderno got on base through a Ferocious Viking error in the top of the second, second baseman Ben Eldredge snatched a Ty "Zupe" Zupan fly ball and produced two fielder's choice plays to keep the Picker lead stuck at 1-0.
With one out in bottom of the second, Chase Merrell drew a 1-2 count. Just as pitcher Will Anderson was about to strike him out, Merrell hit a strike over the left-fence for a solo home run. It was to prove to be an omen of how much better Pleasant Grove would be at the plate in the second game than it was in the late morning contest. Left fielder Walbeck intercepted a Brayden Cox fly ball and Anderson struck out T.J. "Whirl" Wind to prevent Pleasant Grove from pulling head in the second.
On one out in the third's top half, Measom singled into left, and a Cloward single moved him into scoring position. Measom came home on an error at third. Measom's tie-breaking run turned out to be the final time Bingham would lead in the game.
After the third's lower half opened with Blackhurst grounding out to Anderson, Logan Bullock singled into left. Though the Pickers did nab Bullock in a squeeze play, they could not stop a scoring spree that opened right afterwards. Eldredge tripled in Matt "So" Wilde, then came home on error. Easton Walker singled in Zac "Wazzie" Peterson. Jade Smoot and Merrell soon joined Walker on base through walks. With the bases loaded, Cox clubbed a one-out, one-run single that sent Pleasant Grove rowing a 5-2 lead into the next inning.
Pleasant Grove held the Pickers scoreless in the top of the fourth. With Anderson walking Blackhurst and Wilde in the bottom of that inning, the Ferocious Vikings soon loaded the bases on one out. Pleasant Grove then picked up two runs on a Peterson single and a Walkler sacrifice fly.
The fifth opened with Bradyen "Fiddle" Diddle flying out to right. After Black Ball struck out Walbeck, he accidently beaned Measom. Cloward tripled him in, but got stuck on third as Black Ball grounded out Tait.
Fifth-inning singles from Merrell and Cox prompted Bingham to have Mikey Green replace Anderson at the mound. The pitching change didn't stop the Ferocious Vikings from stretching their lead in the fifth. Green got called for balking, allowing Merrell to score a run on one out. The reliever did prevent Pleasant Grove from going on a long scoring rally, though.
Two walks and a Maderno single enabled the Pickers to load the bases on one out in the sixth. After Blackhurst struck out Zupan, he walked Diddle, allowing Bingham to pick up a free run.
Pleasant Grove didn't let the Pickers keep its lead stay stuck 8-4 during the bottom of the sixth. Walker opened a five-run rally by hitting a one-run double so hard that it popped a rubber cap out of his aluminum bat. Smoot and Cox also each contributed a one-run single to the rally. It climaxed with Wilde hitting a one-run triple.
Henry had Wazzie Peterson take over at the mound in the top of the seventh. On one out, Cloward singled into left during that inning. Cody "Chef" Kitchen slugged a standup double to reel Cloward in. However, after Moderno slugged a two-out single, Zupan struck out before the Pickers could get a rally going.
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